'Oluff Espelidt er med mellom "Ødegaardsmend" i skattelista 1610. Denne Olav er den første namngjevne mannen ein finn i Espeli. Av straffeskatten han fekk i 1613 ser ein at han var mellom dei meir velståande bøndene i bygda. ... Han var og ein av dei få som hadde børse i den tida. ...
Etter 1620 er ikkje Olav med i skattelistene. I hans stad finn ein då Ingeborrig Espelidt. Og då det var regel å føra opp enkene i skattelistene når mannen var død, må ein gå ut frå at denne Ingeborg var enka etter Olav. Ho levde framleis i 1645.'
translation (with help from Google translate): Oluff Espelidt is among the "Ødegaardsmend" [men on previously abandoned farms] in the 1610 tax list. This Olav is the first man ... one finds in Espeli. From a penalty tax he had in 1613, we see that he was among the more prosperous farmers in the village. ... He was also one of the few who had a gun at that time.
After 1620, Olav is not on the tax rolls. In his place we then find Ingeborrig Espelidt. And since there was a rule about putting widows onto the tax rolls when the man was dead, it must be assumed that this Ingeborg was the widow of Olav. She was still living in 1645.
