There are many Richard Bland Lee's out there. All the proof sources for our g-g-g-g grampa, call him
Sorry but we, have been TOLD and proven by DNA, which I do not believe in that my ggggrandfather Richard Lee https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lee-2328 who was married to Elizabeth Scott is NOT
the son of Hancock Lee and Willis.... The Mayflower Society denied my application because of what they have on file............ and I even included some new sources.....
and THEN the dna tests have also proven my Richard Lee-2328 is not related to Hancock Lee.

AND no, middle name, BLAND is the other guy https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lee-1410................ that is proven...

Eli Chandler is the gggrandson of Richard Washington Lee-14727 and he was the one that found and restored the cemetery for Elizabeth Scott-Lee in Missouri  
We go with the sources that are on the profile. 

There are 3 Richard Lees that lived in the late 1700s and continue to be confused on many websites. 1) Richard Bland Lee who married Elizabeth Collins, his life is well documented, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bland_Lee 2) 2) Richard Lee born 1753 in Virginia who married Elizabeth Scott. Not a lot of documentation to date. 3) Richard Lee born before 1756 who married Tabitha Wilson, his marriage is documented in numerous deeds in 1802 of land in Woods County. Wood Co., (W) VA, DEED- Tabitha Lee, wife of Richard Lee, TO Jacob Blickingstaff, 04-06-1802 (Wood County DB 1, pg 180) as an example.
Note: There is a fourth Richard Lee, son of Hancock Lee and Mary Willis.
:"He died unmarried." (Mayflower Society quote)
Hope this helps.

Sorry to say it but a year or so ago I was strongly informed that our Elizabeth Scott is not the sister of the Winfred Scott of fame, so they unlinked her from that family, DNA tests again

RICHARD LEE no middle name mentioned.

SOURCES:
#1) "1775 Kentucky, Virginia 'CERTIFICATE ISSUED for 1400 acres. Fees pd. D.D. Richard LEE by HANCOCK LEE
this day claimed a settlement and...."(with the same description, Licking Creek)
#2) The WILL-MARRIAGE RECORD-DEED OF PARTITION
#3) Sons of American Rev. War records, Richard Lee/Wife Elizabeth
#4) THE WILLIS BIBLE (matches all other sources found)
The BIBLE has been "proven" to be the wrong Richard Lee......
please see the rootsweb.com TREE for the copies of all deeds, bills of sales, etc.--from the Glenn, GREER & Branches Family Tree-- our Cuz' Sue Wilcox-Hosbach as done a terrific job on finding the proof and most important she has shared them with the rest of our family.Thank YOU
'***********************************************************
Richard Lee FATHER to Grissom Lee, there is a will.

SON of HANCOCK LEE II & MARY WILLIS-LEE
This according to the "Henry Willis Family Bible" which a copy is available on the internet.,
In that Bible they had a son Richard Lee born 1753 Virginia
and to correspond to that data is the data on the marriage record found on ancestry.
And my Lee's descend from them, "Hancock Lee who married Mary Willis, daughter of Henry Willis, 23rd Jan. 1733."

The U.S. & Int'l MARRIAGES RECORDS 1560-1900
NAME: RICHARD LEE
BIRTH YEAR: 1753
BORN: Virginia
SPOUSE: Elizabeth SCOTT
BIRTH YEAR: 1761
DATE: 1777
PLACE: Virginia

So many of the ancestors died in
"Paint Lick" A Commissioners survey said, "On the north fork of LICKING CREEK," another part of the survey states, "in Madison County, ....on the Brushy Fork of Silver Creek, containing 352 acres." After reading more of the records I think the name of the plantation was "Paint Lick" after the creek that ran through their property.
(if you wikipedia LICKING CREEK.. it is now known as Licking River, KY. "named by Frontiersmen as Great Salt Lick Creek. Because of its saline springs that brought animals to its "salt licks".)

After Richard died his wife Elizabeth Scott-Lee moved to Missouri with their son, Richard.
She died there and is buried in THE FAMILY CEMETERY on land that the LEE FAMILY owned. Her headstone was just UNEARTHED Dec. 2013 & RESTORED 2014 by Cuz' Eli Chandler.
So I am in hopes that I can go to Kentucky and also find her Richard's stone where she had him laid to rest in 1820.

According to a new source, Kathy Vockery, there is a GUARDIANSHIP APPOINTMENT FOR THE ORPHANS OF HANCOCK LEE OF FACQUIER CNTY. VA. In this states, "Mary Lee (widow of Hancock Lee) is appointed Guardian to Henry, Richard and Mary (Willis)Lee, William and Sarah other orphans of Hancock being of lawful age also chose Mary for their guardian who executed & acknowledged Bond according to law."
The ages of the 3 young children were:

"Henry" (unknown to this researcher)
"Richard" b: 31 July 1753, he was 9 when his father died.
"Mary Willis-Lee"-Madison b:1757 she was 5 yrs old.

Maj. John Lee b:1743 d:1802 (this one is not mentioned in the Guardianship) but there is a memorial attached as "child" on Hancock Lee II memorial #43861965.

The 2 older children mentioned in this Guardianship doc. William & Sarah no info on. And then note that their mother Mary died Dec. 4, 1766, just 4 years later. Mary and Richard were still minors, 13 & 9 years old.

Other sources were SAR/DAR, Patriot files. The DAR indexes give Elizabeth's parents as, Capt. William Scott b:1749-1789 & Ann Mason-Scott b:1747-1803. This data leads us to Elizabeth's brother, none other than Winfield SCOTT. please see his memorial #938.

The SAR files give "Richard Lee, wife Elizabeth, as Pvt. Virginia Continental Line, Oct. 25, 1783."

THE DEED OF PARTITION
names the children of Richard Lee/ Elizabeth Lee as:

#1) William b:May 1778 Fauqier,Va D: May 1824 in Armstrong, Howard Co. MO.
---MAR.: Elizabeth Ann Newell.

#2) Charles b:1780 VA.

Sarah b:1782 VA. D:1869 Ray Co. MO.
---MAR.: Littleton West

Dorothy "Dolly" b:11 Aug.1783-Ky.-D:24 Jan.1869 Ray Co. MO
---MAR.: Ebenezer Titus

GRISSOM (Grisham) Reed b:28 Sep.1783 "in East Tennessee"
(this is on the 1860 census) D:12 Oct.1860 Pettis Co. MO
---MAR.: Mary Ann "Polly" Glenn
(one of their sons was named Noah G. who married Rebecca Lacey)

Anna Talitha b:1785 KY D:22 July 1872 Charleston, Delta,Tx
---MAR.: Thomas McGuire

Elizabeth "Betsy" b:1786 Paint Lick, KY.
---Mar.:Thomas Balsha Aug 1806

David b:1789 Paint Lick, KY.
---Mar.: Hattie Ann Hall-- 07 Sep 1843

Noah Green b:16 Jan. 1790 KY

#3) Matilda Malinda b:1792 Paint Lick, KY
Think this is her Matilda Lee-Wallace
Mar. Capt. Samuel M. Wallace

Thomas H. b:31 Dec.1795 Paint Lick, KY.
---Mar.: Gabriella HERNDON

Richard Washington b:15 Sep.1796 Paint Lick, KY.D:5 Aug.1882 Kansas Cy.,Jackson Co. MO.
---MAR.: Nancy Harvey

Mary Ann "Polly" Lee b:1797 Paint Lick, KY.
---MAR.: James Stephenson

Delila Mary "Dilly" b:1799 Paint Lick,KY.d:after 1870 Mo.
---MAR.: Hezekiah W. Wright Sr.

Nancy Ruth b:1800 Paint Lick, KY.
---MAR.: Joel Todd
Here is Nancy/Joel Except they have her linked to the wrong Richard/Elizabeth="Parents:
Richard Bland Lee (1761 - 1827)
Elizabeth Collins Lee (1774 - 1833)

James B. b:26 Dec.1801 Paint Lick, KY.

Margaret "Peggy" b:1802 Paint Lick, KY.
---MAR.: David W. Dalton

Irvin b:1803 Paint Lick, KY.

#4) Edward b:1804 Paint Lick, KY

Lucinda b:1808 Paint Lick, KY.
---MAR.: Preston Forrest

20 children-she gave birth to unless we can prove this list is adding names? such as look at the Mary Ann Polly a sister and a wife to Grissom ...
THIS IS TRUE.. these are the names from the DEED of PARTITION. The deed names all but 4 of the children listed except for the ones I have #.. All the others are listed to have received a portion of Richard Lee's property known to be on "the east branch of the North fork of Licking Creek."

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Description of the DEED OF PARTITION
That whereas by the Decree afore said in the cause aforesaid the said Crooke as commissioner was directed to survey and divide the land of Richard Lee, dec'd, equally in value among all his heirs he having done so as in his judgement seemeth right the land is in Madison County on the Brushy Fork of Silver Creek, containing 352 acres, and part of said land laid off to the said Noah Lee and hereby conveyed is twenty acres, marked on the Commissioner's report realized in the Suit aforesaid Lot No. 10, and is bounded as follows, towit: Beginning at a stake, two Chestnut oak pointers on adrain, and corner to Lot No. 9, thense with a line of ______West 171 poles to two hickories, do ______ and Chestnut on the West line of the 352 acres, thence with said line S2W 19 poles to a stake and black ______on a hillside, corner to Lot No. 11,thence with a line of same East 171 poles to a stake two which oaks pointers on the East line of the 352 acres, thence with said line N2E 19 poles to the Beginning. Now the parties aforesaid of the first part by the Commissioner aforesaid hereby convey to the party of the Second part aforesaid all the title and interest in said twenty acres of land which they have derived from their ancestor Richard Lee......."
This quote is from the record found by Sue Wilcox-Hosbach.

The cemetery used to be Silver Creek Cemetery and someone has changed it to the name of a Civil War Soldier.

In order to find the family he is "SAID" "to be the son of" go to Hancock Lee
However, this is totally in dispute. We the descendants are looking for a pure male descendant so we may know who his PARENTS truly are.

Suggested edit: Death date would have been PRIOR to February 10, 1820 since that is the date Richard's estate was inventoried. It is likely he died sometime in late 1819 (to be more accurate until further proof is found).
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