John Speir, Sr. and Ann Harnit
Husband John Speir, Sr. 1 2
Born: 1765 - Edinburgh, Scotland 2 Christened: Died: 26 Mar 1813 - ? Mercer Co, PA 3 Buried:
Father: John Speir ( - ) 3 Mother:
Marriage: 1796 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3
Wife Ann Harnit 4
Born: Christened: Died: 2 Sep 1841 3 Buried:
Other Spouse: Alexander Nelson ( - ) 3 - Aft 1813
Children
1 M John H. Speir 3
Born: 3 Apr 1797 - Little Beaver Twp, Beaver Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 11 Aug 1860 - Mercer Co, PA 3 Buried:Spouse: Sarah Smail ( -1878) 5 Marr: 1820 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
2 F Polly Speir 3
Born: 2 Feb 1799 3 Christened: Died: Bef 1888 - Mercer Co, PA Buried:
3 F Margaret Speir 3
Born: 29 May 1801 3 Christened: Died: Bef 1888 - Mercer Co, PA Buried:
4 F Annie Speir 3
Born: 5 Sep 1803 3 Christened: Died: Bef 1888 - Mercer Co, PA Buried:
5 M Samuel S. Speir 3
Born: 9 Sep 1805 3 Christened: Died: Bef 1888 - Mercer Co, PA Buried:
6 F Elizabeth Speir 4 6
Born: 8 Feb 1808 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: 6 Mar 1880 1 6 Buried:Spouse: James R. Brown (1812-Aft 1888) 1 6 Marr: 11 Mar 1834 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1 6
7 F Robena Speir 3
Born: 22 Jun 1810 3 Christened: Died: Bef 1888 - Mercer Co, PA Buried:
8 M James Speir 7
Born: 26 Apr 1813 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 8 Jul 1888 - Mercer Co, PA 8 Buried:Spouse: Nancy Brown ( -1886) 9
General Notes: Husband - John Speir, Sr.
At the age of twenty-one his father set him up in the mercantile business in Edinburgh, Scotland, which he carried on about two years. In 1788 failing health compelled him to sell out his stock, and he immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland, soon afterward removing to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he went into business. The dishonesty of his partner forced him to again give up business, and he removed to Little Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1801, he and his wife, with their three eldest children, removed from Beaver County to West Salem Township, Mercer County, locating about one mile west of the site of Greenville.
General Notes: Wife - Ann Harnit
She was born and reared near Baltimore, Maryland. During the Revolutionary War Mrs. Martha Washington boarded at the tavern of her parents, at Warm Springs, Virginia, where Washington occasionally visited his wife. At that time Mrs. Washington presented to Miss Harnit an eight-gallon iron kettle, which was later owned by her grandson, Erwin Brown, of West Salem Township, Mercer County.
1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1170.
2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 425.
3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1199.
4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1170, 1199.
5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 610, 1199.
6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 725.
7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1171, 1199.
8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1200.
9
—, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1154, 1171.
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