Armistead Burwell
(1718–1754)
BIRTH
1718
PLACE
Unknown
DEATH
1754
PLACE
Unknown
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Christian Burwell
(c. 1727-1784)
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RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Armistead Burwell represented Williamsburg in Virginia’s House of Burgesses from 1752 until his death in 1754. He served on the Propositions and Grievances and Trade committees and was succeeded by George Wythe. Contemporary newspaper notices show him offering land for sale and seeking payment from debtors. Historical family accounts identify him as a son of Lewis Burwell of Kingsmill and husband of Christian Blair; his reported 1718 birth needs original confirmation.
EARLY LIFE
Armistead Burwell was born in 1718, according to the 1908 Record of the Burwell Family. Armistead Burwell was the son of Colonel Lewis Burwell of Kingsmill in James City County. He married Christian Blair, daughter of John Blair of the Governor’s Council.
Armistead Burwell represented Williamsburg in the Virginia House of Burgesses in assemblies between 1752 and 1754. His recorded committee work included Propositions and Grievances and Trade.
CAREER
DEATH
Armistead Burwell represented Williamsburg in Virginia’s House of Burgesses from 1752 until his death in 1754. Contemporary newspaper notices show him offering land for sale and seeking payment from debtors. Armistead Burwell represented Williamsburg in the Virginia House of Burgesses in assemblies between 1752 and 1754. His recorded committee work included Propositions and Grievances and Trade. Armistead Burwell died in 1754. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
Armistead Burwell, the Williamsburg burgess who died in 1754. These selections address his colonial family and legislative setting. Five dedicated biographies were not identified. These editorial selections include biographies where available, with personal writings, collective biography, reference works and related studies clearly labelled.
1. The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619–January 11, 1978: A Bicentennial Register of Members — Cynthia Miller Leonard (editor). [Biographical reference] Find on Amazon
2. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I — Lyon Gardiner Tyler (editor). [Biographical reference] Find on Amazon
3. The History of the Blair, Banister, and Braxton Families before and after the Revolution — Frederick Horner. [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
4. A “Topping People”: The Rise and Decline of Virginia’s Old Political Elite, 1680–1790 — Emory G. Evans. [Related political and biographical history] Find on Amazon
5. Burwell: Kith and Kin of the Immigrant, Lewis Burwell (1621–1653), and Burwell Virginia Tidewater Plantation Mansions — Stuart E. Brown Jr. [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
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