Martha Burwell, was the daughter of Hon. Maj. Lewis Burwell and Abigail Smith.[1] Martha was baptized on 16 November 1685.[1] Virginia. Martha died before 1748.
"Henry Armistead, late of Caroline County in Virginia Colony beyond seas, Esq., deceased, a widower. Administration granted to Edward Hunt, attorney of William Armistead, Esq., son of the defunct, now residing in Virginia. P.C.C. Admon Act Book, 1748" [1]
Martha married Henry Armistead, the son of Colonel John Armistead and Judith Bowles Robinson of Gloucester County.[1] Martha' brother James Burwell mentioned them in his 6 October 1718 will.
Adventurers of Purse & Person, 3rd Ed., 1987, Meyer & Dorman, p. 146:
Martha, baptized 16 Nov 1685, died after Dec 1710, who aroused such passion in Governor Francis Nicholson that his behavior resulted in his recall, married Henry Armistead, justice of Gloucester County 1714-26, member of the House of Burgesses from Gloucester 1728-34, County Lieutenant of Caroline County, 9 Aug 1733, who died after 13 Jun 1746.
Children
(of Henry, presumed by Martha, their children were born between 1712 and 1721.)
Robert Armistead[1]m. Elizabeth (Burgess) Ball[2], 2m. Anne Smith[3]
Research Note
Note: ref: the Ancestry of Benjamin Harrison President of the United States 1889-1893 by Charles P. Keith (1893) ref: rootsweb database: thamm (14 Feb 2010)
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.51.61.7 "Virginia Gleanings in England (Continued)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jul., 1903), pp. 68-79 (Virginia Historical Society). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242575
Garber, Virginia Armistead "The Armistead Family (1635-1910)." Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, Richmond 1910. The original was full of errors due to its poor organization. It has been reorganized and corrected by: Douglas E. Zimmerman, 2002-2004.
Pecquet du Bellet, Louise, 1853-,Jaquelin, Edward, 1668-1730,Jaquelin, Martha (Cary) 1686-1733. Some prominent Virginia families Sponsor & Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center on Archive.org
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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1710 death date may not be correct - 1748 source cited in JSTOR article names Henry, decd, a widower, but that citation doesn't name his wife or when she died. Additional information from the article does not specifically state she was the mother of Henry's children (at least, if it does, I missed it).
http://vagenweb.org/tylers_bios/vol1-16.htm#henryarmistead
1710 death date may not be correct - 1748 source cited in JSTOR article names Henry, decd, a widower, but that citation doesn't name his wife or when she died. Additional information from the article does not specifically state she was the mother of Henry's children (at least, if it does, I missed it).