John Speed Jr. (1671 - 1747)

Born 1671 in Southampton, Hampshire, England

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Died 28 Oct 1747 at about age 76 in Southampton, Hampshire, England

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Biography

Dr John Soeed jun. was the son of Dr John Speed of Southampton and his first wife Elizabeth Baker. He was baptised on 19 April 1671 at Holy Rood, Southampton.

Research notes

The preface of the book A History of Southampton (1883)^[1] says:

John Speed, M.D., eldest son of the last, was educated at Winchester and New College; B.C. L. October 1697, M.D. 1709. He settled at Southampton in his father's lifetime, marrying at Jesus Chapel, Peartree Green, January 19, 1701-1702, Anne, daughter of James Crosse, merchant, of Southampton. He was a zealous adherent of the Stewarts, and, as his son says of him, ' a man of excellent parts, and a most desirable companion over a bottle.' This latter circumstance, however, was found to diminish his practice, in which, otherwise, he had good success. He died 28th October 1747, aged seventy-seven, and was buried at Holy Rood, where memorials exist to his father and himself.

Sources

1. ↑ Rev. J. S. Davies, A History of Southampton, partly from the MS of Dr. Speed, in the Southampton Archives, 1883, Southampton, Gilbert & Co, p. ix-x.

• J. J. Howard (ed), Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, 1898, London, Mitchell and Hughes, vol. 2 (3rd series), p. 18-25.

• Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 (available on Ancestry). "Speed, John, s. J., of Southampton (town), D.Med. St. John's Coll., matric. 17 Dec., 1689, aged 19; B.C.L. from New Coll. 1697, D.Med. 1709 ..."

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