Born to Richard Lee and Elizabeth Scott in 1783. Some time after her sister Sallie was born in 1782 and before Dorothy was born in 1783, Richard moved the family from Fauquier County, Virginia thru the Monongahela Gap/Forest 487 miles to their new land Paint Lick, Kentucky, where all of the rest of the kids were born and most are buried.
Siblings
children of Richard Lee/ Elizabeth Lee as listed on the Deed of Partition
1)William born May 1778 in Fauqier County, Virginia died May 1824 in Armstrong, Howard Co. MO.
2)Charles b:1780 VA.
Sarah b:1782 VA. D:1869 Ray Co. MO.
---MAR.: Littleton West
Dorothy "Dolly" b:11 Aug.1783-Ky.-D:24 Jan.1869 Ray Co. MO
---MAR.: Ebenezer Titus
GRISSOM (Grisham) Reed b:28 Sep.1783 "in East Tennessee"
(this is on the 1860 census) D:12 Oct.1860 Pettis Co. MO
---MAR.: Mary Ann "Polly" Glenn
(one of their sons was named Noah G. who married Rebecca Lacey)
Anna Talitha b:1785 KY D:22 July 1872 Charleston, Delta,Tx
---MAR.: Thomas McGuire
Elizabeth "Betsy" b:1786 Paint Lick, KY.
David b:1789 Paint Lick, KY.
Noah Green b:16 Jan. 1790 KY
3)Matilda Malinda b:1792 Paint Lick, KY
Thomas H. b:31 Dec.1795 Paint Lick, KY.
Richard Washington b:15 Sep.1796 Paint Lick, Kentucky D: 5 Aug.1882 Kansas :City. ,Jackson County. Missouri
---MAR.: Nancy Harvey
Mary Ann "Polly" Lee b:1797 Paint Lick, KY.
---MAR.: James Stephenson
Delilia Mary "Dilly" b:1799 Paint Lick, KY.
---MAR.: Hezekiah W. Wrightland
Nancy Ruth b:1800 Paint Lick, KY.
---MAR.: Joel Todd
James B. b:26 Dec.1801 Paint Lick, KY.
Margaret "Peggy" b:1802 Paint Lick, KY.
---MAR.: David W. Dalton
Irvin b:1803 Paint Lick, KY.
4)Edward b:1804 Paint Lick, KY
Lucinda b:1808 Paint Lick, KY.
---MAR.: Preston Forrest
Marriage
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954,"
Name Joel Todd
Event Date 31 Mar 1822
Event Place , Madison, Kentucky,
Marital Status Unknown
Spouse's Name Nancy R. Lee
Citing this Record (copy is att'd)
Because Nancy R. Lee's father Richard Lee had passed away in 1819, Nancy's brother, Thomas Lee, signed the Marriage Debt Contract with her "Betrothed Joel Todd". [1]
1830 they were living in Eastern Division, Madison, Kentucky
Head of Household
Name Todd, Joel
Free White Males: -5=2 / 5-10=1 / 10-15=1 / 30-40=1
Free White Females: -5=1 / 5-10=1 / 30-40=1
Page 126
Citing this Record
1840 Eastern Division, Madison, Kentucky
Head of Household
Name Todd, Joel
Free White Males: -5=1 / 5-10=1 / 10-15=2 / 30-40=1
Father's Birthplace North Carolina, -Mother's Birthplace Kentucky,
Sheet Letter B--Sheet Number 502--Person Number 0--Volume 1
Joel Todd Self M 80 Kentucky,
Nancy Todd Wife F 80 Kentucky
Perry Bicknell Brother-in-law M 64 Kentucky,
Lucy Williams Granddaughter F 19 Kentucky,
Citing this Record
Children
Listed on the DEED of PARTITION of Nancy's father Richard LEE
"Joel Todd and his children, to wit:
Martha Ann Todd,
Elizabeth Boatman, late Elizabeth Todd,
John Todd,
Irvine Todd,
Newton Todd,
Amanda Todd,
Lucinda Todd,
Mary Jane Todd, and
Joel Todd, Jr.,
heirs and legal representatives of Nancy Todd, dec'd late Nancy Lee."
Research Note
The Find-a-Grave memorial has the wrong parents, the wikipedia.com bio gives these kids: Children:: Mary Ann Lee[13] born May 11, 1795, died June 21, 1796 of dysentery. Buried at Sully in unmarked grave.
Col. Richard Bland Lee II[13] born July 20, 1797, died August 2, 1875. Married Julia Anna Marion Prosser (1806–1882), daughter of John Prosser and Mary "Polly" Poole.Both buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
Ann Matilda Lee[13] born July 13, 1799, died December 20, 1880. Married Dr. Baily Washington III (1787–1854).
Mary Collins Lee[13] born May 6, 1801, died February 22, 1805. Buried at Sully in unmarked grave.
Laura Lee[13] born May 10, 1803, died in infancy
Cornelia Lee[13] born March 20, 1804, died December 26, 1876). Married Dr. James W. F. Marcrae.
Hon. Zaccheus Collins Lee[13] born December 5, 1805, died November 1859 in Baltimore, MD; Served as U.S. District Attorney from 1848 to 1855. Married Martha Jenkins.
Male Infant[13] born April 15, 1807, died April 15, 1807
Male Infant[13] stillborn June 11, 1809
AND THE Joel Todd and his wife Nancy Ruth Lee are LISTED in the Kentucky Will of Richard Lee and his wife Elizabeth.
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWTM-8JK : accessed 14 December 2016), Joel Todd and Nancy R. Lee, 31 Mar 1822; citing , Madison, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 183,302.
"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP1-HDV : 18 August 2015), Joel Todd, Eastern Division, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing 126, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 39; FHL microfilm 7,818.
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTM-ZLT : 24 August 2015), Joel Todd, Eastern Division, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 250, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 118; FHL microfilm 7,829.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZD-GGQ : 11 August 2016), Joel Todd, Glade, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 76, sheet 502B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0431; FHL microfilm 1,254,431.
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