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Samuel Lightfoot

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Samuel Lightfoot

Birth
County Westmeath, Ireland
Death
26 Feb 1777 (aged 76)
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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May be resting in Kennett. Records for Uwchlan Monthly Meeting, mention he was buried in Chester.

During his time as a surveyor, in Samuel 1747 erected a small grist mill on Pickering Creek in Pikeland County - today, this is a National Historic Landmark known as Lightfoot Mill (Mill at Anselma) and is acknowledged as "the nation's best surviving example of a water-powered custom grist mill."
May be resting in Kennett. Records for Uwchlan Monthly Meeting, mention he was buried in Chester.

During his time as a surveyor, in Samuel 1747 erected a small grist mill on Pickering Creek in Pikeland County - today, this is a National Historic Landmark known as Lightfoot Mill (Mill at Anselma) and is acknowledged as "the nation's best surviving example of a water-powered custom grist mill."

Gravesite Details

Thank you to "highwaybldr" for sharing this wonderful photo of Mill built by Samuel.



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  • Created by: L Evans
  • Added: Mar 6, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143387592/samuel-lightfoot: accessed ), memorial page for Samuel Lightfoot (5 Feb 1701–26 Feb 1777), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143387592, citing Uwchlan Friends Burial Ground, Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by L Evans (contributor 47540766).