Nathaniel Fitz Randolph (1747 - 1780)

Captain Nathaniel Fitz Randolph served with Middlesex County Militia, New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Fitz Randolph is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-159062
Rank: Captain

Captain Nathaniel Fitz Randolph Died of Wounds at the Battle of Springfield during American Revolution.

Captain Nathaniel Fitz Randolph was a Prisoner of War during the American Revolution.

Captain Nathaniel Fitz Randolph was Wounded in Action during American Revolution.

This profile was written by Allan Harl Thomas

Married:

Child:
Nancy Agnes Fitz Randolph Hearn Anthony 1775–1865 ^[1][2] Nathaniel FITZ RANDOLPH (1773-bef1779) ^[3] Agnes FITZ RANDOLPH (1775-1865) ^[4] Nathaniel FITZ RANDOLPH (1779-1818) ^[5]

: Famous Captain during Revolutionary War. Died of wounds received June 23, 1780 at or near Springfield, NJ.

Capt. Nathaniel Fitz Randolph was one of Woodbridge's Revolutionary War heroes, and was called "Capt. Natty" by his friends and admirers. His tombstone indicates that he was born in Woodbridge in 1747 and his death was caused by wounds received in the battle of Springfield on 23 June 1780.https://njcincinnati.org/nathaniel-fitz-randolph/

He was captain of the Middlesex Militia, then elected naval officer of the Eastern District of New Jersey on Dec. 12, 1778. The day before his election the Council ordered that a sword should be purchased for him, as a fitting tribute to his patriotism, and this was later given to him (Styker's Rosters).

On June 24, 1778 he, with fourteen men, made an attack on the enemy's guard, opposite Elizabethport. He had returned to his home, and in January, 1779 was taken from his bed by his captors and conveyed to New York and there imprisoned and cruelly treated , until 26 May, 1780, at which time he was exchanged, it is supposed, for a Captain Jones of the British Army (Stryker's Roster). p. 48 https://njcincinnati.org/nathaniel-fitz-randolph/

Gravestone says, "Capt. Nathaniel Fitz RANDOLPH, d. 23 Jul 1780, in 33rd year of his age. Here lies beneath this stone repofd, Patroiot merit ftraitly houfed; His Country called, he lent and Ear, Their Battles fought, and refted here. E. Price."

DEATH 23 Jul 1780 (aged 32–33)

BURIAL July 23, 1780, First Presbyterian Churchyard, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17001408/nathaniel-fitz_randolph

MEMORIAL ID 17001408

Gravestone

Note: NSDAR Patriot Ancestor #A134036 is Nathaniel Fitzrandolph 1703-1780. There are a number of family Published works that referred to this Nathaniel as the Revolutionary War Hero also the Daughters of the American Revolution Database has also referred to this Nathaniel as a Revolutionary Soldier. Further extensive research has shown unfortunately this is not so and the correct Captain Nathaniel Fitz Randolph is: this profile Nathaniel Fitz Randolph 1747-

Research notes

Surname note

In this Fitz Randolph family, Fitz appears to have been used by all family members as part of their surname: the Oris H.F. Randolph genealogy (referenced below) assumes this to be the case when listing the children in both the family in which Nathaniel is a child and in which he is the father. The current consensus is therefore to use the surname Fitz Randolph. (Need to confirm how Fitz Randolph was used in legal documents and when births were recorded documents.) Please don't hesitate to contact the profile manager if you think this decision should be reviewed!

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17001408/nathaniel-fitz_randolph
2. ↑ http://dougwilson.com/family/reports/fam1201.html
3. ↑ http://dougwilson.com/family/reports/fam1201.html
4. ↑ http://dougwilson.com/family/reports/fam1201.html
5. ↑ http://dougwilson.com/family/reports/fam1201.html

• Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph. (1950). Fitz Randolph Genealogy: The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom: 1630-1950. 222 pp. Entry 118, pp. 36-37.

Name: Capt. Nathanel Fitz Randolph

Birth: 1747; Woodbridge

Death: 28 Jun 1780; Woodbridge (Footnote: Tombstone gives July 23, but is in error. See obituaries N.J. Archives, 2nd series, Vol. 4.)

Burial: Presbyterian Cemetery

Parents: Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, 1714-1773; Mary Shotwell, 1722-?

Marriage: 1772; Woodbridge

Spouse: Experience Inslee

Spouse Birth: 1748; Woodbridge

Spouse Death: 20 Nov 1813; Woodbridge

Spouse parents: Jonathan Inslee, Grace Moores

Spouse marriage2: 9 Jul 1781

Spouse second husband: Jame Coddington (1755-1816)

Note: Capt. Nathaniel Fitz Randolph was one of Woodbridge's Revolutionary heroes, and was called Capt. "Natty" by his friends and admirers. His tombstone indicates that he was born in Woodbridge in 1747/8 and that his death was caused by wounds received in the Battle of Sprinfield, N.J., on June 23, 1780. He was captain of the Middlesex Militia, then elected naval officer of the Eastern District of New Jersey on the 12th of December 1778. The day before his election the Council ordered that a sword should be purchased for him, as a fitting tribute to his patriotism, and this was later given to him. On June 24, 1778 he, with fourteen men, made an attack on the enemy's guard, opposite Elizabethport. He had returned to his home, and in January 1779 was taken from his bed by his captors, and conveyed to New York and there imprisoned and cruelly treated, until May 26, 1780, a period of about a year and four months, at which time he was exchanged, it is supposed, for a Captain Jones of the British Army.

Children, born in Woodbridge:

1. Nathaniel, b. 29 Nov 1773; died in infancy
2. Agnes, called Nancy, b. 29 Nov 1775; d. in Darien Conn. 13 Apr 1865; m1. 28 Jul 1793, Dr Thomas Hearn of Dublin, Ireland; m2. M. Anthony
3. Nathaniel, b. 6 Feb 1779 (Entry 214a)

Note: Guardians were appointed for Agnes and Nathaniel 15 May 1788 (N.J. Archives 36:80). Ed.

• (1955). Supplement to the Fitz Randolph Genealogy with addition and corrections. Edward Brothers Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI, 44 pp. Entry 172: No additions or corrections.

• Oris H. F. Randolph. (1976). Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Allied Families and English and Norman Ancestry: A Family Genealogy, 860-1976. Edwards Brothers Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI. 694 pp. Entry 667(v); p. 168.

Name: Nathanel Fitz Randolph

Birth: 1747; Woodbridge

Parents: Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, 1714-1773; Mary Shotwell, 1722-?

Marriage: 1772

Spouse: Experience Inslee

• https://njcincinnati.org/nathaniel-fitz-randolph/
• [http://dougwilson.com/family/reports/fam1201.html Nathaniel Fitz-randolph Family

See Also:

• https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/captain-nathaniel-fitz-randolph-24-v0676m
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~coddingtons/genealogy/3286.htm
• Army and Navy Chronicle, Volume 6 Pages: 204~205, Publishers Benjamin Homans, 1838.

• This Old Monmouth of Ours Page 288, Author: William S. Hornor, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1 Jun 2009.

• Woodbridge: New Jersey's Oldest Township Pages 48~52. Authors: Virginia B. Troeger, Robert James McEwen. Publishers: Arcadia Publishing, 2002.