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Captain John Lightfoot 1725–1769 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1725

Birth Location: Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 6 Sep 1769

Death Location: Brunswick, Virginia, United States

Father: Gen Lightfoot

Mother: Mary Armistead

Spouse(s): Nancy Ga

Children(s): Ga Foster, Nancy Lightfoot, Dorcas Litefoot, George Lightfoot, James Lightfoot, Jennifer Adair, Jennie Foster, Samuel Adair, John Foster, Edward Adair, John Adair, Dorcas Lightfoot, William Lightfoot, Claiborne Lightfoot, Dorcas Lightfoot

Captain John Lightfoot was born in 1725 in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States, the child of Gen Philip Lightfoot And Mary Armistead. Captain John Lightfoot married Nancy Cherokee Womam The Deer Clan Ga Ho Ga, and had children including Claiborne Lightfoot, Dorcas Benge Lightfoot, Dorcas Gahoga Litefoot, Dorcas Lightfoot, Edward Adair, Ga Ho Ga Nancy Lightfoot Foster, George M Lightfoot, James Cap Foster Lightfoot, Jennie Doublehead Foster, Jennifer Lightfoot Adair, John Adair, John Foster, Nancy Ga Ho Ga Lightfoot, Samuel Adair, William Lightfoot. Captain John Lightfoot passed away in 1769 in Brunswick, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Captain John Lightfoot was born in 1725 in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States, the child of Gen Philip Lightfoot And Mary Armistead.
  • Captain John Lightfoot married Nancy Cherokee Womam The Deer Clan Ga Ho Ga, and had children including Claiborne Lightfoot, Dorcas Benge Lightfoot, Dorcas Gahoga Litefoot, Dorcas Lightfoot, Edward Adair, Ga Ho Ga Nancy Lightfoot Foster, George M Lightfoot, James Cap Foster Lightfoot, Jennie Doublehead Foster, Jennifer Lightfoot Adair, John Adair, John Foster, Nancy Ga Ho Ga Lightfoot, Samuel Adair, William Lightfoot.
  • Captain John Lightfoot passed away in 1769 in Brunswick, Virginia, United States.

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Captain Lightfoot's Ancestors

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Captain Lightfoot
1725–1769
Birth Place: Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Parents
Gen Philip Lightfoot
1689–1748
Yorktown, York, Virginia, United States
Mary Armistead
1696–1775
Northumberland, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Philip Lightfoot
1643–1708
London, Middlesex, England
Alice Corbin
1659–1750
Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, Virginia, United States
William Armistead
1671–1711
Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Anna Lee
1682–1754
Ditchley, Northumberland, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Hon Lightfoot
1596–1648
Elizabeth Phillips
1601–1683
Henry Corbin
1629–1675
Alice Eltonhead
1627–1685
Col Armistead
1635–1698
Judith Robinson
1645–1700
Hancock Lee
1653–1709
Mary Kendall
1661–1694
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Corbin
1594–1637
Winifred Grosvenor
1590–1676
William Armistead
1610–1671
Anne Ellis
1619–1660
John Robinson
1615–1688
Elizabeth Potter
1619–1688

Captain Lightfoot's Descendants

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Captain (John) Lightfoot (1725–6 Sep 1769) m. Nancy ("Cherokee womam the Deer Clan" Ga Ho) Ga (1715–1790)
  1. 1. Ga (Ho Ga 'Nancy' Lightfoot) Foster 1755–1790 m. James Foster 1750–1810 m. John ('Lightfoot') Adair 1753–1815
    1. 1. Jennie (Doublehead) Foster 1777–1812
    2. 2. Elizabeth Foster 1778–1824
    3. 3. John Foster 1782–
    4. 4. Samuel Adair 1781–1879
    5. 5. Walter (Washington) Adair 1783–1835
    6. 6. Charlotte (Lightfoot) Adair 1785–1839
    7. 7. Edward Adair 1789–1864
  2. 2. Nancy (Ga Ho Ga) Lightfoot 1760–1820
  3. 3. Dorcas (Gahoga) Litefoot 1766–1823
  4. 4. George (M) Lightfoot 1770–1837
  5. 5. James (Cap Foster) Lightfoot 1775–1843
  6. 6. Jennifer (Lightfoot) Adair 1775–1805
  7. 7. Jennie (Doublehead) Foster 1777–1812
  8. 8. Samuel Adair 1781–1879
  9. 9. John Foster 1782–
  10. 10. Edward Adair 1789–1864
  11. 11. John Adair 1790–1838
  12. 12. Dorcas Lightfoot 1760–1836
  13. 13. William Lightfoot 1776–1837
  14. 14. Claiborne Lightfoot 1765–1809
  15. 15. Dorcas (Benge) Lightfoot 1760–1761

Captain Lightfoot's Timeline

2 Records

1725
1725
Birth of Captain John Lightfoot in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
1769
6 Sep 1769
Age 44
Death of Captain John Lightfoot in Brunswick, Virginia, United States
Brunswick, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1725
    Event Place: Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Sep 1769
    Event Place: Brunswick, Virginia, United States

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