Hancock Lee^{[1, 2]}

1653 - 1709  (56 years)

• Name	Hancock Lee
  Birth	1653	Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 May 1709	Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I26557	Master
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Colonel Richard Henry Lee,   b. 1617, Nordley Regis, Cotton Hall, Shropshire, England d. 1 Mar 1664, Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Virginia, USA (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Ann Owen Constable,   b. 21 Feb 1622, South Scarle, Nottinghamshire, England d. 6 Oct 1706, Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1641	Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F6789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Kendall,   b. 1661, Newport House, Northampton, Virginia, USA d. 24 Dec 1694, Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia, USA (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	1675	, Northampton, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Hancock Lee,   b. 1677, , Woodford, Kentucky, USA d. 15 Nov 1757, , Woodford, Kentucky, USA (Age 80 years) + 2. Anna Kendall Lee,   b. 5 Jan 1681, Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1754, Hancocks Neck, Northumberland, Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)   3. Richard Lee,   b. 18 Aug 1691, Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia, USA d. 1740, Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia, USA (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F6786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Elizabeth Allerton,   b. 1671, Narrows Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 17 May 1731, Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia, USA (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1696	, , Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Isaac Lee,   b. 1701, , , Virginia, USA d. 1727, Stepney, Middlesex, England (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Sarah Alexander Lee,   b. 1708, Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Lee,   b. 9 Jan 1708, , Northumberland, Virginia, USA d. 11 Aug 1789, , Orange, Virginia, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Hancock Lee,   b. 1709, Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1762, , King George, Virginia, USA (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Elizabeth Lee,   b. 25 May 1709, Wicomoco, Northumberland, Virginia, USA d. Apr 1750, North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1653 - Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1675 - , Northampton, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1696 - , , Virginia, USA Death - 25 May 1709 - Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  WILL OF COLONEL RICHARD LEE, VIRGINIA PATRIARCH WILL OF COLONEL RICHARD LEE OF VIRGINIA, AND LATELY OF STRATFORD LANGTON IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, ESQUIRE: [EXCERPT] Item. I give and bequeath to the five younger children, viz.: William, Hancock, Betsey, Anne, and Charles, the plantation wheron John Baswell now lives . . . including Bishops Neck and to the utmost extent of my land towards Brewer's, and also 4000 acres on the Potomac, also two plantations before bequeathed to my wife, after her death be divided between them . . . also the rest of my cattle, hogs, corn, household stuffs . . . upon said plantations (for the benefit of the listed children) . . . but the said land only to be divided among the male children (Lee, Edmunds 62-63). Item. My will is that my horses, mares, and colts be equally divided in two parts, one whereof to be and belonging to my three eldest children, and the other to my five youngest, and shall be sold as they increase toward raising money for their portions, and in case any of the three eldest children die before they come to the age of 18 years, that then his or their portion come to the survivors or survivor of them, and in case they all died that the whole personal estate equally to return to the five youngest children, but the land only to the male children, and if the five youngest children die before they come to the age aforesaid or the females married, then their parts to be divided among the three eldest or survivors of survivor of them (Lee, Edmunds 62-63). [Ancestry.com / Search / Card Catalog / Lee of Virginia 1642-1692 HANCOCK LEE NOTES Collier, Martin L. EMAIL packet sent 27 Mar 2001, micollier@kreative.net: Hancock Lee, born 1652 in Paradise, now Gloucester County, Virginia; died 25 May 1709 in Hancock's Neck (Ditchley), Dividing Creek, Wicomico Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia. Hancock Lee married (1) Mary Kendall 1675 in Northampton County, Virginia; she was born 1661 in Cherrystone Creek, Northampton County, Virginia; and died 24 Dec 1694 in Hancock's Neck (Ditchley), Dividing Creek, Wicomico Parish, Northumberland County. Mary Kendall was the daughter of William Kendall, a Speaker of the House of Burgess in 1966. Four (4) children listed with marriages. Hancock Lee married (2) Sarah Elizabeth Allerton abt 1696; she was born 1671 in Westmoreland County, Virginia; died 17 May 1731 in Ditchley, Wicomico, Northumberland, Virginia. Sarah was the daughter of Colonel Isaac Allerton.. His daughter by this marriage was a progenitor of President Zachary Taylor (more detail). Four (4) children listed with marriages. Hancock Lee first settled about 1675 in Northampton County where he held office, but returned to Northumberland County in about 1686 and established Ditchley. He was a justice of Northamption in 1677 and Northumberland in 1687; Burgess from Northumberland in 1688. Hancock was appointed "Naval Officer and Collector of Virginia Duties" in Northumberland County on 3 Jun 1699. He was also a vestryman for Wicomico Parish. Several references, two identified-- Miller, Mary Rita. PLACE-NAMES OF THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA NECK OF VIRGINIA. Virginia State Library, Richmond, 1983. Pages 40-49. Salmon, John S. VIRGINIA'S HISTORICAL MARKERS. University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1996. Page 62. Brown, H. Andrew. JOSHUA & JONAS HUNT OF ALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP, HUNTERDON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY AND GREENE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, published by author, Los Angeles, Californa 10 October 1990. GPR page 6102. Birth 1653 NorthumberlandCounty, Virginia. THE "OLD NORTHWEST" QUARTERLY, 1898, Volume I. Columbus, Ohio, published by The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society, 1898. Copy at Iowa State Historical Society, 600 E. Locust, Des Moines, IA 50319. One foldout, about 18 inches. Hancock Lee 1653-09 & Mary Kendall Nav. Officer "Ditchle", Justice 99-02, Speaker Burg. / ! \ ------------------------------------------------------ Richard Lee Elizabeth Lee Hancock Lee 1691-1740 (Zach. Taylor) (Judith Steptoe) Elizabeth Lee 1764 Rich'd Taylor John Lee (Peter Conway) Lettice Lee Sis. Eliz. (Col. Jas. Ball) Zachory Taylor Sarah Lee Pres. United States (Col. Jno. Crittenden) Richard Taylor, Gen. C.S.A. plus Geo. B. C. Sarah A. Taylor (Jeff. Davis) Gen. C.S.A. and Cornelia C. & Dr. Jno.Young Pres. W.C. Young

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=88989101&pid=34 [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S1133] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Book Title: The Brewster Genealogy : 1566-1907 : A record of the descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflo. [S32] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.) (Reliability: 3). Name: Richard Lee [Col. Richard Henry Lee] Gender: Male Birth Place: En Birth Year: 1618 Spouse Name: Anne Constable Spouse Birth Year: 1622 Marriage Year: 1641 Marriage State: Jamestown https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/732005:7836?ssrc=pt&tid=170306898&pid=242323081764