Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

John Lightfoot

Male 1627 - 1686  (58 years)


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  • Name John Lightfoot 
    Birth 9 Dec 1627  London, Middlesex, England - christening Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1686  Suriname, West Indies Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I26061  Tree1
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2024 

    Father John Lightfoot,   b. 9 Apr 1598, Saint Lawrence Pountney, London, Middlesex, England - baptism Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1649, Somerset House, London, Middlesex, England - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Phillips,   b. Bef 1610   d. 24 Dec 1686, London, Middlesex, England - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 16 Jan 1626  St. Andrew Undershaft with St. Mary Axe, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F17432  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Tailor,   b. 1619, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1683, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage St. Andrew Undershaft, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Lightfoot,   b. 22 Mar 1646, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1707, Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Female Lightfoot,   b. 19 Jan 1663, St. Sepulchre Parish, Holborn, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1663, St. Sepulchre Parish, Holborn, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Philip Lightfoot,   b. 28 Jan 1664, St Sepulchre, Holborn, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F17431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • === Research notes from Debra Crawford

      London St Andrew Undershaft.
      "John Lightfoote son of John Lightfoote and Elizabeth [Phillips] his wife, was christened the Ninth day of Deceā€™ber 1627."

      Capt John Lightfoot II, wife, sons John III and Phillip immigrated to Virginia from 1650-1670. Their mother returned to England by 1683 where she died.

      John II Attended Lincoln College and Gray's Inn. Feb. 18, 1641-2, John Lightfoot, eldest son of John L., one of the fellowes of this Inn

      St Sepulchre, Holborn, City of London, London, England: 28 Jan 1663/64. "Phillip Sonn to John Lightfoote Esqr. & Eliz his wife baptized"

      Later he was a Captain of the British Royal Navy operating in the waters off Virginia. He died 1686 in Suriname, West Indies.

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