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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 in London , where he practiced law.
Acc. #1956-561 Paintings (category). Portrait of William Byrd II (1674-1744). Three-quarter-length portrait of a standing man, his body half-turned towards the viewer's left. His proper left hand rests on his hip, his proper right arm is slightly raised as he appears to gesture into the distance.
Lucy Parke married William Byrd II, [14] who agreed to take on the debts of Parke's estate in exchange for the land and slaves left to Frances Parke. [ 15 ] [ 17 ] Lucy Parke Byrd died from smallpox on 18 December 1716, [ 14 ] leaving as her only heir, Wilhelmina Byrd, who married Thomas Chamberlayne. [ 18 ]
William Byrd II was colonial agent for Virginia 1698 - 1702 [6] and had a long history as a tobacco plantation owner. Nathaniel Blakiston was colonial agent for Virginia and Maryland after 1706 having served as the 8th Royal Governor of Maryland from 1698 to 1702.
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 (circa 1540–1623) was an English composer.. William Byrd may also refer to: . William Byrd I (1652–1704), Virginia colonist; William Byrd II (1674–1744), colonial Virginia planter, author, and founder of Richmond
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William Byrd II (1674–1744), Fellow of the Royal Society, major Virginia Plantation owner, founder of Richmond, Virginia, diarist, author of the History of the Dividing Line, zoologist (ODNBimage) Percy Gilchrist, (1851–1935), Fellow of the Royal Society, inventor of steel-making from phosphorus-rich iron (ODNB)