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1644. William Randall. Born 16 Mar 1598/9 in Grantham, Lincolnshire. William died in Scituate, MA on 13 Oct 1693.52 Occupation: cordwainer.

From Deane’s History of Scitute:53
William Randall came into Scituate before 1640. His farm was on the brook that falls into Till’s or Dwelley’s creek: His house was in the valley, twoenty rods north of the brook on the west side of the way, where stands [1831] the mansion of Elisha Foster, sen. late deceased. There is no record of his marriage here: he probably married at Rhode Island, where we find some traces of him as early as 1636; or in Marshfield, where he seems to have been 1637. He was an enterprising and useful man in many respects; but unfortunately for himself, appears to have been litigious. There are several disputes on the Colony records, which he prosecuted with his neighbors about bounds of lands, and when the causes were decided against him, he seems not to have submitted very quietly. He was fined 1660, ‘for striking Edward Wanton,’ in one of these disputes: and in 1664, ‘for breaking the King’s peace by poakeing Jeremiah Hatch with a ho-pole, was fined 3s. 4d.’ Colony Records. He, with his wife were of the party that gained much strength from 1650 to 1670, which held it unlawful to pay religious teachers. His goods were occasionally taken by the constable. On one of these occasions, ‘1654 William Randall’s wife fined for abusing the Constable, Walter Hatch.’ Colony Records. After these troubles, they both settled down to quiet members of Mr Witherell’s church.

From Frank A. Randall’s Randall and Allied Families:145
William Randall, the founder. Born Eng., 1609, died Scituate (now Norwell), Mass., Oct. 13, 1693. Regarding him Savage25 says: ‘William Randall of Scituate, Mass., came fvrom the port of London in the ship Expectacon the 24th of April, 1635, to the Island of Providence (R.I.) He was twenty-six years of age and took the oath of Supremacy and Allegiance as then required of every person leaving England.’ He removed to Marshfield, Mass., 1637, where he tarried three eyars, then removed to Scituate, which adjoins Marshfield to north, the North River separating them. At Scituate he occupied a respectable position; a man of strong opinions and always ready to maintanin his rights; hence he developed a ‘litigious’ reputation, spending some time in courst as a defendant (PR). Many of the plaintiffs were related to him by marriage, or to some member of his family. In some of the causes that he lost, William Randall paid the damages in ‘shooes’, notable in the case of Joanna Kemton (PR, 1657, pp. 82,83) from which circumstance we are led to believe that William followed the occupation of ‘cordwainer’ or shoemaker. This opinion is strengthened by reference in Plymouth Colonty Probate Court records to paymetns made to William Randall, Sr., ‘for shooes’ in the settlement of the ‘Estate of John James’ in 1679/80 (MD, Vol. 19,p. 99). At various times William was Constable, Surveyor-of-Highways, a freeman and on lists of those ‘able to bear arms’. See Old Scitaute and Its Pioneer Families for details.

Ca 1640 William married Elizabeth Carver (1341) , daughter of Richard Carver (610) (ca 1577-between 18 Dec 1638 and 9 Sep 1641) & Margaret Skurrie (-Nov 1618), in Scituate, MA.145 Born ca 1618 in Filby, Norfolk. Elizabeth was baptized in Filby, Norfolk, on 15 Oct 1618.24

Although in Randall and Allied Families145 it is stated that William Randall’s wife was Elizabeth Barstow, sister of Michael, George and William Barstow and daughter of of Matthew Barstow, it is more likely that this was Elizabeth Carver. See Robert Charles Anderson’s article24 “The wifes of Michael Barstow and Richard Carver of Watertown, Massachusetts and the identity of the wives of William Randall of Scituate and William Perry of Marshfield.” Elizabeth Carver was Richard Carver’s daughter by his first marriage to Margaret Skurrie. Matthew Barstow married as his third wife Grace (Walker) Carver, Richard Carver’s third wife.

Their children include:

3328i.

Sarah Randall (ca 1641-aft 1693)

3329ii.

Joseph Randall (Mar 1642-21 Feb 1723)

3330iii.

Hannah Randall (Mar 1644-23 Aug 1714)

3331iv.

William Randall (Dec 1647-11 Apr 1712)

3332v.

John Randall (Apr 1650-bef 28 Jul 1728)

3333vi.

Elizabeth Randall (Oct 1652-3 Nov 1693)

3334vii.

Job Randall (8 Feb 1654/5-19 Sep 1727)

3335viii.

Benjamin Randall (ca 1657-)

3336ix.

Isaac Randall (ca 1658-10 Jul 1759)

1645. Jane Randall. Born on 28 Mar 1601 in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

1646. Grace Randall. Born on 8 Dec 1605 in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

1647. Thomas Randall. Born on 10 Apr 1608 in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

1648. John Randall. Born on 8 Apr 1610 in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

1649. Barbara Randall. Born ca 1612 in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

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