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Richard Lee I (1618 – 1 March 1664) (later nicknamed "The Immigrant") was the first member of the Lee family to live in America. Poor when he arrived in Virginia in 1639, Lee may have been both the Virginia Colony's wealthiest inhabitant and as its largest landholder by the time of his death, owning 15,000 acres in Virginia and Maryland.
- Hancock Lee
Hancock Lee (born 1653 - May 25, 1709) was an American...
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The Lee family of the United States is a historically...
- Hancock Lee
When Richard Lee I was born about 1704, in Nansemond, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Lee, was 36 and his mother, Mary Emerson, was 30. He married Elizabeth Pender about 1728, in Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died in April 1756, in Edgecombe, North Carolina ...
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- Elizabeth Pender
Richard Lee I (1618 – 1 March 1664) (later nicknamed "The Immigrant") was the first member of the Lee family to live in America (although he also considered himself an English gentleman).
Apr 21, 2023 · Richard Lee I (c 1613/1617 – 1664), later nicknamed "The Immigrant" was the first member of the Lee family to live in America; he emigrated from Shropshire, England to Virginia in 1639. Lee was a lawyer, planter, soldier, politician, and Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.
- Nordley Regis, England
- Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England
- between March 22, 1613 and 1617
Jan 27, 2020 · Richard Lee I – Virginia History Podcast. Tag: Richard Lee I. First Families of Virginia – The Lees. Published on January 27, 2020 Leave a comment. The Lee family impact upon Virginia’s history is undeniable. Richard I, “The Immigrant” had a seemingly boundless energy attached to a shrewd business sense.
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Colonel Richard Lee, also known as "the Immigrant" was the founder of the Lee family in Virginia. A member of the Coton branch of the Lees of County Shropshire, England, he immigrated to Virginia circa. 1640, settling first in York County and later in Northumberland County.
