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Mary Speight 1670–1728 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1670

Birth Location: Aughton, Yorkshirt District, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1728

Death Location: Bertie County, North Carolina, USA

Father: William Speight

Mother: Margaret Lutton

Spouse(s): Sir Cowherd

Children(s): John Sr

Mary Speight was born in 1670 in Aughton, Yorkshirt District, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Henry Riley Speight And Margaret Lutton. Mary Speight married Sir William Coward Cowherd, and had children including John Coward Sr. Mary Speight passed away in 1728 in Bertie County, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Mary Speight was born in 1670 in Aughton, Yorkshirt District, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Henry Riley Speight And Margaret Lutton.
  • Mary Speight married Sir William Coward Cowherd, and had children including John Coward Sr.
  • Mary Speight passed away in 1728 in Bertie County, North Carolina, USA.

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Mary Speight's Ancestors

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Mary Speight
1670–1728
Birth Place: Aughton, Yorkshirt District, England, United Kingdom
Parents
William Henry Riley Speight
1654–1710
East Cotting, Yorkshire, England
Margaret Lutton
1656–1716
Aughton, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Henry (William) Speight
1577–1655
Julla, Clara, Offaly {Kings}, Leinster, Ireland
Ellen (Seymour) Lardner
1579–1660
London, London, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Speight's Descendants

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Mary Speight (1670–1728) m. Sir (William Coward) Cowherd (1670–5 April 1729)
  1. 1. John (Coward) Sr 1690–1744 m. Elizabeth (Wimberly) Griffin 1696–1751
    1. 1. Jonathan ((John)) Coward 1723–1785 m. Elizabeth (Maybee) Cake 1725–1785
      1. 1. James (C. Coward) Sr 1747–1814 m. Mary (Ann) Weaver 1749–1810
        1. 1. Margaret (E) Coward 1771–1848 m. Abraham (James Chastain Chasteen) Sr 1765–1848
        2. 2. Peter (Crawford Coward) Sr 1771–1848
      2. 2. William Coward 1748–1818
    2. 2. Nancy (Ann) Coward 1735–1820
    3. 3. William Coward 1724–1768
    4. 4. Edward (Cowart) (Coward) 1720–1790
    5. 5. Benjamin Cowart 1733–1785
    6. 6. Simeon Cowart 1710–1742 m. Ann Teatt –1779
    7. 7. William Cowart 1720–1812

Mary Speight's Timeline

2 Records

1670
1670
Birth of Mary Speight in Aughton, Yorkshirt District, England, United Kingdom
Aughton, Yorkshirt District, England, United Kingdom
1728
1728
Age 58
Death of Mary Speight in Bertie County, North Carolina, USA
Bertie County, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1670
    Event Place: Aughton, Yorkshirt District, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1728
    Event Place: Bertie County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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