Maria Horsmanden Byrd: JEM Genealogy

Generation: 1

Maria Horsmanden Byrd was born on 6 Jun 1727 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Nov 1744 in Sabine Hall, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA; was buried in Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

Maria married Colonel Landon Carter on 22 Sep 1742 in Sabine Hall, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Landon (son of Robert "King" Carter and Elizabeth Landon) was born on 17 Jun 1710 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Dec 1778 in Sabine Hall, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA; was buried in Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Maria Carter was born on 22 Nov 1744 in Sabine Hall, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Aug 1817 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; was buried in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA.

Generation: 2

Maria Carter

(1.Maria¹) was born on 22 Nov 1744 in Sabine Hall, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Aug 1817 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; was buried in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA.

Notes:

To Miss Maria Carter at Cleve

My Dear Cousin;

You have rea'y imposed a task upon me which I can by no measns perform viz: That of writing a Merry and Comical Letter: how shou'd I my dear that am ever confined either at School or with my Grandmama know how the world goes on? Now I will give you the History of one Day at the Repetition of which without variations carries me through the Three hundred and sixty-five Days, which you know compleats a year. Well then first begin, I am awakened out of a sound Sleep with some croaking voice either Miss Polly, Milly's or some other of our Domestics with Miss Polly Miss Polly get up, 'tis time to rise, Mr. Price is down stairs and tho I hear them I lie quiet snugg till my Grandmama uses her voice, then up I get, huddle on my cloaths and down to Books, then to Breakfast, then to School again and may I have an hour to myself before Dinner, then the Same Story over again until twi-light and then a small portion of time before I go to rest, and so you must expect nothing from me but that I am.

Dear Cousin, Most Affectionately Yours

Maria Carter

Governor Berkeley and the Creation of the Virginia Aristocracy: The landed gentry rose to prominence in Virginia with the arrival of Sir William Berkeley as Royal Governor. Governor Berkeley, an Oxford-educated playwright, soldier and diplomat, arrived in Virginia in 1642, when Virginia was a frontier society of roughly 8,000 colonists. He was to hold office longer than any other governor of Virginia. Born in 1606 in England, Berkeley had been a courtier in the court of the British monarch Charles I, and came with a desire to invigorate the colony and create an imitation of British society in the New World. Under his administration, the first generation of what would be known as the Virginian aristocracy came into existence before the English Civil War ended. These included the founders of powerful dynasties such as John Carter, Richard Lee, Benjamin Harrison, the first Randolph and Thomas Stegg (or Stegge) who amassed the Byrd wealth. All of the colonizers who rose socially had connections, wealth and education. These advantages promoted them to the highest rungs of the colonial society. The families they founded ruled the Royal colony of Virginia for more than a century.

Colonists Arriving in Virginia
Painting by Sidney King courtesy of Colonial National Historical Park

The Byrd, Beverley, Carter, Culpepper, Isham, Washington, Spencer, Randolph, Jefferson, Bland, Beverely, Bolling, Eppe and Hackett families intermarried, creating a web of overlapping kinships. They sat on the governing boards of the colony and promoted each others interests. Berkeley also fostered the rise of the General Assembly from a small body into a replica of the Parliament in England, and promoted a separation of power between provincial and county governments. He worked to create a royalist society, where an elite ruled over the great masses of yeoman farmers, free and enslaved African Americans, indentured servants and marginal farmers who leased their land. A brief look at some of the families who served in the Virginia House of Burgesses displays a continuity of the landed-gentry class in the governing class of the colony. In 1664 Lawrence Washington and William Randolph were elected members of the House of Burgesses. The 1736-1740 legislative session had representatives of the Randolph, Carter, Fitzhugh, Beverely and Berkeley families seated, and the 1776 Assembly had Carters, Randolphs and Lees as well as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

See www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/jamesriver/gentry/htm. for the rest of the story.

Maria married Robert Beverley on 1 Feb 1763 in , Richmond, Virginia, USA. Robert was born on 21 Aug 1740 in Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Apr 1800 in Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA; was buried in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

3. William Beverley
4. Maria Carter Beverley was born on 15 Dec 1764 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 2 Oct 1824 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; was buried in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.
5. Robert Beverley was born on 30 Jul 1766 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 14 Jan 1767 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; was buried in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA.
6. Robert Beverley was born on 12 Mar 1769 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in May 1843 in Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA; was buried in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA.
7. Lucy Carter Beverley was born on 24 Feb 1771 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in 1854 in Greensboro, Hale, Alabama, USA; was buried in Greensboro, Hale, Alabama, USA.
8. Burton Beverley was born on 24 Nov 1772 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 16 Jul 1781 in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA; was buried in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA.
9. Carter Beverley was born on 17 Apr 1774 in Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Feb 1844; was buried in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA.
10. Byrd Beverley was born on 17 Aug 1775 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in 1836 in Sea, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia.
11. James Mills Beverley was born on 22 Dec 1776 in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Apr 1779 in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA; was buried in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA.
12. Anna Munford Carter Beverley was born on 6 Jan 1778 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Jan 1830 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; was buried in Moss Neck, Caroline, Virginia, USA.
13. Munford Carter Beverley was born on 8 March 1779 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in Feb 1820.
14. Peter Randolph was born on 17 Oct 1780 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in , Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA.
15. Evelyn Byrd Carter Beverley was born on 6 Jun 1782 in Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Sep 1836 in , Loudoun, Virginia, USA.
16. Mackenzie Beverley was born on 3 Jun 1783 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in , Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA.
17. Jane Bradshaw Carter Beverley was born on 27 Aug 1784 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Feb 1814.
18. Harriet Beverley was born on 12 Apr 1786 in Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA; died in May 1829 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Generation: 3

3. William Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹)

4.	Maria Carter Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 15 Dec 1764 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 2 Oct 1824 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; was buried in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.

5. Robert Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 30 Jul 1766 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 14 Jan 1767 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; was buried in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA.

6.	Robert Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 12 Mar 1769 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in May 1843 in Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA; was buried in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA.

7. Lucy Carter Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 24 Feb 1771 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in 1854 in Greensboro, Hale, Alabama, USA; was buried in Greensboro, Hale, Alabama, USA.
8. Burton Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 24 Nov 1772 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 16 Jul 1781 in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA; was buried in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA.
9. Carter Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 17 Apr 1774 in Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Feb 1844; was buried in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA.
10. Byrd Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 17 Aug 1775 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in 1836 in Sea, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia.

11.	James Mills Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 22 Dec 1776 in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Apr 1779 in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA; was buried in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA.

12.	Anna Munford Carter Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 6 Jan 1778 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Jan 1830 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; was buried in Moss Neck, Caroline, Virginia, USA.

13. Munford Carter Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 8 March 1779 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in Feb 1820.
14. Peter Randolph (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 17 Oct 1780 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in , Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA.
15. Evelyn Byrd Carter Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 6 Jun 1782 in Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Sep 1836 in , Loudoun, Virginia, USA.
16. Mackenzie Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 3 Jun 1783 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in , Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA.
17. Jane Bradshaw Carter Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 27 Aug 1784 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Feb 1814.
18. Harriet Beverley (2.Maria², 1.Maria¹) was born on 12 Apr 1786 in Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA; died in May 1829 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.