Background
Born in Shadwell Parish, Tower Hamlets, London, she was the daughter of Isham Randolph, a ship"s captain and planter, and Jane Rogers. Randolph was born in one of the Tower Hamlets, Shadwell, a poor maritime neighborhood of London.
Born in Shadwell Parish, Tower Hamlets, London, she was the daughter of Isham Randolph, a ship"s captain and planter, and Jane Rogers. Randolph was born in one of the Tower Hamlets, Shadwell, a poor maritime neighborhood of London.
She was a cousin of Peyton Randolph. She most likely immigrated to Virginia as a child with her family and that her education was received entirely at home. Little is known of her, for Jefferson rarely mentioned his mother in his extensive writings.