Lee File

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LEE FAMILY:	Ref:  Columbia County PA Historical Society, Orangeville PA.  Submitted by Nancy Sweeney.

1678	Anthony Lee born near Mansfield, Nothinghamshire, Eng.

1700	Lee family came to America

1719	John Lee born 11 Nov., son of Anthony Lee & Mary Whitaker, who was the daughter of  Charles Whitaker and Sarah Baker.

1720	Jane Hughes born 1 Nov., daughter of Roland Hughes and Ellen Evans.

1740	(estimated year) Jane Hughes married John Lee.

1752	Ruth Cleaver born 2 Feb., probably daughter of John Cleaver, Franklin Twp., and from Chester Co. PA.

1756	Nathan Lee born 1 Apr., son of John Lee and Jane Lee (Hughes).

1772	(estimated year) Ruth Cleaver married Nathan Lee.

1785	Hughes & Lee families mentioned as earliest Quaker settlers in the Roaring Creek valley.

1792	Susannah Lee Born Sept. in Roaring Creek, PA.  Father Nathan Lee, Grandfather John 	Lee, Great Grandfather Anthony Lee family came from Nothinghamshire, Eng. in 1700.