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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

m2. Sutton Byrd, 1837, Franklin Co, MS.

7. Abijah F. Lee

b. 20 Jan 1827, Franklin Co, MS

5. John Lee POSSIBLE

b. 1755 or 1753, Lynches Creek, Sumter Co, SC

d. Sumter Co, SC

m. Rebecca Lee

d/o John Lee IMPOSSIBLE d1768 and Margaret Howard of MD *** conflict ****

5. David Lee, Sr.

b. 1758 or 12 Oct 1753

d. 18 Dec 1821

later of Sumter Co, SC

A Genealogy of a Lee family : Ancestry and Descendants of David Lee, Sr., mainly of Old Williamsburg District - present day Florence Co, SC. Author: Brown, Gerald Douglas. Includes: Family and descendants of Isaac Lee, Sr. (ca. 1789-1840), son of David Lee and his second wife, Elizabeth Crafts, Floyd, Dennis, Coker, McClam, Mellette, Morris, Player and allied families.Copy @ Family History Center, Church of the Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT 929.273 L51br - JSMB

David Lee, Sr., born 12 Oct 1753, died 13 Dec 1821, was the youngest son of Arthur Ferney and Elizabeth Hayne Lee. William Lewis Lee, b. 23 Jan 1811, d. 31 Jan 1879, whose Diary was the basis for the book, “Happy Heritage”, started by Lewis and completed by his Grandaughter, Linnie Lee Cannon, wrote: “My Great Grandfather, Ferney Lee settled on Lynches River and built what was known as Lees Mill. His youngest son, David Lee, my Paternal Grandfather, received this Mill with considerable acerage as his inheritance. We could go by boat or by land to Grandfather Lees Place”. Further on he states: "David Lee, (My Grandfather whom I remember well and very lovingly) was a soldier in Captain Robert Lides Company, Volunteer Militia SC Troops, PeeDee Dist., also member of the first council of Safety of the Revolutionary Party of SC, June-Nov. 1775."

Laban Lee, Brother to Abraham, and his wife Ann, were mentioned as early as the year 1835, as members of Bethel Baptist Church in Motts Township, near Olanta, SC. Then in Sumter District, Later in Clarenden Co, Now in Florence Co. In the minutes of this church (1835-1904) In Nov 1835, A comittee has been appointed to look into the “Difference” between Laban Lee and Wife Ann; and Benjamin Barfield and wife Clarkie. On 11 Mar 1837, the comittee reported the “Difference’ had been settled and the case dismissed. The minutes later indicate that Laban was expelled from the church on 7 Jul 1838.

The “Clarkie” Barfield mentioned in the Church Minutes, is very likely Mary Clark “Clarkie Lee”, daughter of David Lee, Sr., and Elizabeth Crafts Lee. She married Benjamin Barfield. The 1850 Census of Sumter District listed this family living two doors from Margaret L. Lee, (Widow of Isaac Lee, who was a brother to Clarkie Lee) and a short distance from Half Brother, David Lee II. (Source contains information on land transactions by Laban and wife, Ann Lee, in Sumter Dist, SC, 9 Dec 1837 and 1 Jan 1842. The transaction of 9 Dec 1837 was witnessed by a Thomas Lee, not sure of relationship.)

Isaac Lee, Sr. (ca. 1789-1840), son of David Lee and his second wife, Elizabeth Crafts, was born in SC. His death is recorded in the church minutes of Bethel Baptist Church in Motts Twp., near Olanta, SC. He was married to Margaret Leah Rodgers (ca. 1803- aft. 1830), a daughter of John and Margaret Graham Rodgers. They were parents of eight children. Descendants live in SC and elsewhere.

6. Abraham Lee

6. Laban Lee

m. Ann ???

m2. Elizabeth Crafts

6. Mary Clark "Clarkie" Lee

m. Benjamin Barfield

6. Isaac Lee, Sr

b. ca 1789 SC

d. 1840 near Motts Twp, Olanta, SC

m. Margaret Leah Rodgers

b. ca 1803

d. > 1830

d/o John Rodgers and Margaret Graham

7. 7 kids

7. Stephen Connel Lee

b. 1828, Sumter Co, SC

2. William C. Lee / Lea *** NOTE: Some people say that William s/o Richard is not this William ***

b. 1651 VA (or 1650 Northumberland, VA)

d. 1696?? (Will probate 1703 in King and Queen Co, VA)

m1.

m2. Mary

m3. Alice Felton

b: 1650 in Richmond, Co, VA or St. Stephen's Parish, King and Queen Co, VA (widow/daughter of Thomas Felton)

John Bursage sued estate of William Lee for note signed by Lee 17 Nov 1694. The Leas sold land to William Heath of Southwark Parish, Surry, in 1660. The land was part Charles City Co, part Surry Co, originally granted to William in 1654.

3. John Lee IMPOSSIBLE

b. ca 1682 in Surry Co, VA

d. 1731

m. Ann Taylor

4. John Lee IMPOSSIBLE

4. Catherine Lee

b. 1702

m1. George Priddy

m2. Richard Shackleford

4. William Lee

b. 1716

d. 1784

m. Frances White

5. Zachary Lee

5. James lee

5. Henry Lee

5. Barnett "Garnett" Lee

4. Elizabeth Lee

b. 1717

4. James Lee

b. 1711

d. 1792

m. Ann Herndon

3. William Lee

b. 1682

d. 1682

3. Richard Lee

b. ca. 1684 in Surry, Co, VA

3. William Lee

b. 1678 or 1682, Northampton, Northumberland Co, VA

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.).

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"

Elizabeth H. Taylor will: 11 May 1747; Richmond Co; Will Book 5, Page 531; In the name of God Amen, I, Elizabeth Taylor, of North Farnham Parish, being of sound mind and memory, thanks be to God

for it, I do nominate and appoint this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following: I give my soul to God who gave it and my body to be buried as my Executor hereafter named shall think fit. ITEM: It is my wish and desire that all my wearing apparel be equally divided between my two daughters, Dorothy Croucher and Sary Ellate, and my daughter Dorothy to have her choice. ITEM: I give to my great granddaughter Betty Lee, daughter to my grandson Tom Lee, one cow and calf, bed, rug, blanket, and three pairs of sheets, my Prayer Book, one hound, one yew, one lamb, pewter bason, my grate trunk, long iron pot, frying pan, my metal salt seller and looking glass. ITEM: I give to my great grandaughter Ann Lee, daughter of my son William Lee, cow and calf, yew and lamb, pewter bason and my small bag. ITEM: To my great grandaughter Lucy Lee, daughter of Dorothy, one cow and calf, one yew and lamb, and my small pewter bason, and my little trunk. ITEM: To my great grandson Richard Lee, son of Dorothy. ITEM: I give to my grandson William Lee all the rest of my Estate I have not named, and appoint my grandson William Lee my whole and sole Ex. of my Last Will and Testament. In witness hereunto set my hand and fix my seal this 11^th day of May, 1747. s/Elizabeth Taylor

m1. William Lee

m2. Richard Crutcher/Croucher of Essex Co, VA, > 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.

4. William Lee

b. 14 May 1704, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co, VA (Source: Parish Registers of North Farnham Church, Richmond Co., VA and Parish Register of Lunenburg Parish 1783-1800, p. 131-135.) Baptized 14 May 1704, N. Farnham Parish, Richmond Co, VA.

d. 2 Jul 1764, Hampshire Co, VA/WV

This was a poor family, apparently either not related or distantly related to the Lees of Stratford Hall. Barbara Vernon notes that Hannah Lee, of the same generation would have been likely to hire a relative as overseer. This implies that there was a relationship between Hannah Lee and Justice Thomas Barber, for whom William became a plantation overseer in Lunenberg Parish in the 1740's. William was charged with the felony death of a slave, but apparently not convicted. The Richmond Co Criminal Court minutes for May 18, 1743, give an almost verbatim account of testimony concerning the incident. He appears in Richmond Co, VA in the 1740's and 1750's, specifically in the North Farnham Parish. Late in life, he was poverty-stricken and jailed as a debtor. Research done by Dr.Robert Stickley in the 1970's, DAR568969, DAR54156, "VA Calendar of State Papers". Clara Funai of VA published a book "The Weaving" on the Lee family which included all she and Dr. Stickley had found.

m1. Jane ???, ca. 1728, Londonderry, Ireland

b. 1708 Londonderry, Ireland

m2. Ann / Anne ???, 16 Dec 1728, Richmond Co, VA

b. ca 1706, Richmond Co, VA

d. < 1764

5. William Lee (note half-brother of same name)

b. 12 Oct 1729, Derry, Ulster, Ireland

d. Chatham Co, NC

5. Elizabeth / Eliza "Betty" Lee

b. ca 1723

m. Thomas Hanks

A Thomas Hanks is in Michael Cresap's company along with some of the Lees - Richard, Mark, and John.

5. Sarah Lee

b. 1 Jul 1732, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co, VA

m. Thomas Hanks ?????????

per Barbara Vernon and "The Lineage of Lincoln" by Barton. See above notes for Thomas Hanks. Was Elizabeth and Sarah the same person? Did Thomas marry both girls? Several other sources say that Sarah was unmarried.

5. Richard Lee

b. ca 1731 ???, Richmond Co, VA

m. Mary Rose

b. 1725, Stafford Co, VA

d. 1764, St. Mary's Co, MD

A Richard Lee is found along with Mark and John in Michael Cresap's Company in Lord Dunmore's War of 1774.

6. Charles Lee

b. 1745

6. William Lee

b. 1747

6. Thomas Lee

b. 1749

6. Richard Lee

b. 1751

6. John Lee POSSIBLE

b. 1753

6. Elizabeth Lee

b. 1755

5. Nancy Ann "Nanny" Lee

b. 1736 or 1728 Richmond Co, VA

d. > 18 Oct 1807 VA

m. Joseph Hanks, 1758

b. 20 Dec 1725, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co, VA

d. < 19 May 1793, Nelson Co, KY

s/o John Hanks (<21 in 1708, d. c. 1740) & Catherine (m. ca 1714, d. 1779)

Lived in Richmond Co, VA until the spring of 1782, then moved to Hampshire Co, WV (now Mineral Co.) Lived in the Patterson Creek valley. Thomas (son) preceded Joseph there and was there as of 1780. They lived next to William Lee, who later moved to KY. Also nearby was Peter Lee. Joseph, Peter, and William were all found in the 1782 census of Hampshire Co, WV, but no Hanks or Lees are in the 1784 census there. Joseph and Ann Hanks later moved to Nelson Co, KY and bought land there on 28 Feb 1787 (150 acres) from John Lee, possibly the brother of Anne. On 10 Jan 1794 widow Nannie and son Joseph entered into contract selling land to son William Hanks, following which she and Joseph returned to Rockingham, VA, where her family lived (Lees). Joseph returned to Nelson Co, KY.

6. Thomas Hanks

b. 1759, Richmond Co, VA (Source: father's pension application.)

m. 1793, Elizabeth Ryan, Hampshire Co, WV

d. 1834, Logan Co, OH

In September 1780 Thomas Hanks was drafted in Hampshire Co, VA/WV militia. His pension application R4571 tells of his service. The pension of a fellow soldier, Sanford Carter W9377, gives the same information. They marched to Hillsborough, NC, where they joined the Southern Army. They passed through or close to Campbell Co, VA. Here was a Hanks colony: A James Hanks bought land Mar 27-1780, a Thomas was taxed in 1782, and Abraham in 1783. These men - brothers - were cousins of Joseph Hanks.

In Hampshire Co to 1800, then moved to Ross Co, OH in 1800. See pension application 4571.

7. Joseph Hanks

b. ca 1794

m. Mar 30 1814 Margaret Alexander,

War of 1812 - 2 daughters

7. Peter Hanks

b Mar 1 1796

d Jul 19 1883 Jackson Twp, Logan Co, Ohio

m Rachel Hazen, 1800-1869

8. Thomas, Smith, William, Rachel Mariah, Simon, Elizabeth, John P

7. Absalom Hanks

b 1800

d Mar 13-1872 Harmon Twp, Clark Co, Ohio

m Nov 1-1824 Harriet Clymer

8. Elizabeth, Absalom, Mary, Susanna, George Washington, Rebecca Harriet, Joseph

Clymer, Thomas J, William Henry, Sarah Jane, Isaac Turner, Martha, Austin Jerome, Samida, Emily

7. Isaac Hanks

b 1803

m Mar 20-1827 Margaret Rapholse (Raypole)

lived Ross Co, Ohio

7. William Hanks

b. c1805

m. Jun 1-1826 Margaret Thompson

7. Sarah Hanks

m Artemus Cunningham

7. Nancy Hanks

b. 1813

d. Oct 13-1842 Scott Co, IN

full cousin of Nancy Hanks Lincoln

m. 1836, William Henry Ellinger 1810-1894

8. Joseph J 1837-1922, Sarah Jane (Christie) 1839-1925, Mary Elizabeth (Foster) 1841-1883, Nancy Ann (Keith) 1842-1936

6. James Hanks

b. 1761 (no contemporary record; one tradition lists him.)

d. ca 1785 VA

m. ca 1781 Lucy Shipley

d/o Robert Shipley

b. c1761

d. 1825 Mercer Co, KY

m2. Apr 30 1790 Henry Sparrow 1765-1840

Some earlier historians believed that Lucy was the daughter of Joseph and Ann Lee Hanks, but in 1997 after much study and consulting on Lincoln researchers, it was decided that she was probably a Shipley, married James the son of Joseph and Ann.

Information for James Hanks came from Russell I. Poole, a descendant of the Shipleys (on CD ROM). He states that James married Lucy Shipley and after his death, she married Henry Sparrow. Raymond Bell and Chris.Child also believe he married Lucy Shipley .

7. Nancy Hanks

b. 5 Feb 1784 VA

d. 5 Oct 1818, Pigeon Creek, IN; buried there. Died of milk sickness (undulent fever).

m. Thomas Lincoln, 1826

Some historians believe Nancy was the illegitimate child of Lucy Hanks, who later married Thomas Sparrow. When her mother remarried to Henry Sparrow, Nancy went to live with her Aunt Rachel Shipley Berry and uncle Richard Berry .Other historians believe she was the daughter of Joseph Hanks, Jr. (son of Joseph and Ann (Nanny) Lee Hanks. Others believe Nancy was the daughter of Abraham (b.1745 Richmond Co, VA).

8. Abraham Lincoln

6. Charles Hanks

b. ca 1771 MD

m. Christine Hargrave / Hargraves / Hargrove, 1 Feb 1798 in St. Martinville, LA

d/o Benjamin Hargrove "of NC" and Rebecca Elizabeth Gwaltney of VA

b. ca 1784

Charles is in LA for 7 years before marriage (arrived 1791?). Charles is listed in the 1810 Attakapas census as 31010-20010, so he and Christine are both between 26 and 45, and most of their family is very young. Charles came to LA with Peter Lee.

7. Joseph Hanks

b. 12 Apr 1799 (firstborn)

7. Celeste Hanks

b. 27 Feb 1801

7. Jean Hanks

b. 15 Feb 1803

7. Charles Hanks

b. 3 Jul 1805.

7. Thomas Hanks

b. 25 Feb 1807

7. Anne Hanks

b. 15 Mar 1809

d. ca 1872, St. Landry Parish, LA

7. Benjamin Hanks

b. 4 Apr 1811

7. Melanie Hanks

b. 11 Apr 1814.

7. Joseph Alfred Hanks

b. 3 Mar 1816, Lafayette Parish, LA (now Vermillion)

d. ca 1872, St. Martin Parish, St Martinville, LA

7. Hilaire Hanks

b. 7 Mar 1818

7. Martin Hanks

b. 2 Jun 1823

7. Ralph Hanks

b. 2 Jun 1826

Had nine children.

7. Melicaire Hanks

b. 17 May 1827

7. Nathaniel Hanks

b. 8 Nov 1828

m1. Marie N ????

8. son Lizima

b. Aug 1847

m2. Azelia Toups, 25 Sep 1870.

8. son Lizima

b. Apr 1887

6. Nancy Hanks

b. 1784, Hampshire Co, WV (youngest child)

d. 1824 Spencer Co, IN

m. 1801 Levi Hall

7. Dennis Friend Hanks (illegitimate)

b. 1799-1892

m. 1821 Sarah Elizabeth Johnston

7. William Hall

b. 1803

7. Squire Hall

b. 1805

d. 1851

7. Sarah Hall

b. 1807

7. Lydia Hall

b. 1809

7. Alfred Hall

b. 1812

7. Joseph Hall

b. 1814

7. Mahala Hall

b. 1817

7. Letitia Hall

b. 1819

6. Joshua Hanks

b. ca 1763

in service 1787 - ? Madison Co, IL

6. William Hanks

b. 1766

d. ca 1852, Macon Co, IL

m. 12 Sep 1793, Elizabeth Hall

m2. Caleb Hazel

Was the neighbor of Pres. Abe Lincoln in Spencer Co, IN. He was Abe Lincoln's great uncle.

7. Nancy Hanks

b. 13 Jun 1794

d. 12 Feb 1873

m. William Miller or Jacob Robbins

7. James Hanks

b. 23 Jun 1795

d. 1852

m. Rebecca Atherton

7. William Hanks

b. ca 1799

d. 1846

m. Mary Quinn

7. John Hanks

b. 9 Feb 1802

d. 11 Mar 1889

m. Susan Malinda Wilson

John Hanks, whose name will go down in history as an early associate of Abraham Lincoln, was born in Nelson Co, KY, three miles from Bardstown, on the 9th of February, 1802. His father, William Hanks, was a Virginian who came to KY at an early day, and settled on the KY river, in Mercer Co. His mother's name was Elizabeth Hall. The family lived in Hardin and Breckinridge counties, KY, till the subject of this sketch was seven years of age, and then moved to Grayson Co. He first became acquainted with Lincoln in Hardin Co. Mr. Hanks was a first cousin to Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks.

In the year 1822, when he was twenty years old, he went on a visit to Spencer Co, IN. He was there two years, and made his home with the Lincolns, who had removed from KY to that state. Abraham Lincoln was seven years younger than himself, and they worked together for two years, making rails, grubbing land, and performing the other labor required in the development of a farm in a new country. Mr. Hanks bought a piece of land next to the Lincoln farm, which he improved, and then went back to KY. He afterwards made several trips, twelve in all, down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. The only means of disposing of surplus farm products in those days was by floating them, on flatboats, down to New Orleans, where a ready market was found.

In the year 1826 he married Susan Wilson, a native of Grayson Co, KY. In the fall of 1828 he moved to IL, and settled on the farm which he now owns in Hickory Point township, four miles northwest of Decatur. On his way from KY to IL he passed through Spencer Co, IN, and stopped for a while with the Lincoln family, and Thomas Lincoln, Abe's father, told Hanks to write back when he got to IL, and inform them what kind of a country he found, and if it was better than IN the Lincoln family would remove to IL also. Mr. Hanks wrote back, accordingly, soon after he settled in Macon Co, that he liked the country, and considered it superior to that part of IN in which they lived. Consequently, Thomas Lincoln moved with his family to Macon Co, in March, 1830. When he first came to Macon Co, Mr. Hanks had cut enough logs for a house on the Sangamon river, but on account of not being able to get any prairie broke, had settled instead in Hickory Point township. On the arrival of Thomas Lincoln, he told him he might have the logs to build a cabin if he liked the location. The offer was accepted, and young Abe Lincoln hauled the logs together with a yoke of oxen, and a cabin was built near the Sangamon, in Harristown township, in which the Lincoln family lived while they resided in Macon Co.

In the summer of 1830, he went down to help the Lincolns fence a tract of land, and he and Abe cut and split enough rails to fence fifteen acres. From this lot of rails was taken those displayed at the Chicago convention, in 1860. In the spring of 1831, he and Lincoln built a flatboat at Sangamon town, five miles from Springfield. They went there in March, cut the timber, built the boat, and in May floated it out of the Sangamon. At St. Louis, Mr. Hanks left the board to come home and see his family, and left Lincoln and the rest of the crew to navigate it down the Mississippi to New Orleans.

In 1832, Mr. Hanks was in the Black Hawk war, having enlisted in a company commanded by Isaac C. Pugh. He came back to Macon Co, and was engaged in farming till 1850, and then went to CA. He was occupied three years in mining within sixty or seventy miles of Sacramento, and came back in 1853. On the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he volunteered, and enlisted in Co. A., of the 21st IL regiment. This was the regiment as colonel in command of which Gen. U. S. Grant entered the war. Mr. Hanks was fifty-nine years old when he enlisted. He served over two years as wagon master. While Grant had command of his regiment he had charge of his staff team. He served in MO, TN, AR, KY, AL, and MS. Becoming incapacitated from duty by the rheumatism, he was honorably discharged at Winchester, TN, after two years' service. Since the war, Mr. Hanks has been three times to CA and OR, and altogether has seen a considerable portion of this country. He has never held office, nor has cared to occupy any public position. After Lincoln had been elected President he invited him to dinner at Springfield, and offered to do anything in his power for his old comrade, but he declined to accept any office, preferring to remain at home with his family. Before the war he was a Democrat, but always supported Lincoln when he was a candidate for any office, and since the rebellion has been a strong Republican. His wife died in March, 1863. He has had eight children, of whom six are now living. William resides near Monticello, in Piatt Co. James Lewis lives in Lake Co, OR. Jane

married Alexander T. Medlin, and is now dead. John Felix died at the age of twenty-one. Emily is the wife of Elijah Loomis of Hickory Point township. Grayson lives in northwest MO. Mary Ellen married John Manning, and now lives in Humboldt Co, CA, and Levi Hanks, the youngest son, lives near Moawequa.

7. Elizabeth Hanks

m. Jubal Meader or Reason Ray

7. Charles Hanks

b. 7 Mar 1807

d. 1860+

m. Hannah Martin

7. Joseph Hanks

b. ca 1809

m. Sarah Hunter

7. Celia Hanks

b. ca 1811

7. Lucinda Hanks

b. 1813

d. 1890

m Thomas Douglas

7. Andrew Jackson Hanks

b. 15 May 1815

7. Sarah Hanks

m. ??? Brown, 23 Oct 1828

6. Elizabeth "Betty" Hanks

b. 4 Mar 1771

d. 1818, Spencer Co, IN

m. 17 Oct 1796, Thomas Sparrow

d. 1818

no children

6. Mary "Polly" Hanks

b. ca 1773 or 1778

d. ca 1820 or > 1830, IL

m. 10 Dec 1795, Jesse Friend

m1. Mary Hanks

m2. 30 Oct 1821, Mary Scott, Edgar Co, IL

6. Joseph M. Hanks, Jr.

b. 1781

d. 4 Apr 1856, Adams Co, IL

m. 10 Nov 1810, Mary Young

d Jan 24-1872

Note: Some historians believe Joseph, Jr. to be the father of the Nancy Hanks that was the mother of Abe Lincoln.

7. Jacob Vertress Hanks

b. 1812

d. 1894

m. Elizabeth Adams

7. Elizabeth Hanks

b. 1813

d. 1839

m. James Kirkpatrick

b. 26 Sep 1813

7. Susanna Hanks

b. 15 Jan 1816

7. Nancy Hanks

b. 2 Apr 1818

d. 1890

m. William Hosier

7. John Henry Hanks

b. 22 Nov 1822

m. Emma Atkison

7. Joseph Hanks

b. 14 May 1825

m. Martha Bartholomew

7. Mary Ann Hanks

b. 23 Sep 1827

m. William Hall

7. Amaltha Hanks

b. 22 Aug 1830

m. Henry Loper

7. Isabel Hanks

b. 9 Mar 1833

7. Caroline Hanks

b. 1836

m. James Hall