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James Bland

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stafford Courthouse, Stafford County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Death: 1774 (66-67)
Duplin County, formerly part of New Hanover County, North Carolina, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of William Bland, Sr. and Unknown 1st wife of William Bland, Sr.
Husband of Mary Bland
Father of William Bland and James Buchanan Bland
Brother of Robert Bland I
Half brother of Moses Bland; Thomas Bland; John Bland, of Nelson KY and William Bland

Managed by: Chelsea Weal Hodge
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About James Bland

Son of William Bland, Sr. and Unknown 1st wife of William Bland, Sr.. Married Mary Buchanan.

Mary is named in the 1766 recorded will of her husband James Bland in New Hanover County, North Carolina.

According to Among Cousins: the Bland Family Newsletter v.14 retrieved from https://blandheritage.org/among-cousins/ - AC14 - 1996

James Bland and Mary had the following children:

  • William Bland
  • James Buchanan Bland
  • Elizabeth Bland m. Francis Lober
  • Sarah Bland m. James Hennessey
  • Catherine Bland m. _______Sanders
  • Anna Bland
  • Lettice Bland

North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970. James Bland. New Hanover County. Wills, 1732-1864, Vol. 01. Pages 43-44. Images 127-127 of 244. WIll is dated 11 September 1766. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19446-47608-10?cc=186750...

Note: Duplin County was formed from New Hanover County, NC.

Among Cousins: The Bland Family Newsletter, Volume 14, 1996. Page 18. Edited by Charles L. Bland. (Dates of birth and death.)

FamilyTreeDNA Surname and Geographical Projects. Bland. yDNA haplogroup designated as R-M269. http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Bland_DNA_Project


References

  1. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I4729...
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James Bland's Timeline

1707
1707
Stafford Courthouse, Stafford County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1726
1726
1727
1727
Stafford County, Virginia, Colonial Era US
1774
1774
Age 67
Duplin County, formerly part of New Hanover County, North Carolina, British Colonial America