Capt. Henry Lee I was a prominent Virginian colonist, brother of Governor Thomas Lee

Thomas Lee (Virginia colonist)

Thomas Lee was a leading political figure of colonial Virginia. He was a member of the Lee family, a political dynasty which included many figures from the pre-American Revolutionary War era until the late 20th century. Lee became involved in politics in 1710 and he became the resident manager of...

, and grandfather of Revolutionary War

American Revolution

The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...

 hero Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee.

He was the son of Col. Richard Lee II

Richard Lee II

Col. Richard Henry Lee II, Esq. was a Colonel, planter, member of the Upper House and the King's Council.Richard Henry II, was termed "Richard the Scholar". Richard was the son of Col. Richard Lee I, Esq., "the Immigrant" and Anne Constable Col. Richard Henry Lee II, Esq. (1647-1715) was a...

, Esq., "the Scholar" (1647-1715) and Laetitia Corbin (ca. 1657-1706). Born at Machodoc in Westmoreland County

Westmoreland County, Virginia

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, Lee resided at Lee Hall near Hague, in the Parish of Cople, Westmoreland County. All traces of the house have long since disappeared. The land surrounding Lee Hall was part of the 2600 acres (10.5 km²) of Machodoc land patented in 1650 by his grandfather, Col. Richard Lee I

Richard Lee I

Col. Richard Lee I, “the Immigrant” arrived in Jamestown in 1639 at the age of 22 with very little to his name other than the patronage of an influential man, Sir Francis Wyatt, the 1st Governor of Virginia. Once there he became Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia, Colonial Secretary of...

, Esq., “the Immigrant” (1618-1664). Henry died between June 13-25, 1747.

He was a co-leaseholder with his brother Thomas of the family plantation on the Machodoc River, and he owned or leased the area of Lee Hall. When the family plantation was burned down in January 1729, Henry Lee took in his brother's family at Lee Hall while the plantation was rebuilt.

Family

Lee married Mary Bland (1704-1764), the daughter of Hon. Richard Bland, Sr.

Richard Bland (burgess)

Richard Bland , sometimes known as Richard Bland of Jordan's Point, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the father of Richard Bland, the son of Theodorick Bland of Westover, and the grandson of Richard Bennett, an English Governor of the Colony of Virginia...

 (1665-1720) and his second wife, Elizabeth Randolph (1685-1719). They had the following children:

1. ? Lee (ca. 1723).
2. John Lee (1724-1767), who married Mary (Smith) Ball (1725).
3. Richard "Squire" Lee
   Richard "Squire" Lee
   Richard Lee , known most commonly as "Squire", was a prominent Virginian colonist, and American politician, who was active in the American Revolutionary War.-Family:...
   
    (1726-1795), who married Sarah "Sally" Bland Poythress (1768-1828), daughter of Peter Poythress (1715-1785) of "Branchester", and Elizabeth Bland (1733-1792). Sally was the mother of Willoughby Newton
   Willoughby Newton
   Willoughby Newton was a nineteenth century congressman and lawyer from Virginia.-Biography:Born at "Lee Hall" near Hague, Virginia, he was the son of Willoughby Newton and Sarah "Sally" Bland Poythress , the widow of Richard "Squire" Lee and daughter of Peter Poythress of "Branchester", and...
   
   , with her second husband of the same name.
4. ? Lee (ca. 1727).
5. Henry Lee II
   Henry Lee II
   Henry Lee II of “Leesylvania”, Prince William County, Virginia was the father of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III and grandfather of Robert E. Lee....
   
    (1730-1787) of "Leesylvania
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   ", who married Lucy Grymes (1734-1792) the "Lowland Beauty", daughter of Hon. Charles Grymes (1693-1743) and Frances Jennings.
6. Laetitia Lee (1730-1788), who married William Ball (ca. 1730).
7. Anne Lee (1732), who married William Fitzhugh, Sr. (1730).

(According to some sources, Lee had four children with Mary Bland: John, Richard, Lettice/Letitia, and Henry.)