. Historic Virginia homes and churches . the famous Leefamily in \irginia. settled on a plantation at DividingCreek, Xorthumberland County, which he named was succeeded there by his seventh son Hancock Lee(1653-1709), a prominent man in his day. whose firstwife was ]SIary, daughter of the Honorable WilliamKendall, of the Eastern Shore, and his second, Eliza-beth, daughter of the converted Puritan, Isaac Aller-ton II, and granddaughter of those stern New Englandworthies the first Isaac Allerton and Elder ^VilliamBrewster. Hancock Lee was buried at Ditchley, wherehis tomb may still b
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . the famous Leefamily in \irginia. settled on a plantation at DividingCreek, Xorthumberland County, which he named was succeeded there by his seventh son Hancock Lee(1653-1709), a prominent man in his day. whose firstwife was ]SIary, daughter of the Honorable WilliamKendall, of the Eastern Shore, and his second, Eliza-beth, daughter of the converted Puritan, Isaac Aller-ton II, and granddaughter of those stern New Englandworthies the first Isaac Allerton and Elder ^VilliamBrewster. Hancock Lee was buried at Ditchley, wherehis tomb may still be seen. The original Ditchley house is said to have dated fromabout 1687, but the present homestead, situated about two 1510 VIRGINIA HOiMES AND CHURCHES hundred yards from the site of its predecessor, was builtby Kendall Lee, grandson of Hancock I^ee, about the year17t>.5. Ditchlev remained in the Lee family until 1789, whenWilliam Lee sold it to James Ball. Jr.(1718-1789), whohad married said Lees aunt, Lettice Lee (1731-1811), and. , NOKTHUMBERLAND COLXTY it has ever since been the property of the well-known familyof Ball. A recent owner was Cajitain James F. Ball, agallant officer in the Confederate Army. There is still in use at Wycomoco Ciiurch, Northumber-land Parish, a commimion cujj bearing the inscription, ExDono Hancock Lee to Ye Parish of Lee, 1711. MANTUA Probably no house in Tidewater, Virginia, has such asite as Mantua, Northumberland County. Standing on acommanding hill, with the Coan River and the broad CoanInlet almost beneath it, the view includes this beautifulsheet of water on one side and beyond the wide Potomac, THE KAPrAIlANNCK K AM) POTOMAC :511 here nearly at its month. To the ri^lit of tlu- Coaii. fertilefields and Iruitlul orciiards. interspersed with woodlands,streteh to the great river. To one who lias seen this viewin early summer, its memory eonies hack as a tliinj^ of un-usual beauty. James Smith, who was born in the Countv of Derrv,
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