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Lee

References:
- Lee references in [Clarke, 1860].
- Lee references in Abbott genealogy by Mike Clark.

Richard Lee,
of London,
born c.1719.
See entry in tree by Marie Anne Marandet.
He went to Smyrna.
He ran Lee and Co. in Smyrna.

He mar Margaret ----.
They must have mar pre-1760 if their son is receiving a licence to trade in 1779.
According to Buck Whaley, the wife of William Maltass is aunt of the Lee sons below.
If true, then a sister of William Maltass or of his wife must be mother of the Lee sons, i.e. Margaret here.
But it cannot be a sister of the wife, who was herself Margaret.
So if Buck Whaley is right (and he may not be) then Richard Lee's wife is Margaret Maltass, a sister of William Maltass.

William Maltass joined Richard Lee in Smyrna in or around 1762. The company became Lee and Maltass.
Richard Lee of Smyrna received a licence to trade from the Levant Company on 29 Nov 1767.
"Richard Lee" became a full Member of the Levant Company on 17 Aug 1773.
As at 1776, Richard Lee was head of the firm of Lee and Maltass.
He was made executor of will of William Maltass, 1780. The firm "Lee and Maltass" is mentioned in the will.
William Maltass died in 1782. His son John Maltass also worked in the Lee and Maltass company, but soon set up on his own.

[Clarke, 1860] says that in 1786 and 1787, Richard Lee (possibly senior) was Treasurer of the Factory of Isaac Morier, at Smyrna.
There was a rebellion in Smyrna in 1797 and many properties burnt. [Clarke, 1860] says Lee's property was burnt: "In the great fire of 15th March, 1797, the house of Lees was burnt, and a temporary pressure brought on, so that they were obliged to ask the sympathy of their friends. Lee, however, had a stone warehouse, and thereby many goods were saved, on which a contribution was levied to pay the expense of watching."

His will is dated 21 Sept 1798, codicil same day. He is Richard Lee of London, merchant.
His will shows his wife is Margaret, his dau married Brant, he has an unmarried dau Elizabeth, and sons Richard, John and Peter.
He died 3 Mar 1799, age c.80 yrs.
Will proved 30 Mar 1799 [NOT 13 Mar].
He had issue:

Richard Lee, junior.
Richard Lee junior of Smyrna received a licence to trade from the Levant Company on 9 Mar 1779.
[Clarke, 1860] says that in 1789, Richard Lee junior was admitted into the firm of Isaac Morier, at Smyrna.
He became a full Member of the Levant Company on 11 Jan 1791.
He was British Pro-Consul in Smyrna.
Maria Lee.
She mar Richard Brant and had issue.
Her sons worked with their uncle John Lee in Smyrna. See Buckingham visit in 1812.
Elizabeth Lee,
born c.1766.
She mar July 26, 1800, in India, to William Abbott and had issue.
John Lee,
born c.1769.
Peter Lee,
born 1776.
British Consul in Alexandria, Egypt, as at 1813-1815.
He died 1824.

The traveller James Silk Buckingham meets Peter Lee in Alexandria in 1813.
He had met his brother John Lee in Smyrna in 1812.
From p.130 of vol.2 of Autobiography of James Silk Buckingham (1855).