Noah Lee moved to New York in a migration of sorts of a few from Vermont to Franklin County, around 1798, when he was known to have a mortgage on land in the town of Burke, later part of Chateaugay[1].  He moved to Malone first and then to Bangor "at an early day." A son of Noah Lee [Benjamin] was the first male child born in Malone" {born 1804] ,  according to a lecture given on the topic by his great great grandson, Leon L. Turner in the 1930s, who also told of another family story in which Noah entertained the entire population of Malone  by inviting them all to [Thanksgiving] dinner.[2]  Marvel Lee Pepper, daughter of Noah and sister of Benjamin, remembered that when the family moved from one section of the area to another farm, they had to cross theSalmon River on a log[3]. The federal census of 1810 for Franklin County (the first census taken there)  shows Noah Lee living in Malone.*  Censuses prior to 1850 only listed the name of the head of the household, and males and females living in the household seperated by age groups.  Listed are one male under 10, 2 between 10-16,  1 between 16 and 26, 2 between 26 and 45, and none over 45.  Females are listed are 3 under 10, 1 between 10-16, none between 16 and 26, 1 between 26 and 45 and one over 45. 

During the War of 1812, he hauled supplies to the American army at Fort Covington, New York.[4]   Marvel recalled playing as a child on some large flat rocks in fields nearby, and holding their ears to the rocks, she and other children could hear the noise of cannon during theBattle of Plattsburgh  sixty plus miles away in early September of 1814, in which 5,000 Americans decisively defeated a British force nearly 3 times their numbers. 

A quick look at enlistees in the Civil War from the town of Bangor shows that 6 men with the surname Lee, including my Great Great grandfather, Newell Fessenden Lee, were among those who joined various regiments. Newell joined 60th New York, Company E, in September 1861, a private, and mustered out in October 1864.  According to a distant relative, Elsie Gibson,** he appeared on a military report for November 24, 1863, because he took a Rebel Flag.  This action probably took place in the Hillsboro, Virginia area.  The Regiment also fought at several major battles, including Gettysburg and Sherman's March to the Sea, in Georgia to Savannah. Others included John C. Lee, son of Benjamin and Electa Lee, 26 Cqv. Company I., Private, enlisted in February, 1864; Lewis L. Lee (Lamont L.?) b. 1833, son of Benjamin and Electa, 60th NY Company E., Sergeant, enlisted in September, discharged in 1863 and re-enlisted in  16th NY Company F; Warren Lee, son of Gilbert and Mary Lee , 142nd NY, Company D, private, joined August 1862, and died of disease June 11, 1863 at Yorktown, Virginia, where he is buried at the national cemetery there, in grave #992; William Lee, b. 1833 (or 1830?) perhaps the son of Russell Lee and Amanda Doud, appeared on a list of men discharged in 1865, but with no details, and died in 1865, buried in North Bangor;  and Willis Lee, son of Joshua Lee and Nancy Southworth, 16th NY Company I, private, joined April, 1861, mustered out in 1863.***