Hancock Lee (born 1653 - May 25, 1709) was an American colonial politician. He was a member of the

House of Burgesses The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia. With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1642, the General Assembly, which had been established ...

, a Justice of Northampton County, and a naval officer.

Biography

Hancock Lee was born to

Richard Lee I Richard Lee I (1618 – 1 March 1664) (later nicknamed "The Immigrant") was the first member of the Lee family to live in America (although he also considered himself an English gentleman). Poor when he arrived in Virginia in 1639 on a ship ...

, Esq., in 1653. He was justice in Northampton County in 1677, then moved to Northumberland County where he was justice in 1687. He was a burgess in 1688 and 1689. Lee married (first) Mary Kendall, daughter of William Kendall. Secondly, he married Sarah Allerton, daughter of

Isaac Allerton Jr. Col. Isaac Allerton Jr. ( 1627/1630 – December 30, 1702) was planter, military officer, politician and merchant in colonial America. Like his father, he first traded in New England, and after his father's death, in Virginia. There, he served o ...

, Esq. He was the owner of multiple estates, including one named Ditchley in Northumberland, Virginia.

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1653 births 1709 deaths House of Burgesses members {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Hancock