Theodosia Burr Alston [SEP] father
Theodosia Burr Alston
Theodosia Burr Alston (June 21, 1783 – approximately January 2 or 3, 1813) was the daughter of U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr and Theodosia Bartow Prevost. Her husband, Joseph Alston, was governor of South Carolina during the War of 1812. She was lost at sea at age 29.
Early life.
Theodosia Burr Alston was born to Aaron Burr and Theodosia Bartow (Prevost) Burr in Albany, New York in 1783, a year after they married. Alston's mother was the
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- Theodosia Burr was the subject of Anya Seton's first novel, "My Theodosia", published in 1941.
- Theodosia Burr was mentioned in Robert Frost's 1953 poem "Kitty Hawk", published in "In the Clearing" (1962).
- Theodosia Burr Alston was a character in Gore Vidal's historical novel "Burr", published in 1973.
- Theodosia Burr Alston was a character in Michael Parker's novel "The Watery Part of the World", published in 2011.