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    Richard Henry Lee

    Founding Father of the United States

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  1. Feb 19, 2024 · Richard Henry Lee. Born 20 Jan 1732 in Stratford, Westmoreland Co, Virginia Colony. Ancestors. Son of Thomas Lightfoot Lee and Hannah Harrison (Ludwell) Lee [uncertain] Brother of Philip Ludwell Lee Sr., Hannah Ludwell (Lee) Corbin, John Lee, Lucinda Lucy Lee, Thomas Ludwell Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Alice (Lee) Shippen, William Lee and ...

    • Male
    • January 20, 1732
    • Anne (Aylett) Lee, Anne (Gaskins) Lee
    • June 19, 1794
  2. Apr 27, 2022 · Richard Henry Lee of Virginia (1732-1794) Richard Henry Lee, a descendant from an ancient and distinguished family in Virginia, was born in Westmoreland county, of that province, on January 20, 1732, two years before another brother, Francis Lightfoot Lee, who also signed the Declaration of Independence. The schools of America at that time ...

    • "12th President of the Continental Congress"
    • January 20, 1732
  3. More information. He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Col. Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee on January 20, 1732. He was raised and came from a line of military officers, diplomats, and legislators. His father, Thomas Lee, was the governor of Virginia before his death in 1750. Lee spent most of his early life in Stratford ...

  4. Richard Henry’s great-grandfather, Richard Lee, had left England in 1639 bound for Jamestown, Va., to develop a successful trade with Lees on both sides of the Atlantic. It was important to Thomas and Hannah to send their children to England to educate them and to teach the customs and law. When Richard Henry was 16, he and his older brothers ...

  5. Brief Life History of Richard Henry. When Richard Henry Lee was born on 20 January 1732, in Stratford Hall, Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Lee, was 42 and his mother, Hannah Ludwell, was 30. He married Anna Alyett on 5 December 1757, in Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 ...

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  7. May 31, 2017 · Richard Henry Lee was a planter, merchant, politician, and a member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia. Son of Thomas Lee, Richard Henry Lee pursued his father’s interest in westward expansion and was a key political figure during the American Revolution (1775–1783): it was Lee who, at the Second Continental Congress in 1776, made the motion to declare independence from Britain.

  8. Signature. Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, [1] 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 ...

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