Born in Gloucester, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Lewis Burwell
and Martha Yeo (Lear) Burwell
Sister of
Bacon Burwell [half], Unknown Burwell [half], Joanna (Burwell) Bassett [half], Elizabeth (Burwell) Harrison [half], Nathaniel Burwell [half], Lewis Burwell III [half], Lucy (Burwell) Berkeley [half], Martha Bacon (Burwell) Armistead [half], James Burwell [half], William Cole III [half], Lewis Burwell III [half], Jane (Burwell) Atkinson, Mary Lear (Burwell) Flowers and Susannah (Burwell) Goode [half]
Wife of
John Martin
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Martin) Barclay, George Martin, Samuel Martin, Lucia (Martin) Agar, Agnes (Martin) Breton, Lewis Burwell Martin and Martha (Martin) Pery
Died
at about age 36
in Caroline, Virginia
Profile last modified
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Biography
Martha was born in 1703 at Gloucester, Virginia, the youngest daughter of Col. Lewis Burwell, [1] member of the Council of Gloucester County, Virginia. Martha Martin’s mother was Colonel Burwell’s second wife Martha Lear, daughter of Colonel John Lear, member of the Council of Nansemond, Virginia. [2]
She married John Martin, third son of Samuel & Lettice Martin, justice of the peace burgess for Caroline County. Martha and John had three sons, George, Samuel, Lewis Burwell, and four daughters. Martha died 27 May 1738 at the age of 35 and was buried at Clifton in Caroline County.
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com, citing Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
- ↑ See Burwell Family History
See also:
- The Martin Family of Dublin and Virginia, by Turtle Bunbury, 2006
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p28446.htm#i284460
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Lois (McBride) Haywood
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Burwell-437 and Burwell-118 appear to represent the same person because: Same death date. Bio records her parents as being the same on both profiles.
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Lois (McBride) Haywood
Burwell-260 and Burwell-118 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate spouse following a recent merge
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