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Hancock (2) Lee, son of Hancock (1) and Sarah (Allerton) Lee. was born in 1709. and died near Warren ton, in I'\'iuqnier county, sometime jirior to August, i/^'f). He lived during the later years of his life at Warren- ton, in Fauquier comity, but when he set- tled there is not known. In 1729 a Hancock Lee patented three hundred and ninety-three acres in King William county, and sold four hundred in 1751 for one hundred and fifteen pounds sterling. One of the name was jus- tice for King George county, in 1745- He married, in 1733. Mary, daughter of Colonel Henry Willis, of Fredericksburg. Children: Willis, who went to Kentucky, in 1774; Hancock (3), mentioned below; John; Henry; Richard, died unmarried; Sarah Alexander, who married Colonel John Gil- lison ; Mary Willis, died Alarch, 1798, who married Captain Ambrose Madison.

Hancock (3) Lee. son of Hancock (2) and Mary (Willis) I^ee. was born in 1736, and died in 181 5. He was to all appearances a civil engineer by profession. He accom- panied his elder brother, Willis Lee, and his cousin. Hancock Taylor, to Kentucky in 1771. By the latter's will he inherited lands in that state. He was also employed by the Ohio Company to survey their lands. George Mason, of Gunston, wrote: "Captain Han- cock Lee and one Mr. Lee are returned from surveying the Ohio Company's two hundred thousand acres of land, and are now here making out their returns and settling their accounts, in assisting which I am closely engaged, as I wish to have everything as clear and as regular as possible." Captain Hancock Lee married Winifred, daughter of John I'eale, of Westmoreland. Children: Arthur ; Pamela ; Mary Frances ; Anne ; Wil- lis, mentioned below; Hancock; Thomas; Emeline, who married a Mr. Richards, and died without issue; Elizabeth, who married Captain Sangster of Fauquier county and also died without leaving any issue.

Willis Lee, son of Hanccjck (3) and Wini- fred (I'eale) Lee. married Mary Richards. Their children were: John Hancock, men- tioned below; Mary \\'illis, who married Thomas Scott Ashtcm. who was born in 1803 and died in 1873, the sixth and young- est son of Major Lawrence Ashton and Eliz- abeth (Scott) Ashton. His wife, residing in Fauquier county.

John Hancock Lee, son of Willis and Mary (Richards) Lee, was born in 1805, and

died in r)ctober, 1873, being buried at Mont- pelier. in Orange county. Though born in Fauquier county, Mr. Lee spent the greater part of his life in Orange county, which county he represented for many years in the Virginia assembly. He was educated at Princeton, and later studied law at the Uni- versity of Virginia. Being in attendance at the latter institution when Lafayette made his visit there he was chosen to welcome the distinguished Frenchman on the part of the students. He married (first) Mary, daugh- ter of Ur. John and Nellie Conway (Aladi- son ) Willis; (second) Fannie, daughter of Lewis and Lucy (Madison) Willis; and (third) Mary, daughter of Sydney Jones, of Petersburg. Children: I. Letitia, married Dr. Roljert Madison and had Letitia and Mary, who died young. 2. Nellie Conway, born in 1826, and died in 1875. 3- Lewis Herman, born March 7, 1849, died July 30, 1878; married, October 12, 1876, Georgia Garland, daughter of the Rev. J. S. Hans- borough, and had one daughter, Mary Madi- son, born March, 1878. 4. Elizabeth, or Lizzie Madison, married William Albert Bragg, of Richmond; children: Hancock Lee, mentioned below ; FJise Calvin ; Fannie Madison.

Hancock Lee Bragg, son of William Al- ijert and Elizabeth Madison (Lee) Bragg, was educated in public and private schools of Richmond, Virginia, where he prepared for college. When he was old enough he entered Richmond College, and remained in that institution for a period of two years. At the end of that time he entered into busi- ness life and became connected with the Richmond Tobacco Company, subsequently leaving that firm to join the firm of Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company of Richmond. Fie left that company to go into the tobacco leaf business with his father, having by that time also travelled as representative of T. C. Williams & Company, manufacturing tobacconists. Afterwards he was general bookkeeper for the Merchants' National Bank, Richmond, Virginia, filling that post for a period of four years. He then became connected with the Sterling Varnish Com- pany of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, becom- ing also one of its board of directors, an office filled b}- him during a space of seven years, at the end of wdiich time, in 1905, he came to New^ York City. There he formed a connection with the firm of Emil Cralman