Theodosia Prevost Burr
BIRTH
Nov 1746
Shrewsbury, New Jersey
DEATH
May 18, 1794
New York City, New York
FAMILY
FATHER:
Theodosius Bartow
(1712-1746)
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Burr, Theodosia Prevost
(1746-1794)
Theodosia Bartow Prevost was a well-connected woman whose New Jersey home became a gathering place for British and American officers during the Revolution. After the death of her first husband, British officer Jacques Marcus Prevost, she married Aaron Burr in 1782.
HOMES:
MARKER
Richmond Hill Marker
161 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013
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BROTHER
Aaron Burr
(1756-1836)
HUSBAND
Jacques Marcus Prevost
(1736-1781)
HUSBAND
Aaron Burr
(1756-1836)
Theodosia Burr Alston
(1783-1813)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Richmond Hill Marker | 161 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013 | MARKER |
DIED:
New York City, New York
May 18, 1794
The exact date and place of Theodosia Prevost Burr’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.
The available biographical record identifies Theodosia Prevost Burr with work or public activity as a hostess. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Theodosia Prevost Burr died on May 18, 1794 in New York City, New York. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.