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Speed Family from
Overton North Wales, Huyton Lancashire, Liverpool Lancashire

Overton is a Town in the County of Flintshire in North Wales, about 9 miles south of Farndon Cheshire England.
Huyton is a Town 6 miles east of Liverpool in North West England.
Huyton was founded by the Angles in the sixth century and was in the county of Lancashire before 1974 but is now in the County of Merseyside.
Roby was a tenth century Viking village but was absorbed into Huyton as it expanded.


David Speed - Sarah

had the following children -

(1) David Speed

born 1788 Overton in the county of Flintshire, North Wales


(2) Hugh Speed

born 1793 Overton in the county of Flintshire, North Wales
married

Elizabeth Rigby

Hugh Speed rented 134 acre "Brook House Farm" in Huyton Lancashire England from the Earl of Derby
Hugh is shown on 1851 census as Wholesale Butcher and farmer employing 11
Hugh is a widower at this time but his sister in law is shown as Jane Rigby, the register of Saint Peters Church in Liverpool shows -

Sarah Rigby Speed

christened 10 January 1825 to Hugh Speed and Elizabeth Speed, but there do's not seem to be any children other than Sarah


(3) Edward Speed

born 1797 Overton in the county of Flintshire, North Wales.
buried 9 September 1866 at Saint Bartholomew's Church Roby Huyton Lancashire England
married 13 December 1826 at All Saint's Church Runcorn Cheshire England to -

Harriet Prescott

born 1806 Runcorn Cheshire England
buried 29 January 1875 at Saint Bartholomew's Church Roby Huyton Lancashire England.
Edward Speed rented 190 acre "Woolfall Hall Farm" from the Earl of Derby.
Edward and Harriet had only one son, but had many grandchildren, and some decedents could still live in Huyton to this day.


(4) Elizabeth Speed

born 1798 in Overton in the county of Flintshire, North Wales.
died 1890 in Liverpool
married 15 May 1831 at Saint Peter Liverpool to -

John Nevitt Hulley

born 1803 in Frodsham in the county of Cheshire.
died 1840 in Manchester.


(5) Esther Speed

born 1803 Overton in the county of Flintshire, North Wales.


Edward Speed and Harriet Prescot had one son -

(1) Thomas Speed

born 1830 in Liverpool Lancashire England.
baptised 19 January 1830 at Liverpool St Mary.
died 1885 in Liverpool.
married 1851 in Liverpool -

Elizabeth Ann Whitley

born 1829 in Ealing Middlesex (London) England.
died 1903 in Liverpool


son of John Nevitt Hulley and Elizabeth Speed was

John Hulley

(John Hulley was chairman of The National Olympian Association)

born 1832 in Liverpool.
died 1875 in Liverpool.
married 1869 in Liverpool to -

Georgiana Bolton


children of Thomas Speed and Elizabeth Ann Whitley were -

(1) Harriet Speed

born 1853 Huyton Lancashire England.
married 1875 at Sait Michael Church, Huyton to -

Henry Threlfall Jackson

born 1847 in Lancaster.


(2) Edward Speed

born 1856 Huyton Lancashire England married 1905 at Roby, St. Bartholomew to -

Alice Ann Hale

born 9 December 1858 in Childwall.
Baptism 9 January 1859 at St Peter Liverpool


(3) Elizabeth Ann Speed

born 1858 Huyton Lancashire England.


(4) Thomas Prescot Speed

born 1860 in Huyton.
died 1924.
married 1893 in Liverpool to -

Minnie Robinson

born 1868.
died 1940 in south Liverpool.

Thomas was a Butcher and meat salesman, his middle name was taken from his grand-mother's maiden name "Prescot"
address -
1891 -
22 Queensland street Liverpool
1901 -
56 Freehold street, Fairfield, Liverpool.


(5) Susan Speed

born 1863 Huyton Lancashire England.


(6) Hugh Speed

born 1865 Huyton Lancashire England.


(7) John Henry Speed

born 1868 in Huyton.
died 1924 in Birkenhead.
married 1903 Edge Hill, Christ Church Liverpool to -

Catherine Parry

born 1865 in Birkenhead.