Francis Otway Byrd
(1756-1800)
BIRTH
1756
PLACE
DEATH
1800
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
William Byrd III
(1728-1777)
MOTHER
Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd
(1731-1760)
SISTER
Elizabeth Hill Byrd Skipwith
(1759-1819)
SISTER
Maria Horsmanden Byrd Page
(1761-1844)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Francis Otway Byrd was a son of William Byrd III and Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd. His surviving papers document British naval service by 1774. He was an aide to General Charles Lee and later held a lieutenant-colonel’s rank in cavalry service. After the war he held local office in Charles City County and became collector of the port of Norfolk, a position he held until his death in 1800. He served in the British navy and later in the Continental Army.
EARLY LIFE
Francis Otway Byrd was born in 1756, a son of William Byrd III and Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd. His surviving papers document British naval service by 1774. No reliable detailed account of his childhood or formal schooling was found in the reviewed material.
Byrd served in the British navy before joining the Continental Army in 1775. He served as an aide to General Charles Lee and later held a lieutenant-colonel’s rank in cavalry service. After the war he held local office in Charles City County and became collector of the port of Norfolk, a position he held until his death in 1800.
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DEATH
Francis Otway Byrd died in 1800. Francis Otway Byrd was a son of William Byrd III and Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd. His surviving papers document British naval service by 1774. He was an aide to General Charles Lee and later held a lieutenant-colonel’s rank in cavalry service. After the war he held local office in Charles City County and became collector of the port of Norfolk, a position he held until his death in 1800. He served in the British navy and later in the Continental Army. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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