Francis Lightfoot Lee II

Francis Lightfoot Lee (June 18, 1782-April 13, 1850. Lee was born in Chantilly, Virginia and died near Alexandria, Virginia. He was the youngest son of Richard Henry Lee (signer of the Declaration of Independence and author of Lee's Resolution) and . His uncle and namesake was Francis Lightfoot Lee, another signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Lee married Jane Fitzgerald (born 25 Jul 1818) on 9 Feb 1810. In 1811 he purchased the estate Sully in Fairfax County, Virginia from his second cousin Richard Bland Lee. Jane died on 25 Jul 1816, shortly after the birth on their fifth child.

Children

# Jane Elizabeth Lee (1 Jan 1811 - 25 Jun 1837); married Henry T. Harrison
# Samuel Philips Lee (13 Feb 1812 - 5 Jun 1897); Rear Admiral; married Elizabeth Blair, daughter of Francis Preston Blair
# John Fitzgerald Lee (5 May 1813 - 17 Jun 1840)
# Arthur Lee (18 Feb 1815 - 3 Aug 1841)
# Frances Ann Lee (30 Jun 1816 - 5 Dec 1889); married Robinson Goldsborough

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