Henry Lee I - Family

Family

Lee married Mary Bland (1704-1764), the daughter of Hon. Richard Bland, Sr. (1665-1720) and his second wife, Elizabeth Randolph (1685-1719). They had the following children:

  1. ? Lee (ca. 1723).
  2. John Lee (1724-1767), who married Mary (Smith) Ball (1725).
  3. Richard "Squire" Lee (1726-1795), who married Sarah "Sally" Bland Poythress (1768-1828), daughter of Peter Poythress (1715-1785) of "Branchester", and Elizabeth Bland (1733-1792). Sally was the mother of Willoughby Newton, with her second husband of the same name.
  4. ? Lee (ca. 1727).
  5. Henry Lee II (1730-1787) of "Leesylvania", who married Lucy Grymes (1734-1792) the "Lowland Beauty", daughter of Hon. Charles Grymes (1693-1743) and Frances Jennings.
  6. Laetitia Lee (1730-1788), who married William Ball (ca. 1730).
  7. Anne Lee (1732), who married William Fitzhugh, Sr. (1730).

(According to some sources, Lee had four children with Mary Bland: John, Richard, Lettice/Letitia, and Henry.)

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