. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. att in Kent friday 22d March 1660-1. My leav-ing Virginia I have sorelyrepented. He made nieeproffers of marriage andoffered mee 1000 acres ofland. It appears that Rich-ard Lee had resolved to re-turn to England before theRestoration, and did goimmediately upon receivingthe joyful news. In1663 he made his will, andfrom it we learn that hewas on the eve of a voyagealone to Virginia to arrangefor the permanent settle-ment there of his beseeches his friends,in case of his death on thevoyage, to lose no time insending his
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. att in Kent friday 22d March 1660-1. My leav-ing Virginia I have sorelyrepented. He made nieeproffers of marriage andoffered mee 1000 acres ofland. It appears that Rich-ard Lee had resolved to re-turn to England before theRestoration, and did goimmediately upon receivingthe joyful news. In1663 he made his will, andfrom it we learn that hewas on the eve of a voyagealone to Virginia to arrangefor the permanent settle-ment there of his beseeches his friends,in case of his death on thevoyage, to lose no time insending his wife and children to Virginia. His will disposes ofmany large landed estates, variously designated as Dividing Creeks,Mocke Nock, Machotick, Papermakers Neck, Bishops Neck, Para-dise, and several islands in the Chesapeake Bay. He piouslycommends his soul to the good and gracious God, and his bodyto be disposed of, whether by land or sea, according to theopportunity of the place, not doubting but at the last day bothbody and soul shall be reunited and ku^-Mu^ SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. 77 The later home of Richard Lee was at Dividing Creeks, inNorthumberland County. It is probable he died there. The placeknown as Cobbs Hall may have been originally Dividing Creeks,but this is not known certainly. A wood-carving has been pre-served of the arms of the Lees, and believed to have once adornedthe front door of Cobbs present owner of thisinteresting relic is JudgeEdwin Broun, who inheritedit from his brother, Dr,Charles Lee Broun. Theprint of it, given here, isfrom a photograph takenMay, 1894. The carvingrepresents, says Dr. JeningsLee, an old form of the Leearms—the same, in fact, aswere registered at the Her-alds office at London as borne b}^ Colonel RichardLee, Secretary of State inVirginia, Anno 1659. Thecrescent has been generallyborne by the Coton family toindicate that they were theyounger branch. A strict interpretation of this coat-of-
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