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Hannah Lightfoot 1730–1778 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 October 1730

Birth Location: Parish of St. John's, Wapping, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1778

Death Location: Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Matthew Lightfoot

Mother: Mary Wheeler

Spouse(s): King III

Children(s): Princess Kingdom, Adolphus Hanover, King Hannover, John Fairbrother

Hannah Lightfoot was born in 1730 in Parish of St. John's, Wapping, England, United Kingdom, the child of Matthew Lightfoot And Mary Emily Wheeler. Hannah Lightfoot married Isaac Axford, King George Iii, and had children including Adolphus Frederick Hanover, John Robert Fairbrother, King Ernst August I Of Hannover, Princess Mary Of The United Kingdom. Hannah Lightfoot passed away in 1778 in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Hannah Lightfoot was born in 1730 in Parish of St. John's, Wapping, England, United Kingdom, the child of Matthew Lightfoot And Mary Emily Wheeler.
  • Hannah Lightfoot married Isaac Axford, King George Iii, and had children including Adolphus Frederick Hanover, John Robert Fairbrother, King Ernst August I Of Hannover, Princess Mary Of The United Kingdom.
  • Hannah Lightfoot passed away in 1778 in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Hannah Lightfoot's Ancestors

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Hannah Lightfoot
1730–1778
Birth Place: Parish of St. John's, Wapping, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Matthew Lightfoot
1689–1732
Wapping Whitechappel, Ratcliffe, England
Mary (Emily) Wheeler
1708–1760
Fairfield, London, England
Grandparents
Mathew ((cordwainer\shoemaker) Lightfoot) (Quaker)
1649–1716
St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England
Ruth (Newman) Quaker
1657–1744
London, London, England
Hannah Wheeler
1677–1733
Soulbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Taylor
1626–1686
Mary Salt
1635–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hannah Lightfoot's Descendants

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Hannah Lightfoot (12 October 1730–1778) m. King (George) III (24 May 1738–29 January 1820)
  1. 1. Princess (Mary of the United) Kingdom 1776–1857
  2. 2. Adolphus (Frederick) Hanover 1774–1850 m. Princess (Augusta Wilhelmine Luise of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Cambridge of) Hesse-Kassel 1797–1889
    1. 1. Princess (Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Cambridge Duchess of) Teck 1833–1897 m. Count (Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander von Hohenstein Duke of) Teck 1837–1900
      1. 1. Princess (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of) Teck 1867–1953 m. King (George Frederick Ernest Albert None V, of) Windsor 1865–1936
        1. 1. George VI 1895–1952 m. Queen (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes) Lyon 1900–2002
        2. 2. Prince George 1902–1942
        3. 3. Edward VIII 1894–1972
        4. 4. John (Charles Francis) Windsor 1905–1919
        5. 5. Victoria (Alexandra Alice Mary) Lascelles 1897–1965 m. Henry (George Charles) Lascelles 1882–1947
        6. 6. Henry (William Frederick Albert) Windsor 1900–1974
  3. 3. King (Ernst August I of) Hannover 1771–1851
  4. 4. John (Robert) Fairbrother 1754–1834 m. Mary Taylor 1760–1845
    1. 1. Abraham Taylor 1801–1881
    2. 2. Nancy Taylor 1806–1870
    3. 3. Isaac Taylor 1795–1845
    4. 4. Hannah Byard 1791–1865
    5. 5. Francis Taylor 1801–1886
    6. 6. John Taylor 1789–1876
    7. 7. Benjamin Taylor 1803–1844
    8. 8. William Taylor 1797–1869
    9. 9. Ann (Margreth) Woodmansee 1787–1872

Hannah Lightfoot's Timeline

2 Records

1730
12 October 1730
Birth of Hannah Lightfoot in Parish of St. John's, Wapping, England, United Kingdom
Parish of St. John's, Wapping, England, United Kingdom
1778
1778
Age 48
Death of Hannah Lightfoot in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA
Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 October 1730
    Event Place: Parish of St. John's, Wapping, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: St James, Westminster
    Record Source: London, England, Clandestine Marriage and Baptism Registers, The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Registers of Clandestine Marriages and of Baptisms in the Fleet Prison, King's Bench Prison, the Mint and the May Fair Chapel; Class: RG 7; Piece: 272

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1778
    Event Place: Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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