LEE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > LEE-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 23 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [LEE-L] Lee Families in Leonar [HFTHusma@aol.com] > #2 Re: [LEE-L] Lee Families in Leonar [Ken Jones > <kjones@tarleton.edu>] > #3 [LEE-L] Alice Lee ["scook" <scook@pdq.net>] > #4 Re: [LEE-L] Lee Families in Leonar [Melissa Boyen > <reboy@HiWAAY.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from LEE-D, send a message to > > LEE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [LEE-L] Lee Families in Leonardo Andrea's Papers or Collection > > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 17:39:28 EST > From: HFTHusma@aol.com > To: Dncl@aol.com > CC: LEE-L@rootsweb.com > > Glenda - > I was able to open the Andrea's document you sent. I'm not sure that > I rec'd > all of it. Can you lell me about how many pages were involved? > > Would you type out what little there is from Maryland and Virginia and > North Carolina? In MD and NC a look for Francis Lee, brother of John > Lee, > could be helpful. There just might be the clue I'm seeking. Francis > Lee > settled in an area that was at the time (after 1751) part of NC that > later > became part of SC. (I think still on Rocky Creek upon which his > father and > brother were located in SC) I'll need some help from a Carolina > history buff > to explain the reason for the transition of the area from NC to SC and > when. > > >From the Andrea data you sent I'm sure that Mrs. Bettis' "Lees of > Virginia" is > on the right tract, but she missed a generation by consolidating the > bios of 2 > Johns (father and son). This, of course, needs to be corrected. The > problem > is in what forum. > > The basic problem is that the BETTIS document assumed that only one > John Lee > came from MD to SC in 1751. In fact a father, John, and his sons, > John and > Francis, came to SC. In Francis' 1752 presentation of his father's > petition > for 50 acres of land to establish a mill, Francis states that he is > representing his father, John, who is "very old". On the same day > Francis' > brother, John Lee, represents himself in a petition for 200 acres. > This later > petition apparently has been read without the researchers knowledge or > recognition of Francis' preceding petition. At least Mrs. Bettis does > not > reference it in her document. She cites Dr Robert L. Meriweather of > the > University of SC as a source. Neither recognized, as reported by > Mrs. > Bettis, that there were two Johns involved. > > An inconsistency is created in the Bettis story as she tries to > establish that > the John Lee, son to Thomas and Elizabeth (Keene) Lee, born in > Lancaster Co., > VA who was in SC by 1759 is the same as John whose petition for 200 > acres of > land in SC cites that he is a native of MD. The fact is that John of > VA, son > of Thomas, was the father of John of SC who claimed to be a native of > MD . > What is not explained is why John of VA was in MD at the birth of his > son, > John. in c1725. and why did they go to SC in 1751. > > 1. Richard Lee, emigrant > 2. Charles Lee of Cobbs Hall > 3. Thomas Lee of Lancaster Co., VA, m. Elizabeth Keene > of MD > 4. John Lee of VA, then SC by 1759 > = > 4. John Lee, then SC in 1751, very old. (his > son born MD) > 5. John Lee, native of MD, then SC in > 1751 > 5. Francis Lee, in SC 1851, son of > John > > In a document entitled "The Revolutionary Soldiers of Catholic > Presbyterian > Church, Chester County, South Carolina" by Mary Wylie Strange, > Historian of > the Catholic Memorial Association, the relationship of father and son, > as I > have presented, is confirmed. > > Do I make a point here? > > Best regards, > Hugh > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [LEE-L] Lee Families in Leonardo Andrea's Papers or Collection > > Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:52:39 -0600 > From: Ken Jones <kjones@tarleton.edu> > To: HFTHusma@aol.com > CC: Dncl@aol.com, LEE-L@rootsweb.com > > HFTHusma@aol.com wrote: > > > Glenda - > > I was able to open the Andrea's document you sent. I'm not sure > that > > I rec'd > > all of it. Can you lell me about how many pages were involved? > > > > [snip, snip] > > As long as you're talking about this over the list, how about sending > along the original information so we can all see it? > > Ken Jones > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [LEE-L] Alice Lee > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:02:09 -0600 > From: "scook" <scook@pdq.net> > To: "LEE" <LEE-L@rootsweb.com>Hi everyone, I just updated my web site > to include my Pedigree Chart. Please have a > look--www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/3731 thanks,Sandra Cook > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ubject: Re: [LEE-L] Lee Families in Leonardo Andrea's Papers or Collection > > Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 17:58:46 -0600 > From: Melissa Boyen <reboy@HiWAAY.net> > To: HFTHusma@aol.com > CC: Dncl@aol.com, LEE-L@rootsweb.com > > I would also like to see the information you are referring to. This > past > summer I spent sometime on this John LEE. I was interested because a > Henry Jernigan was in the same location at the same time in SC on the > Wateree. > > Henry Jernigan Sr. was the son of Thomas Jernigan of Nansemond County > Virginia who lived close to John LEE who received a grant there in > 1694. > Thomas had two sons Thomas and Henry. I believe that Henry Jernigan > married ELizabeth LEE. John LEE, Esquire deeded some Johnstone County > property to Elizabeth Jernigan around 1743. Henry Jernigan, who > moved > to Johnstone County, sold his Nansemond County, VA property.(Kinfolks > of > Johnstone county) > > There was a Henry Jernigan, Jr. So I'm not sure which one was in SC. > Given the LEE connection in VA and Johnstone County, I thought that > there might be a connection in SC. > > I'm not sure exactly how Elizabeth was related to John LEE, Esquire. > However, I am sure that the Nansemond County property was very close > to > John LEE. > > Please tell me what county in MD that you think John LEE was from. I > have spent some time on JAMES LEE of Charles City County, MD. and > other > early Maryland LEE's. MAny people from MAryland came to the Albemarle > - > Chowan area around 1680. There is a possibility that John LEE of > Nancemond could have been one. Several people who lived close by came > from Maryland or Northumberland County, VA. MAny of these same > individuals had earlier been in the Isle of Wright -Norfolk area > before > going to either MAryland or Northumberland. > > Do you know for certain that he came directly to SC? Also have you > looked at the Lees' of Barbados? > > Melissa > > > HFTHusma@aol.com wrote: > > > > Glenda - > > I was able to open the Andrea's document you sent. I'm not sure > that I rec'd > > all of it. Can you lell me about how many pages were involved? > > > > Would you type out what little there is from Maryland and Virginia > and > > North Carolina? In MD and NC a look for Francis Lee, brother of > John Lee, > > could be helpful. There just might be the clue I'm seeking. > Francis Lee > > settled in an area that was at the time (after 1751) part of NC that > later > > became part of SC. (I think still on Rocky Creek upon which his > father and > > brother were located in SC) I'll need some help from a Carolina > history buff > > to explain the reason for the transition of the area from NC to SC > and when. > > > > >From the Andrea data you sent I'm sure that Mrs. Bettis' "Lees of > Virginia" is > > on the right tract, but she missed a generation by consolidating the > bios of 2 > > Johns (father and son). This, of course, needs to be corrected. > The problem > > is in what forum. > > > > The basic problem is that the BETTIS document assumed that only one > John Lee > > came from MD to SC in 1751. In fact a father, John, and his sons, > John and > > Francis, came to SC. In Francis' 1752 presentation of his father's > petition > > for 50 acres of land to establish a mill, Francis states that he is > > representing his father, John, who is "very old". On the same day > Francis' > > brother, John Lee, represents himself in a petition for 200 acres. > This later > > petition apparently has been read without the researchers knowledge > or > > recognition of Francis' preceding petition. At least Mrs. Bettis > does not > > reference it in her document. She cites Dr Robert L. Meriweather > of the > > University of SC as a source. Neither recognized, as reported by > Mrs. > > Bettis, that there were two Johns involved. > > > > An inconsistency is created in the Bettis story as she tries to > establish that > > the John Lee, son to Thomas and Elizabeth (Keene) Lee, born in > Lancaster Co., > > VA who was in SC by 1759 is the same as John whose petition for 200 > acres of > > land in SC cites that he is a native of MD. The fact is that John > of VA, son > > of Thomas, was the father of John of SC who claimed to be a native > of MD . > > What is not explained is why John of VA was in MD at the birth of > his son, > > John. in c1725. and why did they go to SC in 1751. > > > > 1. Richard Lee, emigrant > > 2. Charles Lee of Cobbs Hall > > 3. Thomas Lee of Lancaster Co., VA, m. Elizabeth > Keene of MD > > 4. John Lee of VA, then SC by 1759 > > = > > 4. John Lee, then SC in 1751, very old. (his > son born MD) > > 5. John Lee, native of MD, then SC > in 1751 > > 5. Francis Lee, in SC 1851, son of > John > > > > In a document entitled "The Revolutionary Soldiers of Catholic > Presbyterian > > Church, Chester County, South Carolina" by Mary Wylie Strange, > Historian of > > the Catholic Memorial Association, the relationship of father and > son, as I > > have presented, is confirmed. > > > > Do I make a point here? > > > > Best regards, > > Hugh > > > > ==== LEE Mailing List ==== > > 2 If posting URLs please excerpt ON topic data & proper credits :) > > Sources needed, please - can you help? Thanks for your cooperation. > > Cheers! please read detail in Welcome message or ask Harold. > > Special topics: genetics, books, places mailto:sundance@neosoft.com > -- Visit Carrell and Yost Architects Interiors on the Internet @ http://www.angelfire.com/biz/cyai.