Hancock Lee 
Hancock was born in 1653 in Ditchley, Northumberland Co., VA. Hancock's father was Richard Lee and his mother was Ann Constable. His paternal grandparents were John Lee and Jane Hancock. He had five brothers and two sisters, named John, Richard, Francis, William, Charles, Elizabeth and Anne. He died at the age of 56 on May 25th, 1709 in Hancock’s Neck, Northumberland Co., VA. He was buried in 1709 in Ditchley, Northumberland Co.1 General Notes
The "Ditchley" Line
(2)Hancock Lee (#2)1653-1709 m. 1.Mary Kendall
.....(3)William Lee - died young
.....(3)Anna Lee m.1. William Armistead m.2. William Eustace
.....(3)Richard Lee (#3) 1691-1740 m. Judith Steptoe
..........(4)Kendall Lee (#5) d. 1780 m. Betty Heale
...............(5)William Lee m. Jane Payne
...............(5)George Lee (#9) m. Frances Ball
....................(6)George Lee m. Mary Edwards, widow
.........................(7)(daughter)
....................(6)Arthur Lee (#15) m. Sarah Haggeman
.........................(7)William Kendall Lee (#21) m. ____ Henderson
...............................(8)William Henderson Lee
...............................(8)Arthur Lee
.........................(7)Arthur H. Lee d. 1891, unmarried
.........................(7)Mary Lee m. ___ Locke
.........................(7)John Haggeman Lee, died 1886, no issue
.........................(7)Joseph Ball Lee, died without issue
.........................(7)George Lee (#22) m. Ellen Howson
..............................(8)Arthur Lee
..............................(8)William Howson Clark Lee
..............................(8)Ellen Bruce Lee
..............................(8)George Kendall Lee
.........................(7)James Ball Lee, died without issue
.........................(7)Richard Henry Lee, died without issue
....................(6)Betty Lee, died unmarried
....................(6)Frances Lee m. ___ Seward
....................(6)Anna Lee m. Joseph Ball
...............(5)Kendall Lee (#10) 1763-1811 m. 1. Sarah Gordon, no issue
................m.2.Judith Burton Payne
....................(6)George Kendall Lee 1789-1859, no issue
....................(6)Thomas Lee (#16) 1791-1849 m. Mary Pearson
.........................(7)Elizabeth Kendall Lee 1820-1854 m. William P. Hahn
.........................(7)George Thomas Lee 1824-1827
.........................(7)Mary Virginia Lee 1826-1855 m. William B. Scott
.........................(7)Judith Lee 1828-? m. John Gargan
.........................(7)Richard Henry Lee 1831-1861
....................(6)Richard Henry Lee 1792-1816, no issue
....................(6)Elizabeth Kendall Lee 1794-1863, no issue
....................(6)William Lee (#17) 1795-1874 m.1. Eliza Wamack, no issue
.......................m.2. Hannah Saunders
..........................(7)William Thomas Lee (#23) 1830-1865 m. Susan Blanton
...............................(8)Elisha Kendall Lee
..........................(7)James Hancock Lee 1844-1865
....................(6)Hancock Lee (#18) 1797-1860 m. 1. Mary Henderson
.........................(7)Mary Henderson Lee 1825-1826
.........................(7)Virginia Payne Lee 1826-1839
.........................(7)Frances Elizabeth Lee 1827-1828
.........................(7)James Kendall Lee (#24) 1829-1861
.........................(7)Ellen Lee 1831-1841
.........................(7)William Hancock Lee 1834-1835
.........................(7)Charlotte Lee 1836-?
.........................(7)Margaret Henderson Lee 1838-?
.........................(7)Judith Burton Lee 1839-1839
.........................(7)Jane Barclay Lee 1841-1843
......................Hancock Lee (#18 above) m.2. Martha Bickerton Drew
........................(7)Juliet Lee 1853-?
........................(7)Mary Rutherford Lee 1855-1880 m. Robert Somerville
........................(7)(Son) died 1857 as infant
........................(7)Carter Henry Lee 1859-1859
....................(6)Virginia Payne Lee 1799-? m. Howell Lewis
...............(5)Hancock Lee (#11) m. Sinah Ellen Chichester
....................(6)Richard Kendall Lee
....................(6)Betty Lee
....................(6)Sarah McCarty Lee m. James Wren
....................(6)Mary Kendall Lee m. ____ Sangster
....................(6)Ann McCarty Lee m. John R. Ratcliffe
....................(6)Catharine Anne Lee m. George W. Wren
....................(6)Sinah Ellen Chicester Lee m. ____ Fitzhugh
....................(6)Dodridge C. Lee
....................(6)Hancock Lee
....................(6)William L. Lee
....................(6)Daniel C. Lee, died without issue
...............(5)Richard Lancelot Lee d. 1790, apparently never married
...............(5)Arthur Lee, no issue
...............(5)Mary Lee m. Archibald Campbell
...............(5)Elizabeth "Betty" Edward Lee m. Thomas Edwards
...............(5)Judith Lee m.1. ____ Pierce; m.2. John Blackwell
...............(5)Priscilla Lee 1770-1834 m. Griffin Edwards
Hancock Lee (#2 above) m.2. Sarah Allerton
.....(3)Isaac Lee 1707-1727
.....(3)John Lee ca 1709-1789
.....(3)Hancock Lee (#4) ca 1709-? m. Mary Willis
..........(4)Willis Lee d. 1774
..........(4)Hancock Lee (#6) ca 1736-1815 m. Winifred Beale
...............(5)Willis Lee (#12) m. Mary Richards
....................(6)John Hancock Lee (#19) 1805-1873 m.1. Mary Willis Madison m.2. Fannie W
..................................Madison m.3. Mary Jones
........................(7)Laetitia Lee m. Robert Madison
........................(7)Nellie Conway Lee 1826-1875
........................(7)Lewis Herman Lee 1849-1878 m. Georgia Garland
.............................(8)Mary Madison Lee 1877-?
........................(7)Lizzie Madison Lee m. William Albert Bragg
........................(7)Norma Overton Lee m. John Brockenbrough Woodward
....................(6)Mary Willis Lee m. Thomas Scott Ashton
...............(5)Hancock Lee (#13) d. 1842 m. Susan Richards
....................(6)Anne Lee 1820-1862 m. John Howison
....................(6)Frances Lee 1822-? m. Robert Willis
....................(6)Mary Lee 1823-1860, unmarried
....................(6)Virginia Lee 1824-? m.1. Smith Rixey, m.2. A. Richards
....................(6)Ludwell Lee 1826-1855, unmarried
....................(6)Susan Lee 1830-? m. Horace Dodd
....................(6)Louisa Lee 1832-? died unmarried
....................(6)Thomas Lee 1834-?
....................(6)Henry Hancock Lee (#20) 1837-1860 m. Olivia Nutt
.........................(7)Henry Hancock Lee (#25) 1866-? m. Meta Shumate
..............................(8)Mary Downman Lee 1892-?
.........................(7)Annie Lee 1864-?
.........................(7)Robert Edward Lee (#26)
.........................(7)Mary Lee 1867-?
.........................(7)Lucy Lee 1870-?
.........................(7)Olivia Lee 1872-?
.........................(7)Frances Lee 1874-?
.........................(7)Ludwell Lee 1876-?
.........................(7)Francis Lee 1879-?
.........................(7)Alice Lee 1882-?
....................(6)William Lee 1840-1863
...............(5)Thomas Lee (#14) m. ___ Bell
....................(6)Matilda Lee m. ___ Gaskins
....................(6)Jane Lee, died unmarried
...............(5)Emeline Lee m. ___ Richards
...............(5)Elizabeth Lee m. ____ Sangster
...............(5)Arthur Lee, died unmarried
...............(5)Pamela Lee, died unmarried
...............(5)Mary Frances Lee, died unmarried
...............(5)Anne Lee, died unmarried
...............(5)(Unknown)
..........(4)John Lee (#7) d. 1802 m. Elizabeth Bell
...............(5)John Hancock Lee m. Anne Lee, no issue
...............(5)Lewis Lee, married, but no issue
...............(5)Sarah Lee m. John Jordan Crittenden
...............(5)Matilda A. Lee m. Samuel McDowell Wallace
...............(5)Elizabeth Lee m. ____ Wilkinson
...............(5)Lucinda Lee m. R. H. Call
...............(5)Anne Lee m. ___ Price
..........(4)Henry Lee (#8) married, wife unknown
...............(5)Willis Lee, died unmarried
...............(5)Hancock Lee, died unmarried
...............(5)John Lee, died unmarried
...............(5)(Daughter) m. ____ Davis
...............(5)Anne Lee, m. John Hancock Lee, no issue
..........(4)Richard Lee, died unmarried
..........(4)Sarah Alexander Lee m. John Gillison
..........(4)Mary Willis Lee d. 1798 m. Ambrose Madison
.....(3)Elizabeth Lee m. Zachary Taylor
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Hancock Lee b. 1653, Ditchley, Northumberland Co., VA, d. 25 May 1709, Hancock’s Neck, Northumberland Co., VA, m. (1) 1675, Northampton Co., VA, Mary Kendall 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, (daughter of Isaac Allerton, Col. and Elizabeth Willoughby) d. 17 May 1731, "Hancock's Neck", Northumberland 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 until the estate was sold in 1789, to Col. James Ball, Jr., whose descendants own it today. The inscription reads as follows:
“Here Lyeth the Body of Hancock Lee, Seventh son of the Honourable 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 24th December, Anno Domo 1694, Aeta. 33 years. And Sarah, his last Wife, Daughter of Isaac Allerton, Esq., Who departed this Life 17th May, Anno Domo, 1731, Aeta. 60 years.” Although this inscription states that he died in 1729, there can be no doubt that Hancock Lee died in 1709; for these reasons, : The certificate of probate of his will reads: “Die July 20: 1709. This will was proved in Northumberland County Court to be the last Will and Testament of Mr. Hancock Lee, dec’d by ye oaths of Thomas Knight and Mary Knight, two of ye witnesses thereto admitted to Record. (Signed) Tho: Hobson C. Cur. Northumberland. The Clerk’s office of Northumberland was burned the 25th of October 1710; later all the records that could be found were recorded a second time to replace those destroyed. So, on Hancock’s will there is this second note of record: “Die Martii 21, 1711, This Coppie of Mr. Hancock Lee’s Will and the Codicils thereto annexed were approved by ye Court and upon motion of Capt. John Howson were admitted to Record. (signed) Tho: Hobson C. Cur. Northumberland.” Again, an inventory of Hancock’s property was filed the 21st of Mar, 1710, and moreover in an application for a land patent, made the 6th of March, 1709-10, it was stated that the patent was for “Hancock Lee son of Hancock Lee dec’d.” These records clearly prove that Hancock was deceased in 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. Whilst, if the record of his first marriage, in 1675, be correct, then he married at the early age of two or three years! Hancock is supposed to have settled in Northampton at the time of his first marriage and to 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 Northumberland in 1688. A list of civil officers, dated 3 Jun 1699, names him as the “Naval Officer and Collector of Virginia Dutys in Northumberland County;” another list of the date of 1702, 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 in Richmond County, the 18th Apr 1704; 570 acres on both sides of Rappahannock Horsepen Run and adjoining his own land, 21st May 1705; 1,353 acres in Richmond County, 6th Jun 1704; 460 acres on north side of the Occoquan in Stafford County, 2nd Nov 1707; 1,750 acres at the heads of the branches of Chapowamsic in Stafford, adjoining the land of Capt. Thomas Harrison, 10th Feb 1707. Hancock Lee, son of Hancock dec’d, patented 1,025 acres on Wolf Run in Stafford, 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, gent., obtained a patent for 268 acres in Accomac County. The land formerly included in the Ditchley estate was patented the 21st May 1651. It has usually been stated that Hancock built Ditchley mansion about 1687, but there is no evidence to substantiate this tradition. The present house was built by Kendall Lee, grandson of Hancock, and was completed about 1765-70, as estimated by James Flexmer Ball. Hancock’s will was made 31st Dec 1706; one codicil was added 1st Jan 1706/07; a second the 18th May, and a third the 20th of May, 1709. It was probated at Northumberland County Courthouse the20th Jul 1709.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1560 d.1597
- b.< 1590 in England d.23 FEB 1629/30 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
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- b.BET 1617 AND 1618 in Worcestershire, England d.1 MAR 1663/64 in Dividing Creek, Northumberland Co., VA
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- b.< 1590 in Twining, Gloucestershire, England d.24 FEB 1637/38 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
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- b.1653 in Ditchley, Northumberland Co., VA d.25 May 1709 in Hancock’s Neck, Northumberland Co., VA
- b.1621 in England d.UNKNOWN
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Details of Hancock's family with Mary Kendall
Details of Hancock's family with Sarah Allerton
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