Thomas Lee (1728 - 1805)

Born 20 Jan 1728 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Dinah (Perrine) Lee — married 20 Jan 1750 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1805 at age 76 in Littleton, Morris, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Thomas Lee performed Patriotic Service in New Jersey in the American Revolution.

Thomas Lee is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A068770.

Thomas Lee is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 234858
Rank: Private / Patriotic Service

Thomas Lee is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, 60051.

Child of Joseph and Abigail (Price) Lee,^[1] Thomas, baptized at Hempstead on July 1, 1728.

Thomas, son of Joseph Lee & Abigail Price, married Dinah Perrine daughter of Capt. Peter Perrine, 1750 in Queens New York. .^[2] She was born at Staten Island in 1731.

Thomas was a Revolutionary soldier: Littleton, Jan. 7, 1804. John and Thomas removed from Hempstead to the nothern part of Westchester County, N. Y. John’s farm was afterwards owned by Maj. Paulding, one of the captors of Maj. John Andre, now the property of Jacob L. Strang, who married a Lee. Thomas removed to Littleton, Morris county, N. J., in 1764."

In 1757 Thomas Lee fell heir to a small estate on Staten Island. He afterward bought a two hundred acre estate is Westchester County, N.Y. Disposing of this estate in 1764, Thomas moved with his family into New Jersey and purchased a 200 acre estate which he called "Cortland Manor" and which adjoined that of his brother, John.

The two estates were situated about midway between what is now know as Morris Plains, N.J. and Somerville, the latter being then known as Somerset Court House. He served as a private and teamster in the Somerset County (NJ) militia during the Revolutionary War. After the close of the Revolution Thomas moved to Morris Plains, where he resided several years.

In the 1780 census Thomas was in Morris County, NJ.^[3]

In the 1783 census Thomas was in Morris County, NJ.^[4] Later he went to live with his son Major William Lee, in Morristown. Thomas died there on 7 January 1805 and was buried in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ J. Percy Crayon, Rockaway Records of Morris County, N. J. Families, (Rockaway, N.J., Rockaway Publishing Co., 1902), page 142.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Millennium File"
   Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting
   Ancestry Record 7249 #10944033 (accessed 3 March 2024)
   Thomas Lee marriage to Dinah Perrine in 1750.
3. ↑ 1780 Census: "New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890"
   Original data: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New Jersey Census, 1643-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes; Page: 014
   Ancestry Record 3562 #18988931 (accessed 3 March 2024)
   Thomas Lee in Morris County, NJ.
4. ↑ 1783 Census: "New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890"
   Original data: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New Jersey Census, 1643-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes; Page: 021
   Ancestry Record 3562 #18988925 (accessed 3 March 2024)
   Thomas Lee in Morris County, NJ.
5. ↑ Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
   Find A Grave: Memorial #71206850
   Ancestry Record 60525 #52755108 (accessed 3 March 2024)
   Thomas Lee burial (died on 7 Jan 1805) in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States of America. Born in 1728.

• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2H8-3PJ : 20 January 2020), Thomas Lee, 1728.

• Perrine, Howland D. Daniel Perrin "The Huguenot" and His Descendants in America (Privately Printed, South Orange, N. J., Press of Tobias A. Wright, 150 Bleecker Street, N.Y., 1910) Family #93 , p. 43

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S1JJ-7LZ : accessed 2017-02-05), entry for Thomas /Lee/.

• Family History: "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970"
  Volume: 306
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2204 #1258469 (accessed 3 March 2024)
  Name: Thomas Lee; Birth Date: 1 Jul 1728; Birth Place: Hempstead, Ireland; Death Date: 7 Jan 1805; Death Place: Morrison, New Jersey; SAR Membership: 60051; Role: Ancestor; Application Date: 31 Jan 1942; Spouse: Dinah Perrine; Children: Peter Perrine Lee.

• 1786 Census: "New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890"
  Original data: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New Jersey Census, 1643-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes; Page: 010
  Ancestry Record 3562 #18988926
  Thomas Lee in Morris County, NJ.

• Burial: "U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970"
  Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, PA, USA; US, Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Book Title: 1768-1812
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61048 #27000
  Thomas Lee burial (died in 1805) on 9 Jan 1805 in Morristown, New Jersey. Born in about 1729.