James ESPY
Family Records
Tennessee, Records of Rutherford County, Wills, Inventories, Settlements, Etc., Volume II, 1804-1814, pp. 235-238 & 255-260, (FHL#24808)
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DEATH: Will date: 27 Dec 1811; Will probate: 10 Oct 1813. BIRTH: Birthplace also listed as Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
NAME: Elizabeth "Betsy" ESPY
RESEARCH NOTE: The children of Robert ESPY listed with him on the 1850 Census are recorded on the Ordinance Index as the children of Elizabeth CLAY - additional research is needed on this family.
NAME: Sarah "Sally" ESPY
He married Mary Catherine Overall Abt 1785 at Rutherford, Tennessee . Mary Catherine Overall was born at of Virginia Abt 1762 daughter of (poss) William Overall and (poss) Maria Christina Froman .
They were the parents of 9
children:
William Espy
born Abt 1786.
Polly Espy
born Abt 1788.
Rachel Espy
born Abt 1790.
Margaret Espy
born Abt 1792.
George Espy
born Abt 1794.
Elizabeth Espy
born Abt 1796.
Robert Armistead Espy
born 2 May 1797.
Catherine Maria Espy
born Abt 1800.
Sarah Espy
born Abt 1802.
James Espy died 10 Oct 1813 at (wp), Rutherford, Tennessee .
Mary Catherine Overall died 1800 .