Northumberland-Northampton-Richmond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Lee, Hancock 1653 - 1709 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner Brosey http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 August 23, 2010, 1:46 pm Source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography Author: Lyon Gardiner Tyler From the Biography of Hancock Lee Bragg: Hancock Lee, son of Richard and Anna Lee, was born in 1653, probably at Dividing Creeks, in Northumberland county, and died May 25, 1709, being buried at "Ditchley," where his tombstone can still be seen with its inscription perfectly legible. This burying ground was used by this branch of the family for several generations, probably until the estate was sold in 1789 to Colonel James Ball Jr., whose descendants own it to-day. Hancock Lee is supposed to have settled in Northampton at the time of his first marriage in 1675, and to have returned to Northumberland county about 1686. The record of the public positions held by him, perhaps only partial, seems to agree with this supposition. He was justice for Northampton county in 1677, and held a similar position in Northumberland in 1687 and 1699, and was also a burgess for Northumberland county in 1688. A list of civil offices, dated June 3, 1699, names him as the "Naval Officer and Collector of Virginia Dutys in Northumberland County;" another list of the date of 1702 mentions him as a justice, showing him to have been in commission at the time of his death. The Northern Neck land records show that Hancock Lee patented land in Richmond county, on both sides of Rappahannock Horsepen Run and adjoining his own land, on the north side of Occoquan, in Stafford county, at the heads of the branches of Chapowamsie, in Stafford, and adjoining the land of Captain Thomas Harrison. It has usually been stated that Hancock Lee built the old Ditchley mansion about 1687, but there is no evidence to substatiate this traditions. It is not even positively known whether the immigrant lived at "Ditchley" or "Cobb's Hall." Hancock Lee's will was made December 31, 1706, and was probated at Northumberland Court House, July 20, 1709. Of Hancock Lee, Bishop Meade wrote: "That He was a patron of the Church is shown by the fact that he presented a communion cup to the parish in 1729. In honor either of himself or father, or the whole family, the parish was called Lee parish, as may be seen by the inscription on the cup. It was often called Wycomico. After the downfall of the parish Mr. Joseph Ball placed this and other pieces into my hands for preservation, in the hope that the day might come when the old Lee and more modern Wycomico parish might call for it again." The cup is now in use in the old Wycomico church. He married (first) in 1675. Mary, the only daughter of Colonel William Kendall; and (second) Sarah , daughter of Colonel Isaac Allerton, of Westmoreland. Children: William, born prior to 1682, died young and without issue before 1706; Anna, prior to January 5, 1682, and was living as late as October 1754 married (first) William Armistead, and (second) William Eustace; Richard born August 18, 1691; (by the second marriage): Isaac, 1707, died in England in 1727; John, born probably in 1709, died August 11 1789; Hancock, mentioned below; Elizabeth, born 1711, married Zachary Taylor. Additional Comments: Full Bio of Hancock Lee Bragg: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/richmondcity/bios/bragg193gbs.txt File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/northumberland/bios/lee195gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb