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William Byrd, the eldest child of Mary Horsmanden Filmer Byrd and her second husband, William Byrd I, was born on March 28, 1674, in Henrico County, Virginia. [ 1 ] [ a ] His father was a planter , public official, and a Native American trader. [ 3 ]
William Byrd. This is a list of the musical compositions by William Byrd, ... Second Service, for 5 voices; Magnificat; Nunc Dimittis; Third Service, for 5 voices ...
William Byrd (/ b ɜːr d /; c. 1540 – 4 July 1623) was an English Renaissance composer. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native country and on the Continent. [1]
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.
Marker noting the passing of William Byrd II and company surveying the Dividing Line, 1728, Henry County, Virginia The History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina is an account by William Byrd II of the surveying of the border between the Colony of Virginia and the Province of North Carolina in 1728.
Byrd was the one to recommend Jennifer Hudson for her Oscar-winning role in ‘Dreamgirls’ ... Elsewhere, Clay Aiken, who finished second on American Idol in 2003, wrote: 2003, ...
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In 1756, Byrd left his wife, [2] sent his younger children to England and volunteered for military service. [5] Elizabeth Carter died on July 25, 1760 when she was 28 years old in a probable suicide. [8] Byrd remarried, and fathered ten more children with his second wife, Mary Willing, daughter of Charles Willing of Philadelphia.