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Colonel Thomas Lee (c. 1690 – November 14, 1750) was a planter and politician in colonial Virginia, and a member of the Lee family, a political dynasty. Lee became involved in politics in 1710, serving in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly , and also held important positions as Naval Officer for the Northern Potomac ...
First Families of Virginia (FFV) are the families in colonial Virginia who are socially prominent and wealthy, but not necessarily the earliest settlers. They descend from English colonists who primarily settled at Jamestown , Williamsburg , the Northern Neck and along the James River and other navigable waters in Virginia during the ...
Colonel Thomas Lee (c. 1690 – November 14, 1750) was a planter and politician in colonial Virginia, and a member of the Lee family, a political dynasty.
He married Hannah Ludwell in May 1722, in Green Spring, Hampshire, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 5 daughters. He registered for military service in 1713. In 1750, at the age of 60, his occupation is listed as 5th colonial governor of virginia.
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- Hannah Ludwell
Biography. Thomas Lee was a Virginia colonist. Thomas Lee (son of Charles Lee and Elizabeth Medstand) was born 1679 in Dividing Creek (Cobbs Hill), Northumberland County, Virginia, and died 16 June 1735 in Lancaster County, Virginia. He married second wife Elizabeth Keene, 01 November 1716, in Virginia, daughter of William Keene and Ann Therriot.
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- June 16, 1735
Colonel Thomas Lee was a planter and politician in colonial Virginia, and a member of the Lee family, a political dynasty. Lee became involved in politics in 1710, serving in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, and also held important positions as Naval Officer for the Northern Potomac Region and agent for the Northern Neck Proprietary.
The politician and planter Thomas Lee purchases the Clifts, a tobacco plantation in Westmoreland County, from the descendants of colonist Nathanial Pope. 1734 Thomas Lee renames the Clifts plantation; he chooses the name Stratford, after his grandfather's estate in England.
