Rebecca (Burwell) Ambler (1746-1807)

Mrs Rebecca Lewis (Burwell) Ambler

Family
Notes / Biography Associated Houses References
She famously rejected Thomas Jefferson's offer of marriage in the Drawing Room at Carter's Grove that subsequently became known as the "Refusal Room". She married Jack Ambler and was the mother-in-law of Chief Justice John Marshall. 

Parents

Lewis Burwell

President of the Governor's Council & Acting Governor of Virginia

1710-1756

Mary (Willis) Burwell

Mrs Mary (Willis) Burwell "Heiress of Old and New Purton"

1718-1746

Spouse

Jaquelin Ambler

"Jack" Jacquelin Ambler, of Yorktown & Shockoe Hill; Treasurer of Virginia

1742-1798

Children

Mary (Ambler) Marshall

Mrs Mary Willis (Ambler) Marshall

1766-1831