Major General Philip Lightfoot^[1]

1689 - 1748  (59 years)

• Name	Philip Lightfoot  [2]
  Title	Major General
  Birth	1689	Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 May 1748	Sandy Point, Charles City, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I19050	Master
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Philip Lightfoot,   b. 1643, London, London, England d. 30 May 1708, , Gloucester, Virginia, USA (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Alice Corbin,   b. 14 Feb 1659, Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA d. 1713, , Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F4785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Armistead,   b. 1696, , Northumberland, Virginia, USA d. 29 Jun 1775, , Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1719	, , Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Francis Lightfoot,   b. 19 Dec 1720, , Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 7 Jan 1730, , James City, Virginia, USA (Age 9 years) + 2. William Lightfoot,   b. 1722, Sandy Point, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 19 Sep 1771, High, York, Virginia, USA (Age 49 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. John Lightfoot,   b. 1725, , Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 6 Sep 1751, , Brunswick, Virginia, USA (Age 26 years)   4. Capt John Benge Lightfoot,   b. 1725, , Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. Dec 1806, , Brunswick, Virginia, USA (Age 81 years)   5. Elizabeth Lightfoot,   b. 1725, , , Virginia, USA d. 1799, , Rockingham, North Carolina, USA (Age 74 years)   6. Lewis Lightfoot,   b. 1727, , , Virginia, USA d. 1748, , , Virginia, USA (Age 21 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   7. Phillip Lightfoot,   b. 1728, , Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 30 May 1748, Sandy Point, Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 20 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   8. John Lightfoot,   b. 1730, , , Georgia, USA d. 1771, High, York, Virginia, USA (Age 41 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F4786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1689 - Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA Marriage - 6 Oct 1719 - , , Virginia, USA Death - 30 May 1748 - Sandy Point, Charles City, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 2, (Oct., 1894), pp. 104-111. LIGHTFOOT FAMILY. [Concluded] BY THE EDITOR The following notes regarding Philip1 Lightfot, the first of that name in Virginia, give all we know of him: Brother of Captain John Lightfoot, and resident of Gloucester county in 1671 (General Court Records); called "Mr." in 1677, lieutenant-colonel in 1680, captain in 1690, in which year he resigned his position as vestryman, and Captain John Smith succeeded him (Petsworth Parish, Gloucester county, Vestry Book); lieutenant-colonel of militia of Gloucester and justice of the peace in 1680 (Virginia magazine of History and Biography, January, 1894); administrator of Captain Francis Leigh in 1684-'85; and with John Grice, Samuel Pond, and John Marrable, justice of James City in 1694 (York Records); justice of James City in 1699, and Page 105. collector for the Upper District of James River (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography); surveyor-general in 1676 (Conway Robinson's Council Journal Notes); his will dated in 1708 (Hening's Stats., V., p. 111); wife was Alice, daughter of Henry Corbin, of "Buckingham House", Middlesex county. His tomb at Sandy Point is without date, and bears as arms Lightfoot impaling Corbin. The crest, I am now satisfied, is a griffin's head. Philip Lightfoot had three tracts of land at Sandy Point, which was then in Wallingford parish, James City county, but in 1720 the Chickahominy River became the boundary line of James City, and Sandy Point fell in Westover parish. This land he willed to his son Francis, but in case of Francis dying without issue, then to his son Philip. Francis was justice of the peace of James City, and naval collector (Sainsbury MSS). He died January 7, 1727, in the forty first year of his age. His tombstone is at Sandy Point, and bears the Lightfoot arms. He married Elizabeth ----- (she died December 31, 1727, in the thirty-fourth year of her age, tombstone), and by her he had Francis3 Lightfoot, who died May 14, 1730, in the eighth year of his age (tombstone), and a daughter, Elizabeth3, who married Beverley Randolph, eldest son of William Randolph, of the Council. Her fortune was announced to be L5,000(a). It would seem that Francis Lightfoot enlarged his plantation by purchase from "Thomas Lee, of Potomack, in Virginia, gentleman", of land at Sandy Point, the property of Dame Mary Dolliffe, relict of Sir James Dolliffe, knight, of London, but deceased(b), who had inherited the same from her mother, Mrs. Mary Dunster (York Records). Under the will of Philip1 Lightfoot, the land passed to Elizabeth Randolph, but her father, Francis2, willed it to his brother Philip2, he paying L2,500 to his said daughter in full compensation. There were suits between Philip2 Lightfoot and his niece Elizabeth about the property, which were finally settled by an act of the Legislature in May, 1740. Philip2 was confirmed in the possession of the Sandy Point estate (Hening's Stts. and Barradall's Reports). PHILIP LIGHTFOOT. - He was born in 1689, and died May 30, (a) Virginia Gazette, January 30, 1737. (b) In Le Neve's Knights occurs the following: "James Dolliffe, of London, merchant, als Do Olive, one of the directors of the South Sea Company. See the grant of arms or confirmation and assignment of crest vell grant, page 157: azure on a chevron or. bet. 3 crescents Arg. as many olive branches ppr. Crest: out of a castle Arg. an olive-fructed tree, pp. dated 22 Feb. 12 Annae, 1713-14. Knighted at St. James, 4 Oct., 1714." Page 106. 1748, and his tombstone at "Sandy Point", which has the Lightfoot arms, describes him as "descended from an ancient family in England, who came over to Virginia in a genteel and honorable character". "He rose to almost the highest honors of his country". He was appointed in 1707 clerk of York county, and served as such till 1733. In 1715, he became agent for the public store-house at Yorktown (York Records). October 20, 1733, Philip Lightfoot and Thomas Lee were sworn members of the Council (Barradall's Reports). He had a handsome house in Yorktown, where he and Thomas Nelson were the merchant princes. He married Mary, daughter of William and Anne Armistead, and widow of James Burwell, of King's Creek (anciently "Utimaria"), and had issue, I. William3, who married Mildred Howell(c). II. Philip3 Lightfoot, who married Susannah ------, and had Francis4. Philip3 was dead before his father (1748); and as his grandmother does not mention him i her will, Francis4 was probably dead before 1773. III. John3, who had died without issue before 1769 (Hening's Statutes, VIII., 457). IV. Armistead3, who died at his home in Yorktown about September 19, 1771 (Virginia Gazette). Inventory of his personal estate valued at L1340,18.6, and has 253 books and 23 pamphlets (York county Records). He married Anne, daughter of President Lewis Burwell (Keith), and had an only child, Mary (Thomas Nelson her guardian in 1773), who married John Tayloe Griffin. The widow, Anne, married in 1774 Charles Grymes, of Gloucester (York county Records). The will of "Philip Lightfoot of the Town of York, Esq.," was presented in York court 20th June, 1748, by William Lightfoot, one of the executors, and duly proved by Edmund Tabb and John ___________________________________________________ (c) In the Index to the cases in the General Court in 1724, is the case "John Brown and Mildred his wife, Charles Lewis and Mary his wife, residuary legatees of John Howell, gent., deceased, vs. Gawiin Corbin and John Lewis, jun. gent." It is known that Charles Lewis married Mary Howell, and were not Mary Lewis and Mildred Brown daughters of John Howell? In 1732, Henry Willis, of Spotsylvania, gent., and Mildred his wife, late widow of John Brown, whose will was dated 8th September, 1726, are mentioned in the York Records. In Bruton parish churchyard is piece of a stone to the memory of John Brown, with the date 1726 upon it. Another stone is to the memory of Margaret Brown, who died in 1720, wife of Dr. John Brown of Williamsburg [perhaps a first wife], late of Cold Stream, North Britain. See inscription in Virginia Historical Collection, Vol. XI. Conway says that Mildred, who subsequently married clonel Henry Willis, was a Washington - a grand-aunt of George Washington; but Lawrence Washington, George's grandfather, had no sister Mildred to my knowledge. Page 107. Amson, and thereupon certificate was granted William Lightfoot for obtaining a probate; securities, William Nelson and John Lightfoot. He mentions his wife; sons William, John, Armistead, Philip deceased, grandson Francis, and his (Francis's) mother, Susannah. Mentions his plantations in York, Surry, Charles City, Brunswick, Goochland, New Kent and Hanover counties; houses, store-houses and lots in Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Blandford; more than 180 slaves; large amount of plate; "four wheeled and two wheeled chairs", and "his coach and six horses"; to each of his sons L2000 sterling, and other legacies to various persons. "I give unto the Parish of York-Hampton the sum of fifty Pounds Current Moneh to be laid out int he purchase of a handsome Flaggon and Challace with my arms engraven thereon for the use of York church, and the sum of forty Pounds Current in Goods to be paid by my Executors into the hands of William Nelson, Esq., and son William Lightfoot, to be by them distributed amongst the poor of York-Hampton Parish. I give unto Elizabeth Burwell, the daughter of N. Burwell, deceased, three hundred Pounds to be paid her when she shall arrive at the age of twenty-one or marry with the approbation of her grandmother Lightfoot; but in case she dies before she is entitled, then I will and direct it go with the residue of my estate, the legacy being void. I give to the College of William and Mary the sum of five hundred Pounds Current, for a foundation for two poor scholars forever, to be brought up to the ministry of the Church of England or such other public employment as shall be most suitable to their capacities, which sum I desire my executors to pay to the President and Masters of the College within twelve months after my decease, to be laid out for that purpose, and its my will and desire that my son William Lightfoot have the nomination and preference of the first six scholars". The will of Mrs. "Mary Lightfoot, of the Town and County of York, widow", was dated 9 Nov., 1771, and has two codicils dated respectively, 12 May, 1773, and 12 May, 1775. The whole was proved 21st Aug., 1775, and William Allen, Esq., one of the executors, acknowledged bond security, Joseph Hornsby, for obtaining probate. She mentions her daughter-in-law, Mildred Lightfoot; grandson, James Burwell; Anne Burwell, daughter of my grandson James; granddaughter Elizabeth Hewitt, wife of Rev. Richard Hewitt(d); daughter-in-law, Anne Lightfoot; grand- daughters, Mary _________________________________________________________ (d) QUARTERLY, II., No. 4, p. 232, and Vol. III., No. 1, p. 40, need correction: James3 Burwell (Lewis1, Lewis2) m. Mary Armistead (she md. 2n Philip Lightfoot) issue Nathaniel4 bacon, and Lucy4 d.s.p. Nathaniel Bacon4 Burwell, and had, as far as known, James5, and Elizabeth5. James5 m. Anne, sister of Dr. Walter Jones. Elizabeth5 married, 1st, Rev. Richard Hewitt; 2d, Col. Edward Harwood. Richard and Elizabeth (Burwell) Hewitt had Elizabeth Burwell, Mary, Page 108. Allen, and Mildred Coles, Elizabeth Coles, Anne Lightfoot; sons, William Lightfoot, deceased, and Armistead Lightfoot, deceased; Mary, daughter of my son Armistead Lightfoot, deceased, and the legacy given her, if she should die before 21, to be equally divided between the surviving daughters of son William Lightfoot, deceased; grandsons, William Lightfoot and Philip Lightfoot; legacy of 20 L to the poor people in the town of York; 20 L each to Lewis Burwell of Kingsmill, William Allen of Surry, and the Rev. Richard Hewitt, whom she appoints executors; and by the last codicil, Fielding Lewis, Esq. Witnesses to the last codicil, David Jameson, David Jameson, Jr., William Barrow. (York Records). "Died, Mrs. Mary Lightfoot at York, relict of the late Hon. Philip Lightfoot, Esq., one of his Majesty's council of this colony, in the 79th year of her age. Her corpse passed through town this morning to be deposited in the family vault at Sandy Point". (Va. Gazette, June 30, 1775). WILLIAM3 LIGHTFOOT, son of Philip Lightfoot, was sheriff of York county in 1746 (York Records), and died before 1771. He left, I. William4, of "Tedington"; I. Philip4, of Caroline. III. Mary4, married William Allen, of Surry. IV. Mildred4, married Walter Coles, of Halifax. WILLIAM4, of "Tedington", lived at Sandy Point, and the postoffice there is named "Tedington". He married 1st Anne -----, and had, I. William Howell5; II. Francis5; III. Philip John5; IV. Mary Elizabeth Bolling5, wife of George Blakey; V. Anne Cocke5, wife of William Lewis. He married 2dly Anne Clopton Ellyson (she married 2dly John Colgin), and had, VI. Robert Armistead5; VII. Sarah5. (Authorities: Will of "William Lightfoot, of Tedington", 27 April, 1809 - 17 Aug., 1809; Munford's Reports, V., p. 42; Deed of Gift recorded in Charles City Co., 21 April, 1809). He imported many well-known thoroughbred horses. WILLIAM HOWELL5 LIGHTFOOT, of Cabin Point, married Sarah Short, who married 2ndly John Minge(e). He died in June, 1810, ____________________________________________________ Ann, Dorothy. Col. Edward5 Harwood (Capt. Thomas1, Esq., Humphrey2, Col. William3, William4) married 1st Elizabeth5 Reads (Col. George1, Robert2, John3, John4) and had Elizabeth, who m. Henry Lee, Sarah who m. Littleton Kendall, Mary who m. ------ Chapman (dead before 1797) and Dorothy. He married 2dly, as above, Elizabeth, widow of Richard Hewitt. The two wives are mixed up in the accounts before given, - both being named Elizabeth. (e) By this marriage John Minge had an only daughter, Sarah Melville, who married Robert Bolling, of Petersburg. Page 109. aged 31. (Tombstone.) His only son, William, died October 27, 1831, aged 25 years and 27 days. (Tombstone at Sandy Point). FRANCIS5 died before 1819, leaving children (Will of Philip John Lightfoot). PHILIP JOHN5 married Mary Ann -----, and died without issue. (Will, 16 June, 1819 - 15 July, 1819). In 1839, William A. Lightfoot of Buckingham county, and Caroline, his wife, deeded a lot in Williamsburg, the property formerly of William Lightfoot, of Charles City, as one of the devisees of Philip John, said William's son. The deed refers to a cause entitled Lewis &c. vs. Blakey &c., in the Superior Court of Law and Chancery for Henrico county (1835), in which a division was made of Philip John Lightfoot's property. PHILIP4 LIGHTFOOT, son of William3 Lightfoot, lived at Cedar Creek, Caroline county; died in 1786; was a lieutenant in Harrison's artillery, Continental Line, and received two grants of land for his services. He married Mary Warner Lewis, only daughter of Col. Charles Lewis and Lucy Taliaferro, his wife. Issue, an only child, Philip, of Port Royal, born Sept. 24, 1784, and died there July 22, 1865. He married Sally S. Bernard, daughter of William Bernard, of "Belle Grove", King George Co., Va., afterwards of "Mannsfield", a fine old Colonial residence near Frederickburg, burned during the late war. Issue, I. Dr. Philip Lewis5, m. 1st Mary Virginia Smith; 2d Isabella Drummond. II. William Bernard5, b. Dec. 16, 1811; d. Feb. 5, 1870, in Mobile, Alabama. Married 1st Roberta Beverley, dau. of Robert Beverley, of Essex Co., Va; married 2d Sarah Bee Ross, of Mobile. III. John Bernard5, m. Harriet Field. IV. Edgar Vivian, d.s.p. V. Fannie Bernard, m. Capt. Robert G. Robb. VI. Ellen Bankhead5 m. Dr. Carter Wormeley, of King William county. VII. Mary Lewis5, m. Mr. Vail, and died in England. MARY4 LIGHTFOOT, daughter of William3 Lightfoot, married William Allen, of Surry. She died before her husband, who was perhaps the wealthiest man in his county. His will (4 Sept., 1789 - Sept. 24, 1793) mentions children, William, Patsy, Anne Armistead, John, Martha Bland; grandson William Allen Harrison; "Miss Garrett to continue as tutoress and to be paid as heretofore twenty guineas per annum"; plantations in Surry, James City, New Kent, Sussex, Nansemond, Southampton; new chariot, &c. The following, by Mrs. William Reynolds, gives some details of Page 110. much interest regarding the portraits and plate once at Sandy Point or Tedington: "There is preserved a portrait of William Lightfoot, with date 1750, full length, life size, in blue court dress; a portrait of his brother Philip, same size and style, in red court dress. These portraits were pronounced very fine by Volkmar, the best authority in this line. He said the only ones he had ever seen like them were some sent him to be cleaned by General Robert E. Lee, and identified them positively as the work of Hudson, the master of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Portrait of Mrs. Howell, with infant daughter, Mildred (afterwards the wife of William Light- foot), on her knee. The mother's figure is life size, and in white court dress. This is also a very fine picture, and Volkmar thought it must be a Copley. Portrait of "Sir John Howell, London, 1680" (name and date on back of canvas), full length, in grey court dress, leaning on sword. He was, presumably, the grandfather of Mildred. Portrait of half-grown youth and landscape, pronounced in Philadelphia to be the work of Sir Peter Lely - a Howell picture. "These last two Howell portraits were given Mrs. Selden and Mrs. Starke by Mr. Bolling, when Sandy Point was dismantled. There were many other portraits at the old place, which were scattered among various descendants, but these were the finest. "Much of the large quantity of old English silver originally belonging to Sandy Point was stolen by the British, and the rest has been divided and scattered. The punch-bowl, large silver dish, candlesticks, and other smaller pieced in herited by my grandfather, and still in the possession of his children, are pieces of this old English silver, and are very massive and handsome, and engraved with the Lightfoot arms. I have a book with the book-plate representing the Lightfoot crest and arms, and the words engraved, 'Wm. Lightfoot, Esq., Tedington, 1750'. It is the fourth volume of Pope's Satires, illustrated, and dated 'London, 1757'. There were a great many of these old English books, with book-plates inside, at my grandfather's. I could send you a copy of this plate if you have not seen it. My cousin, Mrs. Powhatan Stark, inherited many valuable relics from William and Mildred Lightfoot. The beautiful old brocade dresses of the latter were left at her home on the James River when abandoned during the late war, and were, of course, carried off. Among the relics she has recently shown me are William Lightfoot's miniature, with bow-know of diamonds; a large gold snuff-box, with an exquisite miniature, inside the lid, of his wife, Mildred; his mourning ring, a hoop of diamonds enclosing gold ring, with inscription, 'William L--, b. 10 June, 1764 - aetat 40'. Also, two very quaint mourning pins surrounded with diamonds, and one inscribed, 'Mrs. Mildred Lightfoot, obiit 17 Nov., 1783, setat. 60'. She is said to have lived in great style, and always drove in her own coach and four. I send you photographs of these above miniatures, thinking they might interest you as an antiquarian. Please return them to me. "I send also Philip Lightfoot's will, and that of his wife. Perhaps some of the dates and names in the latter might be needed. The communion set mentioned in his will was stolen in the late war, but was afterwards restored to the minister in charge by the commanding officer on hearing its history and age. It is now in use. Page 111. "We have also the will of my great grandfather, Philip, of the Revolution, husband of Mary Warner Lewis. He leaves as guardians to his only child, Philip, 'my worthy friends, Joseph Jones, Esq., Dr. John Tennant, and Isaac Coles, Esq.,' and devises property in Caroline, Brunswick and Pittsylvania counties, and all his landed estate in Ohio, to his nephew Charles Augustus Lewis, in case of the death of his infant son, my grandfather Philip, of Port Royal."

  
  

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  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S340] Findagrave.com, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 16 July 2011.). Birth date: 1689 Birth place: Death date: 30 May 1748 Death place: