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Martha (Lightfoot) Jordan (1766 - 1842)

Martha Jordan formerly Lightfoot aka Edzard
Born in Culpepper County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Wife of — married 30 Dec 1785 in Culpeper, Virginiamap
Wife of — married 15 Mar 1796 in Franklin, Kentucky, United Statesmap
Died at age 75 in Anderson County, Kentuckymap
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Biography

Martha was born in 1766. She was the daughter of Goodrich Lightfoot and Susan Slaughter. She passed away in 1842, and was buried at George Jordan Family Cemetery, Anderson County, Kentucky.[1]

On 30 December 1785, William Edzard married Martha Lightfoot in Culpeper County (Culpeper County VA marriage records). The Lightfoot family was well-to-do in Culpeper County. Martha Lightfoot was born 4 November 1766 in Culpeper County and was the daughter of Goodrich Lightfoot and Susanna Slaughter.

Records appeared in Franklin County, Kentucky because William Edzard’s widow Martha remarried on 15 March 1796 to George Jordan in Franklin County, Kentucky. Martha lived in Kentucky until her death in Anderson County, Kentucky on 8 April 1842. She gave William Edzard’s daughters six additional half siblings.[2]

Sources

  1. https://secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=156317591 Find A Grave Memorial# 156317591
  2. https://edzardstory.blogspot.com/2017/03/generation-vii-william-edzard-circa1760.html






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Lightfoot-1596 and Lightfoot-927 appear to represent the same person because: same parents, intended to be the same person based on the source https://edzardstory.blogspot.com/2017/03/generation-vii-william-edzard-circa1760.html Differences in birth are based on actually birth date listed on headstone, vs. unsourced date listed in source above.
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