Laetitia (Corbin) Lee (1657 - 1706)

Born 25 Aug 1657 in Christ Church Parrish, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Henry Lee II — married 1674 in Westmoreland County, Virginia Colony, British America

Descendants

Died 6 Oct 1706 at age 49 in Machodoc, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Laetitia was born on 25 day [parish register mutilated] 1657 at Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia Colony.^[1] She was a daughter of Henry Corbin and Alice Eltonhead.^[1] The Corbins owned several plantations, in both Westmoreland and Middlesex Counties, but their chief residence, Buckingham, was at Middlesex County on the south side of the Rappahannock River (p 375).^[1] Another of his large estates was Corbin Hall, between the Rappahannock and Grange Creek, was also in Middlesex County. Middlesex was the county where the family attended Christ Church, baptized their children, the county Henry Corbin (d Jan 8, 1675) filed his will.^[1]

On the plantation at Westmoreland County, Peckatone, Henry Corbin had a banqueting house built with his friends, Thomas Gerrard, J. Lee, and Isaac Allerton (p 375).^[1] This is supposed to have been built expressly for the wedding of Letitia and Richard, but was certainly used for many other occasions as well.

Name

Laetitia Corbin. ^[2][3][4][5]

Birth

25 Aug 1657. Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, Virginia, United States. ^{[6][7][3][8][4][9]}

Baptism

25 - 1657. ^[10]

Marriage and Children

Letitia is supposed to have married in May 1674, at the banqueting hall at Peckatone, to Richard Lee of "Mt. Pleasant," Westmoreland County, member of the Council.^{[1] [2][11]}

Letitia Corbin had a dowry of 2,000 acres when she married Richard Lee.^{[citation needed]}

Children:

1. Richard Lee (1678 - 1718)
2. Philip C Lee (1681 - 1744)
3. Ann Lee McCarty (1683 - ____)
4. Thomas Lee (1690 - 1750)
5. Henry Lee (1691 - 1747)

Residence

1700 Probts At Charleston Pb, Charleston County, SC. ^[12]

Death

6 Oct 1706, age 49, Mt Pleasant, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States. ^{[6][3][4][13]}

Burial

Letitia died in 1706.

Burnt House Fields, Lee Family Estate
Coles Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA ^[14]

Cemetery Inscription

The inscription on Richard and Laetitia's tomb stone is written in Latin, and translated, it reads: "Here lieth the body of Richard Lee, Esq., born in Virginia, son of Richard Lee, Gentleman, descended of an ancient family of Merton-Regis, in Shropshire. While he exercised the office of magistrate he was a zealous promoter of the public good. He was very skillful in the Greek and Latin languages and other parts of polite learning. He quietly resigned his soul to God, whom he always devoutly worshiped, on the 12th day of March, in the year 1714, in the 68th year of his age. Near by interred the body of Laetitia, his faithful wife, daughter of Henry Corbyn, Gentleman. A most affectionate mother, she was also distinguished by piety toward God, charity to the poor, and kindness to all. She died on the 6th day of October, 1706, in the 49th year of her age."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} "The Corbin Family (Continued)" The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. (Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul., 1921), pp. 380) Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed December 15, 2015.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Millennium File Heritage Consulting Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Birth year: 1647; Birth city: Paradise; Birth state: VA
5. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
7. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Book Title: The ancestors and descendants of Colonel David Funsten and his wife Susan Everard Meade
8. ↑ American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
9. ↑ Family Data Collection - Births Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
10. ↑ Christ Church Parish, Virginia Births, 1653-1812 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
11. ↑ Family Data Collection - Marriages Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
12. ↑ South Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
13. ↑ Family Data Collection - Deaths Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
14. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 17 May 2020), memorial page for Laetitia Corbin Lee (1656–6 Oct 1706), Find A Grave: Memorial #20744774, citing Burnt House Fields, Lee Family Estate, Coles Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Mark Jenkins (contributor 46925963) .

See Also:

• Ancestry Profile

• Source: S1 Geni World Family Tree Publication: MyHeritage The Geni World Family Tree is found on www.Geni.com. Geni is owned and operated by MyHeritage. Collection Media: 40000 https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-52234154/laetitia-lee-born-corbin-in-geni-world-family-tree Certainty: 4 Laetitia Lee (born Corbin)Gender: FemaleAlias name: Lettie, Lettice, LetitiaBirth: Aug 25 1657 - Staffordshire, England, United KingdomMarriage: Spouse: Richard Henry “the Scholar” Lee, II - 1674 - Westmoreland County, VirginiaDeath: Oct 6 1706 - Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, VirginiaBurial: Oct 1706 - Burnt House Fields, Lee Family Estate , Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Virginia Father: Henry Corbin, Gent.;Mother: Alice Creyke (born Eltonhead);Husband: Richard Henry “the Scholar” Lee, I;Children: John Francis Lee,Richard Henry Lee, III ;Philip Corbin Lee, Sr.;Francis Lee;Ann Mary Fitzhugh (born Lee);Timothy Lee;Henry Giles Lee, Sr;Thomas Lee, of Stratford Hallt;Joseph Lee;Arthur Ferney Lee,William Lee (born Lee II);Siblings: Alice Lightfoot (born Corbin);Thomas Corbin, Winifred Griffin (born Corbin);Anne Tayloe (born Corbin;Henry Corbin, Jr.;Gawin Corbin;Frances Jennings (born Corbin)

• First Generation History - Descendants of Richard Henry Lee,I. Lees of Virginia.