Matilda Lee
- Born: 1764
- Marriage (1): Major Gen. Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee III in 1782
- Died: 1790 aged 26
 Notes:
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She inherited the Stratford Hall Plantation.
Soon after the death of Philip Ludwell Lee, Stratford Hall Plantation became the home of his eldest daughter, the "divine Matilda" who married her cousin, Revolutionary War hero, "Light Horse Harry" Lee . She died in 1790, leaving her husband a life interest in the Plantation. In 1793, "Light Horse Harry" Lee married Ann Hill Carter of Shirley Plantation. Their son Robert E. Lee , the future General of the Confederate Army, was born at Stratford in 1807.
Matilda married Major Gen. Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee III, son of Henry Lee and Lucy Grymes, in 1782. (Major Gen. Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee III was born on 19 Jan 1756 in Stratford Hall Plantation, Westmoreland Co, Virigina, died on 25 Mar 1818 in Cumberland Island, Georgia and was buried in Dungeness, Cumberland Island, Georgia.)
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