C ol o n el Wil l ia m Raym o n d Lee of th e Revo l u ti o n L M . B T o s A or ee A . LL B. y h ma m y , , it" Dep r i nted f r om tl ze Essex Insti tu te Estor i oal Col l ecti ons Vol wi th Addi ti ons . 53 , I ALEM MASS. S , T HE Essmx IN ST IT UT E 5 18 19 3 £ 4 5 a comn GAUSS Printers SALEM a , M ss . A N E T RY L WILLIA M RAY M N D THE C S OF CO . O LEE . 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 .