Patricia Junkin wrote: > > This is what I have on William Lee of Bucks: > > "William Lee, an officer under William, Prince of Orange, at > the Battleof Boyne (1690, Ireland where William III defeated James II) > said to have been a near relative of the progenitor of the illustrious > Richard Henry Lee, and "Light Horse Harry" Lee of the Virginia family of > Lee. > William is said to have come to Pennsylvania soon after the > battle ofBoyne, but little is known of his life here. He is supposed to > havelocated on land surveyed to the Pennsylvania Land Company of London, > inthe manor of Highlands, Upper Makefield township, Bucks county, > whereland, previously occupied by the family, was conveyed to his son > WilliamLee (2), on the closing out of the lands of the London Company > manyyears later. > William Lee (2) born about 1700, married 1729, Hannah, daughter > ofWilliam Smith who came to Pennsylvania in the ship 'Friends' > Adventure' which arrived in the river Delaware, September 28, 1682 and > lived withPhineas Pemberton, the eminent Busks county official, known as > the'Father of Bucks County', at the Falls. for a few years, and then > located on a large tract of land in Wrightstown, where he was one of the > earliest settlers. This William Smith married, November 20, 1690, > MaryCrosdale, who had accompanied her parents, Thomas and Agnes Crosdale > toPennsylvania in the 'Welcome' with William Penn in 1682, and > HannahSmith was their eighth child. Mary (Crosdale) Smith died in 1716 > and William Smith died in 1743.... > Thomas Lee, eldest son of William and Hannah (Smith) Lee, was > the ancestor of Mary (Eleanor) Sheppard. He was born in the year 1730, > at the old Lee homestead near the present site of Buckmanville, Upper > Makefield township, Bucks county, and spent the greater part of his life > in Solebury township, removing later in life to New Jersey, where he > died in 1812." Prominent Pennsylvanians 570-71. > > > > >From Lee Notebooks, et al.: > > > 2.William b. 1684, Lawrenceville NJ, d. 1713 ; wife Hannah > 3. William b 1710 (date differs. ) m. Hannah Smith, dau. > William and Mary Crosdale Smith; her brother Thomas m. Elizabeth > Sanders, 1727(6/10/37 Wrightstwon MM, a William Lee requests to be > joined as a memberof our Society) > 4.William Jr. b. 1736 (this date does not fit with > marriage), BucksCounty, d. 1811, m. Hannah Saunders 13 Feb 1748 > Wrightstown MM. A William Lee Junior requests to be taken under care of > Friends 6/10/67.) > 5. Mary? (*Wrightstown MM Joseph Twining of > Newton, Bucks Co., s of John, the younger m. 27 Dec 1769, Mary Lee, d of > Willliam of Upper Makefield, Bucks. Joseph Lupton of Newton Twp. m. > a)Mercy Twining, d. of Stephen, and b) Mary Scarborough Pickering and > moved to Frederick County, VA, Joseph Twining's s. m. Rachael Bull at > Issac Hollingsworth's Opekan house who had produced cert, MM in Fairfax > 1758. Also, in 1759 William Hoge produces cert. from Richland > MM..Richland records birth of Ann Hoag/Hoge "26th day of 12 month, > 1740/1 who m. William Hays (15/5/1760 'Ann Hays, formerly Hoge has gone > out in marriage') and was mother of Isabel Hays who m. John Lee, s. of > William b. 16 March 1741/2. 20/3/1760 William and Ann Hogue request > cert. to Hopewell MM, Frederick Co., VA) > 5.William?? (Wrightstwon MM: (a) William Lee, > carpenter m. Eleanor Atkinson 7/1/69; 5/11/1771 Spoke with William Lee, > son of William Lee Junr. concerning his going out in marriage and having > a child by his wife in about three months after marriage; 7/5/1782 > Cert. for William Lee, Eleanor his wife and ch: Mary, Sebila, David and > Eleanor to Gunpowder MM)**Seem to have two William's here and only one > identified as Wm. s of Wm Jr. I believe correct. who does other belong > to? > 5. Hannah? Wrightstown MM: John Atkinson and > Hannah Lee m. 6/18/69 > 4.John?? (Wrightstwon: John Lee requests certificate to > Falls MM to m. Sarah Carr; 1755 John Lee and wife request cert. to > Radnor MM) > 4. Samuel?? (Wrightstown MM: Samuel Lee, w. Mary, > requests cert. for himself and his ch: Thomas, Samuel, Hannah, John, > William, Mary, Ann to > Gunpowder MM) > 4. Thomas b. 1744?? > 3. John b. 1712 > 3. Ralph b. 1714 > 3. Thomas b. 1730 m. Eleanor Sheppard > > > **Also have a William Lee in this family b. 1743, d. 1822 MD but am not > > sure to which individual he belongs, in fact the names with question > > marks are known to be members of this family but the order or parent is > > uncertain. Will appreciate any corrections or forwarding this to anyone > > who may have clues to corect what I have. > > > > Pat