Joshua Lee II, born about 1728 in Bertie County and died after 1790 in possibly Bladen County, was the father of Josiah — all this according to the Bland/Lee book. The name of his wife is unknown.

To tell the rest of the Lee story, I will go to the earliest generation and come forward as I have done in other chapters. All of this information is from the Bland/Lee book but they frequently cite another book ”Lees and Kings of Virginia and North Carolina, 1636-1976• which I have also consulted.