Lettice Lee

Lee was born in Prince George's County, Maryland in 1731. She was the daughter of Philip Lee Sr., the progenitor of the Maryland branch of the Lee family, and Elizabeth, widow of Henry Sewell. The plantation included a large brick house, outbuildings, orchards, an ornamental garden, and a farm for livestock. Following her husband's death in 1760, Lee married a second time to Dr. Adam Thompson, a Scottish physician who created the American Method of smallpox inoculation. After the death of her second husband, she married a third time to Colonel Joseph Sim. Her grave had been discovered on the grounds of the plantation seventeen years prior. == References ==