Born about in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Abiel Stevens
and Deborah Barker
Sister of
Deborah Stevens, John Stevens, Nathan Stevens, Susannah (Stevens) Hoyt, Abial Stevens Jr and David Stevens
Wife of
Benjamin Lee
— married
25 Feb 1731 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Nathan Lee, Nehemiah Lee, Mary (Lee) Hilton, Ebenezer Lee, Deborah (Lee) Presson and Abial Lee
Died [date unknown]
in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts
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Biography
Mary Stevens was born 28 Oct 1710 in Andover, Massachusetts.[1]
The 1763 will (probate 1768) of Abiel Stevens includes a bequest to daughter Mary Lee widow of Benjamin Lee,[2]
Benjamin Lee and Mary Stevens resided in Manchester. Benjamin served as deacon of the church and was selectman in 1748 until 1754 and town clerk from 1748 to 1753.[3]
Benjamin Lee did not leave a will and his estate entered probate 5 December 1757 with widow Mary as administratrix. Real estate was £244.18.8, personal estate was £86.13.4, and £16.4 was owed to the estate. Accounting on 3 June 1758, Mary Lee reported debts and expenses of the estate were £234.5.1 which included £20 to the widow for necessities and £2 for the rearing of children. The dower was set off to the widow on 16 June 1758.[4]
In November 1758 in her capacity as estate administrator to settle debts, widow Mary Lee, in consideration of £70, sold to Thomas Lee, Sr. two-thirds of the dwelling house and two-thirds of the barn with the lands associated. On 27 Oct 1758, in consideration of £11, sold one acre of land to John Foster, Jr.[5]
Children
Mary Stevens and Benjamin Lee were parents of eleven children born at Manchester.
i BENJAMIN LEE, b. 17 Feb 1731/2; d. at Manchester, 13 Dec 1759;[6] m. at Beverly, 8 Apr 1756, ABIGAIL DODGE.
ii DEBORAH LEE, b. 17 Dec 1733; died young
iii SUSANNA LEE, b. 14 Jan 1734/5; d. at Manchester, 17 Oct 1805; m. at Manchester, 9 Dec 1755, THOMAS HILTON, b. at Manchester, 15 Jul 1733 son of Stilson and Hannah (Severy) Hilton; Thomas d. in France, 1758.[7]
iv NATHAN LEE, b. 22 Jan 1736/7; m. at Manchester, 18 Dec 1760, SARAH SEARLES, b. at Manchester, 4 Oct 1736 daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Hooper) Searls.
v NEHEMIAH LEE, b. 10 Apr 1739, d. at Moultonborough, NH, 6 Oct 1792; m. at Manchester, 24 Nov 1763, SARAH TEWKSBURY, b. at Manchester, 24 Feb 1737/8 daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Foster) Tewksbury.
vi MARY LEE, b. 4 Nov 1741; d. at Rockville, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 22 Jan 1774; m. at Manchester, 10 Jul 1762, AMOS HILTON, b. at Manchester, 27 Dec 1738 son of Stilson and Hannah (Severy) Hilton; Amos d. at Rockville, 6 Jun 1811.
vii EBENEZER LEE, b. 8 Mar 1743/4; d. at Moultonborough, 29 Jun 1823; m. at Wenham, MA, 29 Mar 1768, MARY THORNDIKE, b. at Beverly, 8 Apr 1750 daughter of Paul and Abigail (Ober) Thorndike; Mary d. at Moultonborough, 29 Oct 1823.
viii DEBORAH LEE, b. 20 Mar 1745/6; m. at Manchester, 25 May 1767, ISAAC PRESTON, b. at Manchester, 25 Jul 1748 son of Isaac and Margaret (Foster) Preston.
ix ABIAL LEE, b. 27 Jun 1748; d. at Moultonborough, Mar 1829; m. at Wenham, MA, 2 Jan 1772, SARAH KILLAM, b. at Wenham, 24 Apr 1750 daughter of John and Mary (Poland) Killam; Sarah d. at Moultonborough, 18 Feb 1819.
x DANIEL LEE, b. 5 Jul 1750; m. at Wenham, 16 Dec 1773, HANNAH ROGERS, b. at Wenham, 1 Mar 1752 daughter of John and Elizabeth (Killam) Rogers.
xi DAVID LEE, b. 28 Aug 1753. He perhaps died in an English prison during the Revolution.[8]
Sources
- ↑ Stevens, –––––, d. Abial and Deborah, Oct. 28, 1710. Andover Vital Records; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Andover/Images/Andover_B353.shtml
- ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 26283
- ↑ Lamson, History of the Town of Manchester, p 238, p 374, p 378
- ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 16592
- ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Essex County, 105:187, 104:267
- ↑ Benja[min], s. Dea. Benjamin, Dec. 13, 1759, a. 28 y. C. R.
- ↑ Hassam, John T. “Some of the Descendants of William Hilton”, NEHGR, vol 31, 1877, p 190
- ↑ Lee, Thomas Amory, “The Lee Family of Marblehead”, Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 52, p 149
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