Andrew Speer was born about 1670 in County Donegal, Ireland, his parents and siblings are unknown to this researcher, and
died about 1758, probably in Somerset County, Maryland. Andrew
married 1. Jane about 1685 in Maryland and 2. Priscilla on 10 Mar 1690 in Somerset County, Maryland, their marriage is found recorded on GRS marriage cd #4. The children of Andrew and Jane are:
Henry, b. 1686; d. 1769 MD
Andrew, b. 1688
The child of Andrew and Priscilla is:
Mary, b. 1692
Henry Speer, the son of Andrew and Jane Speer, was born about 1686 in Maryland and died about 1769 in Maryland. He married Jane Calloway in 1711 in Wicomico County, Maryland.
Their marriage is found recorded on GRS marriage cd #4. The
children of Henry and Jane are:
Henry, Jr. b. bef 1721
Robert, b. abt 1722
John, b. 15 Feb 1723
Jacob, b. 3 Mar 1725
Mary, b. abt 1727
Sarah, b. abt 1729
Andrew, b. abt 1731
Moses, b. abt 1733
Aaron, b. abt 1734
Jean
Henry Speer, Jr., the son of Henry and Jane, was born 3 Mar 1725 and died about 1771 in Somerset County, Maryland. He
married Sarah Shores about 1756, their children are:
William
Alice
Nancy
Fanny
Jacob Speer, the son of Henry and Jane Calloway Speer, was born 3 Mar 1725 in Somerset County, Maryland. He died about 1802 in Surry County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth ??? about
1746 in Maryland. The children of Jacob and Elizabeth are:
John, b. abt 1747
Jacob, b. abt 1749
Benjamin, b. abt 1750
Henry Thomas, b. abt 1752; married Rachel Hudspeth
James, b. abt 1754
Elizabeth b. abt 1756; married Joseph Rutledge
William, b. abt 1758
Andrew Speer, the son of Henry and Jane Calloway Speer, was born about 1731. He married Betty ???. Their children are:
Leah, married William Flinn
Andrew
John Speer, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Speer, was born
about 1747 in Somerset County, Maryland and died about 1851 in Dallas County, Arkansas. He married Elizabeth Steelman, the daughter of Mathias and Ruth Steelman on 12 Oct 1784 in Surry County, North Carolina. Their marriage is found recorded on GRS
marriage cd #4. The children of John and Elizabeth are:
Benjamin
Mary
George
John
Elizabeth b. aft 1800
Esabellow A.
William Speer, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Speer, was born about 1758 in Somerset County Maryland and died about 1859 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He married Amelia Estep, 23 Jan 1782 in Rowan County, North Carolina. The children of William and
Amelia Estep Speer are:
Isaac b. 20 Arp 1784; married Elizabeth Atkins
Abraham, b. 1790; married Sharah Shuett 30 Mar 1815 Cumberland Co. KY
Elizabeth; married Valentine Bevin 15 Mar 1803 Madison Co. KY
Mildred
James b. 11 Oct 1790
Susannah
Caty
William
Millie; married William Brake
Elizabeth Speer, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Steelman Speer, was born abt 1800 in Kentucky and died before 1850 in Clay or Greene County, Arkansas. She married William
Henry Nutt, the son of William and Mary McCown Nutt on 20 May 1818 in Blount County, Alabama. The children of Elizabeth and
William Henry Nutt are:
Unknown child
Mary, b. abt 1820 AL
Rachel, b. abt 1821 AL
Nancy b. abt 1824 AL
William Granville, b. 25 Aug 1825 AL
Robert McCown, b. 28 Jun 1828 AL
John, b. 8 Aug 1832 TN
George W., b. 4 Jul 1836 TN
Martin Van Buren, b. 1839 TN
James Speer, the son of William and Amelia Estep Speer,
was born 11 Oct 1790 in Surry County, North Carolina and died 17 May 1865 in Smith County, Texas. He married Penelope Jacks, 12 Aug 1813 in Cumberland County, Kentucky, their marriage is found
recorded on GRS marriage cd#2. The children of James and Penelope Jacks Speer are:
John, b. 25 Aug 1818 KY
Dennis, b. 1819, KY; married Lucinda Moncreef, Fayette Co. TN
Sarah, b. 1820; married Thomas Nutt
Tabitha, b. 1822; married John M. Taylor, Fayette Co., TN
Elizabeth Ann, b. 1824; married Nathaniel Rutledge, Fayette Co. TN
John Speer, the son of James and Penelope Jacks Speer, was
born 25 Aug 1816 in Cumberland County, Kentucky and died 18 May 1898 in Texas. He married Elizabeth Coker, about 1837, their children are:
Melvina, b. abt 1839
L. L., b. abt 1842
John Dennis Wesley, b. 24 Mar 1844
Penelope, b. abt 1846
Doc Franklin, b. abt 1848
John Dennis Wesley Speer, the son of John and Elizabeth Coker Speer, was born 24 Mar 1844 in Shelbyville, Tennessee and died 27 Jun 1937 in Denton, Texas. He married Sallie Hunter Ellis in 1868 in Waco, Texas. The children of John and Sallie Hunter Speer are:
Lon A. , b. 10 Feb 1880
Ocie
Robert Ellis
John
Oran
Charles Hunter
Doc Milner
Bonnie
Ivan Roland
Lon A. Speer, the son of John Dennis and Elizabeth Coker Speer, was born 10 Feb 1880 in Wood County, Texas and died 11 Mar 1923 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. He married Pearla Wheeler,
24 Nov 1904 in Denton, Texas. Their children are:
Lon A., III
Catharine Lucille
Robert James