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- Their budding romance became overshadowed by tragedy, when, in 1751, Richard Henry received word that both his parents had died the previous year. His eldest brother, Philip Ludwell Lee, was now the head of the family and requested that Richard Henry return to Virginia to help settle family affairs.
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Col. Philip L. Lee died at Stratford Hall in 1775, as relations between England and her Virginia colony became strained. Two of his brothers, Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee would become signatories of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. In modern times, the Rehoboth property became known as "Lee Mansion."
Mar 6, 2024 · His eldest brother, Philip Ludwell Lee, was now the head of the family and requested that Richard Henry return to Virginia to help settle family affairs. Distraught though he was at the loss of his parents, Richard Henry refused to leave England, wishing instead to continue his courtship.
Sep 3, 2017 · Hannah married her first cousin William Lee (brother to Arthur and Richard Henry, and thus nephew to Philip III). With Hannah’s death in Belgium in 1784, William Lee took on full ownership of the Ludwell’s Green Spring plantation near Williamsburg .
Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed.
Phil died suddenly, at age 49, on the eve of the Revolution. Described as a “patriot” by his cousin Henry, Phil did not live to see his “band of brothers” in action. RICHARD HENRY LEE (1733-1794)
May 31, 2017 · Richard Henry Lee's eldest brother, Philip Ludwell Lee, dies. Because Philip Lee's oldest son, Philip Lee II, is still a child, Richard Henry Lee effectively becomes master of Stratford Hall.
Feb 27, 2019 · Events, Family, Places. The Leedstown Resolves and the Lees and Ludwells of Virginia. Richard Henry Lee. On this day in history, on February 27, 1766, four brothers of the Lee family of Virginia signed the Leedstown Resolves in reaction to the British Parliament’s Stamp Act of 1765.
