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John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2002 Special Collections staff Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation William Lightfoot Papers, 1740-1764. MS 52.4 9 items. English William Lightfoot, 1724-1764. Administrative Information Access

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William Lightfoot Papers, Manuscript MS 52.4, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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Purchase, 1952.

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Also available on microfilm M-1555.

 Biographical/Historical Information

William Lightfoot (1722-1764) was a merchant of Yorktown, Va. He served as sheriff of York County, 1746, and burgess from Charles City County, 1756-1758.

 Scope and Content Information

Mercantile account book, 1747-1764, and loose accounts of William Lightfoot. The accounts for his plantations and his store show that he did business with men from all parts of the colony, and with some of the better known British merchants. Among the names in the accounts are William Byrd III, Dr. James Carter, Col. Dudley Digges, Lt. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie, Dr. Peter Hay, Col. Philip Ludwell, John Norton, Hugh Orr, John Randolph, Richard Taliaferro, Benjamin Waller, and Ralph Wormeley.

The first thirty-four pages of the book contain accounts, 1740-1744, of a merchant doing business in central and southern England. Names include Joseph Freeman, Edmund Goss, Edmund Green, Thomas Higgs, Thomas Hill, John Lewis, William Poole, Richard Purbeck, James Stanbridge, Thomas Tournay, Robert Warne, and James Young.

 Arrangement

Chronologically arranged.

 William Lightfoot Account Book Index

The following index provides page numbers where the following people or terms may be found.

Index Acrill, William, Charles City 42, 160, 218 Adams, Patrick, Dr., Surry 41 Allen, John, Farhnam 24 Allen, William, Esq., Surry 117, 184, 233 Amson, John, Dr., Williamsburg 94 Anson, John J., Dr., Surry Couunty 151 Apperson, Samuel, James City 159 Armistead, William, Charles City 66 Athawes, Edward, London 115 Austin, Francis 196 Badger, Joseph, Aulcester 15 Badnam, Evan, Tedington 152 Baker, Elizabeth, Alton 32 Baldiston, Robert, Dover 24 Ballard, Thomas, Charles City 55 Banister River Plantation 75 Barret, Charles, Louisa County 149 Barrot, Martha, at the ferry 92 Barrott, William, Capt., James City County 105 Barrow, Peter, Charles City 81 Belchus, James 225 Belck, Henry, Chesham 26 Bell, James, Charles City 113 Bendall, John, Sr., Charles City County 161 Bender, James, Charles City 76 Bennett, Henry, Charles City 157 Biddel 17 Bowcock, Edward, Williamsburg 119 Bowrey, Stephen, Charles City 137 Bradley, John, Charles City 72 Brandy Quarter, Brunswick 185 Braxton, Carter, Esq. 144 Braxton, George 96 Brewer, John, Charles City 102 Brewer, William, Charles City 140 Browne, Thomas Maxwell 221 Buck, Benjamin, Charles City County 124 Burcher, Thomas, Tounton 13 Burnett, Robert, Dr. 84 Burt, Matthew 43 Burton, William, Charles City 120 Burwell, Lewis, Col., James City 141 Burwell, Robert, Col. 46 Burwell, Robert, Col., Isle West 219 Byrd, William, Esq., Charles City 45, 147 Camish, Thomas, Alresford 18 Campbell, Mrs., Williamsburg 130 Carden, John 14 Carnegy, Patrick, Capt. 99 Carrington, Paul, Atty. 206 Carter, Charles, Cleeve 109 Carter, James, Dr., Williamsburg 212 Carter, Robert, Esq. 50 Chamberlayne, Messrs. Richard & Thomas 144 Chappel, James, Sheriff of Sussex County 126 Charles City County 140 Charleton, Lydia, Williamsburg 135 Chatt, Sarah, Yorktown 154 Cheyney, Philip, Charles City 179 Chitty, Chrus, Farnham 21 Christian, Turner Hunt 203 Churchill, Armistead, Col., Middlesex 176 Churchill, William, Nansemond 93 Clare, Joseph, London 17 clark, James, Blacksmith at Tedington 93 Clark, Mary, widow of William in Charles City 89 Clark, Rachell, Devizes 11 Clarke, Sarah, nurse 222 Clarke, William, Canterbury 27 Cocke, Benhamin, merchant of Sussex 197 Cocke, Edward, Charles City County 94, 217 Cocke, Jane, Charles City 149 Cocke, John, Surry county 128, 205 Cocke, Littlebury, Charles City County 94, 160 Cocke, Thomas, Capt., Surry County 84, 102 Cocke, William, Surry County 121 Collier, Thomas, Surry, County 143 Colthread, John, Williamsburg 118 Cooper, Messrs. Shepherd and, Barbados 161 Corbett, Richard, Charles City 151 Coutant, Capt. 82 Cowles, Thomas, Charles City 90 Cox, Henry, Newburg 20 Cox, Samuel, Thame 38 Crews, Andrew, Charles City 204 Crews, Ellyson, Charles City 158 Crews, John, Jr., Charles City County 178 Cross, John, William Acrills overseer 127 Currie, James, Williamsburg 175 Dancie, Benjamin 53 Dancy, Benjamin 196, 214 Dancy, Edwrd, Charles City County 44 Dancy, Francis, Black Swamp 51 Dancy, Francis, Jr., son of Edward 156 Dancy, John, Charles City 113 Dandridge, Nathaniel West, King William County 122 Dansie, Thomas, Capt., King William 103 Danzie, John J. C. 56 Davis, William, Rev., Charles City 188, 222 Dickson, Nicholson, York 103 Digges, Dudley, Col., York 183 Dinwiddie, Robert, Esq. 174 Dobree, Thomas, Guernsey 80 Draper, John, Farnham 35 Drummond, John, James City 205 Dudley, William, King and Queen County 129 Duncastle, John, Williamsburg 83 Dunlop, Archibald, merchant, Surry 211 Eason, James, merchant, Kennons 211 Edloe, John, Major, Charles City 44, 105, 142, 173, 185, 213 Edloe, John, Major, as sheriff of Charles City County 150 Edloe, John, Jr., of the Roe 164, 194 Edloe, William, Capt., Charles City 47, 108, 133, 142, 157, 170, 224 Edwards, Nathaniel, Col., Brunswick 150 Eeles, Thomas, Thame 16 Egmon, Lawrence, carpenter of Tedington 97, 136, 171 Eppes, Lewellen, Major, Clerk, Charles City Court 116 Eyre, Littleton, Col., E. Shore 93 Falla, James, Capt. 52 Farmer, Samuel, Norfolk 87 Finnie, Alexander, Williamsburg 86 Fleming, John 74 Fountain, Peter, Rev. 53 Freeman, Joseph, Alresford 5 Freeman, William, Nottoway 82 Fugler, John, Charles City 171, 188 Fugler, Richard, Surry County 182 Gee, James 126 Gilker, John, Milton 15 Goodenough, John, Waeminster 26 Goore, Charles, Liverpoole 104 Gosden, Richard 9 Goss, Edmund, Denton 8 Green, Edmund, Wooburn 6, 13 Gregory, John, Charles City County 102 Griffen, Nathaniel 12 Gyles, Samuel, Winslow 22 Gyles, William, Tocester 28 Halcot, Mary, London 126 Hamilton, Messr. 51 Hancock, Clement, Nottoway 101 Hancock, Robert 72 Hardyman, Messrs. John and Littlebury 110 Harrison, Benjamin, Col., Wakefield 41, 55, 80, 141, 195, 235 Harrison, Carter Henry, Esq. 199 Harrison, Henry, Sussex County 207 Harrison, Nathaniel, Col., Stafford County 47 Harrison, Robert 202 Harrison, William, Rev., Henry 198 Harvey, Henry, Charles City County 111 Hatton, Rev., William and Mary College 199 Havens 31 Hawksbey, John, Devize 36 Hay, Anthony, Williamsburg 130 Hay, Peter, Dr., Williamsburg 57 Hill, Messrs. Lamar and 46 Hill, Thomas, Hempshead 10 Hoddart, John, Gardiner 65 Hodgkinson, Elizabeth, Woodstock 16 Hollyer, Roger, Newport Isle 14 Holman, William, Sudbury 32 Hopper, Cary, Dr., Charles City 132 Horn, Richard, Eversham 23 Hornblower, John, Kidderminster 19 Hotchkis, Rev., London 177 Hunt, John, London 57 Hunter, William, Williamsburg 128 Hurt, James, taylor, Charles City 189 Inspection of tobacco 133 Inspector of Cabbin Point 127 Jacskon, William, Barkway 34 Jameson, David, York 85 Jarvis, Samuel, Stratford 25 Johnson, Waddell, overseer, Nottoway 167 Jones 25 Jones, Matthew, York County 201 Jones, Messrs. Farwell and, Bristol 236 Jones, Phil Edward, Gloucester County 129 Jones, Richard, Sussex County 194 Kennon, Richard, Col., Charles City 86 Kennon, William 238 Kingstone, James, Chesham 35 Knox, Thomas, Bristol 54 Lamar, Messrs. Hill and 46 Lane 9 Lane, Isaac, Capt. 112 Lawrence 5 Leaver, Francis, Dr., Charles City 100 Lee, Philip Ludwell, Westmoreland County 169 LeMesurier, Nicholas, Capt., Guernsey 158 Lewis, John, Tounton 28 Lewis, Warner, Gloucester 43 Lightfoot, Armistead, London 58, 226-227 Lightfoot, John 193 Lightfoot, Mary, York 39-40, 146, 223 Lister, Dionissius, Charles City 59 Lister, John, York County 172 Lister, William, James City County 119 Littlepage, James, Hanover 153 Lorton, Robert, Charles City Court House 145 Loyd, Francis, Charles City County 134 Ludwell, Philip, Col. 52 Lyde, Lyonel, London 99 Lyne, Charles, Yorktown 56 Major, Edward, Charles City County 107 Malin, William, Elmden 37 Malone, James, shoemaker of Surry County 135 Marrable, George, Charles City 60 Marsom, Samuel, Luton 22 Marston, John, Charles City 145 Mason, John, Capt. 126 Massenburg, Nicholas, Sussex 92 Maynard, Nathaniel, Sheriff of Charles City 78, 187 Mayow, Ann, Oxon 19 Meridith, Mary 186 Messenger, Richard 125, 180, 193, 207, 234 Miggs, Thomas, Abington 7 Miller, Messrs. Perkins and 156 Minge, Edward, Charles City County 108 Minge, George, Charles City 88 Minge, John, Capt. 60 Mitchell, Sarah, Basingstoke 9 Moeier, William, Jamestown 106 Montford, Edward, Dinwiddie 169 Moore, Bernard, Col., King William County 98 Moore, Thomas, Col. & Bernerd, King William 176 Morecock, Thomas 81, 88 Morton, Joseph, Capt., James City County 98 Moss, William 224 Mossome, David, Rev., New Kent 204 Murphey, Thomas, Charles City County 91 Mustain, Thomas, Banister 61 Nelson, Thomas, Esq. 131 Nelson, William, Esq. 190 Newman, Paul, Milksham 17 Nicholson, Josiah 20 Norton, John, Yorktown 83 Noss, Elizabeth, Alresford 21 Nottoway Plantation 71, Orr, Hugh, Williamsburg 117 Page, John, Esq., Gloucester County 143 Page, Manre, Esq. 125 Pascal, Michael H., Capt. 78 Peacock, Josiah, Tounton 25 Perkins, Messrs. Miller and, Norfolk 156 Perry, William Peleg, ship carpenter 138 Peter, John and Company, Surry 123 Petto, John, Guilford 36 Pierce, Jonathan 68, 154 Pierce, Peter, Beeve 27 Plantation in the Neck 69 Pond, Thomas, Clipson 33 Poole, William, Chertsey 18 Portopotank Plantation 73 Potter, John, Chesham 6 Powell, Nicholas, York 87 Powell, Seymour, Yorktown 146 Purbeck, Richard 4 Puxty, Alexander 29 Randolph, Edward, Capt. 79 Randolph, Elizabeth 96 Randolph, Isham, Capt. 61 Randolph, John, Esq., Williamsburg 120 Randolph, Peter, Col. 107 Randolph, Richard 50 Randolph, Ryland 216 Read, Gwyn, Capt., Gloucester County 110 Reynolds, Thomas, Capt., York 118 Riddlehurst, John 216 Ridlehurst, John 95, 184 Robinson, John, Esq. 122 Rogers, Matthew, Charles City 201 Royster, Peter, Charles City 76 Ruffin, Robert 62, 208 Rumball, Messrs. Walker and, Liverpool 225 Rusley, Francis, Axmister 30 Rutty, Samuel, Milksham 18 Sackett, Stephen, Margate 31 Saunders, Henry, Exon 11 Scot 15 Scott, Messrs., Burket and, taylors in London 178 Scott, James, Axbridge 34 Seward, Samuel, Nottoway 221 Shell, Charles City County 91 Shepherd, Messrs. Cooper and, Barbados 161 Sheriff of Brunswick 220 Sheriffs of Halifax County 192 Sheriff of Sussex County 202, 220 Sheriff of York County 153 Skipwith, William, Sir 159 Smith, Isaac, Charles City 148, 219 Smith, John, Richmond County 190 Smith, Peter, Nottoway 63, 162 Southall, John, Richmond County 121 Spiers, James, Williamsburg 116 Spotswood, John, Col. 114 Sprowle, Andrew, merchant, Norfolk 195 Stagg, Charles, Capt., Berkley 200 Stanbridge, James, St. Albans 4 Stanley, Dancy 77 Stevenson, William, York 167 Stith, Anderson, Charles City County 85 Stone, Elias, King and Queen 123 Strachan, Peter, Dr., King William County 175 Stuart, Charles, Norfolk 111 Stuart, Malcolm, Charles City County 125 Stubblefield, Edward, overseer, Bannister 170 Stubblefield, Simon, Charles City 112 Stubbs, John, Gloucester County 177 Symonds, Joseph, Slandford 12 Tabb, Edmund, York 104 Taliaferro, Richard, James City 165 Tayloe, John, Col. 64 Taylor, William, Tedington 114 Tedington Estate 166 Terry, James, Sheriff of Halifax County 131 Terry, Thomas, overseer, Halifax 163 Thompson, John, Greenwich 36 Thornton, Presley, Col., Northumberland County 109 Timberlake, Francis, Charles City 165 Tobacco 101 Tobacco, Inspection of 133 Toloervey, William, Cleobury 30 Tournay, Thomas, Ashford 8 Travis, Edward Champion, James City 65 Trebell, William, Williamsburg 203 Tronmonger, Scot 19 Tucker, Lawrence, Woolverhamp 23 Tucker, Robert, Col. 238 Turbitt, Henry, Stratsford 29 Turner, Arthur, Charles City County 183 Turss, John, at Col. Randolphs in Henrico County 181 Tyree, Francis, Charles City 66 Tyree, Mary, widow of Francis 66 Upholder, North 13 Vaughan, Rabley, Charles City 155 Walke, Anthony, Major, Princess Ann. 115 Walker, George, Capt., Hampton 179 Walker, Henry, Charles City 70 Walker, Joseph, Prince George 162 Walker, Richardson 100 Walker, Messrs. Rumball and, Liverpool 225 Waller, Benjamin, Williamsburg 54 Walls, Charles, Cheapside 37 Wansil, Mary Ann 181 Warburton, Mary 206 Warburton, Thomas, overseer of Huk Plantation 89, 148, 206 Warne, Roger, Chippenhim 10 Waterman, Samuel, merchant, London 186 Watkins, Jenkin 182, 220 Watson, Alexander, Charles City 137 Watson, James, Charles City 134 Wayles, John, Atty., Charles City 139 Weatherbone, Henry, Williamsburg 172 West, John, Charles City County 70 West, John, Jr., overseer 174, 215 West, Thomas, merchant, Yorktown 168, 180 Westover Parish 97, 200 Wheeler, Benjamin, overseer, Brunswick 191 Whitehead, Richard, Maningtree 33 Whitten 23 Whitwell, Matthew, Capt. 188 Williams 21 Williams, Ann 77 Williams, Brazure, Tedington 68, 124, 152, 197 Williams, John, taylor of Tedington 41 Williams, William, overseer, Bannister 75 Willis, Francis, Jr., Gloucester County 168, 198 Wills, Katherine, musick mystress 84 Windley, Thomas 11 Wise, Henry, Sandwich 38 Wood, Bowrey, Charles City County 136 Woodcock, Robert 106, 155 Wormley, John, York County 173 Wormley, Ralph 189, 237 Wright, Benjamin, Capt., merchant 132 Yattington 7 Young, Edward, Charles City 79 Young, James, Tring 5 Young, John, Charles City 64 Index Terms Persons: Byrd, William, 1728-1777. Carter, James, d. 1794. Digges, Dudley, 1718-1790. Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770. Freeman, Joseph. Goss, Edmund. Green, Edmund. Hay, Peter, Dr. Higgs, Thomas. Hill, Thomas. Lewis, John. Lightfoot, William, 1724- 1764. Ludwell, Philip, 1716-1767. Norton, John, 1719-1777. Orr, Hugh, d. 1764. Poole, William. Purbeck, Richard. Randolph, John, 1727 or 8- 1784. Stanbridge, James. Taliaferro, Richard, d. ca. 1789. Tournay, Thomas. Waller, Benjamin, 1716- 1786. Warne, Robert. Wormeley, Ralph, 1715-1790. Young, James. Subjects: Merchants--Virginia-- Yorktown. Great Britain--Virginia--Yorktown. Genre and Form Terms: Account books-- Virginia--Yorktown--18th century. Contents List Mercantile Account Book, 1747-1764. Account of Dr. John J. Anson to William Lightfoot, May, 1757. 1 Receipt, William Trebell, 26 April 1759. 1 Account of John Bates, 18 January 1759. 1 Account, William Lightfoot, 29 April 1763. 1 Account, William Lightfoot, June 1763. 1 Account, Captain Falla, n.d. 1 List of household goods, n.d. 1 Memo re on account, n.d. 1