Richard Henry Lee

1732 - 1794  (62 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Richard Henry Lee
  Birth	1732
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	Founding Father USA
  Death	1794
  Siblings	7 Siblings
  + 1. Philip Ludwell Lee,   b. 1727   d. 1775  (Age 48 years) ▻ Elizabeth Steptoe,  m. 1761   2. Thomas Ludwell Lee,   b. 1730   d. 1778  (Age 48 years) ▻ Mary Aylett + 3. Richard Henry Lee,   b. 1732   d. 1794  (Age 62 years) ▻ Anne Aylett,  m. 5 Dec 1757 ;   Anne Gaskins,  m. Jun 1769   4. Francis Lightfoot Lee,   b. 14 Oct 1734   d. 11 Jan 1797  (Age 62 years) ▻ Rebecca Plater Tayloe   5. William Lee,   b. 1739   d. 1795  (Age 56 years) ▻ Hannah Philippa Ludwell   6. Arhur Lee,   b. 1740   d. 1792  (Age 52 years) ▻ Mary Smith Ball   7. Alice Lee   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ NN Skipper   8. Hannah Lee   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ NN Corbin
  Person ID	I76689	Geneagraphie
  Links To	This person is also Richard Henry Lee at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Thomas Lee,   b. 1690, Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 14 Nov 1750, Stratford, Northumberland Co. VA (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Hannah Harrison Ludwell,   b. 5 Dec 1701, Green Springs, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA d. 25 Jan 1750, Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	May 1722	Green Springs, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F87521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anne Aylett,   b. 1738   d. 1768 (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1757
  Children	1. Elizabeth Virginia Lee,   b. 1755   2. Thomas Lee,   b. 20 Oct 1758, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA d. 7 Sep 1805 (Age 46 years) + 3. Ludwell Lee,   b. 1760   d. 1836 (Age 76 years)   4. Mary Lee,   b. 28 Jul 1764   d. 2 Nov 1795 (Age 31 years) + 5. Hannah Lee,   b. 1765   d. 23 Nov 1801, Alexandria, Virginia, USA (Age 36 years)   6. Marybelle Lee,   b. 1768
  Family ID	F14383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Anne Gaskins
  Marriage	Jun 1769
  or July
  Children	1. Anne Lee,   b. 1770   d. 1804 (Age 34 years)   2. Henrietta Lee,   b. 1773   d. 1803 (Age 30 years)   3. Sarah Caldwell Lee,   b. 1775   d. 1837 (Age 62 years)   4. Cassius Lee,   b. 1779   d. 1850 (Age 71 years) + 5. Francis Lightfoot Lee, II,   b. 1782   d. 1850 (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F306235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2016

  
  

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• Notes

  of 'Chantilly' played a conspicious role in the succession of events that led the American colonies to independence from the crown of England. the first of the great patriots in the Lee family. A brilliant orator, Richard Henry Lee was a justice of peace in Westmoreland and a longtime member of the House of Burgesses (1758-1775) prior to being involved in the First and Second Continental Congresses. Among his famous stands in the House of Burgesses is his strong opposition of the slave trade, which he proposed to outrule by heavy taxation. Richard Henry Lee milited against the Stamp Act and with his brothers Francis and William organized resistance in Westmoreland county against this abusive English taxation. Richard Henry was the leader of the Lee brothers who fanned and nurtured the Independence movement like few other families in Virginia. He favored the creation of the Committees of Correspondence with patriots of the other colonies, a practice which eventually led to the formation of the Continental Congresses. As a delegate in the Continental Congress, Richard Henry Lee was active in many committees, notably the one framing the Rights of the Colonies that directly led to the Declaration of Independence. He and his brother Francis Lightfoot Lee were two of seven Virginians to sign the Declaration of Independence, along with Thomas Jefferson, a future president and Benjamin Harrison IV, the forebear of two future presidents. Richard Henry Lee married twice and had nine children