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“Here lies Buried the Hon’ble Col. Thomas Lee, Who dyed 14 November, 1750; Aged 60 years; and his beloved wife, Mrs. Hannah Lee. She departed this life 25 January, 1749-50. Their monument is erected in the lower church of Washington Parish, in this County; five miles above their County Seat, Stratford Hall.” The monument is no longer, but a manuscript remains of the inscription, only the family burying place name is torn: “This Monument is erected to the Memory of the Honourable Col. Thomas Lee, Commander-in-chief and President of His Majesties Council for this Colony, descended from the very ancient and Honourable Family of Lees in Shropshire in England, who dyed November 14, 1750, aged 60 years; and of the Hon. Mrs. Hannah Lee, his Wife, by Philip Ludwell Lee, their eldest son, as a just and dutyfull Tribute to so excellant a Father and Mother, Patterns of Conjugal Virtue. They are buryed eighteen miles from this in the family burying place, called Old _______ in Cople Parish, in this County.”