Gooch reported Beverley's death to the Board of Trade on March 26, 1729. Although Beverley had no sons who reached adulthood, his grandchildren continued to assert important roles in Virginia. His grandson Peyton Randolph, became speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, chairman of the Virginia Conventions, and the first President of the Continental Congress; his great-grandson Beverley Randolph, became the eighth Governor of Virginia. His granddaughter Elizabeth Whiting married John Clayton, a distinguished botanist. While one of William and John Randolph's brothers (Richard) married a lineal descendant of Pocahontas and later marriages among Randolph cousins linked Randolph descendants to her legacy, Peyton Randolph was not her descendant. References 1668 births 1728 deaths American slave owners Beverley family of Virginia Burials at Jamestown Church People from Jamestown, Virginia Speakers of the Virginia House of Burgesses