Biographical Sketch of Thomas SPEAKMAN (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 729

  
SPEAKMAN, Thomas, of Reading, in Berkshire, England, with the approbation of 
Friends and consent of his mother, Elizabeth, came to Pennsylvania in 1712, and 
settled then or shortly after in Londongrove township.  he married, in 1714, Ann 
____, and afterwards became a minister among Friends. He died 5,15,1732, leaving 
children,-Hugh, Thomas, Ebenezer, Micajah, Joshua, and Ann, married to Nicholas 
Newlin, of Concord.  Ebenezer Speakman married Mary Hayes, and was the father of 
George, Joshua, Jacob, Lydia, m. to Richard Ladley; Mary, m. to Joseph Baker; 
and Margaret, m. to Job Hayes. He died 3,25,1809, in his eighty-fifth year, and 
his widow 9,20,1810, in her eighty-third year.
  Micajah Speakman settled in Concord, and married, 4,22,1752, Mary Griffith, 
from Wales.  She died 11,28,1774, and he married 5,23,1781, Phebe Yarnall, a 
widow and a minister, who paid a lengthy religious visit to England, 1796-1800.  
Micajah Speakman, Jr., was the father of Stephen, Phebe Ann, m. to Isaac W. Van 
Leer; William A., Rebecca S., Sarah A., m. to J. Miller McKim.