Laetitia Corbin Lee

Laetitia Corbin Lee (25 August 1657 – 6 October 1706) was an American colonist. She was the daughter of Henry Corbin, one of the most powerful and influential political leaders in the Colony of Virginia. In 1674 she married the politician Richard Lee II, and joined the prominent Lee family of Virginia. The Maryland branch of the Lee family descends from her through her son, Philip Lee of Blenheim Plantation. Another of her sons, Thomas, built Stratford Hall, the future family seat of the Lees.
Biography.
Lee was born Laetitia Corbin on 25 August 1657 to Henry Corbin, a Virginia statesman, and Alice Eltonhead Burnham. She was one of eight children. Through her father, she was a granddaughter of Sir Thomas Corbin and a great-granddaughter of Sir Gawen de Sutton Grosvenor. Her sister, Anne Corbin, married the planter William Tayloe. After her father's death in 1675, Lee's mother married Captain Henry Creyke.
In 1674 she married Richard Lee II, a military officer, statesman, planter, and member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia. They had eight children, including Thomas, Philip, and Henry. A granddaughter, Laetitia, was named after her. Shortly after her marriage, Lee's husband was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and later served as a member of the Virginia Governor's Council.
She and her husband maintained one of the largest libraries in the Colony of Virginia at Machodoc, their plantation along the Potomac River in Westmoreland. 
She died on 6 October 1706 at Machodoc. She was buried at the Burnt House Cemetery near Mount Pleasant.