Hugh, Thank you for posting about Charles LEE. That is wonderful information to have another great LEE. Could you please give us his birth dates and who his spouse and parents were. I have about 11 Charles Lee's in my database. :-) I can't match that information to the right one. Does anyone really know how many Lee's entered the country and lived in Virginia, pre-revolution and how many lines we are dealing with in our research? ---Lorraine On Monday, February 14, 2005, at 09:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Major General Charles LEE (British Army, Retired) offered his services > to the > Continental Army. Because he was personally known by General > Washington, the > Continental Congress appointed him a Major General in the Continental > Line. > Washington had served with Charles LEE (then a more junior officer) > before the > Revolutionary War with General Braddock of the British Army whom > Washington, > a militia officer, was also serving. LEE was considered a very > competent > officer at the time. > > LEE expected to be only junior to Washington which wasn't the status > he was > given. At the Battle of Monmouth LEE, the American commander, > performed poorly > and in contradiction the orders General Washington had given him. LEE > was > given a leave of absence and was never recalled to active service. He > died in > Philadelphia. He is not known to be connected to the LEEs of America. > > Best regards, > Hugh

Lorraine: Like you, I have been pursuing Lees, Leas, and Leighs, trying to fit in my family to other groups. I've compiled at least 500 Microsoft Word pages of lineages, mostly from the 1600's to the mid 1800's, of Lees in America. There's a gazillion of us... I joined the Relative Genetics DNA project and got tested. I'm not kin to anyone tested - at least not in the sense of being kin in the last 1000 years. So, my line is distinct from John Lee of Nansemond, James Leigh of Bath Co, NC, JLX, the VA Lees, the MS bunch (which I suppose includes Greenberry Lee), etc. Further - All of those lines are distinct from each other, with the exception that many of the MS crew seem to descend from John Lee of Nansemond - and this was news to these families. My guess is that there are at least 20 discrete Lee/Lea/Leigh lines that came to the US in the 17th and 18th century. Dennis Lee -----Original Message----- From: Lorraine Dowdle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 12:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LEE] General Charles Lee Hugh, Thank you for posting about Charles LEE. That is wonderful information to have another great LEE. Could you please give us his birth dates and who his spouse and parents were. I have about 11 Charles Lee's in my database. :-) I can't match that information to the right one. Does anyone really know how many Lee's entered the country and lived in Virginia, pre-revolution and how many lines we are dealing with in our research? ---Lorraine On Monday, February 14, 2005, at 09:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Major General Charles LEE (British Army, Retired) offered his services > to the > Continental Army. Because he was personally known by General > Washington, the > Continental Congress appointed him a Major General in the Continental > Line. > Washington had served with Charles LEE (then a more junior officer) > before the > Revolutionary War with General Braddock of the British Army whom > Washington, > a militia officer, was also serving. LEE was considered a very > competent > officer at the time. > > LEE expected to be only junior to Washington which wasn't the status > he was > given. At the Battle of Monmouth LEE, the American commander, > performed poorly > and in contradiction the orders General Washington had given him. LEE > was > given a leave of absence and was never recalled to active service. He > died in > Philadelphia. He is not known to be connected to the LEEs of America. > > Best regards, > Hugh ==== LEE Mailing List ==== When responding to a 'gatewayed' post from the LEE message board, be sure to use the board addy provided in the message. Since the poster might not be a member of our LEE mailing list, they may only see your response when it is made through the board. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx