Philip Lightfoot^{[1, 2]}

1643 - 1708  (65 years)

• Name	Philip Lightfoot
  Born	1643	York Co., Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 May 1708	Charles City Co., Virginia
  Buried	Lightfoot Graveyard at Teddington, Charles City Co., Virginia
  Person ID	I15747	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	John Lightfoot,   d. Yes, date unknown, England
  Mother	Mother of Philip and John Lightfoot,   d. Yes, date unknown, England
  Family ID	F6812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Armistead,   b. 1696,   d. 1768  (Age 72 years)
  Married	Bef 1689
  Children	+ 1. William Lightfoot,   b. 1722, York Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 1764, Colonial Virginia  (Age 42 years)   2. John Lightfoot,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F5556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Alice Corbin,   b. 1660, Christchurch, Middlesex Co., Virginia ,   d. 1713, Charles City Co., Virginia  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F6579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones		Headstone Philip Lightfoot hs15747PhilipLightfoot.jpg
  		Lightfoot Cemetery lightfootcem.jpg

  
  

  Histories

  Virginia Heraldica - A Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor with Genealogical Notes of the Families Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, F.R.S., F.G.S.A. Virginia County Record Series Volume V. 1908 virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42226872. "This Tomb is Sacred to the Memory of the Honorable Philip Lightfoot Esquire. In various Employments of Public Trust, An Example of Loyalty to His King, of Affection to His Country. In the several Regards of Private Life, A Pattern Worthy of Imitation, An Equanimity which few are [cap]able of, Conducted him with success Through the [less] elevated Scenes of Life And continued to be the Ornament of the most Exalted. Not Arrogant with Prosperity, He graced a Superiour Fortune Acquired by his own Industry, and Honesty. Not imperious with advancement He rose to almost the highest honors of his Country His Rank & Fortune made him more Extensively * *. He was descended from an Ancient Family from England Which came over to Virginia in a Genteel and Honble [sic]Character. On the 30th Day of May, 1748, in the 59th Year of his [Age] His Spirit returned to God who gave it And his Body reposes Here In sure and certain Hopes of joyfull resurrection." [S107] Family Histories, http://reynoldspatova.org/histories/virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf. Lightfoot Page 17 [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42226872. Philip Lightfoot Birth: 1689, Yorktown, York Co., Virginia Death: May 30, 1748, Charles City Co., Virginia Parents: Philip Lightfoot (1643 - 1708) Alice Corbin Lightfoot (1660 - 1713) Spouse: Mary Amistead Lightfoot Morehead (1696 - 1768) Children: William Lightfoot (1722 - 1764) Inscription: This may be the inscription, if this is Gen Lightfoot's grave (see pg 122-23, W&M Quarterly -https://books.google.com/books?id=jCQjAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=lightfoot+griffin+crest&source=bl&ots=9869COdbp3&sig=4PISlRe_mMQnxjXgiiDnLseesUE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwje4Py3qfHJAhVIGR4KHenuDesQ6AEIKTAD#v=onepage&q=lightfoot%20griffin%20crest&f=false). It reads: "This Tomb is Sacred to the Memory of the Honorable Philip Lightfoot Esquire. In various Employments of Public Trust, An Example of Loyalty to His King, of Affection to His Country. In the several Regards of Private Life, A Pattern Worthy of Imitation, An Equanimity which few are [cap]able of, Conducted him with success Through the [less] elevated Scenes of Life And continued to be the Ornament of the most Exalted. Not Arrogant with Prosperity, He graced a Superiour Fortune Acquired by his own Industry, and Honesty. Not imperious with advancement He rose to almost the highest honors of his Country His Rank & Fortune made him more Extensively * *. He was descended from an Ancient Family from England Which came over to Virginia in a Genteel and Honble [sic]Character. On the 30th Day of May, 1748, in the 59th Year of his [Age] His Spirit returned to God who gave it And his Body reposes Here In sure and certain Hopes of joyfull resurrection." Burial: Lightfoot Graveyard at Teddington Tettington, Charles City Co., Virginia The Honorable Phillip Lightfoot "of Sandy Point" Charles City Co., Va., was also known as "The Merchant Prince" who amassed a sizeable fortune through the wise investment of his inheritance from his father Philip Lightfoot, Sr. In 1707, he was appointed the Clerk of York Co and moved to Yorktown where he built and resided in the Lightfoot Mansion located on a high bluff that commanded the port there. His influence in early Colonial Virginia were substantial.