Rocky Strickland's Genealogy: BYRDTHIS IS SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS SENT TO ME LONG AGO. I NO LONGER KNOW HOW TO CONTACT THIS PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION. I AM PROVIDING THIS AS GENERAL INFORMATION AND HAVE NOT VERIFIED ANY OF IT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- BYRD William Byrd (1652-1704) m. Mary HORSMANDEN (1652-1699) Mary Byrd (b. 1683) m. James DUKE (d. 1751) William Duke (d. 1775) m. ??? William Duke (1721-1793) m. Mary GREEN (d. 1801) Ann Duke (d. 1810) m. Robert JONES (1752-1815) Elizabeth Jones (b. 1783) m. Robert JONES Mary Ann Jones (1815-1859) m. Doctor COLE (1798-1859) John N. Cole (1852-1915) m. Elizabeth M. JONES (1855-1925) Lucy Cole (1882-1958) m. Plato Tracy DURHAM (1873-1930) Lucy Cole Durham (b. 1925) m. Roscoe Lee STRICKLAND, Jr. (1917-1997) Roscoe Lee Strickland III (b. 1952) -- William Byrd (1652-1704) was born in England, and he came to Virginia as a young man and married Mary Horsmanden FILMER, a widow. Upon his death, the extensive lands he owned in Charles City County were devised to his son Col. William BYRD. He left £300 to his daughter Mary, and also named daughters Susan and Ursula. No "proof" exists that the first William DUKE listed above was the son of James Duke and Mary BYRD, but the available evidence strongly suggests it.