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Martha Bacon (Burwell) Armistead (bef. 1685 - bef. 1748)

Martha Bacon Armistead formerly Burwell
Born before in Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester Co, Va.map [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1703 in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died before at about age 62 in Hesse Plantation, Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginiamap
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Biography

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.)
  1. William Armistead, m Mary Bowles in 1739[1]
  2. Lucy Armistead, m Thomas Nelson of Yorktown[1]
  3. Martha Armistead, m Dudley Digges[1]
  4. 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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "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
  2. https://archive.org/stream/familyofarmistea00appl#page/6/mode/2up/search/Robert+Armistead
  3. https://archive.org/stream/someprominentvir04pecq#page/80/mode/2up/search/Armistead




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posted by Fontaine Wiatt
Left wives and sources for Robert Burwell Armistead.
posted by Honi Kleine
Tyler's entry for hubs Henry doesn't say specifically that she was the mother either:

http://vagenweb.org/tylers_bios/vol1-16.htm#henryarmistead

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
received following when I saved profile after adding info from JSTOR article:
Warning: Check the dates.
  • A mother's death date should not be before one of her children's birth dates.

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).

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Martha appear to have died in 1710 before her children were born. Do you have information that would shed light on what is incorrect here?
posted by Marty (Lenover) Acks
Thank you Fontaine. Trudy
posted by Anonymous Roach
Burwell-178 and Burwell-44 appear to represent the same person because: Data is the same
posted by Anonymous Roach

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