Robert Beverley (1740-1800)

Robert Beverley, J.P., of "Blandfield" Essex Co., Virginia

Family
Notes / Biography Associated Houses References
He was born on the Blandfield Plantation in Virginia. He was educated in England at Wakefield in Yorkshire before entering Trinity College, Cambridge. Back in Virginia, he was a magistrate and in 1780 was elected to the Virginia Legislature but never took his seat. In 1763, at Sabine Hall, he married Maria Carter, grand-daughter of Robert "King" Carter. Between 1769 and 1773 he built Blandfield. He and his wife were the parents of 16-children of whom thirteen (listed above) survived to adulthood. 

Parents

William Beverley

Col. William Beverley, of "Blandfield" Essex County, Virginia

1696-1756

Elizabeth (Bland) Beverley

Mrs Elizabeth (Bland) Beverley, of "Blandfield" Virginia

1706-1770

Spouse

Maria (Carter) Beverley

Mrs Maria Byrd (Carter) Beverley

1744-1817

Children

William Beverley

Merchant, of Paris & Mayor of Beverley, Yorkshire

1763-1823

Maria (Beverley) Randolph

Mrs Maria (Beverley) Randolph

1764-1824

Robert Beverley

Robert Beverley, of Washington D.C. & "Blandfield" Essex Co., Virginia

1769-1843

Lucy (Beverley) Randolph

Mrs Lucy (Beverley) Randolph

1771-1854

Carter Beverley

Carter Beverley, of Fredericksburg, Virginia

1774-1844

Byrd Beverley

Lost at sea, died without children

1775-1836

Anna (Beverley) Corbin

Mrs Anna Munford (Beverley) Corbin

1778-1830

Munford Beverley

Munford Beverley, of Essex Co., Virginia

1779-1820

Peter Randolph Beverley

of Virginia, Yorkshire & Bordeaux, France

b.1780

Evelyn Byrd (Beverley) Lee

Mrs Evelyn Byrd (Beverley) Douglas, Lee

1782-1836

McKenzie Beverley

McKenzie Beverley, of Spotsylvania Co., Virginia

b.1783

Jane (Beverley) Robertson

Mrs Jane Bradshaw (Beverley) Robertson, of Georgetown, D.C.

1784-1814

Harriet (Beverley) Rittenhouse

Mrs Harriet (Beverley) Rittenhouse, of Philadelphia

1786-1829

Associated Houses

Blandfield

Caret, Virginia

Categories

Planters