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LEE



Edward Lee (d. 1727) came to Guilford about 1675 and married in 1676 (Elizabeth Wright, daughter of Benjamin. She died about 1685 and he married Abigail Stevens, daughter of Thomas Guilford. He is supposed to be a brother of:

George Lee of Saybrook who married Martha ______ and died in 1728, and of:

John Lee of East Guilford.

Five sons of this clan were soldiers in the Revoltion.

See numbers 30, 108, 117, 121, 389, 735 1069, 1313.

LEETE
(The Family William Leete by Edward L. Leete, 1884).

Thomas Leete by Ockington, Cambridgeshire, married Maria Slade, of Rushton Northamptonshire. His son:

John Leete of Ockington, married Anna Shute, daughter of Robert Shute, one of the Justices of the King's bench. Thier son:

William Leete* (1612-1683) came to Guilford with Rev. Henry Whitfield and was afterwards Governor. He was bred to the law and served a considerable time as clerk in the Bishop's Court at Cambridge, England, where , observing the oppressions and cruelties practiced on the concientious and virtuous Puritans, he was led to examine more thoroughly their doctrines, and eventually to became a Puritan himself and to give up his office.

He married (1) about 1638 Anne Payne daughter of Rev. John Payne, the mother of all his children. He owned Leete's Island which has been in the family to the present time.

Coat of Arms:

Argent on a fesse, gules, between two rolls of

Matches, Sable, fired proper, on a martlett, Or.

Crest

On a ducal coronet Or an antique lamp,

Or, fired proper.

See numbers 199, 535, 924, 937 1798 2034, 2044, 2313.

MEIGS

(Record of Descendants of Vincent Meigs by Return J. Meigs).

1. William Meggs, died in London, September 22, 1559, married Anne ______. Their son: