Kammala wannan jumla: Lokacin da aka haifi Richard II a ranar 6 ga Mayu, 1710, a ko dai Jordan's Point ko "Bland House" a Williamsburg, shi ne magajin gonar kuma ya zauna a can dukan rayuwarsa. Ya gaji shi da wuri, kamar yadda iyayensa biyu suka mutu kafin ranar haihuwarsa ta goma a 1720. Mahaifiyarsa ta mutu a ranar 22 ga Janairu da mahaifinsa a ranar 6 ga Afrilu. Kawunsa, William da Richard Randolph, sun kula da gonarsa da kuma ilimin farko kuma sun tashe, a matsayin masu kula, Richard da 'yan uwansa. Yana yiwuwa a lokacin da yake matashi ya ci gaba da dangantaka ta kusa da dan uwansa na farko, Peyton Randolph, wanda zai kasance a duk rayuwarsu, sau da yawa yana zaune a gefe a lokacin shekarun da suke aiki a cikin House of Burgesses, Kwamitin Tsaro, da na farko da na biyu
Majalisa ta biyu ta Continental. Wani daga cikin 'yan uwan Richard da Peyton na farko, Jane Randolph Jefferson, yana da ɗa Thomas Jefferson wanda ya bi' yan uwansa da masu jagoranci zuwa House of Burgesses da Continental Congresses. Richard ya halarci Kwalejin William & Mary kuma, kamar yawancin lokacinsa, ya kammala karatunsa a Scotland a Jami'ar Edinburgh. An horar da shi a shari'a kuma an yarda da shi a cikin bar a 1746, amma bai taba ba da sabis na shari'a ga jama'a ba. Ya gudanar da babban ɗakin karatu don lokacinsa, yawancin abin da aka kiyaye shi ta hanyar sayen sa bayan mutuwarsa ta Jefferson da dan uwansa-in-law St. George Tucker kuma ya sanya hanyar zuwa Library of Congress a matsayin wani ɓangare na kyautar ɗakin karatu na sirri na Jefferson a 1815.