▁Arch ib ald ▁C ary ▁( 1 7 2 1 – 1 7 8 7 ) ▁and ▁ 2 ▁times ▁ 2 nd ▁great - grand son ▁of ▁William ▁Rand olph ▁( c . 1 6 5 0 – 1 7 1 1 ) ▁Richard ▁Rand olph ▁and ▁Thomas ▁Rand olph ▁of ▁T uck ah oe . ▁The ▁Rand olph s ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁First ▁Famil ies ▁of ▁Virginia . ▁Rand olph ▁was ▁a ▁line al ▁desc endant ▁of ▁P oc ah ont as ▁through ▁his ▁mother . ▁ ▁Rand olph ▁received ▁his ▁early ▁education ▁from ▁his ▁mother ▁and ▁private ▁tut ors , ▁as ▁was ▁custom ary ▁in ▁many ▁plan ter ▁families . ▁He ▁attended ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁William ▁and ▁Mary , ▁in ▁Williams burg , ▁Virginia , ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Edinburgh , ▁Scotland , ▁ 1 7 8 5 – 1 7 8 8 . ▁Though ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁gradu ate , ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁study ▁on ▁his ▁own ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁respect ed ▁botan ist . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 7 9 0 , ▁their ▁wid ower ▁father ▁Thomas ▁Rand olph ▁Sr ., ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 5 0 , ▁married ▁Gab ri ella ▁Har vie , ▁who ▁was ▁sevent een ▁and ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁a ▁neighbor ing ▁plan ter . ▁They ▁had ▁two ▁children , ▁a ▁daughter ▁who ▁died ▁in ▁inf ancy , ▁and ▁a ▁son ▁they ▁named ▁Thomas ▁Mann ▁Rand olph , ▁as ▁if ▁" er asing ▁his ▁first ▁son ▁from ▁his ▁prior ▁marriage