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  Hancock died 25 MAY 1709 in Northumberland, VA, at 56 years of age. \He married twice. He mar ried Mary Kendall. Mary was born CA 1657. Mary was the\daughter of William Kendall Gentleman . Mary died 24 DEC 1694 in\Northumberland, VA, at 37 years of age. Her body was interred in W icomico\Parish, Northumberland, VA, Ditchley Graveyard. \He married Sarah Elizabeth Allertow n in Va, 1700. Sarah was born in\Northumberland, VA 1671. Sarah was the daughter of Isaac All erton Jr and Elizabeth Willoughby. Sarah died 17 MAY 1731 in Ditchley, Northumberland, VA, a t 59 years of age. \Cottrell: In the graveyard at Ditcheley in Wicomico, Not humberland count y VA,\the inscriptions on the tomb of Hancock Lee Esq and his two wives re as\follows: here l yeth the Body of Hancock Lee seventh son of the Honorable\Richrd Lee who departed this life M ay the 25th Anno Dom 1729 @@ ETA 56 years. \Also Mary * his first wife, only daugther of Willi am Kendall, Gent who departed this life Deember the 24th Anno Dom. 1684 @@ eta 33 years. \An d Sarah his last wife, daughter of Isaac llerton, Esq, who departed this\life May the 17th An no dom 1731 @@eta 60 years.\Hancock Lee b. 1653, Ditchley, Northumberland Co., VA, d. 25 May 1 709,\Hancock\92s Neck, Northumberland Co., VA, m. (1) 1675, Northampton Co., VA, Mary\Kendal l b. Newport House, Northampton Co., VA, (daughter of William and\Susannah (Baker) Kendall) . M. (2) bef 1707, Sarah Allerton, b. 1656, "Narrow's\Plantation", Westmoreland Co., VA, (dau ghter of Isaac Allerton, Col. and\Elizabeth Willoughby) d. 17 May 1731, "Hancock's Neck", Nor thumberland Co., VA.\Hancock was buried at Ditchley, where his tombstone is still seen.  This \burying ground was used by this branch of the family for several generations,\probably unti l the estate was sold in 1789, to Col. James Ball, Jr., whose descendants own it today. The i nscription reads as follows: \\93Here Lyeth the Body of Hancock Lee, Seventh son of the Honou rable Richard\Lee, Who departed this Life the 25th May, Anno Domo 1729, Aeta. 56 years. Also\ Mary his first Wife, only Daughter of William Kendall, Gent., Who departed\this life the 24t h December, Anno Domo 1694, Aeta. 33 years. And Sarah, his\last Wife, Daughter of Isaac Aller ton, Esq., Who departed this Life 17th May,\Anno Domo, 1731, Aeta. 60 years.\94 Although thi s inscription states that he\died in 1729, there can be no doubt that Hancock Lee died in 170 9; for these\reasons, : The certificate of probate of his will reads: \93Die July 20: 1709.\T his will was proved in Northumberland County Court to be the last Will and\Testament of Mr. H ancock Lee, dec\92d by ye oaths of Thomas Knight and Mary\Knight, two of ye witnesses theret o admitted to Record. (Signed) Tho: Hobson C.\Cur. Northumberland. The Clerk\92s office of No rthumberland was burned the 25th\of October 1710; later all the records that could be found w ere recorded a\second time to replace those destroyed. So, on Hancock\92s will there is this\ second note of record: \93Die Martii 21, 1711, This Coppie of Mr. Hancock Lee\92s\Will and th e Codicils thereto annexed were approved by ye Court and upon\motion of Capt. John Howson wer e admitted to Record. (signed) Tho: Hobson C.\Cur. Northumberland.\94 Again, an inventory o f Hancock\92s property was filed the\21st of Mar, 1710, and moreover in an application fo r a land patent, made the\6th of March, 1709-10, it was stated that the patent was for Hancoc k Lee son\of Hancock Lee dec\92d.\94 These records clearly prove that Hancock was deceased\i n 1709. If the inscription on his tombstone were correct in that died in\1728, aged 56 years , then he would have been born in 1673, about nine years\after the death of his father. Whils t, if the record of his first marriage, in\1675, be correct, then he married at the early ag e of two or three years!
  Hancock is  supposed to have settled in Northampton at the time of his first\marriage and t o have returned to Northumberland about 1686. He was a Justice\for Northampton County in 1677 , and held similar positions in Northumberland\in 1687, 1699; was also a Burgess from Northum berland in 1688. A list of civil\officers, dated 3 Jun 1699, names him as the \93Naval Office r and Collector of\Virginia Dutys in Northumberland County;\94 another list of the date of 17 02,\mentions him as Justice, showing him to have been in commission at the time of\his death .  The Northern Neck land records show that Hancock patented land as\follows: 1,100 acres i n Richmond County, the 18th Apr 1704; 570 acres on both\sides of Rappahannock Horsepen Run an d adjoining his own land, 21st May 1705;\1,353 acres in Richmond County, 6th Jun 1704; 460 ac res on north side of the\Occoquan in Stafford County, 2nd Nov 1707; 1,750 acres at the head s of the\branches of Chapowamsic in Stafford, adjoining the land of Capt. Thomas\Harrison, 10 th Feb 1707. Hancock Lee, son of Hancock dec\92d, patented 1,025\acres on Wolf Run in Staffor d, for which Hancock Lee the elder had obtained a\warrant, 1708, and by codicil to his will , 21st Dec 1706, gave to his son the\said Hancock, 6th Mar 1709-10. In 1678, Hancock Lee, gen t., obtained a patent\for 268 acres in Accomac County. The land formerly included in the Ditc hley\estate was patented the 21st May 1651.  It has usually been stated that Hancock\built Di tchley mansion about 1687, but there is no evidence to substantiate\this tradition. The prese nt house was built by Kendall Lee, grandson of\Hancock, and was completed about 1765-70, as e stimated by James Flexmer Ball.\Hancock\92s will was made 31st Dec 1706; one codicil was adde d 1st Jan 1706/07;\a second the 18th May, and a third the 20th of May, 1709. It was probate d at\Northumberland County Courthouse the20th Jul 1709.
  *****Burgess of Northumberland; 1688, 1698  Justice of Northumberland; 1677-1699;  Captain o f Militia     According to C Lee, Prodigy, he had only 3 children by his wife, Mary Kendall.
  ABBR Early St. Clair Co, Al Records.
  TITL Early St. Clair Co, Al Records.
  ABBR The Lees of Virginia by Paul C Nagel.
  TITL The Lees of Virginia by Paul C Nagel.
  ABBR Register of Ancestors.
  TITL Register of Ancestors.
  ABBR Ancestral File, Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City.
  TITL Ancestral File, Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City.
  PAGE father of Richard (who m/Judith Steptoe), b/ca 1650, son of Richard
  ABBR Stratford and the Lees Connected with it's History
  TITL Stratford and the Lees Connected with it's History.
  ABBR Mayflower Ancestral Index.
  TITL Mayflower Ancestral Index.
  ABBR Lees of Virginia by Paul C Nagel.
  TITL Lees of Virginia by Paul C Nagel.
  ABBR Register of Ancestors.
  TITL Register of Ancestors.
  PAGE (1653)
  ABBR Stratford and the Lees Connected with it's History
  TITL Stratford and the Lees Connected with it's History.
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  ABBR Lees of Virginia by Paul C Nagel.
  TITL Lees of Virginia by Paul C Nagel.
  ABBR Stratford and the Lees Connected with it's History
  TITL Stratford and the Lees Connected with it's History.
  PAGE (25 May 1709)
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  ABBR Stratford and the Lees Connected with it's History
  TITL Stratford and the Lees Connected with it's History.
  OCCU Justice, Burgess, Capt of Militia
  PLAC Northumberland Co, VA
  Burgess of Northumberland in 1688, 1698. Justice of Northumberland Co1677-1699, Captain of Mi litia.
  ABBR Register of Ancestors.
  TITL Register of Ancestors.
  WILL
  Willed his Ditchley property to son Richard.
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  TYPE Lived
  PLAC Ditchley
  ABBR Lees of Virginia by Paul C Nagel.
  TITL Lees of Virginia by Paul C Nagel.

Details of Hancock's family with Sarah Elizabeth ALLERTON

Details of Hancock's family with Mary KENDALL