Josiah Lee Jr

Brief Life History of Josiah

When Josiah Lee Jr was born in 1770, in Maryland, United States, his father, Josiah Lee Sr, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Luten, was 24. He married Mary VanWinkle on 1 April 1797, in Nelson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Liberty, Adams, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died after 1850, in Adams, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Josiah Lee Jr
1770–1850
Mary VanWinkle
1776–1830
Marriage: 1 April 1797
Joseph Lee
1799–1843
John Lee
1801–
Israel Jerome Lee
1805–1858
Hiram Lee Sr
1806–1894
Adaline Lee
1807–1888
Hester Lee
1808–1886
Hendricks Lee
1813–1870
Susannah Lee
1813–
Mary Lee
1819–

Sources (10)

  • Josiah Lee, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Josiah Lee, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Josiah Lee in household of Henry Hendricks, "United States Census, 1850"

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World Events (2)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

Maryland is the 7th state.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.

English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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