Abner Lee

  • Born September 4, 1713 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  • Parents were HENRY LEE and REBECCA HEYWOOD.
  • Married SARAH MERRICK October, 1744 in Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah was born July 5, 1720 in Hardwick, Massachusetts; and died before January 18, 1762, probably in Athol, Massachusetts. Her parents were NATHANIEL MERRICK and ALICE FREEMAN. The Merrick Family is a Mayflower family.
  • Died in 1781 in Amherst, Massachusetts.





    • CHILDREN

    The correct list of children of Abner and Sarah Lee has been studied and disputed for years. This is the best we have been able to derive from several sources, including the genealogies of Mayflower Families

    1. HANNAH LEE, born about 1742, died in infancy.
    2. GIDEON LEE, born 1744 Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died March 11, 1811 in Leverett, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Married LUCY WARD in 1773.
    3. JOHN LEE, born November 24, 1746 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married SALLY DURKEE. Married ELIZABETH RIPLEY.
    4. HANNAH LEE, born in 1748 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Married JOHN WILLIAMS.
    5. MARY LEE, born 1748 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died 1792. Married RICHARD SEARS.
    6. REBECCA LEE, born 1750 in Barre, Massachusetts; died in infancy.
    7. HENRY LEE, born in 1750 in Barre, Massachusetts; died in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married KATHARINE ROBBINS.
    8. REBECCA LEE, born July 15, 1752 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1802. Married MEDAD MOODY.
    9. SARAH LEE, born in 1754 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1816. Married NOADIAH SMITH.
    10. JEMIMA LEE, born 1756 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Married JOHN COLE.
    11. ANN LEE, born 1758 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1787.

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