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William Lee

William Lee
B: 1729 
D: >1780
M: Susannah Pike
   +-- John Lee,  1767-1859 
   +-- Ephraim Lee,  1779-1866
William Lee     [ID 03070] Click here to switch to Ahnentafel view: Ahnentafel View

Born Oct 12 1729, County Derry, Ulster Province, Ireland.a,b

William came to America at age 14.    According to family folklore, he was visiting a friend on a ship that was becalmed but ready to sail to america.    He went to sleep and found himself on his way to America.    He was bonded out to a Mr. Hoag in North Carolina for seven years.    William became a Quaker in 1758b

He married Susannah Pike, Jul 13 1758, Cane Creek MM, North Carolina.2,108,a,c,b,d    Susannah, daughter of John Pike & Abigail Overman, was born Oct 27 1737, Frederick County, Virginia.b,d,a

Ruth's maternal grandparents were Ephraim Overman and Sarah Belman.    Her grandmother's Belman line has extensive connections to the royalty of much of Europe.d

Fourteen children:b,108

John Lee, born May 16 1759; died in infancy.
William Lee, born Aug 21 1760; died in infancy.
Abigail Lee, born Mar 20 1762; married Reuben Crow.
Isaac Lee, born Mar 2 1764; married Patience --.
Samuel Lee, born Dec 30 1766.
John Lee, born Dec 21 1767; died 1859; married 1) Rachel Hill, 2) Hannah Morris.
Jane Lee, born Dec 13 1769; married Samuel Provo.
Martha Lee, born Sep 2 1772.
Michael Lee, born Aug 5 1774.
Nancy Ann Lee, born Jan 5 1776; died May 27 1853, Blount County, Tennessee; married Thomas Lewis.
Nathan Lee, born Sep 26 1777; married Hannah Dixon.
Ephraim Lee, born Aug 30 1779; died Mar 17 1866; married Sarah Hinshaw.
John Lee.
Ann Lee.

William Lee died after 1780.b    Probably died 1818 in North Carolinab (Chatham County).a

Susannah died 1827, Economy, Wayne County, Indiana; buried Chatham County, North Carolina.b,a

William's lineage has not been researched (we are after all a Hinshaw group not a Lee group), but it has been reported that his parents were William and Jane Lee of County Derry, Ireland.b,e,a   

SOURCES

2. "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy", by William Wade Hinshaw, in many well-stocked libraries.

108. "Our Ancestry" - Family Records of Members of Blount County, Tennessee, Genealogical & Historical Society, 1988, in the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Contributed by Robert Worley.

(a) LDS Ancestral File.

(b) Contribution from Martha A. Lee ().

(c) Contribution from Richard Lesses ().

(d) Posting to Quaker-Roots 8-8-98 by Bruce Wood ().

(e) Contribution from Bill Lee ().

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