The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-13
Death of an Aged Loyalist.
We copy the following obituary notice from
the Halifax Recorder of the 3Oth of July:

Died, at his residence, in the township of South
wod, in the county of Elgin Canada the 18th day
and five months James Burwell, of the remnant
of the United Empire Loyalists. He was born at
Rockaway, late Province of New Jersey, on the 18th
day of January 1854 His father, Samuel Burwell
was eldest son of John Burvell, who removed from
jamestown, Virginia, in the year 1921, relative of
the extensive family of Burwells in this country for
merly from Bedford and Northampton, England. the
first of whoms buried at York river Gloucester
county, l752 One of his ancestors was of the Virginia
deputation in the year 1885, TO invite the fallen
arch, Charles the First, to TO America for pro-
lection against the rebellious Puritan subjects. The
subject of this obituary enlisted in her Majestys
vice in the year 1776 at the age of q served in the
wars of the American Revolution seven years was
present at the battle of Yorktown Virginia when
Lord CORVALLIS surrendered to General Washing on
and there slightly wounded. After the war of
l7S3 he moved to Nova Scotia, where he remained
four years he then returned to New jersey to take
care of his aged mother, where he married, and
moved to Redstone. Pennsylvania, and from thence
came to Upper Canada in the year 1886, too late to
placed on the u. c. list and received two hundred
for himself and each of his children. He removed
Talbot settlement in the year 1910. Some few years
since he had renewed head of youthful hair, and
could see to read without glasses. +
The foregoing notice will illustrate an or
binary result of civil war. The family referred
to was amongst the earliest planters of the
colony of Virginia. At the date of the Revo-
luton, the Canadian branch seems to have
sided with the crown. The subject of the
above notice served in the war, and was
wounded at Yorktown. Col Lewis Burwell,
of Mecklenburg, served through the same
war, and was present at the capitulation of
York. Major Burwell aided in repulsing Ar
mold. Captain N. Burwell, of King William,
was soldier of the Revolution. Mr. Lewis
Burwell, of James City, sustained losses from
British depredations his name appears as
one of the signers of the non-importation as
ISOLATION of 1770. During the last war, some
members of the Canadian family were wound
ed and taken prisoners by our army in the
battles of the North. Several members of
the Virginia family, Mr.. T. N. Burwell, of
Botetourt, Mr. w. Burwell, of Frederick, Mr..
A. Burwell, of Dinwiddie, and probably 9TH
ers, were engaged ON the American side in
the same campaign.
This narrative does not pretend to occupy
public attention with a biographical detail
of the family referred to nor does it make
claim to any merit of distinguished abilities
or services. 1t differs in nothing from the
history of hundreds, in the older States. But
it may not be without interest to show the
separation wrought by time and opinion in a
a family of immigrants, now scattered from
Canada to California. And it may, perhaps,
show that it is the duty of every citizen to
maintain the government of his choice and
that whilst one member of family may re-
ceive approval as a soldier of the Omitted
Empire.n another, not the less meritorious,
may have served his country as soldier of
the United States. Perhaps if the old patri-
archs had have s.held on a little while long
er, the whole stock might have reunited un-
der the same government.