Tabsgran2@aol.com wrote: > > Lorien Gunsallus referenced the following extract from my Generation 11 (2 of > 4) > message dated 97-08-30 18:18:52 EDT. She states near the end that "This > erroneously attaches Capt. Thomas LEE, son of John Lee, Esq. of Johnston Co. > NC to this line. This information has been around for a long time and has > been proven to be incorrect, but continues to live on in publications for all > to see." I apologize for perpetuating a lineage that has been proven > incorrect and hope the following will help those that have an interest to > correct this information. > > Also... I did not follow the guidelines for Subject: provided by Harold Helm, > LEE group listowner:sundance@neosoft.com e.g. "posts should always begin > LEE (or variant) then first name then key YEAR & LOCATION in Subject line > please for example, LEE, Edmund Jennings, ( key YEAR HERE ) US > Lineage-Index(4 of4).... also, "maximum file size to list of 50 kb please on > topic - many thanks PLAIN ASCII TEXT only, please." Index (4 of 4) was an > MS Word file in Rich Text Format, size 74K; therefore, it was not forwarded > to the Lee-L@rootsweb participants. Sorry. David E. Pope, > tabsgran2@aol.com. > > In a message dated 97-08-30 18:18:52 EDT, you write: > > > 87B This Captain Thomas Lee wrote in his bible, "I am the son of Richard > Lee > > and Judith Steptoe, born Dec 3, 1729, Northumberland County, Virginia." He > > (Captain Thomas Lee) married Mary Bryan of North Carolina. > > Research: 87B History of Wilkinson Co., GA The Lee Family beginning at > Pg. > > 571 > > He first married Mary GRIFFIN. Born 1732. Died 1758. They had the > following > > children: > > 173 i. Samuel LEE > > 174 ii. Thomas "Greenberry" LEE > > 175 iii. John LEE > > He second married Mary BRYAN. Born in NC. They had the following children: > > 176 i. Thomas LEE > > 177 ii. John LEE > > 178 iii. William LEE Sr. > > 179 iv. Richard LEE > > 180 v. James LEE > > 181 vi. Needham LEE Sr. > > 182 vii. Anna LEE > > 183 viii. Lewis LEE > > 184 ix. Zilpha LEE > > 185 x. Willis "William" LEE > > 186 xi. Winnifred LEE > > 187 xii. Edward LEE > > 188 xiii. Mary LEE > > 189 xiv. Luvanna LEE > > OOPS. We have a problem here...and it applies to any other descendants shown > following Capt. Thomas Lee's line in the referenced post. This erroneously > attaches Capt. Thomas LEE, son of John Lee, Esq. of Johnston Co. NC to this > line. (Some of the children aren't even Capt. Thomas's so this mixes up at > least two men of the same name...) This information has been around for a > long time and has been proven to be incorrect, but continues to live on in > publications for all to see. :-( Capt. Thomas DID NOT write the above quote > in *his* bible. The Bible belonged to Needham Lee, Sr. and the information > that was written in many decades after the fact has been proved to be > incorrect. If anyone wants more on this, please email me directly. > > Lorien Gunsallus