NARHFColonel Mahlon Burwell
Comissioned by the government of Upper Canada, Colonel Malhon 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 Cemetary just West of Burwell Corners.
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