The name "Lee" has been sprinkled generously throughout our genealogical research on the family of Joshua Younger and, yet, never once has anyone reported finding a "Lee" connection. If a Younger is found, his middle name is "Lee". I have pondered this for a very long time and suggest that the name "Lee" came into the Younger verbiage when Cole wrote a letter from Stillwater Prison claiming he was eligible to join the Sons of the Revolution based on his relationship with Robert E Lee. Soon after, it was widely believed that Joshua's first wife was a Lee named Elizabeth. I think I have finally found an explanation for it. The relationship really belongs to the Ragans. Jacob Ragan married Anna Chastain Carter. Anna Chastain Carter was named for her aunt, Ann Hill Carter who married 18 Jun 1793 Maj. Gen Henry Lee. It is they who had the son, Robert E. Lee. Anna Chastain was the daughter of Joseph and Magdalene Chastain; the granddaughter of Joseph and Judith Chastain; gr granddaughter of Joseph and Catherine Ammon Carter and the gr gr granddaughter of William Carter and Mary Goodloe. The Hills and Carters were associated with the Shirley Plantation located on the Colonial Highway as one approaches Williamsburg. It was open to the public a number of years ago. Jacob Ragan was the son of John Ragan and Mary Younger. They also had, among others, a daughter named Sarah who had a child, Tillard, out of wedlock. The reported father is a Joseph Carter. Tillard married Sophia Lee Younger 2 Dec 1853. She was the daughter of Charles Younger and Parmelia Dorcus Wilson. No doubt the relationship with the Lees was known to Cole. Perhaps he did perceive that the relationship applied to him. Who wouldn't be proud to be a relative of Robert E Lee when your sympathies were with the south? It's been a long time since I did this research. I waited hoping I'd come up with something else but I do have a source on my notes. It was Filson Club Quarterly, Vol 34 - 1960

I believe that Cole Younger's grandfather, Charles Lee Younger, was the son of a woman whose last name was Lee and that she was a distant relative of the Lee's of Virginia. I believe this family settled in Kentucky before the revolution, probably in Crab Orchard, KY. There are Lee descendents from the Kentucky families. They would be very distant relatives of Robert E. Lee. I wonder how Lee Summit, MO got its name? In any case the connection to the Lee's would pre-date Robert E Lee, a man who never really knew is father. His mother was a Carter. Francis Younger Message ----- From: "Wilma C. Hillman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 1:52 PM Subject: [YOUNGER] Something for Joshua descendants to think about - > The name "Lee" has been sprinkled generously throughout our genealogical > research on the family of Joshua Younger and, yet, never once has anyone > reported finding a "Lee" connection. If a Younger is found, his middle > name > is "Lee". I have pondered this for a very long time and suggest that the > name "Lee" came into the Younger verbiage when Cole wrote a letter from > Stillwater Prison claiming he was eligible to join the Sons of the > Revolution based on his relationship with Robert E Lee. Soon after, it was > widely believed that Joshua's first wife was a Lee named Elizabeth. I > think > I have finally found an explanation for it. > > The relationship really belongs to the Ragans. Jacob Ragan married Anna > Chastain Carter. Anna Chastain Carter was named for her aunt, Ann Hill > Carter who married 18 Jun 1793 Maj. Gen Henry Lee. It is they who had the > son, Robert E. Lee. > > Anna Chastain was the daughter of Joseph and Magdalene Chastain; the > granddaughter of Joseph and Judith Chastain; gr granddaughter of Joseph > and > Catherine Ammon Carter and the gr gr granddaughter of William Carter and > Mary Goodloe. The Hills and Carters were associated with the Shirley > Plantation located on the Colonial Highway as one approaches Williamsburg. > It was open to the public a number of years ago. > > Jacob Ragan was the son of John Ragan and Mary Younger. They also had, > among > others, a daughter named Sarah who had a child, Tillard, out of wedlock. > The > reported father is a Joseph Carter. Tillard married Sophia Lee Younger 2 > Dec > 1853. She was the daughter of Charles Younger and Parmelia Dorcus Wilson. > No > doubt the relationship with the Lees was known to Cole. Perhaps he did > perceive that the relationship applied to him. Who wouldn't be proud to be > a > relative of Robert E Lee when your sympathies were with the south? > > It's been a long time since I did this research. I waited hoping I'd come > up > with something else but I do have a source on my notes. It was Filson Club > Quarterly, Vol 34 - 1960 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >