Abigail SCARTH

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• FamilySearch ID: M77Z-HW8
• Name: Abigail Scarth O'ROURKE
• Name: Abigail SCARTH O'ROURKE
• _UID: 552515135990420188EAD28F5D47E5164017
• war: Est 1780, Wake County, North Carolina
• Will: 17 Jan 1781, Wake County, North Carolina

Notes:

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.

Abigail married William SPEIGHT about 1740-1744 in Johnston County, North Carolina. William (son of John Thomas SPEIGHT and Elizabeth (Powell)) was born in 1715 in Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America; died on 1 May 1774 in Swift Creek Township, Wake, North Carolina, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Penelope SPEIGHT was born est 1742; and died.
2. Lydia SPEIGHT was born about 1743 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.
3. William SPEIGHT was born about 1745-1751 in Wake County, North Carolina; died about 1809 in Dickson County, Tennessee.
4. Charity SPEIGHT was born about 1745 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.
5. Patience SPEIGHT was born about 1747 in North Carolina; and died.
6. Mary SPEIGHT was born on 11 Jan 1748 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, British Colonial America; was christened on 5 Nov 1752 in Wake, North Carolina; died on 15 Jul 1834 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina; was buried in 1834 in Myatt Graveyard, North of Myatt's Mill, Wake County, Nort Carolina.
7. Sarah SPEIGHT was born about 1749 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.
8. Elizabeth "Betty" SPEIGHT was born about 1750 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.
9. Winifred SPEIGHT was born about 1755 in North Carolina; died about 1840 in Wake County, North Carolina.