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John Essary

Also Known As: "Esarey (Essery)", "John Benjamin Essery"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Death: November 17, 1828 (84)
Clark County, IL, United States
Place of Burial: Marshall, Clark County, IL, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of James L. Essary and Mary Essarey
Husband of Sarah Hester Esarey
Father of Sarah Sallie Willett; James Esarey; Jonathan/Jonathon Davis Essery/Esarey/Esrey, Sr; Elizabeth Shaver; Abigail Horton and 4 others
Brother of Nathan Essary; Joseph Essary and James Thomas Essary
Half brother of David Essarey

Managed by: Ric Dickinson, Geni Curator
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About John Essary

DAR Ancestor #: A037193
ESSARY, JOHN Ancestor #: A037193
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 7-5-1744 PENNSYLVANIA
Death: 11-17-1828 CLARK CO ILLINOIS
Service Source: HARDING, GEORGE ROGERS CLARK & HIS MEN, PP 168-169
Service Description:
1) JEFFERSON CO MILITIA, CAPT SAMUELS,
2) GEN CLARK, EXPEDITION AGAINST INDIANS

RESIDENCE
1) County: JEFFERSON CO - District: KENTUCKY DIST - State: VIRGINIA

SPOUSE
Number Name
1) SARAH HESTER CLARK

Child [Spouse #] Spouse

  1. JONATHAN DAVIS [2] SARAH SHAVER
  2. ABIGAIL [1] ISAIAH HORTON
  3. JESSE [1] HANNAH FORSTER
  4. SARAH [1] RICHARD WILLETT
  5. JESSE [1] HANNAH FORSTER
  6. NANCY [1] ARTHUR FORSTER

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216388717/john-benjamin-essary


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John Essary's Timeline

1744
July 5, 1744
Pennsylvania
1778
January 9, 1778
Pennsylvania, United States
1782
February 28, 1782
1783
September 29, 1783
Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
1785
1785
1788
January 23, 1788
1791
April 14, 1791
1794
March 29, 1794
1797
November 14, 1797