Speak Family Page
As in so many other cases, there seem to be many variations of the spelling of the surname of this family including Speak, Speake, Speaks, Speakes. Please Note: I cannot guarantee the complete accuracy of the information here, but have done my best. If you have additional information or corrections to submit, please contact me at kkgoins@comcast.net. --Kathy Anderson Goins.
The following information about Nicholas Speak was obtained from "speaksdm" on the Ancestry website:
"Nicholas Speak was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He donated the land on which a church was built in 1828 bearing his name. He was one of the founding fathers.
The new church, Speakes Chapel Methodist Church, was built between 1915-1920, replacing the original log structure. The church was updated in the mid 1980s with the addition of
a covered entrance at the left rear side of the building. It is still an active United Methodist Church."
Generation One
Nicholas Speak was born on 3 March 1782 in Charles County, Maryland. On 12 Aug 1804, in Washington County, Virginia, he married Sarah Faires.
To this union the following children were born:
2) Samuel Patton Speak (1809-1880)
3) John Speak (1812-1896)
4) Joseph Speak (1813-1851)
5) Jane V. Speak (1818-1878) *Our Ancestor - please see below in Generation Two for further information.
6) Jesse C. Speak (1820-1878)
7) James Alan Speak (1822-1894)
8) Frances J. Speak Rosenbaum(1824-1906)
9) Rebecca Speak Rosenbaum (1826-1859)
In 1852, Nicholas Speak died and was buried at Speaks Chapel Cemetery. His wife Sarah lived until 1865 when she joined her husband in death and was buried alongside him.
Generation Two
Jane V. Speak was born 12 February 1818, in Washington County, Virginia, to Nicholas Speak and Sarah Faires. On 15 January 1835 in Lee County, Virginia, Jane was married to George Washington Ball (1814-1852), who had been born about 1814 at Boone's Path, Lee County, Virginia, to George Washington Ball (1787-1852) and Sarah "Sally" Moore Ball.
Children born to Jane V. Speak and George Washington Ball:
2) Frances S. "Fanny" Ball Taylor (1840-1919)
3) Nicholas Ball (1842-1931)
4) Mary Jane Ball Lickliter (1843-1922)
5) George Washington Ball (1844-1867) *Our Ancestor - please see below in Generation Three (or the Ball Family Page) for more information.
6) Rebecca Ball Lickliter (1849-1931)
7) James Tilman "Timothy" Ball (1852-1930)
Generation Three
George Washington Ball (son of George W. Ball and Jane Speak) was born about 1844, probably in Lee County, Virginia. He is found in the 1860 census, living in Laurel County, Kentucky, with his mother Jane (age 42), and siblings William (28), Nicholas (18), Mary J (16), "Faney" (20), George (14), Rebecca (8) and James T. Ball (7). On 22 October 1863, he was married to Sarah Patience McFadden (1840-1929 - daughter of John McFadden and Bartheny Young).
George and Sarah Ball had the following children:
1) Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ball Edwards (born about 1864)
2) Eliza Jane Ball Goins (1867-1951) *Our Ancestor - Please see the Goins Family Page for more information.
It is believed that George and Sarah Ball also had two children who died as infants (per George Ball tombstone). George Ball is believed to have died sometime in 1867 and was buried at the John McFadden Cemetery at Baldrock, Laurel County, Kentucky. The cemetery is a small family burial plot, and his name is listed on a memorial stone there.
In 1868, George's widow, Sarah Patience McFadden Ball married Jonas Calvin Whitt and had four children with him: (1) Martin Louis Whitt (1869-1953), (2) John Mitchell Whitt (1874-1926), (3) James R. Whitt (born about 1878), and (4) Rhoda Stella Whitt Tucker McClure (1880-1967).
For more information, please see the Ball Family Page and/or the Goins Family Page.
Note: This page was last updated in April 2019.