George Robert Lightsky

Brief Life History of George Robert

When George Robert Lightsky was born in 1700, in Bedford, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, William Ben Ama do hi yi Moytoy The Pigeon Lightsky Little, was 15 and his mother, Nancy Monacan Full Clan Appearing Day, was 20. He married Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Cherokee Wyesha Appearing Day in 1722, in Bedford, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1772, in Central, Iredell, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

George Robert Lightsky
1700–1772
Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Cherokee Wyesha Appearing Day
1701–
Marriage: 1722
Charity Lightsky
1724–1806
Diana Elisabeth Lightsky
1728–1803
Joseph Lightsky
1729–1819
Margaret Lightsky
1730–
Sophia Lightsky
1732–1769
George Lightsky
1734–
Elizabeth "Wurteh Willenaweh" Lightsky
1742–1814
Joseph Lightsky
1747–1819

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  • TEDx talk by Dr. Lisa Uhlir titled "The Dawes Act and Residential Boarding Schools: Assimilation or Annihilation"
  • The practice of scalp bounties expanded well beyond the Penobscot tribe after the Spencer Phips Proclamation of 1755:
  • The complex relationship between colonial officials and Native leadership during 1750-1800:

Name Meaning

Probably an Americanized form of German Leutze or Leitze, short forms of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with liud ‘people, tribe’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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George Lightsky was born in 1700 in Bedford, Virginia. He married Mary Elizabeth Polly Sherwill in 1722 in his hometown. They had two children during their marriage. He died in 1772 in Burke, North Ca …

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