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ELIZABETH3 CARTER (ROBERT2, JOHN1)1,2,3 died 17344. She married (1) MAJOR NATHANIEL BURWELL5,6. He was born Abt. October 14, 1680 in Gloucester County, Virginia6, and died 1721 in Gloucester County, Virginia7. She married (2) DR GEORGE NICHOLAS, SR8,9 Abt. 172210. He died Unknown.
More About ELIZABETH CARTER:
Appearance: Pretty; good-humored11
More About MAJOR NATHANIEL BURWELL:
Baptism: October 14, 1680, Gloucester County, Virginia
Burial: 1721, "Carter's Creek," Gloucester County, Virginia12
Military service: Navel officer of York River, Virginia13
Residence: "Carter's Creek," Gloucester County, Virginia14
More About DR GEORGE NICHOLAS, SR:
Emigration: From Lancaster County, England to Virginia15
Military service: Served in the British Navy16
Occupation: Physician17
Children of ELIZABETH CARTER and NATHANIEL BURWELL are:
i. LEWIS4 BURWELL, SR18,19,20, b. 171021,22; d. May 1756, "Fairfield," Gloucester County, Virginia23,24,25;m. MARY WILLIS26, October 173627; d. May 22, 174628.
More About LEWIS BURWELL, SR:
Burial: May 1756, St John's Church, Richmond, Virginia29,30
Education: Caius College, Cambridge, England31
Public Office: President of the Virginia Council, 1736; Burgess from Gloucester County, Virginia, 1742; Acting Governor of the Colony of Virginia, 175132,33,34,35
Residence: "Fairfield," Gloucester County, Virginia; "The Grove," Gloucester County, Virginia36,37
More About MARY WILLIS:
Burial: 1746, St John's Church, Richmond, Virginia38
Cause of Death: Complications of childbirth
ii. ELIZABETH CARTER BURWELL39,40, d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM NELSON, SR41,42,43, February 02, 1737/38, Gloucester County, Virginia44; b. 1711, Yorktown, York County, Virginia45; d. November 19, 1772, Yorktown, York County, Virginia46,47.
More About WILLIAM NELSON, SR:
Burial: 1772, Episcopal Church Cemetery, Yorktown, York County, Virginia48
Occupation: Merchant49
Public Office: Member and President of the Virginia Council, 1745; Member of the House of Burgesses, 1742-1744; Governor of Virginia, 1770-177150,51,52,53
Residence: "Nelson House," Yorktown, York County, Virginia54,55
iii. CARTER BURWELL56,57,58, b. October 25, 1716; d. 175659; m. LUCY LUDWELL GRYMES60,61, January 05, 1737/38, Middlesex County, Virginia62,63; b. April 18, 1720, Middlesex County, Virginia64; d. 1792, Virginia.
More About CARTER BURWELL:
Baptism: November 04, 1716
Residence: "The Grove", York County, Virginia65,66,67
More About LUCY LUDWELL GRYMES:
Fact 1: Called "Lowland Beauty," in the legends of George Washington68
iv. ROBERT CARTER BURWELL69,70, b. June 03, 1720; d. 1777, King and Queen County, Virginia71; m. (1) SARAH NELSON72; d. Unknown; m. (2) MARY BRAXTON73, Bet. August 16, 1772 - January 18, 177774; d. Unknown.
More About ROBERT CARTER BURWELL:
Baptism: June 29, 1720
Codicil to Will: January 18, 1777, King and Queen County, Virginia75,76
Probate: October 13, 1777, King and Queen County, Virginia77
Residence: Isle of Wight County, Virginia; King and Queen County, Virginia78
Will Dated: August 16, 1772, Isle of Wight County, Virginia79
Children of ELIZABETH CARTER and GEORGE NICHOLAS are:
v. COLONEL ROBERT CARTER4 NICHOLAS80, b. 172381; d. 1780, "The Retreat," Hanover County, Virginia82,83; m. ANNE CARY84, 175485; b. 173586; d. 178686.
More About COLONEL ROBERT CARTER NICHOLAS:
Education: Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia87
Military service: Served in the Revolutionary War88
Occupation: Attorney 88
Public Office: Speaker of the House of Burgesses; Treasurer of Virginia89
Residence: Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia; "The Retreat," Hanover County, Virginia90,91,92
Notes for ANNE CARY:
"DEAR WILSON--I congratulate you on the honour your country
has done you in choosing you their representative with so large a vote. I hope you are
come into the Assembly without those trammels which some people submit to wear for a
seat in the House--I mean, unbound by promises, to preform this or that job which
the many-headed monster may think proper to chalk out for you; especially that you
have not engaged to lend a last hand to pulling down the Church, which, by some
impertinent questions in the last paper, I suspect will be attempted. Never, my dear
Wilson, let me hear that by that sacrilegious act you have furnished yourself with
materials to erect a scaffold by which you may climb to the summit of popularity; rather
remain in the lowest obscurity: though, I think, from long observation, I can
venture to assert that the man of integrity, who observes one equal tenor in his
conduct--who deviates neithe to the one side or the other from the proper line-
-has more of the confidence of the people than the very compliant time-server, who
is the slave of the people. I flatter myself, too, you will act on a more liberal plan,
than some members have done in matters in which the honour and interest of this
state are concerned; that you will not, to save a few pence to your constituents,
discourage the progress of arts and sciences, nor pay with so scanty a hand persons
who are eminent in either. This parsimonious plan, of late adopted, will throw
us behnd the other States in all valuable improvements, and chill, like a
frost, the spring of learning and spirit of enterprise. I have insensibly extended what
I had to say beyond my first design, but will not quit the subject without giving you a
hint, from a very good friend of yours, t hat your weight in the House will be much
greater, if you not take up the attention of the Assembly on trifling matters, nor too often
demand a hearing. To this I must add a hint of my own, that temper and decorum
is of infinite advantage to a public speaker, and a modest diffidence to a young man just
entering the stage of life. The neglect of the former throws him off his guard, breaks his
chain of reasoning, and has often produced in England duels that have terminated
fatally.
The natural effect of the latter will ever be procuring a favorable and patient
hearing, and all those advantages that a prepossession in favour of the speaker produces.
You see, my son, that I take the privilege of a mother in advising you, and be assured,
you have no friend so solicitous for your welfare, temporal and eternal, as your ever-
affectionate mother.
ANN NICHOLAS."
[Du Bellet, Louise Pecquet, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, J P Bell Company Publishers, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907, pp. 312-313.]
vi. JOHN NICHOLAS, SR93, d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH FRY93; d. Unknown.
More About JOHN NICHOLAS, SR:
Public Office: Clerk of Albemarle County, Virginia, 1749-1815; Burgess of Buckingham County, 1759-1758; Member of the Convention of 1774-1775, of Buckingham County, Virginia93
Residence: "Seven Islands,"; Albemarle County, Virginia; Buckingham County, Virginia93
vii. GEORGE NICHOLAS, JR93, d. Unknown.
Endnotes
1. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 202.
2. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by Virginia Vital Records: Inscriptions on Old Tombs in Gloucester County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982. Second printing, 1984), 62.
3. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume I, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 108.
4. Hume, Ivor Noel, Martin's Hundred, (The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville and London, 1991, Fourth printing 1997), 8.
5. Gordon, Armistead C, editor., William and Mary Quarterly, Volume II, 179.
6. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume V, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 499.
7. McGhan, Judith, Indexed byVirginia Vital Records: Inscriptions on Old Tombs in Gloucester County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982. Second printing, 1984), 62.
8. McGhan, Judith, Indexed byVirginia Will Records: Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982. Second printing, 1984), 202.
9. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 201.
10. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 314.
11. Wright, Louis B and Tinling, Marion, The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover 1709-1712, (The Dietz Press, Richmond, VA, 1941), 30, "Mrs. Burwell is a very pretty, good-humored woman but seemed to be a little melancholy, as he did likewise, I know not for what reason."
12. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by Virginia Vital Records: Inscriptions on Old Tombs in Gloucester County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982. Second printing, 1984), 62, "Beneath this Tomb Lies the Body of Major Nathaniel Burwell Eldest son of Major Lewis Burwell who by A well regulated Conduct and firm Integrity Justly Established a good Reputation He died in the forty & first Year of His Age leaving behind him three Sons & one Daughter by Elizabeth Eldest Daughter of Robert Carter Esq In ye year of our Lord Christ MDCCXXI".
13. Wright, Louis B and Tinling, Marion, The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover 1709-1712, (The Dietz Press, Richmond, VA, 1941), 7, "In the afternoon the Doctor came from Williamsburg and brought me a letter from the President, who informed me that Mr. Burwell was by the Council made naval officer of York River in the place of Colonel Cary deceased."
14. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 273, "Bishop Meade visited the old seat of the Burwells, about two miles from Rosewell, on Carter's Creek, and in full view of York River. It was formerly called Fairfield, and is so marked on Bishop Madison's map of Virginia. It has for some time past been called Carter's Creek only. The house, as appears by figures on one of the walls, was built either in 1684 or 1694. A portion of it has been taken down; the rest is still strong and likely to endure for no little time to come. The graveyard is in a pasture lot not far from the house. Being unenclosed, it is free to all the animals which belong to a Virginia farm. There is a grove of a few old trees overshadowing it. The place is a favorite resort in summer. The tombs are very massive. The slabs on which the inscriptions are engraved are the same heavy ironstone or black marble with those at Rosewell, Timberneck and Bellfield. The frame work beneath them has generally given way and they lie in various positions about the ground. A large honey-locust, around which several of them are placed, having attained its maturity, was either blown down by the wind or struck by lightning, and fell across them, breaking one of the largest two pieces. They young shoots of the tree springing up have now themselves become trees of considerable size, and afford shade for inanimate tombs and living beasts. None of the family has for a long time owned this ancient seat."
15. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 311, 314.
16. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 314.
17. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 201.
18. Du Bellet, Louise Pecquet, Some Prominent Virginia Families, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 30.
19. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by Virginia Vital Records: Old Tombs in Gloucester County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982. Second printing, 1984), 71.
20. McGhan, Judith, Indexed byVirginia Vital Records: Inscriptions on Old Tombs in Gloucester County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982. Second printing, 1984), 73, "The children of Nathaniel Burwell were: Lewis, President of the Virginia Council, Carter, of the Grove in James City county, Elizabeth, wife of William Nelson, and mother of Gen Nelson."
21. Brock, Dr R A, VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIANS, Volume I, (H H Hardesty, Publisher, Richmond and Toledo, 1888.), 46.
22. Under The Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, (A Reprint Published by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 2000.), 64.
23. Brock, Dr R A, VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIANS, Volume I, (H H Hardesty, Publisher, Richmond and Toledo, 1888.), 46.
24. Under The Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, (A Reprint Published by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 2000.), 64.
25. Under The Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, (A Reprint Published by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 2000.), 64, "President Burwell appears to have been in feeble health during his administration, for there is a record of his visit which he paid in the spring of 1750 to the Warm Sulphur Springs, in Berkeley county. He survived, however, till May, 1756, when he died at his seat in Gloucester county, Virginia."
26. Du Bellet, Louise Pecquet, Some Prominent Virginia Families, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 30.
27. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 272, 311.
28. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Some Prominent Families, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 512.
29. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 22, "Mrs Carrington's mother pointed out to her, many years before her death, the spot in St John's Church burying-ground in which her grandmother and grandfather Ambler were interred, but no tombstones were erected over them, and I believe at their request should not be done. But the ground is now all levelled and turfed over, so that it is impossible to point out the spot, which was still there about sixty years ago. (George D Fisher.)."
30. Under The Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, (A Reprint Published by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 2000.), 64.
31. Brock, Dr R A, VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIANS, Volume I, (H H Hardesty, Publisher, Richmond and Toledo, 1888.), 46.
32. McGhan, Judith, Indexed byInscriptions on Old Tombs in Gloucester County, Virginia, 73.
33. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 271, 311.
34. Brock, Dr R A, VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIANS, Volume I, (H H Hardesty, Publisher, Richmond and Toledo, 1888.), 46.
35. Under The Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, (A Reprint Published by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 2000.), 64.
36. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume I, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 632.
37. Brock, Dr R A, VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIANS, Volume I, (H H Hardesty, Publisher, Richmond and Toledo, 1888.), 46.
38. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 22.
39. McGhan, Judith, Indexed byVirginia Vital Records: Inscriptions on Old Tombs in Gloucester County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982. Second printing, 1984), 73, "The children of Nathaniel Burwell were: Lewis, President of the Virginia Council, Carter, of the Grove in James City county, Elizabeth, wife of William Nelson, and mother of Gen Nelson."
40. Du Bellet, Louise Pecquet, Some Prominent Virginia Families, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 30.
41. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Vol. II, Federal Period, Chapter VI: The Revenue Act, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 108.
42. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume I, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 317.
43. McGhan, Judith, Indexed byVirginia Vital Records: Inscriptions on Old Tombs in Gloucester County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982. Second printing, 1984), 73.
44. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by, Virginia Vital Records, Personal Notices from the Virginia Gazette, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982. Second printing, 1984.), 228, "Mr. William Nelson, eldest son of Mr. Thomas Nelson, an eminent merchant of York, was married yesterday was sennight at Mrs. Page's in Gloucester county, to Miss Elizabeth Burwell, a very genteel accomplished young lady, of great merit and considerable fortune. Feb. 1738."
45. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume IV, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 58.
46. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Vol. II, Federal Period, Chapter VI: The Revenue Act, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 108.
47. Under The Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, (A Reprint Published by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 2000.), 70, "Nelson died at Yorktown, NOvember 19, 1772."
48. Brock, Dr R A, VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIANS, Volume I, (H H Hardesty, Publisher, Richmond and Toledo, 1888.), 59, "Here lies the body of the HONORABLE WILLIAM NELSON, ESQ.,Late President of His Majesty's Council in this Dominion, in whom thelove of man and the love of God so restrained and enforced each otherand so invigorated the mental powers in general as not only todefend it a matter of difficult decision in what part of laud-able conduct he most excelled: whether in the tenderand endearing accomplishments of domestic life, or inthe more active duties of a wider circuit, as a neighbour, a gentalman, or a magistrate, whether in the graces ofhospitality or in the exercises of charity or of piety.Reader, if you feel the spirit of that excellent ardour, whichaspires to that felicity of conscious virtue, animatedby those consolations and divine admoni-tions, perform the task and expect the distinction ofthe righteous man.He died the 19th of November, Anno Domini 1772, Aged 61."
49. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 15.
50. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Vol. II, Federal Period, Chapter VI: The Revenue Act, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 108.
51. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 201.
52. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 15.
53. Under The Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, (A Reprint Published by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 2000.), 70.
54. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 15.
55. Brock, Dr R A, VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIANS, Volume I, (H H Hardesty, Publisher, Richmond and Toledo, 1888.), 60, "The noted Nelson House, which attracted so much attention in the Centennial observances at Yorktown in 1881, is a large two-stored brick structure with corners of hewn stone, 'built on the old English model,' and stands on the main street of Yorktown, fronting the river. The time of its erection, according to the gentle annalist Bishop Meade, may be fixed at 1712, since he narrates that 'the corner stone of it was laid by old president Nelson (born 1711), when an infant, as it was designed for him. He was held by his nurse, and the brick in his apron, was passed through his little hand.' The good bishop whose ancestors were among the occupants of its spacious halls, thus enthusiastically apostrophizes the old mansion: 'It was long the abode of love, friendship, and hospitality.'Farewell, a prouder mansion I may see,But much must met in that which equals thee!'."
56. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by, Virginia Vital Records: Inscriptions on Old Tombs in Gloucester County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982. Second printing, 1984), 73, "The children of Nathaniel Burwell were: Lewis, President of the Virginia Council, Carter, of the Grove in James City county, Elizabeth, wife of William Nelson, and mother of Gen Nelson."
57. Stanard, William G, Editor, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume XXVII, No. 3 and 4Mitchell & Hotchkiss, Printers to the Society: 408.
58. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume IV, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 320.
59. Hume, Ivor Noel, Martin's Hundred, (The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville and London, 1991, Fourth printing 1997), 8.
60. Stanard, William G, Editor, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume XXVII, No. 3 and 4, Mitchell & Hotchkiss, Printers to the Society: 408.
61. Virginia Genealogical Society, Some Marriages in the Burned Record Counties of Virginia, (Southern Historical Press, Greenville, S C 29602-1267, 1972), 48.
62. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by, Virginia Vital Records, Personal Notices from the Virginia Gazette, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982. Second printing, 1984.), 228, "Mr. Carter Burwell was married to Miss Lucy Grymes, a daughter of the Hon. John Grymes, Esq. one of his Majesty's council, a very agreeable young lady, of great merit and fortune. January 6, 1737-'38."
63. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume I, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 319, "Carter Burwell and Lucy Grymes junr were married at Brandon on thursday January ye 5th 1737."
64. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume I, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 319, "Lucy Grymes their daughter was born the 18th of Aprill of Easter Monday att tenn a clock att night 1720 and was married the 5th January 1737. [To Carter Burwell, of 'The Grove.']."
65. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by,Virginia Vital Records: Inscriptions on Old Tombs in Gloucester County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982. Second printing, 1984), 73.
66. Hume, Ivor Noel, Martin's Hundred, (The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville and London, 1991, Fourth printing 1997), 8, "Carter Burwell's mother died in 1734 and he became master of Carter's Grove three years later."
67. Hume, Ivor Noel, Martin's Hundred, (The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville and London, 1991, Fourth printing 1997), 8, "On January 6, 1738, the Virginia Gazette reported the wedding of Mr Carter Burwell and Miss Lucy Grymes, 'a very agreeable young Lady, of great Merit & Fortune'--which was a big help. A few years later (nobody quite knows when), Burwell began to build an imposing mansion, a task that took an interminable time to complete. Although the result was worth the waiting for, Carter Burwell's time was short; the house was finished in 1755 and he died in 1756. Inherited by his infant son Nathaniel, the Carter's Grove estate was thenceforth managed by his principal guardian, William Nelson of Yorktown, until the boy came of age in 1771."
68. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 597.
69. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by, Virginia Will Records, Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982), 203.
70. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by, Virginia Will Records, Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982), 201.
71. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by, Virginia Will Records, Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982), 202.
72. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume I, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 318.
73. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by,Virginia Will Records, Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982), 202.
74. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by, Virginia Will Records, Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982), 202.
75. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by, Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982), 202, "Codicil of Robert Burwell, 'formerly of Isle of Wight co. but now of King & Queen Co.,' dated Jany. 18, 1777: Since making his will two years ago [sic] he has intermarried with Mary Braxton; to dear wife Mary Burwell my chariot and horses, all the household furniture, and all the liquors in the house, my chesnut riding horse and the mare Polly at Sam Baker's, the use of all my plate and my manor plantation at 'Bull-run' for her life, and the slaves on the land, the numbers to be made up to 16 working slaves out of my slaves at 'Newington' in King & Queen, and the stock on the said home-house plantation for her use during her life, together with the use of my house-servants, viz., Zenith and her son, Hanah and her daughters Venus, Nelly, Rachel, Jack-dismal, Jemmima, Junius, Rachel and her children, Johny the cook, David, Isaac, and Paul, and the use of the tools and utensils of trade and husbandry on the home-house plantation, and after her decease to my son Nat. Burwell; the property I give my wife absolutely and for her sue is to be exempt from my debts; I desire my home-house plantation to be bounded as follows: 'begining at the mountain and proceeding down a little run by Craven Peyton for Mr. Nat. Burwell to a corner of Stanhope's Folly, from thence to a small branch, thence down the branch to Bull-run, thence up Bull-run to a branch to Skinker's line, from thence to a corner of the mountain, and from thence along the mountain to the beginning'; my negro carpenters and blacksmiths to work for all my plantations indiscriminately, &c. Dated 16 Jan., 1777. Witness, W. Ellzey, Samuel Baker, Thomas Bragg."
76. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by, Virginia Will Records: Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982), 202, "Codicil: Samuel Baker to bring down the 30 hogs now up for our use to Newington, as soon as the wether will permit, the two bullocks now fatted for our use, and the 10 Mutton with all other orders to be complied with. Codicil: To Thomas Nelson and John Page, Esqs., my tract in Frederic Co., at the mouth of the Long Branch, on Shanandoe River, &c. (bounded) on the line of my cousin Nathaniel Burwell, in trust to pay my debts, and after my debts paid to the use of my son Nat. Burwell for life, and after his decease to my grandson, Robert Carter Burwell, &c. Dated Jany 10, 1777. Witnesses, W. Ellzey, Samuel Baker, Thomas Bragg."
77. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by,Virginia Will Records, Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982), 203, "Proved at a court held for King and Queen Co. 13 Oct., 1777. Test, Richad Tunstall, Clk."
78. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by,Virginia Will Records, Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982), 201.
79. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by,Virginia Will Records, Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982), 201-202, "Will of (Hon.) Robert Burwell (Esq.), 'of Isle of Wight County': Directs his lands in Isle of Wight to be sold, that is to say, the lands known as Lower Quarter tract, beginning at Harrison's line, also the Upper Quarter tract; my exec. to receive all money due from William Barnes for sale of my Carolina lands and apply to my debts; if not sufficient, then to sell sufficient number of my slaves at Bull-run and Shannandoah to pay the debts; manor plantation in Isle of Wight to my only and well-beloved son Nathaniel, and the land and mill in Surry; my plantation Meadow Quarter to my son-in-law John Page, Esq., of Rosewell, in lieu of his wife's portion of 1,000L sterl., which I was by marriage contract obliged to give her; two negro woman to dau. Frances Page, my repeating watch with all the trinkets belonging to it and her mother's 50 guinea ring; 50 guineas for a ring to my dau. Burwell, wife of my son Nathaniel; residue of my estate to my only son Nat. Burwell; my said son, my son-in-law John Page, my brothers Robert C Nicholas, and the hon'ble William Nelson and my cousin Thomas Nelson, Esq., to be exors. of this will. Dated 16 August, 1722. Witnesses, John Jones, Catherine Mathews.
80. McGhan, Judith, Indexed by, Virginia Will Records, Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1982), 202, "... my said son, my son-in-law John Page, my brothers Robert C Nicholas, and the hon'ble William Nelson and my cousin Thomas Nelson, Esq, to be exors. of this will."
81. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 314.
82. Rouse, Parke, Jr, Cows On The Campus, Williamsburg of Bygone Days, (The Dietz Press, Richmond, Virginia, 1973), 2.
83. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 312.
84. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume V, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 832.
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86. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume V, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 832.
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89. Nanney, Frank L, Jr, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 149.
90. Rouse, Parke, Jr, Cows On The Campus, Williamsburg of Bygone Days, (The Dietz Press, Richmond, Virginia, 1973), 2, "The grandson of rich Colonel Robert 'King' Carter, he [Robert Carter Nicholas] was educated in Williamsburg, built a fine house there, and was a conservative but genuine patriot in the Revolution."
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