Burwell, Carter, 1716-1756

Dates:
Birth 1716
Death 1756

Biographical notes:

Carter Burwell of James City County studied at the College of William and Mary in 1734. He married Lucy Ludwell Grymes.

Nathaniel Burwell, born in 1750, was the son of Carter and Lucy Burwell. He inherited Carter's Grove but moved to Clark County in the Shenandoah Valley where he built and lived in Carter Hall. He married Susanna Grymes in 1772. She bore him eight children before her death in 1788. After Susanna's death, Burwell married Lucy Page Baylor who also bore him eight children. He died in 1814.

From the guide to the Burwell Family Papers, 1736-1786, 1736-1810., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

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Subjects:

  • Architecture, Colonial
  • Horses
  • Horse shows
  • Plantations
  • Shoemakers
  • Tanning

Occupations:

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Places:

  • Carter's Grove (Va.) (as recorded)
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