John Lee (1724 - 1767)

Born 1724 in Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Smith) Lee — married 20 Dec 1749 in Lancaster Co., Virginia

Descendants

Died 1767 at about age 43 in Cabin Point, Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

John Lee was a Virginia colonist.

John was born in 1724. He was the son of Henry Lee and Mary Bland. John was born at Lee Hall in 1724.

John married Mrs Mary (Smith) Ball, after the death of her first husband Jesse Ball. Mary (Smith) Ball was the daughter of Philip and Mary Smith.

Colonel John Corbin Lee and Mary were married in Lancaster, Virginia, on December 20, 1749, when he was 25 years old..

He passed away in 1767. ^[1]

See research notes about his son's Thomas birth date and details about his wife Mary.

Mary Smith in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Name: Mary Smith Gender: Female Marriage Date: 14 Feb 1740 Marriage Place: Northumberland Co., Virginia Spouse: Jesse Ball FHL Film Number: 32712 Reference ID: p 41

Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850 for Mary Smith - Virginia Marriage Records indicates that she was Mrs. Mary Smith. It also shows that Jesse was from Lancaster County.

Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 for Mary Smith - Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 supports that she was the daughter of Philip Smith of WP. It also shows that she was Mrs. Mary Smith.

Mary Ball in the Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800 Name: Mary Ball Spouse: John Lee Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1749 Marriage Location: Lancaster County, Virginia

Mary Ball in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Name: Mary Ball Gender: Female Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1749 Marriage Place: Lancaster Co., Virginia Spouse: John Lee FHL Film Number: 32129 Reference ID: Page 22

Research Notes

Thomas Lee is not the son of the John Lee in this profile. Thomas Lee look at the members of his family on this profile. All of them are born over in the 19th century. They are also not living in the area normally associated with this line of the Lee family.

The Mary referenced above is often confused with a Mary Ball who was born on September 19, 1750, in Westmoreland, Virginia. She was the daughter of William and Laetitia Ball. This Mary married Reginald Graham on April 3, 1774, in Virginia. Mary died on October 10, 1804, in Fauquier County, Virginia, at the age of 54.

However, based on the marriage records above, John Lee married his wife in December 20, 1749. Which is before the birth of the Mary Ball the daughter of William and Laetitia Ball.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Lynda Hull, Thursday, November 7, 2013.

Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 for Mary Ball - Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 shows that James Ball was the Sec.

Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.

Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.

Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia

Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Danielle Mc Donough for creating Lee-7013 on 26 Aug 13.
• This person was created through the import of Barron Family 1st Feb 2011.GED on 02 February 2011.
• Thank you to Lynda Hull for creating Lee-7581 on 7 Nov 13.
• Thank you to Theresa Ellenwood for creating WikiTree profile Lee-5768 through the import of LucindaElizaBatesAncestors.ged on Mar 5, 2013.