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Families covered: Lee of Billesley, Lee of London, Lee of Pinhoe, Lee of Totnes

                               
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Sir Robert Lee, Lord Mayor of London (d 22.09.1605)
m1. Joanna Sutton (dau of Henry Sutton of London)
1. Sir Henry Lee of London (d 21.01.1619) had issue
  m1. Mary Gournay (d 12.1617, dau of Richard Gournay, alderman of London)
  m2. Thomasine Allote (dau of Sir John Allote, widow of William Quarles of London) ## see here ##
  Identified as son of Sir Henry son of Sir Robert, so possibly of this family of this generation (but, if so, of which marriage is not known), was the following Sir John. Information taken from FMG (Continuation ('Hunter's Pedigrees', 1936), Fletcher of Aldwick-le-Street).
  A. Sir John Lee
  i. Fitzwilliam Lee of Bury St. Edmunds
  m. Frances Fletcher (dau of Thomas Fletcher of of Bury St. Edmunds)
  a. Thomas Lee
  m. Ann May (dau/coheir of Sir Algernon May)
  (1) Charlotte Lee
m. _ Wear
  (A) Caroline Wear
  m. Nathaniel Acton
  (2)+ other issue - Baptist, Frances
2. Sir Robert Lee of Billesley, Warwickshire (b c1571, d 19.01.1637)
  m. Anne Lowe (b c1582, d c1672, dau of Sir Thomas Lowe, Lord Mayor of London)
A. Sir Robert Lee of Billesley (b c1602, d c1659)
  m. Frances Cope (dau of Sir William Cope of Hanwell, Bart)
  i. Anne Lee (b 1643, a 1682)
  m1. Sir Edward Barkham of Boston (d 14.09.1669)
  m2. (John) Hodges (recorder of Ipswich)
  B. Sir Charles Lee of Edmonton (Middlesex) & Billesley (b c1622, a 1682, judge)
  m1. Elizabeth Elwes (d 1652, dau of Henry Elwes, brother of Sir Gervase of Stoke Park)
  i. Elizabeth Lee
  m. (18.03.1682) James Munday of the Inner Temple
m2. Catherine Tallemache (d 1653, dau of Sir Lionel Tallemache of Hemlington, Bart, relict of Sir Charles Mordaunt of Massingham, Bart)
  m3. Mary Windham (d 16.10.1678, dau of Sir Hugh Windham of Pilston Pen, widow of George Abbot of Easton (son of Sir Maurice, Lord Mayor of London, & nephew of Archbishop Abbot))
  m4. (18.12.1679) Sarah Monson, Viscountess Corbet (d 04.06.1682, dau of Sir Robert Mounson (Monson) of Carleton, widow of Sir Vincent Corbet of Morton Corbet)
  C. Anna Maria Lee
  m. Sir Robert Jenkinson of Walcot
  D. Frances Lee
  m1. Sir Gervase Elwes (bpt 29.04.1581, d 04.1653)
  m2. Sir Richard Everard of Langleys, Bart
E. Elizabeth Lee
  m. (1631, sp) Sir Richard Shugborough of Shugborough
  F. Katherine Lee (a 1682)
  m. Sir Francis Seymour of Marlborough, later Lord Seymour of Troubridge (brother of William, Duke of Somerset)
3. Sir John Lee
4. Hugh Lee of Little Bursted, Essex (d 28.03.1620)
  m. Mary Barnard (dau of Francis Barnard of East Haningfield)
5. Richard Lee probably of this family, of this generation
  m. Frances Singe (dau of George Singe (or Millington) of Bridgnorth)
6. Joanna (Joan or Jane) Lee
  m1. William Gore (d 14-6.07.1624, alderman of London)
  m2. Sir John Cook or Coke (Secretary of State)
7. Anne Lee
  m. Thomas Cecil (son of Thomas, Earl of Exeter)
m2. Mary Hawes (dau of Sir James Hawes, (Lord Mayor) of London)

 

 

William Lee of Pinhoe, Devon
1. Richard Lee, Mayor of Totnes (bur 18.06.1620)
  m. (07.09.1584) Catherine Savorie (dau of Stephen Savorie of Totnes)
  A. Christopher Lee (a 1620)
m. Rebecca Wyse (dau of Christopher Wise of Totnes)
  i. William Lee (a 1620)
  ii. Wilmot Lee (bpt 19.08.1621)
  m. (02.10.1637) John Garrat
  B. Richard Lee 'of Totnes' (bpt 14.02.1595-6, bur 08.08.1627)
  m. Christian Roe (dau of John Roe of Afington)
  Thanks to a contributor (CV, 28.03.14) for advising us that Richard & Christian were parents of ...
  i. Katherine Lee 'of Marldon' (bur 09.01.1678-9)
  m1. (c05.1639) Henry Luscomb of Luscomb (b c1593)
  m2. (10.04.1643) Servington Savery of Shilston (bpt 27.01.1619-20, bur 05.03.1688-9)
  ii. Christian Lee
  C. Margaret Lee (bpt 12.10.1606)
  m. (c01.1629-30) Lawrence Adams of Totnes
  D.+ other issue - Wilmot (bpt 14.12.1587), Catherine (bpt 02.08.1589), Elizabeth (bpt 17.11.1596), Jone (bpt 12.10.1606)
2. William Lee of Pinhoe (a 1620)
  m. Grace Northecott (bur 10.09.1644, dau of Robert Northecott of Clyst Heydon)
  A. William Lee of Pinhoe
  m. Jane Michell (dau of John Michell of Topisham)
i.+ issue - Richard (a 1620), Nathaniel (bpt 12.11.1622, bur 16.11.1622), Richard (bpt 20.08.1625), Edward (bpt 04.01.1628-9), Hannah (b pt 01.01.1621-2), Jane (bpt 07.05.1631, bur 10.07.1631)
  B. Alice Lee
  m. (06.10.1628) John Starre
  C.+ other issue - Wilmot, Dorothy
3. Alice Lee
  m. John Clement of Pinhoe
4. Ann (Agnes) Lee
  m1. _ Shapland
  m2. (28.09.1601) Thomas Pointington of Upton Helions
5. Mary Lee
  m. Robert Davie of Totnes
6.+ other issue (dsp) - Edmond, Paul

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 02.05.08) : Visitation (Warwickshire, 1682-3, 'Lee of Billesley')
(2) For lower section (uploaded 04.04.14) : Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Lee of Pinhoe', p527)
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