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Dorothy Bedell

Female 1591 - 1648  (56 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Dorothy Bedell was born on 9 Oct 1591 in Harlington, Bedfordshire, England; died on 15 Jul 1648 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA.

    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.

    Family/Spouse: Edward Burwell. Edward (son of Edward Houghton Burwell and Jane Wingate) was born on 24 Aug 1579 in Harlington, Bedfordshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1626 in Houghton Park, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Lewis Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Mar 1621 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England; died on 19 Nov 1653 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lewis Burwell Descendancy chart to this point (1.Dorothy1) was born on 5 Mar 1621 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England; died on 19 Nov 1653 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 3. Ellen Ann Burwell John Butler  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1640 in , Saint Marys, Maryland, USA; died in 1670 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA.
    2. 4. Frances Elizabeth Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1645 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA; died in 1715 in , , Virginia, USA.
    3. 5. Lucy Higginson Burwell md Bernard  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1647 in Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1675 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA.
    4. 6. Nathaniel Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1653 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA.
    5. 7. Lewis Burwell, II  Descendancy chart to this point 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Ellen Ann Burwell John Butler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born in Jan 1640 in , Saint Marys, Maryland, USA; died in 1670 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA.

  2. 4.  Frances Elizabeth Burwell Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born in 1645 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA; died in 1715 in , , Virginia, USA.

  3. 5.  Lucy Higginson Burwell md Bernard Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born in 1647 in Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1675 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

  4. 6.  Nathaniel Burwell Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born in 1653 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Carter. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert "King" Carter and Judith Armistead) was born in 1685 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Apr 1734 in Carters Creek, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 7.  Lewis Burwell, II Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) 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.

    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.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 8. Joanna Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1675 in Carters Creek, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Oct 1727 in Eltham, New Kent, Virginia, USA.
    2. 9. Elizabeth "Betty" Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jun 1677 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Dec 1734 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA.
    3. 10. Nathaniel Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1680 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died in 1721 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.
    4. 11. Lewis Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1682 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Sep 1744 in Kings Mill, James City, Virginia, USA.
    5. 12. Lucy Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Nov 1683 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 16 Dec 1716 in Barn Elms, Middlesex, Virginia, USA.
    6. 13. Martha Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Nov 1685 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Oct 1710 in Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.
    7. 14. Martha Bacon Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Nov 1685 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 27 May 1735 in Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.
    8. 15. Jane Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Nov 1688 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Mar 1692 in Carters Creek, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.
    9. 16. James Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Feb 1690 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 6 Oct 1718 in Cheatham Cemetery, Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA; was buried in Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA.

    Lewis married Martha Lear on 4 Mar 1694 in Fairfield, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA. Martha (daughter of Colonel John Peter Lear) was born on 11 Mar 1656 in Colchester, Essex, England; died on 12 Nov 1704 in , Chesterfield, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joanna Burwell Descendancy chart to this point (7.Lewis3, 2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born in 1675 in Carters Creek, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Oct 1727 in Eltham, New Kent, Virginia, USA.

  2. 9.  Elizabeth "Betty" Burwell Descendancy chart to this point (7.Lewis3, 2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born in Jun 1677 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Dec 1734 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA.

  3. 10.  Nathaniel Burwell Descendancy chart to this point (7.Lewis3, 2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born in 1680 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died in 1721 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

  4. 11.  Lewis Burwell Descendancy chart to this point (7.Lewis3, 2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 9 Oct 1682 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Sep 1744 in Kings Mill, James City, Virginia, USA.

    Lewis married Elizabeth Armistead in 1716 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of William Armistead and Anna Kendall Lee) was born in 1699 in King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Oct 1745 in Kings Mill, James City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Lewis Fairfield Burwell, IV  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1716 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died in Oct 1784 in Kings Mill, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.
    2. 18. Col Armistead Burwell, I  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1718 in Stoneland, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA; died in Feb 1754 in Stoneland, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA.
    3. 19. William Burwell, I  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1722 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1771 in High, York, Virginia, USA.
    4. 20. Nathaniel Burwell, I  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1727 in King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1744 in King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    5. 21. Honour Sarah Burwell Anderson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1735 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died in 1800 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    6. 22. Anne Burwell Shepard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Jul 1741 in Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died in 1792 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

  5. 12.  Lucy Burwell Descendancy chart to this point (7.Lewis3, 2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 21 Nov 1683 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 16 Dec 1716 in Barn Elms, Middlesex, Virginia, USA.

    Lucy married Samuel Lucy in 1715. Samuel (son of Captain Robert Lucy and Sarah Barker) was born in 1676 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA; died in 1735 in , Brunswick, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Burwell Lucy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1716 in , Brunswick, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Mar 1772 in , Brunswick, Virginia, USA.

  6. 13.  Martha Burwell Descendancy chart to this point (7.Lewis3, 2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 16 Nov 1685 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Oct 1710 in Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

  7. 14.  Martha Bacon Burwell Descendancy chart to this point (7.Lewis3, 2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 16 Nov 1685 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 27 May 1735 in Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

    Martha married Colonel Henry Robinson Armistead in 1700 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA. Henry (son of Lt Colonel John Armistead and Judith Bowles Hone Robinson) was born in 1673 in Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Feb 1740 in Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Lucy Armistead  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1701 in , Middlesex, Virginia, USA; died in 1770 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA.
    2. 25. Anne Armistead  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1710 in , , Virginia, USA.
    3. 26. Robert Burwell Armistead  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1712 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died in 1780 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA.
    4. 27. Capt Abram Martin  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Feb 1716 in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA; died in 1780 in , , Georgia, USA.
    5. 28. Elizabeth Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jan 1718 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died in 1750 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA.
    6. 29. Martha Burwell Digges  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1720 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1760 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA.
    7. 30. William Burwell Armistead  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jan 1720 in Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Dec 1755 in Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.
    8. 31. Lucy Armistead, daughter of Henry Robinson, married Thomas Nelson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1725 in , Middlesex, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Nov 1772 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA.
    9. 32. John Armistead  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1730.

  8. 15.  Jane Burwell Descendancy chart to this point (7.Lewis3, 2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 16 Nov 1688 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Mar 1692 in Carters Creek, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

  9. 16.  James Burwell Descendancy chart to this point (7.Lewis3, 2.Lewis2, 1.Dorothy1) was born on 4 Feb 1690 in Fairfield, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 6 Oct 1718 in Cheatham Cemetery, Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA; was buried in Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA.

    James married Mary Armistead in 1711 in Kings Creek Plantation, York, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of William Armistead and Anna Kendall Lee) was born in 1696 in , Northumberland, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Jun 1775 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA; was buried in Tettington, Charles City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Nathaniel Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1716 in Kings Creek Plantation, York, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Apr 1746 in Kings Creek Plantation, York, Virginia, USA; was buried in Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA.
    2. 34. Lucy Burwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1717 in Kings Creek Plantation, York, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Mar 1719 in Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.