James ESPY

Birth:
Abt 1758
Chester, Pennsylvania
Death:
1813
Rutherford, Tennessee
Burial:
Espey Cem., Smyrna, Rutherford, Tennessee
Marriage:
Abt 1786
Tennessee
Sources:
Ancestral File, v4.19
NewFamilySearch.org, February 2011
Rutherford County, Tennessee: Will of James Espy, written 27 December 1811, recorded 10 October 1813
1810 Census, Jefferson, Rutherford County, Tennessee, pg. 43
North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
Find A Grave Memorials
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
1770-1790 Census of the Cumberland Settlements
North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931
rootsweb.com: Espy, James/Patrick, Mary & Espy, James/Overall, Mary "Polly", & James Espey
FamilyTree
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    1. The headstone of James Espey says he served with the North Carolina Troops Revolutionary War.
    2. It is reported in the Espy Family In America that James was killed while acting as Sheriff in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Mary Catherine OVERALL
Birth:
Abt 1762
Frederick, Virginia
Death:
Aft 1811
Rutherford, Tennessee
Research Citations:
  • RootsWeb
  • RootsWeb
  • RootsWeb
  • Geni.com
    • Sources:
    www.geni.com
    Notes:
                       NAME:
    Mary "Polly" Catherine OVERALL
    Children
    Marriage
    1
    William ESPY
    Birth:
    Abt 1783
    Davidson, Tennessee
    Death:
    Lucinda OVERALL 
    Marr:
    Abt 1813
    Rutherford, Tennessee 
    2
    Elizabeth ESPY
    Birth:
    Abt 1785
    Davidson, Tennessee
    Death:
    Bef 1803
    Tennessee
     
    Marr:
     
    Research Citations:
  • RootsWeb
  • RootsWeb
    • Notes:
                       NAME:
    Elizabeth "Betsy" ESPY
    3
    Rachel ESPY
    Birth:
    Abt 1786
    Davidson, Tennessee
    Death:
    Aft 1850
    Tennessee
     
    Marr:
     
    Research Citations:
  • RootsWeb
  • RootsWeb
    • 4
    Mary ESPY
    Birth:
    Abt 1787
    Davidson, Tennessee
    Death:
    24 Dec 1858
     
    Marr:
     
    Research Citations:
  • RootsWeb
  • RootsWeb
    • Notes:
                       NAME:
    Mary "Polly" ESPY
    5
    George ESPY
    Birth:
    Abt 1794
    Durham, Bucks, Pennsylvania
    Death:
     
    Marr:
     
    Research Citations:
  • RootsWeb
  • RootsWeb
    • 6
    Sarah ESPY
    Birth:
    Abt 1795
    Davidson, Tennessee
    Death:
    Abt 1835
     
    Marr:
     
    Research Citations:
  • RootsWeb
  • RootsWeb
    • Notes:
                       NAME:
    Sarah "Sally" ESPY
    7
    Robert Armistead ESPY
    Birth:
    Abt 1798
    Davidson, Tennessee
    Death:
    24 Mar 1858
     
    Marr:
     
    Research Citations:
  • RootsWeb
  • RootsWeb
    • 8
    Catherine Maria ESPY
    Birth:
    Abt 1799
    Davidson, Tennessee
    Death:
     
    Marr:
     
    Research Citations:
  • RootsWeb
  • RootsWeb
    • Notes:
                       NAME:
    Catherine Maria "Calsy" ESPY
    FCID:2070:2880
    FamilyCentral Network
    James Espy - Mary Catherine Overall

    James Espy was born at Chester, Pennsylvania Abt 1758. His parents were Robert Espy and Rachel Bell.

    He married Mary Catherine Overall Abt 1786 at Tennessee . Mary Catherine Overall was born at Frederick, Virginia Abt 1762 daughter of William Overall and Maria Christina Froman .

    They were the parents of 8 children:
    William Espy born Abt 1783.
    Elizabeth Espy born Abt 1785.
    Rachel Espy born Abt 1786.
    Mary Espy born Abt 1787.
    George Espy born Abt 1794.
    Sarah Espy born Abt 1795.
    Robert Armistead Espy born Abt 1798.
    Catherine Maria Espy born Abt 1799.

    James Espy died 1813 at Rutherford, Tennessee .

    Mary Catherine Overall died Aft 1811 at Rutherford, Tennessee .