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Bland Family Chart

 

      1. Generation 1
      2. Generation 2
      3. Generation 3
      4. Generation 4
      5. Generation 5
      6. Generation 6
      7. Generation 7
      8. Generation 8
    1. Notes

 

Branches of the Bland Family in the United States are the subjects of continuing and extensive research, for which the excellent source is Bland Heritage.

 

Bland Family researchers have identified a number of distinct branches, of which two are of particular prominence. The eldest, known as the "James River" Blands, descends from one Adam Bland (1528-1594), of Westmoreland County, England. To this branch belong the many notable Blands of American history.

 

A second branch, known as the "Northern Virginia" Blands, descends from one James Bland (circa 1575-1620), of Penrith, Cumberland County, England. Of this branch, Charles Bland writes:

 

The records of the St. Andrews Church in Cumberland County (now Cumbria) England, provides us with the name of James Bland (C1575-1620) who is the founder of this Family Line. Most living American Bland descendants belong to this Family Line. Its originates in Penrith Township, which is just north of the known origins of Family #1, Westmoreland and Sedbergh. The close geographic proximity to the James River Blands yields some encouragement that we will one day find a common link for the two families.

 

James' son, James (1661-1709), escaped the northern hinterland, as did many of the succeeding Bland generations, and migrated to London, although he didn’t obtain the same success as Family #1 migrant, Adam Bland from Orton Parish. James left Penrith as a young man and moved briefly to London, and thence to East Jersey and Virginia Colony in North America. James appears to have married twice, as his will displays a cluster of older brothers who take charge of five younger siblings. Most living Blands today descend from elder son William Bland (C1686-1744) and to a lesser extent his brothers James (C1687-1756) and John (C1688-1762). A fourth and much younger son Robert died before reaching his majority. Significantly, apart from the discovery that Ellen, one of James’ daughters married William Bland’s associate William Davis, no known research has been done into the daughters, Alice, Patience, and Hannah.

 

An outline of the ancestry of Jane Bland (1762-1827), the wife of John Darwin 2.8 may be presented as follows:

 

 

 

 

Generation 1

 

1.1: JAMES BLAND

b. circa 1575, St. Andrews Parish, Penrith, Cumberland County, England

d.

m. circa 1757 Alice Pettison/Patterson
b.

d.

 

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Generation 2

 

2.1: JAMES BLAND

b. circa 1600, St. Andrews Parish, Penrith, Cumberland County, England

d. 1651/52

m. Susan Cooke
b.

d.

 

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Generation 3

 

3.1: GEORGE BLAND

b. 1636, St. Andrews Parish, Penrith, Cumberland County, England

d. after 1675

m. Grace (maiden name unknown)
b.

d.

 

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Generation 4

 

4.1: JAMES BLAND

b. 1661, St. Andrews Parish, Penrith, Cumberland County, England

d. 1709, Stafford County, Virginia

m. (?1) unknown

m. (?2) Margaret (maiden name unknown)

b.

d.

 

James Bland4.1 migrated first to London, thence in 1684 to East Jersey in the American Colonies, and reached Virginia by 1687.

 

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Generation 5

 

5.1: WILLIAM BLAND

b. circa 1686, East Jersey or Virginia

d. 1744, Prince William County, Virginia

m. (1) unknown

m. (2) Catherine Key

b.

d.

 

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Generation 6

 

6.1: JAMES BLAND

b. 1704, Prince William County, Virginia

d. 1774, New Hanover/Duplin County North Carolina

m. Mary (?Buchanan)
b.

d.

 

 

6.2: ROBERT BLAND

b. 1704, Prince William County, Virginia (later lived in Loudon County

d. 1760, ? Loudon County, Virginia

m. Jane (maiden name unknown)
b.

d.

 

 

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Generation 7

 

Child of (6.1) James Bland (1704-74)

 

7.1: WILLIAM BLAND

b. circa 1726

d. 1775

m. (unknown)
b.

d.

 

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Children of (6.2) Robert Bland (1708-60)

 

7.2: EDWARD BLAND

b. 1730

d. c. 1800

m. (unknown)
b.

d.

 

7.3: ROBERT BLAND

b. 1732

d. 1787, Edgefield District, South Carolina

m. Jane Ann (?Wormley)
b.

d.

 

7.4: WILLIAM BLAND

b. 1744

d.

m. (unknown)
b.

d.

 

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Generation 8

 

Children of (7.1) William Bland (1726-75)

 

8.1: WILLIAM BLAND

b. circa 1748

d. 1816

m.
b.

d.

 

8.2: JAMES BLAND

b. circa 1749

d. 1799

m.
b.

d.

 

8.3: JOHN BLAND

b. circa 1750

d. 1827

m.
b.

d.

 

8.4: JOSEPH BLAND

b. circa 1754

d. 1800

m.
b.

d.

 

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Children of (7.3) Robert Bland (1732-87)

 

8.5: DOSHEY BLAND

b. 26 October 1757

d. 31 December 1765

 

8.6: JOHN BLAND

b. 4 March 1758

d. 7 November 1781 (Cloud Creek Massacre)

 

8.7: JANE BLAND

b. 2 January 1762

d. 10 March 1827

m. John Darwin
b. 19 March 1755

d. 1837

 

8.8: MARY BLAND

b. 16 December 1763

d.

m. Jacob Brown
b.

d.

 

8.9: PRESLEY BLAND

b. 16 February 1768

d. 11 November 1839

m. Sarah Turner
b.

d.

 

8.10: WORMLEY BLAND

b. 17 February 1772

d. 1800

 

8.11: ELISHA BLAND

b. 9 April 1775

d. 1837

 

8.12: LYDDIA BLAND

b. 21 May 1778

d.

 

8.13: PEYTON BLAND

b. 1 January 1780

d. 1815

m. Elizabeth Smith
b.

d.

 

8.14: JAMES BLAND

b. 1 Novenmber 1783

d.

 

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Notes

 

Robert Bland (7.3) is recorded on the DAR Patriots Index as follows:

 

 

A search of our Patriot Index provided the information found below.

 

BLAND, Robert

Birth: VA 8 Mar 1732

Service: VA

Rank: CS (=Civil Service)

Death: SC 27 Mar 1787

Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No

Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No

Spouse: (1) Ann Wormley

 

 

However, we have not yet established the basis for this Civil Service in Virginia.

 

See 1837: Darwin - Bland "Bible" Record

See 1790: Census - South Carolina - Union District - Household of Wormley Bland.

 

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