Henry Lee I

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Capt. Henry Lee I (1691-1747) of “Lee Hall”, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Henry was the son of Col. Richard Lee II, Esq., "the Scholar" (1647-1715) and Laetitia Corbin (ca. 1657-1706).

Henry was born at “Machodoc”, Westmoreland County, and resided at “Lee Hall” near Hague, in the Parish of Cople, Westmoreland County. All traces of the house have long since disappeared. The land surrounding “Lee Hall” was part of the 2,600 acres of “Machodoc” land patented in 1650 by his grandfather, Col. Richard Lee I, Esq., “the Immigrant” (1618-1664). Henry died between June 13-25, 1747.

Henry was a prominent Virginian colonist, brother of Governor Thomas Lee, and grandfather of Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee. He was a co-leaseholder with his brother Thomas of the family plantation on the Machodoc River, and he owned or leased the area of Lee Hall. When the family plantation was burned down in January 1729, Henry Lee took in his brother's family at Lee Hall while the plantation was rebuilt.

Marriage

Henry married Mary Bland (1704-1764). Mary was born August 21, 1704, and died in 1764. Her will was probated on May 29, 1764 in Westmoreland County.

Mary was the daughter of Hon. Richard Bland, Sr. (1665-1720) and his second wife, Elizabeth Randolph (1685-1719). Richard was born at “Berkeley”, Charles City Co., Virginia, on August 11, 1665. Richard resided at “Westover”, James City Co., Virginia, and Williamsburg, James City Co., Virginia. He died April 6, 1720, and was buried at “Westover”. Elizabeth died January 22, 1719. Richard married first, Mary Swann, daughter of Col. Thomas Swann.

Elizabeth was the daughter of Col. William Randolph I (1650-1711) and Mary Isham (1659-1735), of “Turkey Island”, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico, Virginia.

Children

1. ? Lee (ca. 1723).

2. John Lee (1724-1767), who married Mary (Smith) Ball (1725).

3. Richard Lee "Squire" (1726-1795), who married Sarah "Sally" Bland Poythress (1768-1828), daughter of Peter Poythress (1715-1785) of "Branchester", and Elizabeth Bland (1733-1792). Sally married secondly, Willoughby Newton.

4. ? Lee (ca. 1727).

5. Maj. Gen. Henry Lee II (1730-1787) of "Leesylvania", who married Lucy Grymes (1734-1792) the "Lowland Beauty", daughter of Hon. Charles Grymes (1693-1743) and Frances Jennings.

6. Laetitia Lee (1730-1788), who married William Ball (ca. 1730).

7. Anne Lee (1732), who married William Fitzhugh, Sr. (1730).

Ancestry

Henry I, was the son of Col. Richard Lee II, Esq., “the scholar” (1647-1715) and Laetitia Corbin (ca. 1657-1706).

Laetitia was the daughter of Richard’s neighbor and, Councillor, Hon. Henry Corbin, Sr. (1629-1676) and Alice (Eltonhead) Burnham (ca. 1627-1684).

Richard II, was the son of Col. Richard Lee I, Esq., "the immigrant" (1618-1664) and Anne Constable (ca. 1621-1666).

Anne was the daughter of Thomas Constable and a ward of Sir John Thoroughgood.

[edit] References

• Fendall, Douglas Allen. The Descendants of Governor Josias Fendall (for a detailed list of references click the link).