Henry Randolph was born in 1623 at Little Houghton, Northamptonshire, England, the son of William and Dorothy Lane West Randolph. He immigrated to Virginia, ca. 1642 and settled in Henrico County. He married twice and was the father of five children. He died in 1673. Descendants listed lived in Virginia, Tennessee, and elsewhere.

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 In 1763, King George III's government adopted a secret policy to reduce the American colonies to "due subordinance" and exploit them. This brought on the American Revolution. In Virginia, there was virtually unanimous agreement that Britain's actions violated Virginia's constitutional rights. Yet Virginians were deeply divided as to a remedy. Peyton Randolph, Speaker of the House of Burgesses 1766-1775 (and chairman of the First and Second Continental Congresses), worked to unify the colony, keeping the conservatives from moving too slowly and the radicals from moving too swiftly. Virginia was thus the only major colony to enter the Revolution united. Randolph was a masterful politician who produced majorities for critical votes leading to revolution.

This pedigree is complementary to the author's prior publication Henry Randolph I and his descendants.

James George Thompson (1802-1879) was a son of Jesse G. Thompson (ca. 1776-1852/1857) and Anna McDonald, both probable descendants of Scottish immigrants to the Carolinas. They lived in the Carolinas, Alabama, Tennessee and Arkansas. Descendants and relatives also lived in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere.