William Lee, Linen Draper at Bellaghy Linen-Market, commencing March 1763, dated 21 May 1764
Belfast Newsletter 8 June 1764

[memorial against the Hearts of Steel, a Protestant movement of agrarian protest over the reletting of farms in 1770]
Thos. LEE “Inhabitant of the town of Magherafelt” is one of the signatories Dated at Magherafelt 13 March 1772.
Belfast Newsletter 17 March 1772

Robert Lee (x2), John Lee, William Lee (x2) & Francis Lee, Freeholders of Co. Antrim, announced their intendance to attend a Meeting at the Sessions-House in Antrim on 20 Sep 1784 “to take under consideration the most effectual mode of procuring a parliamentary reform”
Belfast Newsletter 3 September 1784

Loyal Inhabitants of the Town of Magherafelt and its Vicinity, behold with deep concern the spirit of disaffection and disloyalty which too generally pervade our neighbourhood, and which has recently shewn itself in the attempt of a nefarious Bauditti (stiling themselves United Irishmen) etc.
Robert LEE is one of the signatories dated at Magherafelt, 14 May 1796
Belfast Newsletter 16-20 May 1796

The following signed a petition supporting ‘A Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland’
Thomas LEE, Dunamoney
John LEE, Dunamoney
Robert LEE, Killynus [Killyneese]
Thomas LEE, Drumrainey
John LEE, Dunamony [is this a repetition, or a 2nd John Lee?]
Robert LEE, Magherafelt
Arthur LEE, Drumond [Drummond]
Belfast Newsletter, 27 September 1799, pages 1 and 2

Samuel Brown & Michael Johnston, Plaintiffs; Robert Lee and Another, Defendants. To be sold by public auction, at the Session-House, Magherafelt, on Monday 18 Oct 1817 […] that house or tenement, situate in the Town of Magherafelt, with the yard, offices and gardens belonging thereto, formerly held by the Defendant, Robert Lee, under the Marquis of Londonderry and Robert Bateson, and now occupied by Mr John Johnston, Merchant, and the Miss Hagans. The house is situate in the best part of the Diamond of Magherafelt and is in thorough repair. […] apply to Mr. David Chambers, Magherafelt, the Plaintiff’s Attorney or Mr. Samuel Knox, Colerain[e], the Attorney for the Defendants. Dated 22 Sep 1817.
Belfast Commercial Chronicle 13 Oct 1817

On the 21st inst, Andrew LEE Esq of Bellaghy eldest son of William LEE Esq of Drumree, co Derry, to Jane youngest daughter of the late Maj WALLACE of Beechmount, near Belfast Nick Reddan’s Newspaper Extracts 16 Nov 1820

DIED On the 18th inst. Jane, wife of Mr. Andrew Lee, of Bellaghy.
Belfast Commercial Chronicle 22 March 1828

MARRIED. In Duneane Church, on 21st inst. by Rev. Wm. Boy?? Curate of Duneane and Cranfield, Mr. JOHN LEE to Miss MARGARET LOGAN.
The Belfast Newsletter, 27 June 1828.

‘John LEE, late of Bellaghy’ was charged with unlawful assembly and rioting at Magherafelt, County Londonderry, on 22 July 1830. ‘Robert LEE of Bellaghy’ was also seen there by a witness, though he does not appearto have been charged. John and Robert marched as part of the Bellaghy Orangemen procession. A confrontation with the Ribbonmen appears to have then arisen.
Parliamentary records. Great Britain. (1835) House of Lords: The Sessional Papers. Vol. 24. Third Report from the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Nature, Character, Extent, and Tendency of Orange Lodges, Associations, or Societies in Ireland. https://books.google.com/books?id=NdRbAAAAQAAJ

W. Orrell, William Hood, John Hood, John M’Neill, John Morris, J. Anderson, W. Ferris, D. People, John Lee, J. Spear, and Alexander M’Neil appeared in court charged with rescueing certain persons charged with riots and felony out of the dock at Magherafelt Court-House on 22 Jul 1830.
The Belfast Newsletter, 12 April 1831.

William Hood, John Hood, William Orr, Archibald M’Neill, John M’Neill, John Lee & David Peoples sent an open letter to Theobald Jones, Esq., Member of Parliament for Co. Londonderry, thanking him for their premature release from the Goal of Londonderry.
Londonderry Sentinel, 13 August 1831.

REGISTRY of FREEHOLDS, HALF-BARONY of COLERAINE
No. 111, James Lee, Toberhead, House and Lands, £20
Londonderry Sentinel 8 Oct 1831

REGISTRY OF FREEHOLDS, BARONY OF LOUGHINSHOLLEN
No. 142, John Lees, sen., Tubberhead, Houses and Lands, £10
No. 143, John Lees, jun., Tubberhead, Houses and Lands, £10
Londonderry Sentinel 17 December 1831

County Antrim Assizes, 28 Jul 1834, Andrew Lees was convicted of walking in an unlawful procession, to be imprisoned a week in goal and to give bail.
Belfast Commercial Chronicle 02 August 1834

County of Antrim Assizes, 12 Mar 1839, Matilda Lees, was acquitted for receiving a watch, the property of William Hutton, at Randalstown, in July last [1838], knowing it to have been stolen. Northern Whig 14 March 1839

James Lee, James Morrow, Thomas Locock, Alexander Payne, and William Boyd, were indicted for walking in procession at Desertmartin on the 12th of July 1841. James Lee pleaded guilty for rioting and levelling a gun at the Police during the Orange Procession. He was found guilty and sentenced to 12 months in prison, of which 3 months of hard labour.
Londonderry Sentinel 19 March 1842

William Lee recovered the cow of Jonathan Gregg of Desertmartin
Derry Journal 26 July 1842

MURDER OF A WATER-BAILIFF – Last Saturday, William Lees, about 22 years old, murdered in the parish of Artrea, Coagh neighborhood. His brother assisted him with his injury. He left two aged and indulgent parents to lament his fate.
Belfast News-Letter 22 November 1842

John Lee At the residence, of his father, at Desertmartin, died on the 30th ult., Mr. John Lee, aged 28 years, of consumption, late sergeant of the Revenue Police, stationed at Augher. He was a young man, of promising usefulness to the force to which he had belonged, and is much lamented by his friends and acquaintances.
Coleraine Chronicle 6 Sep 1845

At Coleraine Quarter Sessions, June 28th 1847, Smith Graham, a respectable and intelligent lad, was charged with stealing herrings, the property of Margaret Lees
Coleraine Chronicle 3 July 1847

At Londonderry Assizes 15 Mar 1848, Rev. Thomas Lindsay was plaintiff against James Lees for refusing to pay rent. He had held the land for two years.
Derry Journal 22 March 1848

At Crown Court Carrickfergus, Tuesday March 20, 1849, Catherine Lees, about 20 years of age, indicted for wilful murder of her female child. She was a servant for Mr. and Mrs. Hull for over two years (Quakers) at Ballyscullion, Grange, near Randalstown. She was acquitted of the prime. (a Catherine Lees, Servant, “from Mullaghboy” died on 27 Nov 1902 at Magherafelt Workhouse, a Spinster aged 73. Her name, age and occupation would match the news article. Mullaghboy is around 12 miles from Grange)
Coleraine Chronicle 24 March 1849

List of members of the several Presbyterian Churches in this City [Belfast]
William LEES
Belfast Newsletter 04 May 1849

William Lee. At his residence, Cloughy House, near Stewartstown, on the 19th ult., in the 77th year of his age, William Lee, Esq.
Coleraine Chronicle 5 Mar 1853

Thomas Lee At Princess Street, St. John, New Brunswick, March 1st, Thomas, sixth son of Mr. William Lee, of that place, formerly of Bellaghey, in the county of Londonderry.
Coleraine Chronicle 15 Apr 1854

John Lees in Ballybriest [Lissan] donated 1 shilling to the Patriotic Fund
Londonderry Standard 30 August 1855

A number of men were called for having, on 19 May 1857, engaged in a riot in the town of Portglenone. Joseph Lees was called up to prove an alibi for James McNamee.
Coleraine Chronicle 25 July 1857

Elizabeth Lee, At Grange Corner, Toome Bridge, on the 5th inst., Elizabeth wife of John Lee, aged 63 years
Coleraine Chronicle 10 May 1862

Ann Lees – At her son’s residence, Blakes, parish of Dunboe, on the 26th inst., Ann, relict of the late Mr. John Lees, farmer, aged 85 years.
Coleraine Chronicle 10 Jan 1864

William Lee, at his residence, 37, Princess Street, St. John, New Brunswick, on the 7th ult., Mr. William Lee, formerly of Bellaghy, county Londonderry.
Coleraine Chronicle 12 Dec 1868

Thomas Lees, belonging to “the Protestant party” was arrested for unlawful assembly and riot at Desertmartin on 12 Jul 1868
Ballymena Observer 20 March 1869

William Lees was a witness at Kilrea Petty Sessions. It concerned a shooting at Gortmacrane on 13 Jul 1874. Lees stated that he was working about six perches from McGills Lane at the time “the Orange party came up.” He saw prisoner Wilson pull a gun against James Meehan and strike Paul Begley three times. Constable James McMeekin states that the townland of Gortmacrane “had been proclaimed prior to the 13th July last, and is so still”. William is recorded as “a Catholic defendant alongside Catherine Diamond, Ann Diamond, Ellen Diamond, Andrew Diamond, Ellen Lees, Ann McGill, Eliza McGill, John McGill, and James Quinn. (To “proclaim” a townland (or larger area) meant that the government formally declared it a “disturbed” or “proclaimed” district due to unrest, violence, or perceived threats to law and order—often involving sectarian tensions, secret societies, or paramilitary activity. The Ellen Lees is likely Ellen Keenan who married Thomas Lees. The William Lees may have been her son born 1858)
Ulster Examiner and Northern Star, 07 August 1874