Background
Bland was the oldest son of Theodorick Bland of Westover and Anna Bennett, the daughter of Governor Richard Bennett.
Bland was the oldest son of Theodorick Bland of Westover and Anna Bennett, the daughter of Governor Richard Bennett.
He also made a survey for Williamsburg, Virginia in 1699. Bland married Margaret Manitoba and had two sons:
Theodorick Bland, who died shortly after his father. 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.
Byrd"s grandson built a Georgian mansion there in the 1750s.
