LEE, Albert Lindley, soldier, b. in Fulton, Oswego co., N. Y., 1G Jan., 1834. He was gradu- ated at Union college in 1853, studied law, and re- moved to Kansas, where he was judge of the state supreme court in 1861. He became major of the 7th Kansas cavalry in that year, was made colonel in 1862, and on 29 Nov. was commissioned briga- dier-general of volunteers. He commanded the cavalry in the Red River expedition of 1864, and was in the advance when the Confederate attack was made at Sabine Cross-roads, after which he was superseded by Gen. Richard Arnold. He re- signed on 4 May, 1865, and since the war has passed much of his time in Europe.
LEE, Andrew, clergyman, b. in Lvme, Conn.,
7 May, 1745; d. in Lisbon, Conn., 25 Aug., 1832.
He was graduated at Yal 5 in 1766, and, after study-
ing theology for two years, began preaching in
1768, being in that year ordained pastor of the
Trinitarian Congregational church at Hanover
(now Lisbon), Conn. Here he spent his life, dis-
charging his clerical duties until within a twelve-
month of his death. From 1807 till 1823 he was a
member of the corporation of Yale college, and in
1809 he received the degree of D. D. from Harvard.
Among Dr. Lee's publications are " An Inquiry
whether it be the Duty of Man to be Willing to
Suffer Damnation for the Divine Glory " (1786) ;
" The Declensions of Christianity an Argument for
its Truth " (1793) ; and " Sermons on Various Im-
portant Subjects " (1803).
LEE, Ann, religious teacher, b. in Manchester,
England, 29 Feb., 1736; d. in Watervliet, N. Y., 8
Sept., 1784. She was the daughter of a blacksmith,
and, after working in a cotton-factory and
as cook in an infirmary, while yet a young girl
married Abraham Stanley, also a blacksmith, by
whom she had four children, all of whom died in
infancy. When she was about twenty-two years
old Ann came under the influence of James Wardley,
who was at that time the chief exponent of the
Camisards, or French Prophets, who had fled to
England from France on account of persecution
and found willing followers, especially among the
Quakers. Ann joined the new sect that was founded
in 1747, and called from their physical contortions
“Shaking Quakers.” She was naturally of
an excitable temperament, and her experience in
the performance of these peculiar religious exercises
was most singular and painful. At times her
flesh wasted away under the discipline, and she
became so weak that she had to be fed like a child,
while on other occasions she would enjoy
“intervals of releasement,” in which she asserted that
her strength had been miraculously renewed and
her soul filled with heavenly visions and divine
revelations. By 1770 she had grown greatly in
favor among her people, and being persecuted and
imprisoned in that year by the secular authorities,
she was acknowledged on her release to be their
spiritual mother in Christ. She now also claimed
to be the incarnation of infinite wisdom, and the
“second appearing of Christ,” as really and fully
as Jesus of Nazareth was the incarnation of infinite
power or Christ's first appearing, and therefore did
not hesitate to call herself “Ann the Word.” She
now began to declare the wrath of the Almighty
against marriage, and for this she was again
imprisoned, this time on a charge of misdemeanor.
On her release she returned to the attack on what
she termed “the root of human depravity,” which
so enraged her fellow-townsmen that she was shut
up for several weeks in a mad-house. Thus
harassed and persecuted on English soil, she
declared that she had “a special revelation” to
migrate
to this country, and with several of her
society, that had similar revelations she arrived in
New York in May, 1774. In the spring of 1776
she went to Albany and established at Watervliet,
eight miles from that city, a congregation that she
called “The Church of Christ's Second Appearing,”
and, after formally dissolving her marriage
relation, became its recognized head. The new
sect soon aroused the hostility of the authorities,
Ann being accused by some of witchcraft and by
others of secret correspondence with the British,
probably because she was opposed to war. She was
arrested on a charge of high treason and imprisoned
in Albany during the summer of 1776, but
was subsequently removed to the jail at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where she remained until pardoned
by Gov. George Clinton in 1777. It was not,
however, until 1780 that the society increased materially
in numbers. At the beginning of that year
an unusually extensive revival occurred at New
Lebanon, N. Y., in which Mother Lee took an
active part. She succeeded in securing many
converts and in establishing a branch society at that
place. In 1781 she set out, in company with her
elders, on an extended preaching tour through the
New England states, where she founded societies
at Harvard, Mass., and other places. She did not
live long after her return to Watervliet, but died a
natural death in spite of her claim that when she
left this world she would “ascend in the twinkling
of an eye to heaven.” Notwithstanding her fanatical
excesses, it must be admitted that Ann was a
remarkable woman. She was entirely without
education, but founded a sect and inspired perfect
faith in her divine mission, although it was sought
to invalidate her claims by plausible charges that
her life was shamefully impure.
LEE, Benjamin, sailor, b. in Taunton, Eng-
land, 26 Feb., 1765; d. in Cambridge, Mass., 15
Aug., 1828. He entered the British navy as a
midshipman, having as companions Lord Nelson
and the Duke of Clarence, and commanded a bat-
tery of guns in the naval battle between Admiral
Rodney and Count de Grasse off the island of
Guadeloupe, 12 April, 1782. Having challenged a
superior officer for countermanding his humane
order relative to certain prisoners, he was con-
demned by court-martial to be shot for insubordi-
nation, but was saved through the intervention of
the Duke of Clarence, afterward William IV., the
sentence of death being commuted to dismissal
from the service. It is related that on being set
ashore he at once sent a fresh challenge to the
same officer, which was accepted, and Lee is said
to have left his adversary dead on the field. He
then came to the United States, entered the mer-
chant marine as captain, and was one of the first
to carry the flag of his adopted country to the far
east. After thirteen years on the ocean he retired
to a farm, and subsequently declined a commission
as 1st lieutenant of the frigate " Constitution *'
that was offered to him by President Adams. — His
son. Alfred, P. E. bishop, b. in Cambridge. Mass.,
9 Sept., 1807; d. in Wilmington, Del., 12 April,
1887, was graduated at Harvard in 1827. He
studied law, and was admitted to the bar in New
London, Conn., where he practised for two years,
but afterward went to the General theological
seminarv, New York city, and was graduated in
1837. He was admitted to deacon's orders in
Norwich, Conn., by Bishop Brownell. 21 May, 1837.
and to priest's orders, by the same bishop, in Hart-
ford, 12 June, 1838. He officiated for a short time
in St. James's church, Poquetanoc, Conn., and in
September, 1838, became rector of Calvary church,
