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Preface...... i v

Lis t 0 f a p s ...... , . . , . , . . . , . . . . . , . . , . . . . . , ...... , ' . . . x i x List of Genealogical Tables...... xx List of Portraits and Photographs " .. , ...... xxiii

Part One: The Bland Family in London 1555-1665 Chapter I An End: The Trial and Death of John Bland ...... , ...... 1 July 12, 1555., ...... , . . ... , . . . .. , .,., .. "., ...... ,.... 1 John Bland, The Marian Martyr...... 3

Chapter II A Beginning: Ad am Bland, Younq Man the Provinces...... 7

--Chaoter'._-- III- The Family of Adam Bland of London: Second Generation...... 15 Adam's Marri age to Joan Atkyns ...... , . . 15 Robert Bland: Third Generation. ,...... 20 Jan e B1 and: T h i rd Gene rat i on ...... , 22 Peter Bland: Third Generation...... 23 Three Keys and an Unlik ely Kn ave : Peter Bland and His Kinsmen ...... 26 Thomas Bland: Third Generation ...... ,...... 33 Elizabeth Bland: Third Generation ...... 40 The Children...... 40 William Bland: Third Generation ...... 41 Gregory Bland: Third Generation...... 48 Jasper Bland: Third Generation ...... 51 Mary Bland: Third Generation...... 51 John Bland: Third Generation...... 52 Mary Bland ...... ,...... 54 Susannah Bland ...... ,...... 55 Thomas Bland...... 56 John Bland ...... , ...... , ...... 58 Edward Bland ...... ,...... 61 Adam Bland . . , ...... ,...... 63 Robert Bland ...... , .... , .. . .. , . ... . , .. ,...... 63 Anne and El izabeth Bl and...... 64 William Bland...... 65 Richard Bland ... . , ...... , ...... 66 The Mi nor Chi 1 dren ... , .. , ...... 68 Theodorick Bland...... 68 The Sorrows of Susan Deblere...... 69 x v.

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Part Two: The Bland Family of the James River in

Chapter IV The Sons of John Bland, The Grocer...... 76 1646: Th e Pa s tis Pro 1 ague...... 76 John Bland: Merchant in Spain and London: 1643-1664...... 78 Virginia and the Bland Family: 1616-1646...... 81 Edward Bland: 1646-1652...... 86 Theodorick Bland: 1652-1671...... 91 John Bland in London and Tangier: 1660-1676...... 94 The Bland Family in Virginia: 1671-1674...... 102 Giles Bland and the Family Claim: 1674-1675...... 105 On His Majesty's Service: Giles Bland, Customs Collector: 1675-1676...... 108 Giles Bland: Rebel, 1676-1677...... 113 A Feminine Standoff: Sarah Greene vs. Anna Bennett...... 120

Chapter V The James River Blands of Virginia: 1687-1833...... 127 Virginia 1700...... 127 The Bland Family in 1700: The Hard year...... 131 The Family of Theodorick Bland: Fifth Generation...... 133 The Family of John Bland: Fifth Generation...... 134 The Family of Richard Bland: Fifth Generation...... 141 The Daughters of Richard Bland: Fifth Generation...... 145 Richard Bland of Jordans (Sixth Generation): Life in a Flame...... 151 The Family of Richard Bland: Sixth Generation...... 161 The Family of Theodorick Bland of Cawsons: Sixth Generation...... 166 Theodorick Bland (Seventh Generation): Physician, Soldier and Statesman...... 170 Frances Bland (Seventh Generation) and Her Son, John Randolph of Roanoke...... 181 The James River Blands: A Eulogy...... 188

Chapter VI

James Bland and the Unitary Tradition...... 191 Prologue: A Vision of Unity...... 191 James Bland of Stafford County, Virginia...... 198 Three Links to Unity...... 204 Link I: Thomas Bland of ...... 205 Link II: Was Thomas Bland the Father of James Bland...... 219 Link III: Was George Bland of London the Father of Thomas Bland of Maryland...... 228 x vi.

Paths Not Taken. - ...... - _...... 240 Peregrine Bland...... 240 Thomas Bland of London, Scrivener...... 243 James Bland of St. Andrews Penrith, County, England...... 249

The Family of James Bland: Seventh Generation...... 255 Pr ologue: Two Cousins...... 255 The Fami ly of JaJTIes Bland...... 257 County Formation in the Virginia Northern Neck...... 264 The est \', a r d Ex pan s ion ...... 2 6 5

e I I The Family of William Bland : Eighth Generation...... 267 The Founder...... 267 James Bland of Hanover County, North Carolina (Ninth Generation)...... 275 Bland of Duplin County, North Carolina (Tenth Generation)...... 282 John Bland (Eleventh Generation)...... 284 William Bland (Eleventh Generation)...... 293 Disconnected Connection: From Chatham County, North Carolina to Greene County, Indiana ...... 320 Moses Bland of Randolph County, North Carolina (Ninth Generation)...... 342 Benjamin Bland (Tenth Generation)...... 345 Wi11iaJTI Bland (Tenth Generation)...... 345 Abel Bland (Eleventh Generation)...... 347 Moses Bland (Eleventh Generation)...... 347 The Kessinger Line...... 349 The Mumford Line...... 350 James Bland (Eleventh Generation)...... 352 The Connection...... 361 Thomas Bland of Fauquier County, Virginia (Ninth Ge n era t ion) ...... ' .' ...... 367 Thomas Bland (Tenth GE!'I1eration)...... 373 John Buckner Bland (Eleventh Generation)...... 375 Thomas Bland (Eleventh Generation)...... 377 Links...... 390 William Bland of King and Queen County, Virginia...... 392. Richard Bland of Prince William County...... 396 ThoJTIas Bland of Pendleton County, 398 Odds and Ends...... 399 x vii.

__ChaoterJ _ _ • ___ IX. _ The Fawily of James Bland: Eighth Generation...... 401 The Founder...... 401 Benjamin Bland (Ninth Generation) ...... 403 Bland of Fauquier· County, Virginia (Tenth Generation) ...... 405 The Children (Eleventh Generation) of James and nargaret Bland, of Fauquier County, Virginia ...... 405 Charles Bland of Garrard County, (Tenth Generation) ...... 407 The Children (Eleventh Generation) of Charles Bland and Phyll i s Pope...... 409 Arthur Bland (Ninth Generation) ...... 415

.Chaoter._-_----!_---._-_ .- - X The Family of John Bland (Eighth Generation) ...... 417 The Founder...... 417 John Bland (Ninth Generation) ...... 419 The Move to Kentucky...... 426 The Daughters of John Bland and Margaret Osborne ...... 430 Osborne Bland (Tenth Generation) ...... 432 The Kinchloe Station Massacre ...... 434 The Daughters of Osborne Bland ...... 439 The Sons of Osborne Bland...... 440 Osborne Bland Junior (Eleventh Generation) ....•...... 441 " My Pap p y asH un gin B1 00 mfie 1 d II .. • ...... • .. • ...... 451 The Younger Sons of John Bland (Ninth Generation) ...... 455 Kentucky Missing Links ...... 462 James Bland of Warren County, Missouri ...... 462 The Man Who Would Be President: Richard Parks Bland, His Ance s t ry a nd De sc enda nts...... 463 The Children of Susan Bland, Hardin County, Kentucky ..... 478 Reuben Bland, of Pulaski County ...... 479

Chapter XI The Family of Robert Bland (Eighth Generation) ...... 484 The Founder...... 484 William and Edward Bland (Ninth Generation) ...... 493 Robert Bland (Ninth Generation) ...... 496 The Daughters of Robert Bland (Tenth Generation) ...... 499 John, Elisha, Payton and James Bland Generation) .... 500 Presley Bland (Tenth Generation) ...... 501 The Daughters of Presley Bland...... 508 John, Sampson and Luke Bland (Eleventh Generation) ...... 509 Avory Bland (Eleventh Generation) ...... 512 Wormley Bland (Tenth Generation) ...... 520 William Bland (Eleventh Generation) ...... 522 xviii

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Page Postscript To Living and Future Generations, With Love and Hope ...... 546

Appendix I The Family of Samuel Bland, of Mecklenburg County, Virginia...... 548

Index ...... 553 Christian/Given Names ...... 554 Allied Family Surnames...... 584 xix

LIST OF MAPS

Map Page I Westmoreland County, Bordered by York County, Orton and Sedbergh Parishes Outlined...... 14A II Ecclesiastical Map of London Durinq the Tudor Stuart Period Until the Great Fire of London, 1485-1666...... 18A-B III-IV The James River Area, 1675-1676 ...... 114A V Stafford County, Virginia, About 1750, Illustrating Dumfries, Powell's Creek, The Quanticutt and Occoquan Rivers...... 206A VI The Chesapeake Bay Area About 1700 ...... 2068 VII Northern Virqinia in 1770...... 264B

VI"IA Stafford-Prince William County Virginia, with Land Acquisitions 1701-1742 superimposed 274B VIIB Enlarged Display of Land Acquisitions, 1701-1742, In Stafford-Prince William County Virginia 274C

VI"IC Key to Bland Land Purchases, 1701-1742 274D VIII-IX North Carolina at the Beginning of 1740-1760 ...... 276A

X-XI North Carolina at the Beginning of 1775-1780 ...... 276B

XII Indiana About 1823...... 342A XIII Bland Settlements in Highland, Fairplay, Richland, Jefferson, Beech Creek and Center Townships, Greene County, "Indiana from 1827-1870...... 342B-C

XIV John Filson's Kentucky About 1784 ...... 426A XV Nelson County, Kentucky C.1782 ...... 4268 XVI South Carolina Counties and Circuit Court Districts A. D. 17"85...... 4"96A

XVII Edgefield District, South Carolina C.1825 ...... 496li-C XVI IT Rutherford County, North Carolina ...... 526A xx.

LIST OF GENEALOGICAL TABLES

Ta bl e I The Family of Adam Bland of Westmoreland County and London, England: Three Generations ...... 36A

I I The Family of Thomas Bland of London: Four Generations ...... 36B

I I I The Family of Gregory Bland of London and Ireland: Four Generations ...... 52A

I V The Family of John Bland of London: Four Generations ...... 52B v The Family of John Bland of London: Five Generations ...... 62A VI The Family of EdWard Bland of London and Virginia: Five Generations ...... 62B VI I The Bland Family: Settlers in Virginia ...... 76A VI I I The Family of Theodorick Bland of Westover, Virginia: Th ree Genera t ion s ...... ; . .. 13 2A

I X The Family of Theodorick Bland of Jordans in Vir9inia: Four Generations ...... 132B

X The Family of John Bland of Scarborough, York County, England: Four Generations ...... l42A

XI The Family of Richard Bland of Jordans in Virginia: Three Gener a t ion s ...... 142B XII The Family of Richard Bland (Sixth Generation) of Jordans in Virginia: Four Generations ...... 168A XIII The Family of Theodorick Bland of Cawsons: Four Generations...... 168B XIV The Assumed Family of Thomas Bland of London: Seven Gene ra ti on s...... 240A XV Seven Generation Line of Descent (Assumed) for the Bland Family's Settlement in Maryland and Virginia.. 240B XVI The Family of James Bland of Stafford County, Virginia: Three Generations ...... 264A x xi.

LIST OF GENEALOGICAL TABLES (Continued)

Table x VI I The Family of William Bland of Stafford-Prince William County, Virginia: Four Generations ...... 274A XV II I The Family of James Bland of New Hanover County, North Carolina: Four Generations ...... 282A XVIX The Family of William Bland of Duplin County. North Car01ina: Four Generations ...... 282B xx The Family of John Bland of Duplin and Chatham Counties. North Carolina: Four Generations ...... 292D XXI The Family of William Bland of Duplin County, North Ca ro 1 ina: Fou r Genera t ion s...... 31 2B XXII The Assumed Family of James Bland of Duplin and Chatham Counties, North Carolina: Four Generations ..... 342D XX I I I The Family of Moses Bland of Virginia and Randolph County, North Carolina: Five Generations ...... 342E XXIV The Family of Thomas Bland of Fauquier County, Vi rg in i a: Five Genera t ion s...... 372A XXV The Family of John Buckner Bland of Louisville, Kentucky: Five Generations...... 372B XXVI The Family of Thomas Bland of Weston Virginia (Now West Virginia): Five Generations ...... 378B XXVII The Family of James Bland of Stafford-Prince William County, Virginia: Six Generations ...... 402A XXVIII The Assumed Family of John Bland of Stafford-Prince William County. Virginia: Five Generations ...... 440A XXIX The Family of Osborne Bland of Nelson County, . Ken t u c ky : Six Ge n era t ion s ...... , 440 B XXX The Assumed Family of Rolly (Roland) Bland of Virginia and Washington County. Kentucky ...... 466A XXXI The Family of Robert Bland of Fairfax-Loudon County, Virginia: Four Generations ...... 494A XXXII The Family of Robert Bland of Loudon County, Virginia and Edgefield County, South Carolina: Four Genera t ion s ...... , 494B xxii.

LIST OF GENEALOGICAL TABLES (Continued)

Table XXXIII The Family of Presley Bland of Edgefield County, South Carolina: Four Generations ...... ; 508A XXXIV The Family of Avory Bland of Edgefield County, South Carolina: Four Generations ...... 508B XXXV The Family of Wormley Bland of Edgefield County, South Carolina: Four Generations ...... 520A XXXVI The Family of William Bland of Rutherford County, North Carolina: Four Generations ...... 5c6B XXXVII The Family of Jacob Calvin Bland of Rutherford County, North Carolina : Four Generations ...... 538A XXXVIII The Family of Thomas R. Bland of Rutherford County, North Carolina: Four Generations ...... 538B XXXIX The Family of Berry Elsey Bland of Rutherford County, North Carolina: Seven Generations ...... 542A · I

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LIST OF PORTRAITS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

December 28, 1553, John Bland Challenges the authority o£ the Catholic Priest ••••..•••..••.•••••••••••••••••.• 6A

July 12, 1555. John Bland, the Marian Martyr •...•...... 6B

Sarah Fitzhugh Bland (1748-1793) •••••••••••••..••..•••• 146A

Mary Bland Lee (1704-1764) •••••.••••••••••••••••••••••• 146B

Richard Bland (1710-1776) ...•.•••.•••••.••.•.•..••.••.. 160A

Colonel Theodorick Bland (1740-1790) •••••••••••••••.•••• 170A

John Randolph (1773-1833) •.••••••••••••••••••••.••.•••. 190A

Urilla Moore Bland and Anna Thomas Donigan •..•...•••••• 196A

Descendants o£ Joseph Bland 276C

Mary Elizabeth Hatch Bland (1822-1877); John Bland ( 1804 -1890 ) ...... 292A

Thomas Je££erson Bland (1849-1926) •••••...•.•..•.•.•••• 292B

The Family o£ Thomas Montreville Bland •••.•••.••.•..•.. 292C

George Washington Bland <,1836-1906); Anne Eliza Young Bland (1850-1927) •••.•..•.•.•.•.•..•.••..•••••••.•••••• 312A

James Thomas Bland (1810-1886) and John Thomas Bland Senior, (1853-1928) •.••••.•.•.•.••••••••••••••••••••••• 312C

William Bland (C1821-1895) and Catherine Brock (C1828 -) 342F

Sons o£ James Jacob Bland and Martha Monk .•.••••.•.•..• 342F

Orin Perl Bland (1878-1920) and his £amily ••••••.•...•• 342G

James Otis Daniel Bland (1824-1907), his wi£e Mary Gentry (1839- ) and their sons John Huse Bland and Daniel Ervin Bland and their ••.•..••••••••.•••••..•••... 342H

Enoch Bland (1833- and his sons ...... 3421

Preston B. Bland (1818-1895) and his daughter Caroline Bland (1850-1928) .••...•...•••••.•...... ••...... 342J xxiv

LIST OF PORTRAITS AND PHOTOGRAPHS (CONTINUED)

William Bland (1845-1883); Jane Johnston Bland (1780-1866); Mary Jane Bland McCammon •.••.••••••••••••• 360A

James Omer Bland (1859-1927) and Sarah Idell Shepherd •. 360B

Leonard Coles and Nancy Elizabeth Bland (1843-1907) 360C

Jacob Andrew Bland (1829-1903) and Elizabeth Peed (1831-1893) ...... 360C

John G. Bland (1836-1910) and his wi£e Elizabeth M. Cowan (1842-1903) with son Arthur Cowan Bland (1863-1945) and his family ...... 400A

Thomas Bland (1827-1897) and Malinda Stokeley (1831-1907) with son Duewaine Bland (1867- ) and his £amily .••.•.. 400B

Harriet Bland Biby (1861-1939) with husband Will Biby and their family ...... 400C

James Stickley Bland (1845-1917) and Elizabeth Helmick (1851-1941) ...... 400C

Ashby Stickley Bland (1871-1961) and his wi£e Florence Belle Dever (1878-1918) and Mary Bland Lappin (1874-1978) 4000

John Bland (1825-1900), and his daughter Anna Lulu Bland (1874-1902) and Lucinda "Old Luce" Bland (1836-1902) ••. 400E

Enoch Bland (1804-1882) and his wi£e, Mary Ann Harper (1811-1882); Johnson Bland (1829-1907) and his wi£e, Sarah Lawrence (1829-1914); Ellen Bland Warner (1849-1929) and her husband John Wesley Warner; Pleasant Bland, (1838-1914) and his wi£e Mary Jane Calhoun; Enoch Dice Bland (1855-1929) and his wi£e Mary Caton, (1857-1930) ...... 400F

Moses Bland (1844-1907) and his wi£e Elizabeth Lank£ord (1850-1914); Osborn Bland (1853-1923) ....••••..•....•.. 454A

Elizabeth Bland Burch (1843- ) and Andrew Jackson Burch; Roland Wallace Bland (1859-1930), his wi£e Elizabeth Bingham (1863-1934) and their £amily; Lucinda Bland (1869-1957) and her husband John Sparks and son Howard Sparks ...... 4548 xxv

LIST OF PORTRAITS AND PHOTOGRAPHS (CONTINUED)

Richard Parks Bland his wi£e Virginia Elizabeth Mitchell (1854- ) in 1873, and their children 472A

Children o£ Staughton Edward Bland and Margaret Parks Nall ...... 4728

David Bland (1843-1927), with daughters Fannie Lourenia Bland Newport, (1874-1895); Allie Bland (1875-1964); and Martha Ann Bland Chapman (1882-1965) ..••.••••••••••.••• 502A

John Clebrun Bland (1848-1895), his wi£e Martha Jane Johnston, (1856-1938) and their daughter Fara Elizabeth Bland Kibbe ...... 5028

Sarah Elizabeth Bland Peveto, (1839-1921); Susan Bland Lewis (1860-1925); Nancy Jane Bland Peveto, (1845-1933); and Altha Ann Bland Dobbs (1854-1932) ••.•••..•...•••••• 502C

Johnson Avory Bland Sr. (1821-1884) and his wi£e Sarah A. Watson, (1833-1882); Elbert R. Bland (1823-1863) and Emaline Rebecca Gri£fin (1835-1891) ••..•••••••••••• 508C

Children o£ Johnson Avory Bland Sr. and Sarah A. Watson 508D

Elza Bland (1798-1879) and his third wi£e Sarah L. Neyland 520B

William Bland (1792-1868) .•.•.•••..•...•.••••••••.••••• 526C

James Calvin Bland (1827-1898) and sons George Washington Bland (1851-1882) and Tolliver Bland (1867-1952) ....•.• 538C

Noah Jonas Bland (1853-1936) and his wi£e Matilda Catherine Scoggins (1863-1933) and their son Jonas Osborne Bland (1885- ) and his wi£e Lily Ervin Watson (1890- ); William Lindsey "Copper Bill" Bland (1855-1931) and his wi£e Louraine Haynes (1852-1929) .....•...... •...•... 538D

Thomas R. Bland (1829-1904) and his wi£e Patsy Rollins (1828-1913) •...... ••...... •...•...•..• 538E

Berry Elsey Bland (1856-1917) and his wi£e Martha Greene Bland (1849-1935), with children Silas Pinkney Bland, Hester Agnes Bland and Furman Alonzo Bland •.•.•...•..... 542B

Thomas Bunyan Bland (1876-1955) and Margaret Delena Kirby Bland (1883-1958) ...... •...•.•..•••.•.. 542C xxvi

LIST OF PORTRAITS AND PHOTOGRAPHS (CONTINUED)

Thomas Bunyan Bland and Margaret Delena Kirby Bland and their children on their anniversary .•••.•...•.. 542D

John Carroll Bland (1916-1935) 542E

Bruce Steven Bland (1922-1984) and Frances Irene Faries Bland (1922- ) ...... 542F

Charles L. Bland (1940- with Christina Louise Bland (1978- ) and Thomas Eliot Bland (1981- ) ••.•..•...... 542F

James Coran Bland (1879-1908) ••••.•...•.••••..••••..••.. 542G

Eva Bland Childers (1881-1962) ...•...••.•..•.•.•••••.•.. 542H

Silas Pinkney Bland (1883-1958) .•••.••..•..•.•••...... • 5421

The three wives of Silas Pinkney Bland •.••.•••.•.•.••••. 542J

Furman -Alonzo Bland (1886-1948) and his family 542K

Leonard C. Bland (1858-1902) and his wife Alice Scoggins Bland (1865- ) •.....•...•.••.•.•••..••.. 544A

Martha Catherine "Aunt Mattie" Bland (1873-1952) •••.••.. 544A

Francis Marion Marcus de Lafayette "Fayte" Bland, (1829-1910), CSA ...... ••...... •.. • .•... 552A

The family of "Fayte" Bland •.•.•••..•...•..•.•..•....•.• 552B