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Facts and Events
| Name |
Hancock Lee |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[5] |
Est 1652 |
Northumberland, Virginia, Colony |
| Marriage |
Est 1675 |
to Mary Kendall |
| Marriage |
Bet 1695 and 1700 |
Prob. Virginiato Sarah Allerton |
| Will[4] |
31 Dec 1706 |
with codicils 1 Jan 1706/07, 18 May 1709, and 20 May 1709 |
| Death[1][4] |
25 May 1709 |
Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia, United States |
| Burial[1][4] |
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Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia, United States |
| Probate[1][4] |
20 Jul 1709 |
Northumberland, Virginia, United Stateswill and codicils |
How Many Wives?
Some trees indicate that Hancock Lee had two wives (Mary Kendall, Sarah Allerton); others cite three (Martha Burwell, Mary Kendall, Sarah Allerson).
The following commentary, identifying Hancock Lee as the father of the Anna Lee who married Maj. William Armistead, may have been the source of the confusion:
From "The Armistead Family: 1635-1910", by Virginia Armistead Garber, pg. 24, pub. 1910:
- John's (Armistead's) two sons, William and Henry, also must have been men of high character and loveable qualities to have won the love of such wives as they had - Anna Lee, the daughter of Hancock Lee; and Martha Burwell, choosing Henry Armistead in spite of the fierce, lordly wooing of the explosive Governor Nicholson, and the devotion of the fearless Parson, Fouace, and a host of others.
Presumably the reference to Hancock Lee followed by the name Martha Burwell was misinterpreted by someone to mean that Martha was his wife.
His gravestone clearly states that he had 2 wives: Mary, only daughter of William Kendall, and Sarah, the daughter of Isaac Allerton.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lee, Edmund Jennings. Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892: biographical and genealogical sketches of the descendants of Colonel Richard Lee, with brief notices of the related families of Allerton, Armistead, Ashton, Aylett, Bedinger, Beverley, Bland, Bolling, Carroll, Carter, Chambers, Corbin, Custis, Diggs, Fairfax, Fitzhugh, Gardner, Grymes, Hanson, Jenings, Jones, Ludwell, Marshall, Mason, Page, Randolph, Shepherd, Shippen, Tabb, Taylor, Turberville, Washington, and others. (Philadelphia: Lee, 1895)
pp. 518-19. - Descendants of Col. Richard Lee, of Virginia, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
26(1872):61.
"Hancock, fifth son. Twice married: first, Miss Kendall; second, Miss Allerton. Died in 1729, and is buried at Ditchley, Northumberland Co., Va."
Note while his gravestone says he died 1729, Æta 56 years, his will was proved in 1709.
- Allertons of New England and Virginia, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
44(1890):293.
"Sarah, b. -----; m. Hancock Lee, whose first wife as a Miss Kendall. He had children by both marriages, ... he was buried beside his two wives."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Capt Hancock Lee, in Find A Grave.
Includes 3 fairly legible photos of his gravestone along with a transcription of it.
Also includes transcripts of his will, codicils, probate and inventory.
- ↑ Birth year estimated based on age at death (56) and estimated birth years of his (generally accepted to be younger) sisters.
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