THE SEVEN CHILDREN OF RICHARD LEE OF DITCHLEY

Richard Lee, son of Hancock Lee and his wife, Mary Kendall,
was a grandson of the Emigrant, Richard Lee and his wife,
Anne Constable· He was born August 18, 1691¹ married Judith
Steptoe, daughter of John Steptoe and Elizabeth Eustace²
widow of John Eustace of Northumberland County, Virginia·)³

Richard Lee apparently died suddenly in early 1735· This is
indicated in the records of the Court Sessions of Nay 21, 1735⁴,
which report, "Account of Richard Lee for building a warehouse
at Indian Creek" , which was read and allowed. At this same
Session, a will of said Richard Lee was presented by Wm. Eustace,
Gent., one of his executors.

An erroneous date of the death of Richard Lee had been previous-
ly assumed to be 1740⁵. This was based upon the appointment on
June 9, 174O⁶ of Hrs. Judith Lee, as administratrix of "the est-
ate of Richard Lee, deceased", not yet administered by William
Eustace, also deceased, who was executor under the will. However,
the 1735 records cited above, prove the death of Richard Lee in
that year. Furthermore,on September ll, 1738, Wm Eustace, as
Executor of Richard Lee's estate⁷, deeded 200 acres which had
been inherited by "Richard Lee, deceased",from his father,
Hancock Lee⁸. (This date correction was made by Grace M. Moses)

     Richard Lee's real estate was inherited by his only son,
Kendall Lee⁹. His personal estate was divided, giving his widow one-third, and the other two-thirds were divided into seven
portions for his children. The exact number of the inheriting
children is specified in a document dated September S, 1740,
at which time Mrs·Judith Lee received her third of the estate,
and Major Peter Conway received his wife's share of "her father's estate", which the records specify was one-seventh of the re-
maining two-thirds. At the time of publication of LEE OF VIR-
GINIA by Edmund J. Lee, Philadelohia 1895, the following five
children had been identified by documented evidence, and in-
cluded therein on pages 534 and 535:-

1. Kendall Lee¹⁰ who married Betty Heale of Lancaster
2. Elizabeth Lee¹¹who married Major Peter Conway
3. Mary Lee¹² who marrzed her cousin, Charles Lee
4. Judith Lee¹³ who married David Galloway
5. Letrice Lee¹⁴ who married Colonel James Ball

Subsequently, the previously two unidentified children have
been identified as follows:-