Theodorick Bland of Cawsons

Theodorick Bland (December 2, 1708 – 1784), also known as Theodorick Bland, Sr. or Theodorick Bland of Cawsons, was Virginia planter who served as a member of the first Virginia Senate, as well as a militia officer and clerk of Prince George County, Virginia. Early and family life Bland was born into the First Families of Virginia, the son of Richard Bland and Elizabeth Randolph, the daughter of William Randolph I. Around 1738, Bland married for the first time, to Frances Bolling, the daughter of Drury Bolling, and who inherited Kippax plantation on the Appomattox River. They had six children: Elizabeth "Patsy" Bland (born January 4, 1739) married John Banister and had three sons. Theodorick Bland (March 21, 1741/42) Mary Bland (born August 22, 1745) Ann Bland (born September 5, 1747) Jane Bland (born September 30, 1749) Frances Bland (born September 24, 1752) first married John Randolph, the son of Burgess Richard Randolph, and had four children (including John Randolph of Roanoke); then later married St. George Tucker and had five children (including Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. and Nathaniel Beverley Tucker). Bland later married Elizabeth Randolph the daughter of Edward Randolph, the granddaughter of William Randolph I, and the widow of William Yates. Career