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| Eliza Foscue Lee |
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| John Percival Lee |
John Percival Lee
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(1824-1907)
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Eliza Foscue
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(1829-1920)
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Marriage 20 Feb 1845
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John Rupert Lee
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(1845-1916)
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Sarah Lucinda Lee [Dalton]
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(1847-1925)
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Ann Eliza Lee
[Thompson, McGuire, Wixom] |
(1849-1908)
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Mary Caroline Lee [Black]
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(1850-1935)
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Margaret Lee
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(1852-1853)
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Edna Lee
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(1854-1854)
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Emma Roberta Lee
[Dalton, J Sutherland] |
(1854-1940)
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Charles Andrew Lee
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(1856-1933)
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Ellen Lee
[Sims, Jakeman, Sanders] |
(1859-1937)
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Victor Percival Lee
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(1861-1861)
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Walton Scurlock Lee
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(1863-1864)
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Rosamond Lee [G. Sutherland]
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(1865-1946)
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Frederick Montgomery Lee
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(1867-1869)
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Margaret Stuart (1831—1921)
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Marriage 22 Aug 1868 (Plural wife)
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Lula Lee (1869-1893)
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Harry Pope Lee (1872-1935)
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Margaret E Lee [McConnell] (1877-1948)
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Divorced from Eliza & Margaret
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Altamiah Sophia Billingsley (1869-1918)
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Marriage 8 Dec 1886
Lenora Judd Lee (adopted--Alta's niece) (1903-1977) | ||
John Percival Lee was born in 1824, in Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee. His mother died when he was born. His father later married Lucinda Pylant who was the only mother John knew. His father was a merchant and he grew up helping with the family business. John married Eliza Foscue of Coosa, Alabama when she was just 15.
Eliza Foscue was born in 1829, in Jacksonville, Florida. Her father had followed his wife's family to Florida. Eliza's mother died giving birth to her. She was cared for by her mother's sister, Harriet Scurlock Pope. Later, her father's uncle and aunt, who were childless, raised her through her early years. A few years later, her father having remarried, moved back to Alabama with his new family and took Eliza and her older siblings with him.
John & Eliza moved to Graves, Kentucky (home of John's father) following their marriage in 1845. Their first child, John Rupert, was born there. Their next child, Sarah Lucinda, was born in Coosa, Alabama in 1847. From there they followed Eliza's sister, Maria Amanda Foscue Smith, to Texas where their third child, Ann Eliza, was born. While in Texas both Eliza and John, and Maria and her husband John Smith, met Mormon missionaries and were converted and baptized in the Mormon Church. Letter from Frederick Foscue, Eliza's Brother
In the spring of 1850, John & Eliza traveled with their small family to San Antonio Bay and took a ship along the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans. From New Orleans they proceeded on a steamboat up the Mississippi River to Council Bluffs where they camped with the gathering Mormons. There they procured two teams and wagons and completed their journey to the Great Salt Lake Valley with a wagon train. They spent their first winter in Utah Territory in a rented two-room cabin on Big Cottonwood Creek in what is now Holladay, Utah. Their fourth child, daughter Mary Caroline, was born there on Dec. 31, 1850.
Benjamin Hawkins Wagon Company--About the Journey (no reference to Lee family)
In March, 1851, the Lee Family joined with the "Mississippi Mormons" and continued their trek to California where they colonized the community of San Bernardino. While in San Bernardino John was a teacher and merchant, as was the pattern for the rest of his life. He & Eliza also acquired a dairy herd while in San Bernardino. They remained there until 1857, when the colonizers were called back to Utah by Brigham Young.
San Bernardino--Bonnie's Family History Trek
John and Eliza, along with six children (having lost 2 infants in San Bernardino) and their dairy herd, stopped in the new town of Beaver, Utah with others of the "Mississippi Mormons" and made the new community their home. In the summers while not teaching school, John kept his dairy heard about 7 miles southeast of town at "Hawthorne Dell". In early fall of 1866 his ranch was attacked by Indians who stole his dairy herd and tried to kill his family. Luckily none of the family were injured and his 10-year-old son, Charles, became a hero by slipping out and running all the way to town for help.
In 1867, following the end of the Civil War, John served a mission to the Southern States. He checked up on family and friends throughout the South and preached the Gospel to many of them. He brought back with him his widowed sister, Mary Clarissa, and Eliza's widowed cousin Margaret Stuart Pope Hunter with their children. Upon arriving in Salt Lake City he married Margaret as a plural wife. This was the same day that his daughter, Mary Caroline, married Martin Black in Salt Lake in the Endowment House.
Back in Beaver, the two wives, Eliza and Margaret, lived side by side with their families for several years. Eventually both marriages deteriorated. Eliza divorced John and moved to Manti where she lived with her daughter, Lucinda Dalton, and worked in the Temple. She and Lu lived briefly in Ogden while Lu's son, Guy, worked as an engineer. She returned to Manti but then finally moved to Provo with her daughter, Ellen, who took care of her in her last years. Eliza is buried in the Manti City Cemetery along with 2 daughters, 2 young sons and 2 grandsons.
By 1880 John's second wife, Margaret, was living in Colorado Springs where she and John's three children were all using her former husband's name of Hunter. His daughter, Lula, was deaf and there was a deaf school in Colorado Springs. They later moved to Grand Junction, Colorado.
In 1886 John married Altamiah Sophia (Alta) Billingsley. She was the 17 year old daughter of a polygamist marriage between an older man and younger woman. John and Alta moved to Thatcher, Arizona with her widowed mother and her brother. John owned a store there and both he and Alta worked as teachers. John & Alta adopted a daughter, Lenora, who was Alta's niece. John served as a clerk in the Stake Presidency. He died in April 1907. Alta remarried to Lewey Russell, a widower, in August 1907. She had a baby in 1909 and their family moved to Idaho.
John is buried in the Thatcher City Cemetery.
Lee Family of Calloway, KY (David Lee, poss. brother to John Lee)
Sutherland, George: Husband of Rosamund Lee
Sutherland, Phillip Lee; Obituary: Son of Rosamund Lee Sutherland
Sutherland, Jabez Gridley: Husband of Emma Roberta Lee
LEE FAMILY
There are family legends about the Lee Family being related to the "Lees of Virginia". Eliza wrote a book of family history which was donated to the Church and a microfilmed copy is in the Church Family History Library (film #1440905). In it she states that John P's grandfather was a brother to Robert E. Lee's father. John's father, John H Lee was born in Virginia. When his parents died in Virginia he and his 9 siblings all came to the Cumberland area of Tennessee. John H Lee married Margaret Dudney and they had 5 or 6 children in Fayetteville, Lincoln, NC. He moved to Graves, KY sometime after his marriage to Lucinda Pylant where he remained until his death in 1859. (John H. Lee Research notes)
I have been doing research with Kent Parsons, a distant Lee cousin, and we think we have found a few of John H. Lee's siblings, but so far we have not been able to make a connection to the famous "Lees of Virginia".
DUDNEY FAMILY (DIEUDONNE in French means GOD GIVEN)
There are family legends about the Lee Family being related to the "Lees of Virginia". Eliza wrote a book of family history which was donated to the Church and a microfilmed copy is in the Church Family History Library (film #1440905). In it she states that John P's grandfather was a brother to Robert E. Lee's father. John's father, John H Lee was born in Virginia. When his parents died in Virginia he and his 9 siblings all came to the Cumberland area of Tennessee. John H Lee married Margaret Dudney and they had 5 or 6 children in Fayetteville, Lincoln, NC. He moved to Graves, KY sometime after his marriage to Lucinda Pylant where he remained until his death in 1859. (John H. Lee Research notes)
I have been doing research with Kent Parsons, a distant Lee cousin, and we think we have found a few of John H. Lee's siblings, but so far we have not been able to make a connection to the famous "Lees of Virginia".
DUDNEY FAMILY (DIEUDONNE in French means GOD GIVEN)
The Dudneys being Hugenots, had fled France about 1575 for
Ireland,(Dublin, Waterford & Portarlingon). In the records of the Diocese of Cloyne in
Ballytrasney, Castlelyons, the family of Henry Dudney was listed. Some of the Dudney’s left Ireland, not all
left. Some stayed in Ireland and some
stayed in England. Our Dudneys went to
Barbados. In 1625 Charles I, King of
England, granted [land to] Thomas Warner and others, including Frances and
Hendrick Dudney. In 1638, Frances and
Hendrick were still there and were listed as property owners. There were also at least two other Dudneys
found in Barbados. Listed at St James
Parrish, we find John Dudney buried there.
Aberham Dudney was listed for tickets for the departure on the ship
(Supply) headed for Boston. It sailed
on May 24, 1679. Thus Abraham and John
must have been the sons of Frances or Hendrick Dudney.
Descendancy:
Abraham Dudney 1650-????, Barbados,
Rodger Dudney 1684--1776, Baltimore, MD, m. Jane Leek
Abraham I. Dudney 1710--????, Baltimore, MD, m. Sarah Griffin
Abraham Dudney, 1735--1776, Dorchester, MD, m. Mary Dudney (?)
Arthur Dudney, 1763--1856, Dorchester, MD--died in Lincoln, TN,
m. Mary Washburn
Margaret Dudney 1796--1824, Fayetteville, Lincoln, TN, m. John H Lee
John Percival Lee 1824--1907
The Foscue family came from England to the American Colonies prior to 1625. Over six generations then moved from Accomack County, Virginia to Craven County (later divided to be Jones County) North Carolina, to Coosa County, Alabama. The Foscues (Fortescue) were planters--that is plantation owners. Eliza's Grandfather, Frederick Foscue (1766-1834) served as a seaman on the brig "Industry" in the Revolutionary War in 1780. Her father, Reverend Benjamin Foscue (1789-1850), was an early pioneer in Coosa Co., Alabama. He was a Primitive Baptist preacher "of good property".
Eliza in Manti/Family History
Smith Bushman, Lois Angeline: Niece of Eliza Foscue Lee
Descendancy:
Abraham Dudney 1650-????, Barbados,
Rodger Dudney 1684--1776, Baltimore, MD, m. Jane Leek
Abraham I. Dudney 1710--????, Baltimore, MD, m. Sarah Griffin
Abraham Dudney, 1735--1776, Dorchester, MD, m. Mary Dudney (?)
Arthur Dudney, 1763--1856, Dorchester, MD--died in Lincoln, TN,
m. Mary Washburn
Margaret Dudney 1796--1824, Fayetteville, Lincoln, TN, m. John H Lee
John Percival Lee 1824--1907
FOSCUE FAMILY
Eliza in Manti/Family History
Smith Bushman, Lois Angeline: Niece of Eliza Foscue Lee
Frederick Foscue (Eliza's Brother)
Symon Fortescue Family
Palatines in New Bern, North Carolina -- Bussett, Simons, Schaedeli/Swiss Immigrants
Palatines in Craven County before 1710--(Our Swiss Ancestors)
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| Eliza & Her Sisters--Sarah, Maria, Eliza (?). |
SCURLOCK FAMILY
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SCURLOCK FAMILY HISTORY
Eliza Scurlock was born in 1799 in Monroe, Clark, Alabama to
Joshua and Sarah Louisa Brewster Scurlock.
She married Benjamin Foscue in 1818.
They moved to Jackson County, Florida.
She died there in 1829 giving birth to her sixth child, Eliza.
Joshua Scurlock was the second son of John Joshua Scurlock
and Elizabeth Norman (his second wife).
Joshua was born in Prince William County (otherwise known as
Spotsylvania County), Virginia sometime in 1765. He migrated to Jackson County,
Florida after a brief stay in Alabama.
He is the ancestor of the Scurlocks who currently live in the area of
Florida around Jackson and Bay County.
John Joshua (known as Joshua) Scurlock, son of William and
Margaret Reeves Scurlock, was born about 1705 in Virginia. He fought in the Revolutionary War. He was married first to Sarah Ann Adams and
they had two children. When she died he
married Elizabeth (Betty) Norman. They
moved to Wiles County, North Carolina and then to Hancock County, Georgia where
he died in 1795.
Thomas Scurlock was born about 1675 in Wales and immigrated
to America with his father Michael Scurlock and mother (unknown name) and
perhaps several brothers and sisters.
Thomas was married twice: once to Sarah Griffin with whom he had two
children: Mary and William. Then later
to Ann Linkhorne, a widow of John Linkhorne.
He and Ann Linkhorne had six children.
He died in 1757 in Richmond, Virginia.
According to researchers of the Scurlock Family, one of the
first Scurlocks to arrive in America was the family of Michael Scurlock who is
believed to have come from Wales about 1669 through England. Michael and his wife Sarah (?) came to the
Northern Neck area of Virginia about 1669. They brought with them from Wales at
least two sons that we know of. There
may have been more children but no definite records have been found. He died about 1699 in Lancaster County,
Virginia.
Lineage
Eliza Scurlock Foscue 1799-1829 Alabama, died in Florida
Joshua Scurlock 1765-1831 Virginia, died in Florida
John Joshua Scurlock 1730-1795 Virginia, died in Georgia
William Scurlock 1704-1740 Virgina
Thomas Scurlock 1675-1757 Wales, died in Richmond, Virginia
Michael Scurlock 1650-???? Wales, died in Virginia
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