When Michael Spessard was born in 1765, in Codorus Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Spessard, was 22 and his mother, Katharina Stettle, was 43. He married Barbara Eby in 1789, in Catawba, Roanoke, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Botetourt, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Roanoke, Virginia, United States in 1840. He died about 1848, at the age of 84, and was buried in Catawba, Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
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1765–1848 Male
1768–1858 Female
1790–1854 Female
1793–1824 Female
1796–1860 Male
1799–1869 Female
1803–1878 Female
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt.
Americanized form of German Spessart: topographic name, earlier Spechtshart ‘woodpecker forest’, as for example the Spessart mountains southeast of Frankfurt am Main.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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