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Henry "Black Horse" "Harry" Lee IV Major 1787–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 May 1787

Birth Location: Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 30 Jan 1837

Death Location: , Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Father: Major III

Mother: Matilda Lee\III

Spouse(s): Anne Carter, Ann McCarty, Elizabeth McCarty

Children(s):

In 1787, Henry "Black Horse" "Harry" Lee IV Major entered the world in Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA, born to Major General Henry Iii Light Horse Harry Lee Father Of General Robert E Lee Iii And Matilda The Divine Matilda Ludwell M Maj Gen Henry Lee Iii. Henry "Black Horse" "Harry" Lee IV Major married Ann R Mccarty, Anne Hill Carter, Elizabeth Betsy Mccarty. Henry "Black Horse" "Harry" Lee IV Major passed away in 1837 in , Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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Biography

  • In 1787, Henry "Black Horse" "Harry" Lee IV Major entered the world in Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA, born to Major General Henry Iii Light Horse Harry Lee Father Of General Robert E Lee Iii And Matilda The Divine Matilda Ludwell M Maj Gen Henry Lee Iii.
  • Henry "Black Horse" "Harry" Lee IV Major married Ann R Mccarty, Anne Hill Carter, Elizabeth Betsy Mccarty.
  • Henry "Black Horse" "Harry" Lee IV Major passed away in 1837 in , Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Major III
1756–1818
Birth Location: Leesylvania Near Dumpfries, Prince William, Virginia, Colonial America
MI
Matilda Lee\III
1764–1790
Birth Location: Stratford Hall Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
ML

Spouses(s)

Anne Carter
1773–1829
Birth Location: Leesylvania Near Dumfries, Virginia
AC
Ann McCarty
1798–1840
Birth Location: Cedar Grove, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
AM
Elizabeth McCarty
1796–1879
Birth Location: Popes Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States
EM

Children(s)

Henry Major's Ancestors

Self
Henry Major
1787–1837
Birth Place: Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
Parents
Major General Henry III "Light Horse Harry" Lee (Father of General Robert E. Lee) III
1756–1818
Leesylvania Near Dumpfries, Prince William, Virginia, Colonial America
Matilda ("The Divine Matilda" Ludwell \m Maj Gen Henry) Lee\III
1764–1790
Stratford Hall Plantation, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Lt (Col Honorable Richard Henry Lee (Grandfather of Gen Robert E Lee) (Signer of the Declaration of) Independence)
1729–1787
Lee Hall, Leesylvania, Prince George, Westmoreland, Virginia
Lucy Grymes
1734–1792
VA
Philip (Ludwell Lee) I
1727–1775
Stratford Hall, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth ("Mary") Steptoe
1743–1789
Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Richard Colonel
1691–1747
Mary Beverley
1706–1787
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Col. II
1647–1714
Laetitia Lee
1656–1706
Richard I
1665–1720
Elizabeth Randolph
1685–1720

Henry Major's Timeline

2 Records

1787
28 May 1787
Birth of Henry "Black Horse" "Harry" Lee IV Major in Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
1837
30 Jan 1837
Age 50
Death of Henry "Black Horse" "Harry" Lee IV Major in , Paris, Ile-de-France, France
, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 May 1787
    Event Place: Stratford, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Colonial Families of the USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Jan 1837
    Event Place: , Paris, Ile-de-France, France
    Record Source: Colonial Families of the USA
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