Thomas
Lightfoot
Born about in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Anna (Aucocke) Lightfoot
— married
16 Jul 1626 in St Botolph, Cambridgeshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Lightfoot
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
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. [2]
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. [5] 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.
- ↑
"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. - ↑ Besse, Joseph A collection of the sufferings of the people called Quakers, Luke Hinde, London, 1753 vol 1 pp 85. 86 (https://archive.org/details/collectionofsuff01bess/page/85/mode/1up?q=Lightfoot&view=theater : accessed 25 February 2024)
- ↑ The Christian Progress of George Whitehead, in Evans W and Evans T. (ed.s), The Friends' Library, The authors, Philadelphia, 1844, vol 8, p 235, (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112085279898&seq=245&q1=Lightfoot : accessed 12 February 2024)
- ↑ Biographical sketch of Thomas Lightfoot, The Friend, vol 29, issue 4, 6 Oct 1855, starting p 28 (in several separate sections) (https://archive.org/details/sim_friend-a-religious-and-literary-journal_1855-10-06_29_4/page/28/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/sim_friend-a-religious-and-literary-journal_1855-10-13_29_5/page/36/mode/1up?q=wiley&view=theater, https://archive.org/details/sim_friend-a-religious-and-literary-journal_1855-10-20_29_6/page/45/mode/1up?q=lightfoot&view=theater, https://archive.org/details/sim_friend-a-religious-and-literary-journal_1855-10-27_29_7/page/53/mode/1up?q=lightfoot&view=theater, https://archive.org/details/sim_friend-a-religious-and-literary-journal_1855-11-03_29_8/page/n3/mode/1up?q=lightfoot&view=theater : accessed 11 February 2024)
Acknowledgments
- 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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- 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!