Margaret (Fetters) Lee (1772 - 1839)

Born 12 Jun 1772 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States

Wife of Adam White — married 12 Jun 1792 (to 1800) in Frederick, Maryland, United States

Wife of Dudley I Lee — married about 5 Jan 1800 in Allegany, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Sep 1839 at age 67 in Beech Run, Preston, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Margaret was born about 1772. She passed away about 1839.

1800 residence Glade, Allegany, MD 1 M 26-44, 1 F 26-44, 4 M 10-15, 2 M u 10, 2 F u 10; 1810 residence District 1, Allegany, Maryland 1 M over 45, 1 F 26-44, 2 M 16-25, 1 F 16-25, 2 M 10-15, 1 F 10-15, 2 M u 10, 2 F u 10

She may be the female over 45 enumerated in the household of (son) William White in the 1820 census of Election District 1, Allegany County, MD

1830 residence unable to locate

She is buried in the Beech Run Cemetery, Beech Run, Preston County, WV.

Sources

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On the above source, Margaret was a widow when she married Dudley Lee. Her previous husband was Adam W White. A potential discrepancy may exist as this source shows Adam passing in 1839. If he passed in 1839, perhaps Dudley Lee was her first or second husband and Adam White was third as Dudley Lee passed in 1815? i think not. I found another source showing Adam disappeared shortly after 1800 meaning Margaret married Dudley Lee as second husband.

Another comment:

So glad I finally found someone on the net with the Fetters surname. My grgrgrgr grandfather DUDLEY LEE of Frederick Co Md married Margaret FETTERS (White) about 1798. Margaret was born 1772. She was a widow with 3 or 4 children when Dudley Lee married her. They moved to Garrett Co Md before 1800. She and Dudley had 7 children. History says Dudley was the father of 19. I am trying to find where Margaret was born---who her parents and first husband was and her children by first husband White. I have found family records which mention a son Thornton Brooks Lee and I think he was one of Margaret's sons. Thornton Brooks served in the War of 1812 but I can find no records of a Thornton Brooks LEE. Any information or clues you can provide as to where to look would be appreciated And I will begin now to search records in Bedford Co.PA Thanks Edie Chaney, Frederick Co Md ((Edie_C on ancestry.com, 4 Dec 1998))

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Another citation which expresses Adam White disappeared shortly after 1800 indicating he was the first husband:

Hi Dan Fetters , > > Since you have the same surname as Margaret Fetters may I ask for help from > you? > > We have been trying for 30+yrs to find the parents of Margaret Fetters b > about 1770-5--- > married Adam White lived in Allegany Co Md 1800---had 3 sons--- > Adam was a yeoman---(seaman) and he disappeared shortly after 1800. > > Margaret then married Dudley Lee a revolutionary war soldier > Dudley Lee and family were in Frederick Co Md in 1790 census --- > Dudley moved to Allegany Co Md about 1800. Cant find a marriage for Dudley > Lee/Margaret Fetters but they had 6 or 7 children in Allegany Co Md. > Dudley Lee died 1815 and Margaret Fetters Lee was granted 1/2 privates pay > pension about 1838. > Margaret died shortly after receiving the pension and she is buried in WV. > > Any help or clue would be greatly appreciated. I found some Fetters in > Bedford Co Pa late 1700's --- but cannot tie them in-- or prove that > Margaret was related to them. > > Thanks > Edie Chaney

(on Rootsweb.com 17 Nov 2001))

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Dudley Lee (born between 1756 and 1765), Revolutionary War veteran, is the immigrant ancestor of the Lee family of present-day Garrett County, Maryland. Many of his descendants still reside in the county and elsewhere in Maryland and West Virginia, as well as many other states.

He was born in Ireland, supposedly in 1759. According to family tradition, at the age of 11 he was kidnapped or stowed away on a vessel. Upon arrival in Baltimore he was indentured (sold) by the captain.

On 6 June 1778 he passed in the vicinity of Taneytown, Frederick Co, MD, as a draft substitute in Colonel Otho Holland William's Regiment, the 6th Maryland. That unit served in New Jersey and New York as part of Washington's army. Dudley continued to re-enlist for the remainder of the war. We have constructed a fairly detailed chronology of his army service, which is only briefly summarized here.

In August of 1780 he mustered in the 1st Maryland Regiment. This was essentially the same regiment, having been reorganized. By this time, the 1st Maryland was in the Carolinas, under the command of General Nathanial Greene. The regiment took part in most of the major actions of Greene's Southern Campaign. Following Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown, the 1st MD was eventually furloughed in Baltimore and finally disbanded in November of 1783. Perhaps around this time Dudley made the acquaintance of Judith Guevara, his first wife, supposedly a Spanish or Portuguese lady of Baltimore. Interesting information has come to light recently which may connect her to a family named Guevara, which has escaped detection in colonial America. However, that research is still underway and will not be touched upon here.

In the 1790s, Dudley and Judith, then living in Frederick County, near Taneytown (in present-day Carroll County), appear several times in the documentary record...in the census, deeds and a newspaper. By 1800 Dudley appears in the census of Allegany County. Supposedly Judith had died by then and Dudley's second wife was the widow White, the former Margaret Fetters. If Dudley bought land in Allegany County, the deed eludes us, as does any evidence of land-owning among the early Lee generations. Together with White families, Dudley settled in Ryan's Glade south of present-day Oakland.

With his two wives, Dudley is said to have sired 19 children, though this total may include step-children through his second wife. The web of these various off-spring has not been entirely untangled and is further complicated by the children of an unrelated Lee family of Allegany County (which soon migrated to Ohio) who appear in marriage records.

Dudley last appears in the 1810 census. In 1811 he was awarded a pension by the State of Maryland. He died in 1815 and, according to tradition, was either buried near the White Church or on his farm in that vicinity. In modern times, Dudley's descendant Charles Lee erected a memorial in his honor about a mile from the White Church.

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