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.
By Emory G. Evans
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