Background
When his father died in 1671, Bland"s brother, Theodorick inherited Westover Plantation and joined with Richard in its ownership.
Governor of the Colony of Virginia
When his father died in 1671, Bland"s brother, Theodorick inherited Westover Plantation and joined with Richard in its ownership.
The brothers eventually conveyed 1,200 acres of land in Charles City County to William Byrd I in 1688 for £300 and 10,000 pounds of tobacco and cask. Richard Bland then established the Jordan"s Point Plantation across the James River in Prince George County, where he died in 1720. and family ties
Bland was the second of three sons born to Theodorick Bland of Westover and Anna Bennett, the daughter of Governor Richard Bennett. Bland married Mary Swan and had seven children who all died in their infancy.
Daughter Elizabeth Bland (born May 29, 1706) married Colonel William Beverley, the son of Robert Beverley, Junior., and had four children.
Daughter Anna Bland married twice. Son Theodorick Bland married Frances Bolling, the daughter of Drury Bolling, and had five children, including Congressman Theodorick Bland.
Son Richard Bland (born May 6, 1710) married Anne Poythress and had twelve children.
Bland was also a county commissioner, a visitor to The College of William & Mary, and is noted in the church records as a member of the Vestry of Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg Virginia which authorized in 1710 the building of the present Church structure.