William SPEIGHT

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• resided: 1812, Dickson County, Tennessee

Notes:

WIlliam Speight (Died 1809) son of William and Abigail, is confirmed by connections in will to William Lane (rel. to Lydia Speight/Lane) and Issac Hunter (rel to Sarah Speight/Hunter), brother in-laws.

From the Dickson County Handbook:
In April Christopher Robertson, and Minor Bibb were permitted to keep ordinaries and William Parker was given permission to operate a house of entertainment. In July William Speight and William Ward were given permission to have ordinaries at their dwelling houses.

Will Dated 8 Jan 1809
William Speight's will written January 8, 1809 and proved in the Wake County, NC courts May, 1809, Will Book 9, pp. 45-47. His bequests were as follows: First, I give and bequeath to my dear and beloved wife, Penelope, one black horse, one sorrel (ditto, got by Mark Anthony, five feather beds and furniture, fifty four geese & one filly one walnut (ovel?) table, six chairs, all my Pewter and Earthenware, two cotton wheels, two flax ditto, one flax hackle, all my case knives and forks, one Cart and work Stears, two Iron Pots, one dutch Oven, my Tub, Pails, and Pigions (?), and all my plantation utensils of every kind (except what is herein thereafter bequeathed) two flat Irons all my stock of Hogs, six head of sheep and twenty head of Cattle to her and her Heirs or Assigns forever. I likewise lend to my beloved wife Penelope during her natural life all my land and improvements on the north side of Swift ? creek above the Road leading to Raleigh including the Plantation whereon I now live (except twenty acres including a House built for my son James. Also the following Negroes (to wit), Luke Ned, Rachel, Flora, Cherry and Sarah, and after her decease to descend to the Legatees as herein and hereafter mentioned. I also give and bequeath to my Grand children (viz the children of my daughter Rhody Strickland the following negroes with all their future increase (to wit) Flora, Cherry and Sarah, to be equally divided among them after my wife Penelopes decease, to them their Heirs & assigns forever. I also give to my grandson Burrel Edwards one hundred Acres of Land including the plantation whereon Zachariah Edwards now lies. The same being surveyed by Nathaniel Jones WP. to him his Heirs & assigns forever. I give and bequeath to my grand children (viz) the children of my daughter Tabitha Edwards the following negroes, (to wit, Mary, Daniel, Milley, Rachel and Sam, to be and remain in the care and possession of my sd. daughter Tabitha (at the will of my Executors) during her natural life wholy & solely for the benefit of her children and after her decease to be equally divided among them all to them their Heirs and Assigns forever. I give and bequeath to my son William four hundred Acres of Land whereon he now lives, Also the following Negroes after his mothers decease (towit, Luke, Ada and Rachel, and also at my death the following Negroes, Cate and Lettice, also my still, one brass kettle, one bed and furniture one walnut chest, and one whip saw to him his Heirs and assigns forever. I give and bequeath to my son James all the land and improvements whereon I now live it being part of several surveys and containing by estimation eighteen hundred and twenty eight Acres, Also the following Negroes, with all their further inrease (to Wit, Sam, Willis, Ben & Amy. all my Blacksmith Tools, three beds and furniture, one cross cut saw one desk, one Walnut chest, one Walnut Table, six chairs, one sorrel Horse got by Raven, one Mare got by Flemnap? two head of cattle all my capenters Tools, and Books to him his Heirs and assigns forever. My further will and desire is that all my property not yet bequeathed shall be sold and the money arising therefrom together with my ready Money Notes and Book accounts be equally divided between my two sons, William & James after paying all my Just debts. I do also hereby nominate, consitute and appoint my two sons, William and James and my trusty friend Matthew McCullers Executors to this my last Will and Testament, revoking all former Wills and Execu__ by me heretofore made or appointed. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of January A.D. One thousand eight hundred and nine. William Speight (Seal) Signed Sealed published and declared by the said William as his last Will & Testament in presence of us. Wm. Lane } Interlined before assigned Isaac Hunter } the words fifty geese and one Filly. Levi Jones } Stephen Segraves (X his mark) Wake County, May Term 1809 The execution of this Will was in open Court duly proven by the oaths of Levi Jones & Stephen Seagraves who are subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Recorded 14th June 1809. W. H. Wm. Hill, clk.

resided:
From the Dickson County Handbook: In April Christopher Robertson,
and Minor Bibb were permitted to keep ordinaries and William Parker
was given permission to operate a house of entertainment. In July
William Speight and William Ward were given permission to have
ordinaries at their dwelling houses.........

Family/Spouse: Penelope MCLENDON. Penelope (daughter of Jacob MCLENDON and Martha TRAVIS) was born about 1739 in Wake County, North Carolina; died in 1821 in Wake County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James SPEIGHT died in 1835.
2. Rebecca "Rhody" SPEIGHT was born in 1760 in North Carolina; died in 1840 in Saline, Saline County, Illinois.
3. Tabitha SPEIGHT was born about 1767 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.
4. William SPEIGHT was born about 1778 in Wake, North Carolina; died about 1829 in Dickson County, Tennessee.

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• FamilySearch ID: L5GD-K43
• Name: Wm SPEIGHT
• _UID: FF7EE377D6A44EED9CE21B2D22F2B0C2D84D
• Will: 22 Jun 1774, Wake County, North Carolina

Notes:

William was the son of John Speight and wife Elizabeth. The proof of this can be found in the will of William Powell of Isle of Wight Co, VA, Bk 4, p. 85. John Speight and brother William Speight were the executors of William Powell's will dated 13 Sep 1747, pr 12 Nov 1747. William Speight of Edgecombe Co, NC sold 75 acres in Isle of Wight Co, VA given to William Speight by the last will & testament of William Powell, dec'd. William Powell gave a deed of gift to his dau-in-lw Elizabeth Speight now the wife of John Speight 70 acres in Lower Parish of Isle of Wight during her natural life land on the western branch in Isle of Wight. Bk 4, p. 200 deeds, 1732. Deed BK 4, p. 230 to my loving kinsman John Speight and his wife Elizabeth 50 acres adj. Richard Hutchins & Jacob Powell (1733). William Speight & Abigail sold land in Edgecombe (Halifax deed Bk 8, p. 431 stating he was of Johnston Co, NC. Wake formed in 1771 from Johnston Co, NC.

On 18 November 1760, William Speight requested his brother John's patent of 300 acres be transferred to him since John had recently been killed (Colonial Records of North Carolina, Vol. 6, p. 341).

NOTES BY DORIS SCOTT: William Speight was probably born in Virginia as the Speights were in Nansemond County, Virginia, in the late 1600?s and early 1700?s before migrating to North Carolina through Perquimans and Chowan Counties and settling in Craven County in the section that became Johnston County in 1746 and then part of Wake County in 1770. Several land grants are recorded for William Speight in Craven County from 1751 to 1765. William Speight served as a captain in the Johnston County Militia in the French and Indian Wars in 1754.

SPEIGHT, William will R. 22 June 1774 p40
In the Name of GOD Amen this Second day of July in the Year of Man's Redemption One thousand Seven hundred Seventy and three I William Speight of Wake County in the Province of North Carolina planter, being Sick, and weak, in Body but of perfect mind and Memory do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament in the following manner and form
Imprimis,
I lend unto Abigail my Well beloved Wife the use and profit of the Plantation whereon I live with the Land in that Tract thereunto Adjoining being by Estemation two hundred and forty Acres and two Negroe Men both Named Dick and One Negroe Woman Named Sarah, and two feather Beds and furnitures thereto belonging and Six Cows and their Calves two Steers and three Yearlings and three Mares One Rhoan One Bay & One Black in Coular and One black Horse or Gelding and all my Hogs raised at the said Plantation One Iron pot and One third part of my Pewter and One side Saddle, and my Plantation Tools, & Casks and Six Chairs and One Disk and One Small walnut Table and One pine Do and One linin Wheel and One Woollen Do and One washing Tubb and One water pail and One piggin, which use or lent of the above said things to my abovesaid Wife I desire may be and remain for and during her Widowhood or Natural Life and no longer.

Item, I give unto my Daughter Winifred Speight and to her heirs and assigns forever One fether bed and furniture and One Chest that was my Mothers and five Chairs and four Cows and their Calves, and two Steers and One Rhoan Coulared Horse or Gelding and One side Sadle and One third part of my Pewter, and as soon as the above lent of the Negroe Man Dick which was my Mothers is Expired to my said Wife either by the Marriage or Death of my said Wife for him to revert to my said Daughter Winifred as & in manner of the other things above given.

Item I give to my Daughter Patience Speight and to her Heirs and Assigns forever the Revertion of the other Negro Man Dick above lent to my said Wife after the Expiration of the said lent and One feather bed and furniture One Ovill Table and five Chairs and One black Walnut Chest and One third part of Pewter and four Cows and their Calves, and four two Year old Cattle-

Item I give unto my Son William Speight and to his Heirs and Assigns forever my Cooper Alembick or Still One Whip Saw and One Crosscutt Saw, and the Reversion of the Land and Plantation above lent to my said Wife after the Expiration of the said lent.

Item it is my further desire in Case any of my said Children theretofore or hereafter Named should depart this life without issue for the Reversion of their Estate to be Distributed in equal Degree among my Surviving Children or their Representatives Except in Case of the Death of Either of my Maiden Daughters above said Winifred or Patience should as afore said die without issue. that before such distribution the Survivor of the two may Inheritt the Negroe Man above given if left alive at the time of the Death of the other Sister and that the same two Maiden Daughters may Inherett an Equal Moiety of the Money That the Negro Woman Sarah above lent to my said Wife shall sell for at fair Sale after the lent to my Wife is Expired,

Item I give to Reuben Hunter Junr my Grandson and to his Heirs and Assigns forever the Survey of Land whereon William _______ Now lives and ten pounds proclamation Money to pay for the taking out or the Issuing a Deed for the Same at the Opening of the Propriators Land Office, and my Negroe Boy Named Pompey and four heifers three Years old each,and One Grey Horse and One New Small Gun, and in case He should depart this life without issue and under the Age of


SUMMARY: Wife Abigail: plantation wheron I now live; two negro men, both named Dick; one negro women named Sarah; household goods; livestock; plantation tools. Daughter Winifred SPEIGHT: furniture; livestock; negro Dick to come to her at remarriage or death of wife. Daughter Patience SPEIGHT: other negroDick at decease of wife; furniture; livestock. Son William SPEIGHT: home plantation after death of wife. Grandson Reuben HUNTER, Jr: land whereon William SIMMONS now lives; negro Pompey; livestock. If grandson should die without issue or before 21, revert to his brother Dempsey HUNTER. Daughter Mary MIATE: negro Sam. Son-in-law Silius GREEN to get right to land surveyed for William BROWN, Jr., and sold to Abner LEEGATT and by him sold to me. Rest equally divided among my 8 children: son William SPEIGHT, daughters Sarah HUNTER, Lydia LANE, Charity GREEN, Betty TURNER, Mary MIATE, Winifred SPEIGHT, Patience SPEIGHT. 2 July 1773. Executors: Wife Abigail and son William. Witnesses: William UTLEY, Isham (x) UTLEY, Jesse LANE.

Will:
SPEIGHT, William will R. 22 June 1774 p40
In the name of God, Amen. Wife Abigail: plantation wheron I now
live; two negro men, both named Dick; one negro women named Sarah;
household goods; livestock; plantation tools. Daughter Winifred
SPEIGHT: furniture; livestock; negro Dick to come to her at remarriage
or death of wife. Daughter Patience SPEIGHT: other negroDick at
decease of wife; furniture; livestock. Son William SPEIGHT: home
plantation after death of wife. Grandson Reuben HUNTER, Jr: land
whereon William SIMMONS now lives; negro Pompey; livestock. If
grandson should die without issue or before 21, revert to his brother
Dempsey HUNTER. Daughter Mary MIATE: negro Sam. Son-in-law Silius
GREEN to get right to land surveyed for William BROWN, Jr., and sold
to Abner LEEGATT and by him sold to me. Rest equally divided among my
8 children: son William SPEIGHT, daughters Sarah HUNTER, Lydia LANE,
Charity GREEN, Betty TURNER, Mary MIATE, Winifred SPEIGHT, Patience
SPEIGHT. 2 July 1773. Executors: Wife Abigail and son William.
Witnesses: William UTLEY, Isham (x) UTLEY, Jesse LANE.

William married Abigail SCARTH about 1740-1744 in Johnston County, North Carolina. Abigail was born about 1724 in Johnson Co., (Wake Co.) North Carolina; died on 17 Jan 1781 in Wake County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Abigail Scarth O'ROURKE
• Name: Abigail SCARTH O'ROURKE
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• war: Est 1780, Wake County, North Carolina
• Will: 17 Jan 1781, Wake County, North Carolina

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Abigail is said to have aided the war effort of the revolution by furnishing beef to the continental army.
SPEIGHT, Abigail will R. 15 Sep 1783 p146 In the name of God Amen. Daughter Lydia LANE: furniture and horse. Daughter Charity GREEN: furniture. Son William SPEIGHT: furniture. Daughter Mary MYATT: saddle. Patience GREEN: horse and furniture. Susana McGUFFEY: furniture. Granddaughter Winnifred TURNER: horse. Winifred HUNTER: spinning wheel. 17 Jan 1781.
Abigail (x) SPEIGHT, Executors: Son William SPEIGHT, James LANE, Wits: Joel LANE (Jurat), Sarah (S) LANE, John (x) RENCH. SPEIGHT, William Estate sale R. Sep 1774 p45 Farm implements; houshold goods; livestock. (Buyers unnamed). Deputy Sheriff: Jas. JONES.

war:
Abigail is said to have aided the war effort of the revolution by
furnishing beef to the continental army.

Will:
SPEIGHT, Abigail will R. 15 Sep 1783 p146
In the name of God Amen. Daughter Lydia LANE: furniture and horse.
Daughter Charity GREEN: furniture. Son William SPEIGHT: furniture.
Daughter Mary MYATT: saddle. Patience GREEN: horse and furniture.
Susana McGUFFEY: furniture. Granddaughter Winnifred TURNER: horse.
Winifred HUNTER: spinning wheel. 17 Jan 1781. Abigail (x) SPEIGHT,
Executors: Son William SPEIGHT, James LANE, Wits: Joel LANE (Jurat),
Sarah (S) LANE, John (x) RENCH.
SPEIGHT, William Estate sale R. Sep 1774 p45
Farm implements; houshold goods; livestock. (Buyers unnamed). Deputy
Sheriff: Jas. JONES.

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Notes:

John Speight and brother William Speight were the executors of William Powell's will dated 13 Sep 1747, pr 12 Nov 1747.

John married Elizabeth (Powell) in 1708 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA. Elizabeth was born about 1690 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA; died about 1755 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: William SPEIGHT
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Notes:

Cannot prove correct "John Speight" father... at this time.

William Speight, son of John Speight, was born about 1665 at Speights Run, Virginia. When William was about eighteen years old his family moved to Somerton Creek (now Pittmantown), Virginia. In 1686 he left home and settled in nearby Isle of Wight County, Virginia. William worked for Henry Southen as a cooper (barrel maker). William was the first Speight with the occupation as a barrel maker and not a planter. William married and had one son, John. William and his family lived in Isle of Wight County for about five years. William and his brother, Francis lived a short distance from each other then in 1691 the Speight families played "musical chairs" with their land. William left the Isle of Wight County and returned to the manor house that his father had left him at Somerton Creek. His brother, Francis, went to the Speights Run plantation, father, John, left Somerton Creek and went to Sunbury, where he and his wife lived at the old home place of our immigrant ancestor, Francis. William continued to expand his land holdings at the Somerton Creek farm. Between 1701 and 1711 he had acquired five hundred and fifteen acres and eleven indentured servants. When William's brother, Francis, died the courts appointed William as guardian of his nineteen-year-old nephew, Moses Speight.

In 1728 the legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina commissioned a surveying team to lay off the line. William Byrd of Virginia and Colonel Edward Moseley of Edenton were appointed Surveyor Generals. Mr. Byrd published his famous book, William's Byrd's Histories of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina mentioned William Speight and his cousin, Thomas. In 1733 when Colonel Moseley published a map of North Carolina, William's plantation was divided, leaving his house and orchard in Virginia and his tobacco house in North Carolina. This is how William became known as State Line William. William resided at the Somerton Creek plantation in Virginia until his death in 1735. The grave of William and his wife have not been identified, but most likely they were buried on the Somerton Creek farm.

William married Elizabeth TAYLOR in Perquimans, North Carolina. Elizabeth was born on 16 Oct 1654 in Rappahannock, Virginia, British Colonial America; died about 1730 in Sunbury, Gates, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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