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Matilda Ludwell "Divine Matilda" Lee

Female 1766 - 1790  (24 years)


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  • Name Matilda Ludwell "Divine Matilda" Lee 
    Born 1766  Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    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 
    Person ID I19218  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2020 

    Family Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee, III,   b. 29 Jan 1756, Dumfries, Prince William Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1818, Dungeness, Camden County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 1782 
    Children 
    +1. Lucy Grymes Lee,   b. 1784, Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1860, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Henry Lee, IV,   b. 28 May 1787, Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1837, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2017 
    Family ID F7129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Henry Lee IV-Death Notice
    Henry Lee IV-Death Notice
    Public Ledger
    Mar 13, 1837
    Newspaper Article
Lee History-Daily Press-Jan 19,1928
    Newspaper Article Lee History-Daily Press-Jan 19,1928
    LeeHistory-DailyPress-Jan19,1928.jpg

    Histories
    Stratford, Family Home of the Lees
    Stratford, Family Home of the Lees
    The Baltimore Sun
    Dec 14, 1930
    New Finds at Lee's Stratford
    New Finds at Lee's Stratford
    The Baltimore Sun
    Mar 3 , 1935

  • 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