James Espy and Margaret Fife

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Husband James Espy ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: James Espey 4 5
           Born: 1780 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1858 - ? Allegheny Co, PA 6
         Buried:  - Bethel Cemetery

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         Father: Thomas Espy (      -1808) 1 3
         Mother: Anna [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage:  - Allegheny Co, PA

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Wife Margaret Fife ²

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            AKA: Jane Fife 1 5
           Born: 17 Sep 1782 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1852 7
         Buried:  - Bethel Cemetery

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         Father: William Fife (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Capt. Thomas Espy ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1807 - Upper St. Clair Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Jul 1862 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Hickman (1809-Aft 1889) 9
           Marr: 1831 8

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2 M William Espy ²

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           Born:  - Upper St. Clair Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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3 F Margaret Espy ²

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           Born:  - Upper St. Clair Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thompson Fife (Abt 1806-1860) 10

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4 F Mary Espey ⁴

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            AKA: Mary Espy 2
           Born:  - Upper St. Clair Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1889
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dr. Joseph McCormick (1819-1864) 11
           Marr: 1840 4

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5 M James Espey ⁵

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            AKA: James Espy 2 12
           Born: 23 Jul 1815 - Upper St. Clair Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Jul 1883 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Susan Sill (1816-Aft 1893) 5 12
           Marr: 1838 5

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6 M John Espy ^{1 14}

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           Born: 1826 - Upper St. Clair Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1889
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Smith (      -      ) 1 14
           Marr: 1848 1

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General Notes: Husband - James Espy

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The Espy family were originally natives of Scotland, the pioneer settlers of their name emigrating about the time of the Revolution, settling in Pennsylvania.

After his marriage, they purchased a farm in Upper St. Clair township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He was a Whig in politics, and served as justice of the peace, also as postmaster at Upper St. Clair. He was a member and elder of Bethel Presbyterian Church, and the remains of both he and his wife rest in Bethel cemetery.

About 1805, he came to Allegheny County, where his two sisters, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Bell, had previously settled, and it was after repeated requests on their part that he consented to come and visit them. Being favorably impressed with Allegheny County, he located on a farm, purchased fifty-six acres in 1806, and for twenty-five years followed agricultural pursuits, at which he was successful, owning at his death some three hundred acres.
He and his wife had nine children, two were still living in 1889.

He died in 1857. [HAC 1889 II, 481]
He died in 1853. [BRWC, 453]

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Fife

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She died in 1851. [HAC 1889 II, 481]

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 481.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1442.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 214.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 441.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 453.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1443.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 453, 1443.

8 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 482.

9 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 414, 482.

10 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 407.

11 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 441, 481.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 889.

13 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 454.

14 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 273, 1443.