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Richard Willing Byrd 1774–1815 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1774

Birth Location: Smithfield, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 15 OCT 1815

Death Location: Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA

Father: William Byrd

Mother: Mary Willing

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Richard Willing Byrd was born in 1774 in Smithfield, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA, the child of William Iii Col Byrd And Mary Shippen Willing. Richard Willing Byrd passed away in 1815 in Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Richard Willing Byrd was born in 1774 in Smithfield, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA, the child of William Iii Col Byrd And Mary Shippen Willing.
  • Richard Willing Byrd passed away in 1815 in Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA.

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Richard Byrd's Ancestors

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Richard Byrd
1774–1815
Birth Place: Smithfield, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Parents
William III "Col" Byrd
1728–1777
Westover, Charles City, VA, USA
Mary (Shippen) Willing
1740–1814
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Grandparents
William (II "Col") Byrd
1674–1744
House on the falls plantation, Belviedere, Henrico, Virginia, United States
Marion Taylor
1698–1771
Kensington, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
William Byrd
1650–1704
Mary Horsmanden
1652–1699
Thomas Taylor
1650–1716
Sarah
1681–1746
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bird
1631–1676
Grace Stegge
1625–1690
Warham Horsmanden
1628–1691
Susanna Beeching
1627–1691
John Taylor
1627–1702
Alice Gascoigne
1627–1720

Richard Byrd's Timeline

2 Records

1774
1774
Birth of Richard Willing Byrd in Smithfield, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Smithfield, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
1815
15 OCT 1815
Age 41
Death of Richard Willing Byrd in Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA
Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1774
    Event Place: Smithfield, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 OCT 1815
    Event Place: Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA

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