Mary Lee

Mary Ingram was the daughter of Richard Ingram and wife Ann Moon. She was named in her father's will as Mary Lee, showing that she was already married at the time of his death in 1780.

The RAINS line: Rains, John Rains, Henry 1715-1790 +Oliver, Ann Rains, John 1742-1772 +Ingram, Mary* (her m1.) Rains, Henry 1767-1838 +Lane, Patsy Rains, ..... David

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ingram-1738

When Mary Ingram was born in 1745[1], in Springfield Plantation, Johnston, North Carolina, her father was Richard Ingram and mother was Ann Moon. She married John Rains and they had one child together in 1767. John signed the Regulator Petition that was sent to the Royal Governor, Lord William Tryon. John was killed in the Regulator War of 1771, at the age of 30. The Johnston Riot Act of 1771 was passed to destroy the Regulator movement. After her husband's death, Mary married Captain Thomas Lee. Henry Rains left North Carolina about 1780, for what became Tennessee, with his mother, Mary Ingram, and his stepfather Captain Thomas Lee.

Capt. Thomas and Mary Ingram Rains Lee had several children together between 1773 and 1794. Mary died on March 3, 1821, in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Henry Rains settled on what was then Indian land in the Yellow Creek Valley before 1790. Henry Rains' children married into the Turner, Marsee, Denny, Davis, King, Kellems and Lane families. Henry Rains' descendants are still in the Yellow Creek Valley, in what is now Middlesboro, Kentucky. [2]

On 5 Dec 1780 in Johnston County, North Carolina, (her father) Richard Ingram wrote his will which was recorded February 1781. He leaves to his daughter, Mary Lee, two negroes.[3][4]

In a suit filed in Chancery Court, Hawkins Co., Tenn., 23 May 1823, the nine heirs of Mary Lee were named: Henry Rains and the last eight children of Thomas Lee (i.e, those children by Mary Ingram) Needham Lee Sr., John Lee, Winifred Lee, Zilpha Lee, William Lee, Edward Lee, James Lee and Mary Lee. The phrase "'last eight children"' gives credence to the belief that Thomas was married more than once.

Marriages and Children

1st spouse: John Rains.

Child by John Rains (Raines)

1. Henry Rains b. 1767 in Johnston County, North Carolina
2. November 1774, Johnston Co NC Thomas Lee made guardian for Henry Rains, orphan of John Rains, dec'd. Securities for his bond made by Needham Bryan and Henry Rains, Esq.. This proves that Henry was not of legal age in 1774. On 5 April 2016, David S. Rains authored a book titled Henry Rains 1767 - 1838, The Rains Family of Yellow Creek, Kentucky. 2002. He documents Henry's life and family. My updates follow what is in David's book

2nd spouse: Thomas Lee [seen as Son of John Lee Esq and Mary Winford (Bryan) Lee]

Children by Thomas Lee

1. Needham Lee 1770 - 1821 in Prince Edward County, Virginia m. Susan Bailey - DAR A068774
2. Zilpha Lee 1773 - 1842 m. Thomas Bailey - DAR A068774
3. John Lee b. 1776 - 1842 m. Frances Lane
4. Winifred Lee 1778 - 1815 m. William Bailey - DAR A068774
5. William Lee 1784 - 1849 m. Susannah Pangle - DAR A068774 Birth may be incorrect 1764?
6. Edward Lee 1788 - 1873 m. Sarah Tinsley - DAR A068774
7. James Lee m. Mary Hall - DAR A068774
8. Mary Lee 1794 - 1871 m. Jones Griffin

Will

Last Will of Mary Elizabeth (Ingram Rains) Lee mentioned ...

"In the name of God, Amen. Be it remembered that I, Mary Lee, widow of Thomas Lee, deceased of Hawkins County, State of Tennessee, being in sound health, memory, and considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and the certainty of death. Blessed be God Almighty for the same, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say:

First, I give and bequeath unto my three daughters,

• Winifred Lee Bailey,
• Zilpha Lee Bailey,
• Mary Lee Griffin,

all my wearing clothes, then to be equally divided between the three daughters before named.

The rest and residue of my whole estate, I wish to be sold and equally divided between all the lawful heirs of my body. And I do hereby appoint

• William Lee and
• Edward Lee

sole executors of this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of August, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Mary Lee (her X mark)

Signed, sealed and published and declared by the above named Mary Lee to be her last Will and testament in the presence of us who at her request and in her presence hereunto subscribed.

Attest: Edward Griffin

James Lee

Davis B. Cumings

State of Tennessee, County of Hawkins

I, M. D. Livesay, clerk of the county of Hawkins and state of Tennessee above written, do hereby certify that the attached copy is a true copy of the Will of Mary Lee as same appears of record in my office in Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee in Will Book #1, page 312.

Witness my hand and seal of this office on this 30th day of April 1934 M. D. Livesay, County Court Clerk"

Henry Rains, 1767-1838: The Rains Family of Yellow Creek, Kentucky
By David S. Rains. Page 58-59. <GoogleBooks>

Please do not merge - in process of building tree from DNA + MRCA Matches and analysis - thank you.

I have adding documentation and DNA evidence.

• Mary Ingram WAS married to Thomas Lee son of Ditchely - son of Richard Henry Lee and Judith Steptoe as DNA + MRCA analysis has proven. See Source documentation - Jacqueli Finley

Origins

Richard Ingram died in Johnston Co., North Carolina, about 1780. He left a will dated December 5, 1780. In this will he names his wife Annie Ingram and children John Ingram, Abner Ingram, William Ingram, Pheriby Ingram, Mary Lee and Zilphia Avera. He named sons John and William to be his executors.