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The
NSDAR awards multiple scholarships to students showing dedication to
the pursuit of an undergraduate degree in one of the following areas:
history, political science, economics, government, or nursing.
The DAR Scholarship Committee awards scholarships to qualified
applicants regardless of race, religion, sex, or national origin.
All applicants must obtain a letter of
sponsorship from their local DAR
chapter. We ask that you please give us ample time before the deadline
to meet you and write a letter of sponsorship, taking into
consideration that we do not have meetings during Jan.,
Feb., March, and July. We are very pleased to help with the
financial burden of education. For a list of the scholarships and
further information please contact the NSDAR using the link below.
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Hannah
Lee Chapter NSDAR is named for a true daughter of the American
Revolution, the daughter of Richard Henry Lee, of the illustrious Lee
family of Virginia.
Hannah
Lee was born in 1766 to Richard Henry and Anne Aylett Lee, at
Chantilly plantation, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Sadly, Anne Lee
died when Hannah was only two years old. She was the
youngest of her mother's four children. Her father married Anne Gaskins
Pinchard about 1769; they had five children. When old enough, Hannah's
education was supervised by a tutoress, Miss Panton. Miss Panton quit
her post
in 1777 to go abroad. She undoubtedly was an English woman.
Hannah probably studied French, music, drawing, deportment, and
needlework,
typical of
her time and social class.
The Lee family of Virginia were strong supporters of the American
Revolution. Richard Henry Lee and his brother
Francis
Lightfoot Lee helped write and were signers of the Declaration of
Independence. Richard Henry devoted his life to politics and spent a
great deal of time away from his plantation.
Hannah was named for her Aunt Hannah Lee Corbin who was an
early
advocate of women's rights to vote and own property.
Young Hannah Lee was married about 1785 to Corbin Washington, the son
of John Augustine and Hannah Bushrod Washington, also of Westmoreland
County. John Augustine was a brother of George Washington. Hannah's
sister Mary married Corbin's brother William; and her brother Thomas
married Corbin's sister Mildred. Hannah's half sister Henrietta married
her
cousin Richard Lee Turberville, the grandson of Hannah Lee Corbin. A
second cousin, born after she died, was Robert E. Lee.
In "Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia 1782," published
in 1871, written by her
cousin Lucinda Lee Orr during a summer of family
visits, Hannah and
Corbin are full of merriment, pulling jokes on
their sisters and cousins. They were congenial guests,
considerate and kind-hearted towards others.
Hannah and Corbin lived at Walnut Farm and became the parents of six
children.
- Richard
Henry Lee Washington b 1788 d 17 Sept. 1817
- John
Augustine Washington II b 6 Aug. 1789 d 13 June
1832. He married Jane C. Blackburn, and they had five children. John
Augustine Washington III would be the last to live at Mount Vernon.
- Bushrod
Corbin Washington b 25 Dec. 1790 d 15 Aug. 1851. He was
married twice, to Anna Maria Blackburn and Anna Maria Thomasina Powell
Harrison. They had two children.
- Jane
Mildred Washington b 1793
d Oct. 1807 at the age of 14
- Mary
Lee Washington b 1796 d 15 Aug. 1826 at the age of 30. She married
Roblet Herbert Sr. They had four children.
- Corbin
Washington b 1800
They did not have a long married life; Corbin died in December 1799 and
Hannah a
year later. They are buried at Bushfield plantation in the family
cemetery.
While little is known of Hannah Lee Washington, in this she is much
like many
of us who love and serve our country, but who will not be found in
published histories.
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