We are researching these LEEs, would appreciate contact from others researching any of the following: William Lee: b. Ca. 1638 d Jan 1693/94 m. Ann Unk. Issue: 1. William Leigh/Lee b. 23 Jun 1683 2. John b. June Leigh/Lee 30, 1685 Some researchers have claimed this is the the William Lee who immigrated on the Assurance Do Lo but other records show the William on the Assurance Do Lo brought with him a wife and 14 week/month girl child, both named Mary, and that he willed all of his estate to the daughter about 18 years later. Other researchers claim this line descended from William, second son of Sir John and Joyce Romney Lee. Conflicting research shows this son died young. If you have information to help solve this riddle, I'd like to hear from you. We continue our research on the decendents. If you are researching this Lee line, we have additional data on several families. Son William: b 23 Jun 1683 Meherrin Parish, Brunswick Co., VA; d. 26 May, 1761 Brunswick Co., VA m. Rebecca (Burchet?) Ca 1725 Brunswick Co., VA Issue: 1. Elizabeth b. Abt 1726 2. William b. Abt 1727 3. Ann b. Abt 1728 4. Rebecca b. Abt 1730 5. Amy b. Abt 1732 Son William: b. 1727 Meherrin Parish, Brunswick Co., VA; d. September 12, 1796 Union Co., SC m. 1745 Sarah Unk. Issue: 1. Michael Lee b. 1747 2. Thomas Lee, Sr. b. 1749 3. John Lee b. Abt 1751 4. Sarah (Griswold?) Lee b. July 27, 1752 5. Joseph Lee b. Abt 1753 6. William Lee b. Abt 1755 7. Catherine Lee b. Abt 1757 8. Jeane Lee b. Abt 1759 9. Oliviah Lee b. Abt 1761 10. Nancy b. Abt 1763 ---------- Son William Lee b. 1755 moved to St Helena Parish in LA where he died. His sister, Catherine Lee Breed married Joseph Breed and they also relocated there, as did Sarah, who married Ephraim Bates. I have MUCH information on these three families. Here is SOME of our info on the children of William Lee: 1. Michael Lee b. 1747 data about this son is posted online by another researcher at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7748/histlee14.htm (if you need info and do not have www access, i can extract it to listserv) 2. Thomas Lee, the son of William Lee IV: Thomas Lee came to SC with his father, lived near Union County SC, where he owned a great deal of land. In 1838 he went with his son, Green Thomas Lee, to Northwest Tennessee where the son acquired a great deal of land. Thomas Lee, Sr. was buried in 1843 near the Tennessee Lee estate at Brick Church, in Bedford County. His children are named in Union County Equity District Court records. (I have their names.) 3. John Lee b. about 1751 in VA d. 1822 in Union Co., SC m. Hannah Cooper in 1794. Hannah was the dau of William Cooper and Lydia Clark. Known Issue: 1. Sarah Lee 2. Priscilla Lee 3. William C. Lee 4. Jeremiah Lee 5. Lydia Lee b. 1800 6. Hannah Lee b. 1804 7. Jonathan Lee b. 1809 8. Sampson Lee b. 1814 9. Elizabeth Lee b. 1816 Will of John Lee of Union District, SC. Union County Will Book B (transcript) Pp. 86-89 "to my wife Hannah, all my personal estate, house and plantation to raise the young children and to school them; to my daughter Say Rochester, one dollar for her legacy besides what she has had; to my other four daughters Liday, Hannah, Priscilla, Elizabeth, one feather bed and furniture a piece; the property to be equally divided among my three youngest sons Johnathan, Jeremiah, and Samson; to my youngest son William C. Lee, part of 941 acres granted to me 2 Spt 1816, adj. Peter Davis, Lipham survey, Whitmires branch; to my son John Lee, two tracts, 66 acres and 00 acres, near John Ohillis; 10 Oct 1822. John Lee (Seal), Wit. L. P. Herndon, John Littlejohn, J. Rodgers. Proven and recorded 14 Nov. 1823. See See Union County South Carolina Will Abstracts, 1787-1849 by Brent Howard Holcomb, P.110 4. Sarah (Griswold?) Lee b. July 27, 1752 m. Ephraim BATES (son of James BATES) on May 06, 1773 in Litchfield, Conn. Ephraim was b. May 07, 1744 in Colchester Co., CT and d. Abt January 1829 in St. Helena Pa., LA. Issue: 1.Elizabeth BATES m. William DENNIS 11 known children 2.John BATES m. Elizabeth Robinson/Robertson? 16 known children 3.Thomas BATES b. 03 SEP 1777 d. 27 AUG 1777 m. Elizabeth Smith 4 known children 4.Anna BATES b. 25 AUG 1791 St.Helena Pa., LA d. 04 SEP 1851 St. Helena Parish, LA m. James P. RODDY 23 NOV 1809 St Helena Pa., LA 5.Joseph BATES b. 1794 St.Helena Pa., LA d. May 01, 1849 St.Helena Pa., LA Ephraim Bates served with British Loyalists: Major Daniel Plummer's Regiment, Fair Forest Militia, Ninety six Brigade, Captain Shadrack Lantrey's Company and was among the men who came to Orangeburg, SC with liet. john H. Cruger, 14 Jun - 13 Dec 1780. Source: Clark, Murtie Jane; _Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, Vol. I Official Rolls of Loyalitsts Recruited from North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana_; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore: 1981. Other family members serving with same Loyalist company included: Thomas Bates and Joseph Bates, Daniel Howell and Joseph Howell, and William Lee. An Isaac Frasier also was listed among Captain Lantrey's Company. This MAY be the husband of Oliviah Lee, the daughter of William Lee IV?? Ephrain Bates moved to Adams Co., MS on Sandy Creek with William and Susannah Lee ca. 1774. Both received Spanish headrights by 1788. Numerous records in Adams Co. They moved to Wilkinson Co. (Amite), MS and on to St. Helena Parish by 1810. Bates and Lee received land grants in St. Helena Pa. At the family meeting held 17 Sept. 1829 after Ephraim's death, he had property in Mississippi and in Louisiana. 5. Joseph Lee b. about 1753 in VA d. 1812 in Union Co. SC m. Francis ? who d. Abt 1829 Issue: 1. Mary Lee Francis, the widow of Joseph Lee, filed a complaint in South Carolina's Union District Equity Court against Thomas Lee, exr of his father's estate (William Lee, IV), asking that the division of lands be accomplished according to the will, and forcing settlement of the will. 6. William Lee b. about 1755. OUR LINE see below ... 7. Catherine Lee b. about 1757 d. 1807 in Warren Co., GA m. Joseph Breed b. April 01, 1738 in Groton, CT, USA d. 1807 in Warren Co., GA. Joseph was the son of Joseph BREED and Priscilla AVERY who m. on June 2, 1737 in Groton, Conn. (I have more data on this BREED family) Issue: 1.Joseph BREED 2.Avery BREED 3.John BREED 4.Sarah BREED 5.Priscilla BREED 6.Foesa BREED 7.Nancy Ann BREED Will of Joseph Breed proved in Warren Co., GA (Wills, 1798-1803, p. 85) Joseph Breed left Groton Conn, with his parents sometime after 11 August 1746 traveling with a group of Separatist Baptists. It has not been established whether he and Catherine were married before or after the family moved to South Carolina. Both father and son were granted land lying on branches of Fairforst Creek, ranging in date from 17 June 1763 to 23 June 1774. (Source: Historical Southern Families Vol. X, Mrs. John B. Boddie.) Joseph Breed served during Revolutionary War with Col. Brandon's regiment. Stub entries to Indents Issued in Payment of Claims against South Carolina growing out of the Revolution #2751 - X - p.59, published by the SC Hist. Comm., Columbia SC, as A.S. Salley: "Issued May 11 1786 to Joseph Breed for five punds 14/3d1/2 Sterling for duty in Brandon's Regiment & Acct. Aud. Principal and interest. Soon after, Joseph and Catherine Breed and their family moved to Wilkes Co., GA and settled in a section later lying in Warren Co. GA. They were living in Wilkes Co. on Nov. 25, 1786 when they sold a track of 100 acres lying in Union Co. SC, granted to Joseph Breed on 23 Oct. 1765, to Jordon Jackson of Union Co., SC. Wit: Daniel Jackson, William Breed, Ann Breed, (Union Co. SC Deeds Book, pg. 419). On 26 June 1787, Joseph and Catheine sold a track of land to Avery Breed, his brother, which had been granted to Joseph 23 June 1774. Wit: George Harlan, Job Springer, Obadiah Howard, Elizabeth Simmons (or Clemmons). Recorded 26 June 1787 in Union Co., SC. (D.B. A, p. 413) 8. Jeane Lee (1) b. about 1759. m. a Daniel HOWELL Abt 1759 No further data at this time. 9. Olivia Lee (1) b. about 1761 m. a Mr. Frazer. No further data at this time. 10. Nancy Lee (1) b. about 1765 m. a Mr. Jackson. No further data at this time. Our line: 6. William Lee William's Father: William LEE b. 1727 Meherrin Parish, Brunswick Co., VA, USA d. September 12, 1796 in Union Co., SC m. Sarah ? The will of William Lee proved by Hezekiah Rice from Will Book A, Pp. 58-61: December Court of the Ordinary, 1796, 3rd day conveys 60 acres part of tract of 240 on the Tyger River, conveyed to Wm. Lee by Samuel Canon, to son Michael, for use in his natural life then to go to son Thomas Lee. 60 acres of same to son John Lee, during natural life, then to be divided among other boys, 60 acres of same to son Joseph, provided he builds on, settles, clears and cultivates said land. Remainder of tract to son Thomas. To sons Thomas, Joseph and John, 245 acres of a tract of another 250 acre grant. Thomas to have dwelling and improvements, remainder between Joseph and John. To sons Michael and William and to daughters Catherine Breed, Jean Howel, Oliviah Frazer, Sarah Bates and Nancy Jackson, one guinea each. Friends Drury Murrell, George Harlan (hatter) and son Thomas exrs... 12 Sept 1796. William Lee (Seal), wit. John Stockes, Hez Rice, Wm. Rice. See Union County South Carolina Will Abstracts, 1787-1849 by Brent Howard Holcomb, P. 37. The daughter-in-law, Francis, wife of Joseph, later filed a complaint in Union District Equity Court, forcing settlement of the above will. The son William LEE b. Abt 1755 in VA m. Susannah WARD on 31 MAR 1772, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Ct. d. NOV 1816, St. Helena Pa., LA Issue: 1. Nancy LEE (our line -- see below) 2. Sarah LEE b. Abt 1780 d. Abt 1804 m. William FLANIKEN (Could possibly be Flanigan. There are Fleniken markers in the Naul graveyard near Grangeville, LA.) 2 known children Sarah Ann and Isaiah 3. Susannah LEE b. 29 DEC 1793 d. Abt May 11, 1846 m. before 1811 William CARRUTH b. Abt 1785 and d. before May 1846; 11 known children -- This family from Amite Co Miss. 4. Renny LEE b. 02 AUG 1795 d. 30 DEC 1877 m. Elizabeth GORDON (dau of George GORDON b. 1752) Elizabeth was b. 02 JUL 1797 d. 09 MAY 1882; 11 known children -- Renny's name variously spelled Renney, Rainey, & a potential Rennsalaer Lee). Renny & Elizabeth buried in Lee Cemetery near Liverpool LA. 5. Sina LEE died young Abt 1815 No known issue. 6. William LEE b. Abt 1802 m. 31 JUL 1856 Nancy E. RODDY (dau of Thomas H. RODDY and Elizabeth WILLIAMS) 7. Reuben LEE b. 10 AUG 1801 d. ? m. in 1819 Jane "Jinny" CARRUTH (dau of John CARRUTH and Mary BRADY; Jinny b. 08 JUL 1803 d. 02 JAN 1855); 11 known children Children are listed in records of the Pisgah Presbyterian Church and in Casey and Otken, Vol. 1. pg. 101. William LEE husband of Susannah WARD was a British Loyalist, a Captain in Rev. War, serving in Old 96 District, South Carolina serving under John Cruger. He served at at King Mountain. When the war ended his land was seized, as was that of many Loyalists. He lived in Natchez District, Mississippi Territory from at least 1783 until they moved between January and July in 1802 to St. Helena Pa. LA in 1802, where he died ca. 1816. Additional records in Wilkinson-Amite Co. MS. William LEE's dau. Nancy LEE m. James Lilly b. Abt 1789 Known issue: 1.William LILLY b. Abt 1804 in GA m. 08 FEB 1828, St. Helena Pa. LA, to Elizabeth "Betsey" Miller b. 1812 (dau. of Lawrence MILLER b. 1750 in PA d. 1841, St. Helena Pa. LA, and Elizabeth HANNAH) Issue: 1. Elizabeth C. LILLY b. 1829 2. Lucy LILLY b. 1833 3. Mary Ann LILLY b. May 27, 1835 (our line) 4. Catherine LILLY b. 1841 5. James LILLY b. 1842 6. Martha LILLY b. 1842 7. Jackson LILLY b. 1845 8. Abigail LILLY b. 1846 Mary Ann LILLY b. 27 MAY 1835, Osyka, Pike Co., Mississippi; d. 1917, in Pollack, LA; m. 23 APR 1849, Liberty, Amite Co., MS to Samuel Wilson TARVER (Civil War veteran, Union) b. October 01, 1825 Pike Co., MS d. April 30, 1919 Boyce, Rapides, LA buried in National Cemetery, Pineville, Rapides Parish, La. Issue: 1. Russell Marion TARVER b. April 09, 1853 2. Christopher Columbus TARVER b. September 29, 1855 3. Thomas Jefferson TARVER b. March 15, 1859 4. Mary Louise Elizabeth TARVER b. March 15, 1859 5. James Wilson TARVER b. July 06, 1861 (my mother's grandfather) 6. Cecil Frederick TARVER b. August 06, 1865 7. Malinda Jane TARVER b. April 19, 1867 8. Samuel Monroe TARVER b. May 02, 1871 Samuel Wilson Tarver was a Farmer, Blacksmith, and Gunsmith; enlisted Civil War/Union Army, discharged in 1880 while residing in Winn Parish, La.; buried at the National Cemetery, Pineville, Rapides Parish, La. Their son, James Wilson TARVER m. his cousin Permilia Ann Tarver. These are my maternal great-grandparents. Issue: 1. Samuel Luther TARVER b. May 28, 1892 2. Emma Dolar TARVER b. October 18, 1895 3. John Wesley TARVER b. 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