An American Family History

Randolph Brandt was born about 1644 in the West Indies.

His wife was named Mary.

Their children included:
Mary Brandt (1664 married James Latimer),
Judith Brandt,
Randolph Brandt,
Marcus Brandt and
Charles Bandt (1669, married Elizabeth Douglas).

The family settled in Charles Charles County, Maryland where Charles acquired large amounts of land. His land included Asher, Hammersmith, Barbadoes, and Greenweigh. Barbadoes is an 88 acre island in the Potomac River and is now called Theodore Roosevelt Island.

During Fendall's Rebellion in August, 1661

Whereupon Godfrey said he would goe to Church next Sonday, and gett what men he could there to joyne with those men he had already sent for to meete him in armes at Church that soe they might meete the troope at the head of Portobacco Creeke on Monday,

and then they would take Capt Randolph Brandt and tye him, and turne James Wheeler out of the troope, (they being the onely Roman Catholicks in the troope) that they might rescue ffendall, that he the sd Boyden came late to Church on Sonday purposely for feare of being engaged by Godfrey

Randolph was captain of a unit in the Maryland militia.

In November, 1678, the Assembly voted "Captain Randall Brandt four thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds of tobacco."

In 1693 Randolph Brandt was arrested for acts of contempt and misbehavior toward the government.

Randolph wrote his will in 1697, Charles was still a child and the will required him to be brought up as a Catholic.