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William Leigh

William was born in 1588 in James City, , Virginia, USA.¹ William's father was John Lee and his mother was Joyce Romney. His paternal grandparents were Humphrey Lee and Katherine Blount. He had a brother named Richard. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 65 on March 22nd, 1653 in James City, , Virginia, USA.¹

General Notes
- William Lee 1st b. 1597, came from England to Virginia plantations in ship Assurance de Lo, landing July 24, 1635. He was 38 years old. Like many sons of English noblemen he longed to build for himself a home and a name, for as younger sons
  
  Of noblemen the only thing they inherited was their surname and their right to the family coat-of-arms. This William Lee, 1st was the SECOND son of Sir John Lee, Knight of England and wife, Joyce Romney, and was an older brother of Richard Lee, the progenitor of the beloved Robert E. Lee.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John De Lee
  - b.1430 in Coton Hall, Shropshire, , England d.1478 in Nordley Regis, Shropshire, , England
  
  Thomas de Lee
  - b.1482 in Nordley Regis, Shropshire, , England d.16 Mar 1526 in Coton, Nordley Regis, Alveley Parish, England
  
  Elizabeth Corbin
  - b.1434 in Coton Hall, Shropshire, , England d.1500 in Colton, Shropshire, , England
  
  Humphrey Lee
  - b.1506 in Langley, Shropshire, England d.06 Dec 1588 in Shropshire, England
  
  Johanna Morton
  - b.~  1484 in Haughton, Shropshire, England d.1526 in Nordley Regis, Shropshire, , England
  
  John Lee
  - b.1530 in Colton,,Shropshire,England d.14 May 1605 in ,,Shropshire,England
  
  Katherine Blount
  - b.~  1506 in Eye, Herfordshire, England d.30 Aug 1591 in Colton, Nordley Regis, S, England
  
  William Leigh
  - b.1588 in James City, , Virginia, USA d.22 Mar 1653 in James City, , Virginia, USA
  
  Joyce Romney
  - b.1529 in Colton, Shropshire, , England d.1609 in Coton Nordley Register, Shropshire, , England

Personal Timeline

Details of William's family with Mary Dawkes

¹ Public Member Trees @ Database online.
Source/Citation Public Member Trees @ Database online.