Colonel Nathaniel Burwell

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Colonel Nathaniel Burwell

Also Known As: "Bacon"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fairfield, Gloucester County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: October 25, 1721 (41)
Fairfield, Gloucester County, Virginia, Colonial America
Place of Burial: White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Maj. Lewis Burwell, of "Carter's Creek" and Martha Cole Burwell
Husband of Elizabeth Nicholas
Father of Nathaniel Burwell, II; Lewis Burwell III of Whitemarsh; Carter Burwell, of The Grove, near Williamsburg; Elizabeth Nelson; Col. Robert Burwell and 1 other
Brother of John Burwell; Hon. Lewis Burwell; Jane Atkinson; Susannah Goode; Martha Flowers and 1 other
Half brother of Joanna Bassett; Elizabeth Harrison; Lewis Burwell, (died young); Lucy Berkeley; Martha Armistead and 9 others

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About Colonel Nathaniel Burwell

Reference 52 https://archive.org/details/cartertreecompil00cart/page/32/mode/2up

Nathaniel Burwell was born on 14 October 1680 at Gloucester County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Carter, daughter of Robert Carter and Judith Armistead, in 1709 at Corotoman, Virginia. Nathaniel Burwell died on 25 October 1721 at Gloucester County, Virginia, at age 41.

His parents are listed as James Burwell and Ann Jones Burwell on some sources and as Lewis Burwell and Abigail Smith on others.

Children of Nathaniel Burwell and Elizabeth Carter:

  • Lewis Burwell+ b. 1710, d. 6 May 1756, married Mary Willis
  • Carter Burwell, of "The Grove," married Lucy Grymes.
  • Robert Burwell, of the Isle of Wight, died c.1769

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Born about 1680. Married in 1709.

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Colonel Nathaniel Burwell's Timeline

1680
October 14, 1680
Fairfield, Gloucester County, Virginia, Colonial America
October 14, 1680
Gloucester Co., Va
1710
1710
Virginia, Colonial America
1711
January 1711
Fairfield, Gloucester County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1716
October 25, 1716
Fairfield, Gloucester, VA
1718
January 22, 1718
Lancaster County, Virginia
1720
June 3, 1720
Carters Creek, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
1721
October 25, 1721
Age 41
Fairfield, Gloucester County, Virginia, Colonial America
October 25, 1721
Age 41
Abingdon Episcopal Church Cemetery (GPS (lat/lon): 37.33358 -76.51362), White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States