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Alice Dorothy Lightfoot 1598 – 1679 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jun 1598

Birth Location: Stoke Bruton, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 22 Sep 1679

Death Location: Jamestown, Surry, Virginia, United States

Father: Col Lightfoot

Mother: Alice Goodrich

Spouse(s): Rev. Spencer

Children(s): Elizabeth Spencer

In 1598, Alice Dorothy Lightfoot entered the world in Stoke Bruton, Northamptonshire, England, born to Col John Thomas Lightfoot and Alice Anne Goodrich. Alice Dorothy Lightfoot married Rev. William "Ancient Planter" Spencer, and had children including Elizabeth Anne Spencer. Alice Dorothy Lightfoot passed away in 1679 in Jamestown, Surry, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1598, Alice Dorothy Lightfoot entered the world in Stoke Bruton, Northamptonshire, England, born to Col John Thomas Lightfoot and Alice Anne Goodrich.
  • Alice Dorothy Lightfoot married Rev. William "Ancient Planter" Spencer, and had children including Elizabeth Anne Spencer.
  • Alice Dorothy Lightfoot passed away in 1679 in Jamestown, Surry, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Col Lightfoot
1580 – 1648
Birth Location: St. Lawrence Parish, London, Middlesex, England
CL
Alice Goodrich
1580 – 1648
Birth Location: Tugby, Leicestershire, England
AG

Spouses(s)

Rev. Spencer
1560 – 1637
Birth Location: Hampshire, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
RS

Children(s)

Elizabeth Spencer
1625 – 1669
Birth Location: Jamestown, Surry, Virginia, United States
ES

Alice Lightfoot's Ancestors

Self
Alice Lightfoot
1598 – 1679
Birth Place: Stoke Bruton, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Col John Thomas Lightfoot
1580 – 1648
St. Lawrence Parish, London, Middlesex, England
Alice (Anne) Goodrich
1580 – 1648
Tugby, Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
Lt. (Gen. Thomas) Goodrich
1549 – 1597
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Margaret Barham
1551 – 1618
Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Lt. Goodrich
1525 – 1600
Ann Sherwood
1530 – 1625
John Barnham
1500 – 1555
Thomasine Bettenham
1510 – 1551
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Sherwood
1504 – 1568
Alice Halle
1507 – 1548

Alice Lightfoot's Descendants

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Alice (Dorothy) Lightfoot (Jun 1598 – 22 Sep 1679) m. Rev. (William "Ancient Planter") Spencer (1560 – 10 Feb 1637)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Anne) Spencer (1625 – 13 May 1669) m. Honorable (Captain Thomas) Warren (30 January 1624 – 21 Apr 1670) m. Major (Robert) Sheppard (1604 – 1654)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Bailey) Warren (1644 – 3 June 1728) m. Richard Walker (1649 – 12 Sep 1718)
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Sarah) Walker (19 Dec 1675 – 1728) m. Robert (Samuel) Allen (1659 – 4 Oct 1755)
        1. 1. Agnes Allen (1700 – 1800) m. John (T.) Pulliam (3 August 1692 – 06 Feb 1734)
    2. 2. Anne Sheppard (May 1644 – 1716) m. George (Foster) Newsom (1639 – 15 Dec 1697) m. Thomas Hart (1638 – 10 Jun 1669)
      1. 1. Mary (Foster) Newsome (1666 – 1734) m. Henry Hart (1662 – 20 July 1739)
        1. 1. Thomas Hart (1685 – 6 Mar 1748) m. Mary (Jane) Lane (1687 – abt 1760)
      2. 2. Henry Hart (1662 – 20 July 1739) m. Mary (Foster) Newsome (1666 – 1734)

Alice Lightfoot's Timeline

2 Records

1598
Jun 1598
Birth of Alice Dorothy Lightfoot in Stoke Bruton, Northamptonshire, England
Stoke Bruton, Northamptonshire, England
1679
22 Sep 1679
Age 81
Death of Alice Dorothy Lightfoot in Jamestown, Surry, Virginia, United States
Jamestown, Surry, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jun 1598
    Event Place: Stoke Bruton, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1679
    Event Place: Jamestown, Surry, Virginia, United States
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