Mary Willis Burwell
(1714-1746)
BIRTH
1714
PLACE
Gloucester County, Virginia
NAME
Mary Willis
DEATH
May 29, 1746
PLACE
White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Lewis Burwell
(1711-1756)
CHILDREN
Rebecca Burwell
(1746-1806)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Mary Willis Burwell (1718–1746) married Lewis Burwell of Gloucester County, Virginia, in 1736. Their children included Lewis, Elizabeth, Anne, Mary, and Rebecca. Her portrait, once attributed to Charles Bridges, is now assigned to an unidentified English artist. The Fairfield Foundation connects her death to Rebecca’s birth in May 1746. She died before her husband’s term as acting governor. The foundation’s 1718 birth year differs from this record’s 1714.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Mary Willis 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 Mary Willis 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. Mary Willis Burwell died on May 29, 1746 in White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Mary Willis Burwell died on May 29, 1746, in White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia. Mary Willis Burwell married Lewis Burwell of Gloucester County, Virginia, in 1736. Their children included Lewis, Elizabeth, Anne, Mary, and Rebecca. Her portrait, once attributed to Charles Bridges, is now assigned to an unidentified English artist. The Fairfield Foundation connects her death to Rebecca’s birth in May 1746. She died before her husband’s term as acting governor. The foundation’s 1718 birth year differs from this record’s 1714. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
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