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About Philip Lightfoot, Esq.
Hon. / Col. Philip Lightfoot I & Alice Corbin were the parents of: 1) William Lightfoot; 2) John Lightfoot; 3) Francis Likghtfoot; 4) Philip W. Lightfoot II.
The Honorable Phillip Lightfoot "of Sandy Point" Charles City Co., Va., was also known as "The Merchant Prince" who amassed a sizeable fortune through the wise investment of his inheritance from his father Philip Lightfoot, Sr. In 1707, he was appointed the Clerk of York Co and moved to Yorktown where he built and resided in the Lightfoot Mansion located on a high bluff that commanded the port there. His influence in early Colonial Virginia were substantial.
Family
Married Mary Armistead, widow of James Burwell
Their children
- (1)Philip Lightfoot d bef Oct 1747 in Surry Co., only in his 20's & before his father. Married Susannah, had Francis, dead before 1773
- (2) William Lightfoot d 10 Jun 1768, at the home he inherited the old Lightfoot property "Teddington", Sandy Point, Charles City Co., Va., he was known as the the King's Counselor, left a large family. Married Mildred Howell.
- (3) John Lightfoot died at about age 26, bef Nov 1751 St. Andrew's Parish, Brunwick, no children but a wife & left his property to his brothers William & ARmistead and the children of his 1/2 brother, Nathaniel Bacon Burwell dec'd. Married Mary Clack.
- (4)Armistead Lightfoot died 1771 at Yorktown, hopelessly in debt. Married Anne Burwell. Left an only daughter Mary who married John Tayloe Griffin
Sources
- Lightfoot Family by Lyon G. Tyler in The William and Mary Quarterly vol:3 no:2 (Oct., 1894), pp. 104-111 link
Avatar- Encyclopedia of Virginia. This is Phillip Lightfoot, Jr., dad of William Lightfoot who married Mildred Howell of Pamaunky Neck Saponi ancestry.
SNP Group Triangulation - (ch 7, segment 95-100 mil) perfect overlap with 2016 numbers of large group study from the Eutaw, AL and compared to the Howell cousins. The ones claiming Lightfoot direct to Capt -Justice of Peace of Pamaunky Neck deed work and Eutaw AL deed work and Barbados St Matthew Parish were agreed that the descendnats of Martha Dorsey Light foot and Sallie Savigne Lightfoot were at the same cousin distances and as did those who claimed Namcy Adair and on the same segment.
- The dad of Capt John Lightfoot who had children mentioned on the Charlestown estate papers: George and William got the mention. Girls Dorcas and Nancy enrolled in Reservation Rolls in 1819. Sisters Sallie Lott and Martha Dorsey have oral history for 200 years passed down from this line.
The Honorable Philip Lightfoot "of Sandy Point" Charles City Co.., Va.., also known as "The Merchant Prince" who amassed a sizeable fortune through the wise investment of his inheritance from his father Philip Lightfoot, Sr.. In 1707, he was appointed the Clerk of York Co. and moved to Yorktown where he built and resided in the Lightfoot Mansion located on a high bluff that commanded the port there. His influence in early Colonial Virginia were substantial. He is buried: Lightfoot Graveyard at Teddington, Teddington, Charles City County, Virginia, USA. Sources: Lightoot Family by Lyon G. Tyler in The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol: 3 no. 2 (Oct., 1894, pp. 104-111 jstor.org). Find-A-Grave: Memorial # 42226872 Created by: Michael Logue Birth Record, Marriage Record, Death Record, Census Records, Military Records.
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