Richard Dobbs Spaight, [Sr.]

(1758-1802)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Richard Dobbs Spaight, [Sr.] was born in 1758, in New Bern, NC. He died on September 6, 1802.

Places of Residence

• New Bern, NC [1].

Occupations

• Governor, between 1792 and 1795 [1].

Relatives

• Spouse: Mary Jones Leach, married from 1795 to 1802 [1]. They had one son, Richard Dobbs Spaight, [Jr.] (1796-1850) [1].
• Others: Margaret Spaight (granddaughter) [1], Margaret Shepard  (great-great-granddaughter) [1], Mary Shepard  (great-great-granddaughter) [1] and Mary Donnell (great-granddaughter) [1].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).