Col. Mahlon Burwell
Commissioned by the government of Upper Canada, Colonel Mahlon
Burwell surveyed the Talbot Settlement and Talbot Road beginning in
1809. When the war of 1812 broke out, Burwell suspended the
surveying of the Talbot Road and commanded a company of local
militia from Middlesex District as it was then known. Captured by
raiders, Burwell was sent to Ohio as a prisoner with partial
parole; he was free to do what he pleased, within limits. After
several months, Burwell was granted full parole and was allowed to
return to his family, who inhabited their family home at the
Burwell Corners (Fingal Road and Iona Road). He was, however,
required to sign a contract agreeing to not bear arms against the
American militia again. Burwell is buried along side his wife in
some of the first plots in the St. Stephen's Cemetery just West of
Burwell Corners.