Colonel John III Lightfoot

1646 - 1707  (61 years)

• Name	Colonel John III Lightfoot  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1646	Grays Inn, Middlesex, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1650	, , Virginia, USA   [1]
  Residence	1707	Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Death	28 May 1707	Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I19041	Master
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Capt John Lightfoot,   b. 1622, London, London, England d. 1686, Surinam, Saint Joseph, Barbados (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Tayloe,   b. 1622, Stepney, London, England d. 1686, , Northamptonshire, England (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F4781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Anne Goodrich,   b. 1660, , Rappahannock, Virginia, USA d. 1709, , New Kent, Virginia, USA (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1681	, Rappahannock, Virginia, USA
  Children	+ 1. Goodrich Lightfoot,   b. 1682, , New Kent, Virginia, USA d. Apr 1738, , Orange, Virginia, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: Natural] + 2. Henry Lightfoot,   b. 1683, , , Virginia, USA d. 29 May 1754, , Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: Natural]   3. Maj Sherwood Lightfoot,   b. 1684, , Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 26 Apr 1730, Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA (Age 46 years)   4. Thomas Lightfoot,   b. 1691, , Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 1750 (Age 59 years)  [Father: Natural]
  Family ID	F4780	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1646 - Grays Inn, Middlesex, England Arrival - 1650 - , , Virginia, USA Marriage - 3 Dec 1681 - , Rappahannock, Virginia, USA Residence - 1707 - Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA Death - 28 May 1707 - Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Misbehavior of John Lightfoot. On 25 September 1696 the Minutes of the Council of Virginia show that John Lightfoot produced the King's Letter for his admission to that body. In view of his reputation for ill behavior the Council decided that he would not be sworn! The Council considered (and denied) his admission twice more. Finally, on 30 October 1696 he was summoned to the Council. His associates included Richard Lee, William Byrd, Edmund Jennings, Daniel Parke--all leading men of the colony. Sometime before 1700 Col. John Lightfoot had a mansion erected in keeping with his official position. The White House was a commodious dwelling, with room for large entertaining. John Lightfoot's sons conveyed the estates that had been his to Col. John Custis. Col. John Custis' son, Daniel Parke Custis, married Martha Dandridge, who later maried George Washington. It is from the White House on the Pamunkey that the White House in Washington got its name. While at one time John Lightfoot enjoyed the patronage of the Royal Governor. Francis Nicholson, in later years their friendship was strained. John Lightfoot was a member of the group which drew up a petition to Queen Anne, complaining of Nicholson's maladministration. John Lightfoot became a Vestryman at St. Peter's parish on 1 June 1703. John III and his brother Phillip arrived with their parents in the New World in about 1670 at a time when the entire immigrant population of Virgina numbered less than 40,000. The two boys may have lived with their Uncle Phillip while their father was at sea if their mother was deceased. In any case, the colonial records show that John III married Anne Goodrich of Rappahanock in that county in 1681. He subsequently took up residence in New Kent Co. (later Orange and then Culpeper Co.) and appears in a variety of colonial records indicating that he was active in civil and military affairs attaining the rank of Colonel in the Army of Virginia. His fortunes were no doubt improved in 1683 through the inheritance left to him by his Grandmother Elizabeth and the inheritance of his father`s estate in 1687. In addition he acquired substantial property rights as a dowery of his wife Anne which were later sold to his brother Philip. It is also recorded that he visited England on at least one occasion in 1692 as a member of the Colonial Council. In 1699 Col. John Lightfoot was a [Tax] Collector for the country between the James and York Rivers (Salisbury MSS), and in 1701 he voted as a Council member for the recall of Nicholson, a widely unpopular governor. At that time he also served as Commander in Chief of the militia of King and Queen Co., VA. He died on 28 May 1707 in New Kent Co. John III was born in 1648 in Middlesex county, England. He and his brother Phillip arrived with their parents in America about 1670. The two boys may have lived with their Uncle Phillip while their father was at sea. John III married Susannah (Anne) Goodrich on Dec. 3, 1681. John and his wife lived in New Kent County, Virginia (later Orange and Culpepper County), and he appears in a variety of colonial records indicating that he was active in civil and military affairs, attaining the rank of colonel in the Army of Virginia. John died on May 28, 1707, in New Kent, Virginia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Gale Research, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.), Place: Virginia; Year: 1650; Page Number: . Arrival date: 1650 Arrival place: Virginia [S379] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.). Birth date: Birth place: England Death date: 28 May 1707 Death place: King and Queen, Virginia Residence date: Residence place: United States [S521] National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, Parish Register of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co Va 1653-1812, (National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia). Death date: 28 - 1707 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: Virginia