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Hugh Espey, 1800

Name
Hugh /Espey/
Surname
Espey
Given names
Hugh
Family with Mary Stewart
himself
partner
son
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Birth: 1740 Londonderry, Ireland
Death: 4 December 1813Pennsylvania, USA
7 years
son
17461831
Birth: 1746 Londonderry, Ireland
Death: 14 December 1831Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
son
son
daughter
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Marriage of a son
Death of a daughter
Death of a wife
Death
Unique identifier
70E8D646CBDD4B4094F69522C2945D64FF6F
Last change
27 August 201100:00:00
Note

In the spring of 1800, Hugh and Mary Stewart Espey, along with f
ive of theirchildren, sailed from England on a ship called "Fai
thful Steward" for the United States, to join their sons Willia
m and Hugh Espey, Jr. During a very severe storm on Deleware Bay
, the ship was shipwrecked and lost at sea near Philadelphia. Th
e father and mother and two of the brothers were lost at sea. Tw
o of the brothers, Robert and John and his wife, Jean MoreHead
, and a sister,Mary, were rescued. The sister, Mary, passed awa
y the next Day from exposure, and Robert was crippled for the re
st of his life.