Matilda Ludwell (Lee) Lee

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Matilda Ludwell Lee

Also Known As: ""The Divine Matilda""
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stratford Hall Plantation, Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: August 16, 1790 (21-30)
Stratford Hall Plantation, Stratford, Westmoreland County, VA, United States
Place of Burial: Stratfordhall Plantation Cemetery, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, VA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Philip Ludwell Lee of Stratford Hall and Elizabeth Fendall
Wife of Maj. Gen. Henry Lee, "Light Horse Harry", Governor of Virginia
Mother of George Washington Custis Lee; Nathaniel Greene Lee; Philip Ludwell Lee, III; Lucy Grymes Carter; Henry "Black Horse Harry" Lee IV and 15 others
Sister of Sally or Sarah Lee and Philip Ludwell Lee, Jr.

Occupation: inherited Stratford Hall Plantation
Managed by: Michael Joseph Gerst
Last Updated:

About Matilda Ludwell (Lee) Lee

  • 'Matilda Lee1
  • 'F, #224662, b. 1766, d. 1790
  • Last Edited=2 Dec 2008

Matilda Lee was born in 1766.1 She was the daughter of Hon. Philip Ludwell Lee, Sr. and Elizabeth Steptoe.1 She married General Henry Lee III, son of General Henry Lee II and Lucy Grymes, from 8 April 1782 to 13 April 1782 at Stratford Hall.1 She died in 1790.1

Children of Matilda Ludwell Lee and Henry Lee, III are:

  1. Nathaniel Green Lee, b., Died in early infancy.
  2. Philip Ludwell Lee, b. 1784, d. 1794, Died as a child.
  3. Lucy Grymes Lee, b. 1786, d. 1860.
  4. Henry Lee IV, b. 1787, d. 1837.

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Matilda Ludwell (Lee) Lee's Timeline

1764
1764
Stratford Hall Plantation, Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Colonial America
1777
1777
Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
1781
August 27, 1781
Midway (Liberty County), Liberty County, Georgia, USA
1783
1783
Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia
1784
1784
Strafford Plantation, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States
1786
1786
1786
Stratford, Westmoreland County, VA, United States
1787
January 1, 1787
Westmoreland, Virginia, United States
May 28, 1787
Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States