In a message dated 01-04-08 17:16:22 EDT, you write: << Subj: [MSFRANKL-L] Lee-Byrd Connection Date: 01-04-08 17:16:22 EDT From: barlinderand@earthlink.net (Barbara Linder Anderson) Sender: barlinderand@earthlink.net Reply-to: MSFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com To: MSFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Posted on: Franklin Co. Ms Queries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ms/Franklin/10841 Surname: Lee, Coleman, Linder, Erwin ------------------------- My maternal great-grandfather was Amaziah (Ham) Lee of Franklin Co., MS. His brother was Needham Lee. My father was named for Hardy Magee and, probably, a cousin named Francis (Frank) Rodriguez Wilson. My brother lives in Tyler. Please contact me. >> Hello, In my info below I have 5 men named Needham LEE and I am listing them with * ** *** **** ***** by their respective names I don't know which of the Needham LEE men was in Franklin Co., MS and it could be a different one than one of these five Needham LEE men but I would imagine that he is certainly related and I am including related information as well. I don't have a lot of information on the Needham LEE* family and what I have came to me from LEE researchers, John LEE and Clint LEE, but my 3rd great grandfather, Bailey JENNINGS, born: abt. 1789 in VA, whose parents, John JENNINGS, Sr., born: abt. 1748 in Richmond Co., VA, (have more info on parents, etc.) and Rachel JORDAN, born: abt. 1750, parents: ??, were in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War and then in Christian/Caldwell Co., Kentucky where Bailey JENNINGS married in Dec. 1811 to his 1st wife, my 3rd great grandmother, Kitty EARLE, born: bet. 1795-1808 in VA, (mother: Tabitha WILLIAMS, born: 1766, (more info on parents,) and father: Samuel EARLE, IV, (Sgt./Rev. War,) (2nd son of his father Samuel, III, to be named Samuel EARLE, IV,)born: 1760 in Town Run, Fauquier Co., VA, (mother: Elizabeth HOLBROOK, born: abt. 1733, (much younger 2nd wife of apprx. 41 years older husband,) father: (Major) Samuel EARLE, III, born: 1692, (more info on parents,) (had 1st son named Samuel EARLE, IV, born: abt. 1727, died: abt. 1752 with 1st wife, Anna SORRELL,) and (Major) Samuel EARLE, III was the 1st Member of the House of Burgesses from Frederick Co., VA holding the seat that would later be held by future President and (General) George WASHINGTON, to whom many of these families connected by blood and/or close proximity. The reason I mention all of this first is that my 3rd great grandfather, Bailey JENNINGS, who moved from Christian/Caldwell Co., Kentucky to Covington Co., MS where he was Justice of the Peace and where his daughter, my 2nd great grandmother, Sarah "Sally" JENNINGS, was born in 1821/1822, (one census says she was born in Alabama, which is where her grandparents, Tabitha WILLIAMS and Samuel EARLE, IV, born: 1760, moved to sometime after their marriage and later where they died. After the death of Kitty EARLE, Bailey JENNINGS, who moved from Covington Co., MS, I believe while Kitty EARLE was still living, to Simpson Co., MS, and married his 2nd wife, Sally LEA, (maiden name,) (who was the 1st wife and widow of William LEE, son of Needham LEE * of Simpson Co., MS.) Bailey JENNINGS, born: abt. 1789, died: bef. 1850, and Sally LEA LEE, born: ??, died: bef. 1850, (parents: ??,) had two children a son, Wiatt W. JENNINGS .......born: abt. 1846, in 1850 Simpson Co., MS census in what appears to be the ............household of his 1/2 brother, James JENNINGS, son of Bailey and Kitty ............JENNINGS, (but not sure and I don't know what happened to his parents ............by then either,) ............in 1860 Simpson Co., MS, Wiatt W. JENNINGS was in the household of a ............family named SPELL inclusive of: ................Elizabeth SPELL, age 45-48 ................Elizabeth SPELL, age 27 ................Josiah SPELL, age 24 ................Louisa M. SPELL, age 15 ................Mary SPELL, age 13 ................Wiatt JENNINGS, age 14 .......died: 1864 as a soldier in Civil War, probably in Atlanta ................(The age is right for the Elizabeth SPELL mentioned above to have been .................the daughter of Needham LEE and the sister of William LEE. She is .................thought to have married a man named Pipkin SMITH but, perhaps, it .................wasn't SMITH but spell or maybe SPELL was a 2nd husband.) and they had a daughter Margaret JENNINGS .......born: abt. 1846, (who was in the 1860 Simpson Co., MS census in the home of Needham Wesley LEE **, (son of Needham LEE and Needham Wesley LEE ** was somewhat of an uncle to Margaret JENNINGS as he was the uncle of her 1/2 siblings from her mother's 1st marriage to William LEE who was the brother of Needham Wesley LEE **, son of Needham LEE *,) in addition to the other children from Kitty EARLE and Bailey JENNINGS marriage. Margaret JENNINGS married James Chester TAYLOR and they were the parents of: Eugene TAYLOR Flora TAYLOR, Nancy TAYLOR Ada/Ader TAYLOR Mary TAYLOR Maggie TAYLOR. Needham LEE * of Simpson Co., MS, (father of William LEE, born: 1798-1800, who married Sally LEA LEE JENNINGS,) that I mention was the father of: William LEE, born: 1798-1800 James LEE Eli LEE Needham Wesley LEE ** Elizabeth LEE, may have md. Pipkin SMITH Children of Sally LEA and William LEE were: (1.) Martha Vianna LEE ............md: Larkin Merritt HILTON (2.) Needham Brown LEE *** ............md: ?? ............Children: .............[1.] Wesley LEE .............[2.] William LEE .............[3.] James Elijah LEE .............[4.] Jeremiah Monroe LEE .............[5.] Elias Brown LEE .............[6.] Wiley Capers LEE .............[7.] Needham Norvell LEE **** .............[8.] John Wesley LEE .............[9.] Laura Jane LEE ...........[10.] Letha Ellen LEE ...........[11.] Cullen Connerly LEE (3.) William Randolph LEE ...........md: ?? .............[1.] Leander Lafayette LEE .............[2.] Wiley Josephus LEE .............[3.] Wyatt Alexander LEE .............[4.] Jesse Monroe LEE .............[5.] Obed Cisero LEE .............[6.] Nancy Almeda LEE .............[7.] Benjamin Columbus LEE .............[8.] James Willis LEE .............[9.] Ivan Leon LEE ............[10.] Marion Haul LEE ............[11.] Charles Needham LEE ***** ............[12.] Nora Delphi LEE ............[13.] Mary Jane Leo?/Lea? LEE, (prob. Lea) (4.) Eli Leonard LEE (5.) Joshua James LEE Children of Sarah LEA LEE and Bailey JENNINGS: (6.) Wiatt W. JENNINGS (7.) Margaret JENNINGS, born: abt. 1846 Bailey JENNINGS' daughter with 1st wife, Kitty EARLE, who was my 2nd great grandmother, Sarah "Sally" JENNINGS, born: 1821/1822 in Covington Co., MS, (or Alabama,) married, (probably as her 1st husband,) as, most likely, the 3rd wife, of my 2nd great grandfather, Jeremiah "Jerry" PARKER, born: 1795/abt. 1795 in Maryland, but may actually be part of Virginia soon after his birth, and I don't know whom his parents were nor do I know the names of his 1st two wives and his 1st group of children with the 1st wife. Jeremiah PARKER's whereabouts between 1795 and 1830, at this time, are unknown, (but there are definitely many PARKER's related to these connecting family groups that he probably belongs to,) and he is found in the 1830 Copiah Co., MS census with his 1st or 2nd wife and his 1st set of children, then he is also in Copiah Co., MS in the 1840 census, (don't know which wife,) and in the 1850 Smith Co., MS census with his 3rd wife, Sarah "Sally" JENNINGS, and his 2nd set of children from his 2nd wife, and then in 1870, his 3rd wife, Sarah "Sally" JENNINGS, is found as the Head of the Household, (obviously he has passed away by then,) and with her 1st set/Jeremiah's 3rd set of children which include my great grandfather, Spencer B. PARKER .....born: 1859/1855 according to one census ..................prob. either in Smith or Rankin Co., MS md: Rachael Mo(a)randa "Randa(y) LEWIS .............born: abt. 1851 in Jones Co., MS ...............aka Moranda COLEMAN at the time ...............she married her two known husbands, ...............(perhaps she had a previous marriage ................to a man named COLEMAN,) and her ................two known husbands were: ................md. husb. # 1: Wesley BRIGHT ...................Children: .....................(1.) Henry "Will" BRIGHT .....................(2.) Daisy BRIGHT .....................(3.) Maggie BRIGHT .....................(4.) Harriett Almeda "Mead" BRIGHT ................md: husb. # 2: Spencer B. PARKER .....................(5.) George Washington PARKER ................................died: age 12 .....................(6.) Ellis Neely PARKER .....................(7.) Callie PARKER, (male twin,) ................................born: 1892 in Simpson Co., MS ................................died: 1894 in Simpson Co., MS .....................(8.) Allie Artimissa PARKER ................................born: 1892 near Braxton in ........................................Simpson Co., MS ................................md: James Martin "Jim" MYRICK .....................................born: 1892 near Magee in ........................................Simpson Co., MS ................................(my grandparents) .............mother: Harriett ELLZEY ...................born: abt. 1824 ...................mother: Mary COLLINS ........................born: bef./abt./bet. 1780-1800 in ? ........................parents: ?? ...................father: Evan ELLZEY, .......................born: bef./abt./bet. 1780-1800 in SC? .......................parents: ?? .............father: John LEWIS ...................born: abt. 1820 in Jones Co., MS ...................mother: Nancy COPELAND ........................mother: Rachael TUCKER ..............................born: abt. 1765 in NC ..............................mother: ?? ..............................father: ? TUCKER .........................(On my mother's side of the family ...........................I also descend from TUCKER lineage ...........................and it is thought that from Rachael ...........................TUCKER, on my father's side of the ............................family, that she probably also descends ............................from the same lineage in the 1600's ............................from Elizabeth COLEMAN and husband, ............................Robert TUCKER through their son, ............................(Captain) Robert TUCKER and his wife, ............................Elizabeth TUCKER, my other TUCKER ............................line is through the Elizabeth COLEMAN ............................and Robert TUCKER's son, ............................Joseph TUCKER and through his son, ............................Joseph Tudor TUCKER and his wife, ............................Lucretia WYNNE.) .......................father: Ripley COPELAND ............................born: abt. 1761 in North Carolina ...............................(migrated to Sumter Co., SC) ............................(have more info on his family) ...................father: Howell LEWIS .......................born: bet. 1782 - 1788 in Granville Co., NC .......................parents: ?? .......................(It is generally thought that Howell LEWIS ........................is descended from Mary HOWELL, (dau ........................of John HOWELL, Sr. and Mary LANE,) ........................& (Col.) Charles Lilburne (of the Byrd) LEWIS ........................through one of their sons, possibly thru their ........................son, Robert (of Belvoir) LEWIS, who has ........................descendants named Howell LEWIS, I, or son, ........................Howell LEWIS who married cousin, Mary ........................Isabella WILLIS, whose son, Howell LEWIS, II, ........................who married Betsy COLEMAN, (dau of ........................Robert COLEMAN,) who may have been ........................formally named Elizabeth or Mary Elizabeth, ........................and they married in abt. 1880 and Howell, II ........................who was born in 1759 in Goochland Co., NC ........................md: Betsy COLEMAN in abt. 1780 and he ........................died abt. 1790. No children are known for ........................them and Betsy COLEMAN remarried a man ........................named Edmund TAYLOR who is probably ........................descended from the marriage of another ........................Edmund TAYLOR to Ann LEWIS of this ........................lineage. Still searching for more info to ........................confirm. There were several marriages of ........................WARNER - LEWIS cousins making it hard ........................to find especially those of the same names.) If you see any other connecting features that I might be missing please contact me. Hoping this helps you with your search. Sincerely, Bellinda Myrick - Barnett