Hon. John Spayd and Catharine Hiester

---

---

Husband Hon. John Spayd ¹

---

           Born: Jan 1764 - Dauphin Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Oct 1822 - Philadelphia, PA 2
         Buried: 16 Oct 1822 - Reading, Berks Co, PA 2

       Marriage: 

---

---

Wife Catharine Hiester ³

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Gov. Joseph Hiester (1752-1832) 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Witman (cal 1750-1825) 4

---

---

Children

---

1 F Elizabeth Spayd ⁸

---

            AKA: Catharine Spayd 7
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Edward B. Hubley (1792-1856) 9

---

2 M John Spayd ⁸

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

3 F Catharine B. Spayd ⁸

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John B. Brooke (      -      ) 8

---

4 M Joseph H. Spayd ¹⁰

---

           Born: 1803 - Reading, Berks Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jun 1865 11
         Buried: 

---

5 M George W. Spayd ⁸

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

6 M Henry Spayd ⁸

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

7 F Amelia H. Spayd ¹²

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1872 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dr. Diller Luther (1808-      ) 8
           Marr: 1834 13

---

---

General Notes: Husband - Hon. John Spayd

---

He acquired a classical education, read law and was admitted to the bar February 14, 1788, and began practicing at Reading, Pennsylvania, where he attained great prominence. He was appointed judge of the courts of Berks County in 1806 and served with distinguished ability until 1809. During the years 1795 and 1810 he was a member of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania and devoted the remainder of his life to the practice of law at Reading. He went to the city of Philadelphia for surgical relief from a disease with which he had long suffered, underwent an operation, but the result was beyond the control of human skill and he died there at two A.M., October 13, 1822, in the fifty-eighth year of his age. His remains were brought to Reading on the 15th and interred the following day in the Lutheran grave-yard. The judges of the court, members of the bar and the Borough Council each passed appropriate resolutions commendatory of his life and character as a lawyer, as a judge and as a public-spirited citizen, resolved to attend his funeral in a body and wear crape on the left arm for thirty days. His remains were later transferred to Charles Evans' Cemetery.

1 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 525, 539.

2 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 539.

3 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 525, 540.

4 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 522.

5 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 569.

6 William C. Armor, Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: James K. Simon, 1873), Pg 333.

7 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 561.

8 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 540.

9 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 540, 561.

10 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 540, 563.

11 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 563.

12 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 540, 608.

13 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 608.