John Thomas SPEIGHT

1687 - 1738  (51 years)

• Name	John Thomas SPEIGHT  [1]
  Birth	1687	Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Death	4 Oct 1738	Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, British Colonial America   [2]
  	Alt. Death
  _FSFTID	G3WQ-Q9R
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3WQ-Q9R
  _UID	26308AC66A3F442BA7A5C1D01DBB1C39C809
  Death	4 Oct 1738	Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, British Colonial America   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I594785041	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	William SPEIGHT,   b. 1665, Speights Run, Nansemond, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 26 Mar 1719, Speights Bridge, Greene, North Carolina (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth TAYLOR,   b. 16 Oct 1654, Rappahannock, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Abt 1730, Sunbury, Gates, North Carolina (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Perquimans, North Carolina   [3]
  Family ID	F14017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth POWELL,   b. Abt 1690, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA d. 1739, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 49 years)
  Marriage	1708	Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA
  Children	1. Mary SPEIGHT,   b. Abt 1711, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elizabeth Ann SPEIGHT,   b. 1712, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA d. 1770 (Age 58 years)   3. Moses SPEIGHT,   b. Abt 1713, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown   4. William SPEIGHT,   b. 1715, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1 May 1774, Swift Creek Township, Wake, North Carolina, British Colonial America (Age 59 years)   5. John SPEIGHT,   b. 1715, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA d. Abt 1765, Compass Creek, Edgecombe, North Carolina (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F5091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Remove parents - awaiting information confirmable. Speculative Narrative: John was an only child. When John was four, his father completed his training as a cooper and moved back to Somerton Creek where he opened his own shop. When John turned 21, he left home and went to Isle of Wight County, to practice the trade of barrel making that he had learned as an apprentice under his father. At that time there was no room in the area for another cooper, so he went to a place located near Lake Burnt Mills where William Powell ran a farm. He met and married William Powell's daughter, Elizabeth. When John's father, William, died, he closed up shop in Isle of Wight and moved back to Somerton Creek Farm which he had inherited. He took over his father's business of barrel making. Will of William Powell, [father of his wife Elizabeth Powell] appointed John Speight (B:1687) [son-in-law] executor and provided for an inheritance to his family members. Name      John Speight Date      13 Sep 1747 Location      Isle of Wight Notes      This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will Book. Remarks      William Powell. Leg.-to William Speight, son of John Speigt, with reversion of the bequest to his brother John; to my brother Nathaniel's son Nathaniel; to James Davis; to Elizabeth Speight, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Speight; to Ann, the dau Description      Executor Book      5-85 Prove date      12 Nov 1747

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Dec 2024), entry for William SPEIGHT, person ID GTC9-8RF. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Sep 2024), entry for John Thomas SPEIGHT, person ID G3WQ-Q9R. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for William SPEIGHT, person ID G3PK-J6W. (Reliability: 3).