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LIGHTFOOT, Samuel
1796 - 1867 (71 years) Has 2 ancestors and 12 descendants in this family tree.
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Name LIGHTFOOT, Samuel Birth 1796 Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Death 1867 Stamford Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I7257 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Father LIGHTFOOT, Samuel d. Yes, date unknown Mother .........., Elizabeth d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F2641 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 CHAMBERS, Elizabeth, b. Between 1794 and 1795 d. 1824, Stamford Baron St. Martin, Northamptonshire, England (Age 30 years) Marriage 20 Mar 1820 Stamford St. Michael, Lincolnshire, England Children 1. LIGHTFOOT, Samuel, b. 1820, Stamford St. Michael, Lincolnshire, England d. 1904, Stamford Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 84 years)2. LIGHTFOOT, Eliza, b. 1822, Stamford St. Michael, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1586 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 SHELTON, Catherine, b. Between 1803 and 1804, Ufford, Northamptonshire, England d. Aft 1861 (Age > 59 years) Marriage 3 Oct 1825 Stamford St. Mary, Lincolnshire, England Children 1. LIGHTFOOT, Catherine, b. 1827, Stamford St. Michael, Lincolnshire, England d. 1849, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England (Age 22 years)2. LIGHTFOOT, Sarah, b. 1829, Stamford St. Michael, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown3. LIGHTFOOT, Mary, b. 1831, Stamford St. Michael, Lincolnshire, England d. 27 Apr 1838, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England (Age 7 years)4. LIGHTFOOT, Emma, b. 1832, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England d. 1836, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England (Age 4 years)5. LIGHTFOOT, Edward, b. 1836, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England d. 1845, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England (Age 9 years)Family ID F2640 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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SAMUEL LIGHTFOOT 1796-1867
Samuel, son of Samuel and Elizabeth LIGHTFOOT, was baptised at Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, on 17 February 1796.
(LFHS Baptisms & Burials 1754-1812)
Elizabeth LIGHTFOOT, widow, married Samuel LIGHTFOOT, bachelor, at Stamford St. Michael, Lincolnshire, on 20 March 1820. Witnesses were John ....D and Mary LIGHTFOOT.
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Samuel, son of Samuel LIGHTFOOT, a barber from Maiden Lane, and his wife Elizabeth, was baptised at Stamford St. Michael, Lincolnshire, on 22 December 1820.
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Eliza, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth LIGHTFOOT, was baptised at Stamford St. Michael, Lincolnshire, on 16 September 1822. Her father was a barber from Maiden Lane.
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His wife Elizabeth LIGHTFOOT was buried at Stamford Baron St. Martin, Northamptonshire, on 11 September 1824 aged 29.
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The marriage between Samuel LIGHTFOOT of Stamford St. Michael, Lincolnshire, and Catherine SHELTON of Stamford St. Mary took place at Stamford St. Mary on 3 October 1825. Charles and Mary SHELTON witnessed the marriage. The banns were witnessed by Judith ATKINS and Caroline THORNTON.
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Mary, daughter of Samuel LIGHTFOOT, a barber from Maiden Lane, and his wife Catherine, was baptised at Stamford All Saints, Lincolnshire, on 10 March 1831.
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From the 1851 census of Maiden Lane, Stamford, Lincolnshire:
*Samuel LIGHTFOOT, head, aged 55, hair dresser & fancy repository with one assistant, born at Market Deeping, Lincolnshire;
Catherine LIGHTFOOT, wife, aged 47, born at Ufford, Northamptonshire;
Sarah LIGHTFOOT, daughter, aged 21, single, assistant in shop, born at Stamford, Lincolnshire;
John BELLAMY, apprentice, aged 18, single, hairdresser's apprentice, born at Stamford, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2094/321/20)
From the 1861 census of Stamford, Lincolnshire:
*Samuel LIGHTFOOT, head, aged 65, hairdresser, born at Market Deeping, Lincolnshire;
Catherine LIGHTFOOT, wife, aged 57, born at Ufford, Northamptonshire.
(RG9/2312/55/19)
The death of Samuel LIGHTFOOT aged 71 was registered in 1867.
(GRO June 1867 Stamford 7a 181)
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