Person:Abigail Smith (2)

Abigail Smith
b.11 Mar 1655/56 England
m. 1672
  1. Joanna Burwell1675 - 1727
  2. Elizabeth Burwell1677 - 1734
  3. Col. Nathaniel Burwell1680 - 1721
  4. Lewis Burwell1682 - 1696
  5. Lucy Burwell1683 - 1716
  6. Martha BurwellAbt 1685 - Aft 1710
  7. Nathaniel Bacon Burwell1686/87 - Bef 1692
  8. Jane Burwell1688 - Bef 1692
  9. Maj. James Burwell1689/90 - 1718
Facts and Events
Name[3] Abigail Smith
Married Name _____ Burwell
Gender Female
Birth[1] 11 Mar 1655/56 England
Marriage 1672 Gloucester County, Virginiato Maj. Lewis Burwell
Death[2] 12 Nov 1692 Gloucester County, Virginia

Research Notes

  • Abigail has also been identified as Abigail Bacon, daughter of Nathaniel Bacon.
    • cos1776 Response: Tyler3 mentions that Nathaniel Bacon did leave Abigail his estate, but he states that it was because he had no children of his own and that Abigail was his niece. He does not say who her parents were.
References
  1. Armistead / Burwell / Carter Family, Web Page of John Marshall, www.intercall.com/~jmarshall/esmd42.htm.
  2. Virginia Vital Records, Indexed by Judith McGhan, Gen. Publishing, Baltimore, 1984
    61.
  3. Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., c1915)
    1:54.

    ... As he [ Nathaniel Bacon ] had no children he bequeathed his estate to his niece Abigail Smith, who married Major Lewis Burwell, of Gloucester county, and has many descendants in Virginia and the south.