Seems to me the DNA Tests now being done would help sort all of this out------ There are probably other DNA Projects but, the only 2 I have had experience with are Relative Genetics http://www.relativegenetics.com/ and Family Tree DNA Project http://www.familytreedna.com/surname.asp Please as many of you as can, do this test and let us find those distinct Lines. Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick; John G Lee>Peter Alexander Lee>John William Lee> VA to TX; ----- Original Message ----- From: "ted d jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [LEE] Va Lee's > Stern HAS IT right. > > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Medicine Woman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 6:44 PM > Subject: [LEE] Va Lee's > > > Board : Boards > Surnames > Lee > Subject : Richard Lee the founder of the Virginia Lees > Author : Duane Miller > Date : 14 Jun 2005 10:42 PM GMT > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QIw.2ACIB/7428 > > Boards > Surnames > Lee > URL: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.lee&m=7428 > > > Subject: Richard Lee the founder of the Virginia Lees > Author: Duane Miller > Date: 14 Jun 2005 10:42 PM GMT > Email: [email protected] > -------------------------------------------------------I > have the books "Robert E Lee, The Man, The Soldier, by > Philip Van Doren Stern" and " The Lees of Virginia, > Seven Generations of an American Family, by Paul C > Nagel" and both tell me different on Richard Lee's > parents. Stern says that Richard's parents are Richard > Lee and Elizabeth Bendy and Nagel says John Lee and > Jane Hancock. It did dawn on me however that Richard > Lee and Anna Constable had a son named Hancock which > if I were to go by naming paterns I'd lean more > towards the John Lee Jane Hancock theory. I also found > these this webpage that isn't any more helpful than > the books, > http://www.btinternet.com/~ALANSPAGE/Alstalk.htm > > There is a letter there (1745 Copy of a Letter from > Lancelot Lee of England to the Hon.Thomas Lee, > President of the Colony of Virginia, dated Coton, > Shropshire, May 21st, 1745 - from "The King's Lea, > p.131-133 by Gladys Howard Thompson) which makes me > agree with only one fact from all three of these > sources and that is the mention of Reyner de Lega in > the books and the mention of a "High Sheriff" which is > probably Reyner mentioned in the letter are > connectected to the Virginoian Richard Lee somehow. > One other thing in the Lancelot letter that makes me > wonder is he says, "Your ancestor, Richard, you see, > was the sixth son, so that he must have been at least > that number of years younger than his brother Thomas. > By this computation, in the year 1616 (at which time > you say he came to Virginia), he must have been middle > aged and father of Col. Richard Lee, both having > estates in England and Virginia." All Richard Lee > (founder of the Virginia Lees) researchers know that > he came to Virginia in 1639/40 so what was the reason > for Lancelot saying "By this computation, in the year > 1616 (at which time you say he came to Virginia), he > must have been middle aged and father of Col. Richard > Lee", did he mean 1639/40 instead of 1616 which is > about the time the Virginian Richard was born or did > his father come to Virginia as well? So with all that > I ask, does anyone know who the Virginian Richard > Lee's parents are. With all the different information > I've see I have no idea how anyone can make a > connection to Rayner de Lega. > > Thanks in advance for any replies and sorry for a long > post.Duane Miller Six Lakes MI > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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