ID: I96721
Name: John Speir
Given Name: John
Surname: Speir
Prefix: Captain
Suffix: Jr.
Sex: M
Birth: 25 Sep 1693 in Nansemond County, Virginia, Formed 1643 (Now City Of Suffolk)
Death: 23 Aug 1764 in Pitt County, North Carolina Formed 1760 From Beaufort County
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Reference Number: 96721 1
_UID: 3A46635CC82E4F6ABFC868D6EC11D3F57886
Change Date: 5 Nov 2003 at 18:30
Note: Source information: Grimes, John Bryan Abstracts of North Carolina Wills. Raleigh North Carolina Department of State 1910
John Speir. will date - 8 Jan 1761. probate date - Jun 1767. Will - Wife: Elizabeth (negro boy and other chattels).Daughters: Cleare Hardee ("all my lands in North Carolina"), Patience Jeffreys, Apsele Holland. Executors: John and William Speir (brothers) and Alexander Stewart. Witnesses: Wm. Speir, Alexr. Stewart, John Speir, Junr. Clerk of the Court: Amb Cox Bayley.
TombStone: Inscription on a tomb stone on the bank of Tar river, two miles below Grenville. The grave is marked by a brown stone tomb with a slate slab let in upon which is the inscription. (from Washington Progress, 20 Dec 1892 - NCGSJ May 1996)
TombStone: Death at a defiance we but slightly fear.
He brings his terors as he draws more near;
From stately palaces we must be drawn
To lie benighted in the tomb alone.
Wise then's the man who labors to secure
His passage safe and his reception sure.
In S. V. E.
Here lies the body of Capt John Spier
born in Virginia, Sept 25th, 1693 and
departed this life August 23d, 1764.
Father: John Speir b: 1657
Mother: Joan Mendenhall b: 1657 in Mildenhall, Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England
Marriage 1
Patience Cotten b: 1703 in Nansemond County, Virginia, Formed 1643 (Now City Of Suffolk)
- Married:
Abt 1720
in Bertie County, North Carolina Formed 1722 From Chowan County
- Change Date:
2 May 2003
Children
 James Speir b: Abt 1720 in Virginia Statehood 1788- Patience Speir b: 12 Nov 1725 in Bertie County, North Carolina Formed 1722 From Chowan County
Marriage 2
Martha Cotten b: 1685 in Accomack County, Virginia Formed 1663 From Northampton County
- Married:
Aft 30 Nov 1725
in Bertie County, North Carolina Formed 1722 From Chowan County 2
- Change Date:
5 Nov 2003
Children
- Apsley (Apple) Speir b: 27 Jan 1728 in Bertie County, North Carolina Formed 1722 From Chowan County
- Beatrice Speir b: Abt 1729 in Bertie County, North Carolina Formed 1722 From Chowan County
- William Speir b: Abt 1730 in Bertie County, North Carolina Formed 1722 From Chowan County
 Cleare Speir b: Abt 1731 in Bertie County, North Carolina Formed 1722 From Chowan County- John Speir b: Abt 1733 in Bertie County, North Carolina Formed 1722 From Chowan County
- Absalom Speir b: Abt 1735 in Bertie County, North Carolina Formed 1722 From Chowan County
Marriage 3
Elizabeth Warren b: Abt 1725
- Married:
Bef 5 Jan 1760
- Change Date:
1 Mar 2003
Sources:
- Abbrev: Terrilyn A. Kroeker <stkroek@juno.com>
Title: Terrilyn A. Kroeker <stkroek@juno.com>
Date: 6 Mar 1999
- Abbrev: Sally Parker Moore Koestler <skoestler@cox-internet.com>>
Title: http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com
http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/Rayner/lawrenj1.htm
Publication: Maple Lawn, Hertford County, North Carolina
I suggest you study my pages http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/Neighbors/powellc.htm
http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MulberryGrove/CottenArthur2.htm
http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/Neighbors/bishop3.htm#Cader%20Powell etc
http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MulberryGrove/
Date: 12 May 2001
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