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Capt Stephen Lee

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Capt Stephen Lee

Birth
Death
7 Jun 1753 (aged 86–87)
Burial
Kensington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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One of ye first setlers of ye society & church of Christ Kensington who having servd his Generation by ye will of God Fell asleep ...in ye 87 year of his age

[Stephen Lee was a farmer, all the middle and last of life, he was called Captain. He married, October 1, 1690, Elizabeth Royce, of Wallingford, Conn., daughter of "Isaac and Elizabeth Lathrop, his wife." He died June 7, 1753, aged 87. A red sand-stone, in the old cemetery at "Great Swamp," marks his last resting place. At the time of his death, his name stood at the head of a "Petition to the General Court of Connecticut for a new Society in the part of Kensington, to be called New Britain." The following May it was granted. The wife of Stephen Lee died May 2, 1760, aged 91 years, and was buried in the new cemetery at New Britain.

Children:
1. Isaac, born Sept. 5, 1691.
2. Elizabeth, born Apr. 8, 1693. Died in infancy.
3. Elizabeth, born July 12, 1694. Married, Nov. 18, 1719, Thomas Root, of Coventry, Conn. He was born July 29, 1692. Died Dec. 1782. She died Nov. 30, 1726, leaving one child: Stephen, born Mar. 2, 1721.
4. Sarah, born Nov. 8, 1696. Married Jan. 18, 1722, John Lankton.
5. Stephen, born Apr. 18, 1700. Killed by the discharge of a gun, Sept. 13, 1718.
6. Martha, born Feb. 17, 1702. Married, first, Noah Hart, of Wallingford, May 1727; second, Joseph Francis.
7. Mary, born Sept. 7, 1704. Baptized Oct. 10, 1709. Married, Aug. 18, 1725, Benjamin Beckley, of "Beckley quarter."
8. Ehenezer, born Sept. 14, 1706. Died Aug. 28, 1725.
9. Hannah, born Oct. 15, 1708. Baptized May 8, 1709. Married, first, Nathaniel North; second, William Barber.
10. Josiah, born Aug. 13, 1710 or 1711; died 1797 in Chenango, NY. Married Nov. 12, 1737, Hannah Warren, b. Oct. 19, 1714.

~John Lee: Of Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., and His Descendants; Sarah Marsh Lee; Press of the Bulletin Company, 1878; pg. 64-65.]

[Their daughter, Martha Lee, married Nathaniel Hart, born 1702 in Wallingford, CT
Contributor: Mary (50281603)]
One of ye first setlers of ye society & church of Christ Kensington who having servd his Generation by ye will of God Fell asleep ...in ye 87 year of his age

[Stephen Lee was a farmer, all the middle and last of life, he was called Captain. He married, October 1, 1690, Elizabeth Royce, of Wallingford, Conn., daughter of "Isaac and Elizabeth Lathrop, his wife." He died June 7, 1753, aged 87. A red sand-stone, in the old cemetery at "Great Swamp," marks his last resting place. At the time of his death, his name stood at the head of a "Petition to the General Court of Connecticut for a new Society in the part of Kensington, to be called New Britain." The following May it was granted. The wife of Stephen Lee died May 2, 1760, aged 91 years, and was buried in the new cemetery at New Britain.

Children:
1. Isaac, born Sept. 5, 1691.
2. Elizabeth, born Apr. 8, 1693. Died in infancy.
3. Elizabeth, born July 12, 1694. Married, Nov. 18, 1719, Thomas Root, of Coventry, Conn. He was born July 29, 1692. Died Dec. 1782. She died Nov. 30, 1726, leaving one child: Stephen, born Mar. 2, 1721.
4. Sarah, born Nov. 8, 1696. Married Jan. 18, 1722, John Lankton.
5. Stephen, born Apr. 18, 1700. Killed by the discharge of a gun, Sept. 13, 1718.
6. Martha, born Feb. 17, 1702. Married, first, Noah Hart, of Wallingford, May 1727; second, Joseph Francis.
7. Mary, born Sept. 7, 1704. Baptized Oct. 10, 1709. Married, Aug. 18, 1725, Benjamin Beckley, of "Beckley quarter."
8. Ehenezer, born Sept. 14, 1706. Died Aug. 28, 1725.
9. Hannah, born Oct. 15, 1708. Baptized May 8, 1709. Married, first, Nathaniel North; second, William Barber.
10. Josiah, born Aug. 13, 1710 or 1711; died 1797 in Chenango, NY. Married Nov. 12, 1737, Hannah Warren, b. Oct. 19, 1714.

~John Lee: Of Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., and His Descendants; Sarah Marsh Lee; Press of the Bulletin Company, 1878; pg. 64-65.]

[Their daughter, Martha Lee, married Nathaniel Hart, born 1702 in Wallingford, CT
Contributor: Mary (50281603)]


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  • Created by: Jan Franco
  • Added: Jan 29, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10395548/stephen-lee: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Stephen Lee (1666–7 Jun 1753), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10395548, citing Christian Lane Cemetery, Kensington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).