He married in New Bern, Craven Co., North Carolina, in 1756, Elizabeth Wilson, L623-F6Q (b. 1738), daughter of Colonel William Wilson and Mary Vail, the widow of Frederick Jones, Esq.
Colonel William Wilson erected, about 1735, a colonial brick mansion, known as "Clermont", which was destroyed by the Federal forces in 1863.
Richard served as Secretary of the Crown in the Province of North Carolina; Justice of the Supreme Court and Member of the Council of Gov. Arthur Dobbs, 1757-1763.
They had one child:
Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr., MYD9-C98, b. 1758, d. 1802
From LDS Family Search and https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L623-XYV/richard-dobbs-spaight-1730-1763.
He married in New Bern, Craven Co., North Carolina, in 1756, Elizabeth Wilson, L623-F6Q (b. 1738), daughter of Colonel William Wilson and Mary Vail, the widow of Frederick Jones, Esq.
Colonel William Wilson erected, about 1735, a colonial brick mansion, known as "Clermont", which was destroyed by the Federal forces in 1863.
Richard served as Secretary of the Crown in the Province of North Carolina; Justice of the Supreme Court and Member of the Council of Gov. Arthur Dobbs, 1757-1763.
They had one child:
Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr., MYD9-C98, b. 1758, d. 1802
From LDS Family Search and https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L623-XYV/richard-dobbs-spaight-1730-1763.
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