The speight Surname
speight Name Meaning and History
English (now chiefly Yorkshire): nickname from Middle English
speght ‘woodpecker’, probably from an unrecorded Old English
word akin to specan ‘to speak, talk, chatter’. Compare
Speak.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| James Speight of N.C., born 1806 Green County |
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| Looking for A Speight | Mary Speight | 45 |
| Speights - Strife - abt 1800 - Greene Co, NC |
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| Speight from Tennessee | Tom Speight | 1 |
| Speight's of Speight's Bridge, Greene Co., N.C. | Elaine Campbell | 75 |
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| Samuel Speight born Lincolnshire 1817 |
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| Ball-Neely-Speight Family Connection |
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| Speight in MS/LA | glen | 7 |
| anonymous photos??? Speight's maybe?? |
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