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Reverend Richard Lightfoot 1562–1625 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1562

Birth Location: Stoke Bruerne Parish, Hampshire, England

Death Date: 28 Nov 1625

Death Location: Stoke Bruerne, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England

Father: John Lightfoot

Mother: Catherine Barrett

Spouse(s): Jane Jones

Children(s): Alice Lightfoot

Reverend Richard Lightfoot was born in 1562 in Stoke Bruerne Parish, Hampshire, England, the child of John Lightfoot And Catherine Barrett. Reverend Richard Lightfoot married Jane Aske Jones, and had children including Alice Dorothy Lightfoot. Reverend Richard Lightfoot passed away in 1625 in Stoke Bruerne, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Reverend Richard Lightfoot was born in 1562 in Stoke Bruerne Parish, Hampshire, England, the child of John Lightfoot And Catherine Barrett.
  • Reverend Richard Lightfoot married Jane Aske Jones, and had children including Alice Dorothy Lightfoot.
  • Reverend Richard Lightfoot passed away in 1625 in Stoke Bruerne, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Reverend Lightfoot's Ancestors

Self
Reverend Lightfoot
1562–1625
Birth Place: Stoke Bruerne Parish, Hampshire, England
Parents
John Lightfoot
1540–1600
Northampton, England, Wales
Catherine Barrett
1542–1600
Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (James) Lightfoot
1520–1580
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Rosemary Monica) Stubbs
1520–1580
England
John Barrett
1520–
England
Great-Grandparents
James Lightfoot
1470–1551
Cuthbert Stubbs
1485–1521
Barbara Amour
1500–1522
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Lightfoot
1450–

Reverend Lightfoot's Descendants

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Reverend (Richard) Lightfoot (1562–28 Nov 1625) m. Jane (Aske) Jones (1570–20 Dec 1649)
  1. 1. Alice (Dorothy) Lightfoot 1600–1623 m. William Spencer 1560–1637
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Anne) Spencer 1625–1655 m. Maj (Lt Robert) Sheppard 1604–1654
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) Sheppard 1645–1711 m. William Newsom 1647–1691
        1. 1. Elizabeth Newsome 1673–1716 m. John Pace 1665–1720

Reverend Lightfoot's Timeline

2 Records

1562
1562
Birth of Reverend Richard Lightfoot in Stoke Bruerne Parish, Hampshire, England
Stoke Bruerne Parish, Hampshire, England
1625
28 Nov 1625
Age 63
Death of Reverend Richard Lightfoot in Stoke, Northamptonshire, , England
Stoke, Northamptonshire, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1562
    Event Place: Stoke Bruerne Parish, Hampshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 89.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MTC
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 30.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RA1
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] Colonial Families of the USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lancashire & Cheshire: - Miscellanies containing: 1. A list of clergy for eleven deaneries of the diocese of the Chester, 1541-2; a list of the tenths and subsidy payable in ten deaneries of the Archdeaconry of Chester; 2. chorley survey; 3. list o
    Record Source: Cheshire, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Nov 1625
    Event Place: Stoke, Northamptonshire, , England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Colonial Families of the USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stoke Bruerne, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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