Anna Kendall (Lee) Armistead (1681 - 1754)

Born 5 Jan 1681 in Ditchley, Northumberland County, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Wife of William Armistead 3rd — married 1693 (to 1711) in Northumberland, Virginia

Descendants

Died Oct 1754 at age 73 in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia Colony

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Biography

Anna (Lee) Armistead was a Virginia colonist.

Research Notes

Modern history have commended the skill exercised by the men of the Lee family in selecting their wives. Anna is an example of what a young girl could do in those days. By her marriage to William Armistead of Eastmost River, Anna became the sister-in-law of King Carter, Ralph Wormeley, and William Churchill. The Cotillon Leaders of the Rappahannock in that era by this marriage she had a daughter, Mary, who married Phillip Lightfoot. Member of the council, friend and cousin of Thomas Lee of Stratford. William Armistead died 1711, leaving Anna with children; she then married William Eustace, who died 1740. From the second union there were three sons, William, Hancock, and Isaac Eustace. This family will later cross again through Mary and Phillip Lightfoot (from FamilySearch.org, 5 Aug 2013).

In the past, researchers have assumed that Anna and Anne were identical.^[1] A very well-written article by James R. Hancock, using primary documents, has solved the question of Anna and Anne Lee.^[2] He shows they are two different women, half-sisters.

Anna Lee (and also included Ann and Anne in the data field for Other Nicknames to help find and prevent duplicates).

There were two different daughters of Hancock Lee, this one named Anna Lee, was a daughter of his 1st wife, Mary Kendall. She married William Armstead.

The other named Anne Lee was a daughter of 2nd wife, Sarah Allerton. She married William Eustace.^[2]

Origin

Ann was born before 1682, at Ditchley, Northumberland County, Virginia. She was a daughter of Hancock Lee and Mary Kendall.^[2]

Per the sources on her father, Hancock's profile, Ann was born Anna, prior to January 5, 1682 and was living as late as October 1754.

Marriages and Children

Anna married only once.

• She married before 1706 to William Armstead.^[2][3] He died on 13 June 1711.^[2]"William Armistead in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900." William Armistead in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 May. 2017. <http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7836/records/30620>.

Children of Anna and William Armstead:^[2]

1. John Armstead
2. Mary Armstead
3. Judith Armstead
4. Anna Armstead
5. Joyce Armstead
6. Frances Armstead
7. Francis Armstead

Residence

Anna lived at her husband's home in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia Colony.^[2]

Death and Legacy

Anna died at Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia Colony.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Merrick, Barbara Lambert, 1992 Important Allerton/Brewster Corrections. The Mayflower Descendant ... (Vol 42, Pages 117) Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database accessed 13 February 2016: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2010) Note: Does not report the two different daughters, Anna and Anne Lee.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Hancock, James Reid, 2010 http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/mayflower-descendant-the/image/?volumeId=30243&pageName=13&rId=723631298 Ann (Lee) Eustace, Daughter of Hancock Lee of Northumberland Co., Va. and His Second Wife Sarah Allerton: Genealogical Summary. The Mayflower Descendant ... (Vol 59, Page 13) Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database accessed 13 February 2016: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2010).
3. ↑ Marriage

• Mayflower Families Vol. 17 p. 22.