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Thomas, s. of Thomas and Agnes Norton, 6. Jan. 23, 1755.
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Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Agnes Norton, b. Oct. 21, 1750.
Patty, dau. of Thomas and Agnes Norton, b. Oct. 19, 175S.
Frances, dau. of Thomas and Agnes Norton, b. Junc 1, 1760.
William, s. of Thomas and Agnes Norton, b. Apl. 22,
₹ 1762.
Frances, dau. of Jno. Peterson, b. Sep. 3, bap. Oct. 22, 1745.
Daniel, s. of Thomas Hare, b. Dec. IS. 1760, bap. (Blandford Church) Mar. 1, 1761.
James, s. of Thomas Hare, 3. Apl. 2, bap. May 16, 1762.
Burwell, s. of Thos. and Mary Lce, b. Dec. 3, bap. May 17, 1750; Edward, 1755; Ephraim, 1758; Henry, 1761.
William, s. of William and Sarah Batte.
Wm., s. of John and Mary Clements, b. May 28, 1760.
Robt. Stith, Alex. and Susan Bolling, Oct. IS, 1792. Rebecca, dau. of Thomas F. and Signora Bolling. b. Apl. IS, bap. June 2, 1793.
Elizabeth, wife of Charles McMurdo, died 13th and was buried 14th Sep., 1792.
Martha Ann Elizabeth, dau. of Charles I. McMurdo, b. Sep. Ist, and bop. Oct. 11th, 1792. This was the mother of the Rev. C. J. Gibson, D. D.
Rebecca, dau. of Robt. and Catherine Bolling, b. Feb. 23, bap. May 12, 1792.
Lucy, dau. of Robt. and Catherine Bolling, l. May 3, bap. Oct. 11, 1795.
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Thomas, s. of Rev. John Cameron, b. Jan. 16, bap. Apl. 1, 1793.
R. I. Keith, s. of Wm. Call, b. Oct. 24, 1792, bop. June 2, 1793.
William Poythress, died Oct. 15th, 1794.
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GENEALOGIES.
ATKINSON. *
Roger1 Atkinson of "Mansfield," Dinwiddie county, emigrated from Cumberland county, England, to Vir- ginia about 1750; m. Anne, dau. of John, second in descent from John Pleasantst of "Curle's." Henrico county, who emigrated thither from Norwich, England, in 1665.
Issue: i. John2, d. unmarried.
ii. Jane2, 22. Gen. Joseph Jones.
iii. Roger2, 22. Ist Agnes Poythress; 2d, Sally Spottswood.
iv. Jane2, 1. John Ponsonby.
* The late period at which this genealogy reached us, to our re- gret, prevented many additions within our knowledge which it was our desire should have appeared. We may mention as of the issue of the Rev. Dr. Churchill J. Gibson : Rev. Robert A. of Richmond, who m. a dau. of Hon. Alex'r II. H. Stuart; and the wife of Capt. John- Hampden Chamberlayne, the able editor of the State newspaper.
The Rev. Wm. Byrd Lee, of Culpeper county, the son of Richard Ilenry Lee, is a great grandson of Rober !? and Mary Tabb (Mayo) Atkinson.
+ A genealogy of the descendants of John Pleasants to the pre- sent generation, is extant in manuscript, of which we possess a copy. R. A. B.
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V. Thomas2, m. Sally C. Page, nie Nelson. No issue.
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vi. Robert," m. Mary Tabb, dau. of Win. Mayo of "Powhatan."
Issue of Gen'l Joseph, and Jane' (Atkinson) Jones :
i. Thomas", of "Bellevue," Chesterfield county, m. Mary Lec.
ii. Roger', d. unmarried.
iii. Joseph3, m. Ist Sally, dau. of Roger At- kinson; 2d, Mary Pickett of Ky.
iv. Jane3, 11. Robert K. Jones.
v. John3, d. unmarried.
vi. Lucy Ann3, m. Ist James Lochand; 2d, Ro. K. Jones; 3d, Wmn. Baird.
vii. Benson3, 22. Ist Anne Littlejohn; 2d. Maria Goodwin of N. C.
Issue of Roger' and Agnes (Poythress) Atkinson :
i. Anne Pleasants3, m. Benj. Munford Har- rison.
ii. John3, m. Ist Mary, dau. of Rich'd Pryor- of Dinwiddie county; 2d, Mrs. - Harris.
iii. Sally3, m. Dr. Joseph Joncs.
iv. Thomas Poythress3, M. D., 6. 1795, d. Aug. 30, 1874, editor and legislator : widely beloved for his genial dispo- sition, m. Mary Baird. Their day. m. Col. B. M. Jones.
V. Jane3, 22. Wm. Pryor .--
vi. Roger', m. Margaret Littlejohn.
vii. Caroline3, in. Philip Mayo.
viii. Robert3, m. Virginia Suit.
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ix. Lucy3, m. Rev. Theodrick Pryor, D. D. Issue : Gen. Roger A. Pryor.
x. Anne Pleasants3, m. Ruffin Baird of Din- widdie county.
Issue of John and Anne? (Atkinson) Ponsonby :
i. Anne Pleasants3, 22. David Minge, M. D.
ii. John3, 22. Ist Eliza Cooke; 2d, Mrs. Williams.
iii. Eliza Johnson3.
iv. Jane Atkinson3.
v. Thomas3.
vi. Milhanc3, 22. in Ohio.
vii. William3.
Issue of Robert2 and Mary Tabb (Mayo) Atkinson:
i. Wm. M3., D. D., Presbyterian Church, 2. Ist Rebecca Marsden; 2d, Eliz'h White.
ii. Samt. Pleasants3, m. Wm. Patterson.
iii. Eliza Mayo3, m. Wm. Byrd Page of Clarke county.
iv. Roger Benson3, m. Mary, dau. of Thos. Withers (see Withers) ; 2d, Ann Toler.
v. Jane Jones3, 2. Benjamin C. Minge.
vi. Thomas, Rt. Rev. Bishop of N. C., 22. Joseph, duu. of John Wilder.
vii. Agnes3, 1. Geo. H. Burwell of Clarke county.
viii. Robert Alexander3, 2. Eliz'h Nelson.
ix. Lucy Fitzhugh3, m. Rev. Churchill J. Gib- son, D. D.
x. ' John M. P3., D. D., Presdt. of Hampden Sydney College, m. Ist Eliz'h, dau. of
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Rev. Peyton Harrison; 2d, Mary B. Baldwin; 3d, Fanny, dau. of Hon. Alex'r H. H. Stuart, xi. Joseph Mayo, Rev., m. Sally C., Jau, of Dr. Beverley Wellford.
BOLLING .*
"The Bolling family is very ancient. Robert Boll- ing, Esq., in the reign of Edward IV. possessed and resided in his elegant house of Bolling Hall, near Bradford, in Yorkshire, England, where many genera- tions of his ancestors, in the enjoyment of private life, had lived. After his death he was buried in the family vault in the church of Bradford. It is probable that his family had been benefactors of that church, and even had built it, since its coat of arms, alone; was engraved upon it, which perhaps would not have been permitted, had it not been for that or some other cir- cumstance of the same kind."t
This Robert Bolling died in the year 1435, and Bolling Hall passed in succession to the families of Tristam Bolling and Sir Richard Tempest (who inter- married with Rosamond, the daughter and heiress of the former) and others.
Robert', son of John' and Mary Bolling tof the Bollings of Bolling Hall, near Bradford, Yorkshire. England) of Allhallows, Barkin parish, Tower street, London, the first of the name who settled in Virginia, was born December 26th, 1646. He arrived in Vir-
* This family has been represented in the vestry of Bristol Parish in every generation-and usually by the name of. Robert.
¡ Bolling Memoirs, p. 3.
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ginia October 2, 1660. and married, first, in 1675, Jane, dau. of Thomas Rolfe and granddaughter of Poca- hontas; second, 1681, Anne, daw. of John Stith, of Brunswick county, and lived at "Kippax" (sometimes called "Farmingdale"), Prince George county. Died July 17, 1709.
Issue by first in .:
i. John3, 6. Jan. 27, 1676 .*
Issue by second m .:
ii. Robert3, b. Jan 25, 1682, m. Jan. 27, 1706, Anne Cocke: d. 1749.
iii. Stith3, b. March 28. 1686.
iv. Edward3, 6. Oct. 3, 1687.
v. Anne3, b. July 22, 1690.
vi. Drury3, b. June 21, 1695.
vii. Thomas3, b. Mch. 20, 1697.
viii. Agnes, b. Nov. 30, 1700.
Issue of Robert? and Mary (Cocke) Bolling :
i. Mary4, b. Jan. 25, 1708, m. Wm. Starke.
ii. Eliz'h.", b. Dec. 17, 1709, m. James Min- ford (see Munford).
iii. Anne', b. Dec. 12, 1713, m. John Hall.
iv. Lucy', b. May 3, 1719, 2. Peter Randolph of "Chatsworth."
V. Jane4, b. Apl. 1, 1722, m. Hugh Miller.
vi. Martha', 7. Nov. 17, 1726, m. Richard Eppes, of Bermuda Hundreds. (Sce Eppes).
vii. Susanna', b. June 16, 1728, m. Alex. Boli- ing, of "Mitchell's," Prince George co. viii. Robert', b. June 12. 1730; d. Feb. 24,
* For issne, see Bolling Memoirs.
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1775; settled at "Bollingbrook," Pe- tersburg, Va., and m. Ist. Martha, sis- ter of Col. John Banister, of "Batter- son," M. C .; she dying he m. 2d. Apl. II, 1758, Mary Marshall, only dau. of Col. Thomas 'Tabb, of "Clay Hill," Amelia co., who d. Oct. 14, 1814. Issue : Robert5, of ("Centre Hill,") 6. Mch. 3. 1759. m. Ist, Nov. 4th, 17Sr, Mary Burton, only dau. of Col. Robert Bolling, of "Chellowe,"# who d. Aug. 3, 1787; m. 2nd, Nov. 4, 1790, Catharine, dau. of Buckner Stith, of "Rockspring," Bruns- wick co., who d. Aug. 9, 1795; m. 3rd, Sept. 1, 1796, Sally, dau. of Lawrence and Eliza Washington, who d. Oct. 2, 1796, m. 4th, Nov. 23, 1797, Anne Dade, only daughter of Buckner and Anne Stith, who d. Apl. 1846.
omas Tabb5, 6. Feb. 27, 1763, 22. Seig- nora, dau. of Sir John Peyton, of Gloucester co., d. Dec. I, ISIO. iii. Anne5, 6. 1765, m. John Shore, M. D.
Col. Robert Bolling, of " Chellowe," m. 2d --- Watson.
sue : i. Powhatan, d. s. p.
ii. Linnaeus, member Virginia Assembly 1795-9; »2. Mary, dax. of Geo. Markham of Chesterfield Co.
ssue : i. Robert.
ii. Philip A. (Judge.)
iii. Mary.
iv. Susan, m. Robert T. Hubbard, Buckingham Co., of whose isone is Rev. El. W. Hubbard, Restor of Bromfield Parish, Va.
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iv. Frances5, m. John Lemessurier.
v. Marianna5, b. Nov. 1779, d. Nov. 1852, unmarried.
Issue of Robert5 and Mary ( Burton) Bolling, (Ist 2) : i. Mary Burton Augusta“, b. June IS, 1789; m. Oct. 15, 1807, Jno. Monro, son of Col. John and Anne (Blair) Banister, d. Apl. IS53.
Issue of Robert and Catharine (Stith) Bolling, (2nd m.):
ii. Rebecca PG., 6. - , m. July, 1817, John Blackwood Strachan, M. D., d. Dec. 26, 1845.
iii. Lucy Ann6, 6. --- , m. N. Sncison, d. IS44, without issue.
Issue of Robert and Anne Dade (Stit !! ) Bolling, (4th m.) :
iv. Ann RobertsonG, b. -, m. John N. Campbell, D. D., of Phila., d. May 1, 1828, without issue.
v. Martha Stithe, m. Ist, June, 1828, Martin Slaughter, of Culpepper co .; 2nd, E. C. Freeman, of Culpepper.
vi. Robert Buckner“, m. Nov. 29, 1831, Sa- rah Melville, only dau. of John and Sarah S. Minge, of "Sandy Point," Charles city co., who d. July 20, 1854. vii. Geo. W6., m. Martha S., dau. of Wm. N. and Margaret Nicholls, of Georgetown, D. C.
Issue of Mary Burton Augusta" (Bolling) and Jolin Monro Banister :
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i. W. C., m. Caroline Lewis, A. in battle June 9, IS64.
ii. Mary Burton', m. German B. Gill, of Sus- sex co., d.
iii. Ann1, m. Wm. T. McCandlish, d. Aug. 29. 18.43.
iv. Robert B7, Surgeon U. S. Navy, d. -.
v. John Monro, D. D., m. Mary Louisa, dau. of Gen. Wm. H. Broadnax.
vi. Emily Ci., m. Commodore H. H. Cocke, U. S. Navy, (of Prince George co.)
vii. Euretta B., m. Charles Stickney, of Ala. viii. Augusta, d.
ix. Helen TI, m. Dr. Robt. L. Madison, Lexington, Va.
Issue of Rebecca P.6 (Bolling) and Dr. John Black- wood Strachan :
i. Catharine Roberta7, 22. Quinn Morton.
ii. Rebecca Bollingi, m. Dr. Geo. C. Bland.
iii. Martha Cornelia', m. Richard Lawton.
iv. Jenet G1. 22. Dr. Gaskins.
v. John Blackwood, m. Virginia. dau. of Theophilus and Susan Meade.
Issue of Martha Stith6 (Bolling) and Martin Slaugh- ter (Ist m.)
i. Anna Roberta7, m. F. M. Wright.
Issue of Martha Stith (Bolling) and E. C. Freeman (2d m.)
ii. Ann Catherine', m. C. E. Maneger.
iii. Martha Mellville, m. Maj. Benj. H. Nash. iv. Robert Bolling1, m. Sue Eggleston, dar. of Ro. C. and Clorinda Egerton, d. Aug. 22, IS62.
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Issue of Robt Buckner6 and Sarah Melville (Minge) Bolling :
i. Robert™, (M. D. Phila.) m. June 1866, Leontine Hagerdom.
ii. John Minge' (N. Y.)
iii. Townshend Stith ?.
iv. Wm. Holt' (M. D.), m. Oct. 1869, Ida, dau. of Erasmus and Fanny Force of . Ky.
v. Stuart1.
vi. Bartlett1.
vii, Samuel M.I.m. Sep. IS72, Eliz'h, dau. of viii. Anna Dade'.
Jas. P. Holcombe, M. C., Author, &c.
ix. Moses B'.
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Issue of George W. and Martha S. (Nicholls) Boll- ing:
i. Robert6, m. Nov. 25, 1865, Nannie, only dau. of Samuel and Eliz'h Webster of Md.
ii. Wm. N.6, m. Ist, Sue, dau. of Richard Kidder and Julia Meade, M. C.
iii. Margaret6, d. July 1859, unmarried.
iv. Sarah Melville.
v. Anna Dades, m. June 2, 1868, F. Lynn Tilghman of Md.
vi. Geo. W.6
vii. Mary Tabb6, m. Nov. 28, 1867, Gen. Wm. H. F. Lee.
Issue of Thomas Tabb5 and Signora (Peyton) Boll -. ing :
i. John Peyton6, b. Sep. 22, 1788; m. Nov. 16, 1820, Ann F., dau. of James Skel-
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ton Gilliam, of Petersburg; d. June I( 1861.
ii. Francis5, m. Everard Meade, M. D.
iii. Robert3, d.
iv. Rebecca6, d ..
v. Martha Tabb6, m. Ist, Thomas Tabb c
Amelia Co .; and, Col. J. H. Ross, Ale vi. Harriet", mn. Charles Eggleston, Ameli Co.
vii. ThomasG, m. Mary Carter, Goochland Co viii. Yelverton D.6, m. Sophia Sully, Rich mond, Va.
ix. Warner T.º, m.
x. MarthaG, m. Ist, Spencer Elkin, Bucking ham Co .; 2nd, Wm. Clements, Miss.
xi. Wm. S.G, m. Ist, Pocahontas Robertson Richmond; ed, Mrs. --- Hill, Tenn. Issue of John Peyton6 and Ann F. (Gilliam) Bolling
i. Mary F.
ii. Seignora1 m. Judge Wyndham Kemp. Gloucester Co .; d. Aug. 1865.
iii. Arabella", 22. 1848 Willis W. Hobson, Powhatan Co.
iv. Fanny H1. 2 John Kemp, Brooklyn, N. Y .; d. Dec. 1872.
v. Evelyn T. m. ist James Gilmer, Ala .; 2d, John Wimbish, Ala.
vi. Anne Peyton".
- Issue of Anne5 (Bolling) and Dr. John Shorc:
i. JohnG.
ii. Thomas6, 7. Harriet Bolling.
iii. Mary, m. - Boyd.
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iv. Ann Eliza6, 72. Richard B. Batte. (See Batte.)
V. Robert6, 277. - - Fletcher.
vi. Henry E6. 2. - Branch.
vii. William6.
Issue of Francis5 (Bolling) and John Lemessurier :
i. Rebecca6.
11. Peter6.
BLAND.
The origin of the Bland or Blaund family dates from a remote period. Few families of private gentry have flourished better or spread more widely than this well allied house .*
The family is purely English, and we may not hesi- tate to compare the virtues and renown of its several branches with those of the proudest gen ry of the kingdom. Their surname is derived from Bland or Bland's Gill, in the chapel of How Gill and parish of Sedburg.+ It it situated in Yorkshire, a short dis- tance to the castward of the river Lone, which is the boundary between the counties of York and West- moreland at the foot of the mountains called How Gill's Fells. Thoresby says that the family took its name from the Hamlet of Blond.t In 1333 Patricius de Bland or Blound was one of the commanders in the military army in the Wapentake of Eniscross
* Carlisle's History of the Bland family. London, IS25, p. 2. f Nicholson's History of Westmoreland.
¿ Ducatus Leodensis. Vol. I, p. 126.
Vol. I, p. 253.
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against the Scots. The Bland arms * bear three arrows and perhaps three archer's bows were cut from the old yew trees, the last of which will soon disappear from the Sedburgh church yard. | William de Bland did good service to the King Edward III in the wars of France, in the company of John of Gaunt, Earl of Richmond. The name variously spelled occurs fre- quently in the church records and among the Govern- ors of the School. The earliest mention of the name was in 1132. Richard, son of Hugh Bland of Disford [Diceford] N. Riding York, as a benefactor of the rich Abbey of Fountains. : Bland's close still adjoins Fountains Abbey.
The name Bland was then sometimes written Blund, whence Blunt and even Blount.
In 1337 the Blands of Sedburgh sent a branch to Gibard, an ancient patrimony belonging to them in the parish of Orton, Lonsdale, Westmoreland county. Orton is about seven miles from Bland's Gill. In 1874 Miss Fanny Bland an accomplished representative of the family resided at the family seat§ of Orton, whionce came the founders of the family in Virginia.
* The Bland arms are : Ar. on a bend sa., three pheons of the field. Crest out of a ducal coronet or, a lion's head ppr. Motto: Sperate et virite fortes.
¡ Platt's History of parish of Sedburgh. Yorkshire, p.
Į Barton's Monasticum Eboracensis, p. 161.
¿ In the same year Miss Bland, who is an enthusiast in all that pertains to the history of her family and who is strongly embue l with the true zeal of the antiquary, visited Virginia. Her genial characteristics endeared her to her relatives here, and many friends beside cherish pleasant memories of the charm of her social presence.
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Without intermission the Bland family have contin- ued to reside at Orton since 1377. The name Bland's Gill is still laid down on the maps of Westmoreland.
There is an interesting branch of the family in Ire- land. Rev. James Bland, son of John, of Sedburgh, graduate of Cambridge, went as chaplain to Viscount Sydney, Lord Lieutenant, 1692, and was Vicar of Kil- larney and Dean of Ardfut, 1721. He married Lucy, dau. of Sir Francis Brereton, Alderman of Dublin. There is a monument to his dau. at Killarney, and a seal, with an inscription, being a punning reference to the name Bland, viz: Dulce Sonat Blandus amor. His son Francis, and his grandson James, and his great- grandson Francis, succeeded him as Vicar of Killar- ney.
At Canterbury in 1555, the learned and pious John Bland, M. A., Rector of Adhisham in Kent, and three others, suffered martyrdom by burning for their adher- ence to the Protestant faith. His prayer upon the wful occasion has been preserved. It is triumphant n its Christian faith, devotion and humble resigna- tion .*
Sir Thomas Bland, Knt., of Kippax Park,¡ near
* Harper's Life and Sufferings of the Glorious Martyrs, p. 93.
t John Randolph of Roanoke, who visited Kippax in September 1822, left the following memoranda regarding it: " Monuments of the Bland family at Kippax, in the parish church. The armiorial bearings the same as those on the tombstone of Theodrick Bland, my maternal grandfather's grandfather, in Westover church :- yard, Virginia. (Sir Francis Bland died Nov. 14, 1663, aged 21. He married Jane, daughter of Sir Wmn. Lowther, who dyed young and
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Leca. ^reated a Baronet by Charles I. August 30, 1642.
A. Roger . of Orton, Westmoreland county,
husbandn .. .escendant of a second brother of the house of Gybard in the same county, father of:
B. Adam Bland2,% of London,f skinner-made free 4th Edward VI. (1552), Sargeant Skinner to Queen Elizabeth, and lived in the Tower of London. Received his crest from the Queen 1653. m. Joan, dau. of Wm. Atkyns or Atkins of St. Gregory, London, and left numerous is- sue, as follows :
who was succeeded by ' Sir John Bland, who erected this monu- ment.')
On the left of the window, a monument, erected 1735 by Sir John Bland, ' To the memory of his greatgrandfather, Sir Thomas Bland, Bart: son of Sir Thomas Bland, Knight' [by Charles II. before baronets were instituted ] 'and of the honourable Catharine Saville, daughter of John Lord Saville of Pontefract. He married Roste mond, daughter of Francis Neville, of the ancient family of Che vet, near Wakefield, died Oct. 1657. His loyalty to King Charles, and sufferings for him, were too many to be recorded on so small a tablet as this.'
Sir John Bland, of Kippax Park, married Lady Francis Finch, daughter of JIeneage, Earl of Aylesford. He died at Bath, April 14, 1742. Succeeded by his only son, Sir Hungerford, who died Oct. 6, 1756, aged 30 year .. This monument erected by Mrs. Ann Bland [one of the co-heiresses carried the estate to the Davidsons, now Davidson. Bland] the eldest of his surviving sisters."-MS. Mem. Book of Johr Randolph of Roanoke.
* John Bland the mutyr was his cousin.
+ There are two Streets near London Bridge called Upper and Lower Bland streets, near Virginia Terrace.
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C. (a) William Bland,3 of London, gentleman, m. Judith, dau. of Thomas Woodery, of Gro- by, and had issue, Sam'l', Win.4, Jane4.
(b) Peter3, m. Susan -. Issue, Adam', Wm'. Joan', Susan', Judith4.
(c) Thomas3, of St. Martin's, Gentleman, under Sheriff of Middlesex, m. Eliz'h, widow of Win. Tardley, Esq. Issue, Geo.', Eliz'h'.
(d) Gregory', m. Issue : Frances4, Jane4.
(e) John3, of Syth Lane, London, in the parish of St. Antholin's and of Plaislow, Essex county, b. 1573; buried in his own vault at St. Antholin's, to which parish he gave £5 towards a daily morning lecture. In 1626 he was made free of the Grocer's Company. He m. Susan Deblere or Duclere (6. 1590) of the city of Hamburg. She d. Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 1, 1664, preceding the break- ing out of the great plague, and was buried in the vault of St. Antholins. Had issue 17 children :
D. i. Mary', bap. 1607, m. E. M., 4th son of Sir Peter Proby, woolen draper, Alder- man, Lord Mayor of London and af- terwards Lord Carysfoot. Issue: i. Peters, ii. Geo.5, iii. Susan5.
ii. Susan', m. Thomas Pierson.
iii. Thomas4, d. 1678, resided at Plaislow; Receiver General of York; royalist, 2. Ist, Eliz'h Witham; 2nd, Katharine Sandys; bequeathed jewelry to Sir Richard Sandys, royalist.
iv. John', m. Sarah, dau. of Giles Green, Esq.,
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of Applington, also representative for Corfe Castle in the reign of Chas. I. Mentioned in Pepys' Diary, 1680. June 12th: "Mr. John Bland, merchant [of Virginia] was buryed in ye chancel in St. Olave's Church, Hart Street, I.on- don."*
(Pepys was buried under the commu- nion table in the same church). Mrs. Bland was in Va. at the time of her husband's death. Her attorney in the colony was Wmn. Fitzhugh.
V. Edward', m. Jane, dau. of Gregory Bland3(d), d 1653, and was buried at "Kymages" just above "Westover" on the north side of James river, Va.
vi. Anne4, m. Stephen Jackson.
vii. Eliz'h', m. Rev. Wm. Beare, Rector of Cowley.
viii. Hester4, d. aged 7 years.
ix. Robertt, (Rev.) m. Mary Hinton, of Weybrough, d. 1702. Issue.
x. Adam', d. on his way to Virginia.
xi. .William4, merchant in Spain, d. 1649.
xii. Rich'd', of Beeston Hall, 2. Jane Lane, relict of Edmund Pott. Issuc.
xiii. Arnold', d. an infant.
xiv. Son+, still-born.
xv. Theodrick', of "Berkeley," James river, Va., was baptized at St. Antholin's, Jan. 16, 1629: was first, in 1646, a merchant
* Pepys' Diary, Vol. I, pp. 191-7, Carlisle, 123, 145.
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with his brother at St. Luca, Spain ; then, in 1647-8, in the Canary Islands. In 1654 he came to Va., d. Aug. 1669, and was buried at "Westover,"* James river. The epitaph on his tombstone, (which bears his coat of arms) says he died in 1671. He m. Anne, dau. of Col. Richard Bennett, of "Wayanock" (now called "Weyanoke") and " Kic- cotan," near "Westover,"-who was Governor of Virginia, the first ap- pointed by the Assembly during the Commonwealth or Cromwellian Pro- tectorate. She d. at Wharton's Creek, Kent county, Md., Nov. 1687.
xvi. Rachael‘, d. unmarried.
xvii. Joan Amy4, d. an infant, buried at St. Antholins, which was destroyed by the great fire in London, -, but was re- built. It has recently, however (1874),
* The famed seat of "Westover" originally comprised an arca of 2,000 acres of land, which were patented by Capt. Thomas Pawlett, January 15, 1637. He died January 1643, bequeathing his possessions in Virginia to his brother, Sir John Pawlett, who, on April 17, 1665, sold the "Westover" property of 1,200 acres, a dwell- ing house and farm buildlings, for f170 sterling to Theodrick Bland, from whom it descended to his eldest son Theodrick, who admitted into joint tenancy with himself his brother Richard. The brothers in turn conveyed " Westover" to Col. Wm. Byrd (the first of the name and title in Virginia) by deed bearing date February 14, 1688, for a consideration of 5300 sterling and 10,000 pounds of tobacco. " Westover" was for years the seat of Charles City county, and the parish church of the name was also in its limits.
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been removed in the improvement of London.
Issue of John' and Sarah Bland:
i. Johns, d. young.
ii. Thomas5, d. young.
iii. Giles5, bap. at St. Olaves, m. at Oldgate, Frances, dau. of Thomas Porby, one of the Masters of Requests. Came to Virginia; participated in what is known as "Bacon's Rebellion:" hung by the Governor, Sir Wm. Berkeley. He was 29 years old at the time of his death. His widow m. secondly Sam'l Starkey, of New Windsor, Berks. Giles left one son, sometime an Ensign of Foot, in the service of Queen Anne, living 1712. He m. Mary, dau. of John Brown, of London. They had one son, Giles, b. about 1703, d. about 1756, without issue. Edward, son of Ed- ward, and cousin of Giles Bland the "rebel," became possessed of the estate of the latter ("Kymages," adjoining "Berkeley" and "Westover") at his father's death, but being embroiled in a long suit at law,* died siezed only of the manor house of "Kymages" and 2,000 acres .; It had been S,oco acres.
*" I am inclined to believe that this law-suit was with the Berke- ley family, and was possibly also the cause of the personal quarrel between Sir William Berkeley and Giles Bland.' -Letter from Miss Fanny Bland to present writer.
¿ Carlisle's History of the Bland Family.
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He d. about 1690, and was buried at "Westover."
Issue of Edward' and Janet Bland :
Edward', m. Jane Gilby and had issue: John d. unm'd; dau. m. Horton and had issue : Bland and I dau; Sarah m. Rev. Richard New and had issue John.
Issue of Theodrick4 and Anne (Bennet) Bland, of "Berkeley":
i. Theodrick5, of "Westover," James river; member of the Council of Virginia; d. 1702 and was buried at Westover : 22. Margaret ---- , of England, and had issue: Theodrick, John, (returned to England), and Scarborough.
ii. Richard', of "Jordan's Point," James river, but sometime of Williamsburg, merchant, m. Ist, Mary, dau. of Col. Thomas Swann, of "Swann's Point," James river, and had issue : 6 chil., all d. young; m2. 2d, Eliz'h, dau. of Col. Wm. Randolphi, of "Turkey Island," James river. She d. at "Jordan's," Jan. 22d, 1719. Hed. there April 6, 1720. Both buried there. They had issue:
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