Founding Families, The Lee Family of Virginia

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Founding Families, The Lee Family of Virginia

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We are excited to continue America’s Founding Families, a series of conversations exploring the families that helped create and shape America.
Next up is the Lee family of Virginia. From Richard, Francis, and "Light-Horse" Harry Lee and their impact on the American Revolution to their cousin and son Robert E. Lee who served the U.S. Army with distinction for 32 years but fought against it in the Civil War, Tom Hand, @americanacorner, and Owen Lanier, @the.civil.war.files, explore the Lee’s family legacy throughout the generations.
Images courtesy of:
Library of Congress
National Park Service
National Portrait Gallery

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@ghaniun Жыл бұрын

My family

@Kdw849 Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I’m descended from the immigrant Richard Lee through the Ditchley Lees. Ironically, I joined the military to escape middle class and also became a civil engineer.

@lisabochette9678 7 ай бұрын

You are kin with my BF then, good stuff.

@Kdw849 7 ай бұрын

@@lisabochette9678 hi cousin!

@michaelhernandez7991 7 ай бұрын

Same here, Hancock Lee was my 9th great grandfather and my family still has Lee in our name

@Kdw849 7 ай бұрын

@@michaelhernandez7991 ours, too. Lee used as a first or middle name.my 2ggm was a Lee.

@earlofsmeg Жыл бұрын

My Grandmother was a Lee. I have several Lee ancestors. Lee's mother was Anne Hill Carter of Shirley. People think that these families had money. Money was scarce. Their wealth was in slaves, furniture, land and other commodities. Back then states were your homes. There wasn't really a notion of patriotism as we have it today. Lee felt that his allegiance was to his home state, Virginia. Who knows what kind of decision would we make.

@marcyking461 2 ай бұрын

The States are still our Nations if we have the good sense to claim our birthrights as American State Nationals, and shed our U.S. citizen identification, which keeps your chained to the 'corporation' known as the U.S. government as their chattel. When we claim our birthrights, we become master of the government we created. Of course, they will never tell you that, lest you set yourself free.

@xjp1998 Жыл бұрын

I am James D Lee one of Edmond Jennings Lee decendant he is my 5th great grandfather but I am not in Virgina I am out in Texas, Edmond was Henry (Light horse) :Lee III brother. Thank you for doing this video.

@marcyking461 2 ай бұрын

You should visit Shirley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia. Perhaps you already have? If so, you have a relative there named Charles Carter. He, too, is a descendent of the Lee Family.

@xjp1998 2 ай бұрын

@@marcyking461 I have not met him but I know of the family as I know of the Law family as well

@ghaniun Жыл бұрын

All of the Lees, Ludwell and Washington family are in my family tree and Frances Culpeper Berkeley is my 13th Great Grand Aunt

@Whitey_Ford 11 ай бұрын

Yup. Same as my tree. He’s my 5th great Gpa. Are you on ancestory ???

@Whitey_Ford 11 ай бұрын

So we have some off the same lines that come before Lee and Ludwell. The first Lee to come to USA married a Hancock , and that started the Lee family in colonial times !! Cool stuff. We are related way back there !!!

@ghaniun 11 ай бұрын

@@Whitey_Ford wow

@ghaniun 11 ай бұрын

@@Whitey_Ford Yes I am

@Whitey_Ford 10 ай бұрын

@@ghaniun I am as well. I’m sure you are sitting in all my thousands of dna 🧬 matches 😂. After u found out I made the joke. Damn. I’m probably related to half the women in the USA with my linages 😂. I always joked I must make women take dna test 😂 😂. Jk. Kinda. 😂

@lisabochette9678 7 ай бұрын

My BF is Robert E Lee great ect grandson currently living on the n.c v.a line near a very historical site. Thx for covering them accurately!!

@proquciprodesse210 Жыл бұрын

We are Lee FAMILY and still live very close to Coton Hall, Near Telford in Shropshire

@xjp1998 Жыл бұрын

Cool I know where your at your near where Sir Humphery Lee is intombed. And yes I know who he is.

@proquciprodesse210 Жыл бұрын

@@xjp1998 some of our Lee family had another large farm at Dark Lane, Hollinswood, Telford, but was sold to the authorities to build Telford new Town.

@xjp1998 Жыл бұрын

@@proquciprodesse210 That is cool. I don't know a whole lot about the Lees in England. I know of the split between Richard and John. I know about Humphrey and his children, 13 of them. But when the split between Richard and John happened, and Richard came to the US, that's what I focused on due to I am in the US. I do know John's line leads to Christopher Lee, the late actor, whom I did get to meet a few times when I was much younger. Now I have some information for Ginette Lee. She did some posts about the lineage that clarified some stuff for me.

@ghaniun 10 ай бұрын

Shropshire ❤️ Ceclia Lee is my 11th Great Grandmother yes that came up as well as The Leighton’s from Wattlesborough and Loton Park UK

@raftguy1376 6 ай бұрын

My ancestor was a colonel serving under lighthorse harry. They were also a big cavalry family. After the revolution he moved to Kentucky and more or less founded the horse racing industry. His kids went to west point and became cavalry generals in the civil war. At the battle of Gettysburg, one of them was the commanding officer squaring off against Robert e Lee.

@Whitey_Ford Жыл бұрын

Richard Henry Lee is my 5th Great grandfather. ☝️

@ghaniun 11 ай бұрын

❤️

@wilsontheconqueror8101 2 ай бұрын

I'm surprised at not mentioning Lee's Mexican war campaigns.

@wilsontheconqueror8101 2 ай бұрын

They were basically American aristocrats! It's interesting how so many fortunes were lost in our countries history. These were huge farms & plantations compared to today. But not many survived.