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William Byrd was probably born in London, the third surviving son of Thomas Byrd and his wife, Margery. [ 4 ] [ note 1 ] No record of his birth has survived, [ 5 ] and the year of his birth is not known for certain, but a document dated 2 October 1598, and written by William Byrd, states that he is "58 yeares or ther abouts", making the year he ...
William Byrd II (March 28, 1674 – August 26, 1744) was an American planter, lawyer, surveyor and writer. Born in the English colony of Virginia, Byrd was educated ...
William Byrd I (1652 – December 4, 1704) was an English-born Virginia colonist and politician. He came from the Shadwell section of London, where his father John Bird (c. 1620–1677) was a goldsmith.
Colonel William Byrd III (September 6, 1728 – January 1 or January 2, 1777) was an American planter, politician and military officer who was a member of the House of Burgesses. [ 1 ] Biography
The brothers eventually conveyed 1,200 acres of the property to William Byrd I in 1688 for £300 and 10,000 pounds of tobacco and cask. [5] [7] The plantation is notable for its 18th-century and later history. The mansion, Westover Plantation, was built in the Georgian style. It was considered the seat of the William Byrd family in Virginia.
This day Christ was born; O God that guides the cheerful sun; Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles ... William Byrd Keyboard Music, ed. Alan Brown (London: Stainer & Bell ...
Maria Taylor Byrd (November 10, 1698 – August 28, 1771) was a prominent colonial woman who managed her and her husband William Byrd II's Westover Plantation during his periods of absence. During their lifetimes, William Byrd III and Maria Taylor Byrd's holdings increased to 179,423 acres of land and hundreds of enslaved people.
William Byrd I (1652–1704), member of colonial Virginia's House of Burgesses; William Byrd II (1674–1744), founder of Richmond, Virginia; William Byrd III (1728–1777), member of the House of Burgesses, and military officer; William Byrd (died 1922), American lynching victim; William M. Byrd (1819–1874), justice of the Supreme Court of ...