John Turner (abt. 1642 - abt. 1722)

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Biography

Capt. John Lightfoot, Esq.^[1]

Baptized: 9 April 1598, St. Lawrence Poutney, London, England (aged 17 in 1615)

John Lightfoot matriculated at Lincoln's College, Oxford 5 May 1615. He was admitted as a member of Gray's Inn 30 June 1617.

Spouse: Elizabeth Phillips, daughter of Francis Phillips, Esq., Auditor of the Exchequer.

Children of John and Elizabeth Lightfoot:

1. Capt. John Lightfoot, b. 1627, m. Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of John Taylor of Maidstone, Kent. John and Elizabeth had two sons, John and Philip.

2. Francis Lightfoot

3. George Lightfoot

4. William Lightfoot

5. Richard Lightfoot

6. Edmund Lightfoot

7. Philip Lightfoot, b. 1627

8. Robert Lightfoot

9. Mary Lightfoot, m. Edward Leigh, Esq.

10. Anne Lightfoot, m. William Webb

11. Elizabeth Lightfoot (1)^[2]

12. Jane Lightfoot, m. John Crosier

13. Elizabeth Lightfoot, (2) m. John Turner, styled "cousin" in the 1625 will of Thomas Jones, Common Sergeant of Law.

John Lightfoot, Esq. died testate, with a will dated 1 January 1647/48, proved 24 March 1648. Widow Elizabeth was buried at St. Sepulcher's, London 4 January 1687/8. She left an undated will, codified dated 22 November 1686.

Sources

1. Source: Richardson, Douglas; Everingham, Kimball G., Editor. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. I, page 171, ii. 2013. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Descended from Hugh and Roger le Bigod, Magna Carta Surety Barons; also descended from Alice of Normandy, sister to William the Conqueror (Richardson's Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, page 164; 2013
2. ↑ Elizabeth (1) may have died early, but there is no record of explanation in Richardson's Royal Ancestry (2013)

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Lynden Raber Rodriguez for her contributions toward the creation and development of this profile on behalf of the Magna Carta Project on 7 March 2015.