Jane Burwell

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Maj. Lewis Burwell II
Hon. Lewis Burwell (1652-~1710) was the son of Maj. Lewis Burwell and Lucy Higginson, born circa 1652. He was married twice, first to Abigail Smith (11 Mar 1656/57 - 12 Nov 1692, cousin of Nathaniel Bacon), daughter of Anthony Smith and Martha Bacon, 1672 at Gloucester Co., Virginia and second to Martha Lear, daughter of Col. John Lear.He resided at King's Creek, York Co., Virginia. He resided at Carter's Creek, Gloucester Co., Virginia. He was a governor of the College of William and Mary in 1702. He was a member of Council between 1702 and 1711 at Virginia. he died circa 1710. He is the namesake of "Burwell's Bay" in Isle of Wight County This bay was originally called Warascoyack Bay until he acquired significant land upon its shores.

The Burwells (known as the Burls among Virginians) were among the First Families of Virginia in the Colony of Virginia. John Quincy Adams once described the Burwells as typical Virginia aristocrats of their period: forthright, bland, somewhat imperious and politically simplistic by Adams' standards. In 1713, so many Burwells had intermarried with the Virginia political elite that Governor Spotswood complained that " the greater part of the present Council are related to the Family of Burwells...there will be no less than seven so near related that they will go off the Bench whenever a Cause of the Burwells come to be tried." The Family was closely associated with the Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester County, Virginia, but several Burwells also built other famous Virginia plantations. Lewis Burwell III built the Kingsmill Plantation's manor house beginning in the 1730s. A few years later, Carter Burwell built Carter's Grove immediately to the east in what became the modern day Grove Community. Several place names such as Burwell's Bay in Isle of Wight County, Virginia are named after the Burwells. Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, (aka Chesty Puller) is a war hero (from West Point, Virginia) takes his name from three generations of Lewis Burwells who had a large influence on early Virginia. The Burwell family of Virginia originally came from England – Bedfordshire. Their early history is not completely known but by 1607, they were living in Harlington, Bedfordshire, at Harlington House – now known as Harlington Manor.

Lewis Burwell 1621-1653

Lewis Burwell 1621-1653

Lewis Burwell was born to Edward and Dorothy (Bedell)Burwell in Harlington,
County Bedford, England. His mother's brothers,Gabriell and John Bedell, were
members of the Virginia Company and came toJamestown with the Second Supply in
1608.

After the death of his father, his mother had marriedRoger Wingate. In October
1633 Wingate and Edward Kingswell arrived inJamestown aboard the ship Mayflower
with a plan to create a settlement inCarolina. Finding that their promised
transportation to Carolina was notyet available, they remained at Jamestown
through the winter until early springwhen they decided to give up the project.
In March Wingate left with hisfamily and returned to England and Kingswell
followed in June. They shouldhave been more patient, for the promised ship
arrived in July.

Lewis Burwell arrived at Jamestown about 1640 - a timewhen the original first
generation had failed to carry their leadership over tothe next generation. The
new immigration of 1640, of which Burwell and hisbrothers were a part would give
to Virginia the progenitors of her greateighteenth-century families.

Roger Wingate, Burwell's stepfather, was the residuarylegatee of the land for
which his now deceased partner, Kingwell, had claimed bythe headright system.
Wingate did not immediately claim the land to whichhe was entitled until the
spring of 1648. 2300 acres were granted jointlyto Burwell and Thomas Vause on
the "lower part in Yorke River about 7 miles upthe Narrow on the South side
thereof". In the summer of the same yearBurwell claimed the headrights he
inherited form his stepfather, he received2350 acres "lying upon the North Side
of York River up Rosewell Creek on theSouthward side thereof" for the
transportation of forty-seven persons. This was the largest patent issued in
1648.

Nevertheless, the estate could not have been so large asto have guaranteed
Burwell and his descendants a position ofundisputed eminence in the colony.
But while everything did notproceed smoothly, he appears to have been a hard
worker who devoted much of hisefforts to the acquisition of land. His
landholdings expandedrapidly, and in 1650, for the transportation of thirty-two
persons, he received1600 acres in Northumberland County "upon the South side of
Potomeck River andEast side of Machotick River". The next day he was alloted
500 acres -this time on the "South side of Potomeck River upon West side of
NomenyRiver". Two years later, in October, 200 acres "100 acres of which
lyeswithin the Pallisade at the Middle plantation...the other with out
thePallisade" were granted to "Major Lewis Burwell and Lucy, his wife".

When he died in 1653, he had been in Virginia for lessthan fifteen years.

Lewis married Abigail Bacon Smith on 4 Mar 1674 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA. Abigail (daughter of Anthony Smith and Martha Bacon) was born on 11 Mar 1656 in Colchester, Essex, England; died on 12 Nov 1692 in Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Abigail Bacon Burwell

Notes:

Lewis Burwell 1621-1653
Lewis Burwell was born to Edward and Dorothy (Bedell)Burwell in Harlington, County Bedford, England. His mother's brothers,Gabriell and John Bedell, were members of the Virginia Company and came toJamestown with the Second Supply in 1608. After the death of his father, his mother had marriedRoger Wingate. In October 1633 Wingate and Edward Kingswell arrived inJamestown aboard the ship Mayflower with a plan to create a settlement inCarolina. Finding that their promised transportation to Carolina was notyet available, they remained at Jamestown through the winter until early springwhen they decided to give up the project. In March Wingate left with hisfamily and returned to England and Kingswell followed in June. They shouldhave been more patient, for the promised ship arrived in July.

Lewis Burwell arrived at Jamestown about 1640 - a timewhen the original first generation had failed to carry their leadership over tothe next generation. The new immigration of 1640, of which Burwell and hisbrothers were a part would give to Virginia the progenitors of her greateighteenth-century families. Roger Wingate, Burwell's stepfather, was the residuarylegatee of the land for which his now deceased partner, Kingwell, had claimed bythe headright system. Wingate did not immediately claim the land to whichhe was entitled until the spring of 1648. 2300 acres were granted jointlyto Burwell and Thomas Vause on the "lower part in Yorke River about 7 miles upthe Narrow on the South side thereof". In the summer of the same yearBurwell claimed the headrights he inherited form his stepfather, he received2350 acres "lying upon the North Side of York River up Rosewell Creek on theSouthward side thereof" for the transportation of forty-seven persons. This was the largest patent issued in 1648.

Nevertheless, the estate could not have been so large asto have guaranteed Burwell and his descendants a position ofundisputed eminence in the colony. But while everything did notproceed smoothly, he appears to have been a hard worker who devoted much of hisefforts to the acquisition of land. His landholdings expandedrapidly, and in 1650, for the transportation of thirty-two persons, he received1600 acres in Northumberland County "upon the South side of Potomeck River andEast side of Machotick River". The next day he was alloted 500 acres -this time on the "South side of Potomeck River upon West side of NomenyRiver". Two years later, in October, 200 acres "100 acres of which lyeswithin the Pallisade at the Middle plantation...the other with out thePallisade" were granted to "Major Lewis Burwell and Lucy, his wife".

When he died in 1653, he had been in Virginia for lessthan fifteen years.

Lewis married Lucy Tokesay Higginson in 1642 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. Lucy (daughter of Captain Robert Kingwell Higginson and Joanna Tokesay Higginson) was born in Jan 1626 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 6 Nov 1675 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Lucy Higginson

Anthony married Martha Bacon. Martha was born in 1634; died in 1667. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Dorothy Bedell. Dorothy was born on 9 Oct 1591 in Harlington, Bedfordshire, England; died on 15 Jul 1648 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dorothy Bedell Burwell Wingate Notes
Dorothy Wingate, widow of Roger Wingate, Esq., gift of the quit rents, remaining due to her husband, to her "only and well beloved son, Lewis Burwell", dated 21st of July, 1648. Visitation of Bedfordshire (pub. by Harleian Society) shows that Edward Burwell's wife was Dorothy, daughter of William Bedell of Catworth, Huntingdonshire, and married, secondly, Roger Wingate, Esq.

Dorothy’s family appears to have been of somewhat more prominence than that of her husbands. Two of her brothers, Gabriell and John Bedell, were members of the Virginia Company and went to Jamestown with the second supply in 1608. Their names are on the Second Charter, May 23, 1609. Gabriell Bedell is listed on a document of 1618/19 as one of the "Adventurers in Virginia", and both brothers are recorded in "A Declaration of the State of the Colony and Affaires in Virginia". Their last appearance in the colonial record is in 1623-1624.

Letters of administration on her husband Edward Burwell's estate were issued to her on November 9, 1626. Dorothy and Edward had two daughters and three sons, and possibly two more sons. Dorothy and Roger had at least one daughter. Dorothy was a widow when she married Roger Wingate.

Clayton Torrence writes:
"Wingate, with his wife and family, returned to England in March, 1634.
Roger, and his wife Dorothy, returned to Virginia, and he was Treasurer of the Colony from 1639-1641 and member of the Governor's Council, 1639."

Roger Wingate and his wife Dorothy are mentioned in the will of Edward Kingswell, of London, Esquire (dated January 30, 1635/6; proved April 6, 1636), as 'My Brother and sister Mr. Roger Wingate and Dorothie, his wife.'"
ROGER WINGATE: Roger was distinguished for his interest in colonial affairs. He was a partner with Edward Kingswell in a venture to plant a colony in Carolina in 1633. In October that year Kingswell and Wingate, with their families and forty persons, arrived at Jamestown in Virginia, on the way to make a settlement in Carolina, but, as no vessel was there to carry them to their destination, they waited in Virginia until the next spring, when the proposed colony seems to have been abandoned.

The expedition was abandoned and Wingate returned to England in March 1634.
When Kingswell died, his will was proved in 1636, and headrights passed on to Roger Wingate. Roger was made Treasurer of Virginia in 1639. He was a member of the Council.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: painter stainer of london

Robert married Joanna Tokesay Higginson. Joanna was born in May 1603 in Berkeswell, Warwickshire, England; died on 16 Nov 1675 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Jane Wingate. Jane was born in 1548 in Sharpenhoe, Ampthill, Bedford, England; died on 30 Sep 1635 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sir married Anne Crouch Higginson. Anne was born in 1576 in Berkeswell, Warwickshire, England; died in 1645 in Berkeswell, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]