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Cpt William Francis LIGHT

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Owslebury, Hampshire, England
Death: October 25, 1794 (52-61)
Penang, Malaysia (Malaria)
Place of Burial: Protestant Cemetery, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir William Negus and Mary Light
Partner of Martina Martina Light
Father of Sarah Welsh; Colonel William Light; Mary Boyd; Francis Lanoon Light and Ann Lukey Hunter
Brother of Peter Light; James Light and Light

Occupation: Captain in the English Army, Superintendent .... Founder & Governor of Penang
Managed by: Private User
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About Cpt William Francis LIGHT

Wikipedia entry:
"Captain Francis Light (1740 – 25 October 1794)[ was the founder of the British colony of Penang (in modern-day Malaysia) and its capital city of George Town in 1786."

Please note that there is no evidence that William Negus was Light's natural father.


Mayflower History

http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/lightlives.pdf (1901 book about Francis and William Light)

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Cpt William Francis LIGHT's Timeline

1737
1737
Birth of Cpt William Francis LIGHT
Owslebury, Hampshire, England
1740
December 15, 1740
Age 3
Baptism of Cpt William Francis LIGHT
Dallinghoo, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1779
October 15, 1779
Birth of Sarah Welsh
Tha Rua, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
1786
April 27, 1786
Birth of Colonel William Light
Kuala Kedah, Kedah, Malaysia
1789
1789
Birth of Mary Boyd
Pinang, Malaysia
1790
1790
Birth of Francis Lanoon Light
George Town, Penang, Malaysia
1792
1792
Birth of Ann Lukey Hunter
1794
October 25, 1794
Age 57
Death of Cpt William Francis LIGHT
Penang, Malaysia
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Burial of Cpt William Francis LIGHT
Protestant Cemetery, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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