Family
Chancellor Bland was a descendant of Governor Richard Bennett and Bennett's son-in-law, Theodorick Bland of Westover. He was the son of Theodorick Bland (born 1746) and Sarah Fitzhugh (1748–1793). Bland's uncle was Thomas Fitzhugh and his sister was Sophia Bland. Bland married Sarah Glen (born 1770), the widow of John Davis. Bland's two step-children by this marriage were:
- Elizabeth Glen Davis married John Stuart Skinner on March 10, 1812.
- Jacob Davis
The marriage of Bland to Sarah Glen produced at least two children:
- Sarah Battaile Fitzhugh Bland married Captain Isaac Mayo in 1835. Their daughter, Sarah Battaile Mayo, resided in the Peggy Stewart House in Annapolis and married Thomas Henry Gaither in 1857.
- William G. Bland
John Hesselius painted a portrait of Bland's mother, Sarah Fitzhugh Bland, in 1767. It is the only signed work by Hesselius for which there is a record of the value of the commission: £20 and sixteen shillings. The Maryland Historical Society eventually received the portrait from Chancellor Bland's great-grandsons in 1945.
Between 1828 and 1845, Bland purchased a 300 acre farm owned by John Crompton Weems and known as "LaGrange"; under his ownership, the property became known as "Blandair". Sarah Bland Mayo inherited the property upon her father's death and eventually gave the property to her daughter, Sarah Mayo Gaither, as a wedding present in 1857.
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