Lewis Burwell

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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]

1. Ellen Ann Burwell John Butler was born in Jan 1640 in , Saint Marys, Maryland, USA; died in 1670 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA.
2. Frances Elizabeth Burwell was born in 1645 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA; died in 1715 in , , Virginia, USA.
3. Lucy Higginson Burwell md Bernard was born in 1647 in Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1675 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA.
4. Nathaniel Burwell was born in 1653 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA.
5. Lewis Burwell, II was born on 9 Aug 1653 in Carter's Creek, Fairfield, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Dec 1710 in Carters Creek, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

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]

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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.

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]