Hannah Harrison Ludwell

1701 - 1750  (48 years)

• Name	Hannah Harrison Ludwell
  Born	5 Dec 1701	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Jan 1750	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Buried	Burnt House Fields Lee Family Estate Westmoreland County, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I22139	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Philip Ludwell, II,   b. 4 Feb 1672, Green Spring & Rich Neck, & Williamsburg, Virginia Colony ,   d. 11 Jan 1726  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Hannah Harrison,   b. 15 Dec 1678, Green Spring & Rich Neck, & Williamsburg, Virginia Colony ,   d. 4 Apr 1731  (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F8327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Lee,   b. 1690, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 14 Nov 1750, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia  (Age 60 years)
  Children	1. Philip Ludwell Lee,   b. 24 Feb 1727, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 21 Feb 1775, Westmoreland County, Virginia  (Age 47 years)   2. Hon. Thomas Ludwell Lee, Esquire,   b. 13 Dec 1730, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 13 Apr 1778, Staunton, Virginia  (Age 47 years)   3. Richard Henry Lee,   b. 20 Jan 1732, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 19 Jun 1794, Westmoreland County, Virginia  (Age 62 years)   4. Francis Lightfoot Lee,   b. 14 Oct 1734, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 11 Jan 1797, Richmond County, Virginia  (Age 62 years)   5. William Lee,   b. 31 Aug 1739, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 27 Jun 1795, James County, Virginia  (Age 55 years)   6. Arthur Lee,   b. 20 Dec 1740, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 12 Dec 1792, Middlesex County, Virginia  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F8333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  Lee Family History Daily Press Jan 19, 1928

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20744756/hannah-harrison-lee. Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee Birth: 5 Dec 1701 Westmoreland County, Virginia Death: 25 Jan 1750 (aged 48) Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia Burial: Burnt House Fields, Lee Family Estate Coles Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20744771/thomas-lee. Thomas Lee Spouse Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee, 1701-1750 Children Philip Ludwell Lee, 1727-1775 Hannah Ludwell Lee, 1728-1782 Thomas Ludwell Lee, 1730-1778 Richard Henry Lee, 1732-1794 Francis Lightfoot Lee, 1734-1797 Alice Lee Shippen, 1736-1817 William Lee, 1739-1795 Arthur Lee, 1740-1792 Declaration of Independence Signer. Along with his brother Richard Henry Lee, he was one of the only two brothers to sign the Declaration of Independence. He was also the brother of General "Lighthorse Harry" Lee of Revolutionary War fame, and the uncle of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses (the colony's legislature) in 1858, taking his seat there with his brother, Richard Henry Lee, who had also been elected. He joined another brother and two cousins that year in the House of Burgesses. In 1769, he married his cousin, Rebecca Tayloe, and although they would have no children of their own, they would raise two nieces. Although quiet and reserved, Francis was active in the Virginia House of Burgesses, and led much of the protests against the hated Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts, which were unpopular in much of the colonies. In 1775, he was elected as a member of the Second Continental Congress, along with his brother, Richard Henry Lee, and supported the cause for independence. As a member of the Board of War, he played a vital role in obtaining supplies for the American Army, and during the Revolutionary War, he served as a Congressman, actively supporting the independence cause. The two brothers resigned from the Continental Congress on the same day, May 15, 1779, and while Richard Henry Lee would later return to Congress, Francis returned briefly back to the Virginia legislature, and then retired to his plantation in Virginia, to tend to its concerns. After the Revolutionary War, Francis Lightfoot Lee supported the adoption of the Constitution, and encouraged Virginians to vote for it. He died at his plantation in 1797 at the age of 62. The town of Leesburg, Virginia, was named in honor of the Lee family and for all they had done to support Virginia.