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Henry Light 1740–1803 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States

Death Date: 1803

Death Location: Fredericks, Putnam, New York, United States

Father: Johann Light

Mother: Hannah Higgins

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Henry Light was born in 1740 in Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States, the child of Johann Ohenryo Light And Hannah Higgins. Henry Light passed away in 1803 in Fredericks, Putnam, New York, United States.

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Biography

  • Henry Light was born in 1740 in Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States, the child of Johann Ohenryo Light And Hannah Higgins.
  • Henry Light passed away in 1803 in Fredericks, Putnam, New York, United States.

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Henry Light's Ancestors

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Henry Light
1740–1803
Birth Place: Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States
Parents
Johann Ohenryo Light
1717–1760
Highlands, Ulster, New York, United States
Hannah Higgins
1718–1768
Middletown, Cape May, New Jersey, United States
Grandparents
Johann (Henrich) Leicht
1687–1741
Bernsfeld, Frankfurt Am Main, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Anna (Elisabetha) Schmied
1698–1724
Haschbach, Germany
Jonathan Higgins
1697–1792
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Rebecca Hopkins
1697–1780
Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
Georg Leicht
1666–1711
Margaretha Wilhelm
1660–1710
Henri Schmidt
1645–1734
Anna Angela
1737–1737
Jonathan Higgins
1664–1754
Lydia Sparrow
1660–1709
Sarah Howes
1673–1752
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henrich Leicht
1622–1679
Gela Schlemmer
1622–1710
Jonathan Higgins
1637–1711
Elizabeth Rogers
1639–1677
Thomas Howes
1626–1676
Sarah Bangs
1638–1682

Henry Light's Timeline

2 Records

1740
1740
Birth of Henry Light in Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States
Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States
1803
1803
Age 63
Death of Henry Light in Fredericks, Putnam, New York, United States
Fredericks, Putnam, New York, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1803
    Event Place: Fredericks, Putnam, New York, United States

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