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Jean Smith 1698 – 1787 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Dec 1698

Birth Location: Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Death Date: May 1787

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Hugh Smith

Mother: Janet Nicole

Spouse(s): William Speer

Children(s): Robert Spear

Jean Smith was born in 1698 in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the child of Hugh Smith and Janet Nicole. Jean Smith married William Speer, and had children including Robert Spear. Jean Smith passed away in 1787 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Jean Smith was born in 1698 in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the child of Hugh Smith and Janet Nicole.
  • Jean Smith married William Speer, and had children including Robert Spear.
  • Jean Smith passed away in 1787 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hugh Smith
1670 – 1730
Birth Location: Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Janet Nicole
1670 – 1730
Birth Location: Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

William Speer
1701 –
Birth Location: Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Robert Spear
1720 – 1801
Birth Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Jean Smith's Ancestors

Self
Jean Smith
1698 – 1787
Birth Place: Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Parents
Hugh Smith
1670 – 1730
Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Nicole
1670 – 1730
Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Hugh Smyth
1655 – 1710
Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Colguhoune
1645 – 1697
Midlothian, Scotland
Thomas (Nicole or) Nickell
1650 – 1677
Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Marion Drysdale
1650 – 1710
Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Nickell
1632 – 1689
Barbara Ramsay
1628 – 1684
Thomas Drysdale
1627 – 1691
Margaret Bigholme
1627 – 1685
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johnne Nicoll
1601 – 1672
Magdalene Hutchesone
1610 – 1673
MARGARET SCOTTE
1594 – 1628
Williame Bigholme
Margaret Neish
1605 – 1666

Jean Smith's Descendants

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Jean Smith (18 Dec 1698 – May 1787) m. William Speer (15 FEB 1701 – )
  1. 1. Robert Spear (21 Aug 1720 – 1801) m. Elizabeth Barr (1720 – 22 Dec 1801)
    1. 1. Alexander Spiers (21 Jul 1745 – 6 Jul 1815)
    2. 2. Allan Spiers (5 Feb 1748 – 15 Sep 1801)
    3. 3. Robert Spiers (29 Jul 1753 – 30 Mar 1833)
    4. 4. Pattrick Spiers (23 Dec 1753 – 12 Feb 1830)
    5. 5. William Spier (1754 – 1830) m. Janet Wilson (28 Aug 1755 – 1831)
      1. 1. Mary Spier (7 Apr 1804 – 20 Jan 1896) m. James Wilson (1805 – 4 Mar 1879)
        1. 1. Janet Wilson (abt 1831 – )
        2. 2. William Wilson (abt 1834 – )
        3. 3. James Wilson (abt 1837 – )
        4. 4. John Wilson (Abt. 1841 – 12 Jun 1921)
        5. 5. Andrew Wilson (abt 1841 – )
        6. 6. Euphemia Wilson (abt 1844 – )
        7. 7. Thos Wilson (25 Sep 1844 – ) m. Elizabeth Anderson (abt 1851 – ) m. Elizabeth Anderson (abt 1851 – )
    6. 6. James Spiers (21 Jun 1756 – 1792)

Jean Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1698
18 Dec 1698
Birth of Jean Smith in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
1787
May 1787
Age 89
Death of Jean Smith in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Dec 1698
    Event Place: Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1787
    Event Place: Scotland
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