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Dorothy Wingate (Bedell)

Also Known As: "Dorothea Burwell"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Harlington, Bedfordshire, England
Death: July 15, 1648 (65)
Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Bedell, of Catworth; William Henry Bedell; Bridget Bedell and Bridget Elizabeth Power
Wife of Edward Houghton II Burwell; Edward Burwell, ll and Roger Wingate
Mother of Lewis Fairfield I Burwell, son of Edward Houghton Burwell II, #1husb of Lucy Higginson, IMM England to Virginia, Major; Elizabeth Vaulx; Major Lewis Burwell I; George Burwell; Dorothy B. Burwell and 6 others
Sister of George Bedell; Henry Bedell; Francis Bedell; John Bedell; Elizabeth Joane Clarke and 1 other

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About Dorothy Wingate

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bedell-3

Dorothy Bedell married Edward Burwell.[1][2] Edward wrote his will 18 October 1626, leaving Dorothy with young children.

Dorothy was remembered in her father's will receiving one hundred pounds.[2]

Dorothy second husband was Roger Wingate, they sailed to Virginia with her children. Roger died in 1641, seven years later Dorothy deeded all of the Wingates rents to her son Lewis. It appears that he was her only living heir.[2]

Children

  1. Edward Burwell, christened 14 April 1616[3]
  2. Dorothy Burwell, christened 24 June 1618[4]
  3. Elizabeth Burwell, christened 25 February 1621[5]
  4. Lewis Burwell, christened 5 March 1622, died 1652[6]
  5. George Burwell, christened 17 May 1624[7]
  6. Edward Burwell, christened 19 February 1626[8]

Added marriage date of Dorothy Burwell to Roger Wingate based on the information below on Robert Vaulx-3' WikiTree profile (Jim Miller):

"NOTE: Dorothy Bedell Burwell relict of Edward Burwell and mother of Elizabeth Burwell, married Roger Wingate, JAN 1637 in London England (Ref: Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 4th Ed., by John Frederick Dorman). Roger had been a partner with Edward Kingswell in a venture to plant a colony in Carolina in 1633."

References

  1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bedell-3
    1. Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 4 , p. 2089 Burwell/Bedell
    2. Blair, John L. "The Rise of the Burwells." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 72, no. 3 (1964): 304-29. Accessed April 29, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4247029.
    3. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMKP-T8M : 19 March 2020), Edward Burwell in entry for Edward Burwell, 1616.
    4. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org : accessed 26 February 2019), Edw. Burwell in entry for Dorothy Burwell, 24 Jun 1618); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 599,350.
    5. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQBZ-N8Q : 11 February 2018, Edw. Burwell in entry for Eliz. Burwell, 25 Feb 1621); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 599,350.
    6. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPD3-2T5 : 20 March 2020), Lewis Burwell, 1622.
    7. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMV5-75K : 20 March 2020), Edw. Burwell in entry for Geo. Burwell, 1624.
    8. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPDS-B9N : 20 March 2020), Edw. Burwell in entry for Edw. Burwell, 1626. See also:
    9. TIDEWATER VIRGINIA FAMILIES, A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Volume 3, Number 1, February/March 1995 Edward Burwell married Dorothy Bedell. Dorothy Bedell married Roger Wingate. Lewis Burwell , stepson of Roger Wingate, apparently inherited head rights of the Mayflower passengers. Rights used in patent of 2300 acres in 1648. Richburg-81
    10. Source: Virginia Gleanings in England, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr., 1915), pp. 156-157
    11. Torrence, Clarence, Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927, pp. 361-362
    12. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia, Edward Burwell https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0446...
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Dorothy Wingate's Timeline

1582
October 9, 1582
Harlington, Bedfordshire, England
1591
October 9, 1591
Age 9
1616
April 14, 1616
Ampthill, Bedford, England
1617
1617
Bedfordshire, England
1618
1618
Ampthill, Bedford, England
1621
February 25, 1621
Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
March 4, 1621
Amptill, Bedfordshire, England
March 5, 1621
Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
1624
May 17, 1624
Ampthill, Bedford, England