William Lee (1650 - abt. 1724)

Born 1650 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England

Descendants

Died about 1724 at about age 74 in Hempstead Town, Queens, New York Colony

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Please be careful with merges, this is not William son of Anne Constable and Richard Lee.

Biography

"Tradition relates that John Lee, of Lee Hall, Nottingham,.Eng., the third Earl of Litchfield, had one son Robert. Robert Lee had son William, who on account of religious persecution fled to the colonies and settled at Hempstead, L. I., 1675. He married Mary Marvin, whose mother's maiden name was Mary Brown, and died at Hempstead 1724. Of Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Lee, we have no records.

In 1683 the Governor of New York required the town of Hempstead to take out a new patent, and 2% pence per acre was levied on all lands held by individuals in the town which numbered 160, number of acres 16.563. William Lee was assessed with 40 acres.

William and Mary (Marvin) Lee had Thomas, who was a farmer near Hempstead. He was never married. After the death of his brother Joseph, who married Abigail Price, of Hempstead, and died in middle age, he reared the children and became well to do. John and Robert, sons of William, served in the Colonial wars with the French, and both died of fever soon after their return home at Hempstead. William had also six daughters, of whom no records are found."^[1]

"The Lee family is supposed to have been a younger branch of the Lees of Lee-Magna, Kent, England, and at an early period settled at Nottingham, England. That they were a family of distinction is indicated by the possession of a coat of arms, as follows: Az on a fesse between two fillets, or, three leopards' heads gu. Crest, a demi-Moor, ppr vested gu, rimmed around the collar with two bars, or, tied around the waist with a ribbon ar, and gu, holding in his dexter hand a gem ring of the third. The first representative of the family in America was William Lee, who emigrated from Nottingham to this country in 1675. He married Mary Marvin and died in 1724, leaving three sons and- seven daughters. The sons were Thomas and Joseph, of Long Island, and Richard, who entered the French military service in Canada."^[2]

"LEE OF YORKTOWN . — This family , supposed to have been a younger branch of the Lee's of Lee - Magna , Kent , England , settled in Nottingham at an early period . William Lee emigrated from Nottingham to America in 1675 , d . 1724 , mar . Mary Marvin , and left three sons and seven da . His sons were ,

Thomas of Long Island , d . s , p .;

Joseph of Long Island , and

Richard , who entered the French military service in Canada , d . s . p .

Joseph , second son of William , had

( I. ) , Joseph of Yorktown , d . æt . 77 ; and left ,

1 , William , d . æt . 50 ;

2 , Joseph , d . æt . 50 ;

3 , Abigail , d . æt . 40 ;

4 , Hon . Elijah , d . æt . 78 , mar . 1st , Conk lin ; 2d , Brown ; 3d , Brown ; 4th , Williamson;

5 , Enos , d . æt . 70 ;

6 , Anne , mar . Capt . Saml . Haight ; she d . æt . 70 ;

7 , Hannah , mar . James Brewer , M. D. , she d . æt . 70 ;

8 , Phæbe , d , æt . 70 , mar . Daniel Horton ;

9 , Elizabeth , d . æt . 60 , mar . Joseph Ingersoll ;

10 , Sarah , d . æt . 20.

( II . ) , Thomas of Woodbridge , Cortlandt's Manor , d . æt . 80 ; left ,

1 , David , d . æt . 90 , mar . Young ;

2 , Peter of Ohio , d . æt . 80 ;

3. Paul , d . æt . 70 ;

4 , Israel of Orange Co. , d . æt . 80 ;

5 , Philip , also of Orange , Co. , d . æt . 74 ;

6 , William of New Jersey , d , æt . 80 ;

7 , Thomas , also of New Jersey ;

8 , Hannah , d . s . p . ;

9 , Phæbe , d . s . p .

( III . ) , John removed from Long Island to Yorktown , W. C. Co. , in 1750 , b . 1726 , d . March 12 , 1816 , mar . Sarah Perine , she d . July 31 , 1796 , æt . 74. Their children were ,

1 , Thomas , d . æt 40 , s . p ;

2 , John of New Jersey , d . æt . 84 ;

3. Sarah , d . æt . 65 , mar . John Horton ;

4 , Henry , d . æt . 90 , s . p .;

5 , Hannah , d . æt . 87 , s . p .;

6 , Margaret , d . æt . 77 , mar . Jonas Williams ;

7 , Abigail , d . æt . 60 , mar . David Knapp ;

8 , Phæbe , d . æt . 78 , mar . Francis Colgrove ;

9 , Dinah , still living æt . 85 , mar . Thaddeus Rockwell ;

10 , Robert of Yorktown , still living æt . 81.

( IV . ) , Phæbe , d . aet . 81 , mar . 1744 , Dennis Coombs .

( V. ) , Anna , d , æt . 80 , mar . Martin .

( VI . ) , Ruth , d . æt . 80 , mar , Job Wright .

( VII . ) , Elizabeth , d . æt . 80 , mar . Martineau .

( VIII . ) , Sarah , d . ät . 60.

( IX . ) , Mary , d ät . 64.

( X. ) , Abigail , d . æt 18. Arms.-Az. on a fesse , between two fillets , or , three leopard's heads , gu . Crest . - A demi Moor ppr . vested gu . rimmed round the collar with two bars or , tied round the waist with a ribbon ar , wreathed about the head ar . and gu . holding in his dex ter hand a gem - ring of the third ."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ J. Percy Crayon, "Rockaway Records of Morris County, N. J. Families", Rockaway Publishing Company, Rockaway, New Jersey (1902), pages 141-142.
2. ↑ Biographical and Genealogical History of Morris and Sussex Counties, New Jersey, Volume 1, The Lewis Publishing Company, New York (1899), page 827.
3. ↑ Robert Bolton, The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester: From Its First Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 2, Chas. F. Roper, New York (1881), page 743.

• Baptism: "Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812"
  Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 276/1
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61045 #3162845 (accessed 31 January 2024)
  William baptism on 28 Mar 1650 (born about 1650), child of Robt & Ann, in Bintry, Norfolk, England.

• Passenger List: "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s"
  Place: Maryland; Year: 1670-1671; Page Number: 286
  Ancestry Record 7486 #1333861 (accessed 31 January 2024)
  Name: William Lee; Arrival Year: 1670-1671; Arrival Place: Maryland; Primary Immigrant: Lee, William; Source Publication Code: 8510; Annotation: Index from manuscript by Arthur Trader, Chief Clerk in the Maryland Land Commission, 1917. And see nos. 4507-4511, Land Notes.; Source Bibliography: SKORDAS, GUST, editor. The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. 525p. Repr. 1986.;
  Household Members (Name):
  William Lee.