John William Speer
1723–1771 (Age 48)
County Down, Ireland
The Life of John William
When John William Speer was born in 1723, in County Down, Ireland, his father, John William Speir III, was 30 and his mother, Mary, was 23. He married Margaret Houston in 1744. He died in 1771, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 48.
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John William Speer
1723–1771
Margaret Houston
1722–1745
Marriage: 1744
Spouse and Children
1723–1771Male
1722–1745Female
MARRIAGE
1744
1744
Parents and Siblings
1693–1764Male
Mary
1700–Female
siblings
(1)
1723–1771Male
Name Meaning
1 German and Dutch: from Middle High German, Middle Dutch sper ‘spear’, hence a nickname for a tall, thin person, or else for a skilled user of the hunting spear. In part it may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a maker of spears.2 German: nickname for someone thought to resemble a sparrow, Middle High German spar(e) ‘sparrow’.3 Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Speyer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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