Christian Burwell
(c. 1727-1784)
BIRTH
c. 1727
PLACE
DEATH
1784
PLACE
Stoneland Plantation, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States
FAMILY
FATHER
John Blair Sr.
(1687-1771)
MOTHER
Mary Munro
(1708-c. 1768)
BROTHER
John Blair Jr.
(1732-1800)
SISTER
Mary Blair Braxton Burwell
(1734–1799)
SISTER
Sarah Blair Cary
(1738-1799)
HUSBAND
Armistead Burwell
(1718–1754)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Christian Blair Burwell (c.1727–1784) was a daughter of John Blair and Mary Munro and the wife of Armistead Burwell. Williamsburg legal records identify her as the mother of Lewis and John Burwell. In 1761 a council case concerning Lydia Charlton’s former house reserved Christian’s choice of which son should receive it, under Charlton’s will. She was a woman; the supplied sex field incorrectly identifies her as male.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Christian Burwell’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Christian Burwell is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Christian Burwell died in 1784, in Stoneland Plantation, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. Christian Blair Burwell was a daughter of John Blair and Mary Munro and the wife of Armistead Burwell. Williamsburg legal records identify her as the mother of Lewis and John Burwell. In 1761 a council case concerning Lydia Charlton’s former house reserved Christian’s choice of which son should receive it, under Charlton’s will. She was a woman; the supplied sex field incorrectly identifies her as male. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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