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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. John Steeee, Esq. of Ockley, m. Anne, daughter of Eversed, Eaq. of Ockley, and d. in 1670, leaving a son, John Steeee, Esq. of Jayes, Ockley, bap- tised at Ockley, 1st September, 1616 ; m. Ellen, daughter of Watkins, Esq. of CLLfford's Inn, London, and d. 19th, and was buried at Ockley, 20th January, 1699, aged 83, having had by her (who d. 11th, and was buried at Ockley, 17th May, 1680), with other issue, a son, John Steeee, Esq. of Jayes aforesaid, baptised at Ockley, 1st February, 1647, m. Fiducia, daughter and co-heir of John Lee, Esq., of Plaistow, co. Sussex, and Plunistead, CO. Kent, and d. 14th December, 1689, aged 42 (when his widow re-m. Matthew Raper, Esq., of London, dying in 1705), leaving issue, besides a daughter (Fiducia, m. Samuel Papilion, Esq., of London, merchant, by whom she had a son, John, who d. s.p.), a son, Lee Steeee, Esq. of Jayes, m. Martha, daughter of Thomas Scrocold, Esq., of Lon- don, merchant, and by her (who d. July, 1775), left issue, a daughtei", Fiducia, d. tinm., and a son, Lee Steeee, Esq. of Hackney, co. Middle- sex, and of Jayes, J. P., Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to the King, m. his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Steere, Esq. of London, and d. January, 1785, having had by her (who d. February, 1790) a son, Lee, d. an infant, 1758, and a daughter, his heir, Maetha, b. at Hackney, co. Middlesex, 1755; m. at St. George the Martyr, South- wark, 00. Surrey, 15th February, 1774, EiCHAED Witts, Esq. of Everslieds, Ockley, CO. Surrey, who was b. 1746, and d. 15th January, 1815, and was buried at Wotton, co. Surrey, having had issue, Lee Steeee Witts, Esq. of Jayes, i. in Somerset -street, Portman- square, London, 1 4th December, 1774 ; assumed the surname and arms of Steeee by Royal Sign Manual, dated 9th January, 1796 ; m. at St. Maryle- bone, CO. Middlesex, 21st June, 1798, Sarah, eldest daughter of Robert Harrison, Esq., of Ripley Court, co. Surrey, and Benningholme Hall, CO. York, by Sarah, his wife, youngest daughter of Ralph Dodsworth, Esq. of Whitby, CO. York, and d. in 1832, having had issue, I. Lee, of whom presently. II. Robert, b. in Harley-street, London, 17th April, 1807, and baptised 29th May following ; assumed by Royal ■ Sign Manual, dated Ist April, 1819, the surname and arms of Haeeison only. I. EHzabeth, b. in Harley-street, London, 11th March, 1802, and baptised 19th April following; m. first, at St. Maryle- bone, London, 26th June, 1823, Rev. Henry John Ridley, M.A., rector of Abinger, co. Surrey, and prebendary of Bristol, son of the Rev. Henry Ridley, prebendary of Gloucester ; and secondly, 28th September, 1843, James, first Lord Abinger (see Burke's Peer- age), who d. 7th April, 1844. She d. 13th October, 1886. II. Sarah, b. in Harley-street, London, 9th October, 1804, and baptised 14th December following. The elder son, Lee Steeee, Esq. of Jayes, Ockley, Dork- ing, CO. Surrey, and of the Carlton Club, London, J. P. and D.L. for Surrey (High. Sheriff, 1848), J.P. for Sussex, and was M.P. for West Surrey, 1870-80; b. in Harley- street, London, 21st June, 1803, and baptised 19th July following, educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Oxford ; m. at Hessle, co. York, 30th January, 1826, Anne, second daughter of James Keiro Watson, Esq. of Hessle Mount, co. York, and d. 9th October, 1890, having had issue, I. Lee, late Lieut. 88th Foot, b. at Hale, 5th December, 1826, baptised at Ockley, co. Surrey, 27th March, 1827 ; educated at Eton ; m. 1851, Margaret, daughter of the late Keiro Watson, Esq., and has, with other issue, a daughter, Sarah Fiducia Lee. II. Henry Lee, Master of the Wamham Staghounds, m. Elizabeth Fitzroy. III. James Geoege Lee (Hon. Sie), now of Perth and Blackwood. IV. Augustus Frederick Lee, in. Ellen Roe. T. Charles WUliam Lee. Arms — Per pale sa. and gu. three lions pass. arg. Crest — Out of a mural crown per pale gu. and sa. a lion's jamb, erect arg. Motto — Tu ne cede mails. Besidences — (town) Perth, (country) Jayes, Blackwood, Western Australia. Club — Weld, Perth, Western Australia. Estates— In Williams District, 10,000 acres ; and in Blackwood, 2,000 acres. mtitl) of #ortfon JSroofe. SMITH, THOMAS HAWKINS, Esq. of Gordon Brook, Grafton, New Soutli Wales, Australia, J.P., 6. at Quinton, co. Northampton, llth April, 1829, m. at Prospect, New Soutli Wales, 7th January, 1862, Emily Blanche {h. 2nd August, 1845), second daughter of Frederic John Rothery, Esq. of Sydney, New South Wales [who vras h. at Portsmouth, Hants, and