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1. Martha J. (Martha Joanna) Lamb, #12, A.S. Barnes & Company 1881. 1 TYPE Book
1 PERI The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries
1 VOL VII.
2. Thomas Allen Glenn, #22, Henry T Coates & Co 1899. 1 TYPE Book
1 PERI Some Colonial Mansions: And Those who Lived in Them.
GEBURT:
3. Thomas Allen Glenn, #22, Henry T Coates & Co 1899. 1 TYPE Book
1 PERI Some Colonial Mansions: And Those who Lived in Them.
4. Martha J. (Martha Joanna) Lamb, #12, A.S. Barnes & Company 1881. 1 TYPE Book
1 PERI The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries
1 VOL VII.
TOD:
5. Thomas Allen Glenn, #22, Henry T Coates & Co 1899. 1 TYPE Book
1 PERI Some Colonial Mansions: And Those who Lived in Them.
G-Bachmann-wwwrootsweb.ancestry:
Of Westover, the second of the name and title in Virginia.Colonel William Byrd II (1674-1744), to give him his full title, was born on his father's plantation in Virginia but brought up in Essex and remained in England for most of his early life. Aged thirty when his father died in 1704, William returned to Virginia to manage the family's 26,000 acre estate and later built a fine house there which stands today. He became President of the Colonial Council, on which he sat as a Member for 35 years, and in 1733 established two towns, Richmond on the James river - now the capital - and Petersburg on the Appomattuck. He was truly one of the founding fathers of the modern State of Virginia whose southern boundary he personally established.
William was a hardy traveller. He led the surveyors who first traversed the Great Dismal Swamp while establishing the boundary line, 240 miles long, with North Carolina; and rode through the forests to Germanna to confront Governor Alexander Spotswood on behalf of the planters of the colony.
Å“Col. Byrd was of royal lineage in th following line of descent: Edward III, King of England, had: Prince John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, who had ..Â
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1674 - 1744 (70 Jahre)
gest. 4 Dez 1704 (Alter 52 Jahre)