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:
- ? Lee (ca. 1723).
- John Lee (1724-1767), who married Mary (Smith) Ball (1725).
- 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.
- ? Lee (ca. 1727).
- 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.
- Laetitia Lee (1730-1788), who married William Ball (ca. 1730).
- 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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