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Major Sherwood Lightfoot 1684–1730 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Feb 1684

Birth Location: Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 26 Apr 1730

Death Location: St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, USA

Father: Colonel III

Mother: Susannah Goodrich

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Major Sherwood Lightfoot was born in 1684 in Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA, the child of Colonel John Lightfoot Iii And Susannah Anne Goodrich. Major Sherwood Lightfoot passed away in 1730 in St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Major Sherwood Lightfoot was born in 1684 in Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA, the child of Colonel John Lightfoot Iii And Susannah Anne Goodrich.
  • Major Sherwood Lightfoot passed away in 1730 in St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, USA.

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Major Lightfoot's Ancestors

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Major Lightfoot
1684–1730
Birth Place: Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Colonel John Lightfoot III
1648–1707
Grays Inn, Middlesex, England
Susannah (Anne) Goodrich
1660–1709
Gloucester County, Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
John Lightfoot
1622–1686
London, Middlesex, England
Elizabeth Taylor
1627–1687
Gloucester County, Virginia, United States of America
Lt. (Gen. Thomas) Goodrich
1615–1679
Bury St Edmunds, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Anne Sherwood
1620–1696
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
John I
1596–1648
Elizabeth Phillips
1602–1683
Phillip Sherwood
1600–1684
Martha Pendleton
1610–1666
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Lightfoot
1562–1625
Jane Jones
1565–1649
Francis Exchequer)
1576–1649
Olive Sawyer
1580–1648

Major Lightfoot's Timeline

2 Records

1684
14 Feb 1684
Birth of Major Sherwood Lightfoot in Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
1730
26 Apr 1730
Age 46
Death of Major Sherwood Lightfoot in St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, USA
St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Feb 1684
    Event Place: Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Apr 1730
    Event Place: St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, USA

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