Mary Blair Braxton Burwell
(1734–1799)
BIRTH
1734
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NAME
Mary Blair
DEATH
1799
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Mary Blair Braxton (1734–1799) was a daughter of John Blair Sr. and Mary Munro of Williamsburg. She married George Braxton III in 1753; of their four daughters, only Elizabeth survived to adulthood. Widowed in 1761, Mary later married Robert Burwell and Roger Prescott, outliving both. John Wollaston painted her and George during his Virginia stay in the 1750s. Her portrait shows satin, lace and ribbons; the paired paintings descended through Elizabeth’s family.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Mary Blair Braxton’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 Mary Blair Braxton 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.
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DEATH
Mary Blair Braxton died in 1799. Mary Blair Braxton was a daughter of John Blair Sr. and Mary Munro of Williamsburg. She married George Braxton III in 1753; of their four daughters, only Elizabeth survived to adulthood. Widowed in 1761, Mary later married Robert Burwell and Roger Prescott, outliving both. John Wollaston painted her and George during his Virginia stay in the 1750s. Her portrait shows satin, lace and ribbons; the paired paintings descended through Elizabeth’s family. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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