Theodorick Bland (surveyor)

Theodorick Bland (February 1663 – November 1700)^[1] made a survey in 1693 of the , which is an area corresponding to present day Alexandria, Virginia.^[2] He also made a survey for Williamsburg, Virginia in 1699.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Bland was the oldest son of Theodorick Bland of Westover and Anna Bennett, the daughter of Governor Richard Bennett.^[1]^[6] His brothers were Richard Bland (who had many notable descendants) and John Bland (who was the great-grandfather of Chancellor Theodorick Bland).^[1]^[6] Bland married Margaret Man and had two sons:^[1]

John Bland (born December 8, 1698); he married Ann West and had at least three children, John, Theodorick, and Mary.^[1]
Theodorick Bland, who died shortly after his father.^[1]

When his father died in 1671, Bland inherited Westover Plantation and joined with his brother, Richard, in its ownership.^[7] The brothers eventually conveyed 1,200 acres of the property to William Byrd I in 1688 for 300L and 10,000 pounds of tobacco and cask.^[7] Byrd's grandson built a Georgian mansion there in the 1750s.

Ancestry[]

Ancestors of Theodorick Bland (surveyor)

16. Roger (or Robert) Bland

8. Adam Bland

4. John Bland

9. Jane/Joan Atkyns

2. Theodorick Bland of Westover

10. de Dublere

5. Susan Declere/Duclere/Dublere

11. Marie Emperour

1. Richard Bland

24. Robert Bennett

12. Thomas Bennett

25. Elizabeth Edney/Ednye

6. Richard Bennett

13. Anstie Tomson

3. Anna Bennett

7. Mary Anne Longworth (widow of Utie)

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hunter, Joseph (1895). "Bland". In Clay, John W. (ed.). Familiae Minorum Gentium. Vol. II. London: The Harleian Society. pp. 421–427.
^ John Alexander. Chapman & Alexander Families. Virginia Book Company. p. 101.
^ "Bounds of the Capitol and Prison". Colonial Williamsburg's Digital History Center Archive. April 11, 1943.
^ Great Britain Public Record Office; John William Fortescue (1908). Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series. Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts.
^ Helen Bullock (April 12, 1938). "Sizes of Colonial Lots". Colonial Williamsburg's Digital History Center Archive.
^ ^a ^b Bland, Theodorick (1840). "Appendix". In Campbell, Charles (ed.). The Bland papers: Being a Selection from the Manuscripts of Colonel Theodorick Bland Jr. of Prince George County Virginia. Vol. I. Petersburg, Virginia: Edmund & Julian C. Ruffin. pp. 145–149.
^ ^a ^b Tyler, Lyon G. (January 1896). "Title of Westover". William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. 4 (3): 151–155. doi:10.2307/1914946. JSTOR 1914946. Retrieved December 11, 2010.

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[Hunter-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hunter, Joseph (1895). "Bland". In Clay, John W. (ed.). Familiae Minorum Gentium. Vol. II. London: The Harleian Society. pp. 421–427.

[2] John Alexander. Chapman & Alexander Families. Virginia Book Company. p. 101.

[3] "Bounds of the Capitol and Prison". Colonial Williamsburg's Digital History Center Archive. April 11, 1943.

[4] Great Britain Public Record Office; John William Fortescue (1908). Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series. Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts.

[5] Helen Bullock (April 12, 1938). "Sizes of Colonial Lots". Colonial Williamsburg's Digital History Center Archive.

[Campbell-6] Bland, Theodorick (1840). "Appendix". In Campbell, Charles (ed.). The Bland papers: Being a Selection from the Manuscripts of Colonel Theodorick Bland Jr. of Prince George County Virginia. Vol. I. Petersburg, Virginia: Edmund & Julian C. Ruffin. pp. 145–149.

[Tyler-7] Tyler, Lyon G. (January 1896). "Title of Westover". William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. 4 (3): 151–155. doi:10.2307/1914946. JSTOR 1914946. Retrieved December 11, 2010.

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