Joseph Speight

angelfire... :FRANCIS SPEIGHT (CAPT WILLIAM1) was born 1681, and died Bef. 1750. He married (1) JUDITH HARE. He married (2) UNKNOWN.

Children of FRANCIS SPEIGHT and JUDITH HARE are:

3. i. JOSEPH SPEIGHT, b. 1710.

ii. MOSES SPEIGHT, b. 1703.

iii. MARY SPEIGHT, b. 1705.

iv. JOHN SPEIGHT, b. 1708.

JOSEPH SPEIGHT – Joseph Speight was born 1710. He married first, Ann Gatling. He married 2nd, in Chowan County, North Carolina, Ann King, in 1752. Joseph Speight’s children by Ann Gatling were:

1. Henry Speight – born about 1737

2. Catherine Speight – born about 1739

3. Susannah Speight – born about 1743.

4. Francis Speight – born about 1745. He married Penelope.

Joseph Speight’s second wife was Ann King. They were married in Chowan County, North Carolina in 1752. Their children were:

5. William Speight – William married Ann Phelps about 1773. He died 1781 in Chowan County, North Carolina.

6. Josiah Speight – born 1753. Josiah married Eleanor Bond in Chowan County. He died 1783.

7. Seth Speight – born 1754. His family lived in Greene County, North Carolina.

8. Elizabeth Speight

9. Samuel Speight

10. Celia Speight

11. Jeremiah Speight – born about 1770. His will was probated May 1840 in Perquimans County, North Carolina. Jeremiah married Lydia Moore, daughter of Charles Moore, about 1790.

12. Nancy Speight –

13. John Speight – Died 1840 in Perquimans County, NC.

14. NOAH SPEIGHT, SR.. – born 1773. See below.

15. Ruth Speight – She married Willis Elliott

Joseph married Anne King (1735-1795) in 1752 and was elected vestryman of St. Paul's Parish on Edenton. Joseph and Anne raised 14 children on their plantation. When the French & Indian War broke out In 1754 Joseph and his brother John enlisted as privates in the local Chowan County Militia. They were the first SPEIGHTs to serve in the military and fought under Captain Charles King. In the 1760's Joseph and family left the plantation and built a house in Hertford County. Joseph maintained the county roads and surveyed land for tax purposes.

Joseph Speight enlisted in the Continental Army in 1777 and fought in the American Revolutionary War for 7 years as a Lieutenant under Col. Francis Corbin in Company 1 of the North Carolina Regiment. His sons Francis, Seth and Samuel also served during the Revolutionary War. In 1778 he purchased 2,820 acres in Dobbs County for his sons William, Seth and Samuel. In 1783 Joseph and sons Henry and Francis constructed a gristmill near Beaverdam Creek called March's Mill. Joseph was awarded 640 acres of land in 1792 in Chowan County for his military service where he lived until his death at age 67 in 1792.

Children: Josiah (1752-1783), William Esquire (1753-18??), Seth (1754-1800), Elizabeth (Freeman) (1755-1782), Samuel (1756-1809), Francis (1758-1797), Henry (1762-1799), Celia (1764-?), Jeremiah (1769-1833), Ruth (Elliott) (1770-18??), Margaret (Whitehead) (1770-18??), Nancy (1771-1834), Noah (1773-1822) & John (1774-1840)

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