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Francis Lightfoot Lee (brother of R.H. Lee) was born in Westmoreland, Virginia, on the fourteenth of October, 1734. He was educated at home by Doctor Craig, in the manner of an enlightened country gentleman. In 1765 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he served until 1775.
Frank signed the seditious act, which later gave a base of the Declaration of Independence. In 1769, at age 35, Francis married his love, Rebecca “Becky” Plater Tayloe of “Mount Airy” in Warsaw, Va., who was 16 years old. They built a home named “Menokin” in Richmond County, Va. Lee was elected to the House of Burgesses, and became ...
Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734–1797) “Francis Lightfoot Lee was an early, zealous, and active friend to the revolution, which established the Independence of the United States of America. He was a firm, calm, and enlightened patriot and a most unequaled social companion.” – From the obituary of Francis Lightfoot Lee in the Republican Citizen
Francis Lightfoot Lee ( 14. října 1734 – 11. ledna 1797) byl člen House of Burgesses (legislativní orgán) v provincii Virginie. Aktivně protestoval proti britským nařízením, například proti Kolkovému zákonu (Stamp Act). Pomohl tím provincii Virginie nasměrovat k nezávislosti na Británii.
4 de jul. de 2004 · For the next decade, Francis Lightfoot represented the county in the House of Burgesses. In 1769 Lee married socialite Rebecca Tayloe of Richmond County. The newlyweds resided at Mount Airy estate with Rebecca's parents for a few months until Menokin, a new home that Colonel Tayloe was building nearby for them, was completed.
When Francis Lee was born in 1648, in Kilmarnock, Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Colonel Richard Lee, was 30 and his mother, Anne Constable, was 26. He married Annabelle Taft Daniels in 1670, in London, England. He died on 10 November 1714, in London, England, at the age of 66, and was buried in London St Dionis ...
18 de may. de 2012 · Francis Lightfoot Lee (October 14, 1734 – January 11, 1797) was born October 14, 1734, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He received a home education, which taught him self-discipline. He would serve in the House of Burgesses in Virginia Colony and would become a passionate protester of the Stamp Act and the other Intolerable Acts.
