July 30, 2003: I have determined
that Garnett Lee's (22nd gen.) father, William Lee, was NOT the William Lee who
was the son of Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee of the Stratford Hall
Lees.
Garnett's father was William Lee, son of Charles and Anne Dabbs Lee of
Bedford, Virginia. This William Lee married Avey Noell and had nine
children, including Edwin James Lee's grandfather Garnett Lee and
Sarah Virginia Lee's grandfather John Lee. As we have already known, Robert Fitzhugh
Lee's parents were second cousins. All of these Lees can trace direct
lineage back to Richard "The Immigrant" Lee. This new family line
indicates that we are not quite as closely related to Robert E. Lee as
previously thought. I have also made some preliminary research into
our ancestry back to 1100 AD, which makes the Lees one of the longest
running family trees in America and England.
Navigate back through the famiLEE tree pages to the pre-first
generation page. According to my research, Hugo De La Lee(1178-1219)
was the son of
Fulk-Fitz Warrine(1152-1189) of France. Hugo
relocated to a pasture land, or meadow, in England, and his surname became known as Lee,
which is derived from "lea" (meadow). I will continue to research our
interesting heritage and post my findings here. I will notify everyone
via email when new results are posted to this web site. If you would
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