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Holly Abbott-Parham's Grandmother:

Christopher John Smith's Maternal Great Grandmother:

Lucille Julia Lee (1905 - 1997)

Also known as: "Grandma Abbott"

Birthdate: January 21, 1905

Birthplace: Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia

Denomination: Baptist (Missionary Baptist) / Methodist

Death: August 20, 1997 (Age: 92) in Sarasota, Sarasota Co., Florida

Burial: Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida

Parents:

Robert Edgar Lee

1870–1947

Alberta Gertrude "Gertie" Williams

1877–1957

Family

Spouse:

Earl Lee "Early" Abbott

Also known as: "Earlie Abbott", "Grandpa Abbott"

Birthdate: August 12, 1902

Birthplace: Florida

Denomination: Methodist

Death: July 25, 2001 (Age: 98)

Burial:

See also: Family Tree of Harold Abbott

Children:

1. Margaret Earle Abbott (Cooney) 1927 - 2016

2. Harold Lee Abbott 1929 - 1987

3. Robert "Bobby" Everette Abbott 1937–1984

4. Ted Abbott

5. Ben Abbott

About Lucille Julia Lee

Residence

1910 • Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, USA

Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Residence

1920 • Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, USA

Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Residence

1930 • Precinct 4, Sarasota, Florida, USA

Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Residence

1935 • Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida

Residence

1938 • Sarasota, Florida

Residence

1947 • Sarasota, Florida

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Holly Abbott-Parham's Great Grandfather:

Christopher John Smith's Maternal Great-Great Grandfather:

Robert Edgar Lee (1870 – 1947)

Robert E. Lee

Birthdate: August 16, 1870

Birthplace: Georgia

Denomination: Baptist (Missionary Baptist)

Death: June 30, 1947 in Sarasota, Florida

Burial: Manasota Memorial Park, Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida

Plot: Sect C, Lot 256, Graves 2 & 3

Parents:

George William Lee, Sr

1822–1904

Mary Estell Wilson

1827–1881

Family

Spouse:

Alberta Gertrude Williams

Avaretta Gertrude Williams

Also known as: "Gertie"

Birthdate: May 30, 1877

Birthplace: Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia

Denomination: Baptist (Missionary Baptist)

Married: 1897

Death: September 20, 1957 in Sarasota, Florida

Burial: Manasota Memorial Park, Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida

Plot: Sect C, Lot 256, Graves 2 & 3

Children:

1. Ruth Lee 1894–

2. William Fred "Freddie" Lee 1896–1960

3. Mary Thelma Lee Hart 1899–1975

4. Robert L Lee 1902–1969

5. Mabel Lee 1904–1990

6. Lucille Julia Lee 1905–1997

7. Talmage Lee 1909–

8. Beatrice Helen Jones 1909–1926

9. Elise Lee 1913–

10. Private

11. Private

About Robert Edgar Lee

Residence

1880 • Du Pont, Clinch, Georgia

Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Residence

1880 • Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, USA

Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Residence

1900 • Militia District 1209, Bulloch, Georgia

Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Residence

1910 • Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia

Residence

1920 • Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia

Residence

1930 • Precinct 4, Sarasota, Florida

Residence

1935 • Precinct 3, Sarasota, Florida

Residence

1 Apr 1940 • Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida

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Holly Abbott-Parham's Great-Great Grandfather:

Christopher John Smith's Maternal 3x Great Grandfather:

George William Lee, Sr (1822 – 1904)

William Lee

Also known as: "Miller Bill", "George William Lee"

Birthdate: August 28, 1822

Birthplace: Bulloch, Georgia

Denomination: Baptist (Missionary Baptist)

Death: September 29, 1904 in Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia

Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, County Road 465, Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia

Note: The gravestones currently at Macedonia Cemetery for Mary Lee, her husband, William, and two of their children are actually memorials. The family was buried on the Lee family farm, Lower Mill Creek. The markers were located at that site in the 1940's. When the site was visited in the 1970's, all of the markers were gone. Only four of the markers were recovered from the creek and taken to Macon. Descendants of the Lee family arranged to have them returned to Bulloch County, and they were placed at Macedonia Cemetery.

Parents:

General George W. Lee Sr

1784–1862

Nancy Cook

1793–1862

Family

Spouse:

Mary Estell Wilson

Mary Estell Knight

Also known as: "Mary E. Lee"

Birthdate: November 18, 1827

Birthplace: Bulloch, Georgia

Denomination: Baptist (Missionary Baptist)

Married: November 25, 1849 in Chatham, Georgia

Death: May 6, 1881 in Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia

Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, County Road 465, Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia

Note: Mary Lee is actually buried on the Lee farm on Lower Mill Creek. Her headstone is one of several headstones recovered from the creek in the 1970s and later placed at Macedonia as a memorial.

Children:

1. James Franklin Lee 1850–1922

2. John Calhoun Lee 1851–1930

3. George William Lee, Jr 1853–1928

4. William A Lee 1855–1882

5. Sarah Lee 1856–1885

6. Ann "Anna/Annie" Rebecca Lee (Donaldson) 1858–1931

7. Jack Henry Lee 1859–

8. Zachariah Henry Lee 1860–

9. Mary Adeline Lee 1861–1924

10. Horace G Lee 1863–1926

11. Lewis Cook Lee 1866–1938

12. Louiza Lee 1867–1940

13. Julia Lee 1869–1961

14. Robert Edgar Lee 1870–1947

15. Sarah E. Lee

16. Infant Daughter Lee

About George William Lee, Sr

Civil War Veteran

Military Service: American Civil War Soldiers

Name: Lee, George W., Sr. - Private March 4, 1862. Transferred to

Co. C, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862.

Discharged, furnished substitute, in 1862. Enlisted in Ga. Militia. (Born in Georgia.)

Residence: Bulloch County, Georgia

Enlistment Date: March 4, 1862

Side Served: Confederacy

State Served: Georgia

Company C, 11th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) - Note: This company ceased to exist when the 47th Regiment Georgia Infantry was organized on May 12, 1862.

Battle Flag Carried by the 47th Georgia Infantry - "Made by the Ladies of Charleston after the Battle of Secessionville".

Source:

MUSTER ROLL OF *COMPANY C, 11th BATTALION

GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

ARMY OF TENNESSEE

C. S. A.

BULLOCH COUNTY, GEORGIA

BULLOCH GUARDS

http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bulloch/military/civilwar/rosters/coc11bat.txt

Willam Lee, known as Miller Bill, about 80, died last Thursday and was buried at his old place near Lower Mill Creek. October 4, 1904 (SN)

From "I See By The Paper", Bulloch County, Georgia, 1899-1946 – compiled by Hulda K. Kelly

The gravestones currently at Macedonia Cemetery for Mary Lee, her husband, William, and two of their children are actually memorials. The family was buried on the Lee family farm, Lower Mill Creek. The markers were located at that site in the 1940's. When the site was visited in the 1970's, all of the markers were gone. Only four of the markers were recovered from the creek and taken to Macon. Descendants of the Lee family arranged to have them returned to Bulloch County, and they were placed at Macedonia Cemetery.

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Holly Abbott-Parham's 3x Great Grandfather:

Christopher John Smith's Maternal 4x Great Grandfather:

General George W. Lee, Sr (1784 – 1862)

Also known as: "General Lee"

Birthdate: July 30, 1784

Birthplace: Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina

Denomination: Baptist

Death: July 11, 1862 in Bulloch County, Georgia

Military Service: War of 1812 Veteran.

Parents:

David Lee, Sr

1751-1838

Elizabeth McAllister

1755-1827

Family

Spouse:

Nancy Cook

Birthdate: May 1, 1793

Birthplace: Marlboro Dist., South Carolina

Denomination: Baptist

Married: circa 1813

Death: April 2, 1862 in Brooklet, Bulloch Co., Georgia

Children:

1. William Pierce Lee 1820-1892

2. George William Lee, Sr 1822–1904

3. Mary Lee 1828-

About General George W. Lee, Sr

War of 1812 Veteran.

In doing research at the Statesboro library genealogical department I came across typed family documents that prove David Lee to be the father of General Lee...

"When David Lee, Rev. Sol. , born 13 Nov. 1751 in N.C., died in Bulloch County, his son General Lee was appointed admr of his estate on March 2, 1827 (Bulloch Co. Bk X, Minutes of Inferior Court, pg. 92). The heirs of David Lee sold property (Bk FI pg 182) and signed as follows: Erastus Waters, George Best, General Lee, John Lee, Millenton Smith, James Mikell, Dicy Mikell, Elizabeth Lee, Elizabeth Walker. This proves that General Lee was a son of David Lee, Rev. Soldier."

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Holly Abbott-Parham's 4x Great Grandfather:

Christopher John Smith's Maternal 5x Great Grandfather:

Elizabeth McAllister

Birthdate: 1755

Birthplace: Washington, Beaufort, North Carolina

Denomination: Baptist

Married: circa 1773

Death: 1827 in Bulloch County, Georgia

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Archibald McAllister and Martha Hamilton

See: McAllister Family Line

Children:

1. John Clifford Lee (b c 1774 d 1835 lived in the 34th District Screven Co GA married Rachel Maner)

2. Elizabeth Wilkinson

3. General George W. Lee, Sr (1784 – 1862)

4. Dicy Lee

5. David Lee, Jr (d 1817)

6. Nicey Lee

7. Mary Mikell

About David Lee, Sr

Revolutionary War Veteran.

Moved to Bulloch Co, GA, 1795-1800 from Cheraw, SC.

Following excerpt prepared by Thomas E. Stonecypher, Albany Ga 31721

"David Lee's enlistment in the Revolution is outlined in the following document (3):" "To the Honourable the Council of Safety of South Carolina- the humble Petition of Sixty of the Inhabitants on the North East Side of Pee Dee River, from Brown's Creek to the Three Creeks, in St. David's Parish, Sheweth, That your Partitioners, con(s)cious of the Injustice of Several Acts of the British Parliament, past in the Reign of his present Majesty, and being desirous to serve their Country by aiding and assisting their Brethren, the food people of this Colony, in their opposition of every for, as becomes every good Citizen to do, have formed a Company of Volunteers and have chosen Robert Lide, Esrq to be their Captain, Mr. Thomas Powe to be their first Lieutenant, and Mr. William Watkins to be their second Lieutenant. Your Petitioners therefore pray that your Honours will be pleased to Issue the requisite Commissions for the above Named Gentlemen as soon as may be, and your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray."

"Sixty names follow, including David Lee, Francis Kennedy (Kenneday), William Sweat, Michael Mixon, and Francis Whittington (Jr.)." "Endorsed: Volunteer Company Robt Lide, Captain 9 Oct 1775"

In doing research at the Statesboro library genealogical department I came across typed family documents that prove David Lee to be the father of General Lee.

"When David Lee, Rev. Sol. , born 13 Nov. 1751 in N.C., died in Bulloch County, his son General Lee was appointed admr of his estate on March 2, 1827 (Bulloch Co. Bk X, Minutes of Inferior Court, pg. 92). The heirs of David Lee sold property (Bk FI pg 182) and signed as follows: Erastus Waters, George Best, General Lee, John Lee, Millenton Smith, James Mikell, Dicy Mikell, Elizabeth Lee, Elizabeth Walker. This proves that General Lee was a son of David Lee, Rev. Soldier. Ronald Guy added this on 27 Dec 2011

Birth: Nov. 13, 1751 South Carolina, USA Death: Dec. 13, 1828 Bulloch County Georgia, USA

David Lee Sr, Revolutionary Soldier, is buried at an unknown location in Bulloch County. This marker is a cenotaph.

Family links:

Parents: John Lee (____ - 1836) Spouse: Elizabeth Lee

Note: Cenotaph

Burial: Jackson Baptist Church Cemetery Sylvania Screven County Georgia, USA

Created by: Dawn Daley Record added: Sep 08, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 96702061

Paperwork titled 'To Descendants of John Everett, Rev. Soldier & Wife Sarah Fagan on line of William Pierce Lee & Sarah McCall' indicates that David Lee was a Revolutionary War Soldier.

David Lee was born in North Carolina and came to Bulloch County, GA from Cheraw District, South Carolina around 1795-1800. He was a Revolutionary War veteran and as such participated in the land lottery of 1827. He drew Lot No. 15, District 5, Lee County and Lot No. 286 in Muscogee County, Georgia. He died the same year. His wife was named Elizabeth and he left nine children or their representatives.

DAR: LEE, DAVID Ancestor #: A068509 Service: SOUTH CAROLINA Rank: SOLDIER Birth: 10-12-1753 SOUTH CAROLINA Death: 12-13-1821 MARION DIST SOUTH CAROLINA Service Source: SC HIST & GEN MAG VOL 2 P 265 Service Description: 1) CAPT ROBERT LIDE,VOLUNTEER MIL

LEE, DAVID Ancestor #: A068508 Service: SOUTH CAROLINA Rank: SOLDIER Birth: 11-13-1751 Death: 1827 BULLOCH CO GEORGIA Service Description: 1) REC LAND IN GA FOR REV SERVICE

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Holly Abbott-Parham's 5x Great Grandfather:

Christopher John Smith's Maternal 6x Great Grandfather:

John Lee (1725 - 1787)

Birthdate: 1725

Birthplace: Lancaster, Virginia (or, Georgetown County, South Carolina)

Denomination:

Death: April 20, 1787 in Little River, Fairfield Co., South Carolina

Parents:

Thomas William Lee, Sr.

1679-1735

Elizabeth Ann Keene

1686-1759

Family

Spouse:

Margaret Howard

Margaret Winford Howard

Birthdate: 1714

Birthplace: Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland

Denomination:

Married: circa 1734

Death: 1827 in Bulloch County, Georgia

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Captain John Howard, Jr. and Katherine Greenberry

See: Howard Family Line

Children:

1. Col. Greenberry Lee (Thomas Greenberry Lee) b.1750 - d. 1784) - A Patriot of the American Revolution for Georgia with the rank of Colonel. DAR Ancestor # A068546

2. Rosanna Lee b. 1750

3. Agnes Lee b. 1750

4. Rachel Lee b. 1750

5. David Lee, Sr (1751 - 1838)

6. John Lee, Jr. b. 1753

About John Lee

This particular area of SC was settled sometime subsequent to 1710 by a group of people who settled on Black River in a settlement near the district lines of Keraw and Georgetown (on the Peedee River). John and Margaret Lee were among those settlers.

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Holly Abbott-Parham's 6x Great Grandfather:

Christopher John Smith's Maternal 7x Great Grandfather:

Thomas William Lee, Sr. (1679 - 1735)

Also known as: "Thomas Lee"

Birthdate: 1679

Birthplace: Cobbs Hall, Dividing Creek, Northumberland County, Virginia Colony

Denomination:

Death: June 16, 1735 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Virginia Colony

Place of Burial: Cobbs Hall Burying Ground, Northumberland County, Virginia

Plot: unknown; burial grounds may be outside wall

Parents:

Capt. Charles Lee of Cobbs Hall

1656-1701

Elizabeth Medstand

1656-1700

Family 1

Spouse:

Ann Lee (or, Anne Morton)

Birthdate: May 1, 1682

Birthplace: Northumberland County, Virginia

Death: 1722 in Northumberland County, Virginia

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Hancock Lee and Mary Kendall

Children:

1. William Lee

2. Elizabeth Brent (Lee)

Family 2

Spouse:

Elizabeth Ann Keene

Also Known As: "Scrosby"

Birthdate: May 2, 1686

Birthplace: Northampton, Lancaster, Virginia

Denomination:

Death: 1759 in Lancaster, Virginia

Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Keene, Jr. and Elizabeth Therriott

Children:

1. John Lee (1725 - 1787)

2. Leeanna Fearn (Lee)

3. Thomas Lee, Jr.

4. Lucy Lee

5. Richard Lee

6. Ann Lee

7. Charles Lee

8. Elizabeth Dibrell (Lee)

9. John Lee

10. John James Lee, Sr.

About Thomas William Lee, Sr.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/lee/messages/15997.html

Thomas LEE Sr. is thought to have married Elizabeth d/o William KEENE Sr. and Elizabeth, the d/o John and Ellen ROGERS of Northumberland. Elizabeth the wife of William KEENE Sr. married after his death to Thomas BANKS, on 8 Dec. 1687. Elizabeth ( ROGERS KEENE ) BANKS will probated 15 Mar. 1722 ( 23? ) mentions daughter Elizabeth LEE, no husband's name. Thomas LEE Sr.'s will mentions a wife but no name, his will dated 16 June 1733 and probated 11 June 1735 in Lancaster Co. His children were most likely minors or most of them were young and delayed the inventory?? Thomas LEE Sr. had William ( register of old Christ Church, Lancaster gives William, son of Thomas and Ann Lee, dyed 13th January, 1735, who was this William and was this a first wife of Thomas LEE Sr.??? ), Thomas, Richard, Charles, John, Elizabeth and Leanna LEE. I think your Richard Evers LEE is the son of this children or possibly this Richard, but this Richard probably to old?? There is not alot know about this children. Thomas LEE Jr. married Lucy ( ?? ), will dated 1 Dec. 1758, probated 16 Mar. 1759 Lancaster Co., mentions young children Mary and George LEE, brother John LEE then unmarried, his brother Richard LEE who was probably dead, Thomas had two slaves from Richard named Dick and Cate. Lucy, the widow, married 1762 in Lancaster Co. to Rev. John LELAND, Mary married a REYNOLDS and moved to Maryland and I'm not sure what happened to George LEE.

Sources:

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108301541

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Holly Abbott-Parham's 7x Great Grandfather:

Christopher John Smith's Maternal 8x Great Grandfather:

Capt. Charles Lee of Cobbs Hall (1656 - 1701)

Also known as: "Capt. Charles Lee, Sr."

Birthdate: May 21, 1656

Birthplace: possibly Cobbs Hall, Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Virginia

Denomination: Anglican (Church of England)

Death: December 17, 1701 in Kilmarnock, Northumberland, Virginia

Burial: Kilmarnock, Northumberland, Virginia

Occupation: served as Justice of Northumberland County in 1687 to 1699

Military Service: served in the local militia, rising to the rank of Captain

Parents:

Colonel Richard "The Immigrant" Lee

1618-1664

Ann Owen Constable

1622-1706

Family

Spouse:

Elizabeth Medstand

Also known as: "Elizabeth Madestard"

Birthdate: May 21, 1656

Birthplace: Northampton County, Virginia Colony

Denomination: Anglican (Church of England)

Married: 1676 in Northampton County, Virginia

Death: July 13, 1700 in Northumberland County, Virginia Colony

Place of Burial: Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Madestard, Jr. and Elizabeth Lawson

Children:

1. Mary Fearn (Lee)

2. Thomas William Lee, Sr. (1679 - 1735)

3. Maj. Charles Lee of Cobbs Hall

4. Leanna Jones (Lee)

5. Margaret Lee

6. Harriet Lee

7. Elizabeth Metstand Buford (Lee)

About Capt. Charles Lee of Cobbs Hall

Additional Curator's Notes

While it has not been conclusively proven that Charles Lee was born at Cobbs Hall, it is the belief of the family that this is so. He was the son of Richard Lee and Anne Constable. He was born about 1657 in Northumberland County, Virginia, near Dividing Creek. and lived most of his life at the plantation on Dividing Creek that was later known as Cobbs Hall. He is the founder of the Cobbs Hall line of the Lee family. He died at Cobbs Hall on December 17, 1701. His will was probated in 1701

Charles Lee married Elizabeth Medstand (or Metstand in some sources) in 1678 at Cobbs Hall. She was the daughter of Thomas Medstand and Elizabeth Lawson. She was born c.1657 and died July 13, 1700. There are six known children from this marriage.

In addition to being a planter, he served in the local militia, rising to the rank of Captain. He served as Justice of Northumberland County in 1687 to 1699.

Charles and Elizabeth are buried at Cobbs Hall Cemetery, Kilmarnock, Northumberland County, Virginia.

Children of Charles Lee and Elizabeth Medstand:

• • Thomas Lee (1680 - 1735) married (1) Elizabeth KEENE (1701 - ?); married (2) Ann MORTON (1682 - 1739 )

  • Charles Lee Jr (1684 - 1740) married Elizabeth Pinckard (1690 - 1740)

  • Leeanna or Hannah Lee (1685 - 1707) married William Jones (1650 - ?)

  • Elizabeth Metstand Lee (1688 - 1714) married (1) Thomas BUFORD (or Beauford) Jr (1682 - 1716); married (2) Capt. John Howson (1680 - ?)

  • Margaret Lee (1690 - ?)

  • Harriett Lee (1692 - ?)

[Not all sources recognize Margaret or Harriet as children of Charles and Elizabeth]

Sources

• • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Charles Lee SAR Membership: 52041 Birth Date: circa 1656 Birth Place: Northumberland, Virginia Death Date: 1701 Father: Richard Lee Mother: Anna Lee Spouse: Elizabeth Medstand Children: Thomas Lee Source Citation: Volume: 261; SAR Membership Number: 52041.

See also:

• http://www.familyhistoryamystery.com/Photo-Gallery3/Gallery3.html

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What follows below is information about the Lee family in general, and may be interesting reading. It comes from a variety of contributors.

Ancestors of Charles Lee

Generation No. 1

1. Charles Lee1,2,2, born 21 May 1656 in Cobbs Hall, Northampton, Virginia, Colony; died 17 Dec 1701 in of, Cobbs Hill, Northampton, Va. He was the son of 2. Richard Lee Colonel and 3. Anne Constable. He married (1) Elizabeth Metstand MEDSTAND 1676 in Cobbs Hall, Northampton, Virginia, USA2. She was born Abt. 1657 in dau, Thomas, Northampton, Va, and died Aft. 13 Jul 1700 in Cobbs Hill, Northampton, Va. She was the daughter of Thomas Medstand and Elizabeth Lawson.

More About Charles Lee: Burial: 1701, will probate, Northampton, County, Va Christening: Cobbs Hill, line Record Change: 31 Mar 2002

More About Elizabeth Metstand MEDSTAND: Record Change: 06 Jun 2003

Generation No. 2

2. Richard Lee Colonel, born 22 Mar 1618 in Nordley Regis, Coton Hall, England; died 01 Mar 1664 in Virginia, Northumberland, Co, Va. He was the son of 4. John Lee or Lyes Clothier and 5. Jane HANCOCK. He married 3. Anne Constable 1641 in Jamestown, Virginia, USA2. 3. Anne Constable2,3, born 1615 in London, England4; died 06 Oct 1706 in Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Co, Va. She was the daughter of 6. Francis Constable and 7. Alice Owen.

Notes for Richard Lee Colonel: deposition May 1641 Norfolk Co gives age as 32, hence born 1608/9

Depositoin London 1654 Admiralty Court. Richard Lee Gentleman age 34 or thereabouts deposes of things seen on York River in Virgina the prior January. (pub 1984) hence born 1618

Coton Hall lies on main road between Shrewsbury and Brostol. Along that road going south you find Coton Hall, then Worcester, then Twining. Starting from the south, Twining in Worcestershire is about 12 miles north of Worcester, and it is another 20 miles from Worcester to Coton Hall.

Richard baptized 22 march 1617/1618 ST Martin's Worcester England

Will says"of Virginia, late of Stratford-Langton in the County of Essex" this was part of the Abby of Stratford-Langthorne founded 1135 disbanded 1539 and Westsham Mannor or Parish was divided into four parts one of which was Stratford-Langton, or one ward of the parish/mannor.

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Subj:Re: Lee Date:11/6/2005 9:08:33 AM Central Standard Time From: dnca2@earthlink.net Reply-to: dnca2@earthlink.net To: Jhlawr@wmconnect.com (Jhlawr@wmconnect.com)

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New Research on the Wraysbury Deeds by Alan Nicholls. In 1999 I gave a presentation to the Lee Society of Virginia at their AGM concerning the English ancestry of Colonel Richard Lee, the founder of the Virginia Lee family. This presentation was placed on my webpage on 24th May 1999. In that presentation I included evidence that Colonel Richard Lee had signed a series of three indentures relating to a purchase by John Lee of Coton of a property at Wraysbury in Buckinghamshire, England in 1652. Colonel Richard's signature on these deeds had been used by all previous researchers, with other evidence, to show a direct connection between the Lee family of Virginia and the Coton Lee family of Alveley, Shropshire. However since the 1999 presentation my research has revealed evidence using only original contemporary documents that these indentures were in fact signed by Richard Lee, fishmonger, son of Lancelot Lee of Coton. This Richard was the apprentice of John Lee, fishmonger, citizen of London and gentleman. I have shown previously that this John Lee (1600-1682), son of Thomas Lee of Coton (1560-1620) was mistakenly identified as a saddler by all earlier researchers. As I reported in the 1999 presentation the signatures on the Wraysbury deeds seemed to match extremely well with those few other original signatures of Colonel Richard Lee that I had found. He signed himself Rich: Lee in all cases and I found these signatures the most persuasive evidence to authenticate his claim to a Coton ancestry. However this new evidence has overturned those conclusions. The new research is detailed below. The research undertaken since the 1999 presentation has not found the English ancestor of Colonel Richard Lee but it is challenging the fundamental assumptions made by earlier researchers. I am continuing to follow my lines of research and hopefully will carry it through to a successful conclusion. I will post articles on my webpage as I complete each phase of the research. As with all research of this nature there are gains and losses but I view each reversal with a positive attitude that will propel me forward with new knowledge to more gains and, hopefully, less losses.

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Jim, I have not done English research on Richard and Henry Lee of York. They were obviously related, probably brothers. Since Richard was born c. 1619, and appears to have been the older, it would appear that Henry was born c. 1620. Since his first child was b. 1645, this fits well. There were several Richard Lees and several Henry Lees on the early emigration records. To my knowledge, no one has proven whence they came or which county they settled in. The first problem in research is that there is no proof that Richard Lee of York was the same person as Col. Richard. The research that has been done has been aimed at the origin of Col. Richard Lee. Two of the most recognized articles are: Article by Wm. Thorndale, National Genealogical Society Qtrly, Dec 1988 Article by Ludwell Lee Montague, Va. Magazine, Jan. 1954. The descendants of Col. Richard have not enthusiastically accepted any of the research done. One of them has recently engaged an English researcher, Alan Nicholls. Nicholls has a web page which you can Google up. Hope this helps. Will send another message on the Henry Lee descendants. Cary Adams

• • **************my replyThis one got settled very well William and Mary Quarterly about 25 yrs ago sorry exact ref not in hand -it took some doing by the way very good work.. but they found Col. Richard baptized 22 march 1617/1618 ST Martin's Worcester England, d 1 MArch 1664 Northumberland Co Va but will probate London andhis papa was John /Lee or Lyes/ Clothier b 1588 of, Nordley Regis, Coton Hall, Salop, England burried 23 Feb 1629/1630 St Martin parish, Worcestershire, Englandwife Jane Hancock (hence all the Hancocks in his line).Grandfather Col Richard was RIchard Lee 1564-1621 md Elizabeth BentleyGGfather John Lee 1528 - will 14 May 1605 will proven, Shropshire, Englandburried Chesham, Buckinghamshire, , England wife Joyce or Jocota /ROMNEY/ b abt 1533 died 4 Dec 1609 Alveley Parish, Shropshire, England (burr same place)and finally GGG was Humphrey 1506 wife Katherine /Blount/ and this is the common link to Henry of York.They were cousins to be precise Henry Jr 1627 was 3rd cousin to Col Richard.Jim Lawler

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More About Richard Lee Colonel: Burial: Jan 1665, will probate, London, , England Christening: 1640, to, Va, from, Straford-Langston, Co Essex, England Record Change: 29 Jun 2005

Notes for Anne Constable: ca 1240

Ward, Francis, Wyatt Govenor, Virginia

More About Anne Constable: Christening: 21 Feb 1622, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London Record Change: 06 Nov 2005 Children of Richard Colonel and Anne Constable are: i. John Lee4, born 1642 in , , Virginia, Colony; died 1673 in not married, no children, Virginia, Colony.

More About John Lee: Christening: returned to England Record Change: 06 Jun 1999

ii. Francis Lee, born 1648 in , , Virginia, Colony; died 1714 in London, , , England; married Tamak or Tamar; born Abt. 1650 in of, Virginia, Colony; died 1694 in removed, to, London, England.

Notes for Francis Lee: Subj:Alice Felton Date:10/23/2006 4:19:29 PM Central Daylight Time From: dalell@earthlink.net (Eleanor Prieskorn) To: Corvid1@msn.com ('Marilyn Hutton'), Jhlawr@wmconnect.com st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } <!--

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More About Francis Lee: Record Change: 31 Mar 2002

More About Tamak or Tamar: Record Change: 31 Mar 2002

iii. William Lee4,4, born Abt. 1650 in Charles City, Co, Virginia, Colony; died Abt. 1696 in 1696/1703 estate suit, King and Queen, Va; married Alice Mrs FELTON; born Abt. 1644 in of, Richmond, Co, Va; died Abt. 1703 in St Stephen Parsh, King and Queen, Co, Va.

Notes for William Lee: 3. William Lee b. 1678 or 1682, Northampton, Northumberland Co, VA

m. Dorothy Taylor, ca 1703, Westmoreland Co, VA d/o Thomas Taylor & Elizabeth Harwood b. 1681, Surry, King and Queen Co, VA Information on Dorothy Taylor comes from "Log Cabins to White House" by Brewer. 13 Apr 1745

Dorothy was witness to will of Henry Williams in Richmond Co.,VA. signed as Dorothy Croucher. Dorothy and her brother Thomas were administrators of her husband William Lee's estate. She was left wearing apparel in her mother's will. "Dorothy to have my Coyas" d. 1717, Richmond Co, VA (Source: Amelia Co. Order Book 7, p. 226, Letters of Administration of Estate of William Lee to Dorothy Lee, relict of William Lee on 12/4/1717.).

Documentation from "Log Cabins to White House" by Brewer. On page 275 "On 19 Jan 1668 William and wife Alice acknowledged debt of 250 acres of land to William Heath. On 5 Sep 1668 William and wife Alice sold their plantation to Thomas Adams (Surry Co. records p.54).

From "Log Cabin" book on p.276 it gives William Lee( who married Dorothy Taylor) as one of his children. On p.273, Richard Henry Lee and Anna Constable are given as the parents of William (husband of Alice) but other sources state that Richard Lee's son William did not marry. Other sources say he married and had a daughter Mary who married a Heath and that he left his estate to her -- which was contested by his brother and returned to the Lee family.

There is a William Lee and Mary Lee, witnesses in Richard Jesper's will, dated 1698 in North Farnham Parish, VA. Need to identify them. Dorothy and brother Thomas Taylor were administrators of his estate. They left to William's grandchildren (children of Wm.3rd) the legacy left to him by his grandmother Elizabeth Taylor. Thomas Hanks received 9 lbs 11 shillings 8 pence; Joseph Hanks 2 lbs2 shillings 6 pence; Richard Lee 4 shillings; none was listed for John Lee who had probably died young.

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alt version below probable error confused ID: I16208 Name: William COLONEL Lee Leigh

Sex: M Birth: 1654 in Surry County, , Virginia

Death: 14 JUL 1703Father: William Lee Leigh b: ABT 1588 in England Mother: Catherine b: ABT 1592Marriage 1 Mary Green b: ABT 1659 in King & Queen County, VA Married: 1675 in King & Queen County, VA Children John CAPTAIN Lee Leigh b: 1677 in Of Leigh Hall, , Cheshire, England William Lee Leigh b: 1682 in New Kent County, VA Sources:

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: William Lee Leigh 1 Sex: M Birth: ABT 1588 in England Death: 1653 in , James, VirginiaMarriage 1 Mary Dawkes b: ABT 1578 in < , Charles City County, Virginia> Marriage 2 Catherine b: ABT 1592 Children William COLONEL Lee Leigh b: 1654 in Surry County, , Virginia Sources:

Title: Family Group Record FamilySearchØ Ancestral File v4.19

-----------------------------------************************ Edmund Jennings Lee had not found any record of what happened to one son William Lee and blew it off finally saying he appears to have died young. Weelllll sort of. He did die earlier, 1694-5, than other siblings, leaving a 18 year old daughter and three younger minor sons. The daughter Mary had married William Heath at age 15 had two sons, Thomas and Samuel the last being born after his father died. She re married to Bartholomew Schriever who is the villain of this story. He was of age so grabbed the estate and paid out yearly a gentlemans living to the three boys; Wm, John, and Richard. What he paid was far less than the estate could manage; and they deserved more; but it was legally large enough that they could not sue their guardian until ALL of them were of age. The instant the youngest turned 21 they did sue. BUT Not in probate court but common pleas court to recover their inheritance. And not in the original county (Westmoreland) but the county had been split and then re-split in the mean time (at this time it was Surry Co) and worse the judge (a VIP ) did not travel to them he stayed put and they had to come to him in King and Queen County. (This was a MAJOR estate -and why they had a superior judge in a higher court- in todays terms it would be multi millionaire stuff). AND It was 7-8 years out of timeŒ7 -8 years later than expected. Wrong place, wrong time, wrong court, and why E J Lee missed it. Bart and Mary got her furniture and what money he had sequestered (the court knew he had milked estate, said so, but did not bother to try to find where he had squirreled money away--{Bermuda}), just gave Mary HER furniture, and kicked them off land and divided it 3 ways each boy getting roughly 1/3. Bart packed up in high dudgeon and went back to England (assume they stopped at Bermuda where $$ were) - and lived life of rich ex colonial gentleman.

OK first problem solved. This I got from two separate books /people who had done work independently, and I cross-checked just to be sure. (A Weavin' and Log Cabin to White House Next problem William (ii) son Wm (i) and grandson of Co Richard died 1717 (about 13 years after court bruhoo); leaving 4 sons. And I will stick to our line his son Charles b 1706 moved to new land at North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va. Charles moves again dies 1799 at-really near just out of town- Leesburg, Cumberland Co., Va. leaving cash to a son William (others got land) and just down the road, land adjoining Charles is a William Lee that the previous genealogists had assumed was his son. BooBoo! It was a reasonable assumption. Just wrong. Charles died in 1799 Cumberland Co Va and had a son William. There is a William Lee (md Ave Noel) whose land adjoins Charles land so they assume he is the son. Unfortunately they happened to buy adjoining lands at about the same time and they were cousins, but unwarranted assumption as to being his son. Then I found the full name of James Garnett Early Lee b. 23 feb 1777 known as Garnett Lee usually, AND known to be son of William and Ave Noel and that triggered my memory that James Lee had md Mary Clark Garnett and I cross connected Wm and Ave to James Lee and Mary Garnett who also had known son William but unknown what happened to him if we connect Wm and Ave to Charles. To add to the surety I was right, Wm and Ave moved about 1788 to Evington Road Bedford Co Va. just a bit down the road from James and Mary Garnett -- (Ah Ha!)----- so this time making the assumption that the William who was close to James was his son works. James died by the way 1791 Probate Bedford Co Va. With that I was able to disconnect he wrong William (md Ave) and get him to correct papa- and so was left connecting MY William (1738-1808) to Charles. Reason for cash was my William had gone on to Hardy Co Va. (now West Va) at the same time, abt 1760, his father Charles had moved from Richmond Co where he was born (The residual of the original estate was now in Surry Co.-but had been split up so much the land left to Charles was too small to make him well off - or as well off as he wished) then on to Leesburgh in Cumberland Co and so our William had no use for land- he had his own- but hundreds of miles away. SO cash. Oh me oh my long story. I also jumped 4 years work in getting all of the above. I followed Loads of dead ends.

More About William Lee: Christening: of, Surry, King and Queen, Co Va Record Change: 29 Sep 2003

Notes for Alice Mrs FELTON: Subj:Alice Felton Date:10/23/2006 4:19:29 PM Central Daylight Time From: dalell@earthlink.net (Eleanor Prieskorn) To: Corvid1@msn.com ('Marilyn Hutton'), Jhlawr@wmconnect.com st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } <!--

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More About Alice Mrs FELTON: Christening: widow, Thomas, FELTON, Charles City Record Change: 16 Jun 2003

iv. Elizabeth Betsey Lee, born 1653 in , , Virginia, Colony; died 1693 in Wicomico, Northumberland, Virginia, USA4; married LEONARD Howson; born Abt. 1652 in of, Virginia, Colony.

More About Elizabeth Betsey Lee: Record Change: 31 Mar 2002

More About LEONARD Howson: Record Change: 31 Mar 2002

v. Anne Lee4, born 1653 in twins, , Virginia, Colony; died 1701 in Westmoreland, Virginia, USA4; married Thomas Youell; born Abt. 1650 in of, Virginia, Colony.

Notes for Anne Lee: June 1673 Release of estate of father, "Anne Youdell wife of Thomas Youdell daughter of Richard Deceased, late of Stratford-Langton".

More About Anne Lee: Record Change: 31 Mar 2002

More About Thomas Youell: Christening: returned to England Record Change: 06 Nov 2005

1 vi. Charles Lee, born 21 May 1656 in Cobbs Hall, Northampton, Virginia, Colony; died 17 Dec 1701 in of, Cobbs Hill, Northampton, Va; married Elizabeth Metstand MEDSTAND 1676 in Cobbs Hall, Northampton, Virginia, USA. vii. Hancock Lee5,6,6, born 1645 in Northumberland, Virginia, USA6,6; died 1714 in Isle Wight, Virginia, USA6,6; married (1) Mary Kendall; born 1651 in of, Northumberland, Co, Va; died 24 Dec 1694 in Ditchley, Northumberland, Co, Va age 33; married (2) Sarah ALLERTON; born Abt. 1669 in of, Northumberland, Co, Va; died in Ditchley, Northumberland, Co, Va; married (3) Mary Kimball; born Abt. 1652 in Prince George, Virginia, USA6,6; died 08 Jan 1734 in Charles City, Virginia, USA6,6; married (4) Mary Kimball 1670 in Prince George, Virginia, USA6; born Abt. 1652 in Prince George, Virginia, USA6,6; died 08 Jan 1734 in Charles City, Virginia, USA6,6.

Notes for Hancock Lee:

Subj:Hancock Date:9/28/2003 8:19:20 PM Central Standard Time From: dalell1@earthlink.net (Eleanor Prieskorn) To: Jhlawr@wmconnect.com

Hi Jim, I think you missunderstood what I sent on Hancock. That is why I sent that mess on Hancock Lee Jr, I don't have them in my records, I found them while looking for Richard Lee and Margaret Reno. But the other kids there, where do they go? to the next Hancock? & Beale ? 3ed HANCOCK'S WIFE

MY records with Hancock Lee Jr (if you will) is Twin to Elizabeth both b 1709 he m Mary Willis January 23, 1733 8 ch. Ann, Mary, George Henry, John, Hancock b Apr 7, 1740 (brother John is his twin) Sarah, Lucinda, Willis.( Pulled some paper records) Here is where you can help me clear a few things, if you will. The 2ed Mary Willis, who was her parents ? a brother to the 1ST Mary Willis? John Hancock Lee that she m, who was his parents? OK-- HERE IS WHAT I HAVE; I have William C. Lee b 1650 m ANN- But Paul C. Nagel the researcher of Lee's of VA. said he could not find any proof that William ever married. he d in 1696 at the age of almost 46 --He left his land and estate to Mary Heath. in 1707 Richard found a way to retreave the Virginia estate's . In his fathers" will " it stated that the property left to his sons for life. {at the end of life the land reverts to the living son's. SON OF RICHARD LEE & ANN CONSTABLE Hancock, the brother to this {ABOVE} William had four children by Mary Kendall and later 4 children by Sarah Elizabeth Allerton. The 4 children by his first wife (on paper) who I think is the line to our Richard. 1- William b Bet 1678-1682 (Through this William) m 1703 Dorothy Taylor Death inventory, Feb. 5th 1717/18 in Wills of Richmond County VA. on OB 7 based on oath of Dorothy Lee 8 children listed, Rebecca, ONE OF THIER DAU. OB (order book) 10, page 54 punished for having bastard child. From them; William Jr Lee b May 14, 1704 d 1764 {I think this william is the one that m Ann, 2ed had two or three ch, Mary 12 years his SR.} Bruce Thornton. she m 1 at age 17, first ch BORN 1710-last CHILD Roland 1721 her husband Mark d 1721( All Thornton's) SHE m--2 William Lee Jr, Dec 16, 1728 VA. her age then 36 years, and William 24 children by one or both wife's William b 1730 1738-----------------------------------Mary's Anne Nancy "Nanny" b 1728-1730--------------Marys Richard b ??-------------------------------------------Marys Sarah/Sary Sally b ??------------------------------Mary's Elizabeth (Betty) b 1723-1746----------------- Mary's Peter b Jan 30, 1749/50 MARY'S age here 57--------------------------------------------Ann's? CHILD Mark b abt 1752 ---- she would be age (Mary) 60--------------------------------- " ?ANN'S CHILD ? John b Dec 22, 1757---- if Mary was mother her age at this birth 65-------Ann's? CHILD Mary's death was thought to be aft 1752-- 2ed WIFE COULD BE ANN IF MARY DIED IN 1752 WILLIAM WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUNG ENOUGH TO REMARRY, AGE 48-- AND STILL BE FATHER TO PETER, MARK, JOHN. MARY B THORNTON'S BIRTH FROM WFT VOL 27, GROUP # 721 HER MARRIAGE DATE FROM WFT VOL 24, GROUP# 620 William Jr and Mary's son William b 1730-1738 VA m Catherine "Katy"Graves that is our Richard's parents. NOW THIS IS HOW I HAVE THE LINE TO CONNECT SO FAR, THIS IS WHY I HAVE SO MUCH INFO ON WILLIAM'S AND RICHARD'S TO FILL IN THE BLANKS FOR SURE. WE COULD BE CONNECTRD THROUGH 2 OTHER RICHARDS, IF NOT THEN THIS HAS TO BE THE LINE. AND BOTH RICHARD'S ARE STILL IN THIS LINE. 2--Richard b Jan 18, 1691 d 1740 (found no wife here) this is where I thought was the Richard that m Margaret Reno/Runo there would be 34 years diffrence in there age, or if he had a son Richard would be the right age. (I have no other info on him that I can put my hands on at this time. this is one of the reasons I pull all info on Richard's.(one anyway) 3--Anna b Jan 5 1681/81 4-Henry b 1676 d bef. 1706 I DONT THINK WE CONNECT TO THE SARAH E ALLERTON, JUST 1/2 SIB'S TO ISAAC, JOHN, ELIZABETH & HANCOCK II

More About Hancock Lee: Christening: of, Ditchley, Northampton, Va Record Change: 31 Mar 2002

viii. Richard Lee6, born 1647 in Paradise, Gloucester, Virginia, USA6; died 12 Mar 1714 in Mt Pleasant, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA6; married Laetitia Corbin; born 1657 in Stratfordshire, England6; died 06 Oct 1706 in Mt Pleasant, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA6.

Notes for Richard Lee: Richard II LEE Sex: M Birth: 1646 in Strafford-on-Avon, Essex, England Death: 12 Mar 1713 in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., VA Title: Sir Event: Royal Title Unknown Knight of the Order of the GarterFather: Richard Henry LEE b: 1591 in St. Martin, Worcestershire, England Mother: Anne Constable OWEN b: 1615 in London, EnglandMarriage 1 Letitia CORBIN b: 1657 in Stratfordshire, England Married: 1674 in Westmorland Co., VA Children Richard LEE b: 1678 John LEE b: 1677 Phillip LEE b: 1681 Francis LEE b: 1682 Ann LEE b: 1683 in Machodoc, Westmoreland Co., VA Henry LEE b: 16 May 1686 in Westmoreland Co., VA Thomas LEE b: 1690 Arthur Ferney LEE b 1693

More About Richard Lee: Christening: 1658, school at Oxford, England Record Change: 15 Jul 2003

More About Laetitia Corbin: Burial: Mt Pleasant Record Change: 31 Mar 2002

Generation No. 3

4. John Lee or Lyes Clothier, born Abt. 1588 in of, Nordley Regis, Coton Hall, Salop, England; died in Worcester, Worcestershire. He was the son of 8. Richard Lee and 9. Elizabeth BENDEY. He married 5. Jane HANCOCK. 5. Jane HANCOCK, born Abt. 1596 in Worcester, St Martin parish, Worcestershire, England. She was the daughter of 10. Edward HANCOCK and 11. Alice JEFFRIES.

More About John Lee or Lyes Clothier: Burial: 23 Feb 1630, St Martin parish, Worcestershire, England Record Change: 09 Jan 2002

Notes for Jane HANCOCK: 2 sep 1630 Jane Lee widow fo John Lee Dec St MArtin's Parish city of Worcestger administration with bond for estate fo John Deceased, security Thomas HANCOCK HANCOCKE. 1632 widow Jame md Hohn Maninge, Worcester, St Martin's Jane Manning made will 1635, names eldest son John, Richard,, with youngest son Thomas. child Edward deceased added from Parish Baptismal records

More About Jane HANCOCK: Burial: 24 Feb 1639, Worcester, St Alban's parish, Worcestershire, England Christening: also listed as of Twining. Record Change: 05 Mar 2001 Children of John Lee or Lyes and Jane HANCOCK are: i. John Lee or Lyes, born in Worcester, St Martin parish, Worcestershire, England.

More About John Lee or Lyes: Christening: 19 Sep 1616, Saint Martin, Worcester Record Change: 05 Mar 2001

ii. Edward Lee or Lyes, born in Worcester, St Martin parish, Worcestershire, England; died 21 Apr 1624 in Saint Martin, Worcester.

More About Edward Lee or Lyes: Christening: 30 Aug 1620, Saint Martin, Worcester Record Change: 05 Mar 2001

2 iii. Richard Lee Colonel, born 22 Mar 1618 in Nordley Regis, Coton Hall, England; died 01 Mar 1664 in Virginia, Northumberland, Co, Va; married Anne Constable 1641 in Jamestown, Virginia, USA. iv. Thomas Lee or Lyes, born 22 Mar 1622 in Worcester, St Martin parish, Worcestershire, England.

More About Thomas Lee or Lyes: Christening: 29 May 1622, Saint Martin, Worcester Record Change: 27 Jul 2001

6. Francis Constable6, born Abt. 1590 in England; died 01 Aug 1647 in London, plague. He was the son of 12. Robert Constable and 13. Margery Barker. He married 7. Alice Owen. 7. Alice Owen, born Abt. 1595 in London, England6; died 1647 in London, Plague.

Notes for Francis Constable: Francis Constable was baptized at Datchet, co. Bucks 14 May 1592 the son of Robert and Margery (Barker) Constable and grandson on the maternal side of Christopher Barker, printer to Queen Elizabeth I. His career as a bookseller and printer is summarized in "A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who were at work in England from 1641 to 1667", by Henry R. Plomer:- "Francis Constable,bookseller in London and Westminster firstly at the (sign of) the White Lion, Paul's Churchyard, 1616-24; then in St Paul's Church Yard at the sign of the Crane, 1631; then under St Martin's Church in Ludgate, 1637; then at King Street, Westminster at the sign of the Goat, 1640; then at Westminster Hall,1640.He took up his freedom July 2nd 1614.His first registered publication was "Hymens Triumphes, entered on January 13th.1614/15.He published large numbers of plays,in which he was associated for some years with Humphrey Moseley.It is probable that he rented a stall in Westminster Hall very much earlier than 1640 but that is the first appearance of the Hall in the imprint of any book."

will probate Aug 1647 Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster

More About Francis Constable: Burial: 02 Aug 1647, St. Margaret, Westminster Christening: 14 May 1592, Datchet, co. Bucks Record Change: 31 Mar 2002

Notes for Alice Owen: Francis and Alice Constable were the parents of fifteen Children,four sons and eleven daughters:

1. Alice, bapt. St. Gregory by St. Paul, London 24 September 1615 [PR]

2. Sarah, bapt. St. Gregory by St. Paul 16 March 1616/7 [Pr] ~ Bishop of London license, 6 October 1646, to marry Anthony Savage - note misstatement of her age in the allegations. Francis Constable apparently signed the instrument himself. She probably died before going to Virginia but her husband went and bought 50 acres of land from (Col.)Richard Lee [Va. Patents 2:153]). She and her husband were among those who presented the will of her mother for probate 22nd. September 1647. 3. Joan, bapt. St. Gregory by St. Paul 11 September 1618 [PR]. 4. Mary, bapt. St. Andrew, Enfield, Co. Middlesex 21st October 1619 [Enfield PR]. Still unmarried, she was among those who presented her mother's will for probate. 5. Elizabeth, bapt. St. Gregory by St. Paul 24 October 1620 [PR], no further record. 6. ANNE, bapt.St. Gregory by St.Paul 21 February 1621/2. She was not among those who presented her mother's will for probate but this may mean only that she was already out of the country. Gibbon stated that Anna Constable was the wife of (Col.) Richard Lee. 7. Margaret, bapt. St. Gregory by St. Paul 26 June 1623, married St. Margaret, Westminster, Robert Hunny. 8. Rachel, bapt. St. Gregory by St. Paul 24 September 1624 [PR], no further record. 9. Simon, bapt. Datchet, co. Bucks 14 August 1625, bur. St. Andrew Undershaft, London 29 November 1627. 10. Robert, bapt. St. Andrew Undershaft 24 August 1626 [PR], twin, bur. 10 September 1626 [PR]. 11. Roger, bapt. St. Andrew Undershaft 24 August 1626 [PR], twin, bur. 10 September 1626 [PR]. 12. Alice, bapt. St. Andrew Undershaft 16 March 1627/8 [PR], no further record. 13. Frances, bapt. St. Andrew Undershaft 5th July 1629, she was among those who presented her mother's will for probate. 14. Rachel, bapt. St. Andrew Undershaft 18 July 1630, married York County, Va. after 3 April 1651 [York co. Records 1:132] John Chew, Gent.; Richard Lee was one of her trustees in the pre-nuptial agreement. She was among those who presented her mother's will for probate. 15. Robert, bapt. St. Andrew Undershaft 2 October 1631 [PR], bur. St. Margaret, Westminster 28 August 1647.

Francis Constable died 1st. August 1647 of the plague and was buried the following day from St. Margaret, Westminster, while his widow was buried 4 August 1647. These registers are published and it should be noted that "Mr." is misread "Mrs." in his burial entry. Their only remaining son Robert was carried off by the plague the same month (buried 28 August) and it was after his death that the will of Alice Constable was filed for probate.

will of widow ALice Constable probate 22 sep 1647

More About Alice Owen: Burial: 04 Aug 1647, St. Margaret, Westminster Record Change: 04 Mar 2004 Child of Francis Constable is: Children of Francis Constable and Alice Owen are: 3 i. Anne Constable, born 1615 in London, England; died 06 Oct 1706 in Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Co, Va; married (1) Richard Lee Colonel 1641 in Jamestown, Virginia, USA; married (2) Edward Lister 24 Sep 1666 in Virginia, USA. ii. Sarah Constable

More About Sarah Constable: Christening: 16 Mar 1617, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

iii. Robert I Constable

More About Robert I Constable: Burial: 28 Aug 1647, St. Margaret, Westminster Christening: 24 Aug 1626, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

iv. Rachael I Constable, died Bef. 1630.

More About Rachael I Constable: Christening: 24 Sep 1624, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

v. Alice I Constable, died Bef. 1825.

More About Alice I Constable: Christening: 24 Sep 1615, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

vi. Joan Constable

More About Joan Constable: Christening: 11 Sep 1618, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

vii. Mary Constable

More About Mary Constable: Christening: 21 Oct 1619, St. Andrew, Enfield, Co. Middlesex Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

viii. Elizabeth Constable

More About Elizabeth Constable: Christening: 24 Oct 1620, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

ix. Margaret Constable

More About Margaret Constable: Christening: 26 Jun 1623, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

x. Simeon Constable

More About Simeon Constable: Burial: 29 Nov 1627, St. Andrew Undershaft, London Christening: 14 Aug 1625, Datchet, co. Bucks Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

xi. Roger Constable

More About Roger Constable: Burial: 10 Sep 1626, St. Andrew Undershaft, London Christening: 24 Aug 1626, St. Andrew Undershaft, London Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

xii. Frances Constable

More About Frances Constable: Christening: St. Andrew Undershaft, London Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

xiii. Rachel II Constable

Notes for Rachel II Constable: 14. Rachel, bapt. St. Andrew Undershaft 18 July 1630, married York County, Va. after 3 April 1651 [York co. Records 1:132] John Chew, Gent.; Richard Lee was one of her trustees in the pre-nuptial agreement. She was among those who presented her mother's will for probate.

More About Rachel II Constable: Christening: 18 Jul 1630, St. Andrew Undershaft, London Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

Generation No. 4

8. Richard Lee, born 1564 in of, Cocton, Shropshire, England; died 1621 in of, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England. He was the son of John Lee and Joyce or Jocota ROMNEY. He married 9. Elizabeth BENDEY. 9. Elizabeth BENDEY, born Abt. 1566 in of, Cocton, , England.

Notes for Richard Lee: Richard Lee, fishmonger Richard Lee was baptised at St. Mary's church, Alveley, Shropshire, on 15th September 1622. Richard was the son of Lancelot Lee, Lord of the manor of Alveley, and his first wife Jane Clemson. The Apprentice records of Fishmongers Company which are held at the Guildhall Library in London show that in 1639 Richard Lee, son of Lancelot Lee of Alveley, gent of Salop, was apprenticed to JohnLee, fishmonger, of London for 7 years. Richard served his apprenticeship and was made a freeman of the Fishmongers Company in 1647. In that same year Thomas Nicholls, son of Thomas Nicholls of Alveley, who was a brother in law of Lancelot Lee by his wife Eleanor Lee, was also apprenticed to John Lee. And in 1649 Lancelot Lee, another son of Lancelot Lee of Alveley, Shropshire was apprenticed to Francis Collins, fishmonger This John Lee to whom Richard Lee and Thomas Nicholls were apprenticedwas the brother of Lancelot Lee of Coton and was the clerk of the company.We would call him the treasurer of the company and he ran the day to day finances of the company. All of these Lee family members were entitled to use the Lee arms which are now used by the Lee family of Virginia.

More About Richard Lee: Christening: 06 Oct 1564, of, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England Record Change: 31 Mar 2002

More About Elizabeth BENDEY: Christening: of, Nordley Regis, , England Record Change: 31 Mar 2002 Children of Richard Lee and Elizabeth BENDEY are: 4 i. John Lee or Lyes Clothier, born Abt. 1588 in of, Nordley Regis, Coton Hall, Salop, England; died in Worcester, Worcestershire; married Jane HANCOCK. ii. Richard Lee, born Abt. 1594 in of, Nordley Regis, Coton Hall, Salop, England; married Alice TURNOR; born Abt. 1600 in of Droitwich, Worcestershire, England.

More About Richard Lee: Record Change: 05 Mar 2001

More About Alice TURNOR: Record Change: 05 Mar 2001

10. Edward HANCOCK, died 1621 in will 1621. He married 11. Alice JEFFRIES. 11. Alice JEFFRIES, born Abt. 1560 in of Twining.

More About Edward HANCOCK: Record Change: 05 Mar 2001

More About Alice JEFFRIES: Record Change: 05 Sep 2006 Children of Edward HANCOCK and Alice JEFFRIES are: i. Edward HANCOCK, born Abt. 1578 in of Twining, Gloucester Co. England.

More About Edward HANCOCK: Record Change: 05 Mar 2001

ii. Richard HANCOCK, born Abt. 1580 in of Twining, Gloucester Co. England; married Susana; born Abt. 1630 in of Twining, Gloucester Co. England.

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iii. John HANCOCK, born Abt. 1582 in of Twining, Gloucester Co. England; married Margaret BEST; born Abt. 1588 in of Twining, Gloucester Co. England.

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iv. Elizabeth HANCOCK, born Abt. 1584 in of Twining, Gloucester Co. England; died Bef. 1666; married Rowland BEST; born Abt. 1580 in of Twining, Gloucester Co. England.

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v. Thomas HANCOCK, born Abt. 1587 in of Twining, Gloucester Co. England; married PAINTING.

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vi. Mary HANCOCK, born Abt. 1591 in of Twining, Gloucester Co. England; married Thomas SAVAGE; born Abt. 1600 in Wocester Worcestershire, England.

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vii. William HANCOCK, born Abt. 1593 in of Twining, Gloucester Co. England; died 1675 in will Breedsdon, Norton; married (1) Sarah BONAMY; married (2) Catherine MAYLE; born Abt. 1600 in Wocester Worcestershire, England.

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5 viii. Jane HANCOCK, born Abt. 1596 in Worcester, St Martin parish, Worcestershire, England; married (1) John Lee or Lyes Clothier; married (2) John MANNING or MANINGE.

12. Robert Constable6, born 1565 in Datchet, Buckinghamshire, England6. He married 13. Margery Barker 15906. 13. Margery Barker6, born 1570 in Datchet, Buckinghamshire, England6; died in England6. She was the daughter of Christopher Barker.

More About Robert Constable: Record Change: 04 Mar 2004

More About Margery Barker: Record Change: 04 Mar 2004 Children of Robert Constable and Margery Barker are: 6 i. Francis Constable, born Abt. 1590 in England; died 01 Aug 1647 in London, plague; married (2) Alice Owen.

Endnotes

1. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000, Online publication - Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. 2. Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d., Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 3. Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003, Online publication - Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting, Données d’origine : Consultation du patrimoine. Le Fichier du millénaire. Salt Lake City : Consultation du patrimoine, 19--. 4. Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d., Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 5. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001, Online publication - Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. 6. Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d., Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.

The youngest child of Col. Richard Lee and his wife, Anna, was probably born at Cobbs Hall in 1656 where he lived and died, according to family tradition. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Medstand of Lancaster Co. Va. who was a justice of that county in 1669 and died in 1675. Charles lee and Elizabeth were probably married in 1676 or 78. Captain Lee was Justice for Northunberland in 1687-99 and was named in a list of civil officers dated in l702. showing him to have a commission at the time of his death.

Birth: May 21, 1656 Death: Dec., 1701

. . . . . . . . . . Charles Lee, youngest son of Richard and Anna Lee, was probably born about 1656, and at "Cobbs Hall," where he lived, died, and was buried -- according to family tradition. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Medstand, of Lancaster county. His will was dated the 13th of July, 1700, and probated at Northumberland court-house, on the 17th of December 1701. From this will it is learned that his wife survived him, and four children are named in the will -- Thomas, Charles, Leeanna, and Elizabeth. . . . . . . . . . .

Family links:

Parents: Richard Lee (____ - 1664) Anne Constable Lee (1621 - 1706) Spouse: Elizabeth Medstand Lee (1660 - ____) Children: Thomas Lee (1679 - 1735)* Charles Lee (1684 - 1734)* Elizabeth Medstand Lee Buford (1688 - ____)*

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Inscription: . . . . . . . . . . Within this enclosure was buried ~ Richard Lee ~ of an ancient family of Nordley Regis in Shropshire, who emigrated from London to Virginia in 1639. He was successively clerk of the quarter court at Jamestown, Attorney General of Virginia, Secretary of State, and a member of the council. Having long traded with the nearby Wicomico Indians, in 1656 he established his home on Dividing Creek, at a point 400 feet to the Northeast of this stone. He died there in 1664 and was buried here in his garden. ~ Also buried within this enclosure were Anne Constable, the wife of Richard Lee; their son, Charles Lee (1656-1701), and his wife Elizabeth Medstand; their son, Charles Lee of Cobbs Hall (1684-1734); and his son, Charles Lee (1722-1747), and his wives, Mary Lee of Ditchley and Leeanna Jones of Hickory Neck. In 1761 this Leeanna Lee ordered the erection of the original enclosing wall. Later members of the Cobbs Hall family, Lees and Harveys, were buried nearby outside the wall. ~ Erected by The Society of the Lees of Virginia ~ 1958

• • Updated from MyHeritage Match via mother Anne Lee (born Constable) by SmartCopy: Sep 23 2014, 20:12:15 UTC

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Holly Abbott-Parham's 8x Great Grandfather:

Christopher John Smith's Maternal 9x Great Grandfather:

Colonel Richard "The Immigrant" Lee (1618 - 1664)

Col. Richard Henry Lee

Also Known As: "Col. Richard Lee, I", "Richard the Immigrant", "Richard Lee", "Richard Henry Lee, I", "The Immagrant", "Secy of state", "The Immigrant", "Colonel", "The founder"

Birthdate: March 22, 1618

Birthplace: Coton Hall, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England

Baptized: March 22, 1617, Saint Martin's, Worcestershire, England

Denomination: Anglican (Church of England)

Arrival: 1639 in Jamestown, Colony of Virginia

Death: March 1, 1664 in Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Virginia

Burial: Divided Creek, Northumberland, Virginia

Occupation: Clerk of the Quarter Court at Jamestown, Colonel, Secretary of State, Business man & Farmer, Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia, Secretary of the Colony of Virginia, Statesman, trader, planter, and Private counsel of the King of England

Note: He is Robert E. Lee's 3x Great Grandfather.

Parents:

John Lee, Sr.

1588-1630

Jane Hancock

1590-1639

Family

Spouse:

Ann Owen Constable

Also Known As: "Anna Owen (Constable) Lee Lister"

Birthdate: February 1622

Birthplace: London, Middlesex, England

Denomination: Anglican (Church of England)

Married: before 1640 in England or York Co., Virginia Colony

Death: October 6, 1706 in Northumberland, Virginia Colony

Burial: Old Lee Graveyard At, Cobbs Hall, Divided Creek, Northumberland, Virginia

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Francis Constable and Alice Owen

Children:

1. Capt John Constable Lee (1643–1673) of "Mount Pleasant", who never married.

2. Col. Richard Henry "The Scholar" Lee II, Esq. (1647–1715), who married Laetitia Corbin (c.1657–1706), daughter of Hon. Henry Corbin, Sr (1629–1676) and Alice (Eltonhead) Burnham (c.1627–1684). Great-Great-grandfather of General Robert E. Lee.

3. Francis Lee (1648–1714) a merchant in England, who married Tamar.

4. Henry Lee (1650–1696) The Society of the Lees of Virginia do not recognize this son.

5. Capt. William Constable Lee (1651–1696), who married Alice Felton in 1675 and fathered four children.

6. Hon. Hancock Lee, of Ditchley (1653–1709) of "Ditchley", who married 1) Mary Kendall (1661–1694); 2) Sarah Elizabeth Allerton (1671–1731), daughter of Col. Isaac Allerton, Jr. (1630–1702) (son of Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower) and his second wife, Elizabeth (Willoughby) Grandfather of President Zachary Taylor.

7. Ann Constable (Lee) Youell (1654–1701), who married Maj. Thomas Youell Jr (1644–1695), son of Thomas Youell (1615–1655) and Anne Sturman (d. 1672).

8. Elizabeth "Betsy" Turberville (Lee) (1654–1714), who married 1) Leonard Howson Sr (1648–1704); 2) John Turberville (1650–1728), son of George Turberville IV (1638-c.1659) and Bridget.

9. Capt. Charles Lee of Cobbs Hall (1656 - 1701) of "Cobbs Hall", who married Elizabeth Medstand, daughter of Thomas Medstand (−1675). Ancestor of the Manning family of Eli Manning and Peyton Manning.

10. Anne Lee (1655), who died young.

About Colonel Richard "The Immigrant" Lee

Col. Richard Lee I (1617–1664), later nicknamed "The Immigrant" was the first member of the Lee family to live in America; he emigrated from Shropshire, England to Virginia in 1639. Lee was a lawyer, planter, soldier, politician, and Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.

By the time of his death, Lee was the largest landholder in Virginia, with 13,000 acres and perhaps the richest man in Virginia.

He was the great-great-great grandfather of Confederate general Robert E. Lee and the great-grandfather of President Zachary Taylor.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lee_I

http://www.ericjames.org/html/fam/fam07051.htm

More on Colonel Richard "The Immigrant" Lee:

Richard was born at Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England, which is a county bordering Wales. He emigrated from England in 1639, becoming Clerk of the Quarter Court at Jamestown, within the Secretary of State’s office. In the year 1640; Richard Henry Lee married at Jamestown Anne Constable(c. 1621-1666), daughter of Francis Constable and a ward of Sir John Thoroughgood, a personal attendant of Charles I, King of England (1600-1649). She had accompanied the family of Virginia Governor Sir Francis Wyatt (1575-1644), and at the time of her marriage to Richard, she was residing at the Wyatt household in Jamestown. This affiliation soon helped Richard move socially upward within the Colony. In 1643 the new Governor, Sir William Berkeley (1606-1677) appointed Richard Attorney General of the Colony. In addition he served as High Sheriff and was Colonel in the Militia. Richard was in the fur trading business with the Indians. Because of this, Richard took his bride away from the capital city, and went to live among the Indians beyond the frontier of settlement. His first patent was for land on the north side of the York River at the head of Poropotank Creek, in what was then York, later Gloucester County. He had received the title to this 1,000 acre (4 km²) tract on August 10, 1642 through the headrights of thirty-eight immigrants unable to pay their own passage, who were brought over by Col. Lee in his own ship on his return from Breda in 1650. However, Lee did not take title to this land until 1646, when there is record of his purchasing 100 acres (0.4 km2) at this location. Richard’s first home was on leased land on the same side of the river, at the head of Tindall’s Creek near the Indian community of Capahosic Wicomico. However, on April 18, 1644, hordes of Powhatan Indians massacred the newcomers to the area, led by Chief Opchanacanough. They killed 300, but were driven back by a successful counterattack. As a result the English abandoned the north side of the river. Richard and his family escaped and settled at New Poquoson on the lower peninsula between the York River and the James River, where it was safer from attack. He was said to have been the first white man to have settled in the northern neck of Virginia. They resided upon this land for the next nine years, which consisted of 90 acres and was a comfortable ride from Jamestown. On August 20, 1646 he took out a patent for 1,250 acres (5 km²) on the Pamunkey River in York, later New Kent County, at the spot “where the foot Company met with the Boats when they went Pamunkey March under ye command of Capt. William Claiborne” during the counteroffensive against the Indians after the massacre of 1644. He did not develop these lands, but exchanged them in 1648 for a tract of the same land along the north side of the York near the present Capahosic, retaining the 400 acres (1.6 km2) he called “War Captain’s Neck” and selling the other 850 acres (3.4 km2)

Lee became a Burgess of York County from 1647-1651, and in 1649 he was appointed a member of the King’s Council, and a Justice. In 1651 he became Colonial Secretary of State. With the title of Secretary of State, he was next in authority to the Governor, Sir William Berkeley (1606-1677). That same year, Charles I, King of England (1600-1649), was beheaded and Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) began his control. Since the people in the distant colonies could not believe the incredible news from England, they remained loyal to the Crown and to Charles II (1630-1685), heir to the throne. In 1650, Richard made a voyage to the Netherlands to report Virginia’s loyal adherence to Charles II. However, this does not necessarily mean that he was a devout royalist. It turns out that two years later, he negotiated the capitulation of Virginia to the Commonwealth of England, and was satisfied with the terms that were laid out. At this time, he retired from public office, but continued to represent the interests of Virginia in London.

Richard began to acquire many land grants on the peninsula between the York and the Rappahannock River. After peace with the Indians had been concluded and the lands north of the York reopened for settlement in 1649, Richard was issued a patent of 500 acres (2 km²) on May 24, 1651, on land adjacent to “War Captain’s Neck”. That same year he also acquired an additional 500 acres (2 km²) on Poropotank Creek. He sold 150 acres (0.6 km2) of his original grant, the tract on Poropotank Creek. This left 850 acres (3.4 km2) at the original site, to which he later gave the name “Paradise”, and resided from 1653-1656 in the newly created Gloucester County. He became a part owner of a trading ship, whose cargoes brought indentured servants with headrights that Richard used to enlarge his Virginia property. He spent nearly as much of his time from 1652 to his death in 1664, in London, as he did in Virginia. In about 1656 Richard moved the family to Virginia’s Northern Neck, the peninsula formed by the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers. Leaving the “Paradise” tract to overseers, they resettled on a spot acquired from the Wicomico Indians, which consisted of 1,900 acres (8 km2). This new land was termed “Dividing Creek”, near what is today the town of Kilmarnock. This tract in later generations became known as that of “Cobbs Hall”. Early colonial map of Maryland and Virginia (from Ogilby, 1671). The map is oriented with north on the right, reflecting its original purpose as a port-finding chart for ship captains approaching the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. Early colonial map of Maryland and Virginia (from Ogilby, 1671). The map is oriented with north on the right, reflecting its original purpose as a port-finding chart for ship captains approaching the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay.

He later purchased another 2,600 acres (11 km2) in Northumberland County at Machodoc Creek, which empties into the Potomac River. This tract was patented on October 18, 1657, and repatented the following year on June 5, 1658 as 2,000 acres (8 km²). Upon this tract became what was known in later generations as the estates “Mount Pleasant” and “Lee Hall”. He then acquired 4,000 acres (16 km²) farther up the Potomac, near where the city of Washington, D.C., would rise, in what was then Westmoreland, now Fairfax County. One of these would eventually become the site of Mount Vernon.

Disposing of several lesser properties he had obtained, Lee was able to consolidate and develop four major plantations. He had two in Gloucester County: “War Captain’s Neck” and “Paradise”, and two in Northumberland County: “Dividing Creek” and “Machodoc”. He also acquired a plantation called “Lee’s Purchase”, located across the Potomac in Maryland.

In 1658 Richard acquired a residence at Stratford Langthorne, in the County of Essex, then a pleasant suburb of London, and in 1661 he moved his family there. Essex borders London on the east, and the village of Stratford Langthorne was a resort for persons of means who found London unhealthy. It is located about a mile from Stratford-at-Bow on the north side of the Thames in West Ham Parish, until recently the site of great wharves, docks, and the congestion of east London. He did that so that his younger children would have a proper education, seeing as his oldest two sons, John and Richard II, were already students at Oxford. Nevertheless, he eventually wanted his children to reside in Virginia. Though now a resident of England, he continued in his role as a Virginia planter and merchant. On March 1, 1664, Richard died at "Dividing Creek", Northumberland Co., Virginia, while overseeing his interest in the Colony. As a result, and in accordance to his wishes in his will, his family returned to Virginia.

Richard Lee’s will directed that his property at Stratford in England be sold, and that all but the two oldest sons, who were still finishing school, were to return to America. Richard I left property to each of his eight children. Anne married again before September 24, 1666, Edmund Lister. The date of her death is unknown, although legend has it that she was buried beside Richard near the house at Dividing Creek.

Richard Henry Lee died 24 April 1664 at Cobbs Hall, in Northumberland, Virginia [3]

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NOTES from Jacqueli Charlene Finney

There are errors on the master profile for Col. Richard Lee I (The Immigrant) regarding his parentage (please note the date ranges with the data on MP - 2 different versions managed by 2 curators Jenna and K. Anderson). Here is the correct version ( I included past research notes also):

Ancestors of Richard Lee I

Generation No. 1

1. Richard Lee I1, born 1613 in Nordley Regis, Coton, Schrops, England1; died 01 Mar 1664 in Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Virginia, USA1. He was the son of 2. John Lee or Lyes Clothier and 3. Jane HANCOCK. He married (1) Anne Constable1 1661 in Virginia, USA1. She was born 1615 in London, England1, and died 06 Oct 1706 in Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Virginia, USA1. She was the daughter of Francis Constable and Alice Owen.

Notes for Richard Lee I: deposition May 1641 Norfolk Co gives age as 32, hence born 1608/9

Depositoin London 1654 Admiralty Court. Richard Lee Gentleman age 34 or thereabouts deposes of things seen on York River in Virgina the prior January. (pub 1984) hence born 1618

Coton Hall lies on main road between Shrewsbury and Brostol. Along that road going south you find Coton Hall, then Worcester, then Twining. Starting from the south, Twining in Worcestershire is about 12 miles north of Worcester, and it is another 20 miles from Worcester to Coton Hall.

Richard baptized 22 march 1617/1618 ST Martin's Worcester England

Will says"of Virginia, late of Stratford-Langton in the County of Essex" this was part of the Abby of Stratford-Langthorne founded 1135 disbanded 1539 and Westsham Mannor or Parish was divided into four parts one of which was Stratford-Langton, or one ward of the parish/mannor.

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Subj:Re: Lee Date:11/6/2005 9:08:33 AM Central Standard Time From: dnca2@earthlink.net Reply-to: dnca2@earthlink.net To: Jhlawr@wmconnect.com (Jhlawr@wmconnect.com)

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New Research on the Wraysbury Deeds by Alan Nicholls. In 1999 I gave a presentation to the Lee Society of Virginia at their AGM concerning the English ancestry of Colonel Richard Lee, the founder of the Virginia Lee family. This presentation was placed on my webpage on 24th May 1999. In that presentation I included evidence that Colonel Richard Lee had signed a series of three indentures relating to a purchase by John Lee of Coton of a property at Wraysbury in Buckinghamshire, England in 1652. Colonel Richard's signature on these deeds had been used by all previous researchers, with other evidence, to show a direct connection between the Lee family of Virginia and the Coton Lee family of Alveley, Shropshire. However since the 1999 presentation my research has revealed evidence using only original contemporary documents that these indentures were in fact signed by Richard Lee, fishmonger, son of Lancelot Lee of Coton. This Richard was the apprentice of John Lee, fishmonger, citizen of London and gentleman. I have shown previously that this John Lee (1600-1682), son of Thomas Lee of Coton (1560-1620) was mistakenly identified as a saddler by all earlier researchers. As I reported in the 1999 presentation the signatures on the Wraysbury deeds seemed to match extremely well with those few other original signatures of Colonel Richard Lee that I had found. He signed himself Rich: Lee in all cases and I found these signatures the most persuasive evidence to authenticate his claim to a Coton ancestry. However this new evidence has overturned those conclusions. The new research is detailed below. The research undertaken since the 1999 presentation has not found the English ancestor of Colonel Richard Lee but it is challenging the fundamental assumptions made by earlier researchers. I am continuing to follow my lines of research and hopefully will carry it through to a successful conclusion. I will post articles on my webpage as I complete each phase of the research. As with all research of this nature there are gains and losses but I view each reversal with a positive attitude that will propel me forward with new knowledge to more gains and, hopefully, less losses.

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Jim, I have not done English research on Richard and Henry Lee of York. They were obviously related, probably brothers. Since Richard was born c. 1619, and appears to have been the older, it would appear that Henry was born c. 1620. Since his first child was b. 1645, this fits well. There were several Richard Lees and several Henry Lees on the early emigration records. To my knowledge, no one has proven whence they came or which county they settled in. The first problem in research is that there is no proof that Richard Lee of York was the same person as Col. Richard. The research that has been done has been aimed at the origin of Col. Richard Lee. Two of the most recognized articles are: Article by Wm. Thorndale, National Genealogical Society Qtrly, Dec 1988 Article by Ludwell Lee Montague, Va. Magazine, Jan. 1954. The descendants of Col. Richard have not enthusiastically accepted any of the research done. One of them has recently engaged an English researcher, Alan Nicholls. Nicholls has a web page which you can Google up. Hope this helps. Will send another message on the Henry Lee descendants. Cary Adams

**************my replyThis one got settled very well William and Mary Quarterly about 25 yrs ago sorry exact ref not in hand -it took some doing by the way very good work.. but they found Col. Richard baptized 22 march 1617/1618 ST Martin's Worcester England, d 1 MArch 1664 Northumberland Co Va but will probate London andhis papa was John /Lee or Lyes/ Clothier b 1588 of, Nordley Regis, Coton Hall, Salop, England burried 23 Feb 1629/1630 St Martin parish, Worcestershire, Englandwife Jane Hancock (hence all the Hancocks in his line).Grandfather Col Richard was RIchard Lee 1564-1621 md Elizabeth BentleyGGfather John Lee 1528 - will 14 May 1605 will proven, Shropshire, Englandburried Chesham, Buckinghamshire, , England wife Joyce or Jocota /ROMNEY/ b abt 1533 died 4 Dec 1609 Alveley Parish, Shropshire, England (burr same place)and finally GGG was Humphrey 1506 wife Katherine /Blount/ and this is the common link to Henry of York.They were cousins to be precise Henry Jr 1627 was 3rd cousin to Col Richard.Jim Lawler

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More About Richard Lee I: Burial: Jan 1665, will probate, London, , England Christening: 1640, to, Va, from, Straford-Langston, Co Essex, England Record Change: 29 Jun 2005

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Sheriff of Shropshire, England

He was a good friend of the Queen, and when his home in the American Colonies was burned out by natives, she replaced it, and everything in it including 'The Plate' (The silver).

Family legacy

Lee Family Coat of Arms

Today the different branches of the Lee family are known as: "Cobb's Hall", "Mount Pleasant", "Ditchley", "Lee Hall", “Blenheim”, “Leesylvania”, “Dividing Creek”, and "Stratford". These were the estate names of the descendants of Richard Lee I that are still referred to today when talking of Lee descendancy. An interesting note is that Richard had patented somewhere in the neighborhood of 15,000 acres (61 km²) on both sides of the Potomac, in Maryland and in Virginia. Part of this land later became George Washington’s Mount Vernon. When he divided his estate among his children, he also left them the products of the several plantations including white indentured servants, Negro slaves, livestock, household furnishings, silver, and many other luxuries.

Notable descendants of Richard Lee I include signers of the Declaration of Independence Francis Lightfoot Lee and Richard Henry Lee, Revolutionary War general Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Confederate Civil War generals Robert E. Lee, Richard Taylor, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee and George Washington Custis Lee, President of the United States Zachary Taylor, Chief Justice of the United States Edward Douglass White, Governor of Maryland Thomas Sim Lee.

More About Richard Lee

There are many records about Richard Lee, who beside being the emigrant and ancestor to a number of historical figures, he was also a prominent and distinguished colonist. He apparently came to Virginia from England in about 1640. He apparently was settled in York County in about 1642. He became a significant land owner, a member of the House of Burgesses, and a Justice of the court while he lived in York County. He is described a s a planter, and with the title of Colonel. He apparently was fairly wealthy. He traveled back and forth between England and Virginia, and maintained connections in England until his death. He apparently moved to Northumberland County in about 1654, where he died in 1663/64. His estate remained in his family for many years, known as "Cobbs Hall," although that home was not built until about 1720.

An early account of Richard Lee is given in Lees of VA, p. 49, in a passage written by William Lee in 1771

Richard Lee, of a good family in Shropshire (and whose Picture I am told is now at Coton, near Bridgenorth, the seat of Launcelot Lee, Esq.), some time in the Reign of Charles the first, went over to the Colony of Virginia, as Secretary, and one of the King's Privy Council.

He was a man of good Stature, comely visage, and enterprising genius, a sound head, vigorous spirit and generous nature. When he got to Virginia, which was at that time not much cultivated, he was so pleased with the Country that he made large settlements there with the servants he had carried over; after some years, he returned to England, and gave away all the lands he had taken up, and settled at his own expense, to those servants he had fixed on them; some of whose descendants are now possessed of very considerable Estates in that Colony. After staying some Time in England, he returned again to Virginia, with a fresh band of Adventurers, all of whom he settled there.

In 1646, Richard Lee sat on the York bench as a magistrate, with a Dr. Henry Lee, who married Marah Adkins. Richard patented 1,250 acres in York Co., VA in 1648, and named, amongst his head rights, Henry, Matthew, and George Lee, who may have been his relatives. That Richard settled first in York Co., is proven by the grant of 1,000 acres, dated 10 Aug 1642; the patent states that his land was due unto the said Richard Lee by and for his own personal Adventure, his wife Ann, and John Francis and by assignment from Mr. Thomas Hill, Florentine Paine and William Freeman of their right of land due for the transportation of Seaventeene persons.

This land was the plantation, Paradise in his will, and bequeathed to his second son, Richard . This name is frequently applied to subsequent records to this plantation; as on the 22n d of July, 1674, in a patent issued to Major Richard Lee for 1,140 acres in Gloster, called Paradise, on a branch of Poropotank Creek; 1,000 thereof being due to said Richard Lee by two former patents, and the residence now found to be within the bounds. 94 Richard represented York County as Burgess in 1647, and in 1651 Mr. Lee was paid for services as Burgess of Northumberland County. It seems possible that Richard Lee was engaged in commerce as well as agriculture, and that he had an interest in vessels trading between England and Virginia, as had many of the large planters. In his will, he bequeathed to his son, Francis, his interest in two ships, which was 1/8th part in each vessel. He appears to have made frequent voyages to and fro; being in England in 1654-55, again in 1659, and later in 1661 and in 1663.

Richard's first home in Virginia was on the York River, near the head of Poropotank Creek, where he had a store or warehouse. His next home was located on the Dividing Creeks in Northumberland, which afforded a very safe harbor. The main creek is only a mile or two long; then it divides into branches, which makes several small peninsulas or necks as they were formerly called. On two of these necks Richard Lee located his two plantations, where we can find grants for 800 and 600 acres in 1651 and 1656 respectively. Richard was not only Burgess for several counties, but served in several capacities, having been Justice, member of the Council and Secretary of State. He also served on various commissions. While in England in 1663, his wife and children being there also, Richard made his will; the wording of this will indicates that he had given up his intention of settling permanently in England. For he ordered that his estate there should be sold, gave minute directions for the payment of his debts, and closing up of his interests in that country, and made arrangements for the settlement of his children in Virginia. The account of his property given in his will shows him to have been possessed of considerable wealth for that day. If his tobacco crop was actually worth L2000 a year, as Gibbon estimated, and his estate at Stratford-Langton, L800 a year, as stated by William Lee, then Richard Lee must have enjoyed an income larger than most of the early planters.

From Virginia Vital Records, The Grave of Richard Lee, the Emigrant, by Ludwell Lee Montague

"The Grave of Richard Lee, The Emigrant- In March 1664 Colonel Richard Lee, then of London and Stratford Langton in Essex, died at his plantation on Dividing Creek in Northumberland County, Virginia, and was buried in the garden of his home there. As late as 1798 his tombstone was still to be seen at the site. Pursuant to Richard Lee's will, his widow (nee Anne Constable) and younger children returned from England to live at the Dividing Creek plantation, which was eventually inherited by his youngest son, Charles (1656-1701). In the course of time, Anne Constable, Charles Lee, and Charles' wife, Elizabeth Medstrand, were in their turn buried near the grave of Richard Lee. About 1720 Charles Lee II (1684-1734) abandoned the original Lee home in Dividing Creek and built "Cobbs Hall" at a site about a half mile to the east. However, the "Cobbs Hall" family continued to use the burying ground at the original site. Thus Charles Lee II (but not his widow, Elizabeth Pinckard, who remarried and lived and died elsewhere), Charles Lee III (1722-1747), and the latter's two wives, Mary Lee of " Ditchley" and Leeanna Jones of "Hickory Neck, " were also buried there. This Leeanna Jones was herself a great-granddaughter of Richard Lee and granddaughter of Charles Lee I.

In her will, probated in 1761, she ordered the erection of "a proper brick wall round the Burying place of myself, and ancestors on this plantation." In 1923 Cazenove Lee undertook to find the grave of the emigrant Richard Lee. At the "Cobbs Hall" burying ground the only evidence above ground was the tombstone of Susan Lee (1802-1852), the wife of William Harvey. Probing in the vicinity, however, Cazenove Lee discovered the foundations of the wall erected pursuant to the will of Leeanna Lee. (Cazenove Lee, "Locating the Grave of Colonel Richard Lee, " Magazine of the Society of the Lees of Virginia, V, 43-49.) The grave of the emigrant Richard Lee was certainly within that enclosure. In 1956 E. Walter Harvey, Sr. the present master of "Cobbs Hall, " presented the old family burying ground to the Society of the Less of Virginia, which undertook to clear the site, to restore Leeanna Lee's wall, and to erect a suitable marker. This work has now been accomplished. On May 3, 1958, with appropriate ceremony, the site was rededicated to the memory of the first Richard Lee, of Anne Constable, his wife, and of their "Cobbs Hall" descendants buried there."

Richard Lee's Will

In the Name of God, Amen. I, Richard Lee, of Virginia and lately of Stratford Langton, in the county of Essex , Esquire being bound upon a voyage to Virginia afore said, and not knowing how it may please God to dispose of me in so long a voyage, utterly renouncing, disclaiming, disannulling, and revolking[sic] all former wills, either script, nuncupative or parol, and schedules or codicils of wills whatsoever, do make, ordain and declare this my last will and Testament in manner and form following, first: I give and bequeath my soul to that good and gracious God that gave it me and to my Blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ, assuredly trusting in and by his meritorious death and passion to receiving salvation and my body to be disposed of whether by land or sea or according to the opportunity of the place, not doubting but at the last day both body and soul shal[sic] be reunited and glorified. Next, my will and desire is that all my estate aforesaid, both lease land, freeland and copyhold land, and houses be, with all convenient speed that may be, sold for the payment of my debts to John Jeffries Eqs. and what the sale of that shall fall short of, to be made good out of my crops in Virginia, to be consigned to my good friends Mr Thomas Griffith and John Lockey, or one of them in that behalf, and in case the estate of Stratford be not as speedily sold as I desire, that then the best improvement possible may be made from year to year of my said plantation, and my servants labour with such directions and appointments as the said Griffith and Lockey, or one of them, for the better managing and effecting thereof. Also my will and earnest desire is that my good friends will with all convenient speed cause my wife and children (all except Francis if he be pleased) to be transported to Virginia, and to provide all necessary for the voyage, and from time to time till my estate be disentangled and free of all my debts, to provide and allow for them, and everyone of them, a competent and convenient maintenance according as the product of the estate will bear, relation being had to the payment of my debts and the annual supply of my several plantations, all of which I absolutely refer to the said Thomas Griffith and John Lockey and after my debts are paid, I give and bequeath my estate as followeth:

To my wife, during her life, I give the plantation whereon I now dwell, ten English servants , five negroes, 3 men and 2 women, 20 sows and corn proportionable to the servants: the said negroes I give to her during her widowhood and no longer, and then presently to return to those of the five youngest children, also the plantation Mocke Nock.

Item. My will and earnest desire is the my household staff at Stratford be divided into three parts, two of which I give to my son John, and bind him to give to every one of his brothers a bed and the other part I give to my wife Anna Lee.

Item. I give all my plate to my three oldest sons, or the survivor of survivors of them, each to have his part delivered to him when he comes to the age of 18 years.

Item. I give to my son John and his heirs forever, when he comes to the age of 18 years, all my land and plantation at Machotick, all of the stock of cattle and hogs thereupon, also 10 negroes, viz., five men and five women, and 10 English servants for their times, all the corn that shall be found there, all tools, household stuff, and utensils thereupon.

Item. To Richard and his heirs forever, when he comes to the age aforesaid, I give my plantation called Paradise, with all my servants thereupon, all my stock of cattle and hogs, all working tools and utensils, and corn that shall be found thereupon to be for the provision of the said servants.

Item. To Francis and his heirs forever, when he comes to the age aforesaid, I give the Papermakers Neck and the War Captains Neck with five negroes, three men and two women, and 10 English servants, and the stock of cattle and hogs, corn, and tools, and utensils upon the said several Necks.

Item. I give and bequeath to the five younger children, viz.: William, Hancock, Betsey, Anne , and Charles, the plantation whereon John Baswell now lives and so all along including Biship's Neck and to the utmost extent of my land towards Brewer's and also 4,000 acres upon Potomac, also the two plantations before bequeathed to my wife, after her death to be divided between them or their survivors or survivor of them, also all the rest of my cattle, hogs, corn, household stuffs, tools, or whatsoever is or shall be found upon the said plantations at the time of my death, all which said estate so bequeathed to my younger children, after my debt s are paid. I desire may be employed upon said plantation for a joint stock to raise portions of the said children against they come of age aforesaid or the females married. The said servants and what other products of their labours whether moendy or whatsoever, to be equally divided between them or their survivors or survivor of them, but the said land only to be divided between the male children.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my eldest son, John, three islands lying in the Bay of Chesapeake, the great new bed that I brought over in the Duke of York, and the furniture thereunto belonging.

Item. My will is that my horses, mares, and colts be equally divided in two parts, one where of to be and belonging to my three eldest children, and the other to my five youngest and shall be sold as they increase toward raising money for their portions, and in case of any of the three eldest children die before they come to the age of 18 years that then his or their portion come to the survivors or survivor of them and in case they all dies that the whole personal estate equally to return to the five youngest children, but the land only to the male children, and if the five younger children die before they come to the age aforesaid, of the females married, then their parts to be divide among the three eldest or survivors or survivor of them.

Item. My will is that my son William Lee have all that land on the Maryland side, where George English is now seated, when he comes to the age aforesaid; also my will is that goods sufficient be set apart for the maintenance of the gangs of each plantation for the space of two years and all the rest of my goods to be sold to the best advantage and the tobacco shipped here to Mr Lockey and Mr Griffith toward the payment of my debts.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Francis after my debts are paid, my whole interest in the ship called Elizabeth and Mary, being one-eigth part also one-eighth part in the ship called The Susan and in case of the death of Francis, I give the same to Charles, and in the case of his death to the two girls Elizabeth and Anne. But in case that by the blessing of Go upon the industry and labour of my people upon the several plantations, my said debts be fully satisfied before the said land at Stratford be sold, nevertheless, I will and entreat my good friends, Mr Griffith and Mr Lockey, on one of them [that] it may be sold to the most and best advantage, and the produce thereof put out at interest, and the interest thereof be employed for and towards the education of John and Richard, equally, to assist the one of his travels for attainment of reasonable perfection in the knowledge of Physic's, the other at the Unveirstity or the inns of Corut which he shall be most fit for, and the principal money to be equally divided between the two daughters when they come to age or be married, and that the said daughters be utterly debarred from all former legacies given to them as foresaid, but in case of their death then the sale and produce of said estate at Stratford to be equally divided between my eldest son, John, and my youngest son Charles. Also I desire and order that my wife, my son John, and all my overseares[sic], that either all or one, shall from time to time keep a correspondence with the said Griffith and Lockey, and order all my affairs in Virginia to the best advantage, as they or one of them shall direct them, and ship all my tobacco and what else shall be raised upon the said plantations to the said Griffith and Lockey f or satisfaction of my debt and advantage of my children and do yearly give them an account of all horses, mares, negroes, goods and all other things according as they shall receive directions and instructions from the said Mr Thomas Griffith and Mr Lockey.

Lastly: For the use aforesaid I make and ordain my everloving friends, Mr Thomas Griffith and Mr Lockey, merchants, John and Richard Lee, my full and sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, but in respect to my son Richard, till he cometh of age, I do absolutely place all management of my will upon the care and trust of first mentioned executors till my said son, Richard Lee, comes to age as aforesaid, hoping the same friendship to mine after my death which they have always done unto me. In witness thereof I have heresoto set my hand and seal this the sixth day of February in the 16th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles II King of Great Britain, & c, & c, and in they year of our Lord 1664.

This will was probated in London, the next year: 1664-5 Richardus Lee. January. Decimo die p robatum fuit Testamentum Richardi Lee nup de Stratford Langton in Com Essexine sed apud Virgi nia in ptibus transmarinus ar defunct hents, &c. Jurament Thomae Griffith et Johis Lockey duo r Execut, & c, guih. & c., de bene & c. Jurat. Reservata ptate Similem Comnem faciend Johi e t Richo Lee alt Execut & c." Johis P C C Probate Act Book fo 3.

Notable descendants of Richard Lee I include signers of the Declaration of Independence Francis Lightfoot Lee and Richard Henry Lee, Revolutionary War general Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Confederate Civil War generals ROBERT E. LEE, Richard Taylor, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee and George Washington Custis Lee, President of the United States Zachary Taylor, Chief Justice of the United States Edward Douglass White, Governor of Maryland Thomas Sim Lee.

Source 1: www.ancestry.com Source 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lee_I

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The Lees of Virginia The Society of the Lees of Virginia is comprised of descendents of Richard Lee, The Emigrant. Richard Lee came to Virginia in 1639 to be Clerk of the Quarter Court at Jamestown.

Richard Lee emigrated from England to Virginia 1639-1640. Records show that he was holding office soon after his arrival. He acquired much land, held many high offices and in 1651 was elevated to the Council, the supreme governing body of Virginia. Not long after his arrival he married Anne Constable, a ward of the Governor, Sir Francis Wyatt.

Richard and Anne Lee raised eight children: John, Richard II, Francis, William, Hancock, Elizabeth, Anne, and Charles.

Richard Lee’s will directed that his property at Stratford, England be sold, and that the proceeds be used to discharge his debts, to complete the education of John and Richard at Oxford, and to provide dowries for his daughters, Elizabeth and Anne. In Virginia, he left the Machodoc plantation to his son John, the Paradise plantation to Richard, "War Captain’s Neck" to Francis, and the Maryland plantation to William. The Dividing Creek plantation he left to his widow for her lifetime and afterwards to be divided among his younger sons, William, Hancock, and Charles.

John Lee died unmarried, in 1673. The Machodoc plantation then passed to his brother Richard, as their father’s heir-at-law.

Hancock was married to Mary Kendall and secondly to Sarah Allerton. He inherited the southern third of the Dividing Creek plantation and became the progenitor of the Ditchley branch of the family.

Charles Lee, the youngest son, married Elizabeth Medstand and inherited the middle third of Dividing Creek plantation, including his parents’ home there. His descendants make up the Cobbs Hall branch of the family.

Richard Lee II married Letitia Corbin. Four of their sons – Richard, Philip, Thomas, and Henry – became, respectively, are the progenitors of the Mount Pleasant, Maryland, Stratford, and Lee Hall branches of the family. Their only daughter, Ann, married William Fitzhugh. She also has many descendants. Richard and Letitia are buried at the Burnt House Cemetery near Hague in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Thomas Lee married Hannah Ludwell and in addition to building Stratford Hall, raised a remarkable family of eleven children. On June 7, 1776, the most famous of this family, Richard Henry Lee rose in the Continental Congress and moved:

"That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved."

Henry Lee, the youngest son of Richard and Letitia Lee, married Mary Bland and their youngest son, Henry II, as legend has it, won the hand of the "Lowland Beauty", Lucy Grymes away from his friend, George Washington. In any event, they remained close friends throughout their lives. Henry and Lucy Lee made their home at Leesylvania, near Dumfries, Virginia and their descendants are known as the Leesylvania Line of the family.

The eldest son of Henry II and Lucy Lee, Henry III earned the nickname of Light Horse Harry, for his exploits during the Revolutionary War. After his first wife Matilda died, Henry III married Anne Hill Carter. Together they had six children: Algernon Sidney who died at 15 months old, Charles Carter, Anne Kinloch, Sidney Smith, Robert Edward and Catherine Mildred.

Source: http://www.thesocietyoftheleesofva.org/index.php?c=2&kat=The+Lees+Of+Virginia

According to records (Burke’s Peerage and English Families), the Lees of Shropshire and Sussex, England were of the gentlemen and professional class being identified as loyal soldiers, as jurists, as landowners, and statesmen.

Colonel Richard Henry Lee of this family emigrated from England to Virginia arriving prior to May 22, 1638 on which day he was signing official documents. Records show that he was holding office soon after his arrival eventually rising to the top of Virginia business, society, and politics. He held many high offices including Clerk of the Quarter Court, High Sheriff and Burgess for York County, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and, in 1651, became a member of the Virginia Council (The supreme governing body of the Virginia colony). It is estimated that he owned in the neighborhood of fifteen thousand acres when he died in 1664 including land in Maryland plus York County, Westmoreland County, Northumberland County, Orange County, Fauquier County, and Prince William County in Virginia. He also continued to hold property in England.

Event(s) Birth: 22 Mar 1616/17 *Double Relative on Lee Line: Occup: COLONELl/War: Shropshire, England to Jamestown, Virginia (See Notes/History) Death: 1 Mar 1664/65 Jamestown, Virginia, Cobbs Hall, Dividing Creek, VA Burial: Northumberland, VA "Lee Family Home/Cemetery"

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Born: 1597, Shropshire, England * Wifr: Anne Constable in 1641 in North Cumberland, Virginia * Died: 1 Mar 1665, Jamestown, Virginia, Cobbs Hall, Dividing Creek, VA at age 68 * Buried: Northumberland, VA

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Sheriff of Shropshire, England

He was a good friend of the Queen, and when his home in the American Colonies was burned out by natives, she replaced it, and everything in it including 'The Plate' (The silver).

Richard was born at Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England, which is a county bordering Wales. He emigrated from England in 1639, becoming Clerk of the Quarter Court at Jamestown, within the Secretary of State’s office. In the year 1640; Richard Henry Lee married at Jamestown Anne Constable(c. 1621-1666) , daughter of Francis Constable and a ward of Sir John Thoroughgood, a personal attendant of Charles I, King of England (1600-1649). She had accompanied the family of Virginia Governor Sir Francis Wyatt (1575-1644), and at the time of her marriage to Richard, she was residing at the Wyatt household in Jamestown. This affiliation soon helped Richard move socially upward within the Colony. In 1643 the new Governor, Sir William Berkeley (1606-1677) appointed Richard Attorney General of the Colony. In addition he served as High Sheriff and was Colonel in the Militia. Richard was in the fur trading business with the Indians. Because of this, Richard took his bride away from the capital city, and went to live among the Indians beyond the frontier of settlement. His first patent was for land on the north side of the York River at the head of Poropotank Creek, in what was then York, later Gloucester County. He had received the title to this 1,000 acre (4 km²) tract on August 10, 1642 through the headrights of thirty-eight immigrants unable to pay their own passage, who were brought over by Col. Lee in his own ship on his return from Breda in 1650. However, Lee did not take title to this land until 1646, when there is record of his purchasing 100 acres (0.4 km2) at this location. Richard’s first home was on leased land on the same side of the river, at the head of Tindall’s Creek near the Indian community of Capahosic Wicomico. However, on April 18, 1644, hordes of Powhatan Indians massacred the newcomers to the area, led by Chief Opchanacanough. They killed 300, but were driven back by a successful counterattack. As a result the English abandoned the north side of the river. Richard and his family escaped and settled at New Poquoson on the lower peninsula between the York River and the James River, where it was safer from attack. He was said to have been the first white man to have settled in the northern neck of Virginia. They resided upon this land for the next nine years, which consisted of 90 acres and was a comfortable ride from Jamestown. On August 20, 1646 he took out a patent for 1,250 acres (5 km²) on the Pamunkey River in York, later New Kent County, at the spot “where the foot Company met with the Boats when they went Pamunkey March under ye command of Capt. William Claiborne” during the counteroffensive against the Indians after the massacre of 1644. He did not develop these lands, but exchanged them in 1648 for a tract of the same land along the north side of the York near the present Capahosic, retaining the 400 acres (1.6 km2) he called “War Captain’s Neck” and selling the other 850 acres (3.4 km2)

Lee became a Burgess of York County from 1647-1651, and in 1649 he was appointed a member of the King’s Council, and a Justice. In 1651 he became Colonial Secretary of State. With the title of Secretary of State, he was next in authority to the Governor, Sir William Berkeley (1606-1677). That same year, Charles I, King of England (1600-1649), was beheaded and Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) began his control. Since the people in the distant colonies could not believe the incredible news from England, they remained loyal to the Crown and to Charles II (1630-1685), heir to the throne. In 1650, Richard made a voyage to the Netherlands to report Virginia’s loyal adherence to Charles II. However, this does not necessarily mean that he was a devout royalist. It turns out that two years later, he negotiated the capitulation of Virginia to the Commonwealth of England, and was satisfied with the terms that were laid out. At this time, he retired from public office, but continued to represent the interests of Virginia in London.

Richard began to acquire many land grants on the peninsula between the York and the Rappahannock River. After peace with the Indians had been concluded and the lands north of the York reopened for settlement in 1649, Richard was issued a patent of 500 acres (2 km²) on May 24, 1651, on land adjacent to “War Captain’s Neck”. That same year he also acquired an additional 500 acres (2 km²) on Poropotank Creek. He sold 150 acres (0.6 km2) of his original grant, the tract on Poropotank Creek. This left 850 acres (3.4 km2) at the original site, to which he later gave the name “Paradise”, and resided from 1653-1656 in the newly created Gloucester County. He became a part owner of a trading ship, whose cargoes brought indentured servants with headrights that Richard used to enlarge his Virginia property. He spent nearly as much of his time from 1652 to his death in 1664, in London, as he did in Virginia. In about 1656 Richard moved the family to Virginia’s Northern Neck, the peninsula formed by the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers. Leaving the “Paradise” tract to overseers, they resettled on a spot acquired from the Wicomico Indians, which consisted of 1,900 acres (8 km2). This new land was termed “Dividing Creek”, near what is today the town of Kilmarnock. This tract in later generations became known as that of “Cobbs Hall”. Early colonial map of Maryland and Virginia (from Ogilby, 1671). The map is oriented with north on the right, reflecting its original purpose as a port-finding chart for ship captains approaching the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. Early colonial map of Maryland and Virginia (from Ogilby, 1671). The map is oriented with north on the right, reflecting its original purpose as a port-finding chart for ship captains approaching the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay.

He later purchased another 2,600 acres (11 km2) in Northumberland County at Machodoc Creek, which empties into the Potomac River. This tract was patented on October 18, 1657, and repatented the following year on June 5, 1658 as 2,000 acres (8 km²). Upon this tract became what was known in later generations as the estates “Mount Pleasant” and “Lee Hall”. He then acquired 4,000 acres (16 km²) farther up the Potomac, near where the city of Washington, D.C., would rise, in what was then Westmoreland, now Fairfax County. One of these would eventually become the site of Mount Vernon.

Disposing of several lesser properties he had obtained, Lee was able to consolidate and develop four major plantations. He had two in Gloucester County: “War Captain’s Neck” and “Paradise”, and two in Northumberland County: “Dividing Creek” and “Machodoc”. He also acquired a plantation called “Lee’s Purchase”, located across the Potomac in Maryland.

In 1658 Richard acquired a residence at Stratford Langthorne, in the County of Essex, then a pleasant suburb of London, and in 1661 he moved his family there. Essex borders London on the east, and the village of Stratford Langthorne was a resort for persons of means who found London unhealthy. It is located about a mile from Stratford-at-Bow on the north side of the Thames in West Ham Parish, until recently the site of great wharves, docks, and the congestion of east London. He did that so that his younger children would have a proper education, seeing as his oldest two sons, John and Richard II, were already students at Oxford. Nevertheless, he eventually wanted his children to reside in Virginia. Though now a resident of England, he continued in his role as a Virginia planter and merchant. On March 1, 1664, Richard died at "Dividing Creek", Northumberland Co., Virginia, while overseeing his interest in the Colony. As a result, and in accordance to his wishes in his will, his family returned to Virginia.

Richard Lee’s will directed that his property at Stratford in England be sold, and that all but the two oldest sons, who were still finishing school, were to return to America. Richard I left property to each of his eight children. Anne married again before September 24, 1666, Edmund Lister. The date of her death is unknown, although legend has it that she was buried beside Richard near the house at Dividing Creek.

Richard Henry Lee died 24 April 1664 at Cobbs Hall, in Northumberland, Virginia [3]

Col. Richard Lee I, Esq., “the Immigrant” (1618-1664), was a planter, trader, Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia, colonial Secretary of State, and member of the King's Council. Contents [hide]

1 Biography o 1.1 Colonial politics o 1.2 Land holdings * 2 Family legacy * 3 Children * 4 Ancestry * 5 References

[edit] Biography

Richard was born at Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England, which is a county bordering Wales. [1] He emigrated from England in 1639, becoming Clerk of the Quarter Court at Jamestown, within the Secretary of State’s office.

In the year 1640 [2]Richard Lee married at Jamestown Anne Constable (c. 1621-1666) , daughter of Francis Constable and a ward of Sir John Thoroughgood, a personal attendant of Charles I, King of England (1600-1649). She had accompanied the family of Virginia Governor Sir Francis Wyatt (1575-1644), and at the time of her marriage to Richard, she was residing at the Wyatt household in Jamestown. This affiliation soon helped Richard move socially upward within the Colony. In 1643 the new Governor, Sir William Berkeley (1606-1677) appointed Richard Attorney General of the Colony. In addition he served as High Sheriff and was Colonel in the Militia. Anne (Constable) Lee (c. 1621-1666)

Richard was in the fur trading business with the Indians. Because of this, Richard took his bride away from the capital city, and went to live among the Indians beyond the frontier of settlement. His first patent was for land on the north side of the York River at the head of Poropotank Creek, in what was then York, later Gloucester County. He had received the title to this 1,000 acre (4 km²) tract on August 10, 1642 through the headrights of thirty-eight immigrants unable to pay their own passage, who were brought over by Col. Lee in his own ship on his return from Breda in 1650. However, Lee did not take title to this land until 1646, when there is record of his purchasing 100 acres (0.4 km2) at this location. Richard’s first home was on leased land on the same side of the river, at the head of Tindall’s Creek near the Indian community of Capahosic Wicomico. However, on April 18, 1644, hordes of Powhatan Indians massacred the newcomers to the area, led by Chief Opchanacanough. They killed 300, but were driven back by a successful counterattack. As a result the English abandoned the north side of the river.

Richard and his family escaped and settled at New Poquoson on the lower peninsula between the York River and the James River, where it was safer from attack. He was said to have been the first white man to have settled in the northern neck of Virginia. They resided upon this land for the next nine years, which consisted of 90 acres (360,000 m2) and was a comfortable ride from Jamestown.

On August 20, 1646 he took out a patent for 1,250 acres (5 km²) on the Pamunkey River in York, later New Kent County, at the spot “where the foot Company met with the Boats when they went Pamunkey March under ye command of Capt. William Claiborne” during the counteroffensive against the Indians after the massacre of 1644. He did not develop these lands, but exchanged them in 1648 for a tract of the same land along the north side of the York near the present Capahosic, retaining the 400 acres (1.6 km2) he called “War Captain’s Neck” and selling the other 850 acres (3.4 km2). William Berkeley (1606-1677)

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Lee became a Burgess of York County from 1647-1651, and in 1649 he was appointed a member of the King’s Council, and a Justice. In 1651 he became Colonial Secretary of State. With the title of Secretary of State, he was next in authority to the Governor, Sir William Berkeley (1606-1677). That same year, Charles I, King of England (1600-1649), was beheaded and Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) began his control. Since the people in the distant colonies could not believe the incredible news from England, they remained loyal to the Crown and to Charles II (1630-1685), heir to the throne. In 1650, Richard made a voyage to the Netherlands to report Virginia’s loyal adherence to Charles II. However, this does not necessarily mean that he was a devout royalist. It turns out that two years later, he negotiated the capitulation of Virginia to the Commonwealth of England, and was satisfied with the terms that were laid out. At this time, he retired from public office, but continued to represent the interests of Virginia in London.

Land holdings

Richard began to acquire many land grants on the peninsula between the York and the Rappahannock River. After peace with the Indians had been concluded and the lands north of the York reopened for settlement in 1649, Richard was issued a patent of 500 acres (2 km²) on May 24, 1651, on land adjacent to “War Captain’s Neck”. That same year he also acquired an additional 500 acres (2 km²) on Poropotank Creek. He sold 150 acres (0.6 km2) of his original grant, the tract on Poropotank Creek. This left 850 acres (3.4 km2) at the original site, to which he later gave the name “Paradise”, and resided from 1653-1656 in the newly created Gloucester County. He became a part owner of a trading ship, whose cargoes brought indentured servants with headrights that Richard used to enlarge his Virginia property. He spent nearly as much of his time from 1652 to his death in 1664, in London, as he did in Virginia. In about 1656 Richard moved the family to Virginia’s Northern Neck, the peninsula formed by the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers. Leaving the “Paradise” tract to overseers, they resettled on a spot acquired from the Wicomico Indians, which consisted of 1,900 acres (8 km2). This new land was termed “Dividing Creek”, near what is today the town of Kilmarnock. This tract in later generations became known as that of “Cobbs Hall”. Early colonial map of Maryland and Virginia (from Ogilby, 1671). The map is oriented with north on the right, reflecting its original purpose as a port-finding chart for ship captains approaching the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay.

He later purchased another 2,600 acres (11 km2) in Northumberland County at Machodoc Creek, which empties into the Potomac River. This tract was patented on October 18, 1657, and repatented the following year on June 5, 1658 as 2,000 acres (8 km²). Upon this tract became what was known in later generations as the estates “Mount Pleasant” and “Lee Hall”. He then acquired 4,000 acres (16 km²) farther up the Potomac, near where the city of Washington, D.C., would rise, in what was then Westmoreland, now Fairfax County. One of these would eventually become the site of Mount Vernon.

Disposing of several lesser properties he had obtained, Lee was able to consolidate and develop four major plantations. He had two in Gloucester County: “War Captain’s Neck” and “Paradise”, and two in Northumberland County: “Dividing Creek” and “Machodoc”. He also acquired a plantation called “Lee’s Purchase”, located across the Potomac in Maryland.

In 1658 Richard acquired a residence at Stratford Langthorne, in the County of Essex, then a pleasant suburb of London, and in 1661 he moved his family there. Essex borders London on the east, and the village of Stratford Langthorne was a resort for persons of means who found London unhealthy. It is located about a mile from Stratford-at-Bow on the north side of the Thames in West Ham Parish, until recently the site of great wharves, docks, and the congestion of east London. He did that so that his younger children would have a proper education, seeing as his oldest two sons, John and Richard II, were already students at Oxford. Nevertheless, he eventually wanted his children to reside in Virginia. Though now a resident of England, he continued in his role as a Virginia planter and merchant. On March 1, 1664, Richard died at "Dividing Creek", Northumberland Co., Virginia, while overseeing his interest in the Colony. As a result, and in accordance to his wishes in his will, his family returned to Virginia.

Richard Lee’s will directed that his property at Stratford in England be sold, and that all but the two oldest sons, who were still finishing school, were to return to America. Richard I left property to each of his eight children. Anne married again before September 24, 1666, Edmund Lister. The date of her death is unknown, although legend has it that she was buried beside Richard near the house at Dividing Creek.

Richard Lee died 24 April 1664 at Cobbs Hall, in Northumberland, Virginia [3]

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Today the different branches of the Lee family are known as: "Cobb's Hall", "Mount Pleasant", "Ditchley", "Lee Hall", “Blenheim”, “Leesylvania”, “Dividing Creek”, and "Stratford". These were the estate names of the descendants of Richard Lee I that are still referred to today when talking of Lee descendancy. An interesting note is that Richard had patented somewhere in the neighborhood of 15,000 acres (61 km²) on both sides of the Potomac, in Maryland and in Virginia. Part of this land later became George Washington’s Mount Vernon. When he divided his estate among his children, he also left them the products of the several plantations including white indentured servants, Negro slaves, livestock, household furnishings, silver, and many other luxuries.

Notable descendants of Richard Lee I include signers of the Declaration of Independence Francis Lightfoot Lee and Richard Henry Lee, Revolutionary War general Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Confederate Civil War generals Robert E. Lee, Richard Taylor, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee and George Washington Custis Lee, President of the United States Zachary Taylor, Chief Justice of the United States Edward Douglass White, Governor of Maryland Thomas Sim Lee.

Col. Richard Lee I, Esq., “the Immigrant” (1618-1664), was a planter, trader, Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia, colonial Secretary of State, and member of the King's Council.

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Richard was born at Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England, which is a county bordering Wales. He emigrated from England in 1639, becoming Clerk of the Quarter Court at Jamestown, within the Secretary of State’s office.

In the year 1640 Richard Henry Lee married at Jamestown Anne Constable (c. 1621-1666) , daughter of Francis Constable and a ward of Sir John Thoroughgood, a personal attendant of Charles I, King of England (1600-1649). She had accompanied the family of Virginia Governor Sir Francis Wyatt (1575-1644), and at the time of her marriage to Richard, she was residing at the Wyatt household in Jamestown. This affiliation soon helped Richard move socially upward within the Colony. In 1643 the new Governor, Sir William Berkeley (1606-1677) appointed Richard Attorney General of the Colony. In addition he served as High Sheriff and was Colonel in the Militia.

Richard was in the fur trading business with the Indians. Because of this, Richard took his bride away from the capital city, and went to live among the Indians beyond the frontier of settlement. His first patent was for land on the north side of the York River at the head of Poropotank Creek, in what was then York, later Gloucester County. He had received the title to this 1,000 acre (4 km²) tract on August 10, 1642 through the headrights of thirty-eight immigrants unable to pay their own passage, who were brought over by Col. Lee in his own ship on his return from Breda in 1650. However, Lee did not take title to this land until 1646, when there is record of his purchasing 100 acres (0.4 km2) at this location. Richard’s first home was on leased land on the same side of the river, at the head of Tindall’s Creek near the Indian community of Capahosic Wicomico. However, on April 18, 1644, hordes of Powhatan Indians massacred the newcomers to the area, led by Chief Opchanacanough. They killed 300, but were driven back by a successful counterattack. As a result the English abandoned the north side of the river.

Richard and his family escaped and settled at New Poquoson on the lower peninsula between the York River and the James River, where it was safer from attack. He was said to have been the first white man to have settled in the northern neck of Virginia. They resided upon this land for the next nine years, which consisted of 90 acres (360,000 m2) and was a comfortable ride from Jamestown.

On August 20, 1646 he took out a patent for 1,250 acres (5 km²) on the Pamunkey River in York, later New Kent County, at the spot “where the foot Company met with the Boats when they went Pamunkey March under ye command of Capt. William Claiborne” during the counteroffensive against the Indians after the massacre of 1644. He did not develop these lands, but exchanged them in 1648 for a tract of the same land along the north side of the York near the present Capahosic, retaining the 400 acres (1.6 km2) he called “War Captain’s Neck” and selling the other 850 acres (3.4 km2).

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Colonel Richard Lee, also known as "the Immigrant" was the founder of the Lee family in Virginia. A member of the Coton branch of the Lees of County Shropshire, England, he immigrated to Virginia circa. 1640, settling first in York County and later in Northumberland County. A tobacco planter, Lee became wealthy and was an important figure in Virginia, being at various times justice, burgess, member of the council, attorney general, and secretary of state.

About Richard Lee BORN: 1613, Nordley Regis, Coton, County Shropshire, England PARENTS: John Lee and Jane Hancock BAPTIZED: March 22, 1617, Worcester, Saint Martin, Worcester MARRIED: Anne Constable Owen, 1641, Jamestown, Virginia CHILDREN: John Lee(1645-1673) Richard Lee(1647-1714) - The Stratford Hall Lees Francis Lee(1648-1714) William Lee(1651-1697) - The Bedford, Virginia Lees Hancock Lee(1653-1709) Elizabeth Lee(1653) Anne Lee(1645-1701) Charles C. Lee(1656-1701)DIED: March 1, 1664, Cobb's Hall, "Dividing Creek", Northumberland County, Virginia

More About Richard Lee

There are many records about Richard Lee, who beside being the emigrant and ancestor to a number of historical figures, he was also a prominent and distinguished colonist. He apparently came to Virginia from England in about 1640. He apparently was settled in York County in about 1642. He became a significant land owner, a member of the House of Burgesses, and a Justice of the court while he lived in York County. He is described a s a planter, and with the title of Colonel. He apparently was fairly wealthy. He traveled back and forth between England and Virginia, and maintained connections in England until his death. He apparently moved to Northumberland County in about 1654, where he died in 1663/64. His estate remained in his family for many years, known as "Cobbs Hall," although that home was not built until about 1720.

An early account of Richard Lee is given in Lees of VA, p. 49, in a passage written by William Lee in 1771

Richard Lee, of a good family in Shropshire (and whose Picture I am told is now at Coton, near Bridgenorth, the seat of Launcelot Lee, Esq.), some time in the Reign of Charles the first, went over to the Colony of Virginia, as Secretary, and one of the King's Privy Council.

He was a man of good Stature, comely visage, and enterprising genius, a sound head, vigorous spirit and generous nature. When he got to Virginia, which was at that time not much cultivated, he was so pleased with the Country that he made large settlements there with the servants he had carried over; after some years, he returned to England, and gave away all the lands he had taken up, and settled at his own expense, to those servants he had fixed on them; some of whose descendants are now possessed of very considerable Estates in that Colony. After staying some Time in England, he returned again to Virginia, with a fresh band of Adventurers, all of whom he settled there.

In 1646, Richard Lee sat on the York bench as a magistrate, with a Dr. Henry Lee, who married Marah Adkins. Richard patented 1,250 acres in York Co., VA in 1648, and named, amongst his head rights, Henry, Matthew, and George Lee, who may have been his relatives. That Richard settled first in York Co., is proven by the grant of 1,000 acres, dated 10 Aug 1642; the patent states that his land was due unto the said Richard Lee by and for his own personal Adventure, his wife Ann, and John Francis and by assignment from Mr. Thomas Hill, Florentine Paine and William Freeman of their right of land due for the transportation of Seaventeene persons.

This land was the plantation, Paradise in his will, and bequeathed to his second son, Richard . This name is frequently applied to subsequent records to this plantation; as on the 22n d of July, 1674, in a patent issued to Major Richard Lee for 1,140 acres in Gloster, called Paradise, on a branch of Poropotank Creek; 1,000 thereof being due to said Richard Lee by two former patents, and the residence now found to be within the bounds. 94 Richard represented York County as Burgess in 1647, and in 1651 Mr. Lee was paid for services as Burgess of Northumberland County. It seems possible that Richard Lee was engaged in commerce as well as agriculture, and that he had an interest in vessels trading between England and Virginia, as had many of the large planters. In his will, he bequeathed to his son, Francis, his interest in two ships, which was 1/8th part in each vessel. He appears to have made frequent voyages to and fro; being in England in 1654-55, again in 1659, and later in 1661 and in 1663.

Richard's first home in Virginia was on the York River, near the head of Poropotank Creek, where he had a store or warehouse. His next home was located on the Dividing Creeks in Northumberland, which afforded a very safe harbor. The main creek is only a mile or two long; then it divides into branches, which makes several small peninsulas or necks as they were formerly called. On two of these necks Richard Lee located his two plantations, where we can find grants for 800 and 600 acres in 1651 and 1656 respectively. Richard was not only Burgess for several counties, but served in several capacities, having been Justice, member of the Council and Secretary of State. He also served on various commissions. While in England in 1663, his wife and children being there also, Richard made his will; the wording of this will indicates that he had given up his intention of settling permanently in England. For he ordered that his estate there should be sold, gave minute directions for the payment of his debts, and closing up of his interests in that country, and made arrangements for the settlement of his children in Virginia. The account of his property given in his will shows him to have been possessed of considerable wealth for that day. If his tobacco crop was actually worth L2000 a year, as Gibbon estimated, and his estate at Stratford-Langton, L800 a year, as stated by William Lee, then Richard Lee must have enjoyed an income larger than most of the early planters.

From Virginia Vital Records, The Grave of Richard Lee, the Emigrant, by Ludwell Lee Montague

"The Grave of Richard Lee, The Emigrant- In March 1664 Colonel Richard Lee, then of London and Stratford Langton in Essex, died at his plantation on Dividing Creek in Northumberland County, Virginia, and was buried in the garden of his home there. As late as 1798 his tombstone was still to be seen at the site. Pursuant to Richard Lee's will, his widow (nee Anne Constable) and younger children returned from England to live at the Dividing Creek plantation, which was eventually inherited by his youngest son, Charles (1656-1701). In the course of time, Anne Constable, Charles Lee, and Charles' wife, Elizabeth Medstrand, were in their turn buried near the grave of Richard Lee. About 1720 Charles Lee II (1684-1734) abandoned the original Lee home in Dividing Creek and built "Cobbs Hall" at a site about a half mile to the east. However, the "Cobbs Hall" family continued to use the burying ground at the original site. Thus Charles Lee II (but not his widow, Elizabeth Pinckard, who remarried and lived and died elsewhere), Charles Lee III (1722-1747), and the latter's two wives, Mary Lee of " Ditchley" and Leeanna Jones of "Hickory Neck, " were also buried there. This Leeanna Jones was herself a great-granddaughter of Richard Lee and granddaughter of Charles Lee I.

In her will, probated in 1761, she ordered the erection of "a proper brick wall round the Burying place of myself, and ancestors on this plantation." In 1923 Cazenove Lee undertook to find the grave of the emigrant Richard Lee. At the "Cobbs Hall" burying ground the only evidence above ground was the tombstone of Susan Lee (1802-1852), the wife of William Harvey. Probing in the vicinity, however, Cazenove Lee discovered the foundations of the wall erected pursuant to the will of Leeanna Lee. (Cazenove Lee, "Locating the Grave of Colonel Richard Lee, " Magazine of the Society of the Lees of Virginia, V, 43-49.) The grave of the emigrant Richard Lee was certainly within that enclosure. In 1956 E. Walter Harvey, Sr. the present master of "Cobbs Hall, " presented the old family burying ground to the Society of the Less of Virginia, which undertook to clear the site, to restore Leeanna Lee's wall, and to erect a suitable marker. This work has now been accomplished. On May 3, 1958, with appropriate ceremony, the site was rededicated to the memory of the first Richard Lee, of Anne Constable, his wife, and of their "Cobbs Hall" descendants buried there."

Richard Lee's Will

In the Name of God, Amen. I, Richard Lee, of Virginia and lately of Stratford Langton, in the county of Essex , Esquire being bound upon a voyage to Virginia afore said, and not knowing how it may please God to dispose of me in so long a voyage, utterly renouncing, disclaiming, disannulling, and revolking[sic] all former wills, either script, nuncupative or parol, and schedules or codicils of wills whatsoever, do make, ordain and declare this my last will and Testament in manner and form following, first: I give and bequeath my soul to that good and gracious God that gave it me and to my Blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ, assuredly trusting in and by his meritorious death and passion to receiving salvation and my body to be disposed of whether by land or sea or according to the opportunity of the place, not doubting but at the last day both body and soul shal[sic] be reunited and glorified. Next, my will and desire is that all my estate aforesaid, both lease land, freeland and copyhold land, and houses be, with all convenient speed that may be, sold for the payment of my debts to John Jeffries Eqs. and what the sale of that shall fall short of, to be made good out of my crops in Virginia, to be consigned to my good friends Mr Thomas Griffith and John Lockey, or one of them in that behalf, and in case the estate of Stratford be not as speedily sold as I desire, that then the best improvement possible may be made from year to year of my said plantation, and my servants labour with such directions and appointments as the said Griffith and Lockey, or one of them, for the better managing and effecting thereof. Also my will and earnest desire is that my good friends will with all convenient speed cause my wife and chldren (all except Francis if he be pleased) to be transported to Virginia, and to provide all necessary for the voyage, and from time to time till my estate be disentangled and free of all my debts, to provide and allow for them, and everyone of them, a competent and convenient maintenance according as the product of the estate will bear, relation being had to the payment of my debts and the annual supply of my several plantations, all of which I absolutely refer to the said Thomas Griffith and John Lockey and after my debts are paid, I give and bequeath my estate as followeth:

To my wife, during her life, I give the plantation whereon I now dwell, ten English servants , five negroes, 3 men and 2 women, 20 sows and corn proportionable to the servants: the said negroes I give to her during her widowhood and no longer, and then presently to return to those of the five youngest children, also the plantation Mocke Nock.

Item. My will and earnest desire is the my household staff at Stratford be divided into three parts, two of which I give to my son John, and bind him to give to every one of his brothers a bed and the other part I give to my wife Anna Lee.

Item. I give all my plate to my three oldest sons, or the survivor of survivors of them, each to have his part delivered to him when he comes to the age of 18 years.

Item. I give to my son John and his heirs forever, when he comes to the age of 18 years, all my land and plantation at Machotick, all of the stock of cattle and hogs thereupon, also 10 negroes, viz., five men and five women, and 10 English servants for their times, all the corn that shall be found there, all tools, household stuff, and utensils thereupon.

Item. To Richard and his heirs forever, when he comes to the age aforesaid, I give my plantation called Paradise, with all my servants thereupon, all my stock of cattle and hogs, all working tools and utensils, and corn that shall be found thereupon to be for the provision of the said servants.

Item. To Francis and his heirs forever, when he comes to the age aforesaid, I give the Papermakers Neck and the War Captains Neck with five negroes, three men and two women, and 10 English servants, and the stock of cattle and hogs, corn, and tools, and utensils upon the said several Necks.

Item. I give and bequeath to the five younger children, viz.: William, Hancock, Betsey, Anne , and Charles, the plantation whereon John Baswell now lives and so all along including Biship's Neck and to the utmost extent of my land towards Brewer's and also 4,000 acres upon Potomac, also the two plantations before bequeathed to my wife, after her death to be divided between them or their survivors or survivor of them, also all the rest of my cattle, hogs, corn, household stuffs, tools, or whatsoever is or shall be found upon the said plantations at the time of my death, all which said estate so bequeathed to my younger children, after my debt s are paid. I desire may be employed upon said plantation for a joint stock to raise portions of the said children against they come of age aforesaid or the females married. The said servants and what other products of their labours whether moendy or whatsoever, to be equally divided between them or their survivors or survivor of them, but the said land only to be divided between the male children.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my eldest son, John, three islands lying in the Bay of Chesapeake, the great new bed that I brought over in the Duke of York, and the furniture thereunto belonging.

Item. My will is that my horses, mares, and colts be equally divided in two parts, one where of to be and belonging to my three eldest children, and the other to my five youngest and shall be sold as they increase toward raising money for their portions, and in case of any of the three eldest children die before they come to the age of 18 years that then his or their portion come to the survivors or survivor of them and in case they all dies that the whole personal estate equally to return to the five youngest children, but the land only to the male children, and if the five younger children die before they come to the age aforesaid, of the females married, then their parts to be divide among the three eldest or survivors or survivor of them.

Item. My will is that my son William Lee have all that land on the Maryland side, where George English is now seated, when he comes to the age aforesaid; also my will is that goods sufficient be set apart for the maintenance of the gangs of each plantation for the space of two years and all the rest of my goods to be sold to the best advantage and the tobacco shipped here to Mr Lockey and Mr Griffith toward the payment of my debts.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Francis after my debts are paid, my whole interest in the ship called Elizabeth and Mary, being one-eigth part also one-eighth part in the ship called The Susan and in case of the death of Francis, I give the same to Charles, and in the case of his death to the two girls Elizabeth and Anne. But in case that by the blessing of Go upon the industry and labour of my people upon the several plantations, my said debts be fully satisfied before the said land at Stratford be sold, nevertheless, I will and entreat my good friends, Mr Griffith and Mr Lockey, on one of them [that] it may be sold to the most and best advantage, and the produce thereof put out at interest, and the interest thereof be employed for and towards the education of John and Richard, equally, to assist the one of his travels for attainment of reasonable perfection in the knowledge of Physic's, the other at the Unveirstity or the inns of Corut which he shall be most fit for, and the principal money to be equally divided between the two daughters when they come to age or be married, and that the said daughters be utterly debarred from all former legacies given to them as foresaid, but in case of their death then the sale and produce of said estate at Stratford to be equally divided between my eldest son, John, and my youngest son Charles. Also I desire and order that my wife, my son John, and all my overseares[sic], that either all or one, shall from time to time keep a correspondence with the said Griffith and Lockey, and order all my affairs in Virginia to the best advantage, as they or one of them shall direct them, and ship all my tobacco and what else shall be raised upon the said plantations to the said Griffith and Lockey f or satisfaction of my debt and advantage of my children and do yearly give them an account of all horses, mares, negroes, goods and all other things according as they shall receive directions and instructions from the said Mr Thomas Griffith and Mr Lockey.

Lastly: For the use aforesaid I make and ordain my everloving friends, Mr Thomas Griffith and Mr Lockey, merchants, John and Richard Lee, my full and sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, but in respect to my son Richard, till he cometh of age, I do absolutely place all management of my will upon the care and trust of first mentioned executors till my said son, Richard Lee, comes to age as aforesaid, hoping the same friendship to mine after my death which they have always done unto me. In witness thereof I have heresoto set my hand and seal this the sixth day of February in the 16th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles II King of Great Britain, & c, & c, and in they year of our Lord 1664.

This will was probated in London, the next year: 1664-5 Richardus Lee. January. Decimo die p robatum fuit Testamentum Richardi Lee nup de Stratford Langton in Com Essexine sed apud Virgi nia in ptibus transmarinus ar defunct hents, &c. Jurament Thomae Griffith et Johis Lockey duo r Execut, & c, guih. & c., de bene & c. Jurat. Reservata ptate Similem Comnem faciend Johi e t Richo Lee alt Execut & c." Johis P C C Probate Act Book fo 3.

Notable descendants of Richard Lee I include signers of the Declaration of Independence Francis Lightfoot Lee and Richard Henry Lee, Revolutionary War general Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Confederate Civil War generals ROBERT E. LEE, Richard Taylor, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee and George Washington Custis Lee, President of the United States Zachary Taylor, Chief Justice of the United States Edward Douglass White, Governor of Maryland Thomas Sim Lee.

Source 1: www.ancestry.com Source 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lee_I

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The Lees of Virginia The Society of the Lees of Virginia is comprised of descendents of Richard Lee, The Emigrant. Richard Lee came to Virginia in 1639 to be Clerk of the Quarter Court at Jamestown.

Richard Lee emigrated from England to Virginia 1639-1640. Records show that he was holding office soon after his arrival. He acquired much land, held many high offices and in 1651 was elevated to the Council, the supreme governing body of Virginia. Not long after his arrival he married Anne Constable, a ward of the Governor, Sir Francis Wyatt.

Richard and Anne Lee raised eight children: John, Richard II, Francis, William, Hancock, Elizabeth, Anne, and Charles.

Richard Lee’s will directed that his property at Stratford, England be sold, and that the proceeds be used to discharge his debts, to complete the education of John and Richard at Oxford, and to provide dowries for his daughters, Elizabeth and Anne. In Virginia, he left the Machodoc plantation to his son John, the Paradise plantation to Richard, "War Captain’s Neck" to Francis, and the Maryland plantation to William. The Dividing Creek plantation he left to his widow for her lifetime and afterwards to be divided among his younger sons, William, Hancock, and Charles.

John Lee died unmarried, in 1673. The Machodoc plantation then passed to his brother Richard, as their father’s heir-at-law.

Hancock was married to Mary Kendall and secondly to Sarah Allerton. He inherited the southern third of the Dividing Creek plantation and became the progenitor of the Ditchley branch of the family.

Charles Lee, the youngest son, married Elizabeth Medstand and inherited the middle third of Dividing Creek plantation, including his parents’ home there. His descendants make up the Cobbs Hall branch of the family.

Richard Lee II married Letitia Corbin. Four of their sons – Richard, Philip, Thomas, and Henry – became, respectively, are the progenitors of the Mount Pleasant, Maryland, Stratford, and Lee Hall branches of the family. Their only daughter, Ann, married William Fitzhugh. She also has many descendants. Richard and Letitia are buried at the Burnt House Cemetery near Hague in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Thomas Lee married Hannah Ludwell and in addition to building Stratford Hall, raised a remarkable family of eleven children. On June 7, 1776, the most famous of this family, Richard Henry Lee rose in the Continental Congress and moved:

"That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." Henry Lee, the youngest son of Richard and Letitia Lee, married Mary Bland and their youngest son, Henry II, as legend has it, won the hand of the "Lowland Beauty", Lucy Grymes away from his friend, George Washington. In any event, they remained close friends throughout their lives. Henry and Lucy Lee made their home at Leesylvania, near Dumfries, Virginia and their descendants are known as the Leesylvania Line of the family.

The eldest son of Henry II and Lucy Lee, Henry III earned the nickname of Light Horse Harry, for his exploits during the Revolutionary War. After his first wife Matilda died, Henry III married Anne Hill Carter. Together they had six children: Algernon Sidney who died at 15 months old, Charles Carter, Anne Kinloch, Sidney Smith, Robert Edward and Catherine Mildred.

Birth: 22 Mar 1616/17: Occup: COLONELl/War: Shropshire, England to Jamestown, Virginia: Death: 1 Mar 1664/65 Jamestown, Virginia, Cobbs Hall, Dividing Creek, VA Burial: Northumberland, VA "Lee Family Home/Cemetery"

Colonel Richard Henry Lee

Born: 1597, Shropshire, England * Wifr: Anne Constable in 1641 in North Cumberland, Virginia * Died: 1 Mar 1665, Jamestown, Virginia, Cobbs Hall, Dividing Creek, VA at age 68 * Buried: Northumberland, VA

Col. Richard Lee I, “the Immigrant” (1617–1664) arrived in Jamestown in 1639 at the age of 22 with very little to his name other than the patronage of an influential man, Sir Francis Wyatt, the 1st Governor of Virginia. Once there he became Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia, Colonial Secretary of State, and member of the King's Council. He became Clerk of the Quarter Court at Jamestown, within the Secretary of State’s office. He was a loyal supporter of King Charles I of England, and his public offices ceased when Oliver Cromwell seized power in England in 1649. In addition he served as High Sheriff and was a Colonel in the Militia. He was also a tobacco planter, trader, owner and trader of slaves, and employer and importer of indentured English servants (who paid for their passage to America with 7 years of labour). At the time of his death he was the largest landholder in the colony (13,000 acres) and perhaps the richest man in Virginia.

Richard Lee was baptised on 22 March 1617 at Worchester the second of 3 sons of John Lee (-1630), a cloth manufacturer, and his wife Jane Hancock (-1639), the daughter of another cloth manufacturer Edward Hancock.[2]

Richard was an orphan by the time he was 21 years of age. His maternal uncle Thomas Hancock, to whom he was ward until his 24th birthday, arranged for him to immigrate to Virginia. Richard emigrated from London in 1639 employed as personal secretary of Sir Francis Wyatt. In 1643 the new Governor, Sir William Berkeley (1606–1677), on the recommendation of Sir Francis Wyatt, appointed Richard as Attorney General of the Colony.[1]

Richard was in the fur trading business with the Indians. Because of this, Richard took his bride away from the capital city, and went to live among the Indians beyond the frontier of settlement. His first patent was for land on the north side of the York River at the head of Poropotank Creek, in what was then York, later Gloucester County. He had received the title to this 1,000 acre (4 km²) tract on August 10, 1642 through the headrights of thirty-eight immigrants unable to pay their own passage, who were brought over by Col. Lee in his own ship on his return from Breda in 1650. However, Lee did not take title to this land until 1646, when there is record of his purchasing 100 acres (0.4 km2) at this location. Richard’s first home was on leased land on the same side of the river, at the head of Tindall’s Creek near the Indian community of Capahosic Wicomico. However,

Notable descendants of Richard Lee I include signers of the Declaration of Independence Francis Lightfoot Lee and Richard Henry Lee, Revolutionary War general Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Confederate Civil War generals Robert E. Lee, Richard Taylor, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, Stephen D. Lee, and George Washington Custis Lee, Richard L. T. Beale, Richard Lucian Page; President of the United States Zachary Taylor, Chief Justice of the United States Edward Douglass White, Governor of Maryland Thomas Sim Lee and US Senator Wilkinson Call.

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Holly Abbott-Parham's 9x Great Grandfather:

Christopher John Smith's Maternal 10x Great Grandfather:

John Lee, Sr (1588 - 1630)

Also Known As: "John Lyes"

Birthdate: circa 1588

Birthplace: of Nordley Regis, Salop, England

Denomination: Anglican (Church of England)

Death: February 23, 1630 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England

Burial: Worcestershire, England

Parents:

Richard Lee of Coton Hall

1563-1621

Elizabeth Bendey

1567-1630

Family

Spouse:

Jane Hancock

Birthdate: 1590

Birthplace: Twining, Gloucestershire , England

Denomination: Anglican (Church of England)

Married: before 1616 (to 1630) [location unknown]

Death: March 26, 1639 in Worcestershire Saint Martin, Worcestershire, England

Burial: Worcester, St Alban's parish, Worcestershire, England

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Edward Hancock and Alice Jeffrys

Children:

1. John Lee, II

2. Colonel Richard "The Immigrant" Lee (1618 - 1664)

3. Edward Lee

4. Henry Lee

About John Lee, Sr

NOTES from Jaqueli Charlene Finney: John Lee or Lyes Clothier, born Abt. 1588 in of, Nordley Regis, Coton Hall, Salop, England; died in Worcester, Worcestershire. He was the son of 4. Richard Lee and 5. Elizabeth BENDEY. He married 3. Jane HANCOCK, born Abt. 1596 in Worcester, St Martin parish, Worcestershire, England. She was the daughter of 6. Edward HANCOCK and 7. Alice JEFFRIES.

More About John Lee or Lyes Clothier: Burial: 23 Feb 1630, St Martin parish, Worcestershire, England Record Change: 09 Jan 2002

JOHN2 LEE (JOHN1) was born 1590 in England, and died 23 Feb 1629/30 in Worchester, Worchestershire, England. He married JANE HANCOCK Bef. 1616, daughter of EDWARD HANCOCK. She was born 1590 in England, and died 24 Feb 1637/38 in Worchester, Worchestershire, England.Notes for JOHN LEE: Source: The book, "Shaping a Nation Stories of the Lees", by Ludwell Lee Montague.In 1988 William Thorndale (National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 76-4, pp 253-267) established, apparently beyond question, the parentage of the emigrant, Col. Richard Lee, which had been sought off and on for more than two hundred years. He had been christened 22 March 1617/8 at St. Martins Parish in the city of Worcester, the son of John Lee (sometimes Lees or Leys) (1590-1629/30), a member of the Clothiers' Company (i.e., manufacturers of woolen cloth) and Jane Hancock, his wife.Subsequently, Thomas Woodcock, Somerset Herald at the College of Arms, was engaged by David Halle (Genealogist of the Society of the Lees of Virginia at the time) to try to find further confirmation of this deduction. Although failing in this, Mr. Woodcock did develop the strong probability that this John Lee (1590-1629/30) was the son of an earlier John Lees (ca.1566-1597), weaver, of Worcester. Mr. Thorndale generously supplied evidence to establish this parentage with certainty, and Dr. Neil Thompson then further confirmed it.Col. Montague's understanding of Col. Richard Lee's English origin was based in part on heraldic considerations, but also in greater part on accepting, as had the Lee Society and the College of Arms for many years, the authenticity of the so-called "Cobbs Hall Bible record," now long known to have been a 1920's fabrication. His remarks about Col. Richard Lee's English origin and connection with a John Lee of London must now be disregarded in view of these more recent discoveries.

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About Sir John Lee of Coton Hall

Sir John Lee of Coton Hall was born in 1530 at Coton, Nordley Regis, in the parish of Alveley, Shropshire, England. He died in June, 1605 and was buried on June 13, 1605 at Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. He married Joyce (Jocosa) Romney, the only daughter of John Romney, Gentleman. They had eight sons. His pedigree was certified in the Visitation of 1584.

When working with the Lees of Coton Hall and the Lees of Virginia, be sure to check sources and dates. This is a confusing family with often repeated names. Many people want to be descended from this family and have created fanciful genealogies to "prove" a relationship that does not exist. When in doubt, ask a Curator for help.

For additional information, see:

• • The Magna Charta sureties, 1215: the barons named in the Magna Charta, 1215

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_family

  • Lee, Edmund Jennings (editor), Lee of Virginia, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland. reprinted 1983, ISBN 0-8063-0604-1

  • Lee, Casenove, Lee Chronicle, New York University Press, 1957.

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/04/08/history_lee_house_feature.shtml

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rgibson/Lee/Documents/Emma_Lee_Bettis_Manuscript.html

U.S. President Zachary "Old Rough & Ready" Taylor is a descendant.

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• • A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (1894) Vol. 2

• https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera02inburk

• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhera02inburk#page/1165/mode/1up

  • Pg.1165

  • HUMPHREY LEE, Esq. of Coton, m. Katharine, dau. of John Blount, of Eye, and was s. by his son,

• JOHN LEE, Esq. of King's Nordley, m. Jocosa (Joyce), dau. of John Rmney, and had issue, I. THOMAS; II. William; III. Edward; IV. Gilbert; V. Jasper; VI. Richard, sometimes thought to have been ancestor of Gen. R. E. Lee, late Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Confederacy, of whose descent from a Richard Lee of this family there is evidence at Queen's Coll., Oxford, the Heralds' College, and in America; VII. Ferdinand; VIII. Joseph. Mr. John Lee d. 1605, and was buried at Chesham, Bucks. The eldest son,

  • THOMAS LEE, Esq. of Coton, in King's Nordley, m. Dorothy, dau. of Richard Oteley, of Pitchford, Shropshire, and had issue, ....

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Parents:

Sir Thomas Lee, of Coton

1470-1526

Johanna Morton

1484-1526

Family

Spouse:

Katherine Blount

Birthdate: circa 1506

Birthplace: Yeo, Hereford, England

Denomination: Roman Catholic / Anglican (Church of England)

Married: 1529 in Nordley Regis, Shrophire, England

Death: August 20, 1591 in Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England

Place of Burial: Shropshire, England

Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Blount and Elizabeth Yeo

Children:

1. Sir John Lee of Coton Hall (1530 - 1605)

2. Franciscus Lee

3. Thomas Leigh, of Oswestry

About Sir Humphrey Lee, of Coton Hall

LEE Family Lineage according to Burke's Peerage:

The Lee Family of Stanton, Roden and afterwards of Langley and Coton Hall, Shropshire, is stated in Burke's Baronetcies to be ONE of the oldest in England. Eyton's treating of Reyner de la Lee about 1195 gives also an unbroken descent through the Stantons, of Stanton Hineheath from 1086 to 1173-4. Begins with HUGO DE LEGA, 1100, whose son; Reginald de la Lee is identified with the above. He was Sheriff in 1201 and one of the knights known as REINER DE LEGA at the assizes October 1203. He received a grant of land from William, son of William FitzAlan and according to the pedigree had a son; Sir John de la Lee, but evidence produced by Eyton and Sir William Hardy, late Keeper of the Records in the Duchy of Lancaster, shows that Reyner's son was really,… Sir Thomas de la Lee, given as his grandson in the pedigree. He married Petronilla, daughter of Sir Thomas Corbet, Sheriff, in time of King Henry 3rd of England (king from 1266-1272}. Sir Thomas de la Lee had THREE sons:

a. Sir John de la Lee;

b. Reyner or Reginaldde la Lee, to whom he gave the V. of Lee, Pevenhull 7c, and

c. Thomas de laLee, this latter married Petronilla de Stanton and had a SON: SIR JOHN DE LA LEE, (stated as being a nephew of a Sir John de la Lee of Stanton, & Roden), married Matilda de Erdington and had (with a daughter, Matilda), two (2) sons:

(a) Sir John de la Lee, succeeded by his son John, (immediately below) and

(b) Thomas de la Lee of Okehurst.

Sir John de Lee, who is shown by Eyton to have been succeeded by HIS son, Sir John de Lee, who was succeeded by HIS son, Sir Robert de Lee * of Roden (b. 1392). Robert Lee (b. 1392) married Petronilla, a daughter of Roger Lee of Pimhill, by his wife, Joan, daughter of and heir of Edward Burnell of Aston Burnell, and Langley and was succeeded by HIS son: Sir Ralph de Lee of Lee Hall, Langley Aston, Burnell, 1447. He married first Isabella, and second Isabella, a daughter of James Ridley, and died December 14, 1479. Sir Ralph was succeeded by HIS son: Sir Richard de Lee of Langley and married Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir Fulke Sprenchose and had five sons and two daughters. He was succeeded by HIS 2 sons: Sir Fulke Lee** of Langley; married Alice, daughter of Sir Richard Cromwell, and secondly Elizabeth, daughter of John Leighton. He was succeeded by HIS son ** [Thomas was Fulke's brother, not his son, Burke is in error here] and heir: Sir Thomas Lee of Langley and he married Jane, daughter of Sir Robert Morton and had five sons and seven daughters. He, Sir Richard Lee, died in 1591 and was succeeded by HIS oldest son: Sir Richard Lee of Langley, who married Eleanor, daughter of Walter Wrottesley and had four sons and six daughters.

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Return, please, to (b) THOMAS DE LA LEE of Okehurst. Records of the second visitation make him the father of: Roger Lee, who had a son; Roger Lee who married Margaret, sister and heiress of Thomas Astley of Nordley, whose descent is given by Eyton from the time of King Henry First of England (b. 1068-1135) king from 1100-1135, the youngest and only "ENGLISH-BORN SON OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR according to tradition, at Selby, Yorkshire. The first visitation shows that Roger Lee, Margaret's husband, was of the Second House, and it is probable that he was a son, and not a grandson, to THOMAS LEE OF OKEHURST, who died about 1419 and was succeeded by HIS son: John Lee. *Robert Lee (b. 1392) was another son. Robert Lee (b. 1392) married Petronilla, a daughter of Roger Lee of Pimhill, by his wife, Joan, daughter of and heir of Edward Burnell of Aston Burnell, and Langley and was succeeded by HIS son:

Father Sir Thomas Lee II, Esq. c.. 1465 - March 16, 1526 Mother Johanna Morton c. 1482 - c. 1526

22 Catherine Blount 1516 - 1591 b: 1516 in YEO, SALOP, ENGLAND d: 1591 in Croton Hall, Manor of Nordley Regis Aveley, Shropshire, England

................ +Humphrey Lee 1506 - 1588 b: 1506 in Coton Hall, Manor of Kings, Nordley, England d: December 06, 1588 in Alveley, England

Children

* ........... 23 John Lee 1530 - 1605 b: 1530 in Coton Hall, NORDLEY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND d: June 13, 1605 in Chesham County, Buckingham

* ................. +Jocosa Romney 1535 - 1608 b: 1535 in Worchester, Lusky County, NORDLEY, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND d: December 01, 1608 in Alveley Parish, England

Links

http://www.familee.net/history/alfred_tree.html

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• Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland

• Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland

  • Pg. 250

  • 34. JOHN BLOUNT of Yeo, co. Salop, and co. Hereford, proof of age of his elder brother 1478; m. Elizabeth Yeo, dau. of John Yeo of Yeo, co. Hereford.

    • 35. KATHERINE BLOUNT, bur. Alveley 20 Aug 1591; m. Humphrey Lee of Coton Hall, Nordley Regis, co. Salop, b. 1506, d. 6 Dec. 1588, Inq.p.m. 12 Mar. 1589. (Visit. Shropshire (1623): 51-52).

  • Note: Gen. 36 through 38, in previous editions, has been proven to be in error. See Neil Thompson, "Lees of Northumberland and Worcester," NGSQ 90 (2002): 213-217).

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Holly Abbott-Parham's 13x Great Grandfather:

Christopher John Smith's Maternal 14x Great Grandfather:

Children:

1. Radolphus de Lee, of Roden and Langley (1442 - 1479)

About Robert Lee, of Roden

From the Lee Chronicles by Casanove Gardner Lee, Jr., pub. 1957, New York University Press, NY, NY; on page 10:

"In 1385 Roger Lee of Roden and Stanton married Margaret Astley of Coton and Nordley Regis. About the same time, another Roger Lee, of Pimhill and Lea Hall, married Johanna Burnell of Acton Burnell and Langley. Their daughter Petronilla's marriage to Robert Lee, eldest son of the above Roger Lee and Margaret Astley, united all these estates except that of Coton and Nordley Regis, which went to Robert's younger brother, John."

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Sir Fulk III FitzWarin, Marcher Lord of Whittington and Alveston (1163 - 1258)

Also Known As: "Fulk FitzWarin III", "Robin Hood / Fulke", "Fouke", "FitzWaryn", "FitzWarren", "Fitz Warine", "Fouke le Fitz Waryn", "alias Fulke", "Fulke", "FitzWarren and Fitz Warine, (Legend of Robin Hood is based on his life)"

Birthdate: between circa 1160 and 1165

Birthplace: Whittington Castle, Shropshire, England

Death: 1258 in Whittington, Shropshire, England

Cause of death: Blindness

Place of Burial: Alberbury Priory

Occupation: Marcher lord, seated at Whittington Castle, Shropshire, England, Knight

Parents:

Fulk II "Brunin" FitzWarin, Lord of Whittington and Alveston

1138-1197

Hawise de Dinan

1147-1226

Family 1

Spouse:

Maud le Vavasour, Baroness le Botiller

Also Known As: "Maude", "Maid Marion", "le Vavasor", "Matilda", "Butler", "Botiller", "Maud", "Baroness Butler", "Baroness le Botiller"

Birthdate: June 24, 1176

Birthplace: Edington, Yorkshire, England

Death: 1225 in Hazelwood, Yorkshire, England

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir Robert le Vavasour, Kt., High Sheriff of Lancashire and Julian de Ros

Children:

1. Fulk IV FitzWarin, Lord of Whittington and Alveston

2. Hawise FitzWarin, Lady of Wem

3. Eva FitzWarin

4. Joan Fitz Warine

5. Sir Knight Fulk Glas Fitz Warine, de Layham of Alberbury

Family 2

Spouse:

Eva de Blancminister Warrine

Birthdate: estimated between 1102 and 1140

Death: (Date and location unknown)

Children:

1. Hugo de Lega (1140 - 1182)

Family 3

Spouse:

Clarise Auberville, Baroness FitzWarin

Birthdate: January 8, 1218

Birthplace: Hythe, Kent, England

Death: October 1, 1250 in Oswestry, Shropshire, England

Immediate Family:

Daughter of William d' Auberville and Isabel Bisset

Children:

1. Mable Fitz Warin de Crevequer

About Fulk FitzWarin III

Fulk III FitzWarin (c. 1160–1258) (alias Fulke, Fouke, FitzWaryn, FitzWarren, Fitz Warine, etc., Latinised to Fulco Filius Warini, "Fulk son of Warin") was a powerful marcher lord seated at Whittington Castle in Shropshire in England on the border with Wales, and also at Alveston in Gloucestershire. He rebelled against King John (1199-1216) from 1200 to 1203,[2] mainly over a dispute concerning his familial right to Whittington Castle, and was declared an outlaw. He was the subject of the famous mediaeval legend or "ancestral romance" entitled Fouke le Fitz Waryn, which relates the story of his life as an outlaw and his struggle to regain his patrimony from the king. He founded, between 1221 and 1226, Alberbury Priory in Shropshire which he granted to the Augustinian canons of Lilleshall but later transferred to the Order of Grandmont. His grandson was Fulk V FitzWarin, 1st Baron FitzWarin (1251-1315).[3]

Origins

Fulk III was the son of Fulk II FitzWarin (died 1197) by his wife Hawise le Dinan, a daughter and co-heiress of Josce de Dinan.[4] Fulk II was a marcher lord of Shropshire,[5] the son and heir of Fulk I FitzWarin (d.1170/1) of Whittington and Alveston, who himself was the son of (i.e. in Norman French Fitz, in modern French fils de) the family's earliest known ancestor, thus deemed the family patriarch, "Warin of Metz", from Lorraine.[4]

Earliest ancestry

Warin of Metz the patriarch is however a "shadowy or mythical figure",[4] about whom little is certain. The later mediaeval romance Fouke le Fitz Waryn gives his name as "Warin de Metz". Whatever his true place of origin it is however generally believed that the head of the Warin family came to England during the reign of William the Conqueror (1066-1087). Neither the father nor his sons were during that reign tenants-in-chief, that is to say important vassals or feudal barons, rather their grants of lands were obtained from later kings.[6]

Fulk I (d.1170/1) was rewarded by King Henry II (1154-1189) for his support of his mother Empress Matilda in her civil war with King Stephen (1135-1154) and conferred to him in 1153 the royal manor of Alveston in Gloucestershire and in 1149 the manor of Whadborough in Leicestershire. Fulk II held those properties after the death of his father in 1171.[7]

Career

Land dispute

At some time before 1178 Fulk II (d.1197) married Hawise de Dinan, a wealthy heiress, a daughter and co-heiress of Josce de Dinan, who held Ludlow Castle in the Welsh marches for the Empress Matilda during the civil war between herself and King Stephen.[8] Throughout his lifetime he encountered numerous problems in receiving his patrimony and his other claims to land. These land disputes included estates his father held in-chief from the crown and others which he had held from the Peverel family as overlords.

Other lawsuits concerned Whittington Castle held by the Peverels during the reign of King Stephen. Although he won the right to Whittington in or about 1195, he never received formal legal seisin and it remained in Welsh hands at the time of his death in 1197.[9]

Whittington Castle lies on the English side of Offa's Dyke, which during the Norman era and before was the border between England and Wales. The site was fortified as a castle by William Peverel in 1138, in support of Empress Matilda, the daughter of King Henry I (1100-1135), in her struggle (known as The Anarchy) for the throne against King Stephen (1135-1154), grandson of William the Conqueror. In the late 1140s the lordship of Whittington, like Oswestry and Overton ceased to be part of England and became part of the Kingdom of Powys and a Welsh marcher lordship.[10] In 1165 Henry II granted the castle of Whittington on Roger de Powis, a Welsh leader, to whom he gave funds for its repair in about 1173.[11] Roger de Powis was followed by his son Meurig (or Maurice), who was followed by his son Werennoc. A rival claim was made by Fulk III FitzWarin (c. 1160–1258).[2][12]

Rebellions

Fulk III continued the claim to Whittington made by his father. After his father's death in 1197 Fulk III offered relief of £100 for the inheritance of Whittington. However Maurice of Powis (d.1200), the son of Roger of Powis, who had offered half that amount, on 11 April 1200 was granted Whittington by King John. Again, after Maurice's death in August 1200, King John granted it to Maurice's heirs.[13]

It is not known why King John refused to recognise Fulk's claim to Whittington as his rightful inheritance but by April 1201 Fulk was in open rebellion against the King. He was accompanied by approximately fifty-two followers including his brothers William, Phillip and John, his cousins, and by the family's many tenants and allies in the Marches. [2][12] Fulk's rebellion is not related in detail by chroniclers but was clearly considerable as in the spring of 1201, while King John crossed into Normandy and Poitou to suppress a revolt by the Lusignans,[14] he ordered Hubert de Burgh, with 100 knights, to counter the rebellion of Fulk and William Marsh, a Somersetshire knight who was raiding shipping off the coast of Devon.[15]

In July 1202 Fulk and his men are reported to have taken refuge in Stanley Abbey in Wiltshire. Another man, Gilbert de Duure, is mentioned in records as "...having been an outlaw associated with Fulk Fitz Warin". Yet another, Eustace de Kivilly, was pardoned earlier in 1202 by King John for "being associated with Fulk".[16]

After many years of being an outlaw, on 11 November 1203 Fulk was pardoned together with over thirty of his followers, including his brothers William, Phillip and John and his cousins. In October 1204, on payment of a fine of 200 marks, Fulk at last received "right and inheritance" in Whittington.[17] Whittington Castle thereafter descended in the FitzWarin family, all subsequent holders bearing the first-name Fulk, until the death of Fulk XI FitzWarin, 7th Baron FitzWarin (1405-1420) in 1420.[18]

In 1207 Fulk III was clearly highly regarded by many of the king's barons as evidenced by the identity of men known to have provided surety for Fulk's fine of 1,200 marks to marry the heiress daughter of Robert le Vavasur. The suretors included the Peverels, Alan Basset, William de Braose (d.1230), a de Lacy, William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.[19]

On 9 February 1214, when King John again set sail for Poitou, Fulk was among the barons who accompanied him. He is believed then to have been a vassal of Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Gloucester.[20]

In 1215 Fulk was one of many giving great trouble to the Sheriff of Shropshire. Before 1216 and the accession of the infant King Henry III (1216-1272), John's son, Fulk's manor of Alveston had been seized by the crown and in the following year 1217 all of his other lands in Gloucestershire were likewise seized. By 1218 however Fulk had made peace and his lands were ordered restored by the regents of Henry III.[21]

By 1220 Fulk had regained some favour with the young King Henry III and had been allowed to rebuild and fortify Whittington. In 1223 however it fell to Llywelyn the Great, prince of Wales. Fulk regained it the following year although his disputes with Llywelyn continued and more of Fulk's lands were seized.[22]

By 1228 a truce seems to have been reached between Fulk and Llywelyn following the intervention of the king.[23] Throughout these years Fulk's relations with the King were changeable and seemed to be directly dependent on the state of affairs in Wales. As a marcher lord Fulk's role as a protector of the English border against the Welsh was vital to the English King. He arbitrated several border disputes on behalf of the King and although there were more personal disagreements, there were no more rebellions on the part of Fulk III.[24]

Marriages and progeny

Fulk III FitzWarin married twice:

Firstly, in about 1207, to Maud le Vavasour (d.1226), (alias Matilda), daughter of Robert le Vavasour and widow of the powerful Lancashire baron Theobald Walter.[25] He secured pledges for the marriage from his brother William and from Maud's father, Robert le Vavasour, who was a tenant of the feudal barony of Skipton in Yorkshire.[26][27] Maud died in 1226 and was buried at her husband's foundation Alberbury Priory (alias New Abbey, Alberbury) in Shropshire.[28][29][30] He had the following progeny by Maud le Vavasour:

• • Fulk IV FitzWarin (d.1264)[31]

  • Fulk Glas[31]

  • Hawise FitzWarin, wife of William Pantulf, a Marcher Lord[31]

  • Joan FitzWarin[31]

  • Eva FitzWarin[31]

Fulk married secondly to Clarice de Auberville, daughter and heiress of Robert de Auberville of Iden and Iham, Sussex (a great-grandson of Ranulf de Glanvill) by his wife Clarice de Gestling.[32][33][34] The progeny from this second marriage appears to have been a single surviving daughter:

• • Mabel FitzWarin (−1297), who married 1stly William de Crevequer (no issue), and 2ndly John de Tregoz, Lord Tregoz (d. before 6 Sept 1300), by whom she had two daughters and coheirs, Clarice and Sybil[28][31]

Death & burial

Fulk III lived to a great age and at some time before his death in 1258, he handed over control of much of his responsibilities to his son and heir Fulk IV. In 1252 he made his will in which he stated his wish to be buried at the priory he founded, Alberbury Priory.[35]

Romance of Fouke le Fitz Waryn

After Foulk's death he became the subject the famous "ancestral romance" known as Fouke le Fitz Waryn, which contains a highly embellished account of his life and family history.[36]

The biography of Fulk III survives in a French prose "ancestral romance", extant in a manuscript containing English, French and Latin texts, which is based on a lost verse romance. A 16th-century summary of a Middle English version has also been preserved. The work is part of the Matter of England.[37] The outline of the work is as follows. As a young boy, Fulk was sent to the court of King Henry II (1154-1189), where he grew up with the king's younger son, the future King John (1199-1216). John became his enemy after a childhood quarrel during a game of chess. As an adult, King John retained his animosity toward Fulk whom he stripped of his ancestral holdings. Fulk thereupon took to the woods as an outlaw and lived a life of adventure. The story may in fact have confused aspects of the lives of two FitzWarins, Fulk I (d. 1171) and Fulk II (d. 1197), father and son. The romance of Fulk FitzWarin is noted for its parallels to the legend of Robin Hood.[38]

References

• • Jump up ^ Arms of Fulk V FitzWarin, St George's Roll of Arms, 1285, briantimms.com, St George's Roll, part 1, no. E69

  • ^ Jump up to: a b c Kathryn Bedford, 'Fouke le Fitz Waryn: Outlaw or Chivalric Hero?', British outlaws of literature and history: essays on medieval and early modern figures from Robin Hood to Twm Shon Catty, ed. Alexander L Kaufman (Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co., 2011), p. 97

  • Jump up ^ GEC Complete Peerage, vol.V, p.495, Baron FitzWarin

  • ^ Jump up to: a b c GEC Complete Peerage, vol.V, p.495, note (c)

  • Jump up ^ Sidney Painter, The Reign of King John (Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press 1964) p. 49

  • Jump up ^ Janet Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf, and Fitz Warin Families 1066–1272, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980), p. 34

  • Jump up ^ Janet Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf, and Fitz Warin Families 1066–1272, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980), pp. 34, 35

  • Jump up ^ Louis Branden, The history of Fulk Fitz-Warine (Alexander Moring Ltd., De la more Press London 1905) p. xi

  • Jump up ^ Janet Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf, and Fitz Warin Families 1066–1272, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980), p. 35

  • Jump up ^ P. Brown, P. King, and P. Remfry, 'Whittington Castle: The marcher fortress of the Fitz Warin family', Shropshire Archaeology and History LXXIX (2004), 106–127.

  • Jump up ^ John Northall, Whittington Castle

  • ^ Jump up to: a b Sidney Painter, The Reign of King John (Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press 1964) p. 52

  • Jump up ^ Janet Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf, and Fitz Warin Families 1066–1272, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980), p. 36

  • Jump up ^ Sidney Painter, The Reign of King John (Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press 1964) p. 157

  • Jump up ^ Sidney Painter, The Reign of King John (Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press 1964) pp. 48, 84

  • Jump up ^ Janet Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf, and Fitz Warin Families 1066–1272, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980), p. 38

  • Jump up ^ Louis Branden, The history of Fulk Fitz-Warine (Alexander Moring Ltd., De la more Press London 1905) p. xii]

  • Jump up ^ Sidney Painter, The Reign of King John (Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press 1964) pps. 51–52

  • Jump up ^ Janet Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf, and Fitz Warin Families 1066–1272, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980), p. 39

  • Jump up ^ Sidney Painter, The Reign of King John (Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press 1964) pp. 280, 294.

  • Jump up ^ Janet Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf, and Fitz Warin Families 1066–1272, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980), pp. 41, 43

  • Jump up ^ Janet Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf, and Fitz Warin Families 1066–1272, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980), p. 42

  • Jump up ^ Janet Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf, and Fitz Warin Families 1066–1272, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980), p. 41

  • Jump up ^ Janet Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf, and Fitz Warin Families 1066–1272, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980), pp. 42, 43, 45

  • Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant Extinct or Dormant, ed. Vicary Gibbs, Vol. II (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1912). p. 448

  • Jump up ^ Max Lieberman, The Medieval Marches of Wales: The Creation and perception of a Frontier, 1066 (Cambridge University Press 2010), p 87-97

  • Jump up ^ Emma Cavell, “The Burial of Noblewomen in Thirteenth-Century Shropshire,” Thirteenth Century England XI, eds. Björn Weiler; Janet Burton; Phillipp Schofield & Karen Stöber, Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 2007, p. 174 & note 2.

  • ^ Jump up to: a b Emma Cavell, “The Burial of Noblewomen in Thirteenth-Century Shropshire,” Thirteenth Century England XI, eds. Björn Weiler; Janet Burton; Phillipp Schofield & Karen Stöber, Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 2007, p. 174 & n. 2.

  • Jump up ^ Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms, Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Burke's Peerage/Genealogical Publishing Co., 1883, Reprinted 1985. 1996, p. 213

  • Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant Extinct or Dormant, The Hon. Vicary Gibbs, London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., Volume II Bass to Canning, 1912, p. 448.

  • ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Janet Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf, and Fitz Waren Families, 1066–1272 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1944), p. 37

  • Jump up ^ John P. Ravilious, "CP Correction: Fulk 'III' FitzWarin and His Descendants," 3 May 2003, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com

  • Jump up ^ J. Ravilious, The ancestry of Clarice, wife of Robert de Auberville, 30 Dec 2013, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com .

  • Jump up ^ Douglas Richardson, "C.P. Addition: Clarice de Auberville, wife of Sir Fulk Fitz Warin", 9 Dec 2005, GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com .

  • Jump up ^ Discover Shropshire

  • Jump up ^ Kathryn Bedford, 'Fouke le Fitz Waryn: Outlaw or Chivalric Hero?', British outlaws of literature and history: essays on medieval and early modern figures from Robin Hood to Twm Shon Catty, ed. Alexander L Kaufman (Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co., 2011), pp. 99–99

  • Jump up ^ Boundaries in medieval romance, Neil Cartlidge, DS Brewer, 2008, ISBN 1-84384-155-X, 9781843841555. pp. 29–42

  • Jump up ^ Introduction to Fouke le Fitz Waryn, edited by Stephen Knight and Thomas H. Ohlgren, originally published in Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales, Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, 1997.

Further reading

• • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004, Vol "F", pp. 953–4, FitzWarin family

  • Rock, Catherine A. (2011) "Fouke le Fitz Waryn and King John: Rebellion and Reconciliation". In Alexander L. Kaufman (Ed.), British Outlaws of Literature and History: Essays on Medieval and Early Modern Figures from Robin Hood to Twm Shon Catty. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-5877-1

  • L'Histoire de Foulques FitzWarin, A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant, as Administered in Ireland, John Smith Furlong, 1845

  • Wright, Thomas, (Ed.) The History of Fulk FitzWarin, an Outlawed Baron, in the Reign of King John. Edited from a Manuscript Preserved in the British Museum, with an English Translation and Illustrative Notes, London, 1855, Printed for the Warton Club. pp. 1–183 text, pp. 183–231 notes.

  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulk_FitzWarin

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• • Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 19

  • Fitzwarine, Fulk by Henry Richard Tedder

  • FITZWARINE, FULK, was the name of several persons living in Shropshire in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, some of whose actions are attributed to one individual in the romance of ‘Foulques FitzWarin.’ Fulk Fitzwarine I was the second son of Warin de Metz, and of a daughter of the Peverels, then very powerful in Shropshire and the marches. He was the head of his family in 1156, when Henry II had given him the Gloucestershire manor of Alveston (R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vii. 67), and died 1170–1. He had four sons, of whom the eldest, Fulk II, married Hawise, daughter and coheiress of Joceas of Dinan, and is traditionally stated to have made a claim upon Ludlow, which was never allowed (ib. vii. 69). The Shropshire Pipe Roll of 1177 shows that he had been amerced forty merks by Henry II for forest trespass. About 1180 he successfully disputed the right of Shrewsbury Abbey to the advowson of Alberbury. Ten years later he was fined 100l. for his wife's share of an inheritance (Rot. Pipe, 2 Ric. I, ‘Wilts’), and through her probably acquired an interest in several Wiltshire manors (Testa de Nevill, 1807, p. 150). On 6 Nov. 1194 he was named as attorney for his wife in a suit of mort d'ancestre on account of lands in the same county (Rot. Curiæ Regis, 1835, i. 35, 37); and was fined ten merks to be excused transfretation to Normandy (Rot. Canc. de 3° Joannis, 1833, p. 122). In 1195 he is entered as owing forty merks for the castle of Whittington adjudged to him in the curia regis. The fine remained unliquidated in 1202 (ib. p. 225). He died in 1197. Next year his widow paid thirty merks that she might not be obliged to remarry (Rot. Pipe, 10 Ric. I, ‘Wilts’). Her name constantly appears as a litigant down to 1226 (Testa de Nevill, 1807, p. 128). Fulk had six sons, of whom the eldest, Fulk III, in the year ending Michaelmas 1200, was ‘fined 100l. with King John to have judgment concerning Witinton Castle and its appurtenances as his right, which had been adjudged to him by consideration of the curia regis’ (Eyton, Antiquities, vii. 72). The king was bribed by Meuric de Powis to confirm the latter in the possession of Whittington, whereupon in 1201 Fulk, his brothers, and friends rebelled. The traditional story of the rebellion may be seen in the romance mentioned later. The outlawry was revoked by patent dated from Rouen, 11 Nov. 1203 (Rot. Patent, 1835, i. 36). In the next year John restored Whittington (ib. i. 46). Probably before 1 Oct. 1207 Fulk married Matilda, daughter of Robert le Vavasour, and widow of Theobald Walter. He received several marks of favour from the king (Rot. Litt. Claus. an. 9° et an. 14° Joannis, 1833, i. 92, 126, 129), and was with him in 1212 at Allerton and Durham (Rot. Chart. in turri Lond. asserv. 1837, i. pt. i. 187, 188), and at Bere Regis in 1213 (ib. pp. 193, 199). In 1215 he was making war upon his neighbours, had lost the royal favour, and had been despoiled of fiefs (Rot. Litt. Claus. i. 270). He was one of the malcontent barons who met at Stamford and Brackley in 1215 (Matt. Paris, Chronica, 1874, ii. 585), and was among those specially excommunicated in the bull of Innocent III of 16 Dec. (Rymer, Fœdera, 1816, i. 139). Henry III bestowed some of the lands of the rebellious baron upon his own adherents (Testa de Nevill, pp. 45, 48, 49, 55, 56). The king styles him ‘manifestus inimicus noster’ in 1217 (Rot. Litt. Claus. i. 321). Fulk made his peace in the following year (ib. pp. 352, 376). Some time between 1220 and 1230 he founded Alberbury Priory. In 1221 and 1222 sufficient confidence was not placed in him to be permitted to strengthen Whittington without giving security for loyal behaviour (ib. i. 460, 520). Full seisin was granted to him by writs of 11 July and 9 Oct. 1223 (ib. pp. 554, 565). On 30 June 1245 an assembly of the barons sent him as their representative to order the papal nuncio to quit the country (Matt. Paris, Chronica, iv. 420). His first wife having died he married Clarice de Auberville (Excerpta e Rot. Fin. 1836, ii. 89). He probably died about 1256–1257. The romance states that he was blind during the last seven years of his life. He died before August 1260, and his affairs were managed for some time before his death by his son, Fulk IV, who was drowned at the battle of Lewes in 1264. By the death of an infant in 1420 the elder male line of this family became extinct. Eleven Fulk Fitzwarines in succession bore the same christian name.

  • In the traditional history Fulk I is omitted, and the career of his two successors combined as that of ‘Fouke le Brun,’ the outlaw and popular hero. We are told how he roamed through the country with his four brothers (recalling the ‘Quatre Fils Aimon’), cousins, and friends, and the nimble-witted jongleur, John de Rampayne, seeking forest adventures of the Robin Hood type, spoiling the king, and succouring the poor, and how he was twice compelled to quit England and encounter sea perils from the Orkneys to Barbary. The story is preserved in a single manuscript in French in the British Museum (Reg. 12, c. xii.), first printed privately by Sir T. Duffus Hardy, and then published as 'Histoire de Foulques Fitz-Warin, par Francisque Michel,' Paris, 1840, large 8vo, and with an English translation and notes by Thomas Wright for the Warton Club in 1855. It is included by L. Moland and C. d'Héricault in 'Nouvelles Francises en prose du xive siecle,' Paris, 1858, 12mo. The text and a new translation are given in J. Stevenson's edition of 'Radulphi de Coggeshall Chronicon' (Rolls Series, 1875). The manuscript was transcribed before 1320, and is evidently paraphrased from an earlier record written before the end of the thirteenth century in octosyllabic verses, some of which remain unaltered. An English version in alliterative verse was seen by Leland, who reproduces 'Thinges excerptid owte of an old Englisch boke yn Ryme of the Gestes of Guarine' (Collectanea, 1774, i. 230-7). Pierre de Langtoft of Bridlington (Cottonian MS. Julius A. v.), writing probably before 1320, refers to the romance, and Robert de Brunne, writing about the same period, says :

    • • Thus of dan Waryn in his boke men rede.

  • It is a compilation from family records and traditions first put into shape by 'an Anglo-Norman trouvere in the service of that great and powerful family, and displays an extraordinarily minute knowledge of the topography of the borders of Wales, and more especially of Ludlow and its immediate neighbourhood' (T. Wright's ed. 1855, p. xv). There are historical anachronisms and other inaccuracies. As a story it is full of interest.

  • [Eyton's Antiquities of Shropshire, ii. 2-12, vii. 66-99, xi. 29-42; T. Wright's Sketch of Ludlow Castle, 2nd ed. 1856, and Essays on the Middle Ages, 1846, ii. 147-63 ; Frere's Bibliographe Normand, 1860, ii. 616, 619; Histoire Littéraire de la France, 1877, xxvii. 164-86; Revue Contemporaine, 1858, iii. 308-17; Ward's Cat. of Romances in the British Museum, 1883, i. 501-8. The account of the Fitzwarines by Dugdale (Baronage, 1675, pp. 443, &c.) is full of errors.]

  • From: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fitzwarine,_Fulk_(DNB00)

• https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati19stepuoft#page/223/mode/1up to https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati19stepuoft#page/224/mode/1up

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• Fulk Fitzwarin

• Birth: 1160 Whittington, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England

• Death: unknown Whittington, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England

  • This memorial is dedicated to my ancestor Fulk Fitzwarin.

• He was also called Fulke or Fouke FitzWaryn or FitzWarren.

• Fulk a medieval landed gentleman turned outlaw, from Whittington Castle in the English county of Shropshire. The traditional story of his life survives in a French prose "ancestral romance", extant in a miscellaneous manuscript containing English, French and Latin texts, which is based on a lost verse romance. A 16th century summary of a Middle English version has also been preserved.

  • According to the tale, as a young boy, Fulk was sent to the court of King Henry II, where he grew up with the future King John. John became his enemy after a childhood quarrel. As an adult, Fulk was stripped of his family's holdings, and took to the woods as an outlaw. His wife was Maud le Vavasour. The story may combine aspects of the lives of two Fulk Fitzwarins, father and son, who lived in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Fulk's parents were Fulk"Brunin" FitzWarin and Hawise de Dinan.

• The tale of Fulk Fitzwarin has been noted for its parallels to the Robin Hood legend. It is also similar to that of other medieval outlaws such as Eustace the Monk and Hereward the Wake.

• Another legend of Fulk Fitzwarin, the great grandson of Payne Peveril and one in the line of guardians of the Grail and King Arthur. A story from the 13th century states that the Grail was kept in a private chapel of the castle when Sir Foulke was there. The coat of arms of Fulk FitzWarin is hung above the castle archway.

• Between the years 1221 and 1226 Fulk founded Alberbuty Priory, which he granted to the Augustinian canons of Lilleshall but later transferred it to the Order of Grandmont. In 1252 he made his will which stated his wish to be buried at his foundation of Alberbury Priory.

• descendants of Fulk and Maud

  • Sibyl Tregoz Grandison

  • Catherine Grandison Montagu

  • Benjamin Franklin Dollar

  • Ethel Dollar Brown

  • Louis Brown

  • Family links:

  • Parents:

  • Fulk Fitzwarin (____ - 1197)

  • Hawise de Dinan (____ - 1226)

  • Spouse:

• Maud le Vavasour (1176 - 1226)

  • Sibling:

  • Fulk Fitzwarin (1160 - ____)

  • Eve FitzWarin (1169 - ____)*

  • Burial: Alberbury Priory, Alberbury, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England

  • Find A Grave Memorial# 57359571

  • From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=fitzwarin&GSfn=fulk&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GScntry=5&GSob=n&GRid=57359571&df=all&

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Fulk FitzWarin (also called Fulke or Fouke FitzWaryn or FitzWarren) was a medieval landed gentleman turned outlaw, from Whittington Castle in the English county of Shropshire. The traditional story of his life survives in a French prose "ancestral romance", extant in a miscellaneous manuscript containing English, French and Latin texts, which is based on a lost verse romance. A 16th century summary of a Middle English version has also been preserved.

According to the tale, as a young boy, Fulk was sent to the court of King Henry II, where he grew up with the future King John. John became his enemy after a childhood quarrel. As an adult, Fulk was stripped of his family's holdings, and took to the woods as an outlaw. The story may combine aspects of the lives of two Fulk FitzWarins, father and son, who lived in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. The tale of Fulk FitzWarin has been noted for its parallels to the Robin Hood legend. (See the Introduction to Fouke le Fitz Waryn, edited by Stephen Knight and Thomas H. Ohlgren, originally published in Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales, Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, 1997.) It is also similar to that of other medieval outlaws such as Eustace the Monk and Hereward the Wake.

A modern fictional re-telling of Fitzwarin's story can be found in Elizabeth Chadwick's Lords of the White Castle. The book Shadows and Strongholds tells of the loss of the familial holding of Whittington to the Welsh family of Powys and of the relationship between Brunin Fitzwarin (later, Fulke Le Brun, father of Fulke Fitzwarin) and Hawise de Dinan (later Hawise Fitzwarin, mother to Fulke Fitzwarin). Fulk Fitzwarin II is included in the stained glass window at St Laurences Church Ludlow.

References

• • Fouke le Fitz Waryn, edited by Stephen Knight and Thomas H. Ohlgren, originally published in Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales, Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, 1997.

  • DeGidio, Wanda Ware. Ware Family History Descendants from Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Kings and Queens, and Presidents of the United States. [Philadelphia, Pa.]: Xlibris Corp, 2003. googlebooks Accessed December 8, 2007.

External links

• • Fouke le Fitz Waryn at TEAMS Middle English Texts

  • L'Histoire de Foulques FitzWarin, A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant, as Administered in Ireland, John Smith Furlong, 1845

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Fulk+FitzWarin

Given the 12th and 13th cty references, I would estimate that these are these two.

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Fulk FitzWarin (also called Fulke or Fouke FitzWaryn or FitzWarren) was a medieval landed gentleman turned outlaw, from Whittington Castle in the English county of Shropshire. The traditional story of his life survives in a French prose "ancestral romance", extant in a miscellaneous manuscript containing English, French and Latin texts, which is based on a lost verse romance.

A 16th century summary of a Middle English version has also been preserved.

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May have been the inspiration for Robin Hood; he was a medieval landed gentleman who was forced to become an outlaw in the early 13th century. He rebelled against King John (1199-1216) from 1200 to 1203,mainly over a dispute concerning his familial right to Whittington Castle.

Courtesy; of Find a Grave

Fulk a medieval landed gentleman turned outlaw, from Whittington Castle in the English county of Shropshire. The traditional story of his life survives in a French prose "ancestral romance", extant in a miscellaneous manuscript containing English, French and Latin texts, which is based on a lost verse romance. A 16th century summary of a Middle English version has also been preserved.

According to the tale, as a young boy, Fulk was sent to the court of King Henry II, where he grew up with the future King John. John became his enemy after a childhood quarrel. As an adult, Fulk was stripped of his family's holdings.

This memorial is dedicated to my ancestor Fulk Fitzwarin. He was also called Fulke or Fouke FitzWaryn or FitzWarren. Fulk a medieval landed gentleman turned outlaw, from Whittington Castle in the English county of Shropshire. The traditional story of his life survives in a French prose "ancestral romance", extant in a miscellaneous manuscript containing English, French and Latin texts, which is based on a lost verse romance. A 16th century summary of a Middle English version has also been preserved.

According to the tale, as a young boy, Fulk was sent to the court of King Henry II, where he grew up with the future King John. John became his enemy after a childhood quarrel. As an adult, Fulk was stripped of his family's holdings, and took to the woods as an outlaw. His wife was Maud le Vavasour. The story may combine aspects of the lives of two Fulk Fitz Warins, father and son, who lived in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Fulk's parents were Fulk "Brunin" Fitz Warin and Hawise de Dinan. The tale of Fulk Fitz Warin has been noted for its parallels to the Robin Hood legend. It is also similar to that of other medieval outlaws such as Eustace the Monk and Hereward the Wake.

Another legend of Fulk Fitz Warin, the great grandson of Payne Peveril and one in the line of guardians of the Grail and King Arthur. A story from the 13th century states that the Grail was kept in a private chapel of the castle when Sir Foulke was there. The coat of arms of Fulk Fitz Warin is hung above the castle archway.

Between the years 1221 and 1226 Fulk founded Alberbuty Priory, which he granted to the Augustinian canons of Lilleshall but later transferred it to the Order of Grandmont.

In 1252 he made his will which stated his wish to be buried at his foundation of Alberbury Priory. descendants of Fulk and Maud and took to the woods as an outlaw.

Whittington Castle gatehouse

Whittington Castle - moat and gatehouse Swans

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Holly Abbott-Parham's 25x Great Grandfather:

Christopher John Smith's Maternal 26x Great Grandfather:

Parents:

Unknown Parents

Family

Spouse:

Aimeria Emma de Montgomery

Birthdate: circa 1035

Birthplace: Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Normandy, France

Death: 1084 in England, United Kingdom

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Gilbert de Montgomery and Joseline de Vetulis

Children:

1. Sir Guy Warin "the Bold" de Metz (1079 - 1115)

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Non incautus futuri is a motto meaning "Not Unmindful of the Future". The motto is used on the crest of Washington and Lee University, located in Lexington, Virginia. It is also the motto of the Lee family, along with the name of the Futuri Society at Stratford Hall Plantation in Stratford, Virginia.

Today the different branches of the Lee family are known as: "Cobb's Hall", "Mount Pleasant", "Ditchley", "Lee Hall", “Blenheim”, "Leesylvania", "Dividing Creek", and "Stratford". These were the estate names of the descendants of Richard Lee I that are still referred to today when talking of Lee descendancy. An interesting note is that Lee had patented somewhere in the neighbourhood of 15,000 acres (61 km²) on both sides of the Potomac, in Maryland and in Virginia. Part of this land later became George Washington’s Mount Vernon. When he divided his estate among his children, he also left them the products of the several plantations including white indentured servants, Negro slaves, livestock, household furnishings, silver, and many other luxuries.

See also:

Stratford Hall And The Lees Connected With Its History; Biographical, Genealogical and Historical, by Alexander, Frederick Warren

http://leefamilyarchive.org/reference/books/alexander/index.html

Lee Lineage, Stories & History Beginning with Count Rollo or Rolf the Viking

https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/3737993

Genealogical history of the Lee family of Virginia and Maryland from A.D. 1300 to A.D. 1866

https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhist00mead/genealogicalhist00mead_djvu.txt

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Arms of FitzWarin

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The Lee Connection

Grandma (Lee) Abbott is related to my sisters, Denise & Debra Hendry, who are all related to my mom's Aunt Edna (Lee) McFarland - all thru their Lee ancestry...

Lee Line (Grandma Abbott)

Lee Line (MacHendry)

Lee Line (Aunt Edna McFarland)

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Lee Line (MacHendry)

Lee Line (Aunt Edna McFarland)

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