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Lewis Burwell III (1711 - 1756)

Lewis Burwell III
Born in Gloucester, Colony of Virginiamap
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Husband of — married Oct 1736 in Gloucester County, VAmap
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Died at about age 45 in White Marsh, Gloucester, Virginiamap
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Biography

Lewis Burwell III was born in 1711 at Fairfield, the residence on Carter's Creek in Gloucester County of his parents, Elizabeth Carter Burwell and her first husband, Nathaniel Burwell (1680–1721).

His grandfathers were Lewis Burwell (d. 1710), a wealthy Gloucester County planter, and Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest men in North America, who served as president of the governor's Council. Burwell's younger brother, Carter Burwell, who built Carter's Grove in James City County.[1]

October 1736 - During the third week of the month, Lewis Burwell married Mary Willis. The couple had the following children: by Jayne Peace Pyle

1) Anne Burwell (1733- )

2) Nathaniel Burwell (1735- )

3) Lewis Burwell II (1737-1779) m. Judith Page

4) Sarah "Lucy" Burwell (1740-1779) m. Thomas Weathersbee

5) Elizabeth Burwell (1742- )

6) Mary "Polly" Burwell (1744-1809) m. Lewis Hale

7) Rebecca Lewis Burwell (1746-1806) m. Jaquelin Ambler

In the Burwell history, online, it states that Lewis Burwell II was their first child, so I'm guessing the first two children had either a different father or a different mother. -Jayne Peace Pyle


May 6, 1756 - Lewis Burwell dies at Fairfield in Gloucester County and is buried probably in the family cemetery there. His remains will be moved later to the yard of Abingdon Church.


Sources

  1. http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Burwell_Lewis_1711_or_1712-1756_gt
  • Family Records of Jayne Peace Pyle
  • Shrock, Randall. "Burwell, Lewis (1711 or 1712–1756)." In The Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 2, edited by Sara B. Bearss et al., 434–435. Richmond: Library of Virginia, 2001.
  • the Ancestry of Benjamin Harrison President of the United States 1889-1893 by Charles P. Keith (1893)
  • A "Topping People": The Rise and Decline of Virginia's Old Political Elite ...

By Emory G. Evans


  • Find A Grave, Geneanet and my family records state Lewis Burwell III was born 11 Jan 1711. I can't find another record that gives his date of birth - Jayne Peace Pyle




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There is a Lucy and an Elizabeth listed as daughters of Lewis Burwell III. I think this may have been the same person and her name may have been Lucy Elizabeth. Please help resolve this.
posted by John Richburg Jr.
The bio notes says Lewis had 3 daughters but 5 daughters are listed as children Looks to be some errors here.
posted by John Richburg Jr.

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