Re: Gorsuch-Lee Connection (Robert E. Lee that is)
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In reply to:
Gorsuch-Lee Connection (Robert E. Lee that is)
Jeffrey Carmean 8/02/03
Gen. Robert E. Lee is descended from the Gorsuch family as follows:
1)John Gorsuch = Anne Lovelace
2)Anne Gorsuch = Thomas Todd (Sr.)
3)Thomas Todd (Jr.) = Elizabeth Bernard
4)Elizabeth Todd = Augustine Moore
5)Bernard Moore* = Anne Catherine Spotswood
6)Anne Butler Moore = Charles Carter
7)Anne Hill Carter = Gen. Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee
8)Gen. Robert Edward Lee
*Helen Keller was also a descendant of this Bernard Moore and his wife, Ann Catherine (Spotswood) Moore.Their son, Alexander Spotswood Moore, married Elizabeth Aylett and had a daughter, Mary Fairfax Moore (who married David Keller).David and Mary had a son, Arthur Henley Keller, who married Kate Adams and they were parents of Helen Adams Keller.