Listed as one of the four Essman marriages in Greene County, TN around 1800, there was listed int he index of a book of early marriages in TN, a Phances Essman and a Johannas Essman. Phances was listed inthe text of the book as having witnessed one of those four marriages. Johannas was not in the test of the book, merely the index. He could be a son or brother of Thomas and could be William's father.
