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Captain James Bernard Speed 1679–1719 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 September 1679

Birth Location: Southampton, Hampshire, England

Death Date: 15 Mar 1719

Death Location: Surry County, Virginia, USA

Father: Dr III

Mother: Philadelphia Knollys*

Spouse(s): Mary Pulley

Children(s): William Speed, **Dr. Speed, Mary Taylor, James Speed, Thomas Speed

In 1679, Captain James Bernard Speed entered the world in Southampton, Hampshire, England, born to Dr John Speed Iii And Philadelphia 1628 Knollys. Captain James Bernard Speed married Mary Spencer Pulley, and had children including Dr John Bernard Speed, James Speed, Mary Minetry Taylor, Susanna Speed, Thomas Speed, William Speed. Captain James Bernard Speed passed away in 1719 in Surry County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1679, Captain James Bernard Speed entered the world in Southampton, Hampshire, England, born to Dr John Speed Iii And Philadelphia 1628 Knollys.
  • Captain James Bernard Speed married Mary Spencer Pulley, and had children including Dr John Bernard Speed, James Speed, Mary Minetry Taylor, Susanna Speed, Thomas Speed, William Speed.
  • Captain James Bernard Speed passed away in 1719 in Surry County, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Dr III
1628–1711
Birth Location: Southhampton, Hampshire, England
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Philadelphia Knollys*
1628–1711
Birth Location: Nursling, Hampshire, England
PK

Spouses(s)

Mary Pulley
1693–1733
Birth Location: Williamsburg West, James City County, Virginia, USA
MP

Children(s)

William Speed
1716–1786
Birth Location: Southwark, Surrey, Virginia, USA
WS
**Dr. Speed
1714–1785
Birth Location: Surry County, Virginia, USA
*S
Mary Taylor
1714–1782
Birth Location: Virginia
MT
James Speed
1712–1773
Birth Location: Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States
JS
Thomas Speed
1719–1785
Birth Location: Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States
TS

Captain Speed's Ancestors

Self
Captain Speed
1679–1719
Birth Place: Southampton, Hampshire, England
Parents
Dr John Speed III
1628–1711
Southhampton, Hampshire, England
Philadelphia (1628) Knollys*
1628–1711
Nursling, Hampshire, England
Grandparents
Dr. (John Speed,) II
1595–1640
VERIFIED- Farndon, Cheshire, England
Margaret Warner
1595–1627
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir cartographer)
1552–1629
Susanna Draper
1558–1628
Bartholomew Dr.
1570–1619
Elizabeth Warner
1570–1615
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Tailor"
1526–1556
Elizabeth Cheyney
1530–1555
Thomas Draper
1538–1589
Mary Carey
1538–1569
John Warner
1542–1584

Captain Speed's Descendants

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Captain (James Bernard) Speed (28 September 1679–15 Mar 1719) m. Mary (Spencer) Pulley (14 May 1693–3 Jun 1733)
  1. 1. William Speed 1716–1786 m. Mary (Elizabeth Wages) Speed 1714–1768 m. Ann Morgan 1749–1821
    1. 1. Robert (Wages) Speed 1763–1826 m. Elizabeth Martin 1763–1830 m. Sarah Lawrence 1783–1847 m. Sarah Lawrence 1783–1847
      1. 1. John (B) Speed 1791–1841 m. Sarah Sanders 1794–1859 m. Martha (Mariah) Calhoun 1795–1895 m. Malissa Earley 1812–1840
        1. 1. Napoleon (Bonaparte) Speed 1820–1860
        2. 2. William (W.) Speed 1820–1874 m. Mariah (Laura) Speed 1826–1893
      2. 2. Elizabeth Speed 1805–1855
      3. 3. Florence Speed 1798–1829 m. John (Paxton) Holt 1800–1889
        1. 1. John (Wade) Holt 1831–1883 m. Virginia (Frances (Jennie)) Woods 1838–1913
        2. 2. Sarah (Jane) Holt 1832–1892
        3. 3. Robert (A.) Holt 1834–1907
        4. 4. David (Rice) Holt 1836–1904
        5. 5. William (Joseph) Holt 1840–1927
        6. 6. Eugenia (Florida) Holt 1842–1880
        7. 7. Lucy (J.) Holt 1837–1839
        8. 8. James (Paxton) Holt 1844–1846
      4. 4. Rachel (Ann) Speed 1803–1881 m. John (Ewing) Calhoun 1787–1846 m. John Archer –1850
        1. 1. John (Ewing) Calhoun 1834–
        2. 2. Elizabeth (H) Calhoun 1826–
        3. 3. Margaret (Elizabeth) Calhoun 1810–1863
        4. 4. Martha (Mariah (Brown)) Calhoun 1831–1895
        5. 5. Sarah Archer 1842–
      5. 5. Mary ("Polly" E.) Speed 1805–1891 m. Jechonias Wilson 1795–1859
        1. 1. Ann Wilson 1839–
        2. 2. Mary (Agnes) Wilson 1829–1892
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Durcilla) Wilson 1831–1924
        4. 4. Martha (C.) Wilson 1833–1909
        5. 5. Misouri (A.) Wilson 1835–
        6. 6. Francis (J. "Fannie") Wilson 1839–1892
        7. 7. Plasent (W Kettrell) Wilson 1841–1864
        8. 8. Susan (S.) Wilson 1827–1892
        9. 9. Sarah (A.) Wilson 1839–
      6. 6. William (Lawrence Speed Pvt, USA, 2nd Infantry, Mexican) War 1815–1879 m. Martha Robertson 1827–1889
        1. 1. Samuel (Maxwell) Speed 1857–1921
        2. 2. Timothy (M) Speed 1858–
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Arminda) SPEED 1846–1900
        4. 4. Elinora (Jane "Emma Cornelia" Speed) Coulter 1868–1939
        5. 5. Mary Speed 1842–
        6. 6. William (Madison) Speed 1852–1932
        7. 7. Z (F) Speed 1856–
        8. 8. Thadius (Leroy) Speed 1866–1930
        9. 9. Rachel (Ann) Speed 1850–1937
        10. 10. James (Lawrence) Speed 1855–1919
        11. 11. Sarah (Margaret Speed) Robertson 1848–1875
      7. 7. Fleming (F Adarine) Speed 1812–1898
        1. 1. Mary Speed 1842–
        2. 2. Martha (Jane) Speed 1848–1890
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Arminda) SPEED 1846–1900
        4. 4. Samuel (Maxwell) Speed 1857–1921
        5. 5. Timothy (M) Speed 1858–
      8. 8. James (Monroe Speed) Sr 1818–1896 m. Sarah Rogers 1818–1902
        1. 1. Caroline Speed 1834–1884
        2. 2. Martha (Caroline) Speed 1852–1922
        3. 3. William (Rogers) Speed 1840–1863
        4. 4. Joseph (Wade) Speed 1861–1913
        5. 5. John (Balus) Speed 1856–1926
        6. 6. James (Monroe Speed) Jr 1842–1932
        7. 7. Luther (Terrell) Speed 1858–1917
        8. 8. George (Washington) Speed 1846–1942
        9. 9. Meshack (Lafayette) Speed 1864–1907
      9. 9. Margaret (Lawrence) Speed 1822–
      10. 10. Felix (Washington) Speed 1823–1889
      11. 11. Terrell Speed 1811–1877 m. Jerusha Pelfrey 1812–1880 m. Sarah (Douglass) Raymond 1794–1868
        1. 1. Rebecca Speed 1852–1918 m. Henry (Berry Dotson) Jr. 1851–1920
        2. 2. William (Calvin) Speed 1837–1910 m. Mary (Polly) Kell 1835–1880 m. Catherine (K) White 1859–1929
        3. 3. Ary Speed 1850–1924 m. Andrew (Jackson) Hamby 1849–1925
        4. 4. Emily Speed 1846–
        5. 5. Tabitha Speed 1848–1924 m. Franklin (Benjamin) Blackwell 1856–1930
        6. 6. Melinda Speed 1839–1850 m. Joseph (M.) Blackwell 1819–1917
        7. 7. John Speed 1841–1863
        8. 8. Mary (Nancy) Speed 1845–1924
        9. 9. Martha (S) Speed 1862–1900
        10. 10. Alpha Speed 1864–
        11. 11. Adarine (Fowler) Speed 1835–1916 m. Lavina Snider 1852–1928
        12. 12. Elizabeth (H) Speed 1831–1916
        13. 13. Oliver (Raymond) Speed 1835–1864
        14. 14. Adam Speed 1852–
        15. 15. Ellen (Mary) Speed 1835–1902
      12. 12. William (Wages Speed) Sr 1783–1833 m. Sarah Lawrence 1783–1847
        1. 1. William (Wages Speed) Jr 1800–1869 m. Keziah Duckworth 1806–1886
        2. 2. William (Lawrence) Speed 1815–1879
        3. 3. William (Lawrence) Speed 1815–1869
        4. 4. James (Monroe) Speed 1818–1896
        5. 5. Benjamin (Robert) Speed 1820–1909
        6. 6. Sarah (Ann) Speed 1803–1860
        7. 7. Rachel (Ann) Speed 1803–1881
        8. 8. Elizabeth (Jolly) Speed 1805–1855
        9. 9. Margaret (Speed) Lawrence 1822–1883
      13. 13. James ((Dr) Wade) Speed 1796–1852
        1. 1. Caroline Speed 1834–
      14. 14. Elizabeth (Speed) Tyler 1794–1855
      15. 15. Mary (Rebecca Speed) Kemp 1782–1860 m. Kemp –1850
    2. 2. William (Terrell Jr Speed) Jr 1730–1781
      1. 1. William (Walker) Speed 1772–1824
        1. 1. Susannah (Crow) Crow 1806–1855
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Ann) Speed 1763–1804
      1. 1. Mary (Marion) Story 1781–1825
        1. 1. William Williams 1818–1864
        2. 2. William (Bell) WILLIAMS 1814–1870
      2. 2. Samuel (Wiley "Sami") Story 1782–1850
        1. 1. Russell Story 1818–1860
        2. 2. Larkin (Brooks) Storey 1820–1863
    4. 4. William (Walker) Speed 1772–1824
    5. 5. Lieutenant (Colonel John S.) Speed 1750–1806
    6. 6. William (Terrell) Speed 1753–1781
  2. 2. **Dr. (John Bernard) Speed 1714–1785 m. Mary (Minetry) Taylor 1714–1782
    1. 1. James (Speed , Captain (*2nd branch of the Speed) family) 1739–1811 m. Mary Spencer –1829
      1. 1. Thomas Speed 1768–
      2. 2. Mary Speed 1770–
      3. 3. John (Swift Speed) (Judge) 1772–1840 m. Abby Lemaster –1807 m. Lucy (Gilmer) Fry 1788–1874
        1. 1. Thomas Speed 1809–1812
        2. 2. Lucy (Fry) Speed 1811–
        3. 3. James (Speed (*3rd) son) 1812–1887
        4. 4. Peachy (Walker) Speed 1813–
        5. 5. Joshua (Fry) Speed 1814–
        6. 6. William (Pope) Speed 1816–
        7. 7. Susan (Fry) Speed 1817–
        8. 8. Phillip Speed 1819–
        9. 9. John (Smith) Speed 1821–
        10. 10. Martha (Bell) Speed 1822–
        11. 11. Ann (Pope) Speed 1831–1838
      4. 4. Elizabeth (Speed) *twin* 1774–
      5. 5. James (Speed) *twin* 1774–
      6. 6. Henry Speed 1777–1824 m. Maria Smith 1780–1869
        1. 1. Henry (James) Speed 1815–1907 m. Emily (Straghan) Howerton 1819–1872
        2. 2. Thomas Speed –1850
      7. 7. Julia Speed –1783
      8. 8. Martha Speed 1784–1785
      9. 9. Sarah Speed 1786–1786
    2. 2. Lewis (Speed (*fifth branch of the Speed) family) 1744–1783
      1. 1. John Speed 1773–
        1. 1. Joseph (Mason) Speed 1801–1832
        2. 2. John (Lewis) Speed 1803–1847
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Chapel) Speed 1806–
        4. 4. Sarah (A.) Speed 1808–
        5. 5. James (Stephens) Speed 1811–1860
        6. 6. Mary (Minetry) Speed 1814–
        7. 7. Thomas (P.) Speed 1818–
        8. 8. Asaph (Hunter) Speed 1820–
        9. 9. Susan (Slaughter) Speed 1833–
    3. 3. Joseph (Speed (Virginia Convention,) 1776) 1750–1806 m. Ann Bignall 1764–
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) Speed 1796–1826 m. William (Duke) Jones 1787–1871
        1. 1. Joseph (Speed) Jones 1814–1900
        2. 2. John (Edwin) Jones 1825–1908
        3. 3. Mary (Eliza) Somervell 1820–1883
      2. 2. Robert Speed 1787–
    4. 4. John (Speed (*first branch of the Speed) family) 1738–1785
      1. 1. William Speed 1764–
      2. 2. John Speed 1766– m. Mary Wade 1781–
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Julia) Speed 1800–
        2. 2. William (Henry) Speed 1802–
        3. 3. John (Joseph) Speed 1803–
        4. 4. James (Hopkins) Speed 1805–
        5. 5. Robert Speed 1806–
        6. 6. Edward Speed 1808–
        7. 7. Maria (Speed) *twin* 1810–
        8. 8. Eliza (Speed) *twin* 1810–
        9. 9. Thomas Speed 1812–
        10. 10. Mary Speed 1814–
        11. 11. Harriet Speed 1816–
        12. 12. Sallie Speed 1818–
        13. 13. David (Smith) Speed 1820–
      3. 3. Sarah Speed 1769– m. Sherrod Burgh 1770–
      4. 4. Elizabeth Speed 1770–
      5. 5. Dr. (Joseph) Speed 1773–
    5. 5. Martha (Speed (*sixth branch of the Speed) family) 1748–1820
      1. 1. Richard Apperson 1820–
    6. 6. Matthias ("Matt" Speed (*ninth branch of the Speed) family) 1754–1829
      1. 1. John Speed –1855
    7. 7. Lucy (Speed (*eighth branch of the Speed) family) 1752–
    8. 8. Sarah (Speed Hansard (*fourth branch of Speed) family) 1743–1801
    9. 9. Henry ("Hal" Speed (*third branch of the Speed) family) 1742–1822
      1. 1. Spencer Speed 1775–1818
      2. 2. John (James Speed) *twin* 1777–
      3. 3. Mary ("Polly" Speed) *twin* 1777–
      4. 4. Henry Speed 1776–
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Julia) Speed 1780–1808
      6. 6. William Speed 1784–1815
      7. 7. Joseph (Flournoy) Speed 1788–1819
  3. 3. Mary (Minetry) Taylor 1714–1782 m. **Dr. (John Bernard) Speed 1714–1785
  4. 4. James Speed 1712–1773 m. Helen Westbrook 1715–1782
    1. 1. John Speed 1770–1830
    2. 2. Thomas Speed 1772–1797
    3. 3. Henry Speed 1773–1840
  5. 5. Thomas Speed 1719–1785 m. Mary (McElroy) Allen 1714–1782

Captain Speed's Timeline

6 Records

1679
28 SEP 1679
Birth of Captain James Bernard Speed in Southhampton, Hampshire, England
Southhampton, Hampshire, England
1679
28 September 1679
Birth of Captain James Bernard Speed in Southampton, Hampshire, England
Southampton, Hampshire, England
1711
6 Sep 1711
Age 32
Captain James Bernard Speed was married in Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States
Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States
1719
15 Mar 1719
Age 40
Death of Captain James Bernard Speed in Surry, Virginia, USA
Surry, Virginia, USA
1719
15 Mar 1719
Age 40
Death of Captain James Bernard Speed in Surry County, Virginia, USA
Surry County, Virginia, USA
1734
1734-1933
Age 55
Captain James Bernard Speed resided here in Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Albemarle, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 SEP 1679
    Event Place: Southhampton, Hampshire, England
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 September 1679
    Event Place: Southampton, Hampshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 15
    [2] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [5] Colonial Families of the USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 6 Sep 1711
    Event Place: Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1734-1933
    Event Place: Albemarle, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: The story of David Epperson & his family of Albemarle County, Virginia : with supplementary notes on the Epperson family

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Bedford, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Our Kin : the Genealogies of Some of the Early Families Who Made History in the Founding and Development of Bedford County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Mar 1719
    Event Place: Surry, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Mar 1719
    Event Place: Surry County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Colonial Families of the USA
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