• Edward (B. 4/14/1616 - D. 4/4/1622)
• William (?1617-1647)
• Dorthy (Baptized At Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England 6/24/1618)
• Elizabeth (Baptized at Ampthill, 2/25/1620)
• Lewis I (Fairfield) Burwell (Baptized at Ampthill 3/5/1621 - D. 11/19/1665)
• Francis ? (baptized 1623)
• George (b. 3/17/1624- D. 1624 Baptized at Ampthill, 5/17/1624)
• Edward II (b. 2/19/1625-1629 Baptized at Ampthill 2/19/1625)
• John (1627-1629) A posthumous son??

Notes and Comment:

After Edward's death, Dorthy married Roger Wingate, distinguished for his interest in colonial affairs. By deed dated July 28, 1648, and recorded in York County, Mrs. Dorthy Burwell Wingate, widow of Roger Wingate, conveyed to "my well beloved son Lewis Burwell" all rents due at said Roger's decease and confirmed to the said Dorthy by the King.

• Lewis II (B. 1648 or 1651 - D. 12/19/1710)  Lewis is the only "recorded issue" of Lewis Burwell.

Notes and Comment:

Lewis came to Virginia when a mere boy with his mother and step-father, Roger Wingate. This Lewis is sometimes referred to as "Major Lewis Burwell". He settled on "Fairfield", Carter's Creek in Gloucester County, Virginia around 1640. In 1646, Lewis, a Sargeant-Major of Militia, was a member of a delegation sent to invite Charles II to come to Virginia. In the spring of 1648, Lewis and a Thomas Vause or Vaulx, exercising headrights accruing as a result of abandoned 1633 Kingwell Expedition and being for the transportation of forty-six persons, received 2300 acres on the York River. On June 12 1648, Lewis received 2350 more acres "lying on the north side of the York River upon Rosewell Creek" adjacent to George Menifie, when he exercised headrights for the transportation of forty-seven persons whose names included Francis Burwell and a "Fra" Burwell. In 1650, Lewis exercising headright claims, received an additional 500 acres. Lewis made his home at "Fairfield". In October of 1653, Lewis was alloted 200 more acres, but he died on November 19, 1653. His "iron-stone or black marble" tombstone, like many of the other Fairfield stones, probably was cut in England. Lucy was buried there, as was her father. The inscriptions of his tombstone at "Fairfield", giving date of his death also recited that he was a "Major" of Gloucester County and descended from the ancient family of Burwell of Bedford and North Hampton, England. This land lay in the area which by 1652 had been mentioned in a record as Gloucester County and Burwell's plantation was called "Fairfield" and later, "Carter's Creek".

• Jane Burwell (B. - D. died young, about 1692)
• Joanna Burwell (B. 1675 - D. 10/27/1727) Fairfield, Gloucester Co., VA, married. 28 Nov 1693, William Bassett, Col.b.1671, Eltham, New Kent Co., VA, d. 11 Oct 1723, (son of Capt. William and Bridgett (Cary) Bassett). William was a member of the Council.
• Elizabeth Burwell (B. 1677 - D. 12/30/1734) Born at "Fairfield, Gloucester Co., Virginia. Died at Berkeley, Charles City Co., Virginian, buried Westover Church, Charles City Co., Virginia. She married before 1695, Benjamin Harrison III (B. 1673 at Wakefield, Sunny Co., Virginia - D. 4/10/1710 at Berkeley, Charles City Co., Virginia, buried Westover Church, Charles City Co., Virginia) He was the son of Benjamin Harrison II and Hannah Churchhill.
• (Major) Nathaniel Burwell (B. 1680 "Fairfield", Gloucester Co., VA - D. after 8/24/1721 at Fairfield, Gloucester Co., Virginia and buried at Fairfield--"Carter's Creek") Married 1708 Elizabeth Carter (Burwell Nicholas) (B. 1688 at Corotoman, Lancaster Co., Virginia, daughter of Robert "King" Carter and Judith Armistead - D. 1734 at Carter's Grove, James City Co., Virginia). Nathaniel became favored son-in-law of Robert (King) Carter. Nathaniel's wife, Elizabeth Carter Burwell married Dr. George Nicholas (of the British Navy) after Nathaniel Burwell's death. Nathaniel owned Martin's Hundred, which is obtained through his marriage with Elizabeth. There is a stone on the side of the road going down to King's Creek neck, which marks the corner of the lands of all three, having engraved upon it's sides their initials J. B., L.B., N. B.
• Lewis Burwell (B. - D. 9/16/1696) Died aged fifteen years, lived at Kingsmill, on James River
• Lucy Burwell (B. 11/21/1683 - D. 1716) Married Col. Edmund Berkeley m. 1 Dec 1704, Edmund Berkeley, Col., b. "Barne's Elm", Middlesex Co., VA, (son of Edmund Berkeley and Mary Kempe) d. 15 Dec 1718, buried: "Barne's Elm", Middlesex Co., VA. Lucy died 16 Dec 1716, buried: "Barne's Elm", Middlesex Co., VA
• Martha Burwell (B. 11/1685 - D. Unknown), m. 1703, Henry Armistead, Col., b. "Hesse", Gloucester Co., VA, (son of John Armistead, "The Councillor" Col. and Judith Robinson) d. aft 7 Jul 1739, "Hesse", Gloucester Co., VA. Martha died aft Dec 1710.
• Bacon Burwell (B. 2/22/1686 - D. 3/15/1692) Died very young

Notes and Comment:

Lewis Burwell, II Maj. B. ca. 1651, King's Creek, York Co., VA, d. 19 Dec 1710, "Fairfield", Gloucester Co., VA, m. (1) 1672, Abigail Smith b. 11 Mar 1656, England, d. 12 Nov 1692, (daughter of Anthony and Martha (Bacon) Smith). Abigail was from Colchester, England. Her mother, Martha Bacon, was a sister of Virginia's Nathaniel Bacon, Sr. Lewis and his family lived at Queen's Creek, York Co., VA until 6 Nov 1675, the date of the death of Lewis' mother, Lucy. They then moved to "Fairfield".

The following year, Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., a cousin to Nathaniel Bacon, Sr., was the leader of a famed rebellion but Nathaniel Bacon, Sr., "a most steadfast, Loyal subject to his Majestie, maugne all the malice and severe treatment of the Rebels" , continued to support the Virginia Governor. What part if any, Lewis played in the rebellion is not clear but he held the post of Major of the Gloucester County militia and was named to be a member of the Council. In 1684 or 1694, Lewis Burwell and his wife, Abigail, completed on Carter's Creek a new mansion, possibly near the location of the original Fairfield mansion..."

On a high triple chimney are cut the letters"......"B" on the first line, "L" and "A" on the second line, and "1694" on the third line. Lewis signed his will 15 Mar 1691, which includes provision for "Godson William Burwell, an infant about 4 years old" who was "under the care of William Davis and Ellison his wife". Will was also left some "plate which hath his Mothers Crest of Arm engraven on it" and some "Pewter which is marked and Engraved with P:P". Also, there was in the will a provision for William Cole, Jr., son of William Cole, Col., the first husband of Martha Burwell, Lewis's second wife, whom he married Nov 1695, the daughter of Col. John Lear of Nansemond Co., VA, Secretary of the Council.

  FAIRFIELD

Carter's Creek, Gloucester County, Virgina; Residence of Mr. Lewis Burwell of England

The First of the Burwell Name who came to this Country; Bricks in the chimney bear the date 1634

The house was built of brick. In the old family burying-ground are the tombs of Major Lewis Burwell and Lucy Higginson, there is a record of only Major, the Honorable Lewis Burwell, of Queen's Creek, York County, Virginia who married first Abigail Smith, and second Martha Lear Cole. A branch of the Burwell's settled in New England, John Burwell of Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1633. The same name appears as a free planter in Milford, Connecticut, in 1632. He was from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England; died 1649. Another branch is found in Canada at Port Burwell, on Lake Erie, thought to be descendants of Major Lewis Burwell and Lucy Higginson.

In 1630 Captain John Utie patented this land, being one of the first to locate on York River. His son parted with his interest to Colonel William Tayloe, who gradually secured much of the neck. He married Elizabeth Kingsmill, and she married secondly, Colonel Nathaniel Bacon Sr.

During Bacon's Rebelion, it was occupied by, Major Thomas Whaley, with a band of Rebels, and a bloody battle ensued, in which Farrell, the leader of the Royalists, was killed. Here Sir William Berkeley, in 1677, first put foot to land after his banishment to the Eastern Shore by Nathaniel Bacon, Jr. At Colonel Bacon's death in 1694, the property passed to Lewis Burwell, who married his niece, Abigail Smith.

About 1740, the whole tract, between James River and York River was owned by the Burwells, from King's Creek to Queen's Creek, on the York River, and from Skiff's Creek to Archer's Hope Creek on the James River. Copied in part from: Record of The Burwell Family 1908 by George H. Burwell and others of Millwood, Clarke County, Virgina

Abigail inherited the "Kingsmill" plantation on the James River. Richard Kingsmill patented 850 acres, and in turn, his daughter, Elizabeth married Col. Nathaniel Bacon who left all his property to his niece, Abigail. Subsequently, the property, was given by her husband, Lewis Burwell, to his son Lewis Burwell by his second marriage to Martha Lear Cole. Abigail died at "Carter's Creek", Gloucester Co., VA, buried: James City Co., VA

This plantation is on the James River, a distance of about four miles from Williamsburg, and originally consisted of 850 acres, patented by Richard Kingsmill, an early settler. His daughter, Elizabeth married Colonel Nathaniel Bacon, who left all his property to his niece, Abigail Smith, who married Major Lewis Burwell, of King's Creek. Lewis Burwell, Major Burwell's son by his second wife, Martha Lear Cole, received this property from his father, and built upon it a large brick mansion house, with gardens and other considerable improvements.

It was standing about 1800, and was described in the Virginia Gazzette as two stories high, four rooms to a floor, with two wings or offices. The ground in front was terraced to the river, and there were on the place a brick brew house, stable and coach house. There was a wharf here, where, for many years, the steamer received passengers from Williamsburg. Nearly all the old structures are gone, but the plantation is still ranked among the best on James River. Copied in part from: Record of The Burwell Family 1908 by George H. Burwell and others of Millwood, Clarke County, Virgina

 Carter's GroveCarter's Hall

• Samuel Burwell (B. - D.) Eldest son of John Burwell
• Susanna Burwell (B. - D.)
• Adam Burwell (B. 2/23/1748 - D.)

Notes & Comment:

One of the puzzles that many have tried to solve was the question of what would cause John to leave Virginia in 1721 and go on to New Jersey. One theory is that John would have been only 9 years old when his mother, Martha Lear Cole, died. Further, he would have been only 15 years old when his father, Lewis Burwell, died in 1710. It is "most probable" that John was looked after, by his older half-brother, Nathanial Burwell, from Lewis' first marriage, until John reached his majority.

John Burwell would have been 26 when his half-brother, Nathanial Burwell died in 1721. It is "probable" that Nathanial's death prompted John to leave Jamestown (James City County), Virginia to "seek his fortune" elsewhere, thus his move to New Jersey. But, again, this is only a theory.

Lucy Burwell, age 16, in 1609, when she became the focus of affection of the Royal Governor Francis Nicholson, who pursued her to the point of obsession for 5 years. (It is an interesting story, and for more of it, read The Virginia Dynasties, by Clifford Dowdley)

Adam Burwell was the father of John Burwell, of Port Burwell and his oldest brother Mahlon Burwell of Port Talbot, Ontario, Canada. This John Burwell wrote a letter of September 5, 1859 to George H. Burwell of Millwood, Virginia. In it, he made reference to the move that his Grandfather John Burwell had made in 1721 to New Jersey. He mentioned the old family Bible, which recorded these events.

It is on this John, that I will spend some time trying to locate documentation. Many others have gone before me unsuccessful. But, since my Uncle Clark believes this to be true, I would really like to try to prove it. If anyone has any information either supporting this theory or discrediting it, I would really appreciate hearing from you.

• James Burwell Born Rockaway, N.J. (B. 1/18/1754 - D. 6/18/1853) Married Hannah Frasey (Loyalist who migrated to Canada in 1796 and settled first in the Niagara District and later to the Talbot Settlement on Lake Erie)
• John Burwell (B. D.) Married ________
• Samuel Burwell (Jr.) (B. 1777 - D. 7/13 or 31/1822)

Notes & Comment:

No research has been done on Samuel Sr. He is designated as Sr. only to distinguish him from his son and his grandson. There may be more information about him and his children in Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey or in "The Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution" (1864 edition, Vol. 1, page 277)

• Hannah Burwell (B. Crawford Co., PA.; married Nofirst Fonner (As a child Hannah was bound out to Mr. William Shelito of North Shenango along with her brother Findley. The reason for this drastic move was due to the family being poverty striken. The children were bought back later for eighty dollars)
• Nimrod Burwell (B. 1814, Crawford Co., PA)
• Rachel Burwell (B. 1810,Crawford Co., PA); married Nofist Wiset
• Rhoda Jane Burwell (B. abt. 1819, Crawford Co., PA); married Samual W. Angelo, 6/21/1838, Morgan Co. Ill. Settled in Jasper Co., Iowa. They had 8 children. Samual Angelo was the son of James Angelo. His father married twice and fathered 10 children.
• Nancy Rebecca Burwell (B. 1800); married Nofirst Angelo, before 1856 (thought to be Samual Angelo's half brother who married Nancy's sister)
• Anna Burwell (B. 12/28/1801, Crawford Co., PA) m. Asa Brooke (B. 1796 - D. 1865) (Anna and Asa were first cousins)
• Isaac Burwell (B. 1804 Crawford Co., PA - D. 1880 or 1883) m. Ann E. Bennett
• Findley Burwell (B. 8/19/1808 Linesville, Crawford Co., PA - D. 6/01/1899, Crawford Co. PA) Married Sarah _____) (B. 8/4/1810 - D. 8/15/1896)
• Mary "Polly" Burwell (B. 9/9/1816, Crawford Co., PA - D. 12/12/1860, N. Shenango Twp. Crawford Co., PA
• Benjamin Burwell (B. 10/1/1820, Crawford Co., PA - D. 12/15/1929) Benjamin Burwell, b. 1820; d. 1882; m. Hannah Williamson.
• Samuel Burwell (B. 1806,Crawford Co., PA - D. )

Notes & Comment:

Samual moved to Red Stone, Fayette County, PA where he married Miss Hannah Peden, daughter of Isaac Paden, in 1798. Four years later he moved to Crawford County, PA and settled in Linesville. At the breaking out of the War of 1812, he was drafted. He served under Commodor Perry on Lake Erie, when the great victory of the lakes was won. Begin a great singer, he is credited with the authroship of the once famous war song "Perry's Victory". On retruning from the war, in 1814, he found pverty had crept into his home and his family must be separated. They decided to bind out three of their childrend: Issac, to William Henry, of Hartstown; Findley and Hannah to William Shellito of North Shennago. He died July 12, 1822 aged forty-five years, leving wife and eleven children. Hisd wife, Hannah (Peden) died May 10, 1862, aged eighty years.

There were "suppose to have been eleven children". The will of Hannah Paden suggests that the above names may or may not be accurate. When Samuel Burwell and Hannah Paden were married, she was "read out of the faith" of the Quaker Church for having married outside the faith. A copy of Hannah Paden's will is in our documentation.

• Hannah R. Burwell (B. 1830 - D. 1835)
• Daniel McLean Burwell (B. 1850 - 1853)
• Bennett Burwell (unknown)
• Samuel Burwell III (unknown) Married Mary A. McKee
• William A. Burwell (killed in civil war)
• "Polly" Burwell Possibly real name: Mary (unknown) Married John Rounds
• Nancy Evelyn Burwell (unknown) never married
• Marjorie Ann Burwell (unknown) Married John Collins

Notes and Comment:

Anthony Bennett served in the War of 1812. His rank was Major. His pay slip #133 states Anthony Bennett appears with the rank of Major …Pay Roll of Field and Staff, 133 Reg's perfoming a tour of duty at Erie, War of 1812; for Jan. 2 to Feb. 10, 1814 Pay was $65 for one month and 9 days.

It is here that I find contradiction in the family tree. So, either I have transposed information, or the information is incorrect. I have strong documentation of the Bennett connection, and will need to do more research of my own on this line. If anyone has information on the Bennett line, either in support of this, or in contradiction, I would like to hear from you so I can clear this up.

• Frank Gaige Burwell (unknown) Married Mabel Millen
• Nellie Burwell (unknown) Married Charles Hole
• Madeline Burwell (unknown)

Notes & Comment:

Samuel Burwell III and Mary A. McKee were divorced. Samuel Burwell is believed to have gone west, we don't know where. The family story is that he died in Leadville, Colorado. A search was done at the Leadville Cemetary plot to no avail. Mary A. McKee Burwell is buried with her parents at Espyville, PA Cemetary.

• Orlo Ray Burwell (B. 4/11/1893 - D. 2/1972)

Notes & Comment:

Frank Gaige Burwell and Mabel W. Millen Burwell were divorced. It is not known where Frank may have gone. Later, Mabel married Mr. Pettit, they had no children. Mabel lived in Conneaut, OH for most of her life. She worked for the Nickle Plate Railroad until her retirement.

• Elman Ray Burwell (B. 5/31/1914 - D. unknown) Married Lois ______, 2 daughters
• Alma Virginia Burwell (B. 5/16/1916 - D. unknown) Married Wade Tichnor, 6 children

• Marcile Ray Burwell (B. 2/12/1924 - still living) Married James Sprague, then Lou Peters, 1 daughter
• Lloyd Warren Burwell (6/20/1925 - D. approx. 1995) Lawyer and Judge in Ironton, OH. Married Carolyn Henry, 2 sons, 2 daughters
• Mildred Ruth Burwell (B. 9/12/1926 - D. 1979) Married James Howard Chek, 4 daughters
• Clark Richard Burwell (B. 12/16/1927 -. still living) Married Alice Mary Marshall, 3 sons

Notes & Comments:

Orlo, was an electrician by trade, later a podiatrist. .Maida was the daughter of Riley A. Warren and Maude McArthur of Ashtabula County, OH. Maud McArthur's parents were Jane and John Brown. Maida a seamstress and retired from a manufacture plant worker job in the late 60's. Orlo and Maida were also divorced. Orlo may have re-married a woman by the name of Dottie. He had a small homestead outside of Bayfield, CO. where his daughter Mildred and granddaughter, Deborah lived with him in 1969. Orlo was a quiet, reserved and kind man when Deborah met him for the first time in 1969. He met her at the bus stop in Bayfield, CO. in the wee hours of the morning. They stayed up most of the night trying to catch up on the 15 years he had missed of her childhood. Orlo taught Deborah to shoot a rifle and sent her to hunting lessons, then sent her to hunt a deer. He woke her up early and fed her a "good breakfast" before sending her off for the day. Orlo and Deborah went to a mountain stream to collect "fresh water" off the rocks in metal containers for drinking water every Sunday morning. They cooked dinners together while he helped her with math and science studies. He "interviewed" her first date to determine "his intentions for his granddaughter", then gave her "mad money" "to keep close to her, just in case the date did not work out and she was stranded. He told her to call him, if that happened, and he would promptly pick her up. He bought her first corsage for the school dance, not knowing if her date would think of such a thing. She wore both corsages to the dance. He took drove Mildred to her job as a waitress in Durango every night, and picked her up every morning, before cooking breakfast for Deborah. "You must start every day with a good breakfast" he would tell her. He was killed in a car accident near Durango, CO. on the winding road he had driven so many times before between Bayfield and Durango. He is buried in Ironton, Ohio next to his first wife, Maida.

• Diana Christine Chek
• Sandra Lee Chek
• Cheryle Ann Chek
• Deborah Jean Chek

Notes and Comment:

Mildred was possibly born in Astabula, Ohio. She lived in and around the Sandusky and Astabula area most of childhood. She is buried in the Burrton Cemetary, Burrton, Harvey County, KS. Married James Howard (Cseh) Chek approximately 1948. They owned Chek Trailer Sales, Mentor Avenue, Mentor, OH. They also owned a prominent Night-Club and Resort called Dream Haven On The Lake, on Madison Avenue, Madison On The Lake, OH (on Lake Erie). Robert Taylor was a guest there as well as Arnold Palmer. Mildred inherited her seamstress ability from her mother Maida. Mildred's daughters, Sandy and Debbie inherited this talent. She could take an old piece of material and design and sew an elegant evening gown in a short time. James was a gifted artist, and drew a self-portrait as a teenager, a talent inherited by his granddaugter, Jennifer, who won first place in a statewide contest in Kansas around 1993. He was a self-taught drafter, and designed trailers (now called mobile homes). James served in the US Army, serving in the European Theater of WWII. He had a passion for sailboats, which was inherited by his two daughters, Sandy and Cheryle. Mildred and James owned several sailboats and several yachts. At least one yacht was sunk off of Lake Erie around 1959. They traveled to Florida frequently during their marriage. They were divorced in 1960, while their children were quite young. Mildred later married Richard Buzzi and moved to Kansas, where her daughters Sandy, Cheryle and Debbie lived. James Chek moved to Florida and had four more children with his second wife, Carol.

• Jennifer Lynn Grow (B. 9/18/1974-still living) Married Milo Jeremy Sutcliffe
• Gayle Lee Grow (4/7/1976-still living) Married Larry Critchfield, divorced
• Jamie Jean Grow (1/27/1981-still living) Married Kevin Rodriguez

Notes and Comment:

Deborah was born in Painsville, Ohio and baptized September 18, 1965. Married Jimmy Grow 9/18/1973 at Methodist Church. The Reverand Dellenbaugh proceeded the ceremony. Deborah is a Safety/Security Supervisor for a Leading Agricultural Equipment Manufacturing plant in Kansas.

That will undoubtedly take many years, since I am not a "full time researcher", and I can only due this in my "spare time".

My hope is that by posting this information on the internet,

that someone will notice some piece of information that is familiar and assist me with my research.

If you have additional information, or find something that you believe is not correct, please let me know

Last updated: January 2002

Copyrighted: 5/30/00