Anne Aylett

1738 - 1768  (30 years)

• Name	Anne Aylett
  Born	1738	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	12 Dec 1768	'Chantilly' Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Person ID	I44660	Tree1
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	William Aylett,   b. 1703, Gloucester County, Virginia ,   d. 28 Aug 1744, Westmoreland County, Virginia - probate  (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Eskridge,   b. 1716, Sandy Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 27 Aug 1770, Westmoreland County, Virginia  (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	30 Mar 1736	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Family ID	F15772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard Henry Lee,   b. 20 Jan 1732, Lee Hall, Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 19 Jun 1794, 'Chantilly' Westmoreland County, Virginia  (Age 62 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1757	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Children	1. Thomas Lee,   b. 20 Oct 1758, 'Chantilly' Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. Oct 1805, Park Gate, Prince William County, Virginia  (Age 46 years)  [natural]   2. Ludwell Lee,   b. 13 Oct 1760, 'Chantilly' Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 25 Mar 1836, Loudoun County, Virginia  (Age 75 years)  [natural]   3. Mary Lee,   b. 28 Jul 1764, 'Chantilly' Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 2 Nov 1795, Rock Hill, Georgetown, District of Columbia  (Age 31 years)  [natural]   4. Hannah Lee,   b. 1766, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 23 Nov 1802, Alexandria, Virginia  (Age 36 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F15763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jul., 1900), Page 25-31.Inscriptions on Old Tombstones. 25 INSCRIPTIONS ON OLD TOMBSTONES IN WESTMORELAND AND NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTIES (Copied from the tombstones by Rev. Dr. G. W. Beale, of Heathsville, Northumberland county, with the exception of the inscription on the tomb of Mrs. Ann Lee, which is taken from Dr. Lee's "Lee of Virginia," and of that on the tombstone of Izatis Anderson, near Cherry Point, which was copied by Mr. I. Basye Marsh.) At Nominy Church, on the creek of the same name, there was at the time of the destruction of the building by the British in 1814, a tomb commemorative of the first wife of Hon. Richard Henry Lee, the inscription on which, as found among Mr. Lee's papers, and published by Dr. E. Jennings Lee, is as follows: Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Ann Lee,* wife of R. H. Lee This monument was erected by her Afflicted husband in the year 1768. Reflect, dear reader, on the great Uncertainty of human life, since neither esteem, temperament nor the most amiable goodness could save this excellent lady from death. In the bloom of life. She left behind her four children, two sons and two daughters. Obiit 12th December 1768, aet 30. Was there so precious a flower But given us to behold it waste, The short-lived blossom of an hour Too nice, too fair, too sweet to last. _____________________________________________ *Mrs. Lee was the younger of the two daughters of Capt. William Aylett's second marriage with Elizabeth Eskridge, daughter of Major George Eskridge of Sandy Point. Her sister Mary married Mr. Lee's brother, Thomas Ludwell. Her half-sisters by her father's previous marriage with Anne Ashton, were Elizabeth and Ann, who respectively married William Booth and W. Augustine Washington. Mrs. Lee's mother, after Captain Aylett's death, about 1744, married again, Col. James Steptoe, a widower with two daughters, Elizabeth and Ann, who married Philip Ludwell Lee, and Willoughby Allerton, and after their deaths P. R. Fendall and Samuel Washington. The four children referred to as surviving Mrs. Lee were Thomas, who afterwards settled in Prince William county, Ludwell, who went to Loudoun; Hannah, who married Corbin Washington, and Mary, who married William Augustine Washington. Mrs Lee was buried in the old burial ground under the hills at Mount Pleasant.