Samuel Lee (March 28, 1756 – March 3, 1805) was a businessman, judge and politician in

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. He represented Northumberland County in the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly from 1795 to 1802. He was born in

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, the son of Doctor Joseph Lee. Lee was educated at

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and became a merchant in Penobscot (later

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). As a loyalist, he settled in Restigouche, New Brunswick in 1784 and acquired land along the

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. Lee became involved in the trade in fish and timber. In 1787, he was named a justice of the peace and, two years later, a judge for the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. Lee was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1802. He died at

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at the age of 48.

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