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Col. JOHN LIGHTFOOT 1580–1648 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1580

Birth Location: St.Lawrence Parish, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 24 Mar 1648

Death Location: Jamestown, Virginia, United States

Father: Richard Lightfoot

Mother: Jane Lightfoot

Spouse(s): ALICE Resident

Children(s): ALICE Resident, Sarah Lightfoot, Sarah Lightfoot, Thomas Lightfoot, John Lightfoot, Elizabeth Lightfoot, John Lightfoot, Alice Spencer, John LIGHTFOOT, Elizabeth Spencer, Thomas Lightfoot

The story of Col. JOHN LIGHTFOOT began in 1580 in St.Lawrence Parish, Middlesex, England. Col. JOHN LIGHTFOOT married Alice Anne Goodrich Lightfoot Immigrant Jamestown Resident, and had children including Alice Lightfoot Spencer, Alice Dorothy Lightfoot Ledespencer Immigrant Jamestown Resident, Ann Lightfoot, Elizabeth Lightfoot, Elizabeth Spencer, John Lightfoot, John Rev Lightfoot, Sarah Lightfoot, Thomas Lightfoot. Col. JOHN LIGHTFOOT passed away in 1648 in Jamestown, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Col. JOHN LIGHTFOOT began in 1580 in St.Lawrence Parish, Middlesex, England.
  • Col. JOHN LIGHTFOOT married Alice Anne Goodrich Lightfoot Immigrant Jamestown Resident, and had children including Alice Lightfoot Spencer, Alice Dorothy Lightfoot Ledespencer Immigrant Jamestown Resident, Ann Lightfoot, Elizabeth Lightfoot, Elizabeth Spencer, John Lightfoot, John Rev Lightfoot, Sarah Lightfoot, Thomas Lightfoot.
  • Col. JOHN LIGHTFOOT passed away in 1648 in Jamestown, Virginia, United States.

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Col. LIGHTFOOT's Ancestors

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Col. LIGHTFOOT
1580–1648
Birth Place: St.Lawrence Parish, Middlesex, England
Parents
Richard Henry Lightfoot
1532–1605
Stoke Bruain Parish, Hampshire, England
Jane (Aske Jones) Lightfoot
1534–1609
Stoke, Northamptonshire, England
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Col. LIGHTFOOT's Descendants

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Col. (JOHN) LIGHTFOOT (1580–24 Mar 1648) m. ALICE (Anne Goodrich-Lightfoot ^ Immigrant, Jamestown) Resident (02 Oct 1580–1648)
  1. 1. ALICE (Dorothy Lightfoot ^ LeDeSpencer, Immigrant, Jamestown) Resident 1598–1679 m. Robert (Kynge) King 1610–1680
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Jane King) Spencer 1625–1669 m. John (Warren) III 1624–1670
  2. 2. Sarah Lightfoot 1599–1621
  3. 3. Sarah Lightfoot 1600–1621
  4. 4. Thomas Lightfoot 1620–1648
  5. 5. John Lightfoot 1602–1675
  6. 6. Elizabeth Lightfoot 1615–1649
  7. 7. John (Rev.) Lightfoot 1596–1648
  8. 8. Alice ((Lightfoot)) Spencer 1598–1638
  9. 9. John LIGHTFOOT 1602–1675
  10. 10. Elizabeth Spencer 1615–1655
  11. 11. Thomas Lightfoot 1620–1648

Col. LIGHTFOOT's Timeline

2 Records

1580
1580
Birth of Col. JOHN LIGHTFOOT in St.Lawrence Parish, Middlesex, England
St.Lawrence Parish, Middlesex, England
1648
24 Mar 1648
Age 68
Death of Col. JOHN LIGHTFOOT in Jamestown, Virginia, United States
Jamestown, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: St.Lawrence Parish, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Mar 1648
    Event Place: Jamestown, Virginia, United States

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