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Jacob Lightfoot 1706–1781 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Oct 1706

Birth Location: Bally, Ireland

Death Date: 17 Mar 1781

Death Location: Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: Thomas III

Mother: Sarah Wiley

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In 1706, Jacob Lightfoot entered the world in Bally, Ireland, born to Thomas James Lightfoot Iii And Sarah Wiley. Jacob Lightfoot passed away in 1781 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1706, Jacob Lightfoot entered the world in Bally, Ireland, born to Thomas James Lightfoot Iii And Sarah Wiley.
  • Jacob Lightfoot passed away in 1781 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Jacob Lightfoot's Ancestors

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Jacob Lightfoot
1706–1781
Birth Place: Bally, Ireland
Parents
Thomas James Lightfoot III
1640–1725
Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Sarah Wiley
1661–1706
Athlone, Westmeath, Ireland
Grandparents
Thomas (Lightfoot) II
1620–1648
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Anna (Greta) Aucocke
1608–1645
St Botolph, Cambridgeshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacob Lightfoot's Timeline

3 Records

1706
16 Oct 1706
Birth of Jacob Lightfoot in Ballykieran, Westmeath, Ireland
Ballykieran, Westmeath, Ireland
1706
16 Oct 1706
Birth of Jacob Lightfoot in Bally, Ireland
Bally, Ireland
1781
17 Mar 1781
Age 75
Death of Jacob Lightfoot in Maiden Creek, Pennsylvania, United States
Maiden Creek, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Oct 1706
    Event Place: Ballykieran, Westmeath, Ireland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Oct 1706
    Event Place: Bally, Ireland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Mar 1781
    Event Place: Maiden Creek, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

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