Richard Lee II

In 1673, when his older brother John died unmarried, Richard inherited what had been his father's main estate, "Machodoc", and his two younger sons Thomas and Henry (who under primogeniture would receive little after his death, inherited specific property (some in Dorchester County, Maryland) under the terms of Richard's will.As early as 1680 he had accepted appointment as militia colonel for Westmoreland and adjoining (but later subdivided) Northumberland and Stafford counties.However, around the time of this man's death, the mercantile firm of Corbin and Lee faced significant financial problems.He was buried alongside his wife Laetitia at what slightly more than a decade later became known as the old "Burnt House Fields", the family graveyard located near "Mount Pleasant".1657–1706), daughter of Richard's neighbor and member of the Governor's Council, Henry Corbin, Sr. (1629–1676) and his wife Alice (Eltonhead) Burnham (ca.Paul C. Nagel, The Lees of Virginia: Seven Generations of an American Family, New York: Oxford University Press, 1990; specifically Ch.