Hello Cousins, I am guilty of Lurking and being somewhat a Newbie to this list. I am also named Lorraine so will always include my last name (Dowdle) in postings to stop confusion for the other cousin named Lorraine. I have loved the recent posts, most by Hugh, which has fired up my love for the study of my LEE line. My Grandaddy, Weldon Bowman Lee, was always proud of his heritage and told me that Lee's were a very educated bunch. They also love to serve in the political arena, thus he was a two-term Mayor. I am tracing the Richard LEE of Northhumberland Co., md to Mary YOUNG and son of Richard LEE md to Mary GRESHAM. I also own the book "Gresham Lee of Buckingham County, Virginia" which has been a huge help to me in my research. My specific lines are riddled with the names of Young and Gresham passed down as first or middle names and it was nice to know where they came from. I have had lots of cousins argue my line (following) but I have yet to seen proof to change it from what I have. I have family groups for each of the couples, if anyone needs them. My LEE line: Lorraine Ellsworth Dowdle (me) b. 1959 Patricia Lee b. 1939 & Robert Bruce Ellsworth Weldon Bowman Lee b. 1912 TX & Lorraine Ferguson Silas Young Lee b. 1880 TX & Lula Bell Leach James Young Lee b. 1836 MO & Matilda Bowman Ephraim Wilson Lee b. 1789 Franklin, Greene, TN & Nancy Brooks Williams Abner Lee b. 1764 Greene, NC & Catherine Wilson Richard Henry Lee, Jr. b. 1701 Northumberland, VA & Mary Gresham b. 1704 King & Queen, VA (dau of Edward Gresham and Barbara) Richard Henry Lee, Sr. b. 1677 Surry, VA & Mary Young b. 1679 Wales Glad to be part of this family! ---Lorraine Dowdle Researching: Atkins, Austin, Barkesdale, Bell, Bernard, Bowman, Brooks, Buckner, Cates, DePriest, Dickens, Ferguson, Foster, Gresham, Halbert, Hamilton, Hodges, Hunt, Hutcheson, Lawson, Leach, Lee, Matlock, McDonald, Micheaux, Mitchell, Moore, Morton, Owen, Quin, Ransome, Rogers, Sanders, Shelton, Smith, Stegall, Sutherland, Terrill, Tinsley, Walkup, Ward, Williams, Wilson, Wood, Woodson.