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Anne Lee (Aylett)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Death: December 12, 1768 (29-30)
Westmoreland County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Coles Point, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. William Aylett, Jr. and Elizabeth Steptoe
Wife of Richard Henry Lee, signer of the "Declaration of Independence"
Mother of William Lee; William F. Lee; Thomas Jesse Lee; Mary Washington; Hannah Washington and 9 others
Sister of Mary Lee
Half sister of George Steptoe; James Steptoe, Jr.; Thomas Steptoe; William Steptoe; Anne Washington and 1 other

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About Anne Lee

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 County., Virginia. The couple had four surviving children:

  1. Thomas Lee (1758–1805).
  2. 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).
  3. Mary Lee (1764–1795).
  4. Hannah Lee (1765–1801), who married Hon. Corbin Washington (1764–1799), son of Col. John Augustine Washington (1736–1787) and Hannah Bushrod (1738–1801).
  5. Marybelle Lee (1768), who died in infancy.

Sources

  1. Stratford Hall and the Lees Connected with Its History: Biographical ... Page 100

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Anne Lee's Timeline

1738
1738
Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1750
1750
Clarke County, VA, United States
1750
1755
May 28, 1755
Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States
1755
Virginia, United States
1758
October 20, 1758
Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, Colonial America
1758
Chantilly, Westmoreland County, Virginia
1760
October 13, 1760
Chantilly, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States
October 13, 1760
Chantilly, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA