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Elizabeth--born ca. 1692-1734. Married 1) 1709 Nathaniel Burwell (1680-1721) of Fairfield, Gloucester County 2) 1724 Dr. George Nicholas (1695-1734) of Williamsburg

Virginia's Decendants
Family of Elizabeth Carter
ELIZABETH3 CARTER (ROBERT2, JOHN1)1,2,3 died 17344. She married (1) MAJOR NATHANIEL BURWELL5,6. He was born Abt. October 14, 1680 in Gloucester County, Virginia6, and died 1721 in Gloucester County, Virginia7. She married (2) DR GEORGE NICHOLAS, SR8,9 Abt. 172210. He died Unknown.

More About ELIZABETH CARTER:
Appearance: Pretty; good-humored11

 

More About MAJOR NATHANIEL BURWELL:
Baptism: October 14, 1680, Gloucester County, Virginia
Burial: 1721, "Carter's Creek," Gloucester County, Virginia12
Military service: Navel officer of York River, Virginia13
Residence: "Carter's Creek," Gloucester County, Virginia14

 

More About DR GEORGE NICHOLAS, SR:
Emigration: From Lancaster County, England to Virginia15
Military service: Served in the British Navy16
Occupation: Physician17

 

Children of ELIZABETH CARTER and NATHANIEL BURWELL are:
i. LEWIS4 BURWELL, SR18,19,20, b. 171021,22; d. May 1756, "Fairfield," Gloucester County, Virginia23,24,25;m. MARY WILLIS26, October 173627; d. May 22, 174628.

 

More About LEWIS BURWELL, SR:
Burial: May 1756, St John's Church, Richmond, Virginia29,30
Education: Caius College, Cambridge, England31
Public Office: President of the Virginia Council, 1736; Burgess from Gloucester County, Virginia, 1742; Acting Governor of the Colony of Virginia, 175132,33,34,35
Residence: "Fairfield," Gloucester County, Virginia; "The Grove," Gloucester County, Virginia36,37

 

More About MARY WILLIS:
Burial: 1746, St John's Church, Richmond, Virginia38
Cause of Death: Complications of childbirth

 

ii. ELIZABETH CARTER BURWELL39,40, d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM NELSON, SR41,42,43, February 02, 1737/38, Gloucester County, Virginia44; b. 1711, Yorktown, York County, Virginia45; d. November 19, 1772, Yorktown, York County, Virginia46,47.

 

More About WILLIAM NELSON, SR:
Burial: 1772, Episcopal Church Cemetery, Yorktown, York County, Virginia48
Occupation: Merchant49
Public Office: Member and President of the Virginia Council, 1745; Member of the House of Burgesses, 1742-1744; Governor of Virginia, 1770-177150,51,52,53
Residence: "Nelson House," Yorktown, York County, Virginia54,55

 

iii. CARTER BURWELL56,57,58, b. October 25, 1716; d. 175659; m. LUCY LUDWELL GRYMES60,61, January 05, 1737/38, Middlesex County, Virginia62,63; b. April 18, 1720, Middlesex County, Virginia64; d. 1792, Virginia.

 

More About CARTER BURWELL:
Baptism: November 04, 1716
Residence: "The Grove", York County, Virginia65,66,67

 

More About LUCY LUDWELL GRYMES:
Fact 1: Called "Lowland Beauty," in the legends of George Washington68

 

iv. ROBERT CARTER BURWELL69,70, b. June 03, 1720; d. 1777, King and Queen County, Virginia71; m. (1) SARAH NELSON72; d. Unknown; m. (2) MARY BRAXTON73, Bet. August 16, 1772 - January 18, 177774; d. Unknown.

 

More About ROBERT CARTER BURWELL:
Baptism: June 29, 1720
Codicil to Will: January 18, 1777, King and Queen County, Virginia75,76
Probate: October 13, 1777, King and Queen County, Virginia77
Residence: Isle of Wight County, Virginia; King and Queen County, Virginia78
Will Dated: August 16, 1772, Isle of Wight County, Virginia79

 

Children of ELIZABETH CARTER and GEORGE NICHOLAS are:
v. COLONEL ROBERT CARTER4 NICHOLAS80, b. 172381; d. 1780, "The Retreat," Hanover County, Virginia82,83; m. ANNE CARY84, 175485; b. 173586; d. 178686.

 

More About COLONEL ROBERT CARTER NICHOLAS:
Education: Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia87
Military service: Served in the Revolutionary War88
Occupation: Attorney 88
Public Office: Speaker of the House of Burgesses; Treasurer of Virginia89
Residence: Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia; "The Retreat," Hanover County, Virginia90,91,92

 

Notes for ANNE CARY:

 

"DEAR WILSON--I congratulate you on the honour your country
has done you in choosing you their representative with so large a vote. I hope you are
come into the Assembly without those trammels which some people submit to wear for a
seat in the House--I mean, unbound by promises, to preform this or that job which
the many-headed monster may think proper to chalk out for you; especially that you
have not engaged to lend a last hand to pulling down the Church, which, by some
impertinent questions in the last paper, I suspect will be attempted. Never, my dear
Wilson, let me hear that by that sacrilegious act you have furnished yourself with
materials to erect a scaffold by which you may climb to the summit of popularity; rather
remain in the lowest obscurity: though, I think, from long observation, I can
venture to assert that the man of integrity, who observes one equal tenor in his
conduct--who deviates neithe to the one side or the other from the proper line-
-has more of the confidence of the people than the very compliant time-server, who
is the slave of the people. I flatter myself, too, you will act on a more liberal plan,
than some members have done in matters in which the honour and interest of this
state are concerned; that you will not, to save a few pence to your constituents,
discourage the progress of arts and sciences, nor pay with so scanty a hand persons
who are eminent in either. This parsimonious plan, of late adopted, will throw
us behnd the other States in all valuable improvements, and chill, li
frost, the spring of learning and spirit of enterprise. I have insensibly extended what
I had to say beyond my first design, but will not quit the subject without giving you a
hint, from a very good friend of yours, t hat your weight in the House will be much
greater, if you not take up the attention of the Assembly on trifling matters, nor too often
demand a hearing. To this I must add a hint of my own, that temper and decorum
is of infinite advantage to a public speaker, and a modest diffidence to a young man just
entering the stage of life. The neglect of the former throws him off his guard, breaks his
chain of reasoning, and has often produced in England duels that have terminated
fatally. The natural effect of the latter will ever be procuring a favorable and patient
hearing, and all those advantages that a prepossession in favour of the speaker produces.
You see, my son, that I take the privilege of a mother in advising you, and be assured,
you have no friend so solicitous for your welfare, temporal and eternal, as your ever-
affectionate mother.
ANN NICHOLAS."
[Du Bellet, Louise Pecquet, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, J P Bell Company Publishers, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907, pp. 312-313.]

 

vi. JOHN NICHOLAS, SR93, d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH FRY93; d. Unknown.

 

More About JOHN NICHOLAS, SR:
Public Office: Clerk of Albemarle County, Virginia, 1749-1815; Burgess of Buckingham County, 1759-1758; Member of the Convention of 1774-1775, of Buckingham County, Virginia93
Residence: "Seven Islands,"; Albemarle County, Virginia; Buckingham County, Virginia93

 

vii. GEORGE NICHOLAS, JR93, d. Unknown.