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LEE BIBLE
Description – The HOLY BIBLE containing OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS together with the APOCRYPHA. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by M Carey, No. 121 Chestnut Street 1816.
Large Bible (9 x 11 x 3). Front cover brown, back cover missing. Three family pages starting on p.677. An additional family record pasted on the inside of front cover and first page. Also, four pages of family information after the APOCRYPHA.
Marriages – p.677 [all in the same handwriting]
Oct 1802 Oct 10 1831
Joel Lee to Patience Westcot Edward W Lee to Ann Maria Williams
John J Lee to Mary Jane Seely John J Lee to Almena Burton
Dec 31 1840 March 25, 1846
Aug 21, 1822 April 1834
David F White to Emeline Lee John W Thompson to Augusta Lee
Oct 19 1830 Jany 23 1839
Robert Bennett to Julia A Lee George G Scott to Lucy P Lee
Oct 24 1843 Oct 5 1840
Frances B Lee to Callender Beecher Nathaniel M Clark to Mary E Lee
p. 678
Births - Died –
Joel Lee 12 Apl 1776 September 13. 1850 Died
Patience Wescot 22 Feby 1784 Died March 24. 1866
1803 Nov 24th Julia Ann Lee Died Dec 10. 1882
1805 July 5th Mary Jane Lee Died November 26. 1808
1807 March 6th Emeline Lee Died Jany 1. 1877
1809 May 3rd Edward W Lee Died August 3.1891
1811 Nov 6 Augusta I Lee Died May 17. 1871
1814 April 24th Lucy P Lee Died Jany 10. 1883
1817 August 22nd John J Lee Died Aug 6. 1887
1819 July 20th Mary E Lee Died Nov 29. 1896
1822 Oct 6th Frances B Lee Died Feb 5. 1913
1825 Feb 22nd George W Lee Died in Virginia City Sep 26, 1879
p. 679
Births – [repeat of previous births and the following two articles pasted on page]
Joshua B Aldridge aged 76 – article about funeral at Episcopal Church.
Joel Lee – Obituary -“In this village on the 13th inst., Joel Lee, in his 75th year of his age”
p.680
Obituaries – pasted on page [not completely copied here]
John J Lee – survived by wife Almena and daughter Isabel B Lee “and of his father’s family”, a brother Edward W Lee and two sisters, Mrs. Frances L McLean of this village [Ballston Spa] and Mrs. Mary Clark of St. Johns, NB.
Mrs. Almena Lee – “the relict of the late John J Lee”… a member of Christ (Episcopal) Church.
Note: [Written in the margin of this page] – “Mrs. Lee was descended on the matralineal side from the family of Grenelle from which the ‘Rue de Grenelle’ in Paris is named. They were French Hueguenots who fled from France to England, later to America at Newport [?]..where Matthew Grinnell settled.” [very hard to read]
Loose – The following were found loose after the family pages.
George C Beecher – (article about funeral)
Hon George Gordon Scott – died Sept 7, 1886. [husband of Lucy Lee]
Survived by three children, Mrs. E C Clark of Saratoga Springs, Mrs. C O McCreedy and James L Scott, Esq.
Mrs. Frances Lee McLean – 91, “oldest resident of Ballston” – survived by two grandchildren, Mrs. James M Andrews, of Schenectady and Miss Frances McLean Beecher of this village [Ballston Spa].
Also found loose, some fragile newpaper articles featuring pictures of Lees. A Major Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, a representative in Havana, Cuba. [no dates or indication of relationship to family]
Family Record pasted in the front of the Bible- with the handwritten note, “I make the request that whoever owns this Bible in years to come will not remove my family record of my Father”. [signed] Isabella Burton Lee.
Family Names Born Married Died
When When, Where When
and & by Whom and
Parents Where Where
John J Lee B. Spa Dec 31, 1840 in B. Spa August 6.1887
Aug 22,1817 by Eldr N. Fox B. Spa
Mary Jane Seeley New Boston February 6. 1843 Nov 6,1819 B. Spa
Children
Mary Ada Patience B. Spa August 1, 1843
Jany 10.1843 B. Spa
Jane Agnes Eleanor B. Spa August 7, 1843
Jany 10.1843 B. Spa
Parents
Almena Burton Hosick Corners March 25, 1846 April 11, 1889
June 6, 1818 at Troy by Rev.
C [D] Babcock
Children
Joseph Burton B. Spa Sept 7, 1847
June 17,1847 B. Spa
Isabella Burton B. Spa Dec 5, 1888 Jan 12, 1926
Mar 14,1849 at Ballston Spa at Savannah, Georgia
at Mrs. McLean’s
by Dr Pelletreau
to James Emmett Parmenter
[The following is a handwritten genealogy by Isabella Burton Lee. It is difficult to read and some dates and names differ from others I have seen in published sources. However, I have transcribed the information exactly as it was written though there may be transcription errors.] JW
Julia A Lee and Robert Bennett were married Oct 19 1830, had one child Robert C Bennett who was born Aug 31-1832 and died Feb 24-1872 – He was not married. Julia Lee Bennett married for her second husband, Jonathan S Beach – no children.
Emeline Lee Married D Fonda White Aug 21, 1822
Children – John T B White born 1824
Maria Elizabeth White born 1827
Susan Mary White born 1829
[?] White born 1834 d 1839
Joel Lee White born 1838 d 1840
Joel Lee White born 1841 d 1850
Catherine F White born 1843
J T B White married Juliet M Beset Oct 1848
Children – George Newell White b 1849 d 1851
William W White b 1850 d 1851
George W White b 1851
Ida May White b 1853
Frederick B White b 1856
John Stanley White b 1859
S Mary White married John D Osborne April 29 1849
Children - John White Osborne b 1852
married Mary Louise [B---s] April 10-1881
Ch. Marie b 1882
Frances b 1885
Florence b. 1895
Nellie Osborne b 1860 d 1860
Catherine F White m. Victor Emmanuel Myer 1871
Children - Emma b 1872
married Ernest L Prior in 1892 (Ch Doris,1893;Malcolm 1900)
Jenny b 1873
[H?] Lee b 1874
Clara b 1875
Edward Smith b 1877
Augustus b 1878
married Anna 1901 (Ch. Elizabeth b 1902)
Emeline b 1880
Katherine Meyer married Paul Reed Curtis 1902 [possibly this is another daughter of Catherine White and Victor Emmanuel Myer, not listed previously]
Mary Elizabeth and David Maxwell m. Oct 11 1849
Children - Elizabeth b 1850
married Edward A Smith Feb 26, 1868
(Ch Blanche M b 1872; Florence b 1879
Euphemia b 1852
married Henry J Parmenter – (no date)
(Ch C Wallace b 1882; Victor Alexander b 1889; Maxwell Arthur b 1897
Margaret b 1860
Mary b 1862
Walter K b 1865 }twins
Anna B b 1865 }
Edward Lee and Anna Maria Williams were married Oct 10 1831
Children - Margaret M b 1832
Sarah W b 1835 d 1835
James E b 1836 d 1879
Anna C b 1837
Josephine b 1839 d 1839
Josephine b 1840 d 1840
Augusta T b 1842 d 1843
Mary J b 1844
Daniel S b 1845
Walter S b 1846
Sarah W b 1848
Samuel L b 1856 d 1856
Margaret M Lee m. Frederick T Powell Jan 26 1865
Children - Alice Thompson b. 1865
married Thomas C Luthers June 21 1887
(Ch Thomas Frederick b 1894)
Harry Lee b 1869
married Emily E Vaughn Dec 30 1897
Anna Cady Lee m. John Arbuckle Oct 13 1869
no children
Sarah Wendall Lee m. Edmond F Grose Oct 20 1868
Children - Walter Lawrence b. 1870
Elizabeth Wendall b. 1877 d 1878
Edward Lee b. 1875
Anna Lee b. 1872 d 1872
Walter Stewart Lee m. Linda Cantrell Oct 10 1879
Children - Edward Stewart b. 1886
Bessie b. 1885 d 1885
Augusta Isabella Lee married John Whalen Thompson April 1835
Children - George Lee b 1836 d 1895
Alice b 1837 d 1898
Samuel b 1838 d 1899
Frank b 1843
George Lee Thompson m. Cara Agnes Blish June 14 1876
Children – John Whalen b June 16 1877
Anna Augusta b Aug 12 1879
George Lee b Mar 26 1881
Lucy Pitkin Lee married George Gordon Scott Jan 23 1839
Children - George b 1840 d 1841
Mary Gordon b 1842
Julia Georgiana b 1845
Caroline Fowler b 1847 d 1899
George Lee b 1850 d 1851
James Lee b 1856
Caroline Fowler Scott m. Charles Oscar McCreedy Oct 11 1871
Children - Gordon b 1872
Charles Oscar b 1875
Cora Lee b 1878 d 1881
Robert Clark b 1880
[B--] May b 1882 d 1882
Lucy Lee b 1885
James Lee Scott married [Nathalie] Heloise Hall Oct 1886
Children - Burton [Brenton?] Hall Scott b 1890
James Lee Scott married Anna May Boone June 17 1896
Children - Gordon Boone Scott b 1897
John Joseph Lee married Almena Marian Burton [previously listed]
Mary Elizabeth Lee married Nathanial Clark Oct 5 1840
Children - Horace B b 1841 d 1842
Joel Lee b 1843 d 1845
Elizabeth b 1846 d 1847
Mary Elizabeth b 1848
Isabella Lee b 1855 d 1890
William Horton b 1863
Mary Elizabeth Clark married James Jordan Jun 22 1871
Children - Mary Isabel b Nov 1872
Gilbert Clark b Oct 1874
Herbert Lee b J 1876
Alice b 1878 d 1880
Ella Beecher b June 1880
[F---] Ernest b Aug 1882
Clarence b Dec 1886
Harriet E b March 1890
Frances [Barnum?] Lee married Callender Beecher Oct 24 1843
Children - Joseph
George Callender b 1844 d 1880
John F b 1846 d 1847
Elizabeth Ellen b 1849 d1890
Frances B Lee Beecher married John McLean Mar 1, 1864
George C Beecher married Clara Horton [no date]
Children - William McLean b 1874 d 1874
James Horton b 1874
Nellie H b 1876
Fannie McLean b 1878
[The following entries are at the end and in a different handwriting:]
Charles O McCreedy married Antoinette Newell Nov 8 1899
Gordon McCreedy married Harriett Sherwood April 16th 1900
Phyllis b Oct 1901 d Oct 1901
Gordon Scott Jr. b. July 2 1903
[Pasted on the next page:] – A notice from Ballston Spa National Bank on August 6 1887 announcing the death of John J Lee. A portion of a newspaper article is pasted on the same page, “Ballston Spa – A portrait of the late John J Lee has been placed in the Ballston Spa National Bank, of which the deceased was cashier for forty-eight years.”
Location – Brookside Museum, 6 Charlton St., Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Catalog # - 1968.039.0005a U107L04 Transcribed by J. Wickizer: April 2012
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