Joseph Lee (abt. 1686 - abt. 1733)

Born about 1686 in Nassau, Richmond, New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Price) Lee — married [date unknown] in Hempstead, Queens, New York Colony

Descendants

Died about 9 Apr 1733 at about age 47 in Yorktown, Westchester, New York Colony

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Biography

"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."^[1]

"Joseph Lee, the second son of William Lee, had ten children."^[2] Sources differ concerning some details for his children:

Joseph Jr: born May 14, 1713, married Sarah WRIGHT Feb. 28, 1733.

Crayon said that Joseph died in 1760, but Bolton said that he died at age 77.

John: baptized at Hempstead Sept. 25, 1726, married Sarah PERRINE, daughter of Capt. Peter

PERRINE and wife Mary. John died at Yorktown, NY, Mar. 12, 1816. Capt. Peter PERRINE was of the "Troop" Staten Island Militia, where he resided.

Thomas: baptized at Hempstead July 1, 1728, married Dinah PERRINE, daughter of Capt. Peter.

She was born at Staten Island 1731, died at Littleton, NJ, 1791. Thomas was a Revolutionary soldier. Thomas died at the residence of his son Maj. William Lee at Littleton, Jan. 7, 1804.

Abigail: died at age 18.

Phebe: Crayon's punctuation suggests that Phebe and Mary are the same person, but

that is probably a typographical error.

Bolton said that Phoebe married Dennis COOMBS in 1744 and died at age 81.

Mary: never married and died at age 64.

Ruth: married Isaac WRIGHT and died at age 84.

Sarah: Crayon said that Sarah married Dennis COOMBS and died at age 80.

Bolton said that Sarah died at age 60.

Hannah: married MARTIN; Crayon said she died at age 84.

Bolton said ANNA died at age 80.

Elizabeth: married MARTINEAU and died at age 80.

Excerpts from Family Histories

From Rockaway Records of Morris County, N. J. Families:^[3]

"Children of Joseph and Abigail (Price) Lee:

Joseph, born May 14, 1713, married Sarah Wright Feb. 28, 1733, died 1760.

John, baptized at Hempstead Sept. 25, 1726, married Sarah, daughter - of Capt. Peter Perrine and wife Mary, died at Yorktown, N. Y., Mar. 12, 1816. Capt. Peter Perrine was of the “Troop” Staten Island Militia, where he resided.

Thomas, baptized at Hempstead July 1, 1728, married Dinah Perrine, daughter of Capt. Peter. She was born at Staten Island 1731, died at Littleton, N. J., 1791. Thomas was a Revolutionary soldier; died at the residence of his son Maj. William at Littleton, Jan. 7, 1804. John and Thomas removed from Hempstead to the northern 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.

Abigail, daughter of Joseph, died aged 18;

Phebe, Mary, never married, died aged 64;

Ruth, married Isaac Wright, died aged 84;

Sarah, married Dennis Coombs, died aged 80;

Hannah, married Martin, died aged 84 ;

Elizabeth, married Martineau, died aged 80."

From The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester:^[4]

"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.

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. ↑ J. Percy Crayon, Rockaway Records of Morris County, N. J. Families, (Rockaway, N.J., Rockaway Publishing Co., 1902)
4. ↑ 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.

• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2H8-3PV : 20 January 2020), Joseph Lee in entry for Thomas Lee, 1728.
• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2H6-46B : 21 January 2020), Joseph Lee in entry for John Lee, 1726.