Biography

Mary (Randolph) Fleming was born on October 9, 1648 in Moreton Morrell, Warwicks, England. Her parents were Richard Randolph, Sr. and Elizabeth (Ryland) Randolph.

Mary married William Fleming. He was the sheriff of Hanover County in 1727 and 1728.

Together they had the following children:

1. Mary (Fleming) Pollard; born before 7 December 1679; married Richard Pollard
2. Eleanor (Fleming) Bibb; born about 1688; married Henry Bibb
3. Robert Fleming; born about 1685; married Mary Beverly. Burgess for Caroline County.

She died in 1720 in Gloucester County, Virginia, British Colonial America. William Fleming remarried to Elizabeth Kittrell (or Cottrell), and named his wife Elizabeth in his 1742 will.

Mary Randolph was the first wife of William Fleming and the mother of his children. Born Oct. 09 1648, the daughter of Richard Randolph and Elizabeth Ryland. Died 1720 in Gloucester Virginia. She was never married to Lancelot Bathurst.

Notes

"Item, my will and desire is that my body may be interred on my plantation on ye college land where my first wife and eldest son were buried . . . "

Will of William Fleming, written 13 Sep 1742 and proved 4 Oct 1744 in Hanover County, Virginia.

References

1. Will of William Fleming Sheriff of Hanover County, Virginia, 1727-1728, The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct 1935), pp. 424-427 (4 pages), Robert F. Cole and Marguerite S. Parrish, Published By: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture https://www.jstor.org/stable/1919791 shows surviving wife as Elizabeth. Names grandchildren with surnames Pollard, Bibb, Fleming.
2. VA Will Records, pp723-6: will of William Fleming, included in the Chancery papers of Luisa Co in a case entitled "McAllister vs Bibb, MAY 1770"; mentions first wife and eldest son who were buried; lists current wife Elizabeth and dau Eleanor; lists grandchildren William Fleming Cocke, William Pollard, Benjamin Bibb, Henry Bibb, Robert Fleming Bibb, Charles Bibb, John Bibb, Thomas Bibb, Mary Pollard, Mary Fleming, Martha Pollard, Elizabeth Fleming, Elizabeth, Ann, and Christian Bibb, s-i-l Henry Bibb. Three other s-i-l named in probate, 4 OCT 1744, will date 13 SEP 1742. He also bequeathed hisplantation and slaves to his wife Elizabeth.
3. Virginia Headright 9/16/1663. April 28, 1691: Grant to William Fleming ,600 acres in Pettsoe Parish inGloucester Co.;200 acres of it bought and 200 acres taken up by FrancisIronmonger by patent 21 Aug.1665 and sold to William March 9,1685: 200 a.for transporting 4 persons (Patent Book 8, p.144) In Petsoe Parish in 1700,1707,1715,and 1743. In 1704 he was on Quit RentRoll for Gloucester Co.,Petsoe Parish, owning 600 acres. (VA Historical Magazine,Vol.32, p.14)
4. Historical Southern Families,Vol. X, Cole and Allied Families of Virginia, p.36 & 37.
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127423732/william_benjamin-fleming (no evidence for middle name of Benjamin) The will is posted. William is buried in the same cemetery as his wife, eldest son and brother-in-law John Randolph (1653-1737). The name is as follows: Chapel of the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Williamsburg City, Virginia.
6. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I8846... shows Mary Randolph b. 2 Nov. 1648 (is this christening date?), daughter of Richard Randolph (1621-1671) & Elizabeth Ryland (abt 1630-1669)
7. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1095... shows wife of William Fleming as Mercy Kittrell d. 1696, which is an error.
8. https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marshall/esmd18.htm#id1085 (for parents)
9. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251494080/mary_fleming (shows a daughter Elizabeth Taylor, but that's his grand daughter Elizabeth Fleming named in William Fleming's will)
10. https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/GMD9-YV1
11. William Fleming (d. 1744) - will, family and burial information. (document attached). Mary Randolph Fleming, William’s first wife, was the daughter of Richard Randolph (1621-1678) and Elizabeth Ryand Randolph (1621-1669). Mary’s brother John Randolph was buried at the College of William and Mary land in Williamsburg, Virginia (near King William County).