History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

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Lee was descended. Camden says that " at Langley in Shropshire,
)ne mile from the castle of Acton-Burnel, lowly situated in a woody
jark, is the seat of the Lees, one of the most ancient and honorable
families in these parts." A note states that the family is extinct. It
s wise to look in America for a family said to be extinct in England
n 1650, unless such family were in the peerage. Langley was south
)f the city of Shrewsbury near Condover. Within the hundred of
Shrewsbury, and a few miles north of the city, was the parish of
VIerton, spelled Merriton on Camden's map of 1695. ^ n m is parish
)f Merton was an ancient seat of the Lees named Lee—Hall, situated
i mile or so from Merton parish church. At the present day the
•ailroad from Shrewsbury to Chester passes near the ancient Merton
ind the station there is named "Leaton," which appears to be
mother way of spelling Lee-town. Another railroad running north
:
rom Shrewsbury to Manchester, and nearly parallel to the Chester
railroad, perhaps three miles from the station of Leaton, appears to
pass directly over the site of Lee-Hall as it was located on the
indent map. Thomas Lee of London descended from the Lees of
Lee-Hall in Shropshire was living about the year 1600. He married