James Bland, Jr.

Is your surname Bland?

Research the Bland family

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

James Bland, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Prince William, Virginia, United States
Death: March 22, 1756 (68-69)
Prince William, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of James Bland, of Powell's Creek and Margaret Bland
Husband of Mary Gwatkins
Father of Benjamin Bland
Brother of William Bland, Sr.; John Bland, Sr.; Ellen Elizabeth Davis; Elizabeth Newton; Robert Heirs Bland, Sr. and 5 others

Managed by: Diane Lynn Beatty
Last Updated:

About James Bland, Jr.

25B. James Bland, (C1687-1756) of Prince William County Virginia, married Mary Gwatkins. James is discussed in VU, pp. 401-416, esp. 401-403. James and Mary had two known sons.

Married

  1. Unknown woman, mother of 2 his children
  2. ABT 1727 in Stafford Co., Virginia to Mary, widow of Charles Gwatkins (- d 1726/7)

Children

  1. Benjamin Bland b: ABT 1724 in , Stafford Co., Virginia
  2. Arthur Bland b: ABT 1725 in , Prince William Co., Virginia

Notes

  • ! Birth: (1,4) ca. 1687. (1) s/o James BLAND. His father James was said to have married first a HARRISON. (4) s/o James BLAND/Margaret. (5) 2nd s/o James BLAND, who m1. an unknown wife, m2. Margaret. James and his elder brother William were the only two children of James BLAND who were adults when he will was written in 1708. William's birthdate is generally considered to have been 1686, and for James to have been the 2nd eldest child and an adult in 1708, he would have had to be born in 1687. [NOTE: If age 21 in 1708, birth date would be 1687.]

Links

James Bland,born 1687 in Stafford, Prince William Co., Virginia and Died March 22, 1756 in Stafford, Prince William Co., Dittingen Parish. He married Mary Gawtkine. He was the son of James (the Immigrant) Bland and Margaret Lou Harrison. He held Land patents: 8/29/1711 for 354 ac., 1/30/1727-28 165 ac., on the north neck near Grigsby, and 9/16/1730 for 570 ac.


GEDCOM Source

@R700058747@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=101150150&pi...

view all

James Bland, Jr.'s Timeline

1687
1687
Prince William, Virginia, United States
1724
1724
Stafford County, Virginia Colony, America
1756
March 22, 1756
Age 69
Prince William, Virginia, United States