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Col . of William Raymond Lee , the Continental Army, w as n d Mar wh o tl e descended from Henry a y Lee , set d in

. 1 6 50 L e Manchester, Mass , in . The ancestry of Henry e is unknown , but it is said that he came from Cheshire, of England , and that he brought with him the coat arms of of or Dem the ancient family Lee , of Lea Hall, Che

- oi . . shire, which Maj Gen Charles Lee , of the American of Revolution , Sir Harry Lee , Knight the Garter, and the various Earls of Li tchfiel d ( " uarrendon and Ditchley

Lees) were members . His line of descent from that m fa ily is not known , though it has been suggested that he might be the Henry Lee wh o w as the third son of wh o George Lee, of Highgate , Middlesex , died in June , 1 6 3 7 was o o , and y unger br ther to Sir Henry Lee , the first of of Baronet, Ditchley, Oxon , both being sons Sir Robert

Lee of Hu l cote s . , Knight, , Buck It has also been sug gested that Henry Lee may have been the Dr . Henry Lee

who . of o was a brother of Col Richard Lee , Y rk County,

Va . . , the ancestor of the Lees of Virginia

e . 1 6 75 f r Henry Lee di d in Manchester, Mass , in , a te having served as town selectman, and after having been el ected by the County Court as constabl e . He was sur vi ved 1 6 6 1 - 1 744 by his wife , Mary , sons John , , a Justice of z the Peace and prominent citi en , Samuel , of whom wh o i n Ex e later , and Thomas , took part the Canadian p ’

1 6 90 . dition of , Capt William Raymond s Company, and

a . never returned, and daughters Hanna and S rah Deacon 1 66 7- 1 754 was Samuel Lee , , a well known merchant of 1 690 his time , owned slaves in , owned the largest vessels n l 1 6 92 was of his tow , among them the Swa low in , town 1 7 25- 3 8 e clerk , , selectman about fift en years , one of two of the first deacons the first church of Manchester, 1 71 6 - 1 754 of w as , was a Justice the Peace , and called

Samuel Lee, Esq . , in the records . He married Rebecca L I I 4 T H E ANCESTRY or CO . W LL AM RAYMOND LEE .

of Masters, daughter Nathaniel and Ruth ( Pickworth) of Masters , and granddaughter the Worshipful Mr .

‘ f 1 6 o 3 9. John Masters Cambridge , Deacon Samuel

h ad n . Lee nine childre , including Lieut Nathaniel Lee , an wh o officer of the militia , and Justice Samuel Lee , was

of Col . the grandfather William Raymond Lee . c 1 693 - 1 75 3 Justi e Samuel Lee, , was a celebrated archi ect u on e th t and b ilder, and of e most prominent mer of of chants the Province Massachusetts . He removed

. o 1 740 1 745 to Marblehead , Mass , ab ut , and in he is of “ spoken as Justice Samuel Lee , a very wealthy merc hant and owner of many warehouses He held f various town o fices, such as town treasurer, town clerk c of and selectman , was a Justi e the Peace for many years , and i n 1 73 2 w as appointed commissioner to make a report to the General Court in regard to the well known Dog or o Town Gl ucester dispute . He owned six houses in

Manchester and Marblehead , many slaves and many ships , e two o silv r, at least portraits , and a really go d library for t m on the ime . He ade a number of journeys abroad , and on e of them brought back a parchment pedigree of the of on e Lees Lea Hall . He was of the richest merchants hi s c of day in the Provin e, and seems to have exerted a " h im decided in uence on the community around . He 1 71 2 n married, first, , Mary Tarri g, daughter of General

John and Abigail ( Abbott) Tarring second , Hannah N of of o r . ( egus) Swett, widow Dr . J seph Swett, J , Mar bl eh e d of £ 1 00 f or o a . He left a legacy a free scho l in c n o o f or Manchester , dire ted that m urning was to be paid or on of escutcheons put his c fin , and divided his estate , valued at among his children .

Justice Lee had thirteen children , including Capt . 1 71 4- 1 779 of Samuel Lee , , Justice the Peace and promi o n ow nent merchant, wh se issue is extinct in the male

C l . of o ol . line John Lee , whom later ; C Jeremiah Lee , of o who was wh m later ; David Lee , a student at Harvard 1 744 to 1 747 of 1 748 from , in the class , and died before a o ff his gradu ti n . He ran o without leave of the faculty to of o 1 745 was to go the siege L uisburg, in , and fined an d who and degraded by the faculty ; Abigail, married

- Col . Gal l ison 1 731 1 86 n . 7 John , Esq , , a very promine t E T H O " COL . M LEE ANCESTRY WILLIA RAYMOND . 5

of merchant and citizen Marblehead , being a selectman , 1 76 2 of 1 76 6 to , Justice the Peace , , Representative the 1 76 9 1 774 1 775 o General Court, , and , and Col nel Of the 5 th Essex Regiment in 1 772 . The late Henry Hammond Gal l i son o w as , artist, of B ston , a descendant . ( See The G al l i son o Family of Marbl ehead , by Thomas Am ry Lee . )

- Col . 1 72 1 1 775 u Jeremiah Lee , , the illustrio s patriot f ” o of . the Revolution , uncle Col William Raymond Lee, was on e of thegreatest merchants of New England before

. 1 76 8 the Revolution His mansion , finished in , is said to c o have been the most magnificent built in the ol nies , and

n ow o o c o . l is wned by the Marblehead Hist ri al S ciety Co . Lee w as on e of the m ost prominent patriots Of the Revo l u ti on o a n and l st in it both his life d his fortune . He w as of o of 1 774 chairman the Essex C unty Congress , chairman Of the Marblehead delegates to the Provincial o 1 7 74 1 775 of C ngresses of and , chairman the committee to

G ov. acti v wait u p on Gage, and was a very member Of of the famous Committee Public Safety and Supplies ,

w l . a ith Samuel Adams and John Hanc ock . Co Lee w s

elected to the Old C ontinental Congress of 1 774 . as the n on delegate from Marblehead, but decli ed the honor co o ff om ac unt of pressing pers nal a airs . He died fr the ff c of on n of 1 8 e e ts exposure received the ight April , 1 7 75 o o , when the British tr ops surrounded the Black H rse

w a n d l . o a Co . Tavern on their y to Lexingt n , Lee , Col Az or Orne and Elbridge Gerry ( later Vice President of the United States) hid in their night clothes in a corn

. w as o Of field behind the tavern . Col Lee als colonel the l of e Marb ehead Regiment and was a Justice the P ace , as

wo l . o t o Co . were his br thers , J hn and Capt Samuel Lee , at on his f her Justice Samuel , his grandfather Deac Sam u el l f o t o . , and his great uncle John Lee . P rtrai s Col and

Mrs . Jeremiah Lee , by Copley, are owned by their great - t o h o l great grea grands n , T omas Am ry Lee . Fu l length o of o o c pies the C pley p rtraits , by Chester Harding, are ’ - - . r eat r eat d owned by Col Lee s g g grand aughter, Elizabeth

- of . . Amory Lee, wife Brig Gen Oswald H . Ernst, U . S . A

. of o Mrs Frederick Kinsman Wilmingt n , Delaware , owns

- - a miniature , said to be by Copley, of her great great grand of father , Col . Lee . Col . Lee married Martha, daughter " . R M 6 T HE ANCESTRY O COL WILLIAM AY OND LEE.

a . was Dr. Joseph and Martha ( St cey) Swett Dr. Swett a wealthy importing and exporting merchant of Marble head . Among their children were Joseph and Mary Lee .

- 1 748 1 785 . Capt . Joseph Lee , , graduated A B . from Har

1 76 9 . . was vard in , and later A M He a classmate of his

- - i n l aw . N brother , Hon athaniel Tracy , was an importing R a and exporting merchant, and served in the evolution s ’

f 6th O . O C . Capt. the of Glover s Regiment He married f r t o . Hannah , daugh er the pat iot, Col Isaac Hinckley of A M 1 740 - i . . c Barnstable, , Harvard , , grand daughter E - Col . u s . d Hon . Sylvanus Bo rne, q. great grand aughter

- Lt. . of Col John Gorham , who married Mary , sister of was n Of Col . John Otis . Colonel Hinckley first cousi

Of 1 72 2 . President Thomas Clap Yale, Harvard, , and Mrs ’ Hinckley s brother, Hon . Col . William Bourne , mar Lt - z Of ried a daughter of . Gov . Ha ard Newport . Capt .

H . w h o Joseph Lee had four children , including Abigail , m . w . arried Sylvanus Gray, Esq , nephe of Hon William

- Lt. . s Gray, Gov of Massachusett , and left issue, and who w Jeremiah , a merchant of Boston, died ithout issue

1 2 . of 85 . in Mary Lee, daughter Col Jeremiah Lee, perhaps the greatest beauty of her day married Hon .

- M. . S . 1 751 1 796 Of . Nathaniel Tracy, A . , A . A , , son Capt

Patrick and Hannah ( Gookin) Tracy, and descendant of

- Gov . Thomas Dudley, Gov . Simon Bradstreet, Maj . Gen .

Daniel Gookin , the famous Rev . John Cotton , Anne Hutch inson , and Maj . Thomas Savage . ( See The Tracy Family v 1 76 9 of Newburyport, and Nathaniel Tracy, Har ard, , in ’ e z 1 91 6 the Harvard Graduat s Maga ine for , both by

Thomas Amory Lee . ) He graduated A . B . from Harvard 1 69 7 . in , A . M later, took a supplementary course at Yale ,

. . 1 773 received an honorary A M at Princeton in , trav el l ed r abroad , and went into pa tnership with his brother,

- i n - Col . John Tracy, and brother law, Hon . Jonathan Jack as son . He w perhaps the greatest merchant Of the Rev ol u ti on and certainly the greatest merchant Of the Prov f of ince O Massachusetts . He fitted out the first privateer 1 1 0 the Revolution , and had merchant vessels , valued at and 24 cruising ships which captured during 1 20 the Revolution vessels , which sold for

Besides this , he loaned the Government T HE S O " . WILLLIA M ANCE TRY COL RAYMOND LEE . 7

w as . was v 1 780 which never repaid He a Representati e , , 1 781 1 7 82 o 1 783 , , State Senat r, , delegate to the Consti ti on al O f tu Convention , and a charter member the Ameri Of o can Academy Arts and Sciences . His p rtrait w as or u painted three times by Copley St art, Trumbull and w as Miss Hills , and his miniature painted twice , as his ’ who wife s . Among their children was Hannah , married

Jr . son of Col Lieut . William Raymond Lee , , . William

of . Raymond Lee, and they were the parents Gen William

M . . . . S o Raymond Lee , A . , A A , Of Wh m later . 1 7 1 6 - 1 789 f 0 1 . o Col 0 John Lee , , father . William Ray mond Lee , was a very prominent merchant, owned many m ships , five or six houses , a number of slaves , uch silver , o ffi of etc . He frequently held the t wn O ces clerk, select an “ was m and moderator, for many years a representa one tive to the Legislature , and Of the Municipal Magis ” of o of c f or trates the c unty, and a Justice the Pea e many years . He was chairman Of the local committee Of 1 774 of o Inspection , , the committee to raise money t 1 775 Of support the Minute Men , , the local committee of 1 775 correspondence, , of the delegates to the Essex 1 774 1 7 76 was County Convention, and , appointed in 1 775 by the Provincial Congress to swear the soldiers in was of 6 th the county of Essex , elected Colonel the Essex 2 7 1 775 Regiment, January , , marched to Salem , at the of of o head his battalion, to defend the munitions war fr m w Col . Leslie , and also to the relief of Beverly hen the of war British sloop Falcon fired upon that town . He w as a z ealous patriot and took an active part in the peril ous efforts which were made by citiz ens of Massachusetts to Obtain a redress Of wrongs they had endured as colo

. Col . 1 73 7 o nists of Great Britain Lee married , , J anna 1 71 5- 1 81 1 Of Raymond , , daughter Captain Ebenezer and u of Joanna ( Herrick) Raymond , grandda ghter Captain

William Raymond , the Indian fighter , and of Captain

. Col . of Herrick , Of Beverly Lee was the father twelve

o 1 73 8- 1 81 2 who children, including Captain J hn Lee , , w as a daring sailor of the Revolution, and was finally smuggled ou t of prison in England by Maj or General who Lord Burgoyne , had been befriended by Captain ’ Le . e s brother, Col William Raymond Lee , when the latter " . I M 8 T H E ANCEST RY O COL W LLIA RAYMOND LEE . was in c ommand of the c aptured Burgoyne and his army ; o wh o 1 756 J anna, married , , Captain Benjamin Kimball, 1 753 c of o Harvard , , an offi er the Rev lution ; Mary , who

- o o r . . 1 747 1 7 85 married , first, Maj r J shua Orne , J , Esq , , 1 764 Harvard , , Justice of the Peace, deputy to the Gen of o 1 775 eral C ourt, member the Provincial C ngress, , of of o o 1 775 chairman the Committee C rresp ndence , and 1 776 an d l o of , a very prominent merchant eading patri t ’ R o the evolution , and married , sec nd, Major Orne s half brother , Hon . Major General Azor Orne , Esq . , Of Marble 1 731 - 96 Oi J d of head , , Justice the Peace , Special u ge o th e o o Comm n Pleas , Deputy to General Court, C uncill r , and delegate to the Essex County Congress and the Mas o to th e l d sachu setts Pr vincial Congress , elected delegate o o of 1 774 of Continental C ngress , member the famous of o o of Committee Safety and Supplies , C l nel the Marble o o l c head Regiment before the Rev luti n , and e ected Se ond Maj or- General of the Massachusetts Militia by the Gen 1 775 of eral Court of ; he was one the most prominent . patriots of the Revolution ( See the Orne Family of Mar bl ehead o Who , by Th mas Amory Lee) Annis, married

J r . o o wh o Major ohn Pulling, J , Of the Rev luti n , hung the ’ f or ol a lanterns in Christ Church belfry C . P ul Revere s m famous ride . Their granddaughter, Annis , arried Rev . D . f . H u . o c OW Wm . Henry F rness, D D LL , father Hora e D D . . . D Ph . . . . D r a ard Furness , . , L H , LL , Litt . , the g e t

. o Shakespearian scholar Col William Raym nd Lee , the subject of this sketch ; Betsey, who married the Rev . o 1 7 6 7 on e of c Daniel J hnston , Harvard , , the fighting hap of who lains the Continental Army Nabby, married of Captain Stephen Sewall, merchant Marblehead and of B oston , and close relative Chief Justice Samuel Sewall ,

D. of . o h LL . , and the Hon J nathan Mitchell Sewall ; e ’ - Col . 1 7 77 78 served as a captain in Lee s Regiment, , and

- - G en . who later as aide de camp to Glover ; Martha, may - i have been engaged to Major General W lliam Alexander, o Lord Sterling, Of the C ntinental Army, and who mar

1 7 76 . J of ried , first , Capt eremiah Hibbert, Marblehead , Of o a noted sailor the Revoluti n, and married , second , n l r f Major General Joh Fiske of Sa em , a famous sailo o - of the Revolution , rich merchant, Major General Militia , H E T " T ANCES RY O COL. WILLIAM RAYMOND LEE . 9 and member of the Committee of Safety ( The late M D. Frederick Ward Putnam , A . . , Sc . , the distinguished c w as n s ientist , a desce dant) ; Fanny, who married , first, o r of Captain J hn Glover, J . , the Revolution , eldest - J o of son Of Brig . Genl . ohn Gl ver, the Continental

w ho . Army, and married , second , Elkanah Watson , Esq of c Col W n Freetown ; Lu y, who married . Marston atso , o o Esq . , grands n of the Hon rable Col . Judge Benj . Mars ton f of o , an O ficer the Rev lution, a great merchant o on e of fi of Massachu of Bost n , and the rst members the o setts Historical S ciety , father of the Rev . John Lee

D . Watson , S . T . . , D D . " or further information as to the family, see The Lee ”

of . Family Marblehead , by Thomas Amory Lee , in vols

5 2 and 53 Of the Essex Institute Historical Collections . E L WILLIA M RAY MON D L E. CO .

W R LEE son ol L . C . CO ILLIAM AYMOND , of John

a d and Joanna ( R ymon ) Lee , was born in Manchester, 26 1 24 3 0 1 45 8 . u 7 . J ly , , and died in Salem , Oct , He

3 1 770 of married , at Marblehead , April , , Mary , daughter * o Dr. Joseph and Hannah ( Swett) Lem n , or Lemmon , 1 1 45 6 1 825 8 z N ov. 7 7 0 bapti ed , died July , , aged was n m years . Mary Lemon the favorite iece Of Mada

Wm . t of Martha Lee, and Col . . R Lee the favori e nephew

Col . Jeremiah Lee . Dr. Lemon graduated from Harvard

1 735 was . c om in , and a prominent physician After

l eti n o m . p g his academic educati n , Willia R Lee entered the counting room of his uncle , Col . Jeremiah Lee . After i was he had completed his commercial educat on , he em ployed by his uncle to take active charge Of his extensive

o . business, and continued its manager until the Revoluti n While so engaged he passed much Of his time at Nan

N ew o . tucket, Bedf rd , etc , in purchasing oil for the Euro L m ar kets of . pean ] At the request Col Jeremiah Lee, young Lee and his Wife spent their first year of married l Co . life as guests of Jeremiah and Mistress Martha Lee .

S o Desiring to live in less plendor, they then m ved a few yards up the hill Opposite the traini n g field to the com f E odi ou s o s . m mansion Samuel Lee , q , his grandfather

o n F reseeing the Revolution , General Glover, Colo el L Col oh on n ot o ee, Lieut . . J , Adjutant Gibbs and ther gen tl emen of the town formed a military association to ac

*“ T er e o e or r of Dr . Lem on i n e wi n ow i n h is a C pl y p t ait a hug g ,

O r e n a n d ow n e n n on Es . It was or mer N ew l a s , d by Sha Davis , q f ly ’ n e 0 0 1 . Lee er Mr s . W r of o on . ow d by s daught , illa d B st ’ u r en s o r n . 579. i C w J u al, p (1 0)

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" t he i S w d T h s A L rom p ortra t by tone , o ne by oma mory ee . I M LEE. 1 1 COL . WILL A RAYMOND qu ire a knowledge of tactics and d iscipline in order to be qualified to take an active part in the field should hosti l i

. A S 1 77 0 Col . ties commence early as , Timothy Picker to o ing was engaged give a course in military the ry, a fencing master taught the m the use of the small and o a wh o br ad sword , and man had served as a sergeant in the British army taught them the manual exercise " and o o c mpany and battalion movements . Col nel Lee formed r ea rl v 1 775 of a company of a tillery in , which he was the commander . In Committee Of Safety "which had been authoriz ed fi 29 1 775 to appoint field Of cers] , Cambridge , April , ,

o a to ~ f Capt. F ster is ppointed command one 0 the comp a

" nies of artillery and ordered to enlist said c ompany. f or Capt. William Lee , Of Marblehead , has been sent to take the command of another . Joseph Warren , ” Chairman . afi r a o Two days after the y at Lexingt n , Marblehead had organized a regiment Of ten companies , under the

of o h o . command C lonel, later General, Jo n Gl ver This ’ regiment is variously known as Glover s , the Marine , the

2l st . 1 4th o Amphibious , the U . C Regiment, the C nti f n en tal . on e o , and the Marblehead regiment It was the to m ost famous of the Revolution . Its his ry has been

Written . Few regiments in the entire Continental Army Were in more important engagements or rendered greater of service . It has the added distinction of being one the "6 o i was first to be rgan zed . Col . W . R . Lee senior cap o o h c tain, his first c usin J sep Lee, a aptain , his second

o - i n - h c usin Seward Lee , a lieutenant, his brothers law, Jo n

Glover, Jr . and Marston Watson, captains , and his rela

l st l t . O n tive by marriage, Joshua Orne , ieu enant June ’ 23 1 775 : O . , Ordered, That the fficers in Col Glover s his regiment be commissioned, except Capt. Lee and “ o subalterns . 1 Col nel Lee had not yet decided Whether to remain at the head of his artillery company or to go

. t v with Glover He wen with Glo er , however, and the was 22 1 775 regiment in Cambridge on June , , and joined the Provincial army under General Ward . The regi

i" ’ Gl over s r e e e . " . A . r n er 1 Ma bl h ad R gt , Ga d , p . .

f Jou r nal of . Pr o n c on re . 377 Mass vi ial C g ss , p . 1 2 COL . WILLIAM RAYMOND LEE . mental uniform “ consisted Of a blue round jacket and ”

. Col . . . trousers , trimmed with leather buttons W R of Lee w as earl y promoted to be major this regiment . ’ 1 1 7 76 o was On Jan . , , Gl ver s regiment reenlisted as the

1 4th C ontinental , and Lee was at that time major and played his part in the various battles in which the regi ment was engaged . The regiment manned the vessels

f of . 28 1 776 and ra ts on the night Aug , , and ferried ’ Washington s army across the river after the disastrous

of . . battle Long Island , and thus saved the army On Sept 4 1 776 o , , Colonel Glover took c mmand of General Clin ’ was ton s brigade , and Colonel Lee commissioned brigade f e o major, an o fice of much r sp nsibility, as the General “ to Orders show . The Brigadier Generals are select to capable , active and spirited persons act as Brigade * h o w . Majors , will be allowed pay for their services The 1 8 1 776 regiment was in the battle Of Oct. , , and an eye 23d be Witness , writing on Oct . , says that Major Lee haved The regiment is best remembered f or

on . 2 5 1 776 its noble service Dec , , when it ferried Wash i n gton and his army across the Delaware river through " on i c of swiftly oating ice their way to the v tory Trenton . At this time Colonel Lee had many meetings with

- f . o o Major Gen Charles Lee , the son of Gen . J hn Lee the l of Dern Hall , Cheshire , and the last scion in male ine the eldest branch Of the ancient and distinguished family Of to w c o o e Lea Of Dern Hall , hi h it is supp sed that C lon l ’ “ Lee s immigrant ancestor Henry Lee belonged . Gen . Lee was not only slovenly in his dress and rude in man

f or . Col . ner, but remarkable his sordid parsimony Lee Often remarked on these inhospitable and repulsive p ecu l i ar i ti es of f of c l an O ficer his superior edu ation , arge ser c i n n o vi e Europea armies, and c nstant intercourse with the first gentlemen in every country in whi ch he had r e

ol . of sided . C Lee stated that as acting brigade major d . o the brigade which Col Glover temp rarily commande , ’ he was obliged daily as senior Officer in General Lee s

o t . divisi n , and a all hours to visit the headquarters Of Gen

‘ ’ Col . W. . Lee N o e ook of th e e o on ow n e . R s t B R v luti , d by Mass oc e Hist. S i ty . ’ ’ T Road s r e e . 1 70 an d " reem n o r n N ov. 1 2 1 7 76 . Ma bl h ad , p , a s J u al , , . 1 3 COL WILLIAM RAYMOND LEE .

. on e to cal l Lee On occasion , happening just as the Gen was n eral sitting down to di ner, he Observed, Major Lee , ou e or Why the devil do y never dine , br akfast, sup with m e ou t ; y are frequently at my quar ers , either in the ’

o o or . m rning, at the dinner h ur , in the evening The ‘ ou major replied , General , y have never invited me to ’ take a seat at your table . That is just like all you t on c o i n damned Yankees never s and erem ny , but future , whenever yo u c ome into my quarters at the time I am S it o on v f or taking my meals , d wn and call the ser ant a ’ ‘ ’ . o plate Very well , sir, said the maj r, I am very much obliged to you and will avail myself of your p ol ite ’ n ow an d c c ness , pla ing a hair at the table , requested that a plate might be brought to him . The General was as ton i shed oo n s , l ked unutterable thi g , and never again ’ n h r hi ted t at Maj or Le e s company would be ag eeable . o oo This the maj r well underst d , and therefore was glad of an Opportunity to try the c harac ter of an Officer wh o had at times the appearance of being h ospitable and gen er o u s c of o f , but still never wished the sin erity his pr f ered kindness tested . ’ “ But General Lee s inconceivable selfishness was more o completely devel ped while at White Plains , where he lodged in a small hou se near a road which General Wash i n gton was obliged to pass when on reconnoitering excur o on e f si ns , and day returning with his staf , they called n d o n o oon tha n a t ok dinner. They had s er gone General Lee to Y o u ook ou t t Observed his aid , must l me ano her c f or I v n ton a n d pla e , shall ha e Washi g all his puppies ’

o c on . c ntinually alling me , and they will eat me up The n o ou t o next day General Lee , seeing Washi gt n up n like o v v t duty , and supposing that he sh uld ha e another isi , o to o o rdered his servant write with chalk up n the d or, ‘ ’ N O V - ictuals dressed here to day . When the company c approached and saw this noti e , they laughed heartily, and pushed off with much good hum or f or their own o of table , without a th ught resenting the habitual oddity of the J an 1 1 777 to o On . , , Major Lee was promoted be col nel

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’ of Lee s Additional Regiment and at once retu rned to

Massachusetts to recruit his regiment . Many of the h Officers and men were from Marblehead , among t em o u ar ter mas being J seph Swasey, major, Joseph Stacey, q ’ - i n - l a w ter, Joshua Orne , captain , and Col . Lee s brothe r ,

. 2 1 777 o Stephen Sewall , captain . O n Oct , , Col nel Lee o was rdered to Philadelphia to join the army, but the ’ news of Lord Burgoyne s surrender to General Gates on 1 3 . o n or Oct , at Sarat ga, having bee received, he was to dered return to Cambridge to guard the British army . The prisoners arrived at Cambridge on the 7th of N O vember , and were received by Colonel Lee , as command ff o w as ing o icer of the cant nment . It indeed a remark able coincidence . On the very ground Where , two years o bef re, the Marblehead regiment had first appeared in

arms in the Continental service , General Glover now de An d w livered an army to the care Of Colonel Lee . hat a change had taken place during the interval in the posi of tions of these heroic citizens Marblehead When , in 1 77 5 m o on e , the regi ent left the t wn , was its colonel and f on of N w o e . o the other the captain its companies , the o col nel had become a general, and the captain , having been promoted from one grade after another to that of

- colonel, had been Offered the position of adjutant general

of the American army . Further comment is unnecessary . The responsible positions to which they had been p r o moted is sufficient evidence Of their heroism and of the distinguished services which they had rendered to their ” ale o c untry .

Shortly thereafter , Colonel Henley took command at w Cambridge , but having pricked with his s ord an insolent was o British soldier , he placed under arrest, and Col nel ow n Lee again took command . Colonel Lee had his

o - ea h tr ubles, as the following letters to Major General H t S how

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7 . Friday Evening, o clock

Sir. This moment a Subaltern from the Hill Informs me that the Bri tish Soldiery behave in a most scandalous

‘ ’ o r e e 1 84 an d 1 85 . R ads Ma bl h ad, pp .

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or o continental militia, in c ntinental service ; you will order s u c h guards to be m ounted this night as you may think nec essary for the safety of the place and keeping

o . o c the prisoners in proper rder In sh rt, you will exer ise your best discretion in establishing order a n d regularity at the p ost . The Deputy Adjutant General will acquaint u w o be c om yo ith the rders already issued , others shall d to ou cc o m u n i cate y as o asion may require . The s ldiery c are to be kept stri tly within the limits assigned to them , and the Ofi cer s to their quarters untill they have given their General Burgoyne having charged Colonel Henl ey with barbarous and wanton c onduct and intentional ” o w as of c . murder , a c urt martial ordered , whi h Gen l o . T he Glover w as president and C Lee a member , trial o o o i n ves lasted m re than twenty days, and after a th r ugh ti gati on the c ourt de cided that the charges again st COLHen ” ley were c onsidered n ot supported ? General Burgoyne w as a c onstant a ttendant at and interested participant in th e d c man trial , and at times acted in a very isrespe tful o O f ner . He made a speech during the trial in the c urse which he dwelt at length upon the u nfortunate p osition of ffi o of th e the O cers and s ldiers his army, and sanguine expectations which had been indulged “ of their being received with all that magnanimity and kindness whic h a o w s due them as prisoners Of war . We were led int these delusive hopes by the very h onorable treatment shown us by General Gates ; by that we received from

ou . . ou on c a s y , Mr President "Gen Glover] when y c du ted o w e o up n the march , and by that afterwards f und from of t ou COL Lee the worthy member the Cour near y " ] , wh ohad the immediate c ommand in this district up on ou r to o o o arrival, and wh m , m st happily for us , the c mmand is n ow again of o o One the British pris ners , Lieutenant Anbury, wr te of “ i n c he an account his Travels America, in whi h reviews the court martial and pays the following tribute to C olonel Lee :

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o of In c nsequence this acquittal , Colonel Henley c o f or reassumed his mmand the next day, but merely ’ n l to k the o d o Co . o f rm s sake , as the ext week Lee c mman , Afi ai r c whic h he had when w e first arrived . s are mu h e n ow c better regulated , verything is in perfe t tranquillity , and a good u n derstanding has taken plac e between ou r o h on troops and the Americ ans . Col nel Lee as remedied e n ou r o to c e great evil , which was compelli g s ldiers pur has o two o c n ot all their provisi ns at st res in the barra ks , and e to to r permitting th m send Cambridge , where they we e much cheaper . Passes have been granted f or a sergea nt and a certain number of men to go ou t and purchase p r o o c o n o o visi ns , by whi h means the st res can t imp se on the troops and they n ow sell their c omm odities a t the m a r ket ’ The Offi ce of Adjutant Gen eral of Washington s army co o on o f having be me vacant, C l el Lee was f ered the dis ti n u i sh ed o o n on b u t ec g p siti n by Washi gt , d lined it, pre n he of ferri g to remain in t field at the head a regiment . Washington wrote to Richard Henry Lee in the Conti “ o CO] . Lee c nental C ngress that is an a tive, spirited man , a good disc iplinarian . He also said that Col . Lee had o of o f deservedly acquired the reputati n a g od O ficer , l ” and that he holds a high p ace in my esteem . Many of the letters between Washington and Heath o of the c in 1 777 mention Col nel Lee . One servi es which he rendered at this time is described in the correspondence bet ween Washington and Heath Gen eral He a th writes o 7 1 77 7 o from B ston, June , The cart uche boxes which have c omm only been made f or the army are made t of o Of the most miserable ma erials, and in case st rms c ommonly serve only to waste the ammunition which is o w ho o carried in them . Col nel Lee , und ubtedly may be m called a artinet in military matters , is desirous that the t ’ ’ boxes for the hree regiments "Henley s , Jackson s and ’ of Lee s] , which are to be posted here , may be made bet ter leather . He has brought me a sample . The first exp en ce will be considerably more than that of the present t model, but in a long run hey will be much the cheapest,

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war as they will with proper care last the , whilst the other ” n wi l l scarcely last o e campaign . on 23 1 777 Gen . Washington replied June , I have long found the il l efi ects Of the wretched cartouch boxes generally in use , and I am very glad to find that Colonel Lee has found ou t a kind that will preserve the a mmu ni Y ou hi m d o . ti n will direct to have them ma e, and I should ” n T o be glad of o e by way of pattern . whic h General e 7 1 7 77 H ath made the following answer on July , l have directed that the car ter idge boxes be made as ° ’ ’ l c s oon as possible for CO Lee s and Ja kson s regt. ; one of ”le the first that is finished shall be sent to your Excel l en cy? As Marblehead was so continually exposed to the at c k Of o of ta the enemy, rendering the situati n his family o t m s unsecure , and as his business as a merchant had been greatly affected and required his personal superintendence of to prevent the entire destruction his property , which o s of c nsi ted very largely ships and merchandise , Colonel Lee considered it his duty to resign hi s commission and L very reluctantly wrote a l etter j to General Heath r e o questing leave to resign , which was granted by C ngress n 24 1 778 di s O June , , altho he did not receive his l ex e charge until some time ater, as he took part in the p dition under the Marquis de la Fayette against Rhode

. 1 8 1 778 n o o Island On Apri , Washi gt n wr te to Heath from Valley Forge Finding that Colonel Lee cannot r e r e be prevailed upon to remain in the service , I have p ’ ’ sented his case and that of Major Swaz ee "of Lee s Reg t] to Congress and expect in my next to inform you of their ” o o acceptance of their c mmissi ns . 1 2 1 778 o Heath wrote to Washington , Aug . , , fr m B oston I some time since received a resolve of Con ° gress accepting the resignations of 0 0 1 Lee and Major ’ S wasey s c ommissions " the latter I do myself the honor ° to Col n to enclose . Lee is gone o the expedition Rhode ”

o . Island, and I believe commands the b ats Colonel Lee w as l e not able to get away until near y the first of Octob r, n d a thus served three and a half years in the Revolution .

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o n o o o Up n resumi g his business , C l nel Lee so n became one O f the most active and prominent participants in counteracting the efforts of the enemy to destroy the o coast fishing and f reign navigation and trade, and sent ” ou t a number Of armed “ Letters of Marque until the ” en d of w ar o . the , among thers the well known Thorn After the war was over a number of loyalists returned o on e of to Marblehead , among them the R bie family , n wealth and exceptio al culture at that day, but especially detested , as Mr. Robie was a very active loyalist, and Mrs . o wa to w o R bie , while on the y the ship hich to k them to of to Halifax at the beginning the war , had given way temper and uttered the following wish I hope that I shall live to return to find this wicked rebellion arrested and see the streets of Marblehead so deep with rebel “ 6 bl ood that a long boat might be rowed through them . On learn ing of their return the pe ople swore vengean c e

upon them and prepared to tar and feather them , but

Colonel Lee , with a few friends, boarded the vessel after dark and smuggled the family ashore and into th e of of r home one thei party , where they were guarded

until the excitement died . On the return of peace the usual business of the town w as r e- O f n established, and the basis the whole trade bei g o the fisheries , Col nel Lee entered largely into it and as l eu fitted out twelve vessels . He w a so extensively gaged in foreign commerce and became the head of a

m CO . well known ercantile house, Will . R . Lee , taking

into partnership with him his sons , William Lee , Lieut .

l r . . J o Wi liam Raymond Lee , j , and Capt oseph Lem n L

The firm employed the noted Commodore Samuel Tucker, one Of of the Revolution, as their commanders , and the magnitude of their operations may be seen from th e fact that their account at on e time with Tucker alone was over As Colonel Lee was highly respected for his public s w as pirit, energy , intelligence and philanthropy, he for many years one of the chief municipal offic ers of the o n o t wn, and ever foremost in projecting and carryi g int

’ “ - r r n L e of Col . m . B. Le 1 78 1 80 . Dea bo s if W e pp . 20 COL . WILLIAM RAYMOND LEE . effect al l such measures as were deemed best calc u lated of c o to to relieve the indigent, extend the means edu ati n l of om o u all c asses children , and pr te the ind stry , happi o o ness and prosperity Of the wh le Col nel Lee , Es m l h o . t e . J shua Orne , q , Rev Willia Whitwel , Rev Isaac Story ( uncle of the distinguished Joseph Story of

. D. the U . S Supreme Court) , and Samuel Sewall , LL . ,

S . of m A . A . , distinguished as Chief Justice the Supre e of of Judicial Court Massachusetts , were trustees the o on of public schools . Colonel Lee als was e the bene of 1 788 factors the Marblehead Academy in . w a r 1 798 “ When with France was imminent, in , the citizens of Marblehead sprang to arms f or the defense of of o their country . The veterans the Revoluti n , though o exempt from military duty , f rmed themselves into a c ompany and were armed and equipped at their own ex m a l w s Co . pense . Their co mander the intrepid William u o o c R . Lee , nder Wh se directi n they were disciplined on e ’ a fortnight in order to be in readiness to act at a moment s ” i c n ot e . i ’ o 1 791 Am ng Colonel Lee s guests in , at his beautiful on mansion the training field hill, was the Rev . William wh o Bentley of Salem, gives in his Diary an admirable o o i n description Of Colonel Lee and his p siti n society .

d a . 1 6 i n The y, Sept , had been appointed for the review

. o Marblehead , and Dr Bentley went with a y ung French

. of N ewbu r or t friend . Col John Tracy yp and Gen . John of Col r o Fiske of Salem , kinsmen . Lee, eviewed the tro ps .

C ol . o on u Lee , whose elegant H use is the parade , gave s ’ a Collation at 4 O clock in a very polite generous man o o ner . At Sund wn I was intr duced into the family

" of Col . Lee at Tea . He has eight children and a very

Obliging wife . This gentleman has a very excell ent per son and was highly esteemed in the Continental Army ou r l o and particularly by i lustri us Commander in Chief . His want of promotion in the militia depends on himself I went into the cupola upon the elevated seat of l L w Co . ee to enjoy the extensive vie he has from that

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. l Dr Bentley ater says that Col . Lee presided with great s o of c on 1 802 . uccess at the F urth July elebrati , C olonel Lee was a selectman of Marbleh ead from 1 791 1 797 to o 1 780 to , and Representative the General C urt in , 1 785 1 92 7 . , and of o b As did many his name , C lonel Lee elieved that a of c o full stomach was a preventive evil , and ac rdingly, ’ on n s annually Tha ksgiving, Chri tmas , and New Year s u Day, he made it a principle to p rchase large quantities o on o c Of fresh beef, p rk , mutt and p ultry , whi h , with " c our , butter, sugar, tea , spi es , and fuel , were distributed by his benevolent and excel lent wife to the poor i n h ab i tan ts of o o the t wn . The m st needy and deserving being al l r o known , they were info med at what h ur to come and

‘ c th e mi h t re eive their several presents , that y g be enabled to j oin in the general festivities of those New England f holy days . But at all times o the year his doors were e o ver pen to the sick and the needy , and such were his liberal attentions to all who required assistanc e that he w as hon ored and respected by his fellow townsmen f or his humane , charitable and ever kind attentions to the wants a n d o o N or troubles Of his t wnspe ple . was his lady less appreciated and beloved f or a like admirable disposition a n d the same exalted Christian virtues . Many a mother a n d father and many a child experienced their m u n ificen t ben eficen ce w s an d Of hen sicknes , poverty, the rigors f" w winter brought want, a iction and sorro into their h ” omes . 1 C olonel Lee invested a large amoun of money in the purchase of Georgia lands through the N ew England

G CO . o eorgia Land , which had bought a large porti n of the present State Of Mississippi f rom several grantees of

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t of s the State , and had at one time abou acres thi

o . Unf or land , which was regarded as a g od investment tu n atel f or o of y the invest rs , the State Georgia, at the o of f r a u d u next sessi n its Legislature , declared the sale lent, and therefore null and void , and ceded the whole tract to the United States in 1 802 . At almost the sam e time se veral of the c onsignees to wh om his cargoes were consigned abroad failed , and Colonel Lee lost his cargoes , and about the same time the cruisers of France captured several of his vessels during that period when the rights of neutrals were not respected . He thus l ost many o o r e thousands of d llars in a few m nths , and accordingly o 3 l st 1 802 r e tired fr m business , and on the of July, , cei ved the appointment Of Collector of the Port of the i of 0 111 0 6 l Distr ct Salem and Beverly, which he held unti hi s death over twenty years later .

Colonel Lee appears frequently hereafter in Dr . Bent ’ 1 803 w ley s Diary, as mediating in ith Judge Sewall in order to reduce the sentence of thirty days ’ imprisonment n passed on Mr . Carlton , the printer, for insinuati g that o Col . Timothy Pickering might have received hush m ney

. 1 805 hi s from Liston , the English minister, etc In o on 1 807 on h use was fire , and in a store his wharf in l n o s Marb ehead burned , causi g several th usand dollar

to . 1 0 1 807 damage sails , rigging, etc On July , , Colonel Lee was moderator of a meeting which passed several In res olves on the subject Of the British aggressions . 1 808 1 o was , April , Col nel Lee chairman of a Republican

a . B n e e c ucus , and Dr e tl y not s that the utmost republican

o l . f hi displeasure falls up n Co Pickering. The history o s military character is exposed in his cowardice at Lexing ” ’ h ton , etc . Colonel Lee fell under Dr . Bentley s wrat for venturin g to disagree with him in 1 808 on the subject the of proper incumbent for the surveyorship of the port . * o But a short time later C lonel Lee , Esquire Dearborn and

. . the Dr . Little dined with Dr Bentley to meet Mr Ogilvie ,

who i . orator, sustained his reputation by his conversat on 1 806 In , Marblehead was much exercised over the alleged of refusal Capt . Ben . Ireson of Marblehead to rescue a ves

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an d w as estimable lady . As a wife mother she unrivalled . o ben eficen t n o on e to o Gener us , kind , and , came her d or f or aid that had n ot cause to thank and bless her as they wen t ’ Colonel Lee s beautiful Marblehead home has been a n o ticed in print many times . It was here that his f ther 1 789 died in , and his grandfather, Justice Samuel Lee ,

1 753 o Col . lived and died in , and in this h use Jeremiah Lee o s w as was married . The Older part Of the h u e built

o 1 745 o a . ab ut , pr bably by S muel Lee , Esq , but the mod u o t o ern ho se was built ab u twenty years later, pr bably by

u . o o Capt . Sam el Lee The material was br ught fr m Eng ” ’ “ a i n one of oo S . l nd , apparently King H per s hips At th e same time the two giant lindens standing on either of o side the d oor were brought fr m England . They later u of o w became famous , as the s bject a p em ritten by

Longfellow during on e of his visits to the house . The wall paper in on e of the front rooms is almost unique in o of o America, being a representati n the hist ric Pilgrim ” o age to the Mosque Of Omar . The m st distinguished of w as a w ho guest the mansion W shington, , when he 1 789 V o came to Marblehead in , isited Col nel Lee and promised to send him a likeness O f Mount Vernon on his e r turn to Virginia . The gift is still preserved in the o family and owned by Raym nd Lee Newcomb , the natu r al i st of the ill- fated Jeannette expedition to the

" - N o t o of . r h Pole , a great grands n Colonel Lee It is painted on a rectangular background of glass in gold l eaf hi stor i and sepia, and is interesting artistically as well as cally. Before leaving for the front at the time of the Revo l u ti on o S u n , Col nel Lee freed his laves , as he deemed it just to fight for liberty and at the same time own human

beings . An excel lent p ortrait Of Colonel Lee in Revol utionary of e of costume, wearing the eagle the Soci ty the Cincin

- nati , is now owned by Thomas Amory Lee , a great great o oc grandson, and a very g od miniature by Hanc k is in the u m seum of the Essex Institute . His commissions as Ma

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or l o o j and Co onel , sig ned by J hn Hanc ck , and his orderly books of the Rev olution and a roll of his regiment were d o o eposited by his grands n , Gen . William Raym nd Lee , with the Massachusetts Histor ical S oc iety . “ l m f Co . . . o r o Gen Henry A S . Dearb rn w ote a Life Willia ” two o w c o Raymond Lee , in v lumes , hich he mpleted in 1 843 o of , It has never been published . It c ntains matters c o i on nsiderable historical interest, including sidel ghts the l L ee c haracters of Gen . Rufus Putnam and Gen . Char es . ’ Dear bor n s i o General w fe , Hannah Swett Lee , wr te a small m anus cript of some forty pages entitled the Lee ” o o c o Geneal gy , m stly ncerned with the Lees of Lea Hall , from whom it is supposed that the Marblehead Lees take f to . o their descent, and which Gen George Sears Greene n New York made additio s . ’ Colonel Lee s name was given to on e of the streets in

Marbl ehead whic h led down to on e of his wharfs . The fi 1 880 rst steam fire engine in Marblehead , purchased in , ” “ l . also was named the Co . William R . Lee Old Fort

of e l . was Lee Sal m was named after Co . Lee He an of oc of c original member the S iety the Cin innati , an ’ offi r Of f of . l ce the Freemasons , and an O ficer St Michae s Episc opal Church o l Children, all b rn in Marb ehead

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r c 8 1 800 . T om r W r w h o (I. i n 1 801 . Ma h , , Capt h as Ca y illa d , H Wa s m er m r n r n n : 1 A n n e a ast a i e a d m er c ha t . Child ( )

E z e L on D c . 1 1 1 885 . ee . " eb . 5 1 801 i n o e li ab th , b , ; d . B st , , S h e e w h er m o er i n ox r c o e t o h er c o n liv d ith th R bu y , l s usi

n . L ee . h n r h e e L ee er G e W. R . S e i h e ited t b autiful si lv r om h er r n er o on e Lee a n d e to E z e f g a dfath , C l l , gav it li ab th

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WIL L IA M A Y M N D . A u 1 9 1 4 . 1 86 1 . . 77 . e 7 R O , b g , ; d S pt , n m H e w as N . 6 1 778 o sea Dec . 1 799 u . JOH , b July , ; l st at , , , a n om e m an a n d fi n e m n r e of h i m r en b ha ds , a i iatu , appa tly y oo r c ow n e r e r or n of Bos Miss G d i h , is d by Miss Sa ah D a b

ton r n er Of Gen . . A . e r or n . , g a ddaught H . S D a b

N N IS w n . e . 26 1 780 . e . 24 1 793 u nm . A (t i ) , b S pt , ; d S pt , ,

EP n e . 26 1 80 OS w . 7 . O c t 8 1 780 . J H (t i ) , b S pt , ; d , , E I" A E LEM 1 1 L B T O . O ct 781 . H N , b . 7 , I L 26 COL . WILL AM RAYMOND EE.

A N N A H WET T . O c t . 6 1 783 . O ct . 1 0 1 868 i n o on In . H S , b , ; d , , B st ; "E 5 1 807 G en . en r ex n er S cam mel l Dear b or n May , , H y Al a d ,

A M A A . . 0 Pr e en of th e oc e of th e Ci n . . , . S M sid t S i ty ’ ci n n ati an d mem er of th e . . oo son of or b Mass Hist S y , Maj ’ en er en r e r or n . C. ec of Wa r . r c 3 G al H y D a b , M , S y , b Ma h , Ex r 1 1 P n 1 783 e e N . . 29 85 or Me , at t , H d July , , at tla d , . Stuar t pai n ted seven por tr aits of th e two G en er als Dear or n an d e r w e r e r or n a n d r b th i iv s . Miss Sa ah D a b Miss Ma y f n n m n r n d r r ren : Clapp O Por tla d ow i iatu es a po t aits . Child

1 r r e . Jan . 2 2 1 808 . 1 867 m . Jan . 23 ( ) Julia Ma ga tta , b , , d , ,

1 834 Col . A W. . a . of P or l n 2 en r , sa H Cl pp , M C t a d ; ( ) H y

eor e e n e 22 1 809 . 1 884 m . 6 1 840 G g Ral igh, b . Ju , , d , July , ,

r T r on 3 W m Lee . n e 1 2 1 81 2 . 1 875 Sa ah hu st ; ( ) illia . b Ju , , d , m r A con T e r son m en r r e re en . Ma y bby Ba . h i Willia H y p s ts

Gen . e r or n i n he oc e of th e nc n n D a b t S i ty Ci i ati . EP LEM 1 1 85 D 2 1 1 81 S N . 0 7 . ec . 9. JO H O , b May , ; d ,

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. n Wa r of 1 81 2 been recorded Duri g the , he was Aide

- fi f - sta o . de Camp on the Maj Gen Henry Dearborn , whose

- son . . . . , Brig Gen H A S Dearborn , married Hannah S wett

Of . . . Lee , sister Lieut Lee Lieut Lee married his cousin

of Hon . a Hannah , daughter N thaniel and Mary ( Lee) of r Tracy, a woman g eat beauty .

son . Their , Gen William Raymond Lee , was born in 1 5 1 807 2 Salem , Aug, , , and died in Boston , December 6 ,

1 891 . c e He was edu ated at the American Literary, S ien ti fic a t W o and Military Academy and est P int, in the class Of 1 829 . He was the first superintendent Of the Bosto n o d w as Providence Railr a , superintendent an d president o o of the Verm nt Central and the New Y rk, Ogdensburg o and Champlain Railroad , and c nsulting engineer of th e r w as of of c same ailroad , chairman the Board Dire tors , and was unan imously elected president of the Rutland o Burlington Railr ad . He was Colonel Of the Harvard

20th c IS . the Regiment, Massa husetts VO , during Civil

- - e . . . V . War, was Br v . Brig Gen U S , and Brig Gen . Of

the Massachusetts troops . He was given the honorary

of MA . 1 851 ow degree by Harvard in , and was a Fell of e the American Acad my of Arts and Sciences . ( See Brevet

- m U. . M Brigadier General Willia Raymond Lee , S . V . A . ,

. S . o . . H A . A , by Thomas Am ry Lee, A M LL . B . ) e mar 1 842 ried , , Helen Maria Amory, daughter of Thomas

A or . . o m y, Esq grandd aughter of Dr William B wen , A . M an d f H n of o o . o Providence , a descendant the J nathan who of of Amory, was treasurer the Province South

l - of . 1 6 93 97 Carolina, Speaker the Assemb y, etc . , etc , , of o o of and a descendant R ger Williams , the f under h d o . a c 1 Rh de Island General Lee three hildren, ( ) Eliz h h w 0 . . abet o o . . A . Am ry , married General H Ernst, U S , a n d o n wh se daughter , Elizabeth Lee Er st, married Hon . o o William M rt n Grinnell, nephew Of Vice President Levi o o wh o w as of P . M rt n , assistant Secretary State for the

f of Vol . United States , and an O ficer U . S . in the Spanish

2 . c c . . A Ameri an War ; ( ) Lieut Arthur Tra y Lee , U S . ,

1 845 - 70 a of c , graduate the United States Military A ad

1 86 5 - d e- c to e of emy, , and aide amp the Pr sident the 3 o e 1 846 - 1 91 1 United States ( ) R b rt Ives Lee , , educated ’ c o Of at St . Paul s S h ol, a prominent horseman the middle

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e e o West . He was el cted to the Massachus tts S ciety Of e o o a n d the Cincinnati , trav lled at h me and abr ad , mar c 3 1 1 880 ried , Mar h , , Abbie Katherine Kimber, daughter f n o of o P a . Henry and Jean ( Henry) Kimber, Kimbert , , l f of Co . c and descended from Richard Kimber, an O fi er ’ Cromwell s army . ( See sketch Of R . I . Lee in W . E . ’ Connelley s History of Kansas and “ Robert Ives Lee by c Thomas Amory Lee . They had three hildren ( a) Helen 1 91 2 Va n o of Amory, married , , William Henry H rn o Chicago, educated at Michigan University ( b) Th mas

B . l B . . . . o Amory, A . , A M and LL , travel ed at h me and o c o abr ad , Se ond Lieutenant in the Missouri Nati nal Guard , of of o an attorney Topeka, Kansas , member many bist ri of bi o cal societies, and author about a dozen historical, 0 of graphical and genealogical sketches ( ) Anna Louise ,

Philadelphia, Pa . f l ’ o o Co . Am ng the descendants Lee s daughter , Hannah M h o H n . . . . w o . . Swett Lee, married H A S Dearborn , A ,

f - om . . S . son o o c A A , Major General Henry Dearb rn ,

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