Henry Lee 1745 -1806 | his parents
& Mary Elizabeth Pipkin 1756 -1839 | her parents
of Gates Co, NC
This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!
from “Forgotten Gates”
Mary Elizabeth Pipkin 1756 – 4 Sept 1839 [testate]
I think her birth date is more likely to have been 1756 than 1746
married 14 [9] Nov 1779 Henry Lee 1745 – 17 Nov 1806 [intestate]
Children of Henry Lee and Mary Elizabeth Pipkin
1. Mary [Polly] Lee 13 Sept 1797 – 28 Jan 1863
married Solomon K Valentine [went to TN]
2. Sarah [Sally] Lee ca 1782 – 1846/53
married in VA 1802 John Henry Cross ca 1780 – 1813
3. Martha [Patsy] Lee
married John B Vaughan
4. John Rochelle Lee 1801 – 12 Sept 1865 Nancemond Co VA
married 21 Dec 1820 Mary Ann Wise Griffin Everett 24 July 1805 – 6 Feb 1872 Nanc. Co
5. Richard H Lee
6. Ann [Nancy] Lee
married Joseph Vaughan
7. Margaret [Peggy] Lee
married 1st 18 Aug 1800 Elisha Parker d 1806
son of Elisha Parker d. 1793/4
married 2nd Jonathan Williams
8. Dr. William H Lee 1786 – 1857
married 5 Dec 1821 Lavenia Harrell 1790 – 1843
Dr. William H Lee
charter member and deacon of Piney Grove Chutch/Reynoldson
- Isaac Lee 21 May 1788 – 1 Oct 1869
married 6 April 1808 Nancy Barnes died bef 1815
married 23 March 1815 Mary Holland died 25 Aug 1835
dau of Job Holland and his wife - Charity [Cherry] Lee 1790 – 1868
married 22 Sept 1807 William Goodman 1782 -1841 Gates Co
son of Henry - Elizabeth Lee 1794/1801 – 18 Jan 1844
married 15 Nov 1813 Lewis Eure Esqr 8 Mar 1789 – 1828
son of Mills Eure and Mary Harrell
married ca 1831 Samuel Eure 15 Jan 1794 eb – 1838/40
son of Mills Eure and Mary Harrell
Grandchildren of Henry Lee and Mary Elizabeth Pipkin
Sarah [Sally] Lee ca 1782 – 1846/53 | her parents
& 1802 John Henry Cross ca 1780 – 1813 | his parents
Children of Sally Lee and John Henry Cross:
1. Mary Cross 4 Oct 1803 VA –
married 12 Feb 1825 Daniel Williams
a. Hardy Cross Williams 31 Mar 1827 VA –
married 18 May 1875 Lydia Ann Barnes 28 Aug 1845 –
i. Lydia Barnes Williams 28 Aug 1880
John Rochell Lee 1801 – 1865 | his parents
& 1820 Mary Ann Wise Griffin Everett 1805 – 1872 | her parents
Children of John Rochelle Lee and Mary Ann Wise Griffin Everett:
both buried at Holy Neck Christian Church
their home was approx. 1.6 miles from Box Elder; one and one half story with large fireplace [no mantle] hand sawn lumber [very rough] one room.
1. Permelia Elizabeth Lee 7 Nov 1821 – dy
2. Capt. Patrick Henry Lee 22 Dec 1823 – 30 May 1907 Nanse. Co
inherited Box Elder
married 27 Feb 1845 Joanna Rawles 1820 – 14 Jan 1900 Nanse Co
dau. of Willis Rawles & Joanna Kelly
a. Willis John Lee 12 Jan 1846 – 20 May 1919 Nanse Co
married 25 May 1869 Mary Jennete Jones 2 June 1850 Johnson Co NC – 6 Sept 1930 Nanse Co
b. Martha Jordan Lee 22 June 1847 Nanse Co –
married 23 Dec 1868 William Mordecai Jones ca 1840 Greenville Co VA –
c. Anna Mary Lee 11 Dec 1848 – 5 Jan 1871 Nanse Co
married John W Beaton
d. Elizabeth Judson Lee 10 July 1851 – 28 Mar 1890 SH Co VA
married 4 Jan 1874 A I Gardner
e. Elbert Thomas Lee 11 May 1853 –
married 4 June 1874 Mary Copeland
f. Isaac Pipkin Lee 19 Jan 1855 – 6 Feb 1929 Nanse Co VA
g. Emma Willie Lee 21 Feb 1859 –
married 8 Oct 1878 Josiah Powell Gay
h. Sarah Otella Lee 10 Feb 1861 – 17 July 1897 Suffolk VA
married 26 Nov 1884 Nanse Co Edward Everett Holland 26 Feb 1861 – 23 Oct 1941
married 20 Feb 1901 Willie E Carter 2 Oct 1873 Gates Co – 1 June 1947 Nanse Co
dau of John Carter and Margaret Williams
she was a live in nurse for his first wife
a. Henry Lee
b. Patrick Henry Lee Jr 1901 – 1974
c. John Thomas Lee 9 Sept 1903 – 10 April 1976
married Maria Louise Holland 9 July 1905 – 9 Dec 1988
3. Elisha Everett Lee 7 April 1828 – 11 Mar 1897 Nanse Co
married April 1862 Elizabeth Virginia Gaskins 1845 – 1915
a. Patrick Henry Lee 7 Nov 1881 – 8 Oct 1884 Nanse Co dy
b. William Thomas Lee 7 May 1888 – 6 Aug 1888 Nanse Co dy
4. Sara Eliza Lee 30 March 1830 –
married 22 Feb 1849 Alexander Savage
5. Isaac P Lee 1 Aug 1832 – dy
6. Virginia Ann Lee 17 Jan 1835 – 1896 Nanse Co
married 3 May 1855 Jonas W Lawrence 1830 – 1915
7. Adonirum Judson Lee 22 Dec 1837 – 9 June 1863 Brandy Station VA
killed in the war
8. Alfred Thomas Lee 15 Jan 1842 – 1898 Nanse Co no issue
9. John Pipkin Lee 11 May 1844 – 1908 no issue
Margaret [Peggy] Lee | her parents
& 1800 Elisha Parker d. 1806 | his parents
& Jonathan Williams | his parents
of Gates Co NC
Children of Peggy Lee and Elisha Parker d.1806:
1. Elizabeth Pipkin Parker 1801/04 –
2. Polly Lee Parker 1801/06 –
Dr. William H Lee 1786 – 1857 | his parents
& 1821 Lavenia Harrell 1790 – 1843 | her parents
of Gates Co NC
Children of Dr. William H Lee and Lavenia Harrell:
1. Rev. John Pipkin Lee 7 Feb 1826 – 1885
Rev John Pipkin Lee
married 27 May 1849 Mary F Parker 27 June 1829 – 9 Feb 1884
a. Dr. W O P Lee
i. Eunice Lee 1903 – 8 Oct 1909 diptheria
ii. Phullis Lee 1903 –
b. Bettie E Lee
married 1880 John S Piland
2. Dr. William Henry Lee ca 1820 – 29 Mar1870 Gates Co, NC
of Consumption
Dr. William H Lee Jr.
home built by Dr W H Lee jr ca 1852
photo ca 1900
house burned 1970
Rev. John Piplin Lee also lived here
married 18 Dec 1852 Rebecca Ann [Annie R] Eure 1 Mar 1832 – 1873 age 41
dau of Nathaniel Eure and Martha Cross
a. Ann Lee ca 1856 –
b. Nat Lee ca 1858 –
3. Charlotte Adelia Lee
4. Amanda Malvina Lee
5. Permelia Maria Lee
6. Joshua McHarrell Lee
7. Esther Elizabeth Lee
8. Isaac Pipkin Lee 6 May 1824 – 7 Mar 1866
married 1 Oct 1857 Mary A Goodman 16 July 1842 – 30 Oct 1914
dau of Dempsey S Goodman [died 3 Feb 1853] & Sophia A [died 6 June 1856]
a. S. Lavenia Lee 18 July 1858 –
b. W. Telimicus Lee 1 Oct 1860 – 14 Dec 1888 age 27
c. Dempsey Cowan Lee 4 Sept 1862 – 4 Aug 1929
Mary A married 2nd 3 Nov 1870 Nathaniel Newsome
a. Robert J Newsome 15 Nov 1871 –
married 31 May 1898 Pearl Gaskin
b. Martha J B Newsome 26 Aug 1877 –
c. James G Newsome 15 Sept 1880 –
9. Annie Otelia Lee
Charity [Cherry] Lee 1790 – 1868 | her parents
& 1807 William Goodman 1782 – 1841 | his parents
of Gates Co NC
Children of Cherry Lee and William Goodman:
1. Baby Goodman died 1 Feb 1812
2. Henry Lee Goodman
3. Jethro Darden Goodman 1812 – 1882
J D Goodman home
photo early 1900’s
married 12 Feb 1834 Penniah Willey 1811 – 1848
a. Elizabeth Charity [Bettie] Goodman 1841 – 1913
married 19 Dec 1865 John Allen Edwards 1831 -1923 Gates Co, NC
b. William Hillary Lee Goodman Southampton Co, VA
married Josephine
c. Indiana M O Goodman
married A J Rawls Nansemond Co, VA
d. Margaret Penniah Goodman
married J S Long Gates Co, NC
e. Mary Edith Goodman dec bef 1882
f. Richard H Goodman dec bef 1882
4. Edith Goodman
married Charles Creecy [Creasy]
married 26 May 1853 Rev. Edward Howell 1797 – 1879
of Piney Grove/Reynoldson Baptist Church 1845 – 1868
5. Mary Elizabeth Goodman
Elizabeth Lee 1794/1801 – 1844 | her parents
& 1813 Lewis Eure Esq 1789 – 1828 | his parents
& ca 1831 Samuel Eure 1794 – 1838/40 | his parents
of Gates Co NC
Children of Elizabeth Lee and Lewis Eure:
1. Henry Lee Eure 1816/18 – 10 May 1867 Vaughn Bible
married 5 Dec 1850 Martha Jane Lovette 1827 – 1888
a. Henry Clay Eure 1852 – 1929 a butcher
married Nansemond co 26 June 1873 Alma S Freeman
dau of Richard B Freeman & Margaret A Savage
married Mary Fletcher Parker
b. Orren Henry Eure 1855 – 1896 a retd bar keeper
| e-mail from Susan Morrison I have been researching Nansemond Co. Court records and found: Alma S Freeman m H C Eure-June 26,1873 Her parents are Richard B Freeman & Margaret A Savage…[of Caleb Savage See Gates Co. Will Book 3 His parents Walton Freeman & Philicia Beeman] |
You can find them in Upper Parish 1860-1870-1880 census
Their children:
Alma S
John A is John Alexander owner of Freeman’s Mill-Nansemond
lived in Gates in Sears Freeman House
Robert Stonewall m Elizabeth Eugenia Jenkins /twin/ of Hertford
Richard Horace
Walter W
Richard B dies Nov 8 1867
Margaret marries John L Kitchen of Halifax NC
Alma S dies after having 2 children
and Henry Clay lives with his mother and brother
before marrying Mary F Parker
and having more children
Martha J Eure-widow of Henry L Eure-mother
Children:
Henry L
Richard Freeman see his death certificate
There are Deeds & Wills in Suffolk Court
My Great Grandparents are
Robert Stonewall Freeman & Elizabeth Eugenia Jenkins Freeman
- Mills H Eure 3 Dec 1821 – 1 Dec 1891 buried Winton, NC
married 1840/45 ? Williams ca 1801 – 1845/53
a. Alice Elizabeth Jane Eure 11 Jan 1845 – 12 Sepr 1910
married William Jesse Savage
married 1853 Sarah Louise Savage Jun 1835 – 27 Aug 1859
a. Mary [Mollie] Eure 16 Nov 1854 – 24 Nov 1900
married Patrick H Riddick
b. Sarah Ella Eure 24 April 1856 – 28 Aug 1933
married William Jordan
c. Mills Caleb Eure 16 Feb 1858 – 30 Mar 1893
3. Emma Melissa Eure 1815 – 31 Jan 1892 cb
married James Carter 1807/8 – 1883
4. Armecia [Artemesia] Eure 24 Jul 1818 – 2 Apr 1903
married 1833 John Everett 1804/13 – ca 1840
a. James Everett 1833/43 – 1863/76
i. Elizabeth [Lizzy] C Everett May 1863 – aft 1900
b. Mary Elizabeth Everett Sept 1839 – aft 1900
married John Brady jr.
married 1841/46 Marvin Jones died bef 1847
married Jan 1847 Thomas Barnes Langston 26 Nov 1817-1876
a. Thomas Henry Langston 1850 – 1907
married 1872 Mollie A March 1847 –
b. Edith Goodman Virginia Langston 1853 – 1934
married Edmund Janes [Ned] Freeman
c. William Dempsey Langston 1855 – 1939
married 1878 Sarah Margaret Goodman Darden died 1920
d. Sarah Levinia Langston 1858 – aft 1870
married George Parker
5. Mary Ann Eure 1820 VA – aft 1884
married James Sears
6. Cherry Lee Eure died bef 1847
married ca 1841 Thomas Barnes Langston 26 Nov 1817-1876
a. John Robert Langston 27 March 1842 – 1862 Civil War
b. Mary Elizabeth Langston 9 Jan 1844 –
Child of Elizabeth Lee and Samuel Eure:
1. Elisha H Eure ca 1833 – 1863/67
Ref: Guy Potts web site,
Winborne’s Colonial and State History of North Carolina
Records of Gates, Hertford and Bertie Counties, NC
“Pride of the Past -Hope of the Future, Piney Grove – Reynoldson Baptist Church 1827-1977” by Edith H Freeman Seiling and her mother
“Forgotten Gates ” by Thomas R Butchko
“Eure Genealogy 2000” compiled by David Powell
Is henry and john Lee brothers
Was Henry kin to John Lee born 1670 in England married to Mary Emerson from England to
I do not know.
I found sum pictures inside a house I cleaned of the family 4 are on glass photos I think they are original if u can contact me I’ll let u see them