John
Lightfoot
Born in St Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Goodrich Lightfoot
and Mary (Chew) Lightfoot
Brother of
Anne (Lightfoot) Slaughter, Goodrich Lightfoot II, Mary Lightfoot, Elizabeth Lightfoot and William Lightfoot
Died before
before age 25
in Orange County, Virginia
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Biography
Parents: Goodrich Lightfoot married Mary Chew in Orange County, Virginia on 9 June 1709, Orange, Virginia. Mary was born 1686 in Orange County.[citation needed][1] Note: That her maiden name was Chew is disputed.[2]
John Lightfoot was born February 7, 1711:
- John son of Mr. Goodrich Lightfoot Born Febry. ye 7th, 1711 (entry from transciption of St. Peter's Parish Register, pg. 21)[3]
John Lightfoot died before June 17, 1735, apparently unmarried and without issue.[4] See Will (below).
Will of John Lightfoot
- proved 17 June 1735, Col. Goodrich Lightfoot (father) executor, names "his father, Goodrich, . . . brothers, Goodrich Lightfoot, Jr., and William; and sisters, Elizabeth and Mary; and bequeaths to Martha Chew a horse colt."[5]
- "Dr. A. G. Grinnan writes that there is only one Lightfoot will on record, viz: that of John Lightfoot, probated 17 June 1735. Gives negroes and land to his brother William, sisters Mary and Elizabeth, father Col. Goodrich Lightfoot, Sr. and to Mrs. Martha Chew; his father sole executor. Witnesses, Thomas Chew, John Howard, and Isaac Smith. 'Mrs. Martha Chew,' adds the Doctor, 'was Martha Taylor, sister of Erasmus and George Taylor, wife of Thomass Chew, magistrate, vestryman, etc., of Orange, in 1734, and after. It is a mystery to me (A.G.G.) that he should leave property to Mrs. Chew. I know the Taylor connection, and there was no relationship to the Lightfoots.'"[6]
Col. Goodrich Lightfoot
"On April 27, 1738, Col. Goodrich Lightfoot, the father, executor of John Lightfoot, deceased, and Mary, his wife, sold land formerly belonging to John Lightfoot."[5]
"Col. Goodrich Lightfoot died in 1738. The will of his son, Goodrich Lightfoot Jr., was proved in Culpeper county June 15 ,1778; dated April 24, 1778."[5]
Notice that "Col. Goodrich Lightfoot died lately at his brother's" in Orange County, Virginia, was published in the 14 April 1738 Virginia Gazette.[6]
While dates from the JSTOR articles conflict (selling land after his death), the Find a Grave memorial for Col. Goodrich Lightfoot (Find A Grave: Memorial #113565245) gives July 14, 1738 as the date of the Virginia Gazette that posted notice of his death and includes the following transcription:
- "Williamsburg, July 14. We hear from Orange County that Col. Goodrich Lightfoot died lately at his house in that County. He went to the Courthouse in good health, was taken ill there, carried home that evening, and not withstanding all possible care of him, he died the next morning."[7]
The Find a Grave memorial also notes that Goodrich "was reportedly born and raised in New Kent (later Culpeper) County Virginia where he is mentioned in St. Peter's Parish Register as late as 1722. By 1724 he had moved to Spottsylvania County. . . . His land was located in that part of Spottsylvania County which became Orange County in 1734 and Culpeper Co. in 1749."[7]
Not Him
Information about other John Lightfoots, who are not this John ([Lightfoot-43]).
- husband of Mary Elizabeth Clack, married about 1744. Mary Clack married (1) a John Lightfoot "of the Sandy Point Lightfoots"[8]
- husband of the Deer Clan Cherokee, mother of Dorcus, Nancy, and William (John Lightfoot, born 1730, is probably the right John for them).
- father of Claiborne Lightfoot, born c1765/70, but it's possible, and Claiborne doesn't seem to fit with anyone else. (but if John is son of Philip & Mary Armistead... no.)
- son of Philip Lightfoot (d May 30, 1748) and Mary Armistead. Tyler's "Lightfoot Family" shows he died before 1769 without issue. If he were their son, he would have been alive (and adult) when his father's will was presented at York court 20 June 1748 (named in will & was security with William Nelson for probate certificate to William Lightfoot, executor).
Sources
- ↑ see information in the biography of his father' profile.
- ↑ For a synopsis, see this GenForum post, "Mary Chew and Goodrich Lightfoot, Sr.," November 4, 1999
- ↑ The Parish Register of Saint Peter's, New Kent County, VA. From 1680 to 1787. Parish Record Series, No. 2. Published by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia. Richmond: Wm. Ellis Jones, Book and job printer 1904 pg. 21. Digitized by Internet Archive.
- ↑ Will of John Lightfoot proved/probated 17 June 1735.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Historical and Genealogical Notes," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Oct., 1897), pp. 121-132. (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; DOI: 10.2307/1915376). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915376 (see pp 130-131)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lyon G. Tyler, "Lightfoot Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan., 1894), pp. 204-207. (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; DOI: 10.2307/1915320). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915320 (page 205)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Find A Grave: Memorial #113565245 for Major Goodrich Lightfoot (oldest son of John Lightfoot III and Anne Goodrich), burial unknown. Memorial created by Ken Smith on July 9, 2013.
- ↑ currently attached to John Lightfoot-67, b 1726. If this John (born 1710/11), then he died before September 1751, when Mary remarried, and without issue (Clack Family; Brunswick Marriages)
Lightfoot Leads
- Will of Philip (d 1748 - see Tyler's "Lightfoot Family") mentions "his plantations in York, Surry, Charles City, Brunswick, Goochland, New Kent, and Hanovre counties; houses, store-houses and lots in Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Blandford..."
- Lyon G. Tyler, "Lightfoot Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Oct., 1894), pp. 104-111 (Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; DOI: 10.2307/1914585). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1914585 (Philip, James City-Charles City/Sandy Point; see also Find A Grave: Memorial #42226872 for Gen. Philip Lightfoot m Mary Armistead)
- [//www.thefamilywreath.com/documents/Rev%20Richard%20Lightfoot.htm The Family Wreath website not working]
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 31, 2016), "Record of John Lightfoot", Ancestor # A070311.
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 31, 2016), "Record of 2nd Lieutenant William Lightfoot", Ancestor # A070315.
- Which John Lightfoot (it's not this John Lightfoot) died April 26, 1778 in St Marks Parish, Culpeper, Virginia? Perhaps it is instead the death date of his brother Goodrich? From above: "The will of ... Goodrich Lightfoot Jr., was proved in Culpeper county June 15 ,1778; dated April 24, 1778."[5]
- Links of interest from the profile of Mary Chew:
- http://www.longislandsurnames.com/familygroup.php?familyID=F1500&tree=Southard
- http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.chew/237.1/mb.ashx
- http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Chew_%288%29
- http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/q/u/i/Kelly-Quinn-MI/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0081.html
- http://dgmweb.net/FGS/S/SlaughterFrancis-AnnLightfoot.html
- http://genforum.genealogy.com/lightfoot/messages/459.html
- Find A Grave: Memorial #113565245
- Lightfoot Gateway Ancestors (soc.gen.medieval discussion)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
Lynne (Amos) Sims
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23andMe, GEDmatch M902156 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M902156 [compare], Ancestry member l_sims
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T909972 [compare], FTDNA kit #341289
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Living DNA, GEDmatch RP4827712 [compare]
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~0.78%
D. Lightfoot :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Judith (Davis) Moller :
23andMe
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~0.78%
J Molder :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A926832 [compare], Ancestry member JEM
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Categories: New Kent County, Virginia | Orange County, Virginia | Virginia Project Managed Profiles
Anyone have support for Chew as his mother's maiden name?
The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 3 Lightfoot Family: Will of John Lightfoot Proved June 17, 1735.
Will of John Lightfoot, probated 17 of June, 1735. Gives negroes and land to his brother William, sisters Mary and Elizabeth, father Col. Goodrich Lightfoot, Sr. and to Mrs. Martha Chew; his father sole executor. Witnesses, Thomas Chew, John Howard, and Isaac Smith.
update: Gateway John Lightfoot is probably brother of Philip, both sons of John Lightfoot. (see Tyler's article, page 204 & Lightfoot-91)
Lightfoot-43 - born 1710/1711
Lightfoot-67 - born 1726, 1st husband of Mary Clack, died without issue. Probably the third son of Philip Lightfoot
Lightfoot-500 - born 1730, fought in the Rev. War. Son William b 1758 did also.
I've proposed the merge with Lightfoot-43. Do you have any non-Ancestry sources you can share for his dates?
Lightfoot-750 and Lightfoot-43 appear to represent the same person because: When you merge, please keep the 1778 death information & it has the most info on location (I haven't found a source yet for the other death date, 1745, or 1735 in Orange, Virginia that another duplicate profile has). The birth year in the datafield should be the 1711 one (when old/new date - i.e., 1710/11 - go with "new" when only one year can be entered). Thanks!