Ancestry of
Richard Henry Lee

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Richard Henry Lee

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Lee 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Ludwell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Jan 1732 
  • Birth Location:
  • Westmoreland County, Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Jun 1794 
  • Death Location:
  • Westmoreland County, Virginia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Burnt House Fields, Lee Family Estate, Coles Point, Westmoreland, Virginia 
  • Notes: 

  • Signer of the Declaration of Independence

    United States Senator from Virginia

• Marriages for Richard Henry Lee

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  • Spouse:
  • Anne Aylett
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Dec 1757

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  • Spouse:
  • Anne Gaskins
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1769

• Sources for Richard Henry Lee

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/24/2017).
  • ² Barthelmas, Della Gray, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: A Biographical and Genealogical Reference, Jefferson, N.C. and London: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers (1997), 153-157.
  • ³ Kennedy, Mary Selden, Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families, Volume 1, New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Company (1911), 323-326.
  • ⁴ Nagel, Paul C., The Lees of Virginia: Seven Generations of an American Family, New York: Oxford University Press (2007), Chart preceding p. 3.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 49.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Richard Henry Lee", (accessed 03/24/2017).