Sydney Smith Lee

Henry married Ann Hill Carter Jun 1793. Ann (daughter of Charles of Shirley Carter and Anne Butler Moore) was born 26 Mar 1773, Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia Colony; died 26 Jun 1829, Ravensworth, Fairfax County, Virginia ; was buried , Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Henry married Lucy "Lowland Beauty" Grymes 1 Dec 1753, James City Parish, Stafford, Virginia Colony. Lucy (daughter of Honorable Charles of "Moratico", Richmond Co. Grymes and Frances Jennings) was born 24 Aug 1739, Richmond, Middlesex County, Virginia; died 1792, “Leesylvania,” Potomac River, Prince William County; was buried , Leesylvania, Prince William County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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At the time of early English settlers, Leesylvania was believed to be the site of an Algonquian village, overlooking Neabsco Creek.

Henry Lee II settled on the land from 1747 until his death in 1787. He and his wife had eight children at their home including Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee. He is also the grandfather to Civil War general Robert E. Lee. George Washington mentions visiting the Lee House three times in his diaries. In 1825 the property was sold to Henry Fairfax, and later passed to John Fairfax in 1847. Fairfax later served as a staff aide to Confederate Lt. General James Longstreet. The site was Fairfax's boyhood home, and he returned to live on the property in late 1875, remaining there until his death in 1908. The land was also used as a small Confederate force and gun emplacement during the Civil War. The Freestone Point Confederate Battery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[2] The battery engaged with vessels of the US Navy's Potomac Flotilla on September 25, 1861. There were no casualties on either side, but the Federal vessels withdrew at the conclusion of the fighting. (Ref: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in The War of The Rebellion)

Today, only a small cornerstone of the Lee House remains. The house and its path were completely bulldozed in the 1950s to make way for a road. A restored chimney of the Fairfax House remains. Henry Lee II and his wife, along with Henry Fairfax and his third wife are buried on the property. The sites and the cemetery are accessible by trail. The Leesylvania Archeological Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[5]


Died:
so says plaque in Leesylvania area of burials

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Married:
Reverend William Preston performed the marriage ceremony

Charles married Anne Butler Moore. Anne (daughter of Bernard Moore, Sr. and Anne Catherine Spotswood) was born Est 1753, Chelsea, King William Co., Virginia Colony; died 16 Apr 1809, Shirley, Charles City County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
Dates for this family do not seem realistic and vary from site to site. -mfe

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Married:
Children of Charles Carter & Anne B. Moore:
Charles B. Carter (1766 - 1807)
Edward Carter (1767 - 1806)
Anne Hill Carter Lee (1773 - 1829)
Bernard Carter (1776 - 1776)
John Carter (1777 - 1784)
Bernard Moore Carter (1780 - 1843)
Butler Carter (1784 - 1786)
Infant Daughter Carter (1792 - 1792)
Infant Carter (1794 - 1794)
Calphemia Carter (1796 - 1797)

Henry married Mary Bland. Mary (daughter of Richard Bland and Elizabeth Randolph) was born 21 Aug 1704, Prince William Co., Virginia; died 1764, Westmoreland Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Charles married Frances Jennings. Frances (daughter of Sir Edmund Jennings and Margaret Barkham) was born Abt 1690, York Co. Virginia Colony; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Here you'll find my [Michael Braxton] CARTER and BRAXTON family
from earliest to Present:
Parent to Child...

ODO LE LECARETIER 1259-1320
ROGER LE CARTER 1222-1278
PHILIP LE LE CARTER 1259-1320
JOHANNIS LE CARTER 1st 1280-1330
JOHANNIS LE CARTER 2nd 1316-1393
JOHANNIS LE CARTER 3rd 1340-1393
RICHARD LE LE CARTER 1362-1440
JOHN DE DE CARTER 14001469
WILLIAM CARTER 1426-unknown
JOHN OF WATFORD CARTER 1450-1500
WILLIAM CARTER 1474-1521
RICHARD CROXTON CARTER 1490-1558
THOMAS CARTER 1st 1525-1571
JOHN CARTER 1574-1630
COL. JOHN CARTER SR. 1613-1669
ROBERT "KING" CARTER 1663-1732
*MARY CARTER 1712-1736 married...
*CARTER BRAXTON 1st 1677-1748 his son...
CARTER BRAXTON 2nd 1765-1809 his son...
?CARTER MOORE BRAXTON 3rd 1789-1855 and
?ANN BRAXTON 1801-1881 had a son,my 4th grt gd.NELSON BRAXTON 1820-1870/POLLY had...
HENRY BRAXTON 1845/MARTHA had...
ARCHER MCRAE BRAXTON 1868/ELLA had...
FLOYD BRAXTON 1st 1901/CORA had...
FLOYD A. BRAXTON 2nd 1934/FRANCES had...
MICHAEL A. BRAXTON (me)1970-PRESENT.

CARTER BRAXTON 1st. Signer of Declaration of Independence Parents are...
GEORGE BRAXTON 2nd 1705-1749 father.
GEORGE BRAXTON 1st 1677-1748 grd.father

John married Elizabeth Cooke 'Cecily' Hill. Elizabeth was born 1708, Shirley, Charles City County, Virginia Colony; died Jun 1773, Shirley, Charles City Co., Virginia Colony; was buried , Shirley Plantation Cemetery Shirley, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Biography

Of the four sons of Robert Carter, John, of Crotoman the eldest, will be the only one mentioned in this sketch since it is through him the' Tennessee family traces its line of descent from the Virginia Carters.

John of Crotoman inherited his grandfather's plantation on the Rappahannock, but through his marriage with Elizabeth Hill he came into possession of what was then the most renowned' plantation in Virginia, that of Shirley, which Sir Edward Hill had purchased for his bride, a Welsh heiress and court beauty.

John Carter "the second," studied law in London at the Inner Temple. In 1722 he was appointed secretary of Virginia and is known in Carter genealogy as "Secretary Carter".
As secretary he seems to have resided mostly at Williamsburg and at Shirley. Crotoman was a tobacco mart, and records show that at one time he upheld one Joseph Carter as inspector despite the accusations against him and the protestations of Corbin, Receiver of Customs, and other officials.

Death came to Secretary Carter July 31, 1742. After the prescribed period of mourning expired, Elizabeth Carter married a certain Browler Cocke of whom little is known except that he held Shirley until the year 1771, at which date Charles Carter of Crotoman came into the estate of Shirley.[1]

Buried

Shirley, Charles City County, Virginia.

Bernard married Anne Catherine Spotswood. Anne (daughter of Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood and Anne Butler Brayne [Brain]) was born Est 1728, Fredericksburg, Virginia Colony; died 9 Feb 1801, King William Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]