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| From: http://wolves.dsc.k12.ar.us/cyberace/sbgone/gen/fam1/burdett/ • Born in England • Arrived in 1615 on the ship Susan when he was sixteen years old. • In 1624 he was listed as age 26 and as a servant in the household of the Accomack commander. • In George Cabel Greer's Early Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666: Richmond a passage for Burdette, Mr. William, 1639, paid by William Burdett, Accomack Co. Several other passages are listed as being paid by William Burdett. • Burdett became a commissioner and a vestryman. • Patented on March 18, 1634 1050 acres in Accomack Co., Va and lived on Plantation Creek in Accomack, Virginia on the Eastern Shore. Had one child. • The first vestry meeting of Hungar's Parish in Accomack County was on Sept. 29, l635. The vestrymen were Capt. Thomas Graves, William Cotton, minister, Obedience Robins, John Howe, William Stone (first Protestant Governor of Maryland), William Burdett, William Andrews, John Wilkins, Alexander Mountray, Edward Drews, William Beniman and Stephen Charlton. • In 1639 and 1641 he represented the area in the House of Burgesses at Jamestown. • In the 1640s he took care of the cattle inherited by William Shrimpton from Lady Dale's estate on the Eastern Shore. • Although he patented 1,550 acres of land, the records indicate that he was deeply in debt at the time of his death in 1643. • His plantation was sold by the guardian of his only child, Thomas, to General John Custis. • After his wife Frances died he married Alice (widow) Traveley. After William Burdette's death she married John Custis II. In the will of John Custis IV: Whereas my plantation called Arlington, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia is entailed by my Grandfather, the Hon. John Custis Esq., on the heirs male of my body lawfully begotten and for as much as my father, the late Hon. John Custis Esq., had a patent in his own name for two hundred and fifty acres of the said Arlington plantation which my said father has given me by his said will in fee simple... This was supposedly William Burdette's plantation in Accomac County. Others have it sold to John Custis II by Gov. William Stone as guardian of his son Thomas Burdette. It was at one time the capitol of Virginia after Jamestown was burned during Bacon's Rebellion. Custis great grandson born and raised at the original Arlington which was the home of Wm Burdett, moved to the outskirts of Washington and built a new plantation and named it Arlington after his old home in Accomack. His daughter married a cadet from West Point named Robert E. Lee. • Died in Accomac County, Va which later became Northampton County. | ||||||
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