William Lee (captain)

William Lee was a ship's captain born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England.

Time line

• Birth March 15, 1741 Austerfield, England, United Kingdom
• Baptism 8/24/1744 (Age: 3) Austerfield, England, United Kingdom
• New York City August 21, 1768 (Age: 27) New York City, NY
• October 1771 (Age: 30) Linville Creek, Augusta County, Province of Virginia Description: School Master
• Fort Necessity March 1773 (Age: 32) Farmington, PA 15437 Description: Ohio River country to Fort Pitts
• Pensacola, Florida, June 1774 (Age: 33), USA. Married, ran shipping business
• Marriage 1774 (Age: 33) Pensacola, British West Florida to Charity
• Residence October 1780 (Age: 39) Burke County, Georgia, USA. Farm 100 miles from Savannah
• Birth of Charolette lee 7 August 1781 (Age: 40) Burke County, Georgia, USA. Bark Camp Creek, near Buck Head
• Letters of Marque Oct 18, 1781 (Age: 40) Jamaica, Sailing on the Ship Molly captained by John Jordan
• Captured by pirate Captain Kelly December 23, 1781 (Age: 40) Ireland. While serving on the ship Molley he was captured by the pirate ship Anti-Britton off Ireland
• Rescued By Royal Navy HMS Stagg 23 Dec 1781 (Age: 40) Dublin S, Ireland, United Kingdom Description: Returned to visit his Mother
• Military 1782 (Age: 41) ga. Jacksons legion Revolutionary War
• Justice of Peace Richmond county GA 1785 (Age: 44) Richmond CO, GA
• County Coroner, Richmond County Occupation 1792 (Age: 51) Richmond County, Georgia, USA
• Death Of Charity Lee 8/28/1799 (Age: 58) Richmond county Georgia
• memoirs that he wrote for his mother were published as a Book 1808 (Age: 67) published in UK. The true and interesting travels of William Lee

References

• The true and interesting travels of William Lee, by Lee, William Published in 1808, Printed for T. and R. Hughes (London)
• Georgians in the Revolution: At Kettle Creek (Wilkes Co.) and Burke County Author: Robert Scott Davis
• A History of Georgia Agriculture, 1732–1860 page 234 By James C Bonner
• Through a Glass Darkly: Reflections on Personal Identity in Early America Page 168, By Ronald Hoffman, Mechal Sobel, Fredrika J. Teute
• Coerced and free migration: global perspectives Page 403 By David Eltis
• Perspectives on American English Page 32 By Joey Lee Dillard
• A chronology of William Ball of St. Johns Parish Berkeley County, South Carolina and some of his descendants. LULU.com

Author: R C Ball,

• Morningstars of Liberty:The Revolutionary War In Georgia,1775–1783, Four Volumes

Gordon Burns Smith, Boyd Publishing, Milledgeville, Georgia A chronology of William Ball of St. Johns Parish Berkeley County, South Carolina and some of his descendants Author: R C Ball,

External links

• "The Sons & Daughters of the Province & Republic of West Florida 1763 - 1810 | Republic of West Florida". republicofwestflorida.org. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
• PANTON, LESLIE & CO http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmamcrk4/crk3.html
• "William Panton - Pensapedia, the Pensacola encyclopedia". Archived from the original on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
• A chronology of William Ball of St. Johns Parish Berkeley County, South Carolina and some of his descendants (Book, 2011) [WorldCat.org]. worldcat.org. OCLC 765870200. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
• "British Pensacola - Pensapedia, the Pensacola encyclopedia". Archived from the original on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2014-01-27.