The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12

Inc Stor! of tho ItemovRI Of the Bur-
we'll 'rombs-Cnrter's Creek-The
BurNefis and the BurwcI Tombs.
The Burwells, OF Carriers Creek.
were rich and powerful in the seven
teenth. eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries. They could trace their
lineage away back to chIlporic. King
OF the Burgundians, A. ID. 435, whose
daughter. st. Clotilde. married Clovis.
King of France, in the latter part of
the NTH century: and Dorothy Bedell,
mother OF the first Lewis Burwell, Of
Carriers Creek, came straight from
John Bedell, of Wollaston. Northamp-
tonshirc, who died in 1855 So DOW
erful and influential were they in Vir-
ginia that no less Il parsonage than
Governor Alexander Spotswood com
plained that the Council embraced too
many Burwells. declaring that the
greater part of the present Council
are related TO the family OF Burwells;
II MIR. Bassett and Mr.. Berkeley
should take their places there will he
no less than seven so near related that
they VIII go off tho bench whenever a
cause OF the Burwells come TO be
tryed." As the Council consisted OF
ABOUT twelve one can sec the Burwcll
asccndency
The first Lewis Burwcil camo ovor
TO Virginia when COY of fifteen or
sixteen years of age with his step-
father Roger Wingate His mother.
born Bedell. married Roger wingato
the second time. Her first husband
was Edward Burwell, and Lewis was
the fourth child by him. He was
baptized in the parish of AmpthilI
county OF Bedford. in England. March
.. 1921.
Lewis Rurwell. first, WAS successful
He married Lucy IIigEinson, daughter
of the valiant Robert, who defended
"a Hos Il. MI
the Indians assailed II. IIc had son,
Lewis. who inherited fortune Ills
father took up $500 acres OF land, and
tho estate was called Fairfield, later
carriers Creek. In the language of
the original grant. Lewis 6urwell
got 1850 acres north side York River,
up Roosevelt Creek, ctc due for trans-
portaticn of "a persons. January IT,
1870"
rms second Lewis married Abigail
Smith. niece of Nathaniel Bacon, pregi-
dent OF the Council, and second cousin
OF Nathaniel Bacon, tho rebel whose
tragic death in Gloucester county adds
tone of pathos and much Interest
10 Ii. He built Carriers Creek" man
sion. tho oldest house of ita size in
Virginia, which was burnt to the
ground some years ago and the bricks
of Its ancient walls torn down and
sold. There was no such house as
"Cartcr's Creek ever seen In this new
world. Its lines were somewhat like
those of "Stratford" the Lee home,
In Westmoreland county. On one OF
the gables was l. A. B. I.ewls and
AblSail BurweIl) In big iron letters.
How they did build to stand! But timo
and neglect do not consider the in
tentions OF the builder. Lewis (2) Bur
we'll and Abigail Smith had Joanna
CD. Elizabeth tS). Nathaniel ca. Lucy
(Sl, Martha CD and James ca.
Joanna cay married William Bassett.
member Of the Council: Elizabeth CD
married benjamin. Harrison, president
of the CounciI; Nathaniel (3) Was
member of the House OF Burgesses:
Lucy (sp married Edmund Berkeley.
OF Barn Elms," member of the Coun-
Gil: Martha married Henry Armlatead,
and james married Mary Armistead.
With one OF these girls Governor
Francis Nicholson fell in love. and
her dismissal of his suit so frcnzied
him that he swore that ~ ever size
married any one else he would cut
the throat OF the bridegroom, tho
minister and the justice who issued
the license" Some chronIciers ac-
cord this honor to Joanna and others
TO Martha. Nicholson was so intense
in hls expressions and conduct re-
garding this Burwcll girl that he was
removed from Office.
After the death of Abigail Smith.
who. by the way, was the heiress of
President Bacon. the second Lewis
Burwcll married Martha Lear, by
whom he had eight children. only
son and two daughters survived him,
The daughters disappear and Lewis
CD, the son, built the famous man
sion, Kings MIL" near Williams
burg. lie Is the forefather of the
Catletts. OF Timber Neck" tho Gar
lands, and the Rurwells, of North
Carolina.
Nathaniel t3}. the son of the sec
Sond Lewis. inherited Carriers Crock"
He married judith, King Carriers
sdaDghter. and he'd I.ewis { II, who In
5herited the piacei Carter 81. who