Lee, Nathaniel 1663

Nathaniel LEE (1663 - 1745) and Abigail WARNER (1673 - ?)

my 7g-grandparents

The parents of Nathaniel LEE (1700 - 1736) were Nathaniel LEE Sr and Abigail WARNER. From New England Marriages we have the record

LEE, Nathaniel (1663 - ) & Abigail [WARNER] (ca 1673 - ); b 1698; Westfield

I think the "b" indicates the date of the marriage, not birth, so they were married in 1698, in Westfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony. We also have approximate birth dates of 1663 and 1673 for Nathaniel and Abigail.

Nathaniel and Abigail had 9 children, of whom at least 6 died in infancy. Nathaniel LEE died 26 Apr 1745 in Westfield, at age 71 or 72. He outlived all but possibly 2 of his children. I don't have a date of death for Abigail, but she was still living on 28 Apr, 1717, at age 43-4.

Westfield, Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

(I think Daniell was born in 1698, not 1608.)

Parents of Nathaniel and Abigail

There are two accounts of the parentage of Nathaniel LEE Sr. The first is that he was the son of Walten/Walter LEE, of Westfield. This is supported by the Town and Vital Records. That is, we know from the records that a Nathaniel LEE was born 25 Dec 1663 in Westfield, to Walter LEE. He is about the right age to be Nathaniel LEE Sr.

Another account [NA, p. 7] says that the Nathaniel LEE who married Abigail WARNER was the son of Ebenezer LEE and Abigail BULL, of Farmington. Ebenezer was the son of Thomas LEE, son of John LEE, the immigrant and early settler of Farmington. I think that Walter is the more likely ancestor of the LEE family I am researching, which had resided in Westfield for the previous 4 generations.

Abigail WARNER was the daughter of Daniel WARNER and Sarah ROE. See the Daniel WARNER page.

(Note: I had previously thought that Abigail's parents were Andrew WARNER and Rebecca FLETCHER. However, their daughter Abigail was born about 1663, and the marriage record, above, says that our Abigail was born about 1673. Each of these facts relies on only one record. However, the evidence now points more toward Daniel and Sarah. Thanks to Kristy OSTERGARD for bringing this to my attention.)

Children of Nathaniel and Abigail

1 Nathaniel LEE b: 25 Dec 1663 in Westfield, MA, d: 26 Apr 1745 in Westfield, MA, age 71-2

... + Abigail Abigeirl WARNER b: abt. 1663, m: 1698 in Westfield, MA, d: aft. 28 Apr, 1717, age 43-4

......2 Daniel LEE b: 16 Mar 1698 in Westfield, MA, d: 05 May 1699 in Westfield, MA, age 13 mos.

......2 Nathaniel LEE Jr b: 03 May 1700 in Westfield, MA, d: 04 Apr 1736 in Westfield, MA, age 35

...... + Dorothy TAYLOR b: 25 Nov 1713 in Springfield, Hampden, MA, m: 30 Mar 1732 in Westfield, MA, d. aft. 4 Apr 1736

......2 Abigail/Abigeirl LEE b: 06 Apr 1702 in Westfield, MA, d: 08 May 1702 in Westfield, MA, age 1 mo.

......2 Abigail LEE b: 13 Apr 1703 in Westfield, MA, d: bef. 02 May 1713, age 10 or less

......2 Marereet LEE b: 30 Jun 1705 in Westfield, MA

......2 Daniell LEE b: 08 Oct 1707 in Westfield, MA

......2 Hesekia LEE b: 29 Dec 1710 in Westfield, MA, d: 14 Jan 1711 in Westfield, MA, age 2 weeks

......2 Abigail LEE b: 02 May 1713 in Westfield, MA, d: 21 Nov 1713 in Westfield, MA, age 6 mos.

......2 (daughter) b: 28 Apr 1717 in Westfield, MA, d: 28 Apr 1717 in Westfield, MA, stillbirth

At least 6 out of 9 children died in infancy, or early childhood. One daughter, Marereet, and one son, Daniell, may have been more fortunate. They tried 3 times with the name Abigail. Only Nathaniel LEE Jr, my 6g-grandfather, is known to have survived to adulthood.

Sources

[HWM] History of Western Massachusetts: The Counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire (1855) by Josiah Gilbert Holland

Vol I Parts I and II Vol II Part III

[NA] North America, Family Histories - Descendants of John Lee

The Hinman Catalogue

[H46] and [H52] A catalogue of the names of the early Puritan settlers of the colony of Connecticut : with the time of their arrival in the country and colony : their standing in society, place of residence, condition in life, where from, business, &c., as far as is found on record collected from records by R. R. Hinman

There were two versions of this book. The first had about 337 pages, and was issued in 1846. It is very disorganized, and has no Table of Contents, so I provide one, below. The second edition, with 930 pages, came out in 1852. It covers A to Daniels, then skips the intervening entries, and the last 90 pages cover Hinman.

[H46] is searchable on Ancestry, available here.

Contents (1846 version on Ancestry)

4 Introduction

10 Chimney Viewers

11 The First Puritan Settlers of Windsor

12 First Settlers of the Colony

110 Appendix

177 List of First Settlers Who have few or no Descendants in Enfield

182 Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of Connecticut, Continued

248 Passengers of the Mayflower in 1620

250 Tobacco Law of Connecticut in 1647

252 First Interesting Events

256 Errata

258 No. V. A Part of the Early Marriages, Births, and Baptisms, in Hartford, Ct., from Record

270 Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of Connecticut, Continued

332 Addenda

335 Remarks

337 last page

[H52] only covers A to Daniels, and Hinman, downloadable here.

Contents (1852 version, 930 pages)

2 Preface

4 Introduction and Historical Facts

13 Genealogy of the Puritans – A to Daniels

800 Errata

806 Hinman

884 last page

Updated 4 Sep 2020 by William Haloupek. Contact haloupek at gmail dot com.