Dennis, Thanks for always helping those of us who research our elusive Lees. Although I haven't worked on my Arthur Lee line for a while, I still have the notes you sent in my files. The line descends from JOHN LEE of Nansemond County, VA, NOT from "The Lees of Virginia." (If you know of someone searching this particular family, I'd like to hear from them.) (Annie Coral Gray3, Epsy Ann DuBose4, Hezekiah DuBose5, Anne Lee6, Timothy Lee7, Arthur Lee8) Anita N. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Lee To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com ; lee@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 8:48 PM Subject: Re: [Lee] William E. Lee I have a fairly big set of files of Lee research. Some of it is of questionable value, but every once in awhile I find a hint that is useful to someone. This may be one. The only family of Lees I found around Wilcox Co, AL was the Hugh Lee line. This is a big family of Lees in the South, mostly. Several books have been written on the Hugh Lee family, including one by my friend Dr. Rebecca "Becky" Owens, herself a member of that line. Specifically, I find a William Eaton Lee who is of about the right timeframe. He - according to my dubious records - was born 3 Sep 1801, married Dorcas Shepard Stokes, and died 28 May 1861. My notes say that they "moved to LA". And that's it. No record of children. William Eaton was the son of John "Cato" Lee of Brunswick Co, VA and Wilcox Co, AL and his wife Nancy Holland. John was the son of Peter Lee, Jr. and Mary Cato. Peter, Jr. was the son of Peter Lee, Sr. (b. 1711) and Elizabeth Lundy. Peter, Sr. was the son of William Lee, Sr. and Rebecca Burchett. William was the son of Hugh Lee (III?) and Ann Tatum. Hugh III was the son of Hugh Lee (II? B. ca 1640) and Ann Barnett or Harrison. And Hugh II MAY have been the son of Hugh Lee, b. ca 1609, England. I don't know where this information came from (probably several places and I compiled it over time), so use it with caution. But it gives you a place to look. And if you'd like to contact Becky for more authoritative info, I can give you her email address. Contact me offline at dennis AT gazinkus DOT com. Dennis Lee Wimberley, TX P.S. The Hugh Lee line has been DNA-profiled, and I *think* even a representative of the John "Cato" Lee branch has been tested. If you can find a male Lee in your family to be tested, this might be a way to verify whether you're part of this line or not. To contact the LEE list administrator, please send an email to lee-admin@rootsweb.com. Search Lee archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=lee To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. To subscribe to the list, please send an email to LEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 02E2OO7tH) is spam: Spam: https://spamdb.tecinfo.net/b.php?i=02E2OO7tH&m=6fd2a40f188d&c=s Not spam: https://spamdb.tecinfo.net/b.php?i=02E2OO7tH&m=6fd2a40f188d&c=n Forget vote: https://spamdb.tecinfo.net/b.php?i=02E2OO7tH&m=6fd2a40f188d&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS