Anne Aylett
(1738-1768)
BIRTH
1738
PLACE
DEATH
December 12, 1768
PLACE
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Richard Henry Lee
(1732-1794)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Anne Aylett (c. 1738–1768) was Richard Henry Lee’s first wife. They married in 1757 and lived at Chantilly, the Potomac estate Lee built near Stratford Hall. Their surviving children included Thomas, Ludwell, Mary, and Hannah. She died in December 1768, before Lee became a leader of American independence. Accounts differ over the precise wedding date and total number of children; the family’s move to Chantilly in 1763 is well documented.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Anne Aylett’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Anne Aylett is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Anne Aylett died on Dec 12, 1768. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Anne Aylett died on Dec 12, 1768. Anne Aylett was Richard Henry Lee’s first wife. They married in 1757 and lived at Chantilly, the Potomac estate Lee built near Stratford Hall. Their surviving children included Thomas, Ludwell, Mary, and Hannah. She died in December 1768, before Lee became a leader of American independence. Accounts differ over the precise wedding date and total number of children; the family’s move to Chantilly in 1763 is well documented. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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