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Capt. of St. Helena's Volunteer Co. (see Bell's & allied family tree)
SCHG: baptism given as 13 Jan 1750 (BEFORE birth date)?
Old crippled bachelor
Died young (see Bell's & allied family tree)
May have died in 1816 (see Bell family tree)
Notes from Marshall B. Shore:
Records from the Parish of St. Michael, Bridgetown, Barbados show Thomas Lee son of Francis & Mary Lee born 6 Feb 1711.
Thomas Lee settled in Charleston, South Carolina in 1734 and was the progenator of this Lee family. Mignonne's Grandmother was Charlie Florence Lee and lived with her son, Mignonne's father in Seattle when she died. Her death certificate states that her father was Colonel Charles C. Lee and her mother was Annie P. Fripp. She was born in Charlotte, N. C. Following the pedigree chart of this Lee family back to Francis Lee (1684-1727) of Barbados we can trace this Lee family back to England from historical records in print. We have two generations yet to account for and that is paramount in validating this connection with hard records. This is now in progress both in Barbados and in London, England. However Francis Lee carried the same Coat-of-Arms as Robert Lee, Lord Mayor of London in 1602. This is a prime record of their direct relationship.
Thomas Lee first appears in the records of Charleston in 1738 when his second child, a daughter, Mary was born. (The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Vol. XVII, Page 31, puts the date of his arrival in South Carolina at 1734). His origin as given on the "Lee Family Tree" states that he was the first son of Francis Lee and Mary Barnell, of Barbados, who bore the same Coat of Arms as Harry Lee, one of the Captains of the City of London, who was probably the son of Sir Robert Lee, Lord Mayor of London in 1602, who was granted the Coat of Arms, December 20, 1593. Sir Robert Lee was born in Bridgenorth, Shropshire (Salop) about 1537 and died in London 28 Jan 1605.
From the records of St. Michael's Parish, Barbados, it is known that he was the first son of Francis Lee, Attorney-at-Law and Mary Barnell, that he was born in Bridgetown, St. Michael's Parish on February 6 1710/11, that he married Mary Giles, April 1, 1733 in St. Michael's Parish and that they had a son Francis, born January 16, 1734. See: (Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Volume Number (November 1948) 16-17; VOLUME XVII (November 1949) 27-33; Baptisms, Census Records of 1679, Will and Burial Notice of Francis Lee.
Thomas Lee is described in Charleston records as "carpenter", a term variously used during that time for contractor and architect. He must have prospered for in his will, dated July 1, 1769 he bequeaths a brick house on Elliott Street, facing South, two tenements, and seven slaves. One a Negro carpenter slave man named Tomm, one a Negro fellow named Hampshire, three slave wenches named Rinah, Charity, and Old Venus and two of Rinah's children, named Little Hampshire and Little Rinah.
Mary Giles, his wife, died May 26, 1757 and was buried on the 27th in the Thomas Lee (Francis, Mary, Susannah, Josepph, Rebecca, Hannah, William, Rachael, Stephen, Ann Sarah, and Deborah).
Thomas married second, on July 20, 1758 Jane Bee. No record of issue has been found. He died August 7, 1769 in Charleston at age 59 years, 6 months and his burial is recorded in the records of St. Philip's Parish, Charleston, South Carolina. Will: Volume 12, Page 596, 1767-1771, Probate Court,
Charleston County, Charleston, S.C. Proved 12 August 1769. Will Book 1767-1771, page 341, Archives, Columbia, South Carolina.