John Lee, of Lancaster County

Not the same as John Lee, of Goochland County who was born 1705. Not the same as John Lee, of Little River.

Origins

John Lee, third son, was namedin his father Thomas Lee’s 1733 Will:

… Item, I give and bequeath unto son John all that tract of Land on ye head of Corrotoman River which I had by my wife where Harvey now lives to him and the heirs of his body Lawfully begotten for ever Provided the Child my wife goes with be not a boy which if it be then my will is that the sd. Land be Equally Divided between them and the heirs of their Bodys Lawfully begotten for ever. …

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The name of Thomas Lee's wife is not known [from his will]. His children, all minors in 1733, were named in his will and in that of his second son, Thomas in 1758, with these exceptions: William, the eldest, and Richard, the third sons, are omitted, and a daughter, Elizabeth, is added; she must have been born after the making of her father's will.

• 1653-1800 Lancaster County, Virginia Wills [Ida J. Lee];
• LEE, Thomas. 16 June 1733. Rec. 11 June 1735.
• Name of wife not given.
• Sons: William, Thomas, Richard and Charles to whom is given "the land I now live on." Child unborn.
• Son: John.
• Exors: Wife, brother Charles Lee and Nicholas Martin.
• Wits: Ezekiel Gilbert, Isaac Currell. W.B. 12, p. 342. Inv. returned by Elizabeth Lee his Extrx. W.B. 12, p. 243

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• 1653-1800 Lancaster County, Virginia Wills [Ida J. Lee];
• LEE, Thomas. Division of estate. Rec. 12 Nov. 1742.
• James Scrosby & Eliza. his wife, Exors. Estate divided between Elizabeth & her children Leanna, Elizabeth, Thomas, Richard, John, Charles, & Lucy Lee. W.B. 13, p. 303.

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• 1653-1800 Lancaster County, Virginia Wills [Ida J. Lee];
• LEE, Lucy, one of the daus. of Thos. Lee, dec. Rec. 2 Dec. 1746. Division of estate. Legatees: John Lee, Thomas Lee, Leana Fearn, Betty Lee, Richard Lee, Charles Lee, John Lee. W.B. 14, p. 147.
• 24 Mar. 1745. John Lee and Lucy Lee, orphans of Thomas Lee. W.B. 14, p. 104.

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• 1653-1800 Lancaster County, Virginia Wills [Ida J. Lee];
• LEE, Thomas. 1 Dec. 1758. Rec. 16 Mar. 1759.
• Dau: Mary Lee. Brother: John Lee, Richard Lee, died. Son George Lee. Wife: Lucy Lee. Brother: Charles Lee, land I now live on. Sister, Elizabeth Dobull's eldest son. Exors: Wife, Lucy, Chas. Lee, Eppa Lawson and Geo. Currell. Wits: Benj. Kelly, James Scrosby, Jr., Charles Lee, G. Currell. W.B. 16, p. 52.
• 18 June 1762. Rev. Mr. John Leland appointed guardian of Mary Lee, orphan of Thos. Lee and sd Leland possessed with 1/3 part of estate in right of his wife as also her part of her deceased son, George Lee's estate. W.B. 16, p. 52

References

• https://colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I73467&tr...
• https://www.red1st.com/axholme/getperson.php?personID=I1750697837&t... cites
• 1. GENDEX, various contributors
• 2. Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck VA by Ruth Ritchie & Sudie Rucker Wood, pub. 1952, Jarman Printing County, Charlottesvill. Page 203. https://archive.org/details/garnerkeenefamil00ritc