Mary Willing Byrd [SEP] date of death
Mary Willing Byrd
Mary Willing Byrd (September 10, 1740 – March 1814) was the second wife of Colonel William Byrd III, a Colonial American military officer at the time of the American Revolution and son of the founder of Richmond, Virginia. Her father, Charles Willing, was the mayor of Philadelphia from 1748 to 1754, and her great-grandfather, Edward Shippen, was the second mayor of Philadelphia, from 1701 to 1703.
In 2007 Byrd was posthumously honored by the Library of Virginia's "Virginia
Despondent and nearly broke, Byrd committed suicide on January 1 or 2, 1777. He was buried in the cemetery at the old Westover Church.
The 10 children of his second marriage (to Mary Willing) were: Maria Horsmanden Byrd, Evelyn Taylor Byrd, Charles Willing Byrd (died as child), Abby Byrd, Anne Willing Byrd, William Boyd Byrd, Charles Willing Byrd, Dorothy Byrd (died as child), Jane Byrd and Richard Willing Byrd.
External links.
- William Byrd III at