John Jessee and
Frances Frankey Lea

John Jessee b about 1750 Cobbs Hyco Creek Orange Co NC (or Mecklenburg NC) d 1815 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA, s/o Henry Jessee and Elizabeth Unknown. John Jessee m. about 1775 Orange Co NC to Frances Frankey Lea b about 1752 Cobbs Hyco Creek, Orange Co NC (later Caswell Co NC) d after 1836 Reeds Valley, Russell Co VA, d/o William "Cobbs Creek" Lea and Mary "Polly" Barnett. Children of John Jessee and Frances "Frankey" Lea;

1. John Jessee Jr b about 1775 Cobbs Creek, Caswell Co NC d 1834 in Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA burial Ephraim Jessee G, Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA Jessee Family graveyard near their home, m. 11 Jan 1800 Orange Co NC to Mary "Polly" Armstrong b 1780 Orange Co NC, d/o John Armstrong and Anna Whitted. Children; Jefferson Jessee b 1802 Reeds Valley Russell Co VA, John Jessee b about 1803 Russell Co VA, Armstrong Jessee b before 1810 Russell Co VA, Joseph Jessee b Jan 1820 Russell Co VA, Archer Archable Jessee b after 1810 Russell Co VA and Catherine Jessee b about 1815 Russell Co VA.

2. Archer JESSEE b: 8 AUG 1776 in Cobbs Creek, Caswell Co., NC

3. William J. JESSEE b: 9 DEC 1779 in Cobbs Creek, Caswell Co., NC

4. Lea JESSEE b: 1781 in Cobbs Creek, Caswell Co., NC

5. David JESSEE b: 6 MAR 1783 in Cobbs Creek, Caswell Co., NC

6. Elizabeth JESSEE b: 20 DEC 1786/1791 in Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA

7. Mary "Polly" JESSEE b: Abt 1787 in Cobbs Creek, Caswell Co., NC

8. Frances JESSEE b: Abt 1787/1789 in Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA

9. Sarah "Sallie" JESSEE b: Abt AUG 1790/1792 in Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA

10. Boedicia "Dicy BIDDY" (BOADICEA) Jessee b: 22 MAY 1792 in Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA

11. James JESSEE b: 1794 in Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA

12. Rebecca JESSEE b: 20 JUL 1796 in Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA

13. Jane JESSEE b: 19 APR 1796 in Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA

14. George Lea JESSEE b: 1798 in Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA

15. Martin JESSEE b: 27 JAN 1801 in Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA

More About John Jessee

Source: Tom Rudder[tomr@infostations.com]

Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004

John Jessee died between 1 Aug. and 7 Nov. 1815. RC Law Order Book 5, p-234 indicates that he is alive on Aug. 1. Page 252 indicates that he is deceased on Nov 7. 1815. So he died in the 3rd. quarter of that yesr.

John Jessee was a soldier living in Caswell County, NC, during the American Revolution. He was listed as musician in Yarborough's 10th Regiment, serving from April 1781-April 22, 1782, and is listed again in Pierce's Register as Revolutionary War soldier. Listed on roster of NC soldiers in NC by the NCDAR pg. 12 & 138. Also listed in the DAR Patriot Index, pg. 368 and referenced in National DAR Record Numbers 360261, 395105, 447302, 476641, 438437, 295105.

John Jessee and his father Henry owned about 600 acres of land on Hico Creek, in Caswell Co., NC. This was ostensibly near "Moravian Land" and supports the idea that the Jessees may have been part of the Moravian settlement of NC. Most of John and Frankey's family became Baptists, and there were several generations of ministers in the Baptist tradition, indicating at least influence of the protestant/baptist movement, of which the Moravians were part.

This property is near Leasburg, NC, and the land records show that John Jessee obtained all of this land from the State of NC. He first appears on the Caswell Co. tax records in 1777, implying he did not own land before that date. In 1779 he bought 450 acres in the area of Hico Creek, Caswell County, from the State, in 1785 he bought 526 acres from Isaac Brown, who had obtained it from the State. In all he bought 976 acres but sold a total of 1078 acres, or 102 acres more in 1787. He may have received the additional land from Frankey Lea's family, which may not have been recorded. Caswell Co., NC records show 13 Oct 1787-John Jessee sold to Barnett Lea both of Caswell Co. NC for 100 pounds, 277 acres. Wit: George Lea and John McFarland.

THE CASWELL COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA TAX LISTS, 1777, 1780, AND 1784 (Copyright 1990 by T.L.C. Genealogy, PO Box 403369, Miami Beach, FL 33140-1369) provide , the fact that Henry and John Jessee (spelled variously Jessey in 1777 on pg. 12, or Jesse in 1780 on pg. 35, and the same in 1784 on pg. 67) are found together on the 1777 and 1780 rolls, but Henry is missing in 1784. These tax lists also provide evidence of several Lea families, one of which must be that of our Frankey Lea. Lastly, this publication included a map of Caswell Co., NC in 1777, illustrating the area in which the Jessee and Lea families lived, on Hico and Cobbs Creeks.

John Jessee relocated his family to Russell County, VA first settling at Bush's fort at Castlewood or in Upper District, Burke's Garden area. He first appears on Russell Co. tax list in 1788, and then bought land in Reeds Valley in 1790, near what is today the town of Lebanon, VA. John Jessee bought land on Cedar Creek from Thomas Price and Jane, wife, in Russell Co. on 25 Mar 1791. He eventually established his large family on several pieces of land in Reeds Valley on both sides of the headwaters of Beck's Branch and on Carr's Creek. Going north from Lebanon on Mill Creek (Carr's Creek was later named Mill Creek because of several mills there) toward Cleveland, this land is about 1/2 mile north of Jessee's Mill near top of hill on right side.

Source: Russell Co. Deed Book 1, p. 133: This land was first granted to Price 22 April, 1785. D.B. 1, p. 133. D.B. 8, p. 87, son Archer Jessee bought 118 acres from John Jessee, Sr.. D.B.8, p. 90, son George L. bought 82 acres from John Jessee, Sr.

Source: RC Deed Book 2, p. 483-485: 26 Mar 1798: Indenture between John Jessee & Frances Jessee, his wife aned Wilson Vermillion (all of Russell Co.)... L100...100 acres m/l.. on both sides of Cedar Creek the waters of Clinch River.. being a part of a tract of Land granted to Thomas Price of said county.. by patent bearing date 22 Apr 1785 and Bounded: ....near the mouth of Millstone branch... Sig. John Jesse, Frankey (X her mark) Jesse Acknowledged/Recorded 27 Mar 1798...Frankey, his wife, being privily examined...

Dean C. Jessee of Salt Lake City provides evidence for John Jessee's birth from what appears to be John Jessee's own Family Bible, last known to be in the possession of Mrs. Ruth Jessee of Abingdon, VA. Dean indicates that his parents obtained copies of pages of the Bible from Ruth, many years ago. One value of the document is that the words, "Born 1750 John Jessee his book" written on the first page, and very well in his own handwriting.

Source Dee Harding [mailto:deeharding@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 4:14 PM RE: Bible Records My information regarding the 'Jessee' bible is from my mother-in-law, Ninna B. Jessee Harding. (She was a sister of Ruth). She told me that Ruth did have the bible. Ruth is deceased but she had a son, Robert. There must be someone in Russell Co. that knows about Robert and who currently has the bible.

William Gilmore and Elizabeth his wife to John Jessee 24 Sept. 1794, 200 acres on both sides Carr's Creek, granted to Gilmore from the Commonwealth of Virginia by patent bearing date 16 August 1756.

According to tax records of Russell County, in 1798 John Jessee owned tracts of 250 acres and 100 acres along with four slaves. By 1810 he owned eight slaves, and later on, even more. (from Yates/Campbell, Volume 2., by Betty Campbell Yates, June 1993).

The original John Jessee land was sold to Archer Jessee and George Lea Jessee, by settlement of the John Jessee estate, and is duly recorded with the names and signatures of all 15 of John Jessee's children. All spelled their name with "ee" in this document. Russell Co. Will Book 2, p. 249, Nov. Term 1817. Settlement included "vouchers produced: Note due Abednego Kiser's estate, $3.28; 17 gls of whiskey fiurnioshed for the Sale, $1.50; Paid Andrew Cowan for crying the sale, $2.00, May 18, 1817. This is the single authoritive source identifying his 15 children and their spouses.

The Bransen Family later owned this land and the place was referred to as the Bransen Place. For many years this land was owned and managed ) by the family of Katherine Smith, wife of Dr. Roy Smith, a veterinarian, whose wife is a descendant of the Counts family. In 1994/95 it was sold to Mr. Jimmy Herndon of NC, whose parents live in Honaker.

Tom Rudder reports that a John Jesse is listed in the "Virginia Genealogist", Vol. 15 under British Mercantile Claims 1775-1803, pg. 287 as follows. "Debts due Dinwiddie Crawford & Company in their Upper Mecklenburg Co. store- (this is in VA just 40 miles north of Orange/Caswell Co. NC) [p. 37] John Jesse, L29.9.3, 1 Sept. 1772. Removed from this county before the peace, insolvent." and again "[p. 54] John Jesse (taylor). L29.9.3. Never was able." This implies that John Jesse came from Mecklenburg Co., VA to Caswell Co., NC between 1772 and 1777, when he shows up on Caswell Co. NC tax rolls.

Further evidence for a John Jesse(e) in Mecklenburg Co., VA comes from "Mecklenburg County, Virginia Deeds, 1765-1771" by T.L.C Genealogy, PO Box 403369, Miami, FL 33140-1369, Call # 975.5645 R2M at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT. Page 353. Mar 12, 1770 from Micaja Smithson of Parish of St. James and M, to Mathew Burt, for 200L, a certain tract of land...on the branches of Blue Stone Cr.... Wit-John Jesse Jr. Page 408. Feb 28, 1770 from Joel Parrish of Duplin Co., NC, to Richard Ragsdale of M, for 43L, a certain tract of land.... Wit-John Jesse....

From "Mecklenberg County, Virginia Deeds 1771-1776" Deed Book 3, Page 230. Sep 9, 1771 from William Hunt of M, to Bazzle Wagstaff of M, for 475L, 900 acres in M on Blue Stone Cr. .... Wit-John Jessee. Page 237. Nov. 11, 1771 from Ruben Eastridge and Delphey, his wife, of Charlotte County, to Griffen Smith of Amelia County, for 28L, a certain tract of land in M on the branches of Bluestone Cr. .... Wit-John Jesse.

The implied marriage date of John Jessee and Frankey Lea of 1775 is based on deduction from the Bible records for Archer Jessee, showing him as their second son, born in 1776. From this we also deduce that John Jessee Jr. was born about 1775, although we have no definitive information for either assumption.

John Jessee died before Nov. 17, 1815, as this date is the date of the recorded settlement of his estate, and not his actual death date. Source: Will Book 3, p. 169, Russell Co., VA. Heirs of John Jessee all signed a deed to Archer Jessee, 7 August 1827. This is the principle source for recording all 15 of John and Frankey's children, and their spouses. Source: D.B. 8, p. 87, Russell Co., VA.

"Because the Jessees were one of the earliest families to settle in Russell County, Virginia, and because the progenitor of this Russell family had so many children, the descendants of the Jessees are extremely numerous, with few people living in the County now who cannot trace their ancestry to the pioneer John Jessee, Sr. The Jessee family played an important role in the development of Russell County, serving in prominent places in the government, military, church, education, and civic affairs."

"A common thread that seems to dominate the Jessee family lies in its talent, its gregarious nature, and its high expectations of self. It was not surprising to learn that John Jessee, Sr. was a musician, since musical ability has abounded in many descendants of that man. It was not surprising to learn that John Sr's sons and grandsons had been politicians, since so many later Jessees have held numerous political positions. Most people who are descended from the Jessee clan seem to feel a sense of pride in their ancestry. " Betty Campbell Yates.

From research from the archives of the Virginia State Library in Richmond, some men of Russell, mostly residents of Moccasin, Reeds Valley, Casltelwood, Clinch River, and Copper Creek, along with a fewer number from Elks Garden, had petitioned to form an educational facility to be called amity Hall, on Dec. 9, 1813. On this list were names John Jessee, Charles Bickley, Samuel Porter, Archer and Archy Jessee, and many other names into whose families the Jessees married. Betty Campbell Yates.

Source: "Yates/Campbell" Vol. 2, by Betty Campbell Yates, June 1993.

See also "Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia" Roanoke Public Library, p. 172.

Source: Dr. Joy Malone [drjoym@bellsouth.net] Subject: Abstract of Caswell County Records Sent: 2/19/01 It could be that George Lea was an Attorney and that is why he is on the deeds, note on the deed # 106 George Lea signs for Isaac Brown as Atty. in (can't make out the word could be fact).

Caswell County, NC Will Books 1777-1814, (Abstracts by Katharine Kerr Kendall, Index by Mary Frances Kerr Donaldson 1979) The 1784 Tax list - St Lawrence District lists John Jesse 631 Hico 1-0 & Moravian land.

Caswell County, NC., DB "A" p. 496 # 184, Dec 20, 1779 John Jessee purchased 450 acres of land for the sum of fifty Shillings for every Hundred acres. Signed by Richard Caswell Esq. our Governor Captain General and Commander in Chief At Kingston. The twentieth day of December in this fourth year of our Independence and in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy Nine.( Certified copy on file)

Caswell County, NC., DB "B" p. 31 John Jessee sold land for 50lbs of proclamation money, 450 acres to John Hodge of Caswell Co. March 4, 1783. (copy on file)

Caswell County NC., DB "B" p. 468, State of NC #721 to Hearndon Harrelson 66 acres...adjacent to John Jessee's land. November 10, 1784. (copy on file)

Caswell County NC., DB "C" p. 106, Isaac Brown sold 526 acres to John Jessee for 100 lbs. S. Hico Cr, adj. Richard Lea .... The deed is signed Isaac Brown by George Lea, Atty.in ____. July 19, 1785. (Certified copy on file)

Caswell County NC., DB "E" p. 200, John Jessee of Caswell County to Barnett Lea for 100 lbs., 277 acres on S. Hico ......Witness George Lea, John McFarland, October 13, 1787. (Certified copy on file)

Caswell County NC., DB "E" p. 208, John Jessee of Caswell County to William Warren of Halifax Co., VA for 100 Lbs., 75 acres......Witness George Lea October 14, 1787. (Certified copy on file)

Caswell County NC., DB "E" p. 209, John Jessee of Caswell County to William Warren of Halifax Co., VA for 100 Lbs., 276 acres......Witness George Lea October 15, 1787. (Certified copy on file)

Source: Pioneer Recollections - Virginia Priscilla Harding - August 24, 1942 - Carterton, Virginia (Page 167)

I am in my 93rd year, having been born in 1849. My parents were Aaron Gose and his wife, Nancy Powell Dickenson Gose. May father's mother was Elizabeth Jessee.

I have heard that the first old Jessee to come to this section was John Jessee. He was my grandmother Gose's father and lived up above here in Reeds Valley where Lihu Counts now lives. I have heard that he cut and split a hundred rails the day he was 100 years old. I don't know much about part of his children. The following were some of them:

John Jessee, Jr. lived about where his grandson, Ephriam Jessee, later lived up the valley. He had three sons.

1. Joseph Jessee - Lived at the Eph. Jessee place. He married Cynthia Smith (of Castlewood, not related to Billy Smith of near Cleveland). Their children were: Timothy, Tivis, Ephriam, Mary (married (Dr. __________ Gilmer), Sylvesta (Married John Purcell), Eliza (married John Browning of Clintwood, Dickenson County), and Eunice (married Abel Smith of Billy.

2. Jefferson Jessee Married Nancy Counts and lived at the forks of the road on Meade Branch - where the Caterton road crosses the valley road.

3. Armstrong Jessee Lived here and there amoung his relatives mostly. He was witty by improvident. I don't think he ever married.

I don't know whether this John Jessee had any girls.

Elizabeth Jessee (my grandmother) grew up at the E. K. Counts place and married George Gose. The son of Stephen and Barbara Ketron Gose. Stephen was a captain in the Revolutionary War. His wife's people - Catron or Ketron - were from Holland. The Goses lived in Lower Castlewood. My grandfather, George Gose, was married twice. The first time to Elizabeth Jessee, and their children were: John, Aaron (my father), Barbara (married Frank Habern), Annie (married Robert ____ Burk), Dicey (married Calab Osborn(e)), Mary married Jim Long), Eliza (married 1. David Gilmer; 2. __________ Stone), Frankie (married Charles Gilmer), Temperance (married Axley Gilmer), Elizabeth married (_________ Alexander), and Cynthia (married __________ Clinton). His second wife was Elizabeth Cowan and their children were Cowan, Charles, Maryann (married John Chafin), Martha (Patsy) (married William Leece) and Nancy (died about 4 years).

David Jessee was a Baptist preacher, and his son, John Jessee, was also a Baptist preacher, who married a Candler and lived in Lee County, Virginia.

One of the Jessee girls (whose name I don't remember) married Fleming Burk and lived in the upper part of the county.

Lea Jessee lived up near George L. Jessee's (E. K. Counts) but moved west early.

Polly Jessee married Ab Kiser, and after his death at the fight at ________ Creek, she married Jimmy Chafin. He had no children by her, but later married and had children.

I never heard of Phillip Jessee.
..........

My mother was Nancy Powell Dickenson, a daughter of Henry Dickenson and Elizabeth Bickley Dickenson. Grandmother Dickenson was a daughter of Charles Bickley, whose last wife was a Hatler. She was my mother's grandmother and was part french. They settled somewhere between St. Paul and Castlewood.

NOTICE: The parentage and birth of Frances/Frankey Lea or Lee is much disputed and her placement here is SPECULATION, as we do not have any positive proof of her parentage

Conjecture and a good deal of family lore, indicates she is a kin to Robert E. Lee, the daughter of a Richard and Lillie Lee, born in 1752. Still others indicate she was the sister to Richard Lightfoot Lee. All of these are apparently incorrect, as there is no indication of a Frances or Frankey Lee born at the right time to be our Frankey Lea, nor is there a record for the marriage of any Lee family daughter to a John Jessee. Based on the names of her children both Lea and George Lea, I believe she spelled her name LEA.

One leading possibility is that she is the daughter of John Lea and Winneyfred, born in 1755. This was widely recorded in early research, principly by Col. Howard Gilmer Jessee, who is a prominent family genealogist. Later research based on the recorded Will of John Lea, 1803, castes doubt on this premise.

The 2006 Research of the Rev. Dr. Cynthia Forde speculates that Frankey is the daughter of George Lea, son of this William Lea, and Lucy Tolbert, born in 1761. That she is the grandaughter of this William Lea and Mary Barnett, not the daughter. It would mean she was 14 when she married John at 25. I do not see the alignment of names and other characteristics to make this the leading candidate, but it must be further researched. This would also differentiate Col. George Lea, I had speculated to be a brother of Frankey who married Jeanette Logan Douglas and has a son William Archer Lea, from the George Lea RIN 5287, who married Lucy Tolbert, that Dr. Forde speculates are the real parents of our Frankey Lea. The good news is that with all these overlapping names and generation, they are all in the same Lea family, unless of course our Frankey Lea isn't!

Tom Rudder asserts, and I concur, that our Founding Mother Frankey is the unrecorded daughter of William Lea of Cobbs Creek and wife Mary "Polly" Barnett, making her a brother of Col. George Lea [now disputed], or at least a George Lea and several others who are well recorded in Caswell, Co., NC. Frankey's names for her children are most consistent with this assumption, because most of the names she uses are only found in this branch of the Lea family. John and Frankey name their children as follows: John Jr., then Archer (possible her mother's maiden name), then William after her father, Lea (after her own maiden name), David (source unknown), Boedicia (after an alleged sister, see below), Mary "Polly" (after her mother), Frances (after herself), Sarah (after her sister), James (after her brother), Elizabeth (after her sister?), Rebecca (source unknown), George Lea (after her brother who was a prominent citizen and tended to many legal issues for John and Frankey in Caswell Co.), Martin and Jane (sources unknown).

I wonder how in the world V. Bales got the idea that the name "Archer" was actually "Archibald". She had not seen the many records listing the "Archer" name in the William and Mary Lea family. Not one hint that it could have been "Archibald". When Kerr said "An Archer connection comes to light in this branch of the Lea family. Some-where a mother or grandmother was nee Archer" she sure wasn't talking about an "Archibald". When all the other family members used the the "Archer" name not one has been called "Archibald" in the records. I guess this is how family legends get started.

According to Zella Detweiler, "George Lea witnesed the wedding of a Boedicia Lea, I believe it is said to a McFarland, date I also believe was 1776 or a year or so later. This very well could have been a sister of our Frankey."

Frankey Lea is recorded in the 1830 Russell Co. Census as being between the ages of 70 and 80, with one other living in her household. Several family genealogy records indicate her birth as 1752, with no source for this information given.

Source: : Rachelle Jessee Ross [mailto:rachelle@redsuccess.com]

Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 6:39 PM

Subject: Frances Lea Jessee

I too have been searching for the elusive Frances Lea Jessee with frustratingly little progress. I did want to send you a note that was given to me by my uncle Dean Jessee, with a source for Frankey's birth, death and marriage dates. The search goes on! I come through the line or Archer Samuel Jessee, Albert Browning, James Ogden, Phillip Cornell, and Donald Boss Jessee, my father.

Maud Florance Harrelson, Lee Family History, typescript in possession of Dean C. Jessee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Gives birth and death dates as 1755 and 1836 and marriage date, 1775.

The following is New Information as of 3/2006, and represents a different pedigree for Frankey Lea Jessee, although still within the same Lea families of Caswell and Person Co, NC.

Source: Lea Family Ancestry by Raquel Lindaas, Heritage Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT, for the Rev. Dr. Cynthia Forde, March 2006.

Dr. Cynthia Ford provided the following document, with the recorded Lea Family informnation shown here. It extends, and changes and hopefully corrects much previous information recorded, but aligns families differently, based on the latest research.

NOTE: Tom Rudder has refuted that Frankey is a daughter of George Lea and Lucy Tolbert, and I concur (3/17/2006), but the pedigree here puts her in the Family of William and Mary Lea, with which Tom and I both agree, and it extends both descendants and the pedigree of William Lea.

Ancestors of Frankey Lea

Generation No. 1

1. Frankey Lea, born 1761. She was the daughter of 2. George Lea and 3. Lucy Tolbert. She may have married John Jessee

Generation No. 2

2. George Lea, born 16 Jan 1738/39; died 1825. He was the son of 4. William Lea and 5. Mary Barnett. He married 3. Lucy Tolbert 3. Lucy Tolbert, born 26 Jul 1739; died 1813. Children of George Lea and Lucy Tolbert are:

i. Judith Lea

ii. Lettice Lea

iii. Green Lea, married Peggy Moffett.

1 iv. Frankey Lea, born 1761.

v. Sarah Geo Lea, born 10 Mar 1764; married Henry Black.

vi. Sarah Lea, born 10 Mar 1764; married Henry Black.

vii. Ransom Lea, born 1768; married Cathey Miles ?.

viii. Rhoda Lea, born 1771; married William Miles.

ix. Eunice Geo Lea, born 1771; married Nathaiel Deane.

x. Temple Lea, born 09 Nov 1773; died Bef. 22 Aug 1834; married Nancy Moffett; died 17 Feb 1864 in Independence, Texas..

Generation No. 3

4. William Lea, born Abt. 1714; died Abt. 1762. He was the son of 8. Capt. John Lea and 9. Ann Taylor. He married 5. Mary Barnett. 5. Mary Barnett Children of William Lea and Mary Barnett are:

i. Zachariah Lea, died in Caswell County, NC; married Mary Ann Unknown; born 1753.

ii. William Lea, died Abt. 1804 in South Hyco Creek, Person County, North Carolina; married Francis White Abt. 1755; born Abt. 1739.

iii. Barnett Lea, married Mourning Roan ?.

2 iv. George Lea, born 16 Jan 1738/39; died 1825; married Lucy Tolbert.

v. Sarah Lea, born 1741; married George Runnels.

vi. James Lea, born 1743; died 1816 in Caswell County, NC; married Elizabeth (Major) Lea.

vii. Richard Lea, born Abt. 1745.

viii. John Lea, born 1749; married Peggy Saterfield.

Generation No. 4

8. Capt. John Lea, born Abt. 1677 in King and Queen County, Virginia; died Abt. 1729 in King and Queen County, Virginia.. He was the son of 16. Col. William Leigh/Lea and 17. Mary Green. He married 9. Ann Taylor Abt. 1698 in King and Queen County, Virginia.. 9. Ann Taylor, born 12 Jan 1681/82; died Abt. 1731 in King and Queen County, Virginia. Children of Capt. Lea and Ann Taylor are:

i. Daughter Lea, married John Key.

ii. Daughter Lea, married Robert Baylor.

iii. John Lea, born Abt. 1700; died 1727; married Ann Carter Abt. 1720 in Probably in King and Queen Co, Virginia; born Abt. 1703.

iv. Catherine Lea, born Abt. 1702; married (1) George Priddy; married (2) Richard Shackelford.

v. Elizabeth Lea, born Abt. 1709; married (1) Zachary Taylor; married (2) Swan Jones.

4 vi. William Lea, born Abt. 1714; died Abt. 1762; married Mary Barnett.

vii. James Lea, born Abt. 1716 in King and Queen County, Virginia.; died Aft. 1797 in Caswell County, North Carolina; married Anne Bankston; born Abt. 1726 in probably York County, Pennsylvania; died Aft. 1793 in Gloucester Dist., Caswell County, North Carolina.

Generation No. 5

16. Col. William Leigh/Lea, born Abt. 1654 in Charles City, County, Virginia.; died Bef. 28 May 1703 in King and Queen County, Virginia.. He was the son of 32. Capt. William Lea and 33. Catherine Anne Ironmonger. He married 17. Mary Green Abt. 1675 in King and Queen County, Virginia.. 17. Mary Green, born Abt. 1655 in Probably Virginia.; died Abt. 1703 in Probably King and Queen County, Virginia.. She was the daughter of 34. Charles Green and 35. Elizabeth Iverson. Children of Col. Leigh/Lea and Mary Green are:

8 i. Capt. John Lea, born Abt. 1677 in King and Queen County, Virginia; died Abt. 1729 in King and Queen County, Virginia; married Ann Taylor Abt. 1698 in King and Queen County, Virginia..

ii. Elizabeth Lea, born Abt. 1679; married William Haines.

iii. Mary Lea, born Abt. 1679; married Valentine Ware; born Abt. 1670.

iv. Philadelphia Lea, born Abt. 1680; married William Ballard Abt. 1700.

v. William Leigh or Lea, born Abt. 1682 in St. Stephens Parish, New Kent County/ Essex County, Virginia.; died 10 Mar 1784 in Probably King and Queen County, Virginia; married Frances Major Bef. 1705 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia; born 19 Nov 1688 in New Kent County, Virginia; died Bef. 1784 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Generation No. 6

32. Capt. William Lea, born Abt. 1623 in Lea Hall, Cheshire, England; died Abt. 1663 in King and Queen, Virginia. He was the son of 64. William Lea and 65. Mary Dawkes. He married 33. Catherine Anne Ironmonger Abt. 1649 in New Kent, VA. 33. Catherine Anne Ironmonger, born Abt. 1632. She was the daughter of 66. Samuel IRONMONGER and 67. Bridget Cordray. Children of Capt. Lea and Catherine Ironmonger are:

i. James Leigh/Lea, born Abt. 1649 in Mattaponi River, King and Queen, VA.

ii. Francis Leigh/Lea, born Abt. 1651 in New Kent, VA.

iii. Allister Leigh/Lea, born Abt. 1652 in New Kent, VA.

16 iv. Col. William Leigh/Lea, born Abt. 1654 in Charles City, County, Virginia.; died Bef. 28 May 1703 in King and Queen County, Virginia; married Mary Green Abt. 1675 in King and Queen County, Virginia..

34. Charles Green, born Abt. 1629 in Charles City, County, Virginia.. He married 35. Elizabeth Iverson Abt. 1654 in Charles County, Virginia. 35. Elizabeth Iverson, born Abt. 1630 in Charles City, County, Virginia.. Child of Charles Green and Elizabeth Iverson is:

17 i. Mary Green, born Abt. 1655 in Probably Virginia.; died Abt. 1703 in Probably King and Queen County, Virginia; married Col. William Leigh/Lea Abt. 1675 in King and Queen County, Virginia..

Generation No. 7

64. William Lea, born Abt. 1588 in Cheshire, England; died 22 Mar 1652/53 in James City, County, Virginia. He was the son of 128. ? Lea. He married 65. Mary Dawkes. 65. Mary Dawkes, born in England. Children of William Lea and Mary Dawkes are:

i. James Lea, born Abt. 1620.

ii. Francis Lea, born Abt. 1620.

iii. Allister Lea, born Abt. 1620.

32 iv. Capt. William Lea, born Abt. 1623 in Lea Hall, Cheshire, England; died Abt. 1663 in King and Queen, Virginia; married Catherine Anne Ironmonger Abt. 1649 in New Kent, VA.

v. Mary Lea, born Abt. 1625.

66. Samuel IRONMONGER, born Abt. 1607 in Donnington, Berkshire, England; died in Probably Virginia. He married 67. Bridget Cordray. 67. Bridget Cordray, born Abt. 1604 in Chute, Wiltshire, England; died in Probably Virginia. Children of Samuel IRONMONGER and Bridget Cordray are:

33 i. Catherine Anne Ironmonger, born Abt. 1632; married Capt. William Lea Abt. 1649 in New Kent, VA (her name has been disputed; but an Ironmonger historian tells me it is accurate.)

ii. Elizabeth Ironmonger, born Abt. 1636.

iii. Francis Ironmonger, born Abt. 1633 in Virginia.

Generation No. 8

128. ? Lea He was the son of 256. Nicholas Lea.

Child of ? Lea is: 64 i. William Lea, born Abt. 1588 in Cheshire, England; died 22 Mar 1652/53 in James City, County, Virginia; married Mary Dawkes.

Generation No. 9

256. Nicholas Lea Child of Nicholas Lea is:

128 i. ? Lea.

Source: Francis at franinma@adelphia.net, forwarded to me by a donor who wished to be kept anonymous. Re;. Frankey Lea, wife of John Jessee

Daughter of George and Lucy (Tolbert)

Son of William and Mary (Barnett)

Son of Capt/Maj John and Ann (Taylor)

Son of Col Wm. and Mary (Green)

Son of Col Wm. and Catherine Anne (Ironmonger)*

Son of William (The Immigrant) and Mary (Dawkes)

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Catherine Anne Ironmonger ca 1624- daughter of Samuel and Bridgett (Corderoy) Ironmonger, Jr son of Samuel and Anna (LAWSON) Ironmonger son of William and Alice/Alyce (Davis/Davys) Ironmonger

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The above information was given to me many years ago by Francis at franinma@adelphia.net Please contact him directly for more information/clarification.