Lewis Burwell, II^[1]

1653 - 1710  (57 years)

• Name	Lewis Burwell
  Suffix	II
  Birth	9 Aug 1653	Carter's Creek, Fairfield, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Dec 1710	Carters Creek, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I43388	Master
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Lewis Burwell,   b. 5 Mar 1621, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England d. 19 Nov 1653, Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Lucy Tokesay Higginson,   b. Jan 1626, Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 6 Nov 1675, Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1642	Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F10199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Abigail Bacon Smith,   b. 11 Mar 1656, Colchester, Essex, England d. 12 Nov 1692, Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, USA (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	4 Mar 1674	, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Joanna Burwell,   b. 1675, Carters Creek, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 7 Oct 1727, Eltham, New Kent, Virginia, USA (Age 52 years)   2. Elizabeth "Betty" Burwell,   b. Jun 1677, , Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 30 Dec 1734, , Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years)   3. Nathaniel Burwell,   b. 1680, Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 1721, Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA (Age 41 years) + 4. Lewis Burwell,   b. 9 Oct 1682, Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 7 Sep 1744, Kings Mill, James City, Virginia, USA (Age 61 years) + 5. Lucy Burwell,   b. 21 Nov 1683, Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 16 Dec 1716, Barn Elms, Middlesex, Virginia, USA (Age 33 years)   6. Martha Burwell,   b. 16 Nov 1685, Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 11 Oct 1710, Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA (Age 24 years) + 7. Martha Bacon Burwell,   b. 16 Nov 1685, Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 27 May 1735, Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA (Age 49 years)   8. Jane Burwell,   b. 16 Nov 1688, , Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 15 Mar 1692, Carters Creek, Gloucester, Virginia, USA (Age 3 years) + 9. James Burwell,   b. 4 Feb 1690, Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 6 Oct 1718, Cheatham Cemetery, Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F9995	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Lear,   b. 11 Mar 1656, Colchester, Essex, England d. 12 Nov 1704, , Chesterfield, Virginia, USA (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	4 Mar 1694	Fairfield, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F9978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 4 Mar 1674 - , Gloucester, Virginia, USA Marriage - 4 Mar 1694 - Fairfield, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.