Mary
Lee
formerly [surname unknown]
Born about in Colony of Virginia
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Lee Esq
— married
1724 in Colony of Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Edward Lee, Robert Lee, Barthania Elizabeth (Lee) Ingram, Rachel Lee, Thomas Lee Sr, John Lee Jr, Mary (Lee) Ballenger, Sabray (Lee) Green and Frederick Lee Sr.
Died about
at about age 87
in Johnston, North Carolina, United States
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Biography
Mary (____) married John Lee about 1724.[1]
She died about 1780 in Johnston County, North Carolina.[citation needed]
Will & Death of Husband, John Lee Sr
See Probate Record of John Lee Sr for a transcript of his Will executed 4 December 1766, in Johnston County, North Carolina. The Will lists their children.
John Lee Sr died before February 1768, when his Will was proved in Court.[2]
Children
- Edward Lee, b: 1725 [3]; d: 1775; m: Mary Allen
- Robert Lee, b: 1726 [4]; d: 1787; m1: Elizabeth Stevens; m2: Elizabeth Godfrey
- Barthania Elizabeth Lee, b: 1727 [5]; d: 1794; m: William Ingram
- Rachel Lee, b: 1728 [6]; d: 1768; m: John Powell
- Thomas Lee, b: 1729 [7]; d: 1816; m: Mary Griffin, Mary Ingram Rains, Mary Bryan and possibly Mary Stone
- John Lee, Jr., b: 1730 [8]; d: 1809; m: Mary Elizabeth Hocutt
- Mary (Lee) Ballenger, b: 1731; d: 1797; m: Edward Ballenger
- Frederick Lee, b: 1737; d: 1814; m: Susannah Ingram
- Sabray (Lee) Green, b: 1742; d: 1795; m: John Green
Research Notes
Vital Statistics
LNAB
Mary (____) was previously listed as being Mary Bryan. However, Mary's LNAB is unknown.
Birth
Her birth date is estimated from her husband John Lee's birth date, (about 1690 + average 3 years) = about 1693. However, exercise caution using this date as John's birth is not sourced either.
Marriage
Their marriage date is estimated from the birth of their son Edward Lee, (1725 - about 1 year) = about 1724.
Purported Marriage
John Lee was married to Mary (____), LNAB not known, naming her in his 4 December 1766 Will as Mary Lee.[2]
Mary (____) is purported to be Mary Bryan, the daughter of William and Alice MacLand Bryan. William Bryan is the son of John and Sarah Berryman Bryan. Alice MacLand is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (____) Bryan.
See Purported Marrage for a discussion of this unsourced marriage that has propagated and mutated to well over 10,000 on-line family trees.
This Mary (____) was previously listed as marrying John Lee Sr in 1723 in Nottoway, Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia.[9]
Sources
- ↑ See Vital Statistics, Marriage.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Clerk of the Superior Court, Johnston County, North Carolina, Wills, 1760-1968; indexes, 1853-1970, Wills, vol. 2-3 1761-1892; database with images, FamilySearch (image 181).
- ↑ Family Data Birth Record for son, Edward Lee
- ↑ Family Data Birth Record for son, Robert Lee
- ↑ Family Search Pedigree Resource File for daughter m: Ingram
- ↑ Family Search Pedigree File for daughter, Rachel Lee
- ↑ Family Data Birth Record for son, Thomas Lee
- ↑ Family Data Birth Record for son, John Lee, Jr.
- ↑ Family Records.
See also - review all sources for conflation/disputed marriage:
- Ancestors of Jacqueli C. Finley citing Ancestral File #MTZ4-4L on FamilySearch.org; for Mary BRYAN(T), buried: 1770 Johnston County, North Carolina
- Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications 1889-1970 compiled by National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution of Louisville, Kentucky; on ancestry.com; for Mary Lee, SAR Membership #72404; applied: 22 Mar 1950; Ancestor: John Lee; child: Thomas Lee; household: William Frederick Franke, Jr., Velma Acton Wilson, William Frederick Franke, Sr., Dulcenia Irwin Watkins, Paul Emil Franke, Zilpha Acton, Stephen Wharton Watkins, Rev. William Acton, Elizabeth Lee, Susan Bailey, Judge Needham Lee, Mrs. Mary Rains, Capt. Thomas Lee, Mary Lee, Hon. John Lee;
- http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=76228136&pid=183 Ancestry Family Tree submitted by ancestry.com member
See also - purported marriage:
- Find A Grave: Memorial #98391958 for Mary Winford Bryan Lee (1697–1780) (memorial only, no gravestone photo).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
-
~1.56%
James Lee
:
23andMe, GEDmatch ZM1414319 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Louise (Lee) Keaton :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Rod Pennington :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rodpenn2012
-
~0.78%
Virginia Stanley :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QA3794700 [compare], yourDNAportal VIR975c2e34, Ancestry member VLStanley
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch QA3794700 [compare], yourDNAportal VIR975c2e34
+
Living DNA
-
~0.78%
W (Rice) Fowler :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A544775 [compare], Ancestry member FowlerGoss
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A544775 [compare], FTDNA kit #562938
-
~0.78%
William Lee :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Kelvin Murray :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member gmurray54
-
~0.78%
Dora (Cunningham) Anderson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A228967 [compare], Ancestry member DoraGay10
-
~0.78%
Lillian (McCord) Curley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SE3864740 [compare], Ancestry member LillianCurley
-
~0.78%
James Franklin Haynes :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Glenn Stanley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QA3794700 [compare], yourDNAportal BIL9bf4efa2, Ancestry member BillyGlennStanley
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch QA3794700 [compare], yourDNAportal BIL9bf4efa2
-
~0.78%
E Rice :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Laura Lee :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Lucile Bryan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch RC6715648 [compare], FTDNA kit #257319
-
~0.39%
~6.25%
Carl Oehmann :
23andMe, GEDmatch GS4781425 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GL7876686 [compare], Ancestry member oehgendc
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch KV3032626 [compare], FTDNA kit #152964
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H455473 [compare]
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch RZ6097590 [compare]
-
~0.39%
~3.12%
Elizabeth Howie :
23andMe, GEDmatch M235402 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Dewayne Allday :
23andMe, GEDmatch M114500 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dewayne_allday
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B81909
-
~0.39%
H Baggott :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.39%
Barbara (Thornton) Hoots :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
Mona Johnson :
23andMe, GEDmatch wc8749747 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Briana Smith :
23andMe, GEDmatch A120124 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A120124 [compare], Ancestry member Briana5555
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B14436
-
~0.39%
Betty (Jordan) Parkins :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member BAJordan76
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch A443255 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Susan (Wildsmith) Dowdey :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A162988 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Chris Lee :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
Ellen Fowler :
23andMe, GEDmatch A883571 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A883571 [compare], Ancestry member FowlerGoss
-
~0.39%
James Wiginton :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
Daniel Rushing :
23andMe, GEDmatch RY4826857 [compare], yourDNAportal DANad7056e3
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RY4826857 [compare], yourDNAportal DANad7056e3, Ancestry member danieljrushing
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch RY4826857 [compare], yourDNAportal DANad7056e3, FTDNA kit #B801797
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch RY4826857 [compare], yourDNAportal DANad7056e3
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch RY4826857 [compare], yourDNAportal DANad7056e3
-
~0.39%
Terri (Coffey) Smith :
23andMe, GEDmatch PX7659641 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Vick Miles :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A155428 [compare], Ancestry member Vicktory_Lap
-
~0.39%
L Baggott :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A479208 [compare], Ancestry member vlbaggott
-
~0.39%
Earl Willey :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member earl_willey93
-
~0.39%
Rosa (Hudson) Hitchcock :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A141558 [compare], Ancestry member 123rhg123
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B167864
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Fay (Hill) Adkins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A372074 [compare], Ancestry member fadkins2449
-
~0.39%
Pat Curley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A020866 [compare], Ancestry member IrishPatTN
-
~0.39%
Stuart (Brown) Harshbarger :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Linda Gasparovic :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A377192 [compare], Ancestry member creativespot
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch ZC7474988 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Linda (Smith) Friedlander :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mazel18
-
~0.39%
Walt Gasparovic :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A837972 [compare], Ancestry member W_E_GAS
-
~0.39%
Bruce Brantley :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 1_bruce95
-
~0.39%
Ken Bashford :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MG2216461 [compare], Ancestry member kbash33
-
~0.39%
Heather Taylor :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Tula (Mauldin) Satterfield :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.39%
~3.12%
Phyllis Mack :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T580100 [compare], FTDNA kit #353033
-
~0.39%
Betty (Gasparovic) Krogel :
Living DNA, GEDmatch CS3804968 [compare]
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Categories: Virginia Colonists
There's a brief explanatory note at the top of the narrative section. Interested researchers are invited to expand and improve the profile.
I will not attach the new profile in place of Bryan-269. I believe the US Southern Colonies Project should make this decision.
edited by Ken Bashford
A request to complete the last step of renaming the LNAB of this profile to "Unknown" has been made to a Project Leader.
Please review.
edited by Ken Spratlin
Please continue to manage normally, and review US Southern Colonies Project Editing Guidance before editing.
Maybe I’m missing something, but from what I can tell, the WikiTree tools for establishing and editing a marriage connection allow for adding the ‘uncertain/about’ status indicator for the date and/or place of a marriage … but not for the *fact* of the marriage itself.
On the basis of a single non-transparent secondary reference (i.e., not a source), Lee-1662 and Bryan-269 are connected by marriage in the WikiTree database. Neither the place nor year of this marriage is labelled as ‘uncertain’.
MY OPINION: In the absence of transparent primary sources, a strong case (or argument) should be made in a Research Note for *inferring* a marriage from other reliable facts and information before the marriage is established in the Data section. Secondary references, such as the one used in these profiles, can be elements of the case, but a single such reference should not be the sole element of the argument.
edited by Ken Bashford
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Family_Data_Collection_-_Individual_Records
QUOTE WikiTree Syntax Do not add this source to WikiTree profiles. UNQUOTE
edited by Ken Bashford
I do not have a source for Mary Winfred Bryan Lee that verifies her date of birth or death. I hope we will be able to locate one. Thanks, Jim Haynes.
Is there a source for this date?
The profile text for Lee-1662 says she was born c1706 with no source given.
edited by Ken Bashford