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THE FAMILY AND DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE LEE BAPTISED 1732.

To continue with our lineage we must now concentrate our efforts on George Lee 1732, who married Jemima Millington at Bradbourne on 7th. November, 1769.  Seven months after their marriage, their first child, George, was baptised.  They produced five more children, all of whom were baptised at St, James' Brassington.  Here are the entries from the register.

1770, June 17th.  George son of George and Jemima Lee.

1771, Dec. 29th.  Job son of George and Jemima Lee.

1774, Aug. 28th.  Frances daughter of George and Jemima Lee.

1776, Aug. 11th.  Elizabeth daughter of George and Jemima Lee.

1784, Dec. 12th.  Mary daughter of George and Jemima Lee.

1788, Aug. 10th.  John son of George and Jemima Lee.

There is an entry in the register stating that Mary, daughter of George and Jemima Lee was buried on Oct. 8th. 1785.

From these entries, I have formed the following family tree

George Lee

bap. 11th. Nov.1732

at Brassington.

died 19th. March 1804

at Brassington.

(M)

Jemima Millington

at Bradbourne 7th. Nov. 1769.

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GEORGE             JOB               FRANCES           ELIZABETH              MARY                    JOHN

b. 17th                 b.29th                b. 28th                   b. 11th                     b. 19th                       b. 10th

June 1770             Dec. 1771         Aug. 1774               Aug. 1776                 Dec. 1784.                Aug 1788

at Brsn.                 at Brsn.            at Brsn.                   at Brsn.                    at Brsn.                      at Brsn.

                      Died 30/5/1847                                                                    d.8th Oct.

                          Cheddleton                                                                        1785 at Brsn.

                             Staffs.

                             (M)

                     27th March 1805

                       at Carsington

                        (Derbyshire)

                     JANE MARSHALL.

(JANE MARSHALL was born at Elton Derbys. circa 1783.)

Once again, no wills have been located for this family so we will have to accept that they were miner/farmers as were most other Brassington families.  We shall not dwell on them, rather we will continue the next line relating to this family of Lee's..  However, it is at this point that we should perhaps bring to an end this chapter which has dealt with the Lee's of Derbyshire, for Job, the second son of George and Jemima, who Married Jane Marshall at nearby Carsington, would become the first of the North Staffordshire Lee's.

One small piece of information I discovered from a book called: WERRINGTON, SOME NOTES ON ITS HISTORY. by J.D. Johnstone.  It was written in 1946 and I discovered it at the Longton Library.

The book goes on to say that "in 1763, on the twentieth of June, [fifteen days before Elizabeth Greatorex was laid to rest] the day-time sky grew dark and red and the moon at night turned blue.  This effect was caused by a great explosion from the Icelandic volcano, Laki. one of the greatest explosions of historic times.  The dust produced spread over much of Europe and  lasted for almost a month." One can imagine the terror and consternation this would have caused to the relatively primitive souls who witnessed it.  I'm sure the churches would have doubled their congregations and there would have been much weeping and wailing.  Our modern technology would soon explain it to us, but to them it must have seemed like the end of the world was nigh.