Byrd, William, 1674-1744
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Byrd, William II, 1674-1744.
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Byrd, William, écrivain
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byrd od Westover, William 1674-1744
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Byrd, William of Virginia
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William Byrd II resided at Westover in Charles City County, Virginia.
Virginia planter William Byrd served as a member of the Virginia Council of the State (1709-1744); he determined the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina.
Public official of Virginia colony.
William Byrd was a Virginia planter and colonial official. He was a member of the Virginia Council of the State (1709-1744) and was commissioned to determine the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina.
William Byrd II born at Westover Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia, and educated at Felsted School, England, for the law. He was a member of the King's Counsel for 37 years. He returned to the Colony following his schooling in England, lived in lordly estate on his plantation, Westover Plantation, and gathered the most valuable library in the Virginia Colony, numbering some 4000 books. He was the founder of Richmond and provided the land where the city was laid out in 1737. John Custis (1678-1749) was born in Northampton County. He studied the tobacco trade in England and may have had some formal schooling there as well. In 1706 he married Francis Parke. Together they had two daughters and two sons. By 1717 Custis had moved to Williamsburg, where he would live until his death.
Writer lived at Westover, Charles City County, Virginia.
William Byrd II, English-educated Virginia planter and owner of "Westover," Charles City County, Va., was one of the richest men in the colony and for many years served in the colonial government.
William Byrd, II, English-educated Virginia planter and owner of "Westover," Charles City County, Va., was one of the richest men in the colony and for many years served in the colonial government.
Byrd married Lucy Parke (1688-1716), sister of Frances (1686-1715), who married John Custis.
William Byrd II born at Westover Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia, and educated at Felsted School, England, for the law. He was a member of the King's Counsel for 37 years. He returned to the Colony following his schooling in England, lived in lordly estate on his plantation, Westover Plantation, and gathered the most valuable library in the Virginia Colony, numbering some 4000 books. He was the founder of Richmond and provided the land where the city was laid out in 1737.
William Byrd II born at Westover Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia, and studied law at Felsted School, England,. He was a member of the King's Counsel for 37 years. He returned to the Colony following his schooling in England, and lived on his plantation, Westover Plantation. He was the founder of Richmond and provided the land where the city was laid out in 1737.
William Byrd II born at Westover Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia, and educated at Felsted School, England, for the law. He was a member of the King's Counsel for 37 years. He returned to the Colony following his schooling in England, lived on his plantation, Westover Plantation. He was the founder of Richmond and provided the land where the city was laid out in 1737.
Virginia planter, colonial official and author of The history of the dividing line, A journey to the land of Eden and Progress to the mines, all published posthumously in 1841.
Spent 1715-1720 in England, in part to represent leading members of the Virginia Council of State in a dispute with the governor.
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