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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Author: Wesley Clayton Dawson, Jr
David Lee was born in Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey in 1740. He was the only child of Joshua Lee (1713 – 1743) and Hannah Dove (1718 – 1748)
His 4th Great Grandfather, Robert Lee (1600 – 1663) immigrated to America from England, via Barbados, circa 1635. Robert Lee, his wife, and children settled in present-day New York. Following generations of Lees had resided in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey before David relocated to Prince William County, Virginia.
David’s 3rd Great Grandfather, Augustine Clement (1604 – 1674), was born in Berkshire, England. He emigrated from Southampton aboard the ship “James” in April 1635, arriving at present-day Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts in June as part of the Great Migration. “Old-Time New England,” Volume LVIII, No.3, January-March 1968 bestows upon him the title “Father of American Painting.”
David married Margret Perrine in Shrewsbury, New Jersey on August 6, 1761.
Margaret’s Great Grandfather, Daniel Perrin (1642 – 1719) was one of the first permanent European inhabitants of Staten Island, New York. Known as "The Huguenot,” he arrived in New York Harbor from the Isle of Jersey on July 29, 1665 aboard the ship “Philip”, under the command of Philip Carteret (the first Royal Governor of New Jersey). He lived in Elizabethtown, part of the Elizabethtown Tract (now Elizabeth, New Jersey), for a while before moving across the Arthur Kill and settling on Staten Island. In 1692, he was granted 80 acres of land by Governor Benjamin Fletcher in an area along the south shore of Staten Island then known as Smoking Point. During the Revolutionary War, this area was known as Blazing Star and is now known as Rossville. The Staten Island neighborhood of Huguenot is named after him and the other Huguenots who settled in the area during the late 17th century and early 18th centuries.
David Lee, Margaret and seven children relocated to present-day Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia between the birth of their seventh child (Elizabeth, 1775) and eighth (Margaret, 1779).
His Patriot Service was in the form of having rendered material aid. (ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 3, P 807).
David Lee did well in his adopted home state. He acquired substantial acreage in both Prince William and Loudoun Counties.
David died at his home “Willow Green Estate” on Mar 17, 1809 at the age of 69 and is buried at the Lee Family Cemetery in Loudon County.
His wife lived for another eight years...
David Lee is the 5th Great Grandfather of Compatriot Wesley Clayton Dawson, Jr.
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