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Robert Lightfoot 1543–1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Ashford, Kent, , England

Death Date: 2 Jan 1598

Death Location: Ashford, Kent, , England

Father: Gilbert Lightfoot

Mother: Jane Booth

Spouse(s): Jane Meade

Children(s): Elizabeth Lightfoot

Robert Lightfoot was born in 1543 in Ashford, Kent, , England, the child of Gilbert Lightfoot And Jane Booth. Robert Lightfoot married Jane Meade, and had children including Elizabeth Lightfoot. Robert Lightfoot passed away in 1598 in Ashford, Kent, , England.

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Biography

  • Robert Lightfoot was born in 1543 in Ashford, Kent, , England, the child of Gilbert Lightfoot And Jane Booth.
  • Robert Lightfoot married Jane Meade, and had children including Elizabeth Lightfoot.
  • Robert Lightfoot passed away in 1598 in Ashford, Kent, , England.

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Robert Lightfoot's Ancestors

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Robert Lightfoot
1543–1598
Birth Place: Ashford, Kent, , England
Parents
Gilbert Lightfoot
1520–1567
Ashford Towne, Kent Co., England
Jane Booth
1525–1630
Ashford, Kent, England
Grandparents
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Lightfoot's Descendants

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Robert Lightfoot (1543–2 Jan 1598) m. Jane Meade (1547–1 Dec 1638)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Lightfoot 1560–1599 m. Hugh Tritton 1556–1619
    1. 1. Alice (V M Goldhatch Tritton Welch) Dayton 1587–1655 m. Ralph (Samuel Dayton) (Deighton) 1588–1658
      1. 1. Samuel (Parsons Dayton) * 1624–1690 m. Medlen (Wilhelmina Harcre) Montauk 1623–1664
        1. 1. Isaac Dayton 1664–1756 m. Elizabeth Todd 1690–1752
        2. 2. Isaac Dayton 1655–1715 m. Rebecca Tuttle 1664–1715

Robert Lightfoot's Timeline

5 Records

1543
1543
Birth of Robert Lightfoot in Ashford, Kent, , England
Ashford, Kent, , England
1560
1560
Age 17
Robert Lightfoot was married in Ashford, Kent, England
Ashford, Kent, England
1566
1566
Age 23
Robert Lightfoot was married in Ashford, Kent, , England
Ashford, Kent, , England
1585
16 Apr 1585
Age 42
Robert Lightfoot was married in Ashford, Kent, England
Ashford, Kent, England
1598
2 Jan 1598
Age 55
Death of Robert Lightfoot in Ashford, Kent, , England
Ashford, Kent, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Ashford, Kent, , England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 09 Feb
    Event Place: Ince, co. Chester Ince Ince, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Ashford, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1566
    Event Place: Ashford, Kent, , England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1585
    Event Place: Ashford, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Jan 1598
    Event Place: Ashford, Kent, , England

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