• General Notes

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  Richard died 12 MAR 1714 in Westmoreland, VA, at 67 years of age.  Richard Lee was a member o f Govenors Council, Burgess York county, VA Richard Lee, Col. b. 1647, Paradise, Gloucester C o., VA, d. 12 Mar 1714, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., VA, m. 1674, Laetitia Corbin b. 1656/ 57, Westmoreland Co., VA, d. 6 Oct 1706, Machodoc, Westmoreland Co., VA, (daughter of Henry a nd Alice (Eltonhead) Corbin). Mt. Pleasant, an estate consisting of about 2,600 acres, had be en bequeathed by the Immigrant to his eldest son John, and was inherited by Richard as heir-a t-law to their father. The large brick house, largely inclosed by a brick wall, was burned d own and another was built on the surrounding heights of the Potomac. This written by Willia m Lee.
  The date of the fire is not known, but must have occurred between 1716 and 1730. Thomas Lee o btained a lease of this estate in 1716, and apparently lived there until he built the Stratfo rd mansion. It seems likely that the loss by fire, mentioned by William Lee, occurred at Mt . Pleasant, not at Stratford, as has been generally supposed. There is no record of a fire ev er having occurred at the latter place; while frequent mention has been made of burnt hous e fields, at the former, evidently showing that a fire there had been so serious that the fi eld had been named as a record of the disaster. The new house, built further back from the ri ver and upon higher ground, was probably erected by George Lee when he came from England to s ettle in Virginia. It, too, has been burned. Richard Lee was educated at Oxford. He was a mem ber of the Council in 1676, 1680-83-88, 1692-98. A Burgess in 1677, and probably earlier.  Go vernor Spotswood described Richard Lee as, a gentleman of as fair character as any in the co untry for his exact justice, honesty and unexceptional loyalty. In all the stations wherein h e has served in this government, he has behaved himself with great integrity and sufficiency ; and when his advanced age would no longer permit him to execute to his won satisfaction th e duty of Naval Officer of the same district, I thought I could not better reward his merit t han by bestowing that employment on his son. [I Spotswood, 178]. Richard and Laetitias tomb stone is still to be seen at Mt. Pleasant, it is a very large slab of hard white marble. Th e inscription was written in Latin, and translated, it reads: Here lieth the body of Richar d Lee, Esq., born in Virginia, son of Richard Lee, Gentleman, descended of an ancient famil y of Merton-Regis, in Shropshire. While he exercised the office of magistrate he was a zealou s promoter of the public good. He was very skillful in the Greek and Latin languages and othe r parts of polite learning.  He quietly resigned his soul to God, whom he always devoutly wor shiped, on the 12th day of March, in the year 1714, in the 68th year of his age. Near by inte rred the body of Laetitia, his faithful wife, daughter of Henry Corbyn, Gentleman. A most aff ectionate mother, she was also distinguished by piety toward God, charity to the poor, and ki ndness to all. She died on the 6th day of October, 1706, in the 49th year of her age. It i s supposed that Thomas Lee in 1749, Arthur Lee in 1792, and Richard Henry Lee in 1794 were bu ried there as well. Richard Lees will, dated 3 Mar 1714, probated in Westmoreland Co., VA o n 27 Apr 1715.
  
  !(1) "The Tayloes of Virginia and Allied Families," by W. Randolph Tayloe (Berryville, VA, 19 63) p.2,79. FHL #929.273 T211t.
  (2) "Virginia Genealogies - A Genealogy of the Glassell Family," by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayde n (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1966) p.86.
  (3) "The Compendium of American Genealogy," ed. by Frederick Adams Virkus (Reprint 1930. Geal ogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1968) Vol. II, p.24. Ancestry of Ashton Waugh McWhorter.
  (4) "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia," by Bishop William Meade, Vol. II (Gen ealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1978. Reprint 1857) p.145, 146.
  (5) "A History of Two Virginia Families," "Catlett Family & Baytop Family," as published in t he Genealogical Column of the "Times Dispatch," Richmond, VA, p.109. FHL #1,065,175, item 13 , & #929.273 B3455.
  !Birth: (1,3) 1647. (2,3) s/o Richard Lee of VA. (4) 2nd s/o Col. Richard Lee/Anna. He follow ed his father to VA with the rest of his family (see notes on father's will below.)
  Death: (1) 1715. (3) 1711.
  Burial: (1) "Burnt House" field of Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, VA with wife Letitia.
  (4) 1663: The will of his father Col. Richard Lee of VA, "lately of Stratford-Langton, in th e county of Essex, Esquire, being bound out upon a voyage to Virginia," directed that his wif e and children should be sent to VA. Left to his son Richard his plantation called "Paradise, " and the servants there. He also left a fund for the education in England of his two oldes t sons, John and Richard.
  (3) Councillor.
  (3) Burgess.
  (5) 1707: Richard Lee was the owner of a lot in Miles Cary's survey of Gloucestertown (now Gl oucester Point). John Fleet had patented Gloucester Town, then Tyndall's Point, in 1662.
  **GIVN Richard
  **SURN Lee III
  **AFN GHTW-ZS
  **PEDI birth
  !The records of both Richard Lee II and his ancestors is based on a number of references:
  !1. The True Royal and Magna Carta Ancestral Line of Colonel Richard of Virginia.
  !2. The Parentage of Richard Lee the Emigrant by Grace McLean Moses, McLean Virginia.
  !3. The Virginia Magazine of Janurary 1954. " Now it is possible to write with assurance rega rding Richard Lee's parentage and trace his career after 1640.
  !4. Lee Family of Shropshire, England 1100 A.D. to 1960 in Virginia. Compiled by Emma Bettis , Montgomery, Alabama.
  !5.A chart drawn up of the Lees of Shropshire at Visitation of 1623, Which was based on earl y records and deeds which have caused the "Heralds" to allow the claim to the Lee Arms of Ric hard Lee of Langley and Humprey Lee of Cotton representing the family at first Vistitation i n 1569.
  !Richard Lee of Cople ,Westmoreland Co., Virginia. Mentioned in his father's will 1663.  Hi s will dated 3 March 1714 at age 67.Proved at Westmoreland County 27 April 1715.
  
  TITL GENDEX     AUTH various contributors     http://www.gendex.com/      MEDI Electronic
  TITL The Stronghold, A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia & Its People      AUTH Mir iam Haynie
  PUBL The Dietz Press, Richmond, VA  1959       MEDI Book        PAGE p 122
  TEXT s of Col Richard Lee, no mother
  _FA1  PLAC Retired as Naval Officer of the Potomac in 1710.

Details of Richard's family with Letitia CORBIN