In December 1780, 18-year-old Mary Randolph married her first cousin once removed, David Meade Randolph (1760–1830), a Revolutionary War officer and tobacco planter.
 The newlyweds lived at Presquile, a 750-acre plantation that was part of the Randolph family's extensive property in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
 Over the course of their marriage, Mary and David had eight children, four of whom survived to adulthood.

Around 1795 President George Washington appointed David Randolph the U.S. Marshal of Virginia and by 1798, the family had moved to Richmond, where they built a house called "Moldavia" (a combination of Molly, a nickname for Mary, and David).
 Mary Randolph was a celebrated hostess in Richmond.

David Randolph was a Federalist and an open critic of his second cousin Thomas Jefferson.
After Jefferson's election to the presidency, he removed David Randolph from office and the family's fortunes declined.
In December 1780, 18-year-old Mary Randolph married her first cousin once removed, David Meade Randolph (1760–1830), a Revolutionary War officer and tobacco planter.  The newlyweds lived at Presquile, a 750-acre plantation that was part of the Randolph family's extensive property in Chesterfield County, Virginia.  Over the course of their marriage, Mary and David had eight children, four of whom survived to adulthood.
Around 1795 President George Washington appointed David Randolph the U.S. Marshal of Virginia and by 1798, the family had moved to Richmond, where they built a house called "Moldavia" (a combination of Molly, a nickname for Mary, and David).  Mary Randolph was a celebrated hostess in Richmond.
David Randolph was a Federalist and an open critic of his second cousin Thomas Jefferson. After Jefferson's election to the presidency, he removed David Randolph from office and the family's fortunes declined.
Mary Randolph