Matilda Ludwell Lee
(1766-1790)
BIRTH
1766
PLACE
Stratford Hall, Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia
NAME
Matilda Ludwell Lee
DEATH
1790
PLACE
Stratford Hall, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States
FAMILY
BROTHER
Thomas Lee
(1690-1750)
HUSBAND
Light-Horse Harry Lee
(1756-1818)
HOMES
NICKNAMES
Divine Matilda
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Matilda Ludwell Lee inherited much of her father Philip Ludwell Lee’s estate, including Stratford Hall, Virginia. Her mother was Elizabeth Steptoe. In 1782 she married her second cousin Henry Lee III, the cavalry commander known as “Light-Horse Harry.” Their children included Lucy Grymes Lee and Henry Lee IV, the last Lee to own Stratford. The historic site dates her life to 1764–1790; the master’s birth year of 1766 remains a discrepancy for review.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Matilda Lee’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 Matilda Lee 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. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Matilda Lee died in 1790, in Stratford Hall, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States. Matilda Ludwell Lee inherited much of her father Philip Ludwell Lee’s estate, including Stratford Hall, Virginia. Her mother was Elizabeth Steptoe. In 1782 she married her second cousin Henry Lee III, the cavalry commander known as “Light-Horse Harry.” Their children included Lucy Grymes Lee and Henry Lee IV, the last Lee to own Stratford. The historic site dates her life to 1764–1790; the master’s birth year of 1766 remains a discrepancy for review. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
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