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Sarah Burwell (Nelson)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Yorktown, York County, Virginia, United States
Death: March 1770 (47-48)
Place of Burial: White Marsh, Gloucester County, VA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson, Sr. and Frances "Fanny" Tucker Nelson
Wife of Colonel Robert Carter Burwell
Mother of Frances Page and Nathaniel Burwell
Sister of John Nelson
Half sister of Gov. William Nelson; Mary Berkeley; ‘Secretary’ Thomas Nelson; Mary Webb; John Nelson and 3 others

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About Sarah Burwell

Sarah (Sally) Nelson Burwell, daughter of Thomas Nelson & Frances Houston, was born in Yorktown, Va., about 1722; she married, about 1742, Colonel Robert Carter Burwell (of Isle of Wright County, Va.). He was a brother of Elizabeth (called Betty) Burwell, wife of President William Nelson.

Their children are:

  • 1. Nathaniel Burwell Nelson, of Lancaster County, Va., married Miss Mary Wormeley, of Middlesex County, Va..
  • 2. Frances Burwell (called Fannie) Page, first wife of Governor John Page.

Birth: 1722 Death: 1754

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Parents:
 Thomas Nelson (1677 - 1745)
 Francis Houston Tucker Nelson (1682 - 1760)

Spouse:

 Robert Carter Burwell (1720 - 1777)*

Children:

 Frances Burwell Page (1745 - 1784)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Unknown

Created by: P Fazzini Record added: Apr 06, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 50718379



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Sarah Burwell's Timeline

1722
1722
Yorktown, York County, Virginia, United States
1747
1747
York , Virginia
1770
March 1770
Age 48
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Burwell Family Cemetery, White Marsh, Gloucester County, VA, United States