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William Lightfoot 1670 – 1760 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1670

Birth Location: Virginia

Death Date: 1760

Death Location: Kentucky

Father: Philip I

Mother: Alice (Lightfoot)

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

In 1670, William Lightfoot entered the world in Virginia, born to Philip I Lightfoot, son of John I and Alice Eltonhead Corbin (Lightfoot). William Lightfoot passed away in 1760 in Kentucky.

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Biography

  • In 1670, William Lightfoot entered the world in Virginia, born to Philip I Lightfoot, son of John I and Alice Eltonhead Corbin (Lightfoot).
  • William Lightfoot passed away in 1760 in Kentucky.

Immediate Family

Parents

Philip I
1643 – 1708
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Alice (Lightfoot)
1660 – 1713
Birth Location: Christchurch, Middlesex County, Virginia, United States of America
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Lightfoot's Ancestors

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William Lightfoot
1670 – 1760
Birth Place: Virginia
Parents
Philip I Lightfoot, son of John I
1643 – 1708
London, Middlesex, England
Alice (Eltonhead Corbin) (Lightfoot)
1660 – 1713
Christchurch, Middlesex County, Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
John (Rev. Lightfoot (Esq Gray's Inn)) (ENG)
1596 – 1648
St Lawrence Parish, London, Middlesex, England
ELIZABETH (Phillips) (Lightfoot)
1602 – 1683
St Dunstan,Stepney,London,England
Honorable (Colonel Henry II Corbin of Buckingham House; Member of Kings Council; Councilor of State of Commoms of England; Burgess Lancaster) County
1629 – 1675
Hall's End, Warwickshire, England, Virginia
Alice (Elizabeth Eltonhead - Burnham - Corbin - Creyke of Buckingham) House(Richard)
1627 – 1685
Eltonhead, Lancastershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard John
1562 – 1625
Jane Lightfoot
1570 – 1649
Francis Phillips
1576 – 1648
Olive Sawyer
1575 – 1648
Sir End
1594 – 1637
Richard Norris
1581 – 1664
Catherine Sutton
1589 – 1654
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Lightfoote
1540 – 1600
Lady Barrett
1542 – 1599
Thomas Jones
1552 – 1625
Priscilla Aske
1543 – 1625
George Sawyer
1550 – 1660
Ann Sawyer
1560 – 1633
George Warwick,
1543 – 1636
Mary Faunt
1543 – 1615

William Lightfoot's Timeline

2 Records

1670
1670
Birth of William Lightfoot in Virginia
Virginia
1760
1760
Age 90
Death of William Lightfoot in Kentucky
Kentucky

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1670
    Event Place: Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1760
    Event Place: Kentucky
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