Col. Richard Henry Lee^[1]

1644 - 1714  (70 years)

• Name	Richard Henry Lee
  	The Scholar
  Title	Col.
  Born	1644	Middlesex Co., Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Mar 1714	Mt. Pleasant Westmoreland Co., Virginia Colony
  Buried	Burnt House Fields Lee Family Estate Westmoreland County, Virginia   [2]
  Person ID	I18065	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family	Laetitia "Lettice" Corbin,   b. 1656, Stratton Major Parish, King & Queen Co., VA ,   d. 6 Oct 1706, Westmoreland Co. , Virginia Colony  (Age 50 years)
  Married	1694
  	Prob. Westmoreland Co., VA
  Children	1. Richard Henry Lee,   b. 1678, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 1718, Cople Parish, Virginia Colony  (Age 40 years) + 2. Lettice Corbin Lee,   b. Abt 1731, Lee Hall, Westmoreland Co., Virginia ,   d. 15 Dec 1788, Lancaster Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 57 years) + 3. Anne Mary Lee,   b. 1683, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 12 Jan 1732, Stafford County, Virginia  (Age 49 years) + 4. Thomas Lee,   b. 1690, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 14 Nov 1750, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F6583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Chatham Manor-Stafford VA Home of William Fitzhugh and Ann Lee 1802ChathamManor-StaffordVA.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  Newspaper Article Lee History-Daily Press-Jan 19,1928 LeeHistory-DailyPress-Jan19,1928.jpg

  
  

  Histories		Virginia Heraldica - A Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor with Genealogical Notes of the Families Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, F.R.S., F.G.S.A. Virginia County Record Series Volume V. 1908 virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf
  		Lee Family History Daily Press Jan 19, 1928

  
  

• Sources

  [S107] Family Histories, http://reynoldspatova.org/histories/armisteadfamily100ingarb.pdf. Some of the libraries of teh Virginia gentry, notably those of William Byrd, Ralph Wormeley, Richard Lee, were astonishingly rich, many of their books being great folios, expensively illustrated. Col. Wm Byrd of Westover had three thousand, six hundred and twenty-five volumes history, seven hundred classics, six hundred and fifty; entertaining, six hundred and fifty; french.... Two volume folios, Records of Londan Company, made at instance of the Earl of Southampton, are now in the Library of Congress. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20745298/richard-lee. Richard ?Richard The Scholar? Lee II Birth 1644, Northumberland County, Virginia Death 12 Mar 1714 (aged 69?70) Westmoreland County, Virginia Burial: Burnt House Fields Cemetery Coles Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia Parents Richard Lee, unknown?1664 Anne Constable Lee, unknown?1706 Spouse Laetitia Vivia Corbin Lee, 1656?1706 Siblings Hancock Lee, 1653?1709 Elizabeth Lee Tuberville, 1654?1714 Charles Lee, 1656?1701 Children Richard Henry Lee, 1678?1718 Philip Corbin Lee, 1681?1744 Anne Lee McCarty, 1683?1732 Thomas Lee, 1690?1750 Henry Lee, 1691?1747 The inscription on Richard and Laetitia's tomb stone is written in Latin, and translated, it reads: "Here lieth the body of Richard Lee, Esq., born in Virginia, son of Richard Lee, Gentleman, descended of an ancient family of Merton-Regis, in Shropshire. While he exercised the office of magistrate he was a zealous promoter of the public good. He was very skillful in the Greek and Latin languages and other parts of polite learning. He quietly resigned his soul to God, whom he always devoutly worshiped, on the 12th day of March, in the year 1714, in the 68th year of his age. Near by interred the body of Laetitia, his faithful wife, daughter of Henry Corbyn, Gentleman. A most affectionate mother, she was also distinguished by piety toward God, charity to the poor, and kindness to all. She died on the 6th day of October, 1706, in the 49th year of her age."