Burwell, Adam Hood

Adam Hood Burwell was admitted to deacon’s orders on 11 March 1827, and ordained priest on 1 June 1828. In 1832, he replaced Mr. Ansley, having been appointed missionary in Wrightstown and Bytown by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, on the recommendation of the Bishop of Quebec. Like his predecessor, Mr. Burwell did missionary work up and down the Ottawa river. Having resigned in 1836, Mr. Burwell was succeeded by the Rev. Samuel S. Strong in the fall of 1837, and died in Kingston on 2 November 1849 [Hill 1932, Brault 1946, Elliott 1991].