Mary Polly Lee (1730 - 1785)

Born 1730 in Ireland

Ancestors

Died 9 Jan 1785 at about age 55 in Delaware

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Biography

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Mary Polly Lee was born in 1730 in Ireland, daughter of James Lee (1707–1785) and Isabella Boscawen (1715–1785).

Her siblings were:

• Thomas Lee (1730 – 1731)
• Isabella Lee (1730 – 1731)
• Hugh Lee (1740 – 18 August 1813)
• James Lee (14 January 1759 – 21 December 1843)
• Mary Lee (1765 – 1 September 1785)

She was a passenger and died in the wreck of the Faithful Steward 'Also lost was one young lady "Pretty Polly Lee" of wonderful Beauty and accomplishment, called "the Irish Beauty". She was actually the daughter of James Lee and Isabella Bascowen Lee and named Mary Lee. There were many poems written in praise of her beauty.^{[1] [2]} Mary died on 9 January 1785 in Delaware, aged 54.

Research Notes

• unknown death date. I am not sure where that came from. Did she die after the wreck or during the wreck. The wreck was on 1 September 1785. Land-2950 03:36, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Alternate Names

There are alternate names for this person:

• Mary Lee
• Mary Polly Pretty Polly Lee

Issues to be checked

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• There is more than one death fact. They have different dates. Using death date of 1 September 1785 and location of Delaware, United States
  • Date: 1 September 1785, Location: Delaware, United States
  • Date: 1731, Location: none

Sources

1. ↑ According to Judge Robert Lee of Bucyrus, Ohio on his conversation with General Robert E. Lee in 1848 at Philadelphia'
2. ↑ Wenzel, Harry Allen. The Ship Faithful Steward: A Story of Scots -Irish, English, and Irish Migration to Pennsylvania (Yellow Tail Snapper Publishing; 2021) p. 291.

• According to Judge Robert Lee of Bucyrus, Ohio on his conversation with General Robert E. Lee in 1848 at Philadelphia'
• Wenzel, Harry Allen. The Ship Faithful Steward: A Story of Scots -Irish, English, and Irish Migration to Pennsylvania (Yellow Tail Snapper Publishing; 2021) p. 291.

Acknowledgments

• Profile Lee-6906 was created through the import of JamesBentleyMerritSr.ged on Aug 13, 2013 by r h.