A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 39.2 B46
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and
Mary
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College of William and Mary
Collection number
Mss. 39.2 B46
Title
Beverly Papers,
1796-1834.
Extent
73 items.
Creators
Robert Beverley,
Lucy Beverley Randolph,
Richard Randolph,
Brett Randolph,
John Howe Peyton,
William Augustine Washington.
Language
English
Abstract
Chiefly letters to Robert Beverley,
Jr. of "Blandfield," Essex County, Virginia and Georgetown,
D.C., from his brother-in-law Brett Randolph of Culpeper
County, Virginia and his nephew Richard Randolph,
Jr.
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Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the
copyright, if not Swem Library.
Preferred Citation
Beverley Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department,
Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
The following biographical sketch is not meant to be
exhaustive but merely a brief genealogical sketch of the main
contributors/creators of this collection. A more definitive
source on the Beverly genealogy can be found in the book,
The Beverley family of Virginia;
descendants of Major Robert Beverley, 1641-1687, and allied
families , by John McGill.
Robert Beverley (d.1800) was born in "Blandfield" Virginia.
He received his education in England and was elected to the
state legislature in 1780 but never took his seat. He married
Maria Carter (1745-1817) of "Sabine Hall" Richmond County,
Virginia. Together they had the following sixteen children:
William Beverley (1763-1823), Maria Beverley (1764-1824),
Robert Beverley (1766-1767), Robert Beverley (1769-1843), Lucy
Beverley (1771-1854), Burton Beverley (1772-1781), Carter
Beverley (b. 1774), Byrd Beverley (b. 1775), James Mills
Beverley (1776-1779), Anna Munford Beverley (1778-1830),
Munford Beverley (1779-1820), Peter Randolph Beverley (b.
1780), Evelyn Byrd Beverley (1782-1836), McKenzie Beverley (b.
1783), Jane Bradshaw Beverley (1784-1814), Harriet Beverley
(1786-1829).
The fourth child of Robert Beverley (d.1800), Robert
Beverley (1769-1843), like his father, was also educated in
England. He married Jane Tayloe (1774-1816) and lived in
"Blandfield." Together they had the following six children:
William Bradshaw Beverley (1791-1866), Maria Beverley (d.
1822), Rebecca Tayloe Beverley (d. 1822), James Bradshaw
Beverley (b. 1797), Jane Bradshaw Beverley (1805-1822), and
Roberta Beverley. Three of the children contracted typhoid
fever and died in 1822 upon a visit home to "Blandfield" to
visit their parents.
The fifth child of Robert Beverley (d.1800), Lucy Beverley
(1771-1854) married Brett Randolph (1766-1828) of "Curles
Neck," Henrico County, Virginia in 1789. They had the
following eleven children: a son Randolph (1790-1790), Capt.
Edward Brett Randolph (1792-1848), Dr. Robert Carter Randolph
(1793-1854), Richard Randolph (1795-1885), Victor Moreau
Randolph (1797-1876), John Thomson Randolph (1800-1819),
Benjamin Franklin Randolph (1801-1802), Benjamin Franklin
Randolph (1803-1890), Ryland Randolph (1805-1853), Theoderick
Bland Randolph (b. 1807), and Ann Maria Randolph
(1811-1845).
Chiefly letters written to Robert Beverley (1769-1843) of
"Blandfield," Essex County, Virginia and Georgetown, D.C. from
his sister Lucy (Beverley) Randolph, her husband Brett
Randolph and their son Richard Randolph, Jr. (1795-1885). The
letters concern slaves given to Lucy Beverley Randolph and her
children by her father Robert Beverley (d. 1800), and held in
trust by her brother Robert Beverley, some of which were sold
to pay debts incurred by her husband.
Also includes letters concerning the lawsuit Beverley v.
Pickett, Scott et al. in chancery; the will of John Randolph
of Roanoke; and letters, 1830, from John H. Peyton and William
Augustine Washington concerning litigation over claims to
George Washington's Kanawha lands; and William Byrd's
lottery.
For additional genealogy and biographical material see
John McGill's book entitled
The Beverley Family of
Virginia. The College of William and Mary, Swem
Library has two copies of this book in seperate locations.
One is located in the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
and the other can be found in the Swem Library Stacks.
Collection Number: CS71 B5772 1956
McGill, John, 1880-1951. The Beverley family of Virginia;
descendants of Major Robert Beverley, 1641-1687, and allied
families. Columbia, S.C.: R.L. Bryan Co., 1956. Pages 535, 549, and 571.
For additional genealogy and biographical material see
John McGill's book entitled
The Beverley Family of
Virginia. The College of William and Mary, Swem
Library has two copies of this book in seperate locations.
One is located in the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
and the other can be found in the Swem Library Stacks.
Collection Number: CS71 B5772 1956
McGill, John, 1880-1951. The Beverley family of Virginia;
descendants of Major Robert Beverley, 1641-1687, and allied
families. Columbia, S.C.: R.L. Bryan Co., 1956. Pages 535, 549, and 571.
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