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     William Frederick Fisher was born on 14 July 1881. He married Letchen Fullmer on 15 June 1905. William Frederick Fisher died on 27 February 1941.

     Mary Fiske was born on 15 November 1812.¹ She married Gerard Martin Louis Hardenbergh, son of Benjamin Hardenbergh and Cornelia Wynkoop.¹ Mary Fiske died on 12 February 1863.¹

     Married name: Hardenbergh.

     David Fithian was born in 1770.¹ He married Lydia Ogden.¹ David Fithian died in 1816.¹

     Deborah Fithian was born in 1780.¹ She married Benjamin Davis.¹

     Married name: Davis.

     Ebenezer Fithian was born in 1786.¹ He married Patty Bateman.¹

     Elizabeth Fithian was born in 1775.¹ She married John Yates.¹

     Married name: Yates.

     Ephraim Fithian was born in 1773.¹ He died in 1855.¹

     Ephraim had 3 wives.¹

     Lot Fithian was born in 1779.¹ He died in 1832.¹

     Lot had 2 wives.¹

     Sarah Fithian married David Tullis.¹

     Married name: Tullis.

     Violetta Fithian was born in 1789.¹ She married Benjamin Jaggers.¹

     Married name: Jaggers.

     Margaret Fitz-Randolph was born in 1710.¹ She married Thomas Hedden, son of Ephrain Hedden and Susannah Fitz-Randolph, on 16 July 1726.¹ Margaret Fitz-Randolph died on 16 July 1760.¹

     Married name: Hedden.

     Arthur Fitzgerald was born on 11 June 1886. He married Cornelia Breen.

     Galloway Fitzgerald was born on 28 February 1812.¹ He married (1) Elysa Babcock circa 1835.¹ Galloway Fitzgerald married (2) Elizabeth Odell in 1843.¹ Galloway Fitzgerald died in 1847 in the Mexican War.¹

     Name variation: James Galloway Fitzgerald.¹

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.²

     Gennette Fitzgerald was born on 17 March 1838.³ She married Othniel Coe Holbert, son of John Smith Holbert and Catherine Berkholf, on 11 April 1866. Gennette Fitzgerald died on 19 May 1883.³ She was buried in Warwick.

     Gennette Fitzgerald and Othniel Coe Holbert lived at Sugar Loaf, NY. Married name: Holbert.

     John Fitzgerald was born on 12 October 1839.² He married (1) Harriet Potter. John Fitzgerald married (2) Mary Jane Neely. John Fitzgerald died on 12 March 1915.^3,2

     John James Fitzgerald was born on 6 October 1782 at Orange County, NY.¹ He married Sarah B Galloway, daughter of James Galloway and Ann Smith, circa 1807.¹ John James Fitzgerald died on 23 August 1854 at NY.¹

     Names given as James and John in different sections.² Name variation: James Fitzgerald.¹

     Rebecca Fitzgerald was born on 2 December 1876. She married (?) Rice.

     Married name: Rice.

     Rebecca Fitzgerald was born on 27 November 1814 at Orange County, NY.¹ She married John Milburn.¹ Rebecca Fitzgerald died on 3 October 1884 at NY.

     Married name: Milburn.

     Ruth Fitzgerald was born on 17 January 1879. She married Jacob A Mittnacht on 5 August 1903. Ruth Fitzgerald died on 31 December 1934.

     Ruth Fitzgerald and Jacob A Mittnacht lived at 42 Maple Ave., Monroe, NY. Married name: Mittnacht.

     Absalom Fitzrandolph was born on 20 July 1844.¹ He married Anna S. (?)¹ Absalom Fitzrandolph died on 8 February 1881.¹

     Absalom Fitzrandolph was born on 8 August 1790 at Short Hills, NJ.^2,3,4 He married Hannah Budd, daughter of Samuel Budd Sr. and Hannah (?), on 21 November 1812 at Old Bergen Reformed Church, Jersey City, NJ.^1,2,3 Absalom Fitzrandolph died on 17 August 1839 (or 7 Aug.)^1,5,6

     Absalom fitz Randolph is named as the father of Edwin Fitz Randolph in at least two places. First, in the History of Bergen County; second, in the FitzRandolph Genealogy by Christian-FitzRandolph/Stelle. This genealogy lists Absalom FitzRandolph as the son of Justus FitzRandolph and Nancy Robbins, born in Short Hills, NJ 8 Aug 1790; married 21 Nov 1812 Hannah Budd, and died 1829. Children listed are Edwin b 19 Nov 1813; Anna; Warren, and Hiram (apprenticed in 1825 at age 10.5)(B. 1814).
     Chapter 1, Scotch Plains Baptist Church, page 7 lists the Battle of Short Hills 26 Jun 1777. The area is Scotch Plains, part of Somerset County, adjoining Union County. As the present Short Hills of New Jersey was not founded until a much later date, it is believed that references to Short Hills refers to Scotch Plains, NJ.
     Although I could locate no other record of the birth of Absalom Fitz Randolph, his marriage to Hannah BUDD is recorded in Bergen County Marriages, page 60 (by Westervelt 974.921) 21 Nov 1812 in Old Bergen, now Jersey City. Supposedly the marriage took place in the Old Bergen Church. The minister listed in the records is John Cornelison, V.D.M..
     Other than the record of death by Christian-FitzRandolph Stelle in 1829, family records from Mary Block show 17 Aug 1829. No place is given. Mary also lists Hannah BUDD FitzRandolph death as 1833, with her body removed from Moonachie in 1852 and buried in plot 144 at New York Cemetery in Hackensack.¹ Name variation: Absalom Fitz Randolph.^2,3

     Benjamin Fitzrandolph was born at Piscataway, NJ.^2,3,1 He married either ? Woodruff or Phoebe Tucker (Tooker.)^2,3,1 He died in 1840.^2,3,1

     "History of Bergen County (Van Valen)" lists the father of Justice as Basil of Virginia. "The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph" by Stelle-FitzRandolph lists the father as Benjamin Fitz Randolph. However, they admit to a glitch.
NOTE: The GSBC welcomes more information on this line. If Justus is a son of Benjamin, Benjamin cannot have been born later than 1741, which makes it impossible for him to be a son of Jeremiah (son of Jeremiah and Ruth Dunn.)^1,4 Name variation: Benjamin Fitz Randolph.^2,3

     Cornelia W. Fitzrandolph was born on 6 April 1842.¹ She married Alfred T. Garnier.¹

     Married name: Garnier.

     Edward Fitzrandolph was baptized on 5 July 1607 at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England.^1,2,3 He married Elizabeth Blossom, daughter of Thomas Blossom Elder and Ann Heilson, on 10 May 1637 at Scituate, MA.^4,5 Edward Fitzrandolph died in 1683/84 at Piscataway, NJ.¹

     From the Descendants of Edward FitzRandolph (by Louise Aymour Christian and Howard Stelle FitzRandolph, 1950):
     Edward FitzRandolph, the Pilgrim, and the progenitor of the Fitz Randolph family in America, was undoubtedly the Edward FitzRandall son of Edward FitzRandolph or Randall and his second wife Frances Howis (Howes) baptised at Sutton on Ashfield CO Nottingham, England 8 Jul 1607. Fitz Randolph Traditions by the late Lewis Van Syckel Fitz Randolph gives much on the English antecedants of the family.
     Among the 700 passengers who ame over in the 11 vessels which comprised the 'Winthrop Fleet' and which was known as the great immigration of 1630, was Edward FitzRandolph, who settled at Scituate, MA. Pastor Lathrop's diary asserts that the young Master Edward Fitsrandolph built the 38 house in Scituate, MA. He married in Scituate 10 May 1637, Elizabeth Blossom, the daughter of Elder Thomas Blossom and his wife Ann Heilson (Eilsdon, Elsden, Elston, Alston) who were married at St Clements, Cambridgeshire, Eng 10 Nov 1605. Elizabeth was born in Leyden, Holland in 1620 soon after her parents were forced by the conditon of the Speedwell - the companion boat to the Mayflower - to return to Holland where so many of their persecuted friends had sought refuge with Pastor Robinson.
     Edward and Elizabeth moved from Scituate to Barnstable, MASS in 1639 and his name appears in the list of those able to bear arms in New Plymouth in 1643. In 1649 Edward moved from Barnstable to his farm, a great double lot in West Barnstable, and in 1669, with his wife and 6 of his children, he sought a new home in Piscataway, NJ.
     In the 'Book of Records' of Nathanial FitzRandolph it states that Edward lived to be nearly 80 years old. It is often stated that Edward died in Piscataway in 1675/76 which would only make him about 68/9 at his death so it is probable that he lived until 1684/5. After Edward's death, Elizabeth gave her four sons, John, Joseph, Thomas and Benjamin on 26 Jun 1685 the land she had located in her husband's name and on 30 Jun 1685 she married Capt John Pike of Woodbridge. Family history has it that she was buried by her first husband in the west corner of what is now St James Churchyard in Piscataway, NJ. During the Revolution as the British troops came down King George's Highway (now Woodbridge Ave) breastworks were thrown across the plot, and after the war was over and the ground leveled, no trace was found of the tombstones of either Edward or Elizabeth.
Further notes regarding the children and their marriages were found in the LDS Library under the Rutgers Collection.¹ Name variation: Edward Fitz Randolph.^4,5

     Edward Fitzrandolph was born in 1565 at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England.¹ He married Frances Howes on 2 December 1605 at Sutton-in-Ashfield.¹ Edward Fitzrandolph died in 1613/14 at Normantown, Derbyshire, England.¹

     General source(s) for this information, see footnotes, and from PAF on internet.¹

     Edwin Fitzrandolph was born on 19 November 1813 at Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ.^2,3,1 He married Hannah Goetchius, daughter of Hendrick Goetchius and Sarah Vanbussum, on 10 November 1833.¹ Edwin Fitzrandolph died on 1 November 1897 at East Rutherford, Bergen County, NJ.^2,3,1 He was buried in New York Cemetery in Hackensack.¹

     Edwin FitzRandolph was the father of my great-grandmother Harriet FitzRandolph, wife of Louis Kruger. A record given to me by cousin Mary Block lists the children and many other descendants. Among the 16 children was Harriet, born in 1852.The will of Edwin F. Randolph, proved 19 Dec 1887, lists daughter Harriet Kruger, wife of Louis Kruger.
     The obituary of Edwin F. Randolph states he was born in Jersey City 19 Nov 1813. Further, it states he was married to Hannah Goetchius 10 Nov 1833 by Rev. Mr. Provost, a Methodist Devine of that day.
     The article states that he came to Boiling Spring, a little hamlet that was afterward called Rutherford (NJ) in 1857, purchasing a farm of some 40 acres near union Avenue which he reportedly sold one year after. It states he was a member of the union cause until Methodists became to popular they built a church on the east side of the track (East Rutherford) taking Mr. Randolph with them. The article cites the 50th wedding anniversary celebration which was held at their home on Patterson Pland Road, where he had purchased an extensive tract of land. Family history states that many homes of family members were built on his land, namely on Randolph Avenue which adjoins Patterson Plank Road. My mother, grandmother and great grandmother lived on Randolph Avenue.
     Edwin F. Randolph's death was listed a 1 Nov 1887. He is buried in New York Cemetary, Hudson Street, hackensack, lot 145 with his wife and some of his children and family.
     The obituary of Hannah F. Randolph lists her as a daughter of Henry Goetchius, a farmer, and was born in Paterson 2 Nov 1816. At her death, there were nine children named, one of whom was Mrs. Louis Kruger. Family history has her death 28 Feb 1890.
     The 1850 Federal Census lists the family in 'New Barbados', Edwin age 38, Hannah Ann, age 36, and 7 children ranging in age from 16 - 1 years. The 1840 Federal Census of New Barbados lists an Edward F. Randolph, between 20-30, and 4 females, 2 under 5; 1 under 10 and 1 between 20-30. The 1860 federal census of the Township of Lodi lists Edwin F. Randolph, age 48 as a frame maker; wife Hannah, age 46; children from ages 20 to 1, including harriet age 9. The 1870 Census of Union Township lists Edwin, age 57, retired grocer; Hannah 55; children (4) 14-22, not including Harriet. (Page 7). The 1880 Census shows Edwin Randolph, 67, horticulturist; wife Hannah, 64, and Hannah, Phebe and John, ages 32-23. No Harriet with them.
     An article 'Half a Century of Wedded Life', written about Edwin and wife celebrating their anniversary in their home on Paterson Plank Road. It describes how he was a descendant of the Fitz Randolph stock of Virginia, and was born in Jersey City, 19 Nov 1813. Although Jersey city is now Hudson County, at the time it was bergen County. The article states that although Mr. Randolph moved, he has always lived in Bergen County. The article states Mr. Randolph was hired as a Toll Gate keeper beyond Hackensack and remained there 21 years and 6 months. The balance of his married life has been spent in Moonachi, Lodi and his present home. There were 16 children, 6 of whom died in infancy, and one son, married with four children, is deseased. At the time of the writing, there was one son who lived with him, and 8 girls and 21 grandchildren.
     A discrepancy remains regarding family geneology. The History of Bergen County lists Edwin F. Randolph as being born in Jersey City 9 Nov. 1812. Further, it states his father was Absalom FitzRandolph whose father was Justice F. Randolph, born in Elizabeth. The history lists Justice F. Randolph's father as Basil F. Randolph, born in Virginia. However, there appears to be no record of a Basil F. Randolph.There is no documentation of this history.
     While searching with cousin Mary Block in the NJ State Archives, we came across a FitzRandolph Geneology written in 1950 by Louise Aymer Christian and Howard Stelle FitzRandolph. This geneology lists the Fitz Randolph family from Edward Fitz Randolph of England (1607-1784) through Joseph, Joseph, Jeremiah, Benjamin, Justus, Absalom and Edwin F.(1813-1887). As much as this is believable, there is a 'glitch' with the Benjamin, father of Justus. There is question of which Benjamin this is and who the wife is, although Justus is listed as a son. Given this 'glitch' occurs at the same point where the Bergen County history states the father of Justice is Basil from Virginia, there remains a question in the family line. Further studies in the LDS library have only turned up 'documentation' using the Christian-Steel Fitz Randolph geneology. Records from Rutgers, copied by the LDS Church, give no information.¹
     Absalom fitz Randolph is named as the father of Edwin Fitz Randolph in at least two places. First, in the History of Bergen County; second, in the FitzRandolph Genealogy by Christian-FitzRandolph/Stelle. This genealogy lists Absalom FitzRandolph as the son of Justus FitzRandolph and Nancy Robbins, born in Short Hills, NJ 8 Aug 1790; married 21 Nov 1812 Hannah Budd, and died 1829. Children listed are Edwin b 19 Nov 1813; Anna; Warren, and Hiram (apprenticed in 1825 at age 10.5)(B. 1814).
     Chapter 1, Scotch Plains Baptist Church, page 7 lists the Battle of Short Hills 26 Jun 1777. The area is Scotch Plains, part of Somerset County, adjoining Union County. As the present Short Hills of New Jersey was not founded until a much later date, it is believed that references to Short Hills refers to Scotch Plains, NJ.
     Although I could locate no other record of the birth of Absalom Fitz Randolph, his marriage to Hannah BUDD is recorded in Bergen County Marriages, page 60 (by Westervelt 974.921) 21 Nov 1812 in Old Bergen, now Jersey City. Supposedly the marriage took place in the Old Bergen Church. The minister listed in the records is John Cornelison, V.D.M..
     Other than the record of death by Christian-FitzRandolph Stelle in 1829, family records from Mary Block show 17 Aug 1829. No place is given. Mary also lists Hannah BUDD FitzRandolph death as 1833, with her body removed from Moonachie in 1852 and buried in plot 144 at New York Cemetery in Hackensack.¹ Name variation: Edwin Fitz Randolph.^2,3

     Eunice Fitzrandolph was born circa 1755.¹ She married Daniel Lyon.¹

     Married name: Lyon.

     Hannah Maria Fitzrandolph was born on 3 September 1847.¹ She died on 16 November 1920.¹ She was buried in Hackensack.¹

     Harriet Fitzrandolph was born on 29 September 1852 at Lodi, Bergen County, NJ.^2,3 She married Louis Kruger, son of Louis Kruger and Hannah (?), on 14 February 1874.¹ Harriet Fitzrandolph died on 29 March 1923 at East Rutherford, Bergen County, NJ.^2,3,1 She was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst.¹

     Name variation: Harriet Fitz Randolph.^2,3 Married name: Kruger.

     Henrietta Fitzrandolph was born on 2 April 1840.¹ She married John Henry Post.¹ Henrietta Fitzrandolph died on 18 February 1907.¹ She was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst.¹

     Married name: Post.