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Family: Governor Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee, III / Matilda Ludwell "Divine Matilda" Lee (F7129)  [1

m. 1782


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  • Governor Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee, IIIFather | Male
    Governor Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee, III

    Born  29 Jan 1756  Dumfries, Prince William Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Mar 1818  Dungeness, Camden County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  1782   
    Other Spouse  Ann Hill Carter | F6598 
    Married  Jun 1793   
    Father  Col. Henry Giles Lee, II | F6595 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Lucy "Lowland Beauty" Grymes | F6595 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Matilda Ludwell "Divine Matilda" Lee

    Born  1766  Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Jul 1790  Prince William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Stratford Hall Plantation Cemetery Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Mother   

    Child 1 | Female
    + Lucy Grymes Lee

    Born  1784  Westmoreland County, Virginia  Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Mar 1860  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Bernard Moore Carter | F8331 
    Married     

    Child 2 | Male
    Henry Lee, IV

    Born  28 May 1787  Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Jan 1837  Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Cimetiere de Montmartre Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20722041.
      Birth: 1766
      Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia
      Death: Jul. 28, 1790, Prince William Co., Virginia
      She was know as "The Divine Matilda" First wife of Light Horse Harry Lee, her cousin.
      Parents: Philip Ludwell Lee (1727 - 1775)
      Elizabeth Steptoe Fendall (1743 - 1789)
      Spouses:
      Henry Lee (1756 - 1818)
      Henry Lee (1756 - 1818)
      Children:
      Nathanael Greene Lee (1784 - 1784)
      Lucy Grymes Lee Carter (1784 - 1860)
      Henry Lee (1787 - 1837)
      Siblings:
      Matilda Ludwell Lee Lee (1766 - 1790)
      Flora Lee Lee (1770 - 1795)
      Flora Lee Lee (1771 - 1795)
      Philip Ludwell Lee (1775 - 1779)
      Burial: Stratfordhall Plantation Cemetery
      Stratford Hall, Westmoreland Co., Virginia