Lewis Burwell (1793/1794 – 1865) was a surveyor in

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, like his more famous brother

Mahlon Burwell Mahlon Burwell (February 18, 1783 – January 25, 1846) was a surveyor and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in New Jersey in 1783 and came to Upper Canada with his family in 1796. He was largely self-schooled and was employed by ...

. In 1818 Lewis Burwell assisted his older brother Mahlon in surveying

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. In 1832 Burwell was the Deputy Provincial Land Surveyor of Upper Canada. On November 17, 1834, a letter detailing how a dispute between Burwell, and another surveyor, had caused difficulties in the Township of Norwich, was entered into the record of Upper Canada's Parliament. Following the

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Burwell was a witness against George Alexander Clark, a

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merchant. Burwell testified that, while the militia was assembling, Clark called for militia members to go home, claimed their officer had no authority to muster them, claimed it was the Provincial government that was at fault.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burwell, Lewis 1790s births 1865 deaths Canadian surveyors Immigrants to Upper Canada