for £300 and 10,000 pounds of tobacco and cask. Byrd's grandson built a Georgian mansion there in the 1750s. Byrd died on 4 December 1704, at his plantation home of Westover, in Charles City County, Virginia. He is buried near the original site of the Westover Church. Further reading Murphy, Nathan W. "The Devon Seafaring Origins of William Byrd's Mother's Family: Grace (Stegge) Byrd of London, Thomas Stegge of Charles City County, Virginia, and Captain Abraham Read of Charles City County, Virginia; Including Additional Details about William Byrd's Father John Byrd's Career as a London Goldsmith," The American Genealogist 84 (2010), 241–56. Rice, James D. (2012). Tales from a Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press. References External links Biography at Virtualology.com 1652 births 1704 deaths People from Shadwell William Byrd I English emigrants American planters Virginia Governor's Council members