John
Fred
Speer
Sr.
Born in Somerset, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Speer Sr
and Elizabeth (Unknown) Speer
Brother of
Henry Thomas Speer [half], Jacob Speer Jr. [half], Benjamin Speer Sr., James Speer [half], Elizabeth (Speer) Rutledge [half] and William Enoch Speer
Husband of
Elizabeth (Steelman) Speer
— married
12 Oct 1784 in Surry, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Fred Speer Jr., Joseph Speer, Mary Speer, Elizabeth (Speer) Nutt, Jacob Speer and Isabella Easabellow A Speer
Died
at about age 105
in Dallas, Arkansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Dec 2010
This page has been accessed 1,014 times.
Biography
John was born in Maryland in 1747. He passed away in 1852 in Arkansas. He married Elizabeth Steelmon in 1784 in North Carolina. Their children:
Benjamin 1784-1870 George W 1785 John 1786-1851 Joseph 1786-1866 Thomas 1787- James 1792- William 1794-1863 Mary Polly 1796-1860 Jacob 1801-1867 Jane 1806- Elizabeth -
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census 1810, 1820, 1840, 1850
- Arkansas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1819-1870
- Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801
- North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
- North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004
- North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
- U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 - 1837 #1136590 from Wash DC, President Martin Van Buren
- U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815
- family history correspondence from Ruth Cuthberth 1953
- family history book by Loura Speer Brian
- Source: S-1901864375 Repository: #R-1902215077 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=27932792&pid=426
- RootsWeb [1]
Is John your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
a profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
a profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
-
~3.12%
Genny (Lumbert) Edge
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member windnsea_1
-
~0.78%
Eric Taylor :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ericisback
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments: 1
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
[Living McQueen]
Speer-120 and Speer-811 appear to represent the same person because: same person
posted
by [Living McQueen]
Rejected matches › John Speer (1827-) › John Speer (1796-) › John Fred Speer Sr. (1903-1961) › John Kendall Speer (1918-) › John Speer (1723-1802) › John Speer (1723-1802)
Featured National Park champion connections: John is 14 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 19 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 13 degrees from George Catlin, 12 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 18 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 15 degrees from George Grinnell, 23 degrees from Anton Kröller, 15 degrees from Stephen Mather, 23 degrees from Kara McKean, 13 degrees from John Muir, 16 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 23 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.