The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-21

John 10 Bird. :hird ron: III Thomas Il
Bird. second son. VINO married Margaret.
daughter Of William Dodd Of Broxton.
and was father of Henry l. Bird. Of
Broxton. who married Anne daughter
of John Pheikn. of rattenhaU
Henry and Anne Phelkin) le Bird had
ISSUE i. John. OF London. married Eliza
beth daughter OF Oliver Burgh ais Co
parmith, and had O william, CD John.
Cd Henry. D Elizabeth. 6) Anne. II
Thomas married Ales Palyn and had ID
Anne. % Raphe. CD Margery. 90 Peter
@ Jane. 90 Thomas. Ill. Hughe died
without issue. ~. Robert married Eliza
beth Holland; Y. Roger. VI. Anne mar
ried John Garden. OF C3lcott. VII Eliza
beth married Hugh williamson. OF Chalk
ley, VIII Mary married Richard Daven-
port. OF Lacron. tx Katherine. y. Ro-
bert married Elizabeth. daughter OF
Francis Loiland cor CailOrne). OF Ay-
mount.
Robert and Elizabeth GollanO Bird
had son. John Bird. who married Eliza
beth Bine. and was father Of Thomas
Bird who married Elizabeth Bud. and
had a son. John Bird, of London Seven
tenth I'm descent from Hugh Bird first
named ia the pedigree. who married
Grace daughter of Thomas Stegg. Of
London.
This John Bird. or Byrd. goldsmith. Of
London. married as has just been stated,
Grace. daughter Of Thomas Stegg. who
lived at various times in London and in
Virginia. and who was member Of the
House Of Burgesses from Charles City
county and Speaker 1928. and who was
appointed by Parliament one Of the COM
missioners 20 reduce Virginia. but was
lost at sea in l65l while on an English
frigate on his way 10 the colony (sains-
bury Abstracts. The will OF Thomas
Stegg. and OF his son. Ihomas stegg,
Auditor General OF Virginia. have been
publishd in the New England historical
and Genealogical Register.
John and Grace CStesg) Byrd had issue
(besides other children among whom were
Thomas. Elizabeth, sarah Mary and
Grace. a son. Colonel William Byrd, born
1852. died December 4. 17oL He came TO
Virginia about 1914 20 take possession Of
a large estate left him by his uncle.
Thomas Stegg (gho died unmarried), and
first settled AT "Belvidere" Henrico
(within the present limits OF Richmond.
where there Is a street bearing the name
Of his residence. AID another OF MS fam
ilv) a county OF which he was long
Justice and officer OF militia, and which
he represented in the House Of Burgesses
In 1873 1850 and 1862 CHenrico Records and
In the latter year he was appointed mem-
Der OF the Council Council Journal. He
was appointed Auditor General. 1851.
0Council JournaD. In April, 1919, the AS
sembly granted him a tract OF land. be-
ginning on the south side OF James river,
a mile and a half below the falls. con-
timing inward along the river five miles,
and extending back one mile, and another
tract ON the north side. beginning half
a mile below the falls and extending up
five miles and back one mile can OF
which he accompts and presumes TO be
his own lands"), on condition that he
should seat on said lands. nifty able,
armed men, and other tithables not ex-
ceeding two hundred and fifty (Hening
II 44g. Whether this agreement was
fuiiv carried cat Is unknown, but Colonel
gyrd and his descendants owned all the
land here described. as Is shown by q
volume OF his land titles now In the
possession OF tho Virginia Historical So
ciety, and he also owned large iAadeA