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Family: Thomas Lee / Hannah Harrison Ludwell (F8333)  ^[1] 

• Father | Male Thomas Lee

  
  

  Born	1690	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Died	14 Nov 1750	Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Buried		Burnt House Fields Lee Family Estate Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Married
  Father	Richard Henry Lee | F6583 Group Sheet
  Mother	Laetitia "Lettice" Corbin | F6583 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Hannah Harrison Ludwell

  
  

  Born	5 Dec 1701	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Died	25 Jan 1750	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Buried		Burnt House Fields Lee Family Estate Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Father	Philip Ludwell, II | F8327 Group Sheet
  Mother	Hannah Harrison | F8327 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Philip Ludwell Lee

  
  

  Born	24 Feb 1727	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Died	21 Feb 1775	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Buried		Stradford Hall Plantation Cemetery Westmoreland County, Virginia

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Hon. Thomas Ludwell Lee, Esquire

  
  

  Born	13 Dec 1730	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Died	13 Apr 1778	Staunton, Virginia
  Buried		Stradford Hall Plantation Cemetery Westmoreland County, Virginia

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Richard Henry Lee

  
  

  Born	20 Jan 1732	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Died	19 Jun 1794	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Buried		Burnt House Fields Lee Family Estate Westmoreland County, Virginia

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Francis Lightfoot Lee

  
  

  Born	14 Oct 1734	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Died	11 Jan 1797	Richmond County, Virginia
  Buried		Tayloe Family Estate Richmond County, Virginia

  
  

  Child 5 | Male William Lee

  
  

  Born	31 Aug 1739	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Died	27 Jun 1795	James County, Virginia
  Buried		Jamestown Fort James Cemetery Jamestown, Virginia

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Arthur Lee

  
  

  Born	20 Dec 1740	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Died	12 Dec 1792	Middlesex County, Virginia
  Buried		Lee Family Cemetery Middlesex County, Virginia

  
  

• Sources

  [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.