| Name |
Randall Revell |
| Suffix |
I (Burgess) |
| Birth |
1612 |
St. Michaels, County Warwick, England  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Will - Witnessed |
18 Jul 1632 |
Northampton Co, Virginia [3] |
- It was on this date that William Cropp, aged 40 and Randoll Reavell, aged 20, witnessed the will of William Batts.
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| Anecdote |
1633 |
Northampton Co, Virginia [4] |
- Revell appears in the original Accomack County on the Eastern Shore of Virginia as early as January-February, 1633/4. His name again appears in the Accomack court records in September, 1636, and October, 1637. Circumstantial evidence seems to indicate that Randall Revell, whose name appears in the Accomack records at the dates noted, was identical with a certain Randall Revell who was in St. Mary's County, Maryland, between 1636 and 1644. Randall Revell was certainly in Accomack County, Virginia, at the early time referred to above, and after the original Accomack County's name was changed to Northampton County in 1642 we find, in course of time, that he was again resident in that area. In March, 1652 he appears (with many other persons) as having signed the engagement tendered by the Parliamentary Commissioners to the inhabitants of Northampton County "to be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England as it is now established without King or House of Lords."' In October, 1653, Randall Revell, together with Hugh Yeo and John Jenkins, were subjects of complaint to the Northampton Court by "the Great Men of Onancock (i. e. the Onancock Indians)" because they had refused to give them satisfaction for their lands on Pungoteague Creek. The court ordered Revell, Yeo and Jenkins to pay these Indians their due in the matter, and in failure thereof to appear at the next court. At the Session of the General Assembly of Virginia held 1657/-1658 we find that Randall Revell was one of the Burgesses from Northampton County; while in July, 1661, Revell was commissioned a justice of the peace for "the county of Accomack," which was at that date in process of formation out of the northern area of Northampton County. Randall Revell, who is designated in the records as a "Cooper" and as "Wine-Cooper," by trade, seems from his first appearance to have been a man of vigorous and energetic nature, endowed with considerable ability, which he apparently used to great advantage in advancing himself both politically and economically. The offices of trust which were successively held by Revell and the large and comfortable estate which he accumulated are unquestionable evidences of the man's ability. Then there is a persistent tradition to the effect that Mrs. Katherine Revell, the wife of Randall Revell, was a sister of Colonel Edmund Scarburgh, of Accomack. While this tradition is probably true, yet no record evidence in its support has so far been discovered. Certainly there seems to have been a very close and abiding intimacy existing between Colonel Scarburgh and Randall Revell, which may be accounted for by the fact that Revell married Scarburgh's sister. Furthermore, there was certainly the relationship at least of close friendship existing between Randall Revell, his wife, Katherine, and their children, and one Mistress Anne Toft, of Accomack, a person evidently of rare charm and power.
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| Will - Mentioned in |
9 Aug 1636 |
Northampton Co, Virginia [5] |
- He was shown as Randoll Revell and given 20 lbs to tobacco in the will of John Symons, planter of Acchawmack.
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| Deposition |
31 Dec 1650 |
Northampton Co, Virginia [6] |
- Randall Revell saith that after a "breeife" was out for Daniel Dale concerning the burning of his house, John Parramore came to this deponent and demanded some relief towards the said loss by fire, whereupon this Examinant inquired how the house came to be fired. Then Jno Parramore replied that Jno Pott took three or 4 sticks of lightwood (with fire in them) and holding them up set the house on fire. Signed Randall Revell. Recorded January 1650/51.
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| Oath to England |
30 Mar 1651 |
Northampton Co, Virginia [7] |
- He took the oath of allegiance to hereby engage and promise to be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England as it is now established without King or House of Lords.
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| Anecdote |
28 Jul 1651 |
Northampton Co, Virginia [8] |
- On 28 July 1651 in N'hamp County Edward Douglas and Randall Revell attest to a debt owed by the dec'd Hungale Baker to Richard Hanby.
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| Land sold |
1655 |
tract N31, Cape Charles, Northampton Co, Virginia [9] |
- Randall Revell, wine cooper, sold 200 acres of this tract to Francis Harper and John Markham, and 2 years later they assigned to Hugh Yeo.
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| Anecdote |
1659 |
Northampton Co, Virginia [10, 11] |
- In his will dated 13 Oct 1658 Francis Pott, wife Susanna, named his three sisters Mary, Catherine and Bridget and gave them £10 each, and if any of them should be dead then to the survivors. (NOTE: Whitelaw states he "has a feeling" and "has a theory" that Mary married Edmund Scarburgh and Katherine married Randall Revell, which might account for the later intimate relations between the two men. To account for these close relations, some have thought that Revell had married a sister of Scarburth, but no proof was found that Katharine was a Scarburgh. At the time of his marriage, Scarburgh was living on N3 which was adjacent to the N5 land of Francis Pott, so perhaps the marriage was due to proqinquity and practical considerations, which would explain the differences in ages of the the two. When Scarburgh moved to Accomack, he sold his Northampton land to Pott. Bridget is known to have been married to Dr. John Severne (N70) and to Captain Stephen Charlton (N75).)
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| Anecdote |
1662 |
Somerset Co, Maryland [4] |
- Mistress Toft was joint patentee in 1662 with Revell of the extensive "Double Purchase," tract of land between Manokin River and Back Creek on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (later Somerset County), finally disposing of her interests in these lands by deed of gift to Mrs. Katherine Revell, wife of Randall Revell, and their daughters, Hannah Revell and Katherine Revell, Junior. This Mistress Anne Toft, we may say in passing, is revealed by the Accomack, Virginia, court records to have occupied a very close relationship (the nature of which the records fail to reveal) to the powerful Colonel Edmund Scarburgh, the beneficiary of whose munificence she most certainly became. It is from the background of experience in local affairs in Accomack-Northampton County, Virginia, and the connection with the powerful and socially prominent Colonel Edmund Scarburgh and Mistress Anne Toft, as sketched above, that Randall Revell enters the scene of affairs on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. In answer to the petition of certain residents of Northampton-Accomack in Virginia for the privilege of settling in the province of Maryland, Lord Baltimore directed that the petitioners take up their lands in the area of the lower Eastern Shore of his province near the boundary line between Maryland and Virginia. The proclamation of the provincial governor, November, 1661, directing this settlement also created the territorial area of "the Eastern Shore below Choptank River" and named Colonel Edmund Scarburgh, Randall Revell and John Elzey as commissioners to effect this settlement and grant land warrants to the settlers. At least two of these commissioners were to be resident in the province. Randall Revell and John Elzey fulfilled this requirement by settling within the area on the Manokin River. The exact date of Randall Revell's settling at Manokin (which appears to have been the early designation of the settlement) is not known, though it was probably late in the Fall of 1661 or early in the Spring of 1662, for in May, 1662, he reported that the settlement was well established. Revell was the first resident executive officer of the settlement (taking priority of John Elzey, the other resident commissioner) holding this position from the date of the commission in November, 1661, until he was relieved of further duty in February, 1662/3. Revell was unquestionably an effective factor in the establishment of this settlement, and his retirement by action of the Lord Proprietor's Council for Maryland was no doubt the result of his sympathetic association with Colonel Edmund Scarburgh's scheme to annex the Manokin-Annemessex area of the Eastern Shore of Maryland to the County of Accomack in Virginia. We have related in the early sections of this book Scarburgh's scheme to bring this section of Lord Baltimore's province into the colony of Virginia. It was to Randall Revell that Colonel Scarburgh wrote in January, or early February, 1662/3, alleging Virginia's claim to the land, and the quit rents on the lands, at Manokin. Information of the fact of this communication from Scarburgh to Revell was sent by John Elzey to the Council of the province almost immediately after Scarburgh's demand had been received (see ante, page 30). On February 4, 1662/3, the Governor of Maryland had issued a new commission of the peace for the "Eastern Shore" settlement, naming John Elzey, Randall Revell and Stephen Horsey as commissioners; thus giving Elzey priority over Revell. When this commission came before the Council for confirmation on February 20th, that body evidently having in hand the information relative to Scarburgh's communication to Revell and suspecting Revell's sympathy with Scarburgh's demand, "Ordered . That Randall Revell bee out" (see ante, pages 20-213. Thus Randall Revell's official connection with the "Eastern Shore" settlement of Manokin-Annemessex ceased. His name does not again appear in the record of proceedings in regard to the settlement until November, 1663, when the Accomack County, Virginia, court illegally extending jurisdiction over the Manokin-Annemessex area in Maryland appointed Randall Revell, with several others, to act for them in an official capacity at Manokin. However, this commission seems not to have been called upon for action (see ante, page 43-44). In August, 1670, we find that Randall Revell was High Sheriff of Somerset County. Randall Revell, from his first settlement on the "Eastern Shore" of Maryland, apparently lived on that part of his "Double Purchase" tract of land which forms the point between Manokin River and Back Creek. Here he erected his dwelling house (which has long since disappeared) and here continued to reside until his death in 1686/7. The "Double Purchase" tract, which was the home of Randall Revell and many of his descendants after him, finds its identity today in the well-known "Revells' Neck in Somerset County.
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| Reference Identifer |
Burgess |
| Record ID |
5692 |
| Will |
27 May 1685 |
Somerset Co, Maryland [12] |
- In his will Randall Revell Senior of Somerset County in the Province of Maryland, Gent, being in good health and memory blessed be God and calling to mind the uncertain estate of this transitory life do make, ordain and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following. WIT: My soul I give unto Almighty God that gave it. Resting upon my Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ for the pardon of my sins and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried as my Executors shall think fit, my worldly estate that God hath given me, I give and dispose the same as followeth, Imprimis: my will and desire is that all my just debts be paid. Secondly, It is my will and desire that my beloved wife, Katherine be my whole Executrix, and that she have her five hundred acres of land due to her by conveyance from Ms. Anne Toft. Also I give and bequeath unto my said wife four hundred and five acres of land being another part of the land called Double Purchase. Lying and adjoining to my daughter Sarah’s land. Also I give unto my son, Randolph five hundred acres of land being another part of Double Purchase lying and adjoining to the five hundred acres I formerly conveyed to my son Randall aforesaid. Also it is my will and desire that my daughter Anne, my daughter
Hannah, my daughter Katherine, and my daughter Sarah do peaceable and quietly enjoy and prosper each of them and their heirs on their respective parcels of five hundred acres of land being parts of the aforementioned land called Double Purchase and by me the said Randall Revell already conveyed over to them as will appear by deed of writing under my hand and seal, and upon our
records. And lastly as to my personal estate, (Wit:) all movables as goods and chattels I give and bequeath unto my said loving wife and sole Executrix after my decease to dispose of as she shall think fit excepting of one shilling current English money which I give unto my son Edward Revell that lives in Accomack. Signed, Sealed, Published, Pronounced and Declared by the said Randall Revell as his last will and testament this twenty-seventh day of May in the year of Our Lord God, one thousand six hundred eighty five. Witt: William Warwick, William Dredelen, Agnes Dredelen and John West.
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| Death |
Bef 8 Mar 1686/87 |
Somerset Co, Maryland [12] |
- It was on this date that the will of Mr. Randall Revell deceased was proved then before me by virtue of a commission from the Honorable Commissary General by William Warwick, John West and William Stevens.
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| Person ID |
I5692 |
MilesFiles23 |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2023 |
1612 - Bef 1687 (< 75 years)
