• General Notes

  Mary Isham Randolph [RA.2.3] (c.1720) married James Keith who fled Scotland after the rebellion in 1715, but went to England to prepare for the ministry. Receiving the King’s Bounty 4 March 1728/9, he returned to Virginia where he was pastor of the Curles Church, Henrico Parish (1730-33), and Hamilton Parish, Prince William County (1736-57).  His family is outlined in a topic in the Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography devoted to Thomas Randolph Keith. 
  4› James Keith [RA.2.3.1], clerk of Frederick County.
  4› John Keith [RA.2.3.2].
  4› Capt. Thomas Keith [RA.2.3.3] married Judith Blackwell (1759-1857), a daughter of Joseph Blackwell and his wife, Lucy, in 1774. He served in the militia during the Revolution.  Judith, age 92, was residing in Fauquier County in 1850. 
  5› Marshall M. Keith [RA.2.3.3.1] graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1830. 
  5› Harriet Keith [RA.2.3.3.2].
  5› Mary Isham Keith [RA.2.3.3.3].
  5› Susan Keith [RA.2.3.3.4].
  5› Tarleton Fleming Keith [RA.2.3.3.5].
  5› Peter Grant Keith [RA.2.3.3.6].
  5› James Keith [RA.2.3.3.7].
  5› Isham Keith [RA.2.3.3.8] represented Fauquier County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1843-4). 
  4› Lt. Alexander Keith [RA.2.3.4] served in the Continental Line during the Revolution, for which he received 2,666 acres. 
  4› Lt. Isham Keith [RA.2.3.5], an officer in the Continental Line during the Revolution, received 2,666 acres. 
  4› Mary Randolph Keith [RA.2.3.6] married Col. Thomas Marshall (2 April 1730 - 22 June 1802), a lieutenant during the French and Indian War, burgess for Fauquier County (1761-68, 1769-73) and a delegate to the Revolutionary Conventions (1774-75),  and colonel in the Third Virginia Regiment, Continental Army.  The Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography devotes a topic to Marshall. 
  The eldest of their 15 children was Justice John Marshall (24 Sept. 1755 - 6 July 1835) who took lessons from private tutors and began the study of law at age eighteen. John’s service in the Eleventh Regiment of Virginia Troops during the Revolution interrupted his studies. Returning to the College of William and Mary, he was admitted to the bar 28 August 1780. Resigning his commission in the Army, Marshall took up the practice of law in Fauquier County. He was a delegate to the Virginia House of Delegates (1782, 1784-5, 1787-90, 1795-98) and a delegate to the Convention of 1788 and Convention of 1829-1830.
  John Marshall was minister to France (1797-98), Representative to the Sixth Congress (1799-1800),  and briefly Secretary of State before his appointment as Chief Justice 20 January 1801. 
  To learn more about John Marshall, read his biography at Congress.g
  James Keith Marshall (13 Feb. 1800 - 12 Dec. 1862), a son of Justice Marshall, represented Fauquier County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1839-41) and was a state senator until his death (1853-63). 
  4› Elizabeth Keith [RA.2.3.7] married Edward Ford of Fairfax County, and they went to Bourbon County, Kentucky. 

Details of James' family with Mary Isham Randolph