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Descendants of Jasper Lollard

Generation No. 3


      7. Benjamin3 Lillard (John (Jean Lollard)2, Jasper1 Lollard) was born 1701. He married Elizabeth Lightfoot 1724, daughter of William Lightfoot.

Notes for Benjamin Lillard:
      Benjamin Lillard, the only son of John and Mildred (Jones) Lillard, who lived to maturity, was born in Virginia, circe 1701. He
served in the French and Indian Wars at Fort Duquesne with the Virginia troops under George Washington; also fought in Lord Dunmore's
War under Colonel William Fleming, and later was at Fort Pitt under Cresap.
      In 1724, Benjamin Lillard married Elizabeth Lightfoot, daughter of William Lightfoot. She was the younger sister of Philip Lightfoot who married Mary Warner Lewis, only daughter of Colonel Charles Lewis and his wife Lucy Taliaferro. Elizabeth Lightfoot Lillard was a first cousin of "Light Horse Harry" Lee, of glorious Revolutionary fame, who was the father of General Robert E. Lee. She was also related to Richard Henry Lee, the mover of the Declaration of Independence and the Cicero of the American Revolution; another of her relatives was Francis Lightfoot Lee, the signer of the Declaration of Independence.
      In the "Genealogical Record" compiled ty Benjamin Lillard, of New York, it is stated that his father said: "that the Lees were related to the Lillards through the Lightfoots," and that in the book "The Life of Light Horse Harry Lee," mention is made of Elizabeth
Lightfoot, his cousin, who later married Benjamin Lillard.
      It is from this Colonial Virginia couple that all American Lillards are descended. They resided, after their marriage, in Culpeper County, Virginia, and here it was that all of their children were born.

     
Children of Benjamin Lillard and Elizabeth Lightfoot are:
+ 9 i.   William4 Lillard, born in Culpepper Co, VA.
+ 10 ii.   Nancy Lillard, born in Culpepper Co, VA.
+ 11 iii.   Elizabeth Lillard, born in Culpepper Co, VA.
+ 12 iv.   Sarah (Sally) Lillard, born in Culpepper Co, VA.
+ 13 v.   Benjamin Lillard, born in Culpepper Co, VA.
+ 14 vi.   Moses Lillard, born in Culpepper Co, VA.
+ 15 vii.   James Lillard, born 1725 in Culpepper Co, VA; died 1804.
+ 16 viii.   Thomas Lillard, born 1726 in Culpepper Co, VA.
+ 17 ix.   John Lillard, born 1737 in Culpepper Co, VA.


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