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Hancock Lee (1653 - 1709)

Capt. Hancock "Captain" Lee
Born in Dividing Creek, Northumberland County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Husband of — married about 1675 (to 1694) in Northumberland, Virginiamap
Husband of — married about 1700 (to May 1709) in Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Died at about age 56 in Wicomico, Northumberland County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Hancock Lee was a Virginia colonist.

Hancock Lee[1] was born in 1653. He was the son of Richard Lee and Anne Constable. He passed away in 1709.

Lee represented Northumberland County in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1688 and 1698.[2]

He married (first) in 1675. Mary, the only daughter of Colonel William Kendall; and (second) Sarah, daughter of Colonel Isaac Allerton, of Westmoreland.

Children: William, born prior to 1682, died young and without issue before 1706; Anna, prior to January 5, 1682, and was living as late as October 1754 married William Armistead; Richard born August 18, 1691; (by the second marriage): Isaac, 1707, died in England in 1727; John, born probably in 1709, died August 11 1789; Hancock, mentioned below; Elizabeth, born 1711, married Zachary Taylor. The second daughter, Ann has also now been proven. A very well-written article by James R. Hancock, using primary documents, has solved the question of Anna and Anne Lee.[3] He shows they are two different women, half-sisters.

Hancock Lee, son of Hancock and Sarah (Allerton) Lee, was born in 1709, and died near Warrenton, in Fauquier county, sometime prior to August, 1789.[4]

Birth

Hancock was born in March 1652/3 at Dividing Creek, Northumberland County, Virginia.[5]

Marriage

Hancock married c. 1675 at Northampton, VA

Hancock Lee married first: Mary Kendall

Child: William Kendall
Child Anna
Child: Richard[6]

Married second Sarah Allerton in 1696 Westmoreland, Virginia.

Child: Elizabeth (Lee) Taylor
Child: Ann Lee
Child: Isaac Lee
Child: Elizabeth Lee
Child: Hancock Lee

Death

Hancock died on 25 MAY 1729 at Hancock Neck, Northumberland, Virginia.

died 25 MAY 1709 Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia

Burial: Ditchley Hall Cemetery, Ditchley, Northumberland County, Virginia,
Inscription: "Here Lyeth the Body of Hancock Lee, Seventh son of the Honorable Richard Lee, Who departed this Life May the 25th, Anno Domo 1729, Aeta 56 years. Also Mary his first Wife, only Daughter of William Kendall, Gent., Who departed this life December the 24th, Anno Domo 1694, Aeta 33 years. And Sarah, his last Wife, Daughter of Isaac Allerton, Esq., Who departed this Life May 17th Anno Domo, 1731, Aeta. 60 years."
Note: Hancock LEE's Home Ditchley, Hancock's Neck, Northumberland County, Virginia

Sources

  1. ↑ Lee, Hancock - A4802; born 1653, died 25 May 1709, Northumberland Co.: 1688, 1698 (Burgess). accessed 30 September 2021
  2. ↑ Colonial Virginia Register
  3. ↑ Hancock, James Reid, 2010 http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/mayflower-descendant-the/image/?volumeId=30243&pageName=13&rId=723631298 Ann (Lee) Eustace, Daughter of Hancock Lee of Northumberland Co., Va. and His Second Wife Sarah Allerton: Genealogical Summary. The Mayflower Descendant ... (Vol 59, Page 13) Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database accessed 13 February 2016: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2010).
  4. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/newyork/bios/bragg1162gbs.txt
  5. ↑ Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011
  6. ↑ History of Wilkinson County, p. 571, retrieved 2014-07-26, amb

See also:

  • History of Wilkinson County [Georgia]. Authors Meyer Davidson, M. D., Victor Davidson. Edition reprint. Publisher Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009.
  • Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1




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Kleine-49 Honi Kleine
Can someone from the project take a look at the children attached to this profile. There are no sources to support Mary Lee (Fearne), who's birth was apparently altered to make her "fit" (I've set a merge for her) and Issac [sic] has a transcribed will on his profile naming his mother Sarah Lee but he's attached to Mary Kendall. Thanks, Honi
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Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Thanks for your note, there are/were numerous issues with the children attached....I am slowly working through the issues. I believe the children are now correct as attached.
posted by Robin Lee
edited by Robin Lee
Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Lee-36847 and Lee-859 appear to represent the same person because: they share similar vital statistics and the same daughter Anne.
posted by Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Linda (Noland) Layman
From the book "Virginia's Northern Neck, a pictorial history" by John C. Wilson, 1984: "Ditchley, in lower Northumberland County on Dividing Creek, was first established in 1686 by Hancock Lee, probably on an old Indian site that later became known as Graveyard Point. The spacious, two-story home there now (pictured) - or at least nearby - was built in 1752-62 by Kendall Lee, grandson of the founder." Noland 588.
posted by Linda (Noland) Layman
Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
Lee-32607 and Lee-859 appear to represent the same person because: Approx same birth year, both in Virginia. Same Spouse Sarah (Allerton) for which merge is pending. Same death year, both in Virginia. No sources on -32607. Please merge
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Leger-741 Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Lee-32831 and Lee-859 appear to represent the same person because: same person
posted by Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Carol Wilder
Martha Thompson Taylor (Thompson-640) should be removed as a wife of Hancock Lee. IF Martha was born about 1679 she was too young to have been Hancock Lee's first wife. Martha married James Taylor II in 1699 a year before Hancock Lee married his second wife Sarah Allerton. Martha was married to James Taylor II until James' death in 1729 which was 20 years after Hancock Lee's death. There are no records or sources that show Martha was ever married to Hancock Lee and records indicate that Hancock Lee was only married to Mary Kendall Lee and Sarah Allerton Lee.
posted by Carol Wilder
Tim Prince
The note about serving in the confederacy (nor the one elsewhere about 1812) make no sense in view of the date of death (which is given here as both 1709 and 1729).
posted by Tim Prince
Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Lee-9646 and Lee-859 appear to represent the same person because: These are intended to be the same person, an entire branch of the Lee Family was duplicated during a GEDCOM load, removing duplicates is a requirement of WikiTree. We all work together in a collaborative effort You may assist by completing this merge and any others that are related. Be sure to check parents, children and spouses. This merge has been suggested by a WikiTree Arborist. If you'd like to learn more please see http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arborists
posted by Robin Lee
Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Lee-6849 and Lee-859 appear to represent the same person because: data has been fixed to allow this merge....OK to approve this merge, Robin Lee, Wikitree Arborist

Danielle, you can go ahead and approve this merge...Robin

posted by Robin Lee

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