This branch of the Bland family first came to Virginia in 1654, when the father of Richard I, Theodorick Bland of Westover(1629–1671), emigrated from London and Spain, where he had been attending to the family mercantile and shipping enterprises.
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His grandfather Theodorick Bland of Westover served as Speaker of the 1660 House of Burgesses session and, in this role, presided over the House during the transition from the Cromwell Protectorate to the restored government of Charles II.
Theodorick Bland of Westover (1629–1670/71), Virginia colonial politician
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Theodorick Bland of Westover, Walter Aston, and William Byrd I are buried near the original site of the Westover Church.