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15. Lee Mary-461340 (Jeremiah , Samuel , Samuel , Henry , Progenitor ) died in 1819.
Mary married Merchant bankrupt in America Tracy Nathaniel-475017 son of Merchant Captain Tracy Patrick-352602 and wife2 Gookin Hannah-352601. Nathaniel was born in 1751 in Newburyport. He was christened in 1785 in active. He died in 1796.
In pursuit of Lane Son and Fraser. Also seen as "Financier of the American Revolution". He is viewed by some as one of the the greatest merchants of the Rev Period, second to Robert Morris. http on Sewell/Sewall genalogy. He is graduate of Harvard. gapskey. Was worth about 6,500,000 dollars in 1780. Had partnership with Jonathan Jackson his brother-in-law. He owned and outfitted the first-ever operating American privateer ("Hero" Captain James Tracy, owned by James Tracy, Nathaniel Tracy, Jno Jackson John Tracy and Joseph Lee son of Jeremiah), with a Letter of Marque from Continental Congress. Later sent out 24 cruisers and captured 120 vessels (worth 3,950,000 dollars when sold), at one time ran 110 mechant ships worth 2,733,300 dollars. Made good money till 1777 when he lost all but one privateer and 97 merchant ships. He had once loaned the American government 167,000 dollars which was never repaid. Ruined by the war and lived in genteel poverty for his past ten years in Newburyport. Re Lane Son and Fraser, there is a case re matters of ships cargoes 1785-1786 (rice?) between Winthrop Todd and Winthrop mechants of Charleston South Carolina, and John Lane survivor of Lane Son and Fraser, with Nathaniel Tracy in the middle, in [British] Court of Chancery, 1811. Thomas L. Winthrop etc. One George Dickinson is agent for Lane Son and Fraser. This is the Mr Tracy (see chronology file 1785) owning the ship "Ceres" Capt St Barbe taking Thomas Jefferson (as Plenipotentiary) from Boston to Portsmouth on his way to London! Tracy spent time in Portugal seeing to some affairs but ended disappointed. See Kellock's article, p. 114, where it is indicated, Note 13, that Nathaniel Tracy had been linked to Lane, Son and Fraser of London. John Lane had gone to Boston in 1784 from London as in 1783 his father of London has unwisely loaned money to Tracy, who was verging on bankruptcy. Lane stayed five years in US with the assistance of lawyer John Lowell and the assistance of Boston's leading banker, Thomas Russell. There is a net article re one Nathaniel Tracy of Newburyport privateer owner and merchant who bought a mansion in Cambridge, confiscated from Loyalist John Vassall, now known as Longfellow House. Nathaniel and brother John in 1774 became partners with Jonathan Jackson as Jackson, Tracy and Tracy, and were successful till hostilities broke out. Newburyport and Salem were the most active privateering ports, and they had initial success as privateers. By 1786 Nathaniel's fortune was mostly gone. One of his privateers had been "Game Cock", another was "Success". He dealt in land with Tristram Dalton. He is noted online as of "Traceys of Enniscorthy and Newburyport", and noted as a "chief financier of American Rev", and a son of Captain Patrick Tracey born 1711in Enniscorthy Ireland, died 1789 Newburyport. Captain Patrick had a nephew Captain Patrick Tracy who followed him to America. Cf Thomas Amory Lee, The Tracy Family of Newburyport. Essex Institute Historical Collections, 1921.
Nathaniel and Mary had the following children:
+ 22 F i Tracy Hannah-461346 was born in 1776. She died in 1823. 23 M ii Artillery officer War of 1812 Tracy Jermiah Lee-461499 was born in 1782. He died in 1844. 24 M iii Boston Broker Tracy Nathaniel-461500 was born in 1790. He died in 1866.
Treasurer of Boston Merchants Exchange. Retired to Medford.Nathaniel married (1) wife1 Wyer Mary-461501 daughter of Wyer Progenitor-467345 and WNotknown Miss-467346. Nathaniel married (2) wife2 Allen Anne Middleton-461502 daughter of Allen Progenitor-461503 and ANotknown Miss-461504.
18. Colonel Rev Patriot Lee William Raymond I-344514 (John , Samuel , Samuel , Henry , Progenitor ) was born in 1745. He died in 1824.
Of Marblehead. He manages William R. Lee and Co. with his uncle Jeremiah. Nephew of Col Jeremiah Lee qv.
William married Lemmon Mary-344520 daughter of Dr MD Lemmon Joseph-461388 and Swett Hannah-461431.
They had the following children:
+ 25 M i Lt Lee William Raymond-461347 was born in 1774. He died in 1861. 26 M ii Captain Lee Joseph Lemmon-461392. 27 F iii Lee Hannah Swett-461393. Hannah married Major-General Lawyer Dearborn Henry Alexander Scammell-461394 son of Major-General Am Rev Dearborn Henry-461395 and wife2 DNotknown Miss-461396. Henry was born in 1783. He died in 1851.
His own wikipedia page. Member Society of Cincinnati.
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