Bland married Mary Swann, the daughter of councillorThomas Swann. They had seven children, none of whom reached adulthood.[2] After his first wife died in September 1700, the widower remarried inAccomack County on February 11, 1701/02, to Elizabeth Randolph, daughter ofWilliam Randolph and wife Mary Isham. They had five children before she too predeceased Bland:[2]
Elizabeth Bland (born May 29, 1706), 2nd born daughter, married ColonelWilliam Beverley, the son ofRobert Beverley Jr.,[citation needed] and had four children.[2] The Beverleys were indirect lineal descendants ofPocahontas through their marriage to The Randolphs.
Anna Bland (born circa 1708), 3rd born daughter, married twice.[2] She had three children with her first husband, Robert Munford, and had two children with her second husband, George Currie.[2]
Theodorick Bland (born 2 December 1718), youngest son, married Frances Bolling, the daughter of Drury Bolling, and had five children, including CongressmanTheodorick Bland.[2]
Richard Bland (born May 6, 1710), oldest son and heir, married Anne Poythress and had twelve children.[2][4] According toLyon Gardiner Tyler, his second marriage was to Martha Macon and his third marriage was to Elizabeth Blair.[8][nb 4]
Bland operated plantations using enslaved labor. He was also acounty commissioner of Charles City County and later Prince George County, a member of the founding Board of Visitors ofThe College of William & Mary,[3] and is noted in the church records as a member of the Vestry ofBruton Parish Church inWilliamsburg, Virginia, which authorized in 1710 the building of the present Church structure.
^The specific date of death has been given as April 6, 1720,[1] April 10, 1720,[2] and April 11, 1720.[3]
^Richard Bland's son, Richard Bland, is also referred to in some sources as Richard Bland of Jordan's Point.
^Some references spell Anna Bennett's name as "Anne".[2]
^Reports differ regarding the names or number of subsequent wives. According toEarl Gregg Swem, Bland's second wife was Elizabeth Harrison but notes that other accounts said she was Elizabeth Bolling, the daughter of John Bolling Jr. and Elizabeth Blair.[4] Tyler initially reported that Martha Massie married Theodrick Bland after the death of William Massie.[9]
