Richard Bland

Richard Bland I (August 11, 1665 – April 1720), sometimes known as Richard Bland of Jordan's Point, was a Virginia planter and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses,

Early and family life

The son of Theodorick Bland of Westover, #tag:ref|Some references spell Anna Bennett's name as "Anne". Elizabeth Bland (born May 29, 1706), 2nd born daughter, married Colonel William Beverley, the son of Robert Beverley Jr., and had four children.

Bland's many notable descendants, in addition to his son and namesake, include Roger Atkinson Pryor and Joseph Pembroke Thom, a Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. The brothers eventually conveyed 1,200 acres of the Westover Plantation lands in Charles City County to William Byrd I in 1688 for £300 and 10,000 pounds of tobacco and cask.

Death and legacy Preceding her husband in death, Elizabeth Randolph Bland died January 1720.

Ancestry