Theodorick Bland (surveyor)

For other people with the same name, see Theodorick Bland (disambiguation).

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

Biography

Coat of Arms of Theodorick Bland

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 was the great-grandfather of Chancellor Theodorick Bland) and John 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)