Thomas
"James"
Essary
Born about in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Son of James Essary
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (McDaniel) Essary
— married
28 Sep 1786 in Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret (Essary) Hughes, James Essary, Hannah H. (Essary) Renshaw, John Hopper Essary, David Essary, Patsey (Essary) Anderson, Thomas Essary, Joseph Essary, Benjamin Essary and Elizabeth (Essary) Wood
Died about
at about age 75
in Tennessee, United States
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Biography
Thomas Essary was born in 1755 in Pennsylvania, probably present day Delaware County. He was orphaned as an infant. About 1780 Thomas and his brother Jonathan were listed as Tories in the Upper New River area, Montgomery County, Virginia (present day Grayson County). This would have put them at risk in certain quarters, because the Revolutionary War was still in progress. He was cited in land and census records in Chatham County, North Carolina, from 1782 to 1796. His older brother Jonathan owned land located a few miles southwest of Siler City, in Chatham County near the county line with Randolph County, which is probably where he started his family. The mother of his oldest four children is unknown.
He married Elizabeth McDaniel 28 Sep 1786 in Randolph County, North Carolina. They had six known children. On 20 Oct 1795 he purchased 100 acres from Stockley Donelson in Knox County, Tennessee (probably present day Loudon County, near Kingston, Tennessee); this property was taxed by Blount County in 1800 and 1801. In 1796 he purchased 100 acres from Henry Jones in Chatham County, North Carolina In 1802 he purchased 100 acres from Luke Huggins in Buncombe County, North Carolina (west of Hendersonville in present day Henderson County, North Carolina), where he was enumerated in the Census of 1810. He sold the land in Buncombe County in 1811, and settled in Warren County, Tennessee (present day Cannon County) where he was recorded in the 1820 Census.
Circumstances of his death are uncertain. He is said to have lived a long life. His son Joseph included a male aged 70-80 in his household in Henderson County, Tennessee, in 1830, and Joseph's father-in-law had already died before 1824.
Sources
- U.S. Census 1790, Hillsborough District, Chatham County, North Carolina
- U.S. Census 1810, Buncombe County, North Carolina
- U.S. Census 1820, Warren County, Tennessee
- Profile page on RootsWeb
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Gary Essary
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-P311, FTDNA kit #60846
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~3.12%
Gary Essary :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T212100 [compare], FTDNA kit #60846
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~1.56%
Shannon Birdwell :
23andMe, GEDmatch M083513 [compare]
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~1.56%
Perry (Wheless) Rutledge :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QH7287215 [compare], Ancestry member perry_rutledge2
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Eric LeMay :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
Juanita (Garrett) Hudson :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Emily Gibson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M834949 [compare]
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~0.78%
B Downs :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Michael Menser :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Cheryl Essary :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A054387 [compare], Ancestry member CherylCavalier
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~0.78%
Cathy (Essary) Lane :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
DG Ewing :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A313500 [compare], Ancestry member dgewing
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A313005 [compare], FTDNA kit #493570
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A313500 [compare]
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~0.78%
J. C. Evans :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T041185 [compare], FTDNA kit #645906
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~0.78%
Betty (Vinson) Braswell :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Bill Dunn :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Carly Addington :
23andMe, GEDmatch RA8284757 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RA8284757 [compare], Ancestry member Caddington1991
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch RA8284757 [compare], FTDNA kit #B47479
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch RA8284757 [compare]
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~0.39%
Deni (Hall) Bascom :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Loretta Morrison :
AncestryDNA
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T806986 [compare]
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~0.39%
Deb (Haynes) Swider :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Debs2002
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~0.39%
Laura (Pennington) Pham :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LK3231347 [compare], Ancestry member morgana0
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~0.39%
James Evans :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T849720 [compare], FTDNA kit #570407
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~0.39%
Beth (Collins) Pierce :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T081285 [compare]
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~0.39%
Billie (Minor) Mullins :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
R Daniels :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch BN5404770 [compare], yourDNAportal RIK70b5d1f4
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James Evans
James Evans
Gary Essary
Essary-214 and Essary-26 appear to represent the same person because: They have the same wife Elizabeth McDaniel and the same son David.
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by Gary Essary
James Evans
Essary-48 and Essary-26 appear to represent the same person because: Same DoB, and DoD. Same first spouse. Please consider merging. I would suggest picking the information from Essary-48 during the final merge, and correcting anything else that needs to be fixed on the final profile.
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by James Evans
James Evans
Essary-47 and Essary-26 appear to represent the same person because: Both are listed as being born in PA and died in TN. Different years of birth and death. Both listed as being father of a Sampson Essary. These are likely the same individual, but you may want to create an Unmerged Match, and work on the diffences later.
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by James Evans
Featured National Park champion connections: Thomas is 15 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 14 degrees from George Catlin, 14 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 19 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 15 degrees from George Grinnell, 24 degrees from Anton Kröller, 17 degrees from Stephen Mather, 21 degrees from Kara McKean, 16 degrees from John Muir, 18 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 24 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.