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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

William Byrd

1674 - 1744

Born

28 March 1674

Henrico County, Virginia, British America

Died

26 August 1744

Westover, Virginia, British America

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
29/04/1696
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
22
Fields of Interest
Natural history
Occupation
Colonial planter, diarist, and statesman
Relationships
Parents: William Byrd of Virginia, an Indian trader and importer of enslaved people, and Mary, daughter of Warham Horsmanden, a Royalist refugee. Siblings: Elizabeth Mary Moss; Jane Baugh; Martha Ann Winn; Susan Brayne; John Byrd; Anne Ursula Beverley; Mary Elizabeth Duke and Maurice Warsham Byrd. Spouse: Lucy, daughter of General Daniel Parke; 2) Maria, daughter of Thomas Taylor of Kensington Children: Evelyn Byrd; Elizabeth Dejarnette; Parke Byrd; Philips William Byrd; Wilhelmina Chamberlayne; Ann Gathright; Anne Carter; Maria Taylor Carter (Byrd); Colonel William Evelyn Byrd, III; Jane Page and Unknown Byrd
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