Laetitia Corbin

Laetitia married Colonel Richard Henry Lee, II in 1674 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. Richard (son of Colonel Richard Henry Lee and Ann Owen Constable) was born on 21 May 1647 in Paradise, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Mar 1714 in Mt Pleasant, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA; was buried in Coles Point, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hon. Richard Lee III
Richard, the oldest surviving son of Richard Lee & Laetitia Corbin, was born in 1678-9, and died in London in 1718. Somewhere about 1710-11 he had gone over to London and settled there as a Virginia merchant in partnership with his maternal uncle, Thomas Corbin. Very little information can be found concerning him. By the kindness of William Blackston Lee, Esq., the few items were copied from the London records: 1719 ............ 1724. On the 16th of November 1724, there was issued a commission to John Crabb, creditor of the late Richard Lee, late of the parish of St. Olave, Hart Street, London, but who died in the parish of St. Anne Westminister in Co.: Midd. Martha Lee, the relict and George, Martha, and Laetitia Lee, minors, children of the deceased, cited but not appearing. On the 5th of November, 1716, "Richard Lee, of London, son of Richard Lee of Couple parish, in Virgina," leased to Reuben Welch, Thomas Lee and Henry Lee, of Essex, the 2,600 acres whereupon his father had lived. "Yielding and paying therefor the yearly rent of one peper corb only on the feast day of the birth of Our Lord God." This lease is mentioned in the will of Thomas Lee. In petition from "Martha Lee, widow of Richard Lee of London," dated the 19th of October, 1720, she mentioned this lease of 1716, and stated her husband was the son of Richard Lee, Sr. & c.; gave her residence in "Goodman's Fields, parish of St. Mary White Chappel, Middlesex," England. William Lee (in 1771) stated that, Richard married an heiress in England by the name of Silk, and by her left one son, George, and two daughters, Lettice and Martha; all of these children went to Virginia and settled. George married a Wormeley, who died leaving one daughter; he then married a Fairfax, nearly related to Lord Fairfax of Yorkshire, and died leaving by his last marriage three sons, that are now minors and are at school in England under the care of Mr. James Russell. Lettuce married a Corbin and her sister a Turberville; their eldest children intermarried, from which.... (did not copy next page).
Richard 3, born in Westmoreland Co. Virginia, moved to London, married Martha Silk of England. All children born in England. After Richard 3 died at 40 years old and Martha about 15 years later, all children moved to Virginia.. Son, George moved in with his Uncle Thomas and later took possession of the home/plantation called Machodoc/Mt. Pleasant in Westmoreland Co. Virginia.
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Richard Lee b. 1679, Leesylvania, Westmoreland Co., VA, d. 1719, London, England, m. Martha Silk, b. 1680 England. Somewhere about 1710-11, Richard had gone over to London and settled there as a Virginia merchant in partnership with his maternal uncle, Thomas Corbin. Very little information can be found concerning him. In 1719, Richard Lee died in the parish of St. Anne within the Liberty of Westminster, intestate. On the 8th of Nov 1711, William Ellins and Edmund Farrington sold to the said Richard Lee all their wares, merchandises &c. Rice Perry of the parish of St. Catherine Creechurch, London, merchant, appointed the said merchandises. Given at London 2nd January 1718-19. On the 16th of November, 1724, there was issued a commission to John Crabb, creditor of the late Richard Lee, late of the parish of St. Olave, Hart Street, London, but who died in the parish of St. Anne Westminster in Co: Midd. Martha Lee, the relict and George, Martha, and Laetitia Lee, minors, children of the deceased, cited but not appearing. On the 5th of November 1716, “Richard Lee, of London, son of Richard Lee of Cople parish, in Virginia,” leased to Reuben Welch, Thomas Lee and Henry Lee, of Essex, the 2,6000 acres whereupon his father had lived. “Yielding and paying therefor the yearly rent of one peper corn only on the feast day of the birth of Our Lord God.” This lease is mentioned in the will of Thomas Lee. In a petition from “Martha Lee, widow of the late Richard Lee, of London,” dated 19th of October, 1720, she mentioned this lease of 1716, and stated that her husband was the son of Richard Lee, Sen’r, &c.; gave her residence in “Goodman’s Fields, parish of St. Mary White Chapel, Middlesex, England.” William Lee (in 1771) stated that, “Richard married an heiress in England by the name of Silk, and had by her left one son, George, and two daughters, Lettice and Martha; all of these children went to Virginia and settled. George married a Wormeley, who died leaving one daughter; he then married a Fairfax, nearly related to Lord Fairfax of Yorkshire, and died leaving by his last marriage three sons, that are now minors and are at school in England under the care of Mr. James Russell. Lettice married a Corbin and her sister a Turberville; their eldest children intermarried, from which union, George Lee Turberville, now at school at Winton College, is the oldest issue.”

His father left him the 2600 acres "in Cople Parish in Westmoreland County, [it] being the land whereon I live." (Westmoreland Co. Deeds & Wills 5, 445ff.).
MARTHA LEE of Goodman's Fields, Whitechapel, Mddx., widow, dated 26 Apr 1725. To my son GEORGE LEE my tenements in Gracechurch Street, London, and in Cople parish, Westmoreland Co., VA. My tenements in Suffolk to my two daughters MARTHA and LETTICE LEE, subject to the payment of L100 to DANIEL WATTS when he is 21 pursuant to the will of my former husband THOMAS MOORE deceased. In case of my children's death, my estate in London is to descend to the children of my late brother JOHN SILK and to my brother ABRAHAM SILK, and my estate in Suffolk to my brother TOBIAS SILK. L10 each to my friend Mr. OLIVER MARTON of the Temple, my brother TOBIAS SILK and WILLIAM WAREHAM, citizen and barber surgeon of London. L25 each to RUTH HILL, widow, and NAOMI HILL her daughter. Residue to the said TOBIAS SILK and WILLIAM WAREHAM who are to be my execs. and guardians of my three children. Wits: JOHN MATHEW, OLIVER MARTON and EDWARD MARTON. Pr. 5 May 1725 by execs. named. (PROB 11/603/114). See NGSQ 63/131. pg.130 - 131.
Register Report for Martha Silk
Generation 1
1. Martha Silk-1. She was born Mar 1683 in St Botolph without Aldgate, London, UK. Will 1725 in Contested by her son George who claimed she was of unsound mind probably because she left her Suffolk property to her daughters. She died Bef. 05 May 1725 in Mansell Street, Goodman's Fields, Whitechapel, London, England.
Notes for Martha Silk: General Notes:
Martha's marriage to her first husband the much older Thomas Moore, Citizen and Distiller of London, seems to have been childless but to have brought her property which must have been attractive to Richard Lee whose business affairs were probably already in trouble at the time of the marriage. Oliver Marton is mentioned in Thomas Moore's will (see below).
After the death of her second husband, Richard Lee, Martha was faced with court action by her husband's former partner and uncle Thomas Corbin. Richard's business affairs were in total disarray, he seems to have died in 1718 and action was taken in July of that year.
In her Will PCC PROB 11/603
Martha Lee left all her property in Gracechurch Street London and in America to her son George and her property in Suffolk to her daughters. In the event of their deaths without issue her London estate was to go to the children of her deceased brother John and the children of her brother Abraham while her brother Tobias was to have the Suffolk estate. Provision was made for the care and education of her children, with Tobias Silk and William Wareham being appointed Trustees and Executors. Her 'very good friend' Oliver Marton, Tobias Silk and William Wareham were all left ten pounds each for mourning and she left five pounds each to Widow Ruth Hill and her daughter for mourning. She also left money to fulfill the wishes of Thomas Moore for a payment to Daniel Watts when he reached the age of twenty one. The Trustees were asked to take the advice of Oliver Marton. Job Mathew, Oliver Marton and ? Marton were the witnesses to the will which received probate on 5 May 1725, having been written on the 26 April 1725.
Thomas Moore is the son of Thomas Moore and Phillipa. He was born on 14 Sep 1647 in Littleton, Middlesex, England. Occupation 1710 in London, England (Citizen and Distiller). He died Mar 1710. Will on 15 Mar 1710 in London, England.
Notes for Thomas Moore: General Notes:
Thomas's family appear to originate to the west of London in what was then the small village of Littleton well away from the city.
Will PCC prob 11/514 Image Reference:274 and 275
This will leaves the bulk of his estate to Martha Silk with various family bequests and two legacies to the children of Daniel Watts, Mariner. Among those to receive a mourning ring is Oliver Marton.
Thomas Moore and Martha Silk. They were married on 12 Nov 1702 in Littleton, Middlesex, England. Marriage License on 12 Nov 1702 in Faculty Office, London, England. They had no children.
Richard Lee is the son of Col Sir Richard Lee and Leatitia Corbin. He was born 1678 in Westmorland, Virginia. Residence 1714 in Savage Gardens, London, England. He died 1718 in ? St Anne, Westminster, Middlesex, UK.
Notes for Richard Lee: General Notes:
Estate in Stutton, Brantham and Taddingstone HB 441/B/34
1710
These documents are held at Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch 1 doc
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Register Report for Martha Silk
Generation 1
Contents:
Copy of lease and release by which John Morley of Halstead (Essex) gent, and Oliver Marton of the Middle Temple, London, purchased 'Buxtons' (186 acres), 'Ingforbyes' (200 acres), 'Pritches' (40 acres), Taddingstone Wood (8 acres), 'Everards' (5 acres), etc, and the advowson of Stutton, from Thomas May of Stutton Hall, formerly of Stoke-by-Nayland, esq, Richard Lee of London, merchant, and John Taylor of London, merchant -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Archives, Kew, England reference: E 134/13Anne/East6
Litigation undertaken in 1714 involved Richard Lee in a dispute relating to a loan for £1000 from a widow called Jane Platt, secured against 58 hogsheads of tobacco. This places him as living at Savage Gardens together with John Adamson who gave a sworn deposition in the case. It may be that Savage Gardens was a business address since he also had a house at Plaistow in East London (not far from Stratford Langthorne) and his wife owned property in Goodmans Fields.
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Richard Lee died intestate and after his death Thomas Corbin pursued a court action relating to a partnership of 1706, which reveals that in about September 1716 Richard Lee, faced with probable or actual bankruptcy and owing money to various people and large amounts of tax on imported tobacco, absconded from his house taking with him the account books of the business and possibly also various bills and goods.
His brother-in-law Tobias Silk testified that he was owed money and also that various of Richard Lee's household goods including beds and chairs had turned up later, from where he did not know, and had been given to Richard's widow Martha. Tobias Silk, his wife and fellow defendant Thomas Muspratt, Tobacconist, all denied knowing whether Richard Lee has absconded deliberately in order to defraud Thomas Corbin and sued for their own legal costs.
John Adamson, the former clerk at the counting house testified that he believed that assignments to James Gilbert Ironmonger and John Salter Linen Draper were made fairly and did not include property owing to Thomas Corbin. His testimony creates the impression of increasing tension arising between Corbin and Richard Lee despite the account books and dealings at the Counting House being open to him, and that eventually Richard Lee refused to see Corbin who was 'very passionate' as a result Adamson agreed to keep Lee's whereabouts secret from Corbin. It seems as if Corbin suggested that a salary increase to £50 a year for Adamson was because he acted on Lee's part and against Corbin. Adamson also claimed that the Paderborne and Hessian linen which Corbin claimed had been stolen from him had in fact been distrained by the Exchequor and sold to cover unpaid tax.
Gilbert and Salter produced detailed statements relating to the assignments made by Richard Lee in his attempt to clear his debts to them and various others.
The general impression is of a business that has got into a complete muddle over unpaid tax, monies owed on goods traded and failing relationships. We do not know the cause of Richard Lee's death, but the stress of all this must have contributed.
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Richard Lee and Martha Silk. Marriage License on 27 Nov 1710 in Vicar General. They were married on 30 Nov 1710 in St Bride Fleet St, London, England. They had 5 children.
i. Richard Lee. He was born Abt. 1711. He died on 04 Dec 1712 in St Botolph, Aldgate, London. Burial on 04 Dec 1712 in St Bottolph Aldgate in a vault[1]. Notes for Richard Lee: General Notes:
This child is not confirmed as being the son of Richard Lee and Martha Silk although it seems highly likely given the dates and location and Martha's association with St Bottolph.
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Register Report for Martha Silk
Generation 1 (con't)
The following information has been extracted from the burial register of St Olave Hart Street 1684-1805 [Guildhall Library Ms 28870]:
December 4 1712
Richard son of Mr Richard Lee Marc.t [merchant] buried at St Bottolph Aldgate in a vault
ii. Martha Lee. She was born on 21 Sep 1712 in St Olave Hart Street, London. She died on 12 Nov 1751 in Hickory Hill, Westmoreland, Virginia.
iii. Laetitia (Lettice) Lee. She was born on 08 Sep 1713 in St Olave Hart Street, London. She died on 15 Jan 1768 in Hickory Hill, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA.
2. iv. George Lee. He was born on 18 Aug 1714 in St Olave Hart Street, London. He married Anne Fairfax. They were married on 16 Dec 1752. He died on 19 Nov 1761 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Virginia.
v. Ann Lee. She was born on 30 Jul 1715 in St Olave Hart Street, London. She died on 12 Nov 1715 in St Olave Hart Street, London.
Generation 2
2. George Lee-2 (Martha Silk-1). He was born on 18 Aug 1714 in St Olave Hart Street, London. He died on 19 Nov 1761 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Virginia.
Judith Wormeley.
George Lee and Judith Wormeley. They were married Bef. 1752. They had 2 children.
i. Richard Lee.
ii. Elizabeth Lee.
Anne Fairfax.
George Lee and Anne Fairfax. They were married on 16 Dec 1752. They had 3 children.
i. George Fairfax Lee. He was born 1754.
ii. Lancelot Lee.
iii. William Lee.
Sources
1 OPR St Olave Hart Street, London.
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Richard Lee, III did NOT have a brother named Richard Henry Lee. Richard Henry Lee, Signer was the son of Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell! I tried to get the information about Richard Henry Lee from another researcher corrected but they declined to do so. Richard Lee, III is NOT Richard Henry Lee either. The signer was the first in the Lee family with the middle name of Henry.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Anne McCarty

Ann married William Fitzhugh, Jr in 1705 in Machodoc, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. William (son of William FitzHugh and Sarah Tucker) was born in 1677 in Eagles Nest, King George, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Jan 1714 in Ravensworth, Fairfax, Virginia, USA; was buried in , King George, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Daniel McCarty on 27 May 1719 in Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Daniel (son of Dennis McCarty, Sr (IMMIGRANT)--no proof and Elizabeth Billington) was born on 10 Mar 1678 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA; died on 4 May 1724 in Cople, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Col Thomas Lightfoot Lee

Thomas married Hannah Harrison Ludwell in May 1722 in Green Springs, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. Hannah was born on 5 Dec 1701 in Green Springs, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Jan 1750 in Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA; was buried in Coles Point, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Lieutenant Colonel Richard Henry Lee I

Henry married Mary Elizabeth Bland in 1723 in , Prince William, Virginia, USA. Mary was born on 21 Aug 1704 in Jordans Point, Prince George, Virginia, USA; died on 29 May 1764 in Lee Hall, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Colonel married Lucy Carter on 28 Jul 1730 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Lucy (daughter of Robert "King" Carter and Elizabeth Landon) was born on 24 Aug 1715 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Feb 1763 in Eagles Nest, Stafford, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Second wife of Maj. George Turberville and the first burial at Hickory Hill, the epitaph on her tomb was published in the Oct 1898 issue of the William & Mary College Quarterly and reads thus: "To the Memory of Lettice TURBERVILE Who Was Born the 15th day of July, 1707, Daughter of Hon. William Fitzhugh Esq., by Ann his Wife Who was the Daughter of the Honr Richd Lee. Those Excellent Natural Endowments Which very Early Discovered themselves Were Carefully Cherished and Improved by her Wise and Virtuous Parents. From A Child She Knew the Scriptures Which Made Her Wise unto Salvation: From Her Infancy She Learned Walh [sic] In the Paths of Virtue. She Was Beautifull But Not Vain: Witty But Not Talkativ: Her Religion was Pure Fervent Cheerful and of the Church of England: Her Virtue Steadfast Easey Natural: Her Mind had that Mixture of Nobeleness and Gentleness As Made Her Lovely in the Eyes of all People. She Was Marryed to Capt. GEORGE TERBERVILLE [sic] May the 16th 1727. the best of Wives Made him the Happiest of Husbnads. She died the 10th of Feb. 1732 Great with Child in 25th Year of Her Age and 6th of her Marryage. Who Can Express the Greif. Soon Did She Compleat Her Perfection, Soon Did She finish Course of Life. Early Was She Exempted From the Miseries of Human Life By God's particuler Grace. Thus Doth He Deal With his Perticuler Favorites. All that was good in Woman Kind A Beauteous Form More Lovely Mind Lies Buryed underNeath this Stone Who Living was Excelled by None."

Lettice married George Richard Turberville, Major on 16 May 1727 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. George (son of John Turberville and Elizabeth "Betsy" Lee) was born in 1694 in Hickory Hill, Hague, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Mar 1742 in Hickory Hill, Hague, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sara married Edwardus (Blumfield) Barradall, Sr on 5 Jan 1735 in Saint Pauls Parish, Stafford, Virginia, USA. Edwardus was born in 1704 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 19 Jun 1743 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Nancy Jane (m. Bauguess) Fitzhugh

Nancy married Richard Bauguess in 1775 in Shelburne Parish, Loudoun, Virginia, USA. Richard was born on 12 Jun 1735 in , Fairfax, Virginia, USA; died in 1821 in Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States Declaration of Independence, which Lee signed. He also served a one-year term as the President of the Continental Congress, and was a United States Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792, serving during part of that time as one of the first Presidents pro tempore.

Lee was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee on January 20, 1732. He was raised Episcopalian and came from a line of military officers, diplomats, and legislators. His father, Thomas Lee, was the governor of Virginia before his death in 1750. Lee spent most of his early life in Stratford, Virginia with his family at Stratford Hall. Here he was tutored and taught in a variety of skills, and witnessed the very beginning of political career as his father sent him around to neighboring planters with the intention for Lee to become associated with neighboring men of like prominence. In 1748, 16, Lee left Virginia for Yorkshire, England, to complete his formal education at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield. Both of his parents died in 1750 and, in 1753, after touring Europe, he returned to Virginia to help his brothers settle the estate his parents had left behind.

In 1757, Lee was appointed justice of the peace in Westmoreland County. In 1758 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he met Patrick Henry. An early advocate of independence, Lee became one of the first to create Committees of Correspondence among the many independence-minded Americans in the various colonies. In 1766, almost ten years before the American Revolutionary War, Lee is credited with having authored the Westmoreland Resolution which was publicly signed by prominent landowners who met at Leedstown, Westmoreland County, Virginia on 27 February 1766. This resolution was signed by four brothers of George Washington as well as Gilbert Campbell.

In August 1774, Lee was chosen as a delegate to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. In Lee's Resolution on the 7th of June 1776 during the Second Continental Congress, Lee put forth the motion to the Continental Congress to declare Independence from Great Britain, which read (in part):

Resolved: That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.

Lee had returned to Virginia by the time Congress voted on and adopted the Declaration of Independence, but he signed the document when he returned to Congress.

Richard Henry Lee was elected the sixth President of Congress under the Articles of Confederation on November 30, 1784, in the French Arms Tavern, Trenton, New Jersey. On January 11, 1785, Congress convened in the old New York City Hall and Lee presided over that Congress until November 23, 1785. Although, he was not paid a salary for his office as president, his household expenses were paid by Congress in the amount of $12,203.13.

Lee's Congress was most active in 1785, passing numerous legislation, including establishing a United States dollar tied to the Spanish dollar as the national currency. His most pressing issue, however, was to settle the states' territorial disputes over the Northwest Territory. Throughout his term, Lee remained steadfast that the release of states’ territorial claims on the Northwest Territory would enable the federal government to fund itself with land sales. He believed that the urgency of this measure was paramount because borrowing more foreign money was no longer prudent, and he abhorred the movement to establish federal taxes. The sale of these vast federal lands, he concluded, was the nation's only hope to pay off the war debt and adequately fund federal government. Debate began on the expansion of the Ordinance of 1784 and Thomas Jefferson’s survey method “hundreds of ten geographical miles square, each mile containing 6086 and 4-10ths of a foot” and “sub-divided into lots of one mile square each, or 850 and 4-10ths of an acre" on April 14.[4 ] On May 3, 1785, William Grayson of Virginia made a motion seconded by James Monroe to change “seven miles square” to “six miles square”, and the current US Survey system was born. Lee wrote to his friend and colleague Samuel Adams:

I hope we shall shortly finish our plan for disposing of the western Lands to discharge the oppressive public debt created by the war & I think that if this source of revenue be rightly managed, that these republics may soon be discharged from that state of oppression and distress that an indebted people must invariably feel.

The states relinquished their right to this "test tract" of land, and the Land Ordinance of 1785 was passed on May 20, 1785.

The federal government, however, lacked the resources to manage the newly surveyed lands because Native Americans refused to relinquish a large percentage of the platted land, and most of the territory remained too dangerous for settlement. This either required troops to eject the Native Americans or capital to purchase their land "fairly", insuring the peaceful sale and settlement. Additionally the small amount of federal land that was not in dispute by the Native Americans was enthusiastically being occupied by western settlers that had no faith in or respect for the Congress as a federal authority. The settlers claimed the land as squatters, and the Congress was unable to muster the capital to magistrates let alone troops to enforce the $1.00 per acre fee required for a clear federal land title. With the states no longer in control of the lands and no federal magistrates or troops to enforce the laws, a tide of western squatters flowed into the Northwest Territory. Lee's plan to fill the federal treasury with the proceeds of land sales failed, but the survey system developed under the Land Ordinance of 1785 is still used today.

Justice of the Peace for Westmoreland County, Virginia (1757)
Virginia House of Burgesses (1758–1775)
Member of the Continental Congress (1774–1779, 1784–1785, 1787)
A Signer of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
Virginia House of Delegates (1777, 1780, 1785)
President of the Continental Congress (November 30, 1784 – November 4, 1785)
United States Senator from Virginia (March 4, 1789 – October 8, 1792)
President pro tempore during the Second Congress (April 18 – October 8, 1792)

Marriages and children
Richard married first on December 5, 1757, Anne Aylett (1738–1768), daughter of William Aylett and Elizabeth Eskridge (1719). Anne died December 12, 1768 at Chantille, Westmoreland Co., Virginia. The couple had six children, four of whom survived infancy:

Elizabeth Virginia Lee (1755), who died in infancy.
Thomas Lee (1758–1805), resided at Park Gate from 1790 to 1805.
Col. Ludwell Lee, Esq. (1760–1836), who married Flora Lee (1771–1795), daughter of Hon. Philip Ludwell Lee, Sr., Esq. (1727–1775) and Elizabeth Steptoe (1743–1789), who married secondly, Philip Richard Fendall I (1734–1805).
Mary Lee (1764–1795).
Hannah Lee (1765–1801), who married Hon. Corbin Washington (1764–1799), son of Col. John Augustine Washington (1736–1787) and Hannah Bushrod (1738–1801).
Marybelle Lee (1768), who died in infancy.

Richard remarried in June or July 1769 to Anne (Gaskins) Pinckard. The couple had seven children, five of whom survived infancy:

Anne Lee (1770–1804), who married Hon. Charles Lee (1758–1815), U.S. Attorney General under John Adams. Charles was the son of Maj. Gen. Henry Lee II (1730–1787) and Lucy Grymes (1734–1792).
Henrietta "Harriotte" Lee (1773–1803), who married Hon. George Richard Lee Turberville (c. 1770), son of Hon. George Richard Turberville, Jr. (1742–1792) and Martha Corbin (1742).
Sarah Caldwell "Sally" Lee (1775–1837), who married Edmund Jennings Lee I (1772–1843), son of Maj. Gen. Henry Lee II (1730–1787) and Lucy Grymes (1734–1792).
Cassius Lee (1779–1850).
Francis Lightfoot Lee II (1782–1850), who married Jane Fitzgerald (died 1816), daughter of Col. John Fitzgerald and Jane Digges. (grandparents of Francis Preston Blair Lee)
? Lee (1784), who died in infancy.
? Lee (1786), who died in infancy.

Richard honored his brother, Francis Lightfoot Lee (another signer of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence), by naming his youngest son after him.

The younger Francis married Jane Fitzgerald on 9 Feb 1810. In 1811 he purchased the estate Sully in Fairfax County, Virginia from his second cousin Richard Bland Lee. Jane died on 25 Jul 1816, shortly after the birth on their fifth child.

Children of Richard Henry Lee's son Francis Lightfoot Lee
Jane Elizabeth Lee (January 1, 1811 – June 25, 1837); married Henry T. Harrison
Samuel Philips Lee (February 13, 1812 – June 5, 1897); Rear Admiral; married Elizabeth Blair, daughter of Francis Preston Blair
John Fitzgerald Lee (May 5, 1813 – June 17, 1840)
Thomas Arthur Lee (February 18, 1815 – August 3, 1841), called Arthur, married in 1841 in Woodford County, Kentucky, to Agatha "Agnes" Alexander, cousin of Elizabeth Blair, his brother Samuel Philips Lee's wife
Frances Ann Lee (June 29, 1816 – December 5, 1889); married Goldsborough Robinson

Richard married Anne Aylett on 3 Dec 1757 in Nomini Church, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. Anne was born in 1738; died on 12 Dec 1768. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Anne Gaskins on 12 Dec 1769 in , , Virginia, USA. Anne was born in 1745 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 10 Jan 1796 in Machodoc, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Rebecca Plater Tayloe on 25 May 1769 in , Richmond, Virginia, USA. Rebecca was born on 17 Jan 1751 in Mount Airy Planation, Richmond, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Jan 1797 in Richard City, Marion, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Lucy Grymes on 1 Dec 1750 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA. Lucy was born on 26 Apr 1734 in Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1792 in Leesylvania, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Benjamin Grymes on 12 Feb 1746 in Saint Pauls Parish, Stafford, Virginia, USA. Benjamin was born on 19 Jan 1724 in Brandon, Middlesex, Virginia, USA; died in 1774 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Anne Bolling Randolph on 2 Apr 1763 in , , Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Peter Randolph and Lucy Bolling) was born on 13 May 1747 in Chatsworth, Henrico, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Aug 1805 in Ravensworth, Fairfax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1801, , , Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1810, , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Henry Lee III (29 January 1756 – 25 March 1818) was an early American patriot who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. During the American Revolution, Lee served as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army and earned the name Light Horse Harry. He was also the father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

Lee was born near Dumfries, Virginia, the son of Henry Lee II (1730–1787) of "Leesylvania" and Lucy Grymes (1734–1792) the "Lowland Beauty." His father was first cousin once removed to Richard Henry Lee, sixth President of the Continental Congress. His mother was an aunt of the wife of Virginia Governor Thomas Nelson Jr. His great-grandmother Mary Bland was a great-aunt of President Thomas Jefferson and he descended once from King John of England, twice from King Edward I of England, once from King Jean de Brienne of Jerusalem, twice from King Edward III of England and once from King Pedro I of Castile.

Lee graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1773, and began pursuing a legal career. With the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he became a Captain in a Virginia dragoon detachment, which was attached to the 1st Continental Light Dragoons. In 1778, Lee was promoted to Major and given the command of a mixed corps of cavalry and infantry known as Lee's Legion, with which he won a great reputation as a leader of light troops. It was during his time as commander of the Legion that Lee earned the sobriquet of "Light Horse Harry" for his horsemanship. Lee was presented a gold medal–a reward given to no other officer below a general's rank– for the Legion's actions during the Battle of Paulus Hook in New Jersey, on 19 August 1779.

Lee was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and was assigned with his Legion to the southern theater of war. Lee's forces served at the Battle of Guilford Court House, the Battle of Camden and the Battle of Eutaw Springs. He was present at Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, but left the Army shortly after due to an illness. During the infamous Whiskey Rebellion, Lee commanded the 13,000 militiamen sent to quash the rebels.

Between 8-13 April 1782, at "Stratford Hall", Lee married his second cousin, Matilda Ludwell Lee (1764-1790), who was known as "The Divine Matilda". Matilda was the daughter of the Hon. Philip Ludwell Lee, Sr., Esq. and Elizabeth Steptoe. Matilda had three children before she died in 1790;
• Philip Lee (1784-1794)
• Lucy Lee (1786-1860)
• Henry Lee IV (28 May 1787 — 30 January 1837), was a historian and author who also served as a speech writer for both John C. Calhoun and presidential candidate Andrew Jackson, also helping the latter to write his inaugural address.

On 13 June 1793, Lee married the wealthy Anne Hill Carter (1773-1829) at Shirley Plantation. Anne was the daughter of Charles Carter, Esq., of Shirley, and his wife Ann Butler Moore. She was also a descendant of King Robert II of Scotland through the 2nd Earls of Crawford. They had six children, the eldest died unnamed in infancy in 1796;
• Unnamed Infant (1796-1796)
• Charles Carter Lee (1798-1871)
• Anne Kinloch Lee (1800-1864)
• Sydney Smith Lee (1802-1869)
• Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807 — 12 October 1870), the fifth child of Henry and Anne, served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
• Mildred Lee (1811-1856)

From 1786 to 1788, Lee was a delegate to the Continental Congress, and in the last-named year in the Virginia convention, he favored the adoption of the United States Constitution. From 1789 to 1791, he served in the General Assembly and, from 1791 to 1794, was Governor of Virginia.
In 1794, Lee accompanied Washington to help the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania. A new county of Virginia was named after him during his governorship. Henry Lee was a major general in the U.S. Army in 1798–1800. From 1799 to 1801, he served in the United States House of Representatives of the Congress. He famously eulogized Washington to a crowd of 4,000 at the first President's funeral on December 26, 1799 —"first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
The Panic of 1796-1797 and bankruptcy of Robert Morris reduced Lee's fortune.

On 27 July 1812, Lee received grave injuries while helping to resist an attack on his friend, Alexander Contee Hanson, editor of the Baltimore newspaper, The Federal Republican. Hanson was attacked by Democratic-Republican mob because his paper opposed the War of 1812. Lee and Hanson and two dozen other Federalists had taken refuge in the offices of the paper. The group surrendered to Baltimore city officials the next day and were jailed. Laborer George Woolslager led a mob that forced its way into the jail and removed and beat the Federalists over the next three hours. One Federalist, James Lingan, died.
Lee suffered extensive internal injuries as well as head and face wounds, and even his speech was affected. Lee later sailed to the West Indies in an effort to recuperate from his injuries. He died on 25 March 1818, at Dungeness, on Cumberland Island, Georgia.
Lee was buried with full military honors provided by an American fleet stationed near St. Marys. In 1913 his remains were removed to the Lee family crypt at Lee Chapel, on the campus of Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.

The Whiskey Rebellion
In the history of Southwestern Pennsylvania there have been many noteworthy personalities, but who are they and what did they do to catch our attention? One of them is Henry Lee III, who was born in Virginia on January 29, 1756 to Maj. Gen. Henry Lee II, and Lucy Grymes. Lee’s family tree includes links to America’s founding fathers and European royalty. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) and when the Revolutionary War began, he was a Captain in a Virginia dragoon detachment. He was next given the rank of Major and the command of a corps of cavalry and infantry called “Lee’s Legion.” For his horsemanship he was known as “Light Horse Harry.” He was made Lt. Colonel and he served in three major southern battles, ending at the British surrender at Yorktown . Lee’s first marriage was to Matilda Ludwell and they had three children. She died in 1790. In 1793 he married Anne Hill Carter and she bore six children, the fifth child being Robert Edward Lee (1807-1878), who became a Confederate general in the Civil War. Lee served in the Continental Congress, where he favored the adoption of the United States Constitution. From 1791 to 1794 he was Governor of Virginia. In July, 1794, only 5 years after the United States Constitution was ratified, President Washington was truly called upon “to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Distraught farmers in Washington County, Pennsylvania organized themselves as rebels to repeal the federal law that they register their stills and pay an excise tax on whiskey. Washington tried to negotiate a peaceful solution, but when the radicals persisted, he would not let their treason, politics or bloodshed splinter the Constitutional unity of the United States. The President proclaimed on September 20 that military action was needed to remove the rebellious leaders. Some 13,000 men from four states quickly responded to his call to arms. By the end of September, the federal army’s march reached Carlisle, and on October 4 Washington joined them there. On October 11, the President went to Cumberland to review the troops coming from Maryland and Virginia . On the nineteenth, all met at Bedford. Here Washington turned the command of the troops over to General “Light Horse Harry ” Henry Lee. Lee, still the Governor of Virginia, was given executive orders “to suppress opposition to the law, by military force and judicial process.” The President then returned to Philadelphia , and the troops marched in two columns toward Parkinson’s Ferry, (Monongahela, in Washington County) which was the epicenter of the farmer’s rebellion. Lee led the southern column and by November 1, they arrived in Uniontown. Gen. John Neville and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton were in this group. Col. Presley Neville was in the northern column. On November 8 Lee issued a proclamation that the troops were there because the people of the United States were determined to uphold the new government they had just constituted. Lee identified to Gen. William Irvine the leaders of the rebellion who were to be arrested, and on November 12, in what has been called “The Terrible Night” several score citizens were arrested. The march of eighteen insurgents to Philadelphia for trial soon followed. Violence was minimal so on November 17, John Neville and others began to reopen their tax offices. Lee ordered most of the troops to return to their own homes. To maintain peace in and around Pittsburgh, Gen. Daniel Morgan was placed in charge of small detachments of troops. On Christmas Day the 20 captured rebels arrived in Philadelphia for their court trial. Lee pardoned many local insurgents on November 29, except David Bradford from Washington County, who had earlier fled to New Orleans. President Washington pardoned those who had been tried in Philadelphia. The Whiskey Rebellion was now over. The excise law was rescinded in 1802 by President Jefferson. After the Whiskey Rebellion, Lee became a member of the United States House of Representatives where he wrote the phrase “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen” in his oration on Washington at the President’s death. In the financial panic of 1796, Lee was reduced to poverty and he was temporarily placed in debtor’s prison. In 1812 Lee was beaten while helping to defend the editor of a Baltimore newspaper from a mob because the paper opposed the War of 1812. Lee suffered internal and head injuries. He went to the West Indies in an attempt to heal the wounds. He died on March 25, 1818 and he is buried in the Lee crypt in the Lee Chapel, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.

References:
The Whiskey Rebellion: Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Frontier People Test the American Constitution,” Jerry A. Clouse, PHMC. 1994 Historical Magazine of Monongahela, 1909 Art sketch: J. Howard Iams “The Terrible Night”

Family of Light-horse Harry Lee
Between April 8 and 13, 1782, at Stratford Hall, Lee married his second cousin, Matilda Ludwell Lee (1764–1790), who was known as "the Divine Matilda". She was the daughter of Philip Ludwell Lee, Sr., and Elizabeth Steptoe. Matilda had three children before she died in 1790:

Philip Ludwell Lee (1784–1794)
Lucy Grymes Lee (1786–1860)
Henry Lee IV (May 28, 1787 – January 30, 1837), was a historian and author who also served as a speech writer for both John C Calhoun and presidential candidate Andrew Jackson, also helping the latter to write his inaugural address.

On June 18, 1793, Lee married the wealthy Anne Hill Carter (1773–1829) at Shirley Plantation. Anne was the daughter of Charles Carter, Esq., of Shirley, and his wife Ann Butler Moore. They had six children:

Algernon Sidney Lee (April 2, 1795 – August 9, 1796), died at Sully Plantation, buried there in an unmarked grave.
Charles Carter Lee (1798–1871)
Anne Kinloch Lee (1800–1864)
Sydney Smith Lee (1802–1869)
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870), the fifth child of Henry and Anne, served as Confederate general-in-chief during the American Civil War.
Mildred Lee (1811–1856)

Henry married Matilda Ludwell Lee in Apr 1782 in Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. Matilda was born in Aug 1763 in Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Jul 1790 in , Prince William, Virginia, USA; was buried in Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Anne Hill Carter on 18 Jun 1793 in , , Virginia, USA. Anne (daughter of Charles Hill Carter, Sr, Esq and Annie Butler Moore) was born on 26 Mar 1773 in Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Jun 1829 in Ravensworth, Fairfax, Virginia, USA; was buried in Lexington, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]