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Matthew Lightfoot 1689–1732 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Feb 1689

Birth Location: Wapping Whitechappel, Ratcliffe, England

Death Date: 1 Feb 1732

Death Location: Wapping, Middlesex, England

Father: Mathew (Quaker)

Mother: Ruth Quaker

Spouse(s): Mary Wheeler

Children(s): Hannah Lightfoot

Matthew Lightfoot was born in 1689 in Wapping Whitechappel, Ratcliffe, England, the child of Mathew Cordwainer Shoemaker Lightfoot Quaker And Ruth Newman Quaker. Matthew Lightfoot married Mary Emily Wheeler, and had children including Hannah Lightfoot. Matthew Lightfoot passed away in 1732 in Wapping, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • Matthew Lightfoot was born in 1689 in Wapping Whitechappel, Ratcliffe, England, the child of Mathew Cordwainer Shoemaker Lightfoot Quaker And Ruth Newman Quaker.
  • Matthew Lightfoot married Mary Emily Wheeler, and had children including Hannah Lightfoot.
  • Matthew Lightfoot passed away in 1732 in Wapping, Middlesex, England.

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Matthew Lightfoot's Ancestors

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Matthew Lightfoot
1689–1732
Birth Place: Wapping Whitechappel, Ratcliffe, England
Parents
Mathew (cordwainer\shoemaker) Lightfoot (Quaker)
1649–1716
St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England
Ruth (Newman) Quaker
1657–1744
London, London, England
Grandparents
Elizabeth (Tayloe) Taylor
1626–1686
Glatton, Huntingdonshire, England
Mary Salt
1635–
Idmiston, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Matthew Lightfoot's Descendants

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Matthew Lightfoot (1 Feb 1689–1 Feb 1732) m. Mary (Emily) Wheeler (22 Jul 1708–16 May 1760)
  1. 1. Hannah Lightfoot 1730–1778 m. King (George) III 1738–1820
    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
    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

Matthew Lightfoot's Timeline

4 Records

1689
1 Feb 1689
Birth of Matthew Lightfoot in Wapping Whitechappel, Ratcliffe, England
Wapping Whitechappel, Ratcliffe, England
1713
16 Jun 1713
Age 24
Matthew Lightfoot was married in London, England
London, England
1728
13 Aug 1728
Age 39
Matthew Lightfoot was married in Westminster, Middlesex, England
Westminster, Middlesex, England
1732
1 Feb 1732
Age 43
Death of Matthew Lightfoot in Wapping, Middlesex, England
Wapping, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Feb 1689
    Event Place: Wapping Whitechappel, Ratcliffe, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 16 Jun 1713
    Event Place: London, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 13 Aug 1728
    Event Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Feb 1732
    Event Place: Wapping, Middlesex, England

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