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The Immigrant and His Family

Note: There are many highlighted entries in this and my other documents. They are mostly notes to myself regarding my search for my ancestor John Lee.

1. Richard (Henry) Lee "The Immigrant" (Col.)

b. 22 Mar 1615, Worcestershire, ENG (or Stratford, Langdon Co, Essex, ENG, or in 1613 Nordley Regis, Coton, Shropshire, ENG or 1605 Coton Hall, Shropshire, ENG) (Younger than William, his brother)

d. 1 Mar 1664, Dividing Creek, Northumberland Co, VA

Sailed from Shropshire England in 1640, arrived 1641 in VA with a shipload of indentured servants. Apparently he had purchased the "head rights" on these servants, which allowed him to obtain the land allocated to each new settler as well as some period of time of their indentured service in exchange for the cost of transit. He received 50 acres per head in York Co, VA. Later, he repeated the trip and ended up with 1000 acres in Westmoreland Co, VA, where he founded the Lee Plantations. Estates included what is now Washington, DC and Arlington National Cemetery. Built Paradise in York Co. VA (Gloucester Co, near King and Queen Co.). & Cobb's Hall in Northern Neck, Northumberland Co, VA which was about 40 miles southeast of Stratford in Westmoreland Co, VA. He was Secretary of State for VA in 1649. Identified as a "merchant trading in VA." Before his death he became an important man in the Colonies. owning some 16,000 acres of land, he must have lived in a style almost boranial. Sources: The Last Days of Robert E. Lee, R.E. Lee, a biography, Vol.I, Patsy Ann Lee Pinson, Misc family histories by Nettie S. Clifton, Harpers Ferry, WV.

Sir Richard Lee was Secretary to Sir William Burkeley, first Royal Governor of VA. It is said that he came to VA in the company of the "new governor", Sir Francis Wyatt/Wiatt. Richard was to become the clerk of the Quarter Court in Jamestown. Shortly after he arrived, he married the Governor's Ward, Ann Constable.

He is described by historians as "a man of good stature, comely visage, enterprising genius, sound head, vigorous spirit, and generous nature."

In Northumberland Co, next county to Westmoreland, is the home "Dividing Creek", one of several of Richard and Anne Lee. Cobbs Hall is next door. Served as member of House of Burgesses, and Attorney General

m1. Elizabeth Langston

m2. Ann / Anne / Anna Constable, 1641, Jamestown, VA (or England)

b. 21 Feb 1622, in England (or 1610 South Scarle, Nottingham Co, ENG)

d/o Francis Constable and Alice/Agnes Wendtworth, 6^th child of 15

Ward of Governor Sir Francis Wyatt. Ann came to this country with her family. She was classified as "lady of quality." She was age 18 when she married Richard.

d. 6 Oct 1706 ENG

m1. Richard Owen

m2. Richard Lee

m3. Edmund Lister

In accordance with his will, Richard Lee's family returned to Virginia. His widow lived here at Dividing Creek with her second husband, Edmund Lister, and the younger children. Eventually the youngest, Charles Lee, inherited this place. It was his son, Charles, who abandoned the original Lee home and built the first Cobbs Hall, about 1720. However, the Cobbs Hall family continued to use the only burying ground in the garden of the older home. In 1761 Leeanna Lee caused an enclosing wall to be erected. She was not only the widow of Charles Lee III, but was herself a great-granddaughter of Richard Lee and Anna Constable.

2. Ann / Anne Lee

b. 1655 VA (or 1652-1654, Dodgerter, Northampton, Northumberland, VA)

d. 1701, Westmoreland Co, VA

m1. Edmund Lister

m2. Thomas / Richard (Ewell) Youell

2. Capt. John C. Lee IMPOSSIBLE

b. 8 Aug 1634/1642/1643/1645 Northampton, Northumberland, VA

d. 1673 Westmoreland Co, VA

m. unmarried

He was a physician, educated in Medicine at Oxford. John established himself farther westward from his father on the Potomac in Westmoreland Co.

2. Elizabeth Lee

b 1654, Northampton, Northumberland, VA

m. Leonard Howson

2. Francis Lee

b. 1648, Northampton, Northumberland, VA

d. Nov 1714, London, ENGLAND

Francis was the only son who followed in the footsteps of his father. Beginning with a share in two ships left to him by his father, he established himself in London as a merchant in the VA trade.

m. Tamar / Tamak ......?

d. May 1695

3. Portia Lee ???

3. Ann Lee

b. 1675

m. Henry Watson

b. ca 1672

s/o John Watson of VA

3. Abagail Lee ???

b. 9 Jul 1694

3. Arthur Ferney Lee

b. 1693, Northumberland, VA

m. Elizabeth / Sheron Sherrard

b. 1693

*** The lineage of Arthur I is uncertain. Some say that he's the s/o Francis. Some say he's the s/o Richard Lee and Letitia Corbin. There are even other explanations. Some say there is no Arthur Ferney I, that there is only an Arthur. ***

4. Arthur Ferney/Fernay Lee, Jr.

b. 14 Jan 1718 or 4 Jun 1719, Northumberland, VA

m. Margaret/Elizabeth Haynie/Haynes, 1740, Charleston, SC

b. 1722/1723, Charleston, SC

settled along Lynches Creek, Sumter Co, SC

*** See above. There may be no A.F. II, either, only a Ferney. ***

5. Arthur Ferney / Fernay Lee, III.

b. 1744

Fernay Lee lived in Williamsburg in 1790.

Fernay Lee, found in Prince Frederick Parish, Georgetown District, SC in 1790 Census. The Georgetown District included the present counties of Georgetown, Horrys, Marion, and Williamsburg, and part of the present counties of Florence, Dillon, and Clarendon. It adjoined Darlington Co. Prince Frederick Parish included Williamsburg and part of Florence Co. 3m+16, 1f.

5. William Lee

b. 1746, Williamsburgh, SC,

d. > 1816, MS

Land Grants in Craven Co, SC, 9-26-1772 & 1774

6. possible Sophia Lee

b. ca 1776 SC

d. Pulaski Co, GA

m. William Phelps in SC

b. ca 1773

d. Pulaski Co, GA

moved to Pulaski Co, GA in 1810-14, and remained there the rest of their lives.

7. James Phelps

d. infancy (twin to Henry)

7. William Phelps

7. Henry Phelps

(twin to James)

7. Arthur Phelps

b. 1808 SC

ca 1858, moved to Winn Parish, LA

d. Vernon, Jackson Parish, LA

7. Elijah/Elisha Phelps

7. S. Needham Phelps

7. Caroline Phelps

7. Elizabeth Phelps

7. Polly Phelps

5. Timothy Lee

b. 1748, Williamsburg, SC

m. Elizabeth Murray

Royal Land grant, Craven Co, 1772, 2-11-1773

Royal Land grant ,Craven Co, SC, 100a Oct. 20, 1772

Royal Land grant, Craven Co, SC, 100a, 6-19-1772.

6. James Lee

b. 1819

m. moved to Macon GA in 1830's

5. Sherrard / Sherard / Sherwood / Sharrod Lee

b 1750, Williamsburgh, SC, or VA

d. > 1833, MS

m. Sarah Worde / Ward

b. 1751, Charleston, SC

State grant A.C. Williamsburg, 100 acres. 12-2-1813. Sharrod Lee, found in Prince George Parish, Georgetown District, SC in 1790 Census. The Georgetown District included the present counties of Georgetown, Horrys, Marion, and Williamsburg, and part of the present counties of Florence, Dillon, and Clarendon. It adjoined Darlington Co. Prince George Parish included Horrys, Georgetown, and Marion for the most part. 1m+16, 4m-16, 2f.

6. Tobitha / Tabitha Lee

6. Samuel Lee

b. 25 Dec 1772, Williamsburg, SC

Samuel Lee, found in Prince Frederick Parish, Georgetown District, SC in 1790 Census. The Georgetown District included the present counties of Georgetown, Horrys, Marion, and Williamsburg, and part of the present counties of Florence, Dillon, and Clarendon. It adjoined Darlington Co. Prince Frederick Parish included Williamsburg and part of Florence Co. 2m+16, 1m-16, 2f.

m. Sarah Burns

b. 1773, Williamsburg, SC

7. Elijah Lee

b. 1794, Williamsburg, SC

7. William Lee

b. 1797, Williamsburg, SC

m. Margaret Collins

7. John Riley Lee IMPOSSIBLE

b. 1800 Williamsburg Co, SC

d. 1876 Poplarville, Pearl River Co, MS

m. Arsenith Seale

b. 1810

A John Lee m. Seanith Seals, 20 Jun 1827, Marion Co, MS

7. Elizabeth Lee

b. 1802, Waynesboro, MS

7. Ruben Lee

b. 1803/4, Williamsburg, SC

d. 1880, Hancock Co, MS

m. Nancy Lee

d/o Needham Lee & Francis Miers

8. James Eli Lee

b. 1832, Marion Co, MS

7. Bryant Lee

b. 1803/4 Williamsburg, SC

m1. Belinda Wheeler, 26 May 1828

8. Stephen Lee

b. 1833

8. Everett Lee

b. 1835

8. Ruben Lee

b. 1837

m2. Caroline Carter, 1 Oct 1854, Harrison Co, MS

8. Kaleb Lee

b. 1860-2

8. Jane Lee

b. ca 1852

8. Hansford Lee

b. ca 1854

8. Liberty Lee

b. 1856

8. Nellie Lee

b. 1864

8. Maridary Lee

b.1859

7. Samuel Lee, Jr.

b. ca 1806, Waynesboro, MS

7. Lucy Lee

b. 1809, Waynesboro, MS

7. Eliza Lee

b. 1818, Waynesboro, MS

7. Polly Lee

b. 1819, Waynesboro, MS

7. Hetty Lee

b. ca 1813, Waynesboro, MS

7. Uriah Lee

b. 1816, Waynesboro, MS

m. Elizabeth Collins

7. Robert Lee

b. 1817, Waynesboro, MS

m. Katherine West

5. Needham Lee, Sr.

d. 1820, Williamsburg Co, SC

Needham is shown in the 1790 Census of the Georgetown District of SC as 1m+16, 3m-6, and 3f. He secured from the king a grant of 200 a. on a branch of Lynches River, then Craven Province, later upper Williamsburg Co, SC now probably Florence Co, SC. He and his brother Timothy Lee had grants on Lynches River, which flows into present Sumter Co. to present Lee Co. The Lees lived in area cut off from Darlington Co. & Sumter Co. to form present Lee Co. Needham Lee lived in 1790, as did Samuel Lee and James Lee, in upper Williamsburg Co. on Old Darlington Road. In 1811, Needham Lee lived in or near Effingham (now Florence) just a few miles form James Lee at Darlington. He had State Grants in South Carolina: Georgetown 100 acres, 4-3-1786; Georgetown 100 acres, 1-17-1785, also 100 acres 1-18-1785 & 230 acres 9-4-1814; 300 acres in Marlborough, 12-6-1813 & 277 acres 4-6-1812; 277 acres in Williamsburg, 3-31-1812 & 300 acres 11-4-1813. He had a State Grant in Georgetown, SC of 230 acres 10-1-1804.

6. John F. Lee POSSIBLE

m. Elizabeth ???

6. Needham Lee, Jr.

b. 14 Jul 1780

d. 13 Apr 1843, Franklin Co, MS

m. Frances Miers, ca 1800 SC

b. 13 Apr 1783

d. 1 Feb 1826, Franklin Co, MS

7. John J. Lee IMPOSSIBLE

b. 27 Mar 1803

6. James Lee

b. 12 May 1789 SC

emigrated 1808 to MS

d. ca 1833

m. Jane Fagan ?

m. Rebecca Scott, 1824

b.1796

m1. James Lee