Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-08

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GenealOsic Memoranda of the North.
ern neck.
The biographical sketch of Richard Hsn,v
Lse by the historical editor cf tho Standard
reminds me OF some interesting addili DOS havo
obtained to the genealogical sketch of the 81. 20
family OF Virsi,i," lgiven by General r. +.
Lee in his edition OF his fathers "Msmoirs CT
tho War of '76' aod which tske tho liberty
OF presenting to your readers.
kIchari Lee the second Memoirs. D. IS
lived and died at "Ditcblcy," in Nor,buuber.
land county, aud is buried at "Cobb's Hall"
oIlgloalIy part OF the "Ditchley" manor. His
Will Is recorded 10 the clerks off 20 of the ssms
couny. Ine house be built has loug ago yopo
to ruin. but the farm is still owned BY one of
his de'c .ndao!s Captain Fexnan Ball Ilato
9.h Cavarp, Z. s. A.
hlohaId Lee the third resided ct Nj. Pleas
ant, ln Weslmoreland oouoy. His grave and
that OF his wife. Lslilia-Auglros, L,ttcs-
Corblo may be seen 10 Excellent preservation in
the burnt house 6"li.' near tho spot where
the old MANSION cnce stood. II is covered by
oack marble slab, adoroed with Litin iuscriD.
tIon,a copy OF Wh:cS, made By my flend Mr. vii.
loughby NsTtoD, the prescut owoer Of Mount
Pleasant, l have unfortunately misaid. His
grandson. George Lee lsou of the fourth Rioh.
| ardl. hsd a 500, Gcorse Fairfax Lee, who was
l;vlog at Fiuotleroy's," Northumberland Co.,
| (now owned bV Rsv. w. W. Waker) as late as
! tho year l7oS. as appears from au cntry in an
| old ledger OF Johu BslIautiue, merchant at
| ~ eocomco," =" DOW Kiusal' OFthe two dsuph
| tiers OF President Thomas L,e father of Ricn.
ard Henry Lee. DO, Ibid. p. IA one, Ham
aah, married. Gawln Corbin, OF ''Pecatoue."
Her daughter. Mary, M ,rrled William Tsiia.
terro, esq ct kUg George county. aud no.,
Issue: Fenton. rellct of the late G.r ai AIgjsrs
lone tlue- 4pU!n;' Inc poet, was British con.
suI at The same tim C0ruells, (i,c,asad,)
who ma!risd-6Ist, Lieut.. Jameson, Uaited
States navJ, and second, Msj.r (atlerH.rds
General, y. &. Az Laws Aruis;ead; William,
who Was killed by f4ll from his horse soou
married a daughter of the late Gaocral Alex.
auder Parker; Eizibetb. villa of Di. Bor .miu
L. Brown, OF B ,seobel;" Cathsriuc, rsllcG Of
the late Di. Wlii,m Rose, of King Gsorat;
| and Gawiu Cortia. merchant of B Bsltmcr,, aud
brother 10 law OF Col. Abr: Oidway.
Mi. John Baliantioe is the sGm, para)n for
| whom it is said General Dauie Mcr;,u once
drove a wagon L,e's Memoirs. third cd-
| tou, p. $50. appendix. 10 bis ledger,
srlogs to say, is the name Of auother DAN
| leI MorgaI, styled "Cap,aio." resident of
| ,bi, oounly at the time of the Revolutionary
| war. His (Bsllanoe's) widow nsr:ed
George Lee Tur5ervile. Of Hickory Hill"
40 acc,s:or cf General r L T. B.ae. mem.
h=r OF Congress from this dis riot. Ths name
Of Is tlianlioei ia Ger'a!Uly exliue. among his de-
| sseudaut.; qu,fu, what of Tur5crsieH By
| the way. 1t is worthy of noto that among up
wards cf sx huadred sur-namss of persons
| living 10 this snd the adj ,iling c1uoties OF
Nonhunberlard aud Robmund, which occur 10
| W. LESS of 3 allaocts due James 3 alIsnlioc
g. Company" (ut which htm ,hn Btl.oioo
was partner), at ''Yeooomco" and N 'm,ny
Stores" respectively, 10 the years I'LL sod IT,
! At least on" halt are 20 louger eXtsut IN the
n .rthcru n eek; while of those which remain
| lew arc as numerOusly represented nov as hen.
| tRo taois which colrJbJ:ate what Is plaloly
written on the fac, Of The couutry and 10 every
relic upd mununept Of tho o!den time. that
| his section had q much larger white popula'
,ion at the time of the Il voluton blc it has
ever had sipos.
Oo page Is of the Memoirs il is stated
that Richard LIE, second $40 Of Henry LIE,
aud urc of i ght Horse Barry. lived
bachelor at LEO hall" Th;sis 40 CROW. Ho
m.rred When nearly Sky years Oh 5elog at
rhe tim delegate to tho G4uer, Assembly
from Westmor' land |. Sally Z ythress, d4uRh:
Of Peter PJytbress, esq of Brinohester,"
Pnn,e George copnty. She WiS bis s 'coud
'u>iu, b.ing granddaughter OF his m.ternal
UuoIe, Il c1ard Bland BY her be bad issu.:
k,chud, who died young; Mary who married.
Dr.. .s.ph jones, of Dnwiddle oouoty: La
iucs, wao III ,Iried Dt. John Augustine 5 Sn,th,
at ono time president Of William ant Mary
College, ard sftcrW.rd, Professor of Surgery
IN tho Uolyersity OF New York, .oa Of
Rsverened Thomas S NTH, last rector OF C)plc
oarisb uoder tho E.tabllshmeptl; and Rch'
arda, RI gho married Downing Cox, esq. OF
"L:e HuII' not ves,agsia ia lett. L. is low 10
the possession Of Col. Thomas Btowo, who
married Sarah Lee G. & daughter of R'charea
The wifa OF Richard Lee survived him aud
af crasrds married Captain Wi'louahbv New
.oa. father Of the late Hon. Willoughby Newton,
of Linden" Her father, Peter PoylhresS. wss
a m.pb,r of the Williamsburg ConVeotioo OF
Nav. l776. His vile was FL z.bsth, daughter
Of R;c1srd BlaCd of ''Jordsn's.' HIS other
off.pling, as far IS au i'fIrmed, were Eizl.
: beth Band. who married William MsYo, OF
"Powhatsn" seat, near Richmond; Jane; "no
married Joseph Mayo. cf "Rocksprlng., 10
!, | fOW0El3Q CCuDty lsheh S'o's AZ
John's churchysrd Agnes. who married
Ry,cr A,kiosou, Ct "O.ive Hill" Chesterfield
o,uuty shs was the grandmother of General
/ Roger Atkinson Pryorl; ard four more
Daughters who married respectively Richard
B aud (sho was first cousinl, Colonel Epps.
Mr.. Randolph aud Mr.. Bate. Peter
: Poy,hreFtf was of Husuenot exuaouon, al
a ,h5ush 10 not remember to have seen bis
nams in yGur account There was another
on,ssi3p: Toe wifo Of john Tyler, m'rshsl OF
tbe cotouy, grandfather Of * President TYLER
g.s Auue Coutessa. Who was she? NJ.
Wsstmoreland County.
*rhera WAS Major George Lee TuoerVllle
, from Virginia on the Coutineh!al Estsollshmen:
during the Revolutionary war His name sp
D pears among the em6srs ofths Virginia branch
OF the Society If CinciDn .ti.-bD
+3sysral tombs Of members OF tie am ~ may
). bs seen in old Blandford Cemetery near Peters
a. | burg I'D, eo