Poems of Nature and Life, by John Witt Randall, pg 41 & 42; print, Boston, MA · 1899 (Google Books): Dr. John Randall, the eldest son of Silas and Elizabeth (Witt) Randall, was born in Stow, Massachusetts, December 20, 1774, and died at Boston, December 27, 1843. He was graduated at Harvard in the class of 1802, and took the degrees of M.B. in 1806, and M.D. in 1811. As one of the most eminent practicing physicians of his time in Boston, he was successful and popular, and acquired by devotion to his profession a handsome competency. On March 12, 1809, he married Elizabeth Wells, by whom he had five children, all born in Boston as follows: 1. Elizabeth Wells, born Sept. 28, 1811; married Alfred Cumming of Augusta, Georgia, Sept. 15, 1836; and died at Springfield, Massachusetts, December 12, 1867... 2. John Witt, born November 6, 1813; died at Roxbury, January 25, 1892. 3. Belinda Lull, born January 17, 1816; and died at Roxbury, March 14, 1897. 4. Maria Hayward, born October 5, 1820, and died at Boston, May 25, 1842. 5. Hannah Adams (who changed her own name to Anna Checkley), born June 1, 1824; and died at Boston, April 23, 1862.
Poems of Nature and Life, by John Witt Randall, pg 41 & 42; print, Boston, MA · 1899 (Google Books): Dr. John Randall, the eldest son of Silas and Elizabeth (Witt) Randall, was born in Stow, Massachusetts, December 20, 1774, and died at Boston, December 27, 1843. He was graduated at Harvard in the class of 1802, and took the degrees of M.B. in 1806, and M.D. in 1811. As one of the most eminent practicing physicians of his time in Boston, he was successful and popular, and acquired by devotion to his profession a handsome competency. On March 12, 1809, he married Elizabeth Wells, by whom he had five children, all born in Boston as follows: 1. Elizabeth Wells, born Sept. 28, 1811; married Alfred Cumming of Augusta, Georgia, Sept. 15, 1836; and died at Springfield, Massachusetts, December 12, 1867... 2. John Witt, born November 6, 1813; died at Roxbury, January 25, 1892. 3. Belinda Lull, born January 17, 1816; and died at Roxbury, March 14, 1897. 4. Maria Hayward, born October 5, 1820, and died at Boston, May 25, 1842. 5. Hannah Adams (who changed her own name to Anna Checkley), born June 1, 1824; and died at Boston, April 23, 1862.
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