Re: Elizabeth Lightfoot (b.1716) & Richard Meux/Meaux (b.1711)
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Elizabeth Lightfoot (b.1716) & Richard Meux/Meaux (b.1711)
JoLynn Long 3/24/11
Sherwood Lightfoot was the father of Elizabeth wife of Richard Meaux. Her gravestone is one of the few remaining in New Kent on land previously owed by the Meaux family.
Register of St. Peter's Parish
Elizabeth dtr of Mr. Sherwood Lightfoot born 9 bor, ye 23 1716
I am at a loss to understand why anyone would put her father as Goodrich Lightfoot.He was the brother of Sherwood but he moved to & died in Orange Co., Va in Jul 1738. Orange Co., has excellent records so the children of Goodrich are clearly known.
Elizabeth was only 14 when her father died & she seems to have gone to live with her older Sister, Frances Lightfoot wife of Matthew Anderson, a merchant, of Newcastle in Hanover.
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Re: Elizabeth Lightfoot (b.1716) & Richard Meux/Meaux (b.1711)
JoLynn Long 5/14/11