Capt. Henry Lee I (1691–1747) was a prominent
Virginia colonist, planter, soldier, and politician, brother of Governor
Thomas Lee, grandfather of
Revolutionary War hero
Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, and great-grandfather of Confederate general
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Nort ...
.
Early life
He was the son of
Col. Richard Lee II, Esq., "the Scholar" (1647-1715) and
Laetitia Corbin
Laetitia Corbin Lee (August 25, 1657 – October 6, 1706) was an American colonist. She was the daughter of Henry Corbin, one of the most powerful and influential political leaders in the Colony of Virginia. In 1674 she married the politician Ri ...
(ca. 1657-1706). Born at
Machodoc in
Westmoreland County, Lee 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 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.
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.
Family
Lee married Mary Bland (1704-1764), the daughter of Hon.
Richard Bland Sr. (1665-1720) and
Elizabeth Randolph
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(1685-1719).
They had the following children:
# ? Lee (ca. 1723).
# John Lee (1724-1767), who married Mary (Smith) Ball (1725).
#
Richard "Squire" Lee
Richard Lee (1726–1795), known most commonly as ''"Squire"'', was a prominent Virginian colonist, and American politician, who was active in the American Revolutionary War.
Family
He was born at "Lee Hall" in Westmoreland County, Virginia, t ...
(1726-1795), who married Sarah "Sally" Bland Poythress (1768-1828), daughter of Peter Poythress (1715-1785) of "Branchester", and Elizabeth Bland (1733-1792). Sally was the mother of
Willoughby Newton, with her second husband of the same name.
# ? Lee (ca. 1727).
#
Col. 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.
# Laetitia Lee (1730-1788), who married William Ball (ca. 1730).
# Anne Lee (1732), who married William Fitzhugh Sr. (1730).
(According to some sources, Lee had ''four'' children with Mary Bland: John, Richard, Lettice/Letitia, and Henry.
)
References
;General
*Fendall, Douglas Allen. ''The Descendants of Governor Josias Fendall''
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1691 births
1747 deaths
Henry
Virginia colonial people
American planters
People from Westmoreland County, Virginia