Elizabeth Lee

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Lee was born on 8 April 1701, in New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Deacon Thomas Lee III, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Graham, was 28. She had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Reverend George Griswold. She died on 28 August 1758, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 57.

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Family Time Line

Reverend George Griswold
1692–1761
Elizabeth Lee
1701–1758
Samuel Griswold
1737–1816
Griswold
1743–
Hannah Griswold
1738–1743
Eunice Griswold
1741–1792
Andrew Griswold
1745–1813

Sources (4)

  • Elizabeth Lee, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Elizabeth, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
  • Elizabeth Lee, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

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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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