When William Lee was born on 29 January 1844, in Misson, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Lee, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Ann Roebuck, was 22. He died on 14 June 1856, in Bear Creek Township, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States, at the age of 12, and was buried in Bear Creek Township, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesJohn Lee, born 1822 in Mizson, England and Sarah Roebuck born 1821 in Mizson and both baptized there. Soon after they spent 6 weeks on the ship “Enoch Train” traveling from England to Boston. They cam …
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