Richard Bland
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Richard Bland (May 6, 1710-1776), also known as Richard Bland II or Richard Bland of Jordan's Point, was an American planter and statesman from Virginia and a cousin of Thomas Jefferson.
He served in the House of Burgesses for many years and was delegated to the Continental Congress in 1774 and 1775.
Family and early life
Richard Bland I, Richard Bland II, was a member of one of Virginia's patriarchal First Families and was connected to several of the others. In 1654, this branch of the Bland family immigrated from London and Spain, when Theodorick Bland Bland of Westover emigrated from London and Spain. Theodorick went to Virginia to take over the family's mercantile and shipping enterprises following Edward Bland's death in 1653. Both Berkeley Plantation and Westover Plantation have survived, side by side, as working plantations on the banks of the James River. Theodorick served in the House of Burgesses for several terms before marrying Anna Bennett, the daughter of Virginia Governor Richard Bennett. Theodorick, Richard I, and John were three sons before he died in 1671: Theodorick, Richard I, and John.
Richard Bland I, his second son, moved upstream and started his own plantation on property that his father bought in 1656. In Prince George County, Virginia, this property was located at the former Jordan Point Plantation of Jordan. The land was originally owned by Jordan's Journey Plantation, which was settled by Samuel Jordan in 1620. Richard married first Mary Swann, but neither of them survived their mother, who died in 1700. Richard married Elizabeth Randolph (1680–1720), the daughter of William Randolph's mother.Together they had five children:
Richard II was born in Williamsburg, Scotland, on May 6, 1710, at either Jordan's Point or "Bland House." He inherited it early as both his parents died shortly before his tenth birthday in 1720. His mother died on January 22, and his father died on April 6. As guardians, Richard and his siblings, his uncles, William and Richard Randolph, looked after his farm and early education and raised.
Peyton Randolph, his first cousin's, was likely close friends with him throughout their lives, often sitting side by side during their years of service in the House of Burgesses, the Committee of Safety, and the First and Second Continental Congresses. Thomas Jefferson, Jane Randolph Jefferson, Richard's and Peyton's first cousins, was followed by his cousins and mentors to the House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress.
Richard obtained his education at Edinburgh University in Scotland, like many others of his time. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1746, but never offered his legal assistance to the public. He had a large library for his time, much of which was acquired after Jefferson and his uncle-in-law St. George Tucker's death and made its way to Jefferson's personal library donation in 1815.
Early political career
In 1739, Bland was appointed as a justice of the peace in Prince George County and made a militia officer. He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1742, where he served for successive terms until the American Revolution was barred. Bland's thoughtful service made him one of the country's most influential politicians, even though he wasn't a strong speaker. He served on committees whose job was to draft or frame laws and treaties. Bland read law and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1746 as both a scholar and a farmer. He did not practice before the courts, but gathered legal records and became known for his findings regarding Virginia and British history and law.
Pamphlets (frequently anonymously) were distributed by Bland as well as letters. His first widely distributed public paper appeared as a result of Parson's Cause, which was a discussion from 1759 to 1760 over the established church and the amount and rate of taxes used to pay the Anglican clergy. He printed A Letter from the Clergy on the Two-penny Act in 1760, when he opposed increasing pay and the establishment of a bishop for the colonies.
Bland, a slave holder, was a pioneer of slavery, but under English rule, all men are born free," prompting a spirited discussion with John Camm, a professor at Bland's alma mater, the College of William & Mary.