John Speed b. 1526
| Lineage | Speed |
| Sex | Male |
| Full name (at birth) | John Speed |
| Reference numbers | 1097::3212028.ged::INDI::@I622672031@ |
Events
1526 birth: Christ Church, London, Middlesex Co. England
1552 child birth: Farndon, Cheshire Co., England, ♂ John Speed [Speed] b. 1552 d. 28 July 1629
25 January 1555 marriage: Christ Church, London, Middlesex Co. England, ♀ Elizabeth Cheynye [Cheynye] b. 1526
death: England
Notes
Nickname:<NICK> I BIOGRAPHY: Note: Information on John Speed, I, II and III, their wives and Joan Speed, (John Speed II's daughter) married to William Haley came from Ancestry World Tree ... Family of Gerald Hankins Johnston.
BIOGRAPHY: Appears his source of information was from: 1. Family Tree - 31 Aug 2002 Subm: PRIVIACASH Pickrel piccerelle@@yahoo.com
2. Ancestry of Lewis Edward Story Date: 29 April 2003 SUBM: Lewis E. Story lestory@@attbi.com
Accordingto the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 18, "the historian's father was no doubt the John Speed who was admitted to the freedom of the Merchant Taylors' Company on 5 April 1556..., obtained a license on 25 January 1556 to marry atChrist-church, Newgate, Elizabeth Cheynye of that parish...Speed was brought up to father's trade of tailoring, and 10 September 1580 was admitted to the freedom of the Merchant Taylors' Company.
Much of this information was found in multiple trees, not sure who to credit with the original information!
OCCUPATION: Tailor
