_Adam BLAND _________
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_John BLAND __________|
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| |_Jane ATKYNS ________
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_Theodorick BLAND ___|
| (1628 - 1671) |
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| |_Susan LNU ___________|
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|--Richard BLAND Sr.
| (1665 - 1720)
| _Thomas BENNETT _____
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| _Richard BENNETT _____|
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| | |_Elizabeth EDNYE ____
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|_Anne BENNETT _______|
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| _____________________
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|_Mary Anne LONGWORTH _|
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|_____________________
[N2677] Bland was a member of the house of Burgesses for Charles City County in December, 1700; August, 1701; May and June, 1702; and Prince George County in April, 1706. In 1708 Bland was clerk of Prince George County. In 1710 he was a vestryman of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg. He was an intimate friend of William Byrd II. Byrd mentions in his Diary having on numerous occasions been in Bland's home in Williamsburg. In 1716 Bland was a member of the Board of Visitors at the College of William and Mary.
[N2678] His Will was dated 04 February 1719, and proved on 12 April 1720 in Prince George County, Virginia.