William Lee of Meherrin Parish

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William Lee

Aramaic: Lee
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, Colonial America
Death: May 26, 1761 (65)
Brunswick County, Province of Virginia
Immediate Family:

Son of Hugh Lee, Jr. and Ann Lee
Husband of Rebecca Lee
Father of Mary Sarah Meek; Peter Robert Lee, I; William Lee, Sr.; Nancy Ann Myrick; James Lee and 3 others
Brother of Peter Lee; Samuel Lee; Mathew Lee; Anne Read; Thomas Lee and 7 others

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About William Lee of Meherrin Parish

William Lee, III

  • Birth: Jun. 23, 1683 - Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
  • Death: May 26, 1761 - Brunswick County, Virginia, USA

William Lee, III, was born in Meherrin Parish, Isle of Wight, Virginia, on June 23, 1683, and was the son of William (Hugh) Lee II and Ann Tatum. He married Rebecca Burchet in Brunswick County, Virginia, in 1725, and they had six children, all born in Meherrin Parrish, Brunswick County, Virginia:

  • 1. Peter Lee
  • 2. Elizabeth Lee, born about 1726. Married: Henry Lee on EST 1741. Henry Lee: Birth: 1698 in , , Virginia. Death: 1751 in , Surry, Virginia
  • 3. William Lee, Jr., born about 1727
  • 4. Ann Lee, born about 1728
  • 5. Rebecca Lee, born about 1730
  • 6. Amy Lee, born about 1732.

William Lee, III, died on May 26, 1761, in Brunswick, Virginia.

Family links:

Children:

  • Amy Lee Barrow (1732 - ____)*

Spouse:

  • Rebecca Burchet Lee (1702 - ____)

Burial: Unknown

  • Created by: Thomas Higgerson
  • Record added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 43674547

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Notes


Seven children


Kelly reports that Amy Lee Barrow's father, William Lee of Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County, died in May 1761, leaving a will dated 1759, and named her in his will. She and her sisters, Elizabeth, Ann and Rebecca were bequeathed one Negro named Mason, and all of William's personal property, after the decease of his wife.


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William gr ew up in Charles City County and while doing so became acquainted with Reb ecca Burchett, a descendent probably of Edward Birchett who was granted 5 51 acres of land in Charles City County in October 1673. The associati on ended in marriage and the result were a number of children listed in h is will. On Oct 17, 1755 he deeded to his grandson, Peter Lee (son of Peter) a fema le slave

Note: Among his heirs was grandson Peter Lee. On October 23, 1730, Hugh Lee dee ded 300 acres i

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William Lee of Meherrin Parish's Timeline

1695
June 23, 1695
Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, Colonial America
1714
January 26, 1714
St Johns Parish, Prince George's, Maryland, United States
1715
1715
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1715
Isle of Wight County, Province of Virginia
1722
1722
Province of South Carolina
1724
1724
1724
1726
1726
Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County, Virginia, Colonial America
1732
January 17, 1732
Meherrin, Brunswick County, Province of Virginia