John Lee the younger, of Farmington

From Sarah Marsh Lee's John Lee, of Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., and His Descendants (1878):

John Lee resided at Farmington, and was a man of influence in the Plantation, being annually chosen to offices of honor and trust. 'He was street and land surveyor, was one of the committee appointed by the proprietors to treat [meet?] with the Sachem Marsakepe, and to obtain his signature to a deed conveying to them the tract of land named Farmington.' He married, Dec. 27, 1682, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Loomis, of Windsor, Conn.; was born in 1664. Her mother was Mary, daughter of Deacon Thomas Judd, of Farmington. John Lee united with the Church Nov. 24, 1686; his wife, Jan. 3, 1687. Children:

1. John, born Dec. 7, 1683. Baptized Nov. 27, 1686. Supposed to have died young, as he is not named in his father's will.
   
2. Jonathan, born March 20, 1686. Baptized Nov. 27, 1686.
   
3. Mary, born March 15, 1689. Baptized May 4, 1689.
   
4. Elizabeth, born Jan. ... 1692. Baptized Feb. 6, 1692. Died in infancy.
   
5. Samuel, born March 23, 1694. Baptized April 1, 1694.
   
6. Hezekiah, born June 6, 1697. Baptized July 6, 1697.
   
7. Elizabeth, born March 6, 1700. Baptized May ... 1700.
   
8. Ruth, born June 14, 1703. Baptized July ... 1703.
   
   

John Lee died April 24, 1723. His will is dated 1722. He 'commits his soul to God, his body to the dust; nothing doubting that he shall receive the same again, by the mighty power of God at the general resurrection. He gives to his wife Elizabeth, one-third of his property for use while she lives. To Jonathan his son 3s. only, having given him his share of the property already. To his son Samuel he gives lands. To his daughters Mary Newell, Elizabeth Lankton and Ruth Lee, the sum of £40 in addition to former gifts; and to his daughter Elizabeth Lankton, his great brass kettle, toward her part. To his grandson Nathan Newell, one of his 'Carlashes.' Hezekiah, his youngest son then with him, he makes the executor of this, his last will and testament; and to him he bequeaths to his heirs and assigns forever, the remainder of his estate, real and personal, and at the decease of his wife, all her lift interest in his estate.' The will was proved in 1723.

Sources

• Lee, Sarah Marsh. John Lee, of Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., and His Descendants, pp. 27, 31-32. Norwich, Conn.: The Bulletin Company, 1878.

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Will / Probate

Transcribed in A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Vol 2. Available at: Archive.org.

Name: John Lee — Gender: Male
Residence Date: Abt 1723 — Residence Place: Farmington
Probate/Court Approved Date: 27 Jun 1723 — Probate Place: Connecticut, USA
Inferred Death Year: 1723 — Inferred Death Place: Connecticut, USA
Others Listed – Relationship
Elizabeth Lee – Wife
Jonathan Lee – Son
Samuel Lee – Son
Mary Newell – Daughter
Elizabeth Langton – Daughter
Ruth Lee – Daughter
Nathan Newell – Grandson
Hezekiah Lee – Son

Page 165-6-185-6-7-8.

Lee, John, Farmington.
Inventory taken 27 June, 1723, by John Hart, Sen., Samuel Judd and Josiah Hart

I, John Lee, of ye Town of Farmingtown, do make this my last will and testament:
I give to my wife Elizabeth Lee her rights of dower.
Unto my son Jonathan Lee, besides what I have already given him, 3 shillings.
Unto my son Samuel Lee, besides what I have given him and done for him in his settlement, I give and bequeath unto him and to his heirs and assigns forever, I parcell of land of about 7 acres which I have near to a place called the Pond River; also all the right, title and interest belonging unto me from my father's estate in ye mountany lands lying southerly of ye reserved land and east of ye division of lands between ye mountains; also all my right, title and interest to and in all ye lotts drawn in my father's right in ye divisions of land lying west of the reserved land and that lye southward of ye road commonly used in going from Farmingtown to Litchfield, and my right is 1-2 part of sd. lotts; also I give to my sd. son Samuel my tract of land of about 6 acres lying northward of Gilbert's River, which I purchased of Thomas Wadsworth; all which parcells of land lye within ye Township of Farmingtown.
Unto each of my daughters, vizt., Mary Newell, Elizabeth Langton and Ruth Lee, I give and bequeath so much, to be paid out of my estate by my executor within four years after my decease, as to make up to each of them for their portion, with what they have already received from me, ye sum of £40; and my sd. daughter Elizabeth Langton shall have my great brass kettle towards her part.
Unto my grandson Nathan Newell I give and bequeath one of my cut-lashes, to be delivered to his father to be kept for him.
Unto my son Hezekiah Lee, now living with me, whom I do constitute and ordain sole executor, to him and his heirs I do give all the remainder of my estate, both real and personal, whatsoever and wheresoever it is; and what of my real estate I have given to my aforesd. wife for her use and improvement during her natural life, after her decease it shall revert unto, be and belong to him ye aforesd. Hezekiah Lee, his heirs and assigns forever.
Witness: Samuel Whittnan, John Lee, LS.
John Hooker, Sen., Darnel Andrews, Sen.

Court Record, Page 20—4 June, 1723: Will now exhibited with inventory, and proven.