| BIRTH | John was born in 1632[1]. |
| RECORDS MENTION | All the children of his first marriage had their births registered as Òs. or d. of JohnÓ. |
| MARRIAGE #1 | In May 1680 when John was 20, he first married Elizabeth SWASEY, daughter of Joseph SWASEY & Mary [surname not known], in Salem, Essex co., MA[1,7,8,9,10,11,12] Torrey has them listed as "Lightfoot, John & Elizabeth Swasey& and "Whitfoot/Whitefoot/(Blancpied), John&. The Salem, Essex co., MA vital records list them as "Swasey, Elizabeth and John Lightfoot, John and Elizabeth Swasey,&. |
| CHILDREN | 3. | i. | Joseph LIGHTFOOT/WHITFORD | Joseph was born on 14 April 1683 in Salem, Essex co., MA[16,17]. In the vital records, his birth is recorded as "Whitfoot, Joseph& and "Lightfoot, Joseph, s. John and Elizabeth (Swasey)&. |
|
|
4. | ii. | Samuell LIGHTFOOT/WHITFORD | Samuell was born on 23 October 1685 in Salem, Essex co., MA[16,17]. In the vital records, his birth is recorded as "Whitfoot, Samll& and "Lightfoot, Samuell, s. John and Elizabeth (Swasey)&. |
|
|
5. | iii. | Margery LIGHTFOOT/WHITFORD | Please see her own page. |
| MARRIAGE #2 | On 17 November 1692 when John was 32, he second married Elizabeth FORTUNE, in Marblehead, Essex co., MA[1,14,15]. |
| CHILDREN | 6. | i. | William LIGHTFOOT/WHITFORD | William was born in 7 [October?] 1694/5 in Marblehead, Essex co., MA[24]. His rather confusing birth record reads, "Lightfoot, W[illia]m, s. John and Elizabeth, 7 br. 8, 1695&. |
|
|
7. | ii. | John LIGHTFOOT/WHITFORD | John was born on 9 November 16[95] in Marblehead, Essex co., MA as "Lightfoot, John&[24]. John was baptized in Marblehead, Essex co., MA on 11 October 1696[24]. |
|
|
8. | iii. | Mary LIGHTFOOT/WHITFORD | Mary was born on 29 March 16[97] in Marblehead, Essex co., MA[24]. A notation in BR says "after 1696&. |
| GENERATION | Great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G7) Grandfather |
| FAMILY NUMBER | 959 |
| SOURCES |
1. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700.,
(Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society).
[Torrey]. 2. The Probate Records of Essex County, [EssexProb or EPR], 1:457. 3. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 9:81-2. 4. Perley, Sidney, The History of Salem, Massachusetts, 3 vols., (Salem: Sidney Perley, 1924), [Salem], 2:107. 5. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 7:64. 6. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], 44:252; 47:344. 7. [Salem], 3:136; 3:7. 8. [EssexAnt], 10:139,165. 9. Tingley, Raymon Meyers, Some Ancestral Lines; Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford: Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamelia Meyers, Collected by Their Son, Raymon Meyers Tingley, (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Publishing Co., 1935), [Tingley-Meyers], 210,225. 10. Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin David, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, (Portland, ME: Anthosensen Press 1928-1939; rpt Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., 1972), [GDMNH], 435,749. 11. Salem, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [SalemVR], IV:361 [CT.R]. 12. Ibid. III:608 [Ct. R.]. 13. Ibid. II:332 [CT.R.]. 14. [GDMNH], 435. 15. Marblehead, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [MarbleheadVR], II:266. 16. [SalemVR], II:421 [CT.R]. 17. Ibid. I:524 [Ct. R.]. 18. Ibid. II:421 [CT.R.]. 19. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:497 [C.R. 2 - Lynnfield 1st Congregational Church Records]. 20. [SalemVR], IV:464. 21. [LynnVR], II:177. 22. ??????, "First Book of Intentions of Marriage in the City of Lynn", Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, [EIHC-LynnInt], 16:71ff. 23. [LynnVR], II:498. 24. [MarbleheadVR], I:321.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Return to the Lightfoot/Whitford Index page. |
|
| Return to the Family Index page. |
|
Return to the Surname Index page. |
|
|
Return to the Maddison Side Tree page. |
|
all the content on this page is copyrighted ©1992-2002 by Kristin C. Hall.
many thanks!
SPECIAL THANKS TO
please drop me a line, if you wish to use it or link to it.
kattyb.com for the nifty background! Check our her sites, they are terrific!