Francis Lightfoot Lee

Francis Lightfoot Lee
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Virginia Senator
Signer of Declaration of Independence
Virginia Senate
In office
1778–1782
Delegate to Continental Congress
In office
1774–1779
Personal details
Born October 14, 1734(1734-10-14)
Stratford Hall Plantation, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Died January 11, 1797(1797-01-11) (aged 62)
Richmond County, Virginia
Spouse(s) Rebecca Tayloe
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Francis Lightfoot Lee (October 14, 1734 – January 11, 1797) was a member of the House of Burgesses in the Colony of Virginia. As an active protester of issues such as the Stamp Act, Lee helped move the colony in the direction of independence from Britain. Lee was a delegate to the Virginia Conventions and the Continental Congress. He was a signer of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Virginia.

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Family and education and early life

Francis Lee was born October 14, 1734 at Stratford Hall, located in Westmoreland County. He was educated at home, where Lee pursued classical studies under Dr. Craig. He was of English descent, and was born into one of the First Families of Virginia. Lee was the son of Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell (of the nearby Greenspring Plantation).

In 1772, Francis married his first cousin, Rebecca Plater Tayloe.

Lee lived his entire life in the region of Virginia between the Rappahannock River and the Chesapeake Bay (known as the Northern Neck).

Government service

In 1774, Lee was among those who called for a general congress and the first of the Virginia Conventions, which he attended. He served in the Virginia State Senate from 1778 to 1782, and was a delegate to the first Continental Congress held in Philadelphia, serving until 1779. As a congressional representative of Virginia, he signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.

Death

Lee died at his residence (named “Menokin”) in Richmond County, Virginia, on January 11, 1797. He is buried in the Tayloe family burial ground at Mount Airy Plantation, near Warsaw, Virginia.

Relations

Lee Family Coat of Arms

Lee was the grandson of Col. Richard Lee II and a great-grandson of Col. Richard Lee I. Senator Richard Henry Lee, and diplomats William Lee and Dr. Arthur Lee, were his brothers. Another brother, Thomas Ludwell Lee, was appointed to a committee, along with Thomas Jefferson, to re-write the laws of Virginia.


Further Reading

  • Dill, Alonzo Thomas. Francis Lightfoot Lee, The Incomparable Signer. Edited by Edward M. Riley. Williamsburg: Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission, 1977.
  • Twain, Mark. "Francis Lightfoot Lee". Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, I, no. 3 (1877). Reprinted in Charles Neider, ed., Mark Twain: Life as I Find It (New York, 1961).

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