Anna Aucocke and Thomas Lightfoot married 16 Jul 1626 at Saint Botolph, Cambridge, Cambridge, England[1]
The couple may have had a child, Peter, born in 1632, although the church where he was baptised was not the same as that in which the couple were married.
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A Thomas Lightfoot, possibly the person who had married in 1632, appears in Besse's Sufferings for 1655. (Besse describes injustices visited upon Quakers for their beliefs.)
Thomas Lightfoot, through the Malice of some High Professors at Cambridge, whose Hypocrisy he had testified against, was accused of Blasphemy, in saying the scripture was not THE WORD OF GOD ; an expression which though clearly defensible in the sense he spake it, wherein that Title is properly and essentially ascribed to Christ only, was made criminal in him, and he was thereupon imprisoned, and Endeavours were used to have taken away his Life, but God preserved him.[3]
Thomas Lightfoot, undoubtedly the same person, appeared in the journal of Quaker minister George Whitehead in the same year
After two or three days stay [in Cambridge], I was still pressed in spirit for Norwich ; from Cambridge Thomas Lightfoot travelled with me toward Norwich; we got within about three miles of Thetford in Norfolk the weather being wet and showery ...[4]
It is clear from the text that follows that Thomas Lightfoot accompanied Whitehead for three days.
Research Notes
No birth or death record located. The date of his birth has been estimated from the date of his marriage.
Some authors have claimed that the subject of this profile was the father of Thomas Lightfoot (abt.1645-abt.1725), Quaker minister who emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania. See for example The Friend.
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However, it is clear that this speculation is based on nothing stronger than the existence of two people called Thomas Lightfoot, both Quakers and of compatible ages. The current evidence is that the Irish Thomas Lightfoot did not become a Quaker until 1691, rather undermining this idea.
Some have written that the Cambridge Thomas Lightfoot was a Quaker minister. There is no evidence for this. Indeed his death is not even recorded in the Quaker records.
A previous version of this profile showed its subject to have been born, married and died in Cambridge and yet to have been the son of another Thomas Lightfoot who spent his whole life in Devon. This link, for which no source was citied, has been deleted.
Sources
↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2KM-ZBQ : 10 February 2018), Thomas Lightfoot and Anna Aucocke, 16 Jul 1626; FHL microfilm 873,639 citing Saint Botolph, Cambridge, Cambridge, England.
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"Cambridgeshire Baptisms" FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 25 February 2024)
Peter Lightfoot baptism on 22 Oct 1632 (born 1632), son of Thomas, in Cambridge, St Clement, Cambridgeshire.
Esther Cass created WikiTree profile Lightfoot-323 through the import of Upole.ged on Feb 15, 2013.
Lightfoot-521 was created by Tom Greene through the import of tgreeneftdna1.ged on Jun 29, 2014.
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As mentioned in a note posted by Todd Stanton on the son Thomas Lightfoot attached to this profile, the Quakers Project and the Ireland Quaker team have been reviewin the profiles of the Lightfoot and related families. As a result, I plan to make some changes to this profile.
- A Thomas Lightfoot of Cambridge appears in Besse's sufferings in 1655 and in a George Whitehead's journal at about the same time accompanying the minister for three days' travel between Cambridge and Norwich. I will attach sources for these facts and alter the text accordingly.
- There is however, no record that Thomas Lightfoot was a Quaker minister, or event that he remained as a Quaker; for example, he does not appear in the Quaker death/burial records which should be reasonably complete.
- Assuming that this was the same person, he cannot have died in 1648; as there is no source for this death, I plan to delete it.
- The link to his son Thomas Lightfoot is only speculative. I plan to say so in a research note, with some explanation.
- This link to his father Thomas Lightfoot is highly improbable; people who were born and died in 16th/17th century Devon did not have children in Cambridge. I plan to detatch this profile from its parents.
- As a result, I plan to delete the suffix 'II' after his name.
Are there no records for the Society of Friends in England? This could be why we seem to be at an impasse. What we know for sure is that the Lightfoots were originally English. Someone found that information. Are there any records of their family origins with the Irish Quakers? Can anyone elucidate how to find that information?
Thomas Lightfoot son of John Lightfoot and Anne Goodrich was born about 1691 in Old Rappahannock County Virginia and died about 1754. See the profile for Thomas Lightfoot son of John Lightfoot and Anne Goodrich at Lightfoot-90 which is well sourced.
Removing parents that we know are incorrect from their well sourced profiles. While there are a lot of Thomas Lightfoots out there, I have not discovered a record for one born in in Cambridgeshire.
I will add more sources tomorrow 9-21-2018. If you Google Thomas Lightfoot 1610-1648 and view the German tree of Buitnwerf, you can view hundreds of Ancestry trees all over the world which includes, Dutch, Belgian and the Netherlands.
A son Thomas is not mentioned in his parents' profiles. His father's will, written in 1625, does not include a son Thomas. Nothing in this profile supports the parents he's attached to - in fact, the only mention is that he's maybe son of another Thomas Lightfoot. Please detach him from Richard & Jane,
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- A Thomas Lightfoot of Cambridge appears in Besse's sufferings in 1655 and in a George Whitehead's journal at about the same time accompanying the minister for three days' travel between Cambridge and Norwich. I will attach sources for these facts and alter the text accordingly.
- There is however, no record that Thomas Lightfoot was a Quaker minister, or event that he remained as a Quaker; for example, he does not appear in the Quaker death/burial records which should be reasonably complete.
- Assuming that this was the same person, he cannot have died in 1648; as there is no source for this death, I plan to delete it.
- The link to his son Thomas Lightfoot is only speculative. I plan to say so in a research note, with some explanation.
- This link to his father Thomas Lightfoot is highly improbable; people who were born and died in 16th/17th century Devon did not have children in Cambridge. I plan to detatch this profile from its parents.
- As a result, I plan to delete the suffix 'II' after his name.
edited by Alan Watson
Thanks!