Ann Fairfax Washington Lee’s life was better documented than many women of her era since she belonged to three notable families and was one of the central figures in a lurid scandal that rocked colonial Virginia. Ann’s father, William Fairfax, was the nephew of the fifth Lord Fairfax. The Fairfax family was of immense wealth and influence on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Ann’s mother was Sarah Walker Fairfax. Sarah’s father was a ...
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