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Sarah Burwell (Nelson)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Yorktown, York County, Virginia, United States
Death: March 1770 (47-48)
Place of Burial: White Marsh, Gloucester County, VA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson, Sr. and Frances "Fanny" Tucker Nelson (Courtenay)
Wife of Col. Robert Burwell
Mother of Frances Page and Nathaniel Burwell
Half sister of John Nelson; Gov. William Nelson; Mary Berkeley; Sarah Ann Combs; Thomas Nelson, I and 4 others

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About Sarah Burwell

Sarah (Sally) Nelson Burwell, daughter of Thomas Nelson & Frances Houston, was born in Yorktown, Va., about 1722; she married, about 1742, Colonel Robert Carter Burwell (of Isle of Wright County, Va.). He was a brother of Elizabeth (called Betty) Burwell, wife of President William Nelson.

Their children are:

  • 1. Nathaniel Burwell Nelson, of Lancaster County, Va., married Miss Mary Wormeley, of Middlesex County, Va..
  • 2. Frances Burwell (called Fannie) Page, first wife of Governor John Page.

Birth: 1722 Death: 1754

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Parents:
 Thomas Nelson (1677 - 1745)
 Francis Houston Tucker Nelson (1682 - 1760)
Spouse:
 Robert Carter Burwell (1720 - 1777)*
Children:
 Frances Burwell Page (1745 - 1784)*
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Burial: Unknown

Created by: P Fazzini Record added: Apr 06, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 50718379



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Sarah Burwell's Timeline

1722
1722
Yorktown, York County, Virginia, United States
1747
1747
York , Virginia
1770
March 1770
Age 48
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Burwell Family Cemetery, White Marsh, Gloucester County, VA, United States