Samuel Lee was a businessman, judge and politician in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

. He represented Northumberland County in the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly from 1795 to 1802.

He was born in Concord, Massachusetts

Concord, Massachusetts

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, the son of Doctor Joseph Lee. Lee was educated at Harvard College

Harvard College

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 and became a merchant in Penobscot (later Castine, Maine

Castine, Maine

Castine is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States and was once the capital of Acadia . The population was 1,343 at the 2000 census. Castine is the home of Maine Maritime Academy, a four-year institution that graduates officers and engineers for the United States Merchant Marine and marine...

). As a loyalist, he settled in Restigouche, New Brunswick

Restigouche County, New Brunswick

Restigouche County is located in north-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county is named for the Restigouche River which flows through the county and is famous for its salmon pools, which have attracted wealthy American and Canadian tourists to the region's summer colonies for decades...

 in 1784 and acquired land along the Restigouche River

Restigouche River

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. Lee became involved in the trade in fish and timber. In 1787, he was named a justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

 and, two years later, a judge for the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. Lee was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1802. He died at Shediac

Shediac, New Brunswick

Shediac is a Canadian town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.Situated on Shediac Bay, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait, the town calls itself the "Lobster Capital of the World" and hosts an annual festival every July which promotes its ties to lobster fishing; the largest lobster...

at the age of 48.