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town lots, or a total of 2,934 acres. At least 1,000
acres of this was mortgaged to secure debts
amounting to £983.7.8 sterling and £909.14.8 cur-
rent money. His remaining 1,934 acres had al-
ready been mortgaged to the London owners of
the Nottingham Forges in Baltimore County.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: in 1774 in Baltimore
Town; a petition to grant letters of admininstra-
tion was filed in the court on April 18, 1774.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: Lee's widow and relatives
refused to take out letters of administration. John
Beale Bordley (1726/27-1804), executor of the es-
tate of Stephen Bordley (ca. 1710-1764), to whom
Lee was indebted for £700.0.0 sterling, petitioned
the court himself as a result of the family's refusal.
Letters were not granted, however, and on March
8, 1785, Eleanor Lee again stated that she did
not intend to sign for administration on her hus-
band's estate. Size of personal estate is unknown.
LAND: ca. 2,900 acres in Baltimore County, all of
which was mortgaged. John Lee, Corbin's brother
and heir, released all of the mortgaged property
shortly after Corbin's death. The land that re-
mained consisted of 2 lots on Fells Point, 1 lot in
Baltimore Town, and 1 lot in Joppa Town.
LEE, FRANCIS (?-1749). BORN: probably at his
father's estate, "Blenheim," in Charles County;
of age by 1741. NATIVE: second generation. RE-
SIDED: in Dorchester County by ca. 1742; Cecil
County, by 1746. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Philip Lee (ca. 1681-1744). MOTHER: Sarah (?-
1724), widow of William Dent (ca. 1660-1704),
daughter of Thomas Brooke (ca. 1659-1730/31).
STEPMOTHER: Elizabeth Lawson, widow of Henry
Sewall (?-1722), Gent. UNCLE Thomas Brooke
(1683-1744). AUNT: Priscilla Brooke, who mar-
ried Thomas Gantt (?-1765). HALF AUNT: Jane
Brooke (?-1779), who married Alexander Contee
(ca. 1691 -1740). BROTHERS: Richard Lee (ca. 1707-
1787); Philip (?-1739); Thomas (?-1749); and
Arthur Lee (?-1760). HALF BROTHERS: Hancock
(?-1759); John; Corbin Lee (?-1774); and George
Lee (1736-1807). STEPBROTHERS: Nicholas Lewis
Sewell (ca. 1721-1800); Henry Sewall (?-1780).
SISTERS. Ann (ca. 1711-1800); Sarah; and Eleanor
(1710-1759). HALF SISTERS. Hannah (ca. 1736-
by 1781), who married second, Joseph Sprigg
(1736-1800); Letitia (Lettice) (?-1776), who
married third, Joseph Sim (?-1793); Elizabeth;
Alice; and Margaret (Peggy). FIRST COUSINS:
Thomas Gantt (ca. 1710-1785); Fielder Gantt (?-
1807); Edward Gantt (?-by 1783); probably Ann
Gantt, who married John Brome (1703-1748);
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Richard Brooke (1716-1783); and Eleanor Brooke
(1718-?), who married Samuel Beall (ca. 1713-
ca. 1778). NEPHEWS. Philip Thomas Lee (1738-
1778); Thomas Sim Lee (1745-1819); Richard Potts
(1753-1808); and Philip Richard Fendall (?-?).
NIECES. Sarah Lettice Lee (?-1761), who married
Philip Richard Fendall (?-?); Hannah Lee (?-ca.
1763), who married George Plater (1735-1792);
Sarah Eleanor Potts, who married Thomas Gantt,
Jr. (?-1808); Rebecca Potts, who married Ben-
jamin Mackall IV (1745-by 1810); Alice Lee (?-
1789), who married John Weems (1737-1813);
and Sarah Fendall (ca. 1732-1793), who married
ca. 1755 Thomas Contee (ca. 1729-1811). MAR-
RIED by 1745 Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Leonard
Hollyday (1691-1741) and wife (first name un-
known) Smith. Elizabeth was the stepdaughter of
Eleanor Hill Waring (ca. 1700-1750), the grand-
daughter of Thomas Hollyday (ca. 1661-1702/3),
and the stepgranddaughter of Clement Hill (?-
1743) and wife Eleanor Darnall. She was the niece
of James Hollyday (1696-1747) and of Margery
Hollyday (?-1764), who married second, Thomas
Gantt (?-1765). Her brothers were Thomas;
Leonard, a physician; and Clement. Her sister
was Mary, who married Francis Waring (1715-
1769). Her first cousins were James Hollyday (1722-
1786); Henry Hollyday (ca. 1725-1789). CHIL.
DREN. SONS: Francis Leonard; Lancelet Richard
Thomas. DAUGHTER: Amelia. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIV-
ITIES: fourth generation descendant of the Vir-
ginia Lees; Francis's grandfather was Richard Lee,
and his great-grandfather was Col. Richard Lee
of Stratford, Virginia. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
merchant, ca. 1740-1746, who owned or insured
at least 3 vessels. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Lower House, Dorchester County, 1745/
46-1746 (discharged from the 1745/46-1748 As-
sembly on June 20, 1746, after accepting the of-
fice of Cecil County clerk). LOCAL OFFICES: jus-
tice. Dorchester County, appointed 1743; clerk,
Cecil County, 1746-1749. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 549 acres in Dor-
chester County (200 acres inherited from father;
349 acres by patent). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN
LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: aC-
quired 51 acres in Cecil County, 1749; acquired
an additional 220 acres in Dorchester County and
an unknown number of acres in Somerset and
Worcester counties by his death. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: obituary dated October 4, 1749; in Cecil
County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,298.9.7
current money (including 2 servants, 7 slaves, sil-
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