LEE, Captain William Constable

1651 - 1696  (45 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	LEE, William Constable
  Prefix	Captain
  Birth	1651	Charles City, Virginia, British Colonial America
  Christening	Surry, King and Queen, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Jul 1696
  Death	17 Jul 1696	King and Queen, VIrginia, British Colonial America
  WAC	5 May 1930	SLAKE
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  Person ID	I42625	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	LEE, Colonel Richard I ,   b. 22 Mar 1613, Coton Hall, Nordley Regis Manor, Shropshire, England Coton Hall, Nordley Regis Manor, Shropshire, Englandd. 1 Mar 1664, Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Virginia, Colonial America (Age 50 years)
  Mother	CONSTABLE, Anne Owen ,   b. 21 Feb 1621, England Englandd. 6 Oct 1666, Chesapeake, Northampton, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1640	Jamestown, James City, Virginia, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F22784	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FELTON, Alice ,   b. Bef 1636, Virginia Virginiad. Sep 1703, Saint Stephens Church, King and Queen, Virginia, United States (Age > 67 years)
  Marriage	1675	Cobbs Hall, Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Virginia, United States
  Family ID	F22721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Sylva sylvarum: or, A naturall history. In ten centuries. Whereunto is newly added the Sylva sylvarum: or, A naturall history. In ten centuries. Whereunto is newly added the history naturall and experimentall of life and death, or of the prologation of life. Both written by the Right Honourable Francis lo. Verulan viscount St Alban London: Printed by J.F. for William Lee, 1651. The sixth edition of "Sylva sylvarum", bound with "New Atlantis. A worke unfinished" [n.p., n.d], and "History naturall and experimentall, of life and death, or of the prolongation of life", printed for William Lee and Humphrey Moseley in 1650. Small folio (27 x 17 cm), modern three-quarter leather binding over marbled boards. [20], 1-218, [22] pp.; [4] 1-36 pp.; [8], (1)-6 4pp. First work with engraved portrait and additional engraved title page. Moderate rubbing to edges and corners of binding, 2cm missing from upper right corner of t.p., blind-stamp ownership mark on t.p. and following preliminary leaf, both with a light dampstain, and the latter also with a small dark stain and faint ink number stamp; else very good. [Book #50137] - Carol Bowdoin, Athens Georgia Edmund Jennings Lee had not found any record of what happened to one son William Lee and blew it off finally saying he appears to have died young, or no male heirs. In the Book by Edmond Jennings Lee page 72- states he signed a deed for his brother Richard Lee Aug 26 1674 (this meant he at this time was 21 years or older)Gave a deposition on February 25th 1673. Was still living June 1687 as mentioned by William Fitzhugh; (from the records of Northumberland) It was February 16th 1697 that Mr. Schrever and Mary his wife (dau of Capt. Wm Lee) the executrix of Capt William Lee's will made payments on William's estates. Also inferred here that there was no male heirs. (but later search proves there were 3 sons all under the age and became wards of Mary and her husband. Another researcher states that he died and a Mary either a wife or daughter tried to get William's property signed over to her and her husband, when Richard Lee (Brother to William) steps in and takes the property back from her. by William Blackstone Lee Esq, Seend, Wilts. William C. Lee did die earlier, 1697, than other siblings, leaving a 18 year old daughter and three younger minor sons. The daughter Mary had married William Heath at age 15 had two sons, Thomas and Samuel the last being born after his father died. Mary had re married to Bartholomew Schriever who is the villain of this story. He was "of age" so grabbed the estate and paid out yearly " a gentleman's living" to the three boys; Wm, John, and Richard. What he paid was far less than the estate could manage; and they deserved more; but it was legally large enough that they could not sue their "guardian" until ALL of them were of age. The instant the youngest turned 21 they did sue. BUT Not in probate court but common plea court to recover their inheritance. And not in the original county (Westmoreland) but the county had been split and then re-split in the meantime (at this time it was Surry Co) and worse the judge (a VIP ) did not travel to them he stayed put and they had to come to him in King and Queen County. (This was a MAJOR estate -and why they had a "superior" judge in a higher court- in today's terms it would be multi million dollar stuff). AND It was 7-8 years out of time.7 -8 years later than expected. Wrong place, wrong time, wrong court, and why Edmond Jennings Lee missed it. Bart and Mary got her furniture and what money he had sequestered (the court knew he had milked estate, said so, but did not bother to try to find where he had squirreled money away--{Bermuda}, just gave Mary HER furniture, and kicked them off land and divided it 3 ways each boy getting roughly 1/3. Bart packed up in high dudgeon and went back to England (assume they stopped at Bermuda where $$ was) - and lived life of rich ex colonial gentleman. BY Jim Lawler