Riches to Rags Family Tree » Capt John Speed (1750-1806)
Personal data Capt John Speed
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4Sources 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15- Alternative names: John Speed, John Speed, John Speed, John Speed, John Speed
- He was born in the year 1750 in Anson Richmond North Carolina, United States.Sources 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12
Attention: Was younger than 16 years (15) when child (Elizabeth Speed) was born (November 14, 1765). - Alternative: He was born in the year 1750 in Anson Richmond North, Carolina, Puerto Rico, United States.
- He was baptized on January 24, 1796 in Great Burstead, Essex, England.Source 15
- Resident:
- in the year 1786: No Township Listed, Richmond County, NC.Source 14
- in the year 1784: Richmond, North Carolina, United States.Source 13
- in the year 1800: Fayetteville, Richmond, North Carolina.Source 9
- He died on February 18, 1806 in Richmond, North Carolina, United States, he was 56 years old.Sources 5, 12
Attention: Died 9 months (February 18, 1806) prior to the birth (??-??-1808) of child (Edward Bryant Speed) . - A child of William Terrell Speed and Mary Elizabeth Wages
Household of Capt John Speed
Attention: Spouse (John Speed) is 79 years older.
(1) He is married to Catherine Stewart.
They got married July 1774 at Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- James Stuart Speed 1775-1816
- Martha Patsy Speed 1789-????
- John Mack Speed 1789-1844
- Mary Speed 1796-1825
- Elizabeth Speed 1800-1887
- Wager Ormand Speed 1803-1865
- Edward Bryant Speed 1808-1880
(2) He is married to Catherine Stewart.
They got married July 1774 at Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States, he was 24 years old.Sources 10, 12
They got married in the year 1786, he was 36 years old. They got married in the year 1788 at Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, USA, he was 38 years old. They got married July 1758 at Cheraw, Chesterfield Co, South Carolina, USA, he was 8 years old.Child(ren):
- Elizabeth Speed 1765-1829
- James Stuart Speed 1775-1816
- Catherine Speed 1788-????
- John Mack Speed 1789-1844
- Martha Patsy Speed 1789-????
- Elizabeth Speed 1794-1855
- Rebecca Speed 1796-1825
- ELIZABETH SPEED 1800-1887
(3) He is married to John Speed.
They got married in the year 1774 at SC, he was 24 years old.
(4) He had a relationship with Ann Bignall.
Child(ren):
- Mary Ann Speed 1796-1826
(5) He is married to Elizabeth Vosburg.
They got married in the year 1774 at Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States, he was 24 years old.
They got married July 1774 at Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States, he was 24 years old. They got married in the year 1788 at Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States, he was 38 years old.Timeline Capt John Speed
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=83357721&pid=703
/ Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 23.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: SPE / Ancestry.com
- Anson County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1749-1766, Abstracts of Wills & Estates, 1749-1795, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Great Britain, Atlas and Index of Parish Registers, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Deaths, Edmund West, comp. / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Volume: 234 / Ancestry.com
- American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Births, Edmund West, comp. / Ancestry.com
- 1800 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1800; Census Place: Fayetteville, Richmond, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 33; Page: 246; Image: 188; Family History Library Film: 337909 / Ancestry.com
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 21.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: SPE / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Volume: 69 / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., Birth year: 1750; Birth city: North; Birth state: NC / Ancestry.com
- North Carolina, State Census, 1784-1787, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Christening day January 24, 1796
- The temperature on January 24, 1796 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1796: Source: Wikipedia
- February 1 » The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
- April 28 » The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
- May 15 » War of the First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
- July 22 » Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
- November 17 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
- December 19 » French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia.
Day of death February 18, 1806
- The temperature on February 18, 1806 was about 5.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1806: Source: Wikipedia
- January 1 » The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
- January 9 » Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.
- January 19 » Britain occupies the Dutch Cape Colony after the Battle of Blaauwberg.
- March 29 » Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
- October 9 » Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
- November 15 » Pike Expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. (It is later named Pikes Peak.)
Same birth/death day
- 1772 » Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
- 1778 » Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
- 1780 » Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)
- 1788 » John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)
- 1803 » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)
- 1851 » Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)
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The Riches to Rags Family Tree publication was prepared by June Mcmurphy.
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June Mcmurphy, "Riches to Rags Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/riches-to-rags-family-tree/P703.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "Capt John Speed (1750-1806)".