For ancestry, genealogy research & heraldic merchandise, please visit: https://coadb.com/which-coat-of-arms-is-mine Email: info@coadb.com Phone: 785-324-2529 11AM - 9PM (ET) SURNAME MEANING An English topographic surname denoting someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, from the Old English word lēa, meaning “wood” or “glade”, referring to a forest clearing or meadow An English habitational surname denoting a person from any of the many places on England named Lee, including those in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, and Kent, or from places named Lea, including those in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire EARLY BEARERS Ailric de la Leie – Northampton – 1148 Turqod de la Lea – Warwick – 1193 Roger de Lees – Norfolk – 1272 Richard de la Lee – Wiltshire – 1272 Phelippe de la Leye – Scotland – 1296 The Lee Family of Stanton, Roden and afterwards of Langley and Coton Hall, Shropshire, traces its ancestry back to Reginald de la Lee, Sheriff in 1201, son of Hugo de Lega NOBLE TITLES HELD The Lee Baronetcy of Langley in the County of Wiltshire in the Baronetage of England was created in 1620 for Sir Humphry Lee, fourth in descent from Richard Lee, Sheriff of Shropshire in 1479, a relative of Sir Ralph de Lee of Lee Hall. He was succeeded by his son Sir Richard Lee (d. 1660) who sat in the House of Commons. The Lee Baronetcy of Quarrendon in the County of Buckinghamshire in the Baronetage of England was created c. 1611 for Sir Henry Lee (d. 1631), son of Sir Robert Lee of Hulcote. His cousin, Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley (d. 1611), son of Sir Anthony Lee, was Queen’s Champion and Master of the Armouries under Elizabeth I. Sir Edward Lee, 5th Baronet of Quarrendon, was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Quarrendon and Earl of Litchfield in 1677 in anticipation of his marriage to the king’s daughter, Lady Charlotte Fitzroy. The Lee Baronetcy of Hartwell in the County of Buckinghamshire in the Baronetage of England was created in 1660 for Sir Thomas Lee, a Member of Parliament LANDED GENTRY Lee of Barna, co. Tipperary, Ireland Lee of Dynas Powis, co. Glamorgan, Wales Lee of Grove Hall, co. Yorkshire, England Lee of The Abbey, co. Knaresborough, England Lee of Kingsgate House, co. Hampshire, England Lee of Holborough Court, co. Kent, England NOTABLES Charles Lee (d. 1782) was an English-born American military officer who served as a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also served earlier in the British Army during the Seven Years War. He sold his commission after the Seven Years War and served for a time in the Polish army of King Stanislaus II Augustus. Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. Henry Lee III (1756-1818) was an early American Patriot and U.S. politician who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. Lee's service during the American Revolution as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army earned him the nickname by which he is best known, "Light-Horse Harry". Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), signor of the Declaration of Independence and United States Senator from Virginia Col. Thomas Lee (c. 1690-1750) was a planter and politician in colonial Virginia. Colonel Richard Lee II (1647–1715) was a planter, politician and military officer for Westmoreland County, Virginia Richard Lee I (1618-1664), arrived in Virginia in 1639, was a Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and Attorney General Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797), signor of the Declaration of Independence EARLY BEARERS Bridget Lee – Massachusetts – 1623 Christopher Lee – Virginia – 1623 Priscilla Lee – Virginia – 1700 Humphrey Lee – Virginia – 1705 Bryan Lee – Virginia – 1711 Philip Lee – Virginia – 1712 Benjamin Lee – Halifax – 1750 Edward Lee – Halifax - 1750

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