Henry Lee & Mary Elizabeth Pipkin

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!!


Pipkin-G-E-House2
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

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Dr. William H Lee
charter member and deacon of Piney Grove Chutch/Reynoldson

  1. 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
  2. Charity [Cherry] Lee 1790 – 1868
    married 22 Sept 1807 William Goodman 1782 -1841 Gates Co
    son of Henry
  3. 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

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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

Lee-DrWHjr
Dr. William H Lee Jr.

Lee-home-1900
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

Goodman-Jethro-house-1900
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

  1. 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

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