(Last updated 3/24/22)
Research questions:
HOW WERE THOMAS & CATHERINE LEE OF SOMERSET CO. RELATED TO ALEXANDER & MARTHA HAMMEL LEE, EZEKIAL LEE, AND OTHER AREA LEES?
WERE THE LEES IRISH AND DID THEY COME TO PADDYTOWN, TURKEYFOOT TWP.?
WHERE DID THEY ORIGINATE?
WHAT HAPPENED TO CATHERINE’S HUSBAND, THOMAS, SR., AFTER THE 1930 CENSUS? WHO WAS “INSANE” AND WHAT DID THAT MEAN?
Newly discovered resources:
VARIOUS U.S. CENSES 1800 ON FOR SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY
Articles begun:
CURRENTLY RESEARCHING AND WRITING THE STORY OF THE MARRIAGE OF ANNIE LEE TO CHARLES KRAUSE.
Speculation:
OUR LEES WERE ENGLISH OR IRISH, ORIGINATING IN EUROPE AND FIRST SETTLING IN EITHER EASTERN PA OR VA.
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In a deed dated 1838 it states Catherine Lee widow of Thomas W. Lee dec’d. Catherines siblings, heirs of Michael Miller sold several lots to Daniel Forney of Salisbury Pa.