o .<>' V o ' • "- C.n V .^' "<^ «b^ :^'<;'^" \>0 o 7>7A-2^\\? =• d^^r. .A^4 V V .0 - * ' * * ' {/% 'km'^\--j; ,-,^ V <^ -O' r\ » " *' ^ ^ V .i o " '. ^^ . \^^ y^S:. v./ ^^''^'' '^^ A^ 7 < O ^^ O N O ' fss ^ / THE SHARPS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AND ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS IN GREAT BRITAIN, .^ » > > > » * » J « ■» J » » ^ ) ) ■J o i J ^ ^ > * ^ » PUBLISHED BV W. C. SHAKPE, SEYMOUR, CONN. 1903. A 5 \c\bl ^^^ PREFACE. The following account of the Sharps of Chester County, Penn- sylvania, has been very carefully compiled, principally from the records of the Friends' Meetings, which a.e arranged to follow the Quarterly' meetings, which sometimes comprise two or more coun- ties. There is a separate book for births, deaths and marriages, as well as a series of supplements. As the year, previous to 1752, began on 25th March, the Friends called that (and not Jan.) the ist Mo., so that all the entries up to that date belong to the year succeeding, thus 1689, i, 20, would be the 20th January, 1690. There follows an abstract of all entries under the names of Sharpe or Sharp in the books and supplements of the Friends Register, (copies of which are kept at Devonshire House, Bishopsgate Street, London), previous to the year 1712, and copies of ancient wills, one of which in particular, that of Anthony Sharp, pages 32-34, throws much light on his holdings in America. Additional genealogical records of this family of Sharps on the other side of the Atlantic may be found in "The Sharpes," (212 pages, 1893-6), by the same publisher. The information has been obtained from members of the family and from the records, and may be relied upon for the correctness of the facts given. Seymour, Conn., July 20, 1903. THE SHARPS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. |r)i(||HIS family is traditionally descended from the Sharps of Hor- ton, in Yorkshire, Engla'ad. For an account of the Sharps of Horton see "The Life and Correspondence of Abraham Sharp," by Wm. Cudvvorth. Thos. Brear & Co., Bradford, England. That branch of the family, whose descendants came to Chester County, became Friends, in the time and under the ministry of George Fox. They left England and went to Ireland to escape religious persecution. In the early part of the eighteenth century — perhaps earlier, two brothers, John Sharp and Joseph Sharp, belonging to this family, came to America and settled in Chester County.* JOHN SHARP. The records of Newark (now Kennett) Monthly Meeting con- tains the following minute, dated 6th, 7 Mo., 1712 : "A certificate produced to this meeting by John Sharp late of ; . kingdom of Ireland wch was read and accepted." John Sharp purchased land from William Penn, Jr., in New Garden, adjoining the line of Kennett Township. From records of New Garden Monthly Meeting : "John Sharp of New Garden in ye County of Chester and ' province of Pennsylvania and Ann Bryan of New Garden af's'd having declared their intentions of marriage with each other before several (two) Monthly Meetings of ye people of God called Quakers were married this i6th day of ye 12 Mo. In the Year of f^our Lord 1726 at New Gardeix Meeting." *For an account of the early settlement of Chester County, see Gilbert Cope's " History of Chester County." For an account of the early immigration into Chester County from Ireland, see "Immigiation of Irish Friends into Penn- \ sylvania, 1682 to 17.")0," by Albert Cook Myers, B.L., of Swarthmore College. 4 THE SHARPS OF CHESTER COUNTY. John Sharp died about 1748. His will, dated i Mo. loth 1747-8, was proven and admitted to probate Mar. 28, 1748. His widow married John Nichols, of Kennett Township, 3rd Mo. 30th, 1751. Issue: Hannah Nichols, m. John Brown, Feb., 1769. Ann (Bryan) Sharp, afterward wife of John Nichols, died in New Garden Twp. about 1782. her will beinp: proved Aug. 22d of that year. This was dated 11-20-1778, and in it she devised to sons John and Benjamin Sharp £20 each: To dau. Elizabeth, wife of James Nichols, ;^20: To dau. Mary, wife of John Woodward, Jr., ;^20: To dau. Hannah, wife of John Brown, a riding mare, clock, &c. : To Thomas, son of George Sharp, ^,'20 at 21: To Sam- uel, brother of said Thomas, ^^"20 at 21: To grandson Thomas, son of son Thomas Sharp, dec'd, ;^20 at 21. Friend and relation, Sam- uel Sharp, of Londongrove, Executor. Children of John and Ann (Bryan) Shrcn): I. John, born 19th of Sth Mo. 1730. H. Elizabeth, born 23rd of 4th Mo. 1732. HI. George, born 27th of 2d Mo. 1736; d. Dec. 9, 1781. IV. Benjamin, born 25th of 7th Mo. 1738. V. Mary, born 26th of 8th Mo. 1740. \T. Thomas, born 12th of nth Mo. 1747. I. John Sharp. II. Elizabeth Sharp, daughter of John and Ann (Bryan) Sharp, married James Nichols, son of John Nichols, of Kennett, 5th Mo. 2nd, 1754, at New Garden Meeting. III. George, son of John and Ann (Bryan) Sharp, marrieu twice. His first wife was Abigail Gregg, b. 5-10-1746, daughter of Thomas and Dinah Gregg, of Kennett. Abigail Gregg* md. George Sharp at the Swedes Church, W'ilmington. He had been dis- owned by New Garden Mo. Mtg., 6-7-1760, for attending several marriages of members who married out of meeting. Abigail was disowned by Kennett Mo. Mtg., 2-17-1763 for marriage b>' a [driest to George Sharj), who was not at that time a nieniber. Issue: 1. Thomas, d. i. 2. Samuel, who married Martha (Bowers.?) She was not a Friend Samuel was received into membership again 9th 1 ith 'Williiiiii (jfreiip. iinr-le of Ahisrail, married, in 1725, Mariiery Kirikey. (lauixlitcr of llfTinaii and Mjiniarct Kiiikev. Sec lliisbaiurs iienealosiv. PENNSYLVANIA. D Mo. 1794, at Kennett Mo. Mtg. His wife, Martha, received into membership, with their children, Abigail, George, Jeptha and Sarah, at Kennett Mo. Meeting, 8 Mo. 13th, 1795. They moved to Virginia in 1796. The records of Kennett Mo. Meeting, 4 Mo. i6th, 1796, contains a minute of a certificate of removal given Samuel Sharp, with his wife and five children, to Goose Creek Mo. Meeting, Va. They moved to Ohio in 1799. Issue of Samuel and Martha (Bowers.'') Sharp: 1. Abigail, md. William Fawcett. 2. George, b. 1790; md. December, 1819, Elizabeth Brown. 3. Jeptha. 4. Sarah. -^ 5. Jesse, born after 1796 and before 1799. 6. Joseph, born after 1799. 7. Lydia, 8. Samuel, _ Til • * ' * * * * 9. rhmeas, Elizabeth Brown, wife of George Sharp, 2, son of Samuel and Maitha, (b. 1790), was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rich- ardson) Brown. They lived near Winchester, Va. The father of John Brown was Isaac Brown, a large land holder. It was at the homes of John Brown and his brother, David Brown, that the Friends, e.xiled by Congress from Philadelphia, during the Revolu- tionary War, were entertained. (See "Exiles in Virginia," pages 185, 207 and 213.) The Philadelphia Friends, while guests of Isaac Brown, planted an apple orchard on his farm, which is still bearing. (1901. ) After their release, these Friends, on their return journey to Philadelphia, were entertained in Frederick County, Maryland, by R. Richardson, who was Elizabeth Brown's grandfather. (E.x- lies m \ irgmia, p. 227.) Isaac Brown married Margaret Hite, a daughter of Colonel John Hite, whose father, Jost Hite, was the first settler in the Val- ley of Virginia. Hans Jost Hite, with his wife, nee Anna Maria Dubois, emi- grated from Strasburg, in Germany, with a cornpany of Palatines in 1 7 10. They settled, first, on the Hudson, in New York, and afterwards removed to Montgomery County, Pa. An old mill still stands on the Perkiomen Creek, which was his property. In 1732. he emigrated to the valley of Virginia, and purchased from Isaac 6 THE SHARPS OF CHESTF.R COUNTY, Van Meter 40,000 acres of land, with the understanding that he would induce others to settle there. Some of this land he sold, retaining a large share. When he removed to the Valley, his family accompanied him. His sons were Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, John and Thomas; his daughters, Mrs. Froman, Mrs. Bowman, Mrs. Chrismen and Mrs. Williams. He, afterwards, in company with others, took a grant for 100,000 acres, the title to which was disputed by Lord Fairfax. A law suit was the consequence, which was not decided for fifty years, after the original parties were both dead. The decision was in Hite's favor. His first home in Virginia was on the Opaguon, si.x miles South of Winchester, where his son. John, subsequently built a large stone house. To his children, he gave farms at different points in the Valley. The share of his son Jacob extended beyond the present village of Mt. Jackson, embrac- ing the Mt. Airy farm, which was given by Jacob Hite to his daugh- ter Elizabeth, who married Colonel Tavenor Beale, of the Contin- ental Army. Colonel Beale sold it to William Sternberger, who married his daughter Elizabeth. Isaac Hite inherited the Belle Grove farm, about sixteen miles from Winchester, and others set- tled down in the Valley. John Hite built the first stone house in the Valley. It was situ- ated about six miles South of Winchester on Opaguon Creek. (See Rev, William Henry Foote's Sketches of Virginia.) John Hite built another stone house, near or on the s'te of the first, in 175 1. One of these houses was used as a fort and a place of refuge for the people of the locality in the Indian Wars. ' John Hite was a Justice of the Peace in 1735, Vestryman of the Episcopal Church in Winchester in 1765, and Captain or Lien- tenant of Militia in 1779." It is said John Hite took part in Rraddock's campaign and was a Colonel of Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War. After the Revolution he is referred to in all documents as "Colo- nel." 1 See KercliKval's " History ol' tlir N'alley," j) 04: also an arlicli' by Herman Scliiirichts, publislied in the ilth and 12lii annual rcjiorts of the Society for the History of thir (ierniaiis in .Maryland, p. 84-S7. - Viri:inia Calendar Papers, Vol. 3, p 3-J2.— List of Field Officers an I Soldiers in the Couuty of Frederick: Georjre Wm. Fairfa.x, Col" : More;an Morgan. Lieut. Col"; Samuel Earl, Major; Marquis Calnies, Major Horse; C-'aptains & lAvu\f., Thomas SeverinLdiam, (ieori;;e Ho])son, Meredith Helms, John Lindsey. .lohn Hite and 12 others. The number of men in the Reifiment was 904 and in .lolui llite's Company W. PENNSVLVANIA. 7 General Washington visited Colonel Hite on several occasions. The following extracts, from his "Journal of My Journey over the Mountains, 1747-8," are interesting: Page 24. "Monday, 14th March. — We sent our baggage to Capt. Hite's (near Frederick Town.)^ Went ourselves down ye river about 16 miles to Capt. Isaac Pennington's (the land exceed- ing rich and fertile all ye way, produces abundance of grain, hemp, tobacco, &c. ) in order to lay of some lands on cates Marsh and long Marsh." Page 26. "Tuesday, 15th March. — We set out early with in- tent to run round ye sd. land, but being taken in a rain and it increasing very fast, obliged us to return. It clearing about one o'clock and our time being too precious to loose we a second time ventured out and worked hard till night and then returned to Pen- nington's. We got our supper and was lighted into a room and I not being so good a woodman as ye rest of my company stripped myself very orderly and went into ye bed, as they called it, when, to my surprize, I found it to be nothing but a little straw, matted together, without sheets or anything else, but only one thread-bear blanket with double its weight of vermin, such as lice, fleas, &c. I was glad to get up as soon as ye light was carried from us. I put on my cloths and lays as my companions. Had we not have been very tired I am sure we should not have slept much that night. I made a promise not to sleep so from that time forward chusing rather to sleep in ye open air before a fire, as will appear hereafter. Page 28. "Wednesday, i6th March — We set out early and finished about one o'clock and then travelled up to Frederickstown where our baggage came to us. We cleaned ourselves (to get rid of ye game we had catched ye night before) and took a review of ye town and thence returned to our lodgings, where we had a good dinner prepared for us— wine and rum — punch in plenty, and a good feather bed with clean sheets, which was a very agreeable regale." Page 51. "Monday, nth April. —We travelled from Coddy's down to Frederick Town, where we reached about 12 o'clock. We dined in town and then went to Capt. Hite's and lodged." Issue (of George and Elizabeth)- Alphaeus P. Sharp and others. A. P. Sharp, born August 5, 1824, md., January 16, 185 1, Anna H. Matthews, daughter of Joshua and Mary (Hopkins) Matthews. ' See "The Thomas Book," page 353, and "The Husband." A. P. Sharp and Anna Matthews) Sharp lived in Baltimore. Issue : George Matthews Sharp. 3 Old name of Winchester. 8 THE SHARPS OF CHKSTER COUNTY, George Sharp, son of John and Ann (Br^-an) Sharp, md. 2nd wife, Sarah Chambers Greii:<;, widow of Benj. Greg^-, a first cousin of his first wife. Issue : I. Abiah, b. Feb. 6, 1776. George, b. Feb. 6, 1776. Wm. Lawrence. Catherine. Ann, b. 9th, 24th, 18 16, d. 4th, 3rd, igoo. Charles, b. nth, 20th, 1825; lud. M. Marianna Shreve, I2th, i6th. 1857. Issue : 1. Anna, b. 10-1.S-1858, md. Frank Dale LaLaue. Anna Sharp, b. 1-2 [-'92. Francis Warrington Sharj), b. 9- 18- 1900. 2. Mary Shreve, b. 3-14-1860; nul. John Wm. Towns- end, 4-28-'8i. Charles Sharp, 2-io-'82. Edith, 1-2-84. X John Wm., 5-30-'85. Stockton. ii-24-'87. Roger Raynham, io-28-'93. Richard Lawrence, 7-28-'98. II. Kli, b. May 22, 1779; md. ist, Elizabeth Sharp, daughter of Isaac and Mary Sharp (p. 17. ) Issue : George, md. Rebecca Moore. Jesse, md. Rebecca Rowan. Thomas, md. Sarah June Allen, of New Castle Co., Del. 2nd, Phoebe Sharp, sister of his first wife ' p. 17.) Sarah. III. Jesse, b. May 22, 1779; d. 8-22-1853. buried at New Gar- den Meeting; md. Phoebe Walter, daughter of James Walter. She died 9-30-1836. Buried at New Garden. Jesse Sharp was Regis- ter of Wills 1818, Recorder of Deeds 1818, Sheriff 1822. Issue: 1. Je.sse Sharp, b. New Garden Twp.. May 22, 1779; d. there 8, 22, 1853; buried at New Garden Mtg. ; md. Phoebe Walter, dau. of James Walter. She died 9, 30, 1836, and was buried at New Garden. Issue : 2. Sarah, b. 6, i, 1812 ; d. 4, 11. 1893; md. Milton Taylor. 3. Louisa, b. 6, 18, 1814; d. 4: i, 1873; md. Stephen Baker. PENNSYLVANIA. 9 4. George Brinton, b. 10, 16. 1816; d. 8, 6, 1891; md. twice. 5. EberWorthington, b. near Westchester, 10, 18, 1818; d. New Garden, 8, 12. 1872, unmarried. 2. Sarah Sharp, b. New Garden, June i, 1812; d. Philadelphia April II, 1893; buried at Longwood Cem. ; m. Milton Taylor; b. Kennet Twp., 11, 6, 1808; d. Pennsbury Twp., 3, 31, 1888; buried at Longwood ; son of Joshua Taylor and Ann Buffington. They settled at the homestead of his father, i>4 miles south of Kennett Square, it being the "Gilbert Potter" farm of Bayard Taylor's " Story of Kennett." In 1855 they removed to Hamorton village, in the same township. Issue: 6. Phoebe Ann, b. 10, 8, 1834; md. Joseph G. Taylor. 7. Maria Louisa, b. 4, 23, 1836; d. 8, 12, 1862; md. Louis Agnew. 8. Almira L., b. 12, 9, 1838; md. John W. Chandler. 9. Lawrence, b. 8, 3, 1840; d. 6, 27, 1862, army fever, unm. 10. Mary Ann, b. 6, 2, 1842; md. Major William Stone. 11. Adelaide, b. 5, 9, 1844; md. Nathan Lancaster- 12. Caroline, b. 5, i, 1846; d. 8, 22, 1876; md. Major D. T. Corbin. 13. Eber Worthington, b. 8, 5, 1849; unmarried. 14. George S., b. 5, 25, 1854; m. Mary. 3. Louisa Sharp, b. New Garden, 6, 18, 1814; d. Pocopson Twp., 4, I, 1873 ; m. Chester, Pa., 12, 31, 1839, Stephen Baker, b. West Bradford (now Pocopson), 11, 18, 1810; d. there 3, 2/, 883 ; buried at Bradford Cemetery ; son of Richard Baker and ebecca Webb, of West Bradford and Pocopson. They resided his large farm in Pocopson. Issue : 15. Jessie, b. 11,21, 1840; d. i, 30, 1843. 16. Ellen Rebecca, b. i, ii, 1842; m. Edward Walter. 17. George Sharp, b. 10, 5, 1843; m. Annie Sherwood Hicks, 18. Sallie, b. 2, 20, 1845 ; d. aged about seven months. 19. Loulie Gilpin, b. ii, 30, 1848; m. Nathan M. Garrett. 20. Leonore, b. 12. 30, 1855 ; m. George A. Whitcomb. 4. George B. Sharp, b. New Garden, Oct. 16, 18 16; d. near Chatham, Londongrove Twp., Aug. 6, 1891 ; buried at Union Hill Cemetery, near Kennet Square ; m. ist wife, Phoebe Miller, who died after six weeks; 2d m.. West Chester, Pa., Dec. 30, 1847, Mary Gregg Hughes, b. Chatham, 3, 8, 1823 ; d. Kennet Square, 7, 14, 1886; bur. Union Hill ; dau. of EUis Hughes and Louisa Walter, of Londongrove. They resided on a farm near Chatham. Issue : 10 THE SHARPS OF CHESTER COIXTV, 21. Jesse, b. 4 Mo. 1849; d. 1850. 22. Joseph Walter, b. 6. 11, 1856; d. 6, 16, 1890; in. Jane B. Kirk. 23. George B., b. 4, 16, 1858, d. 6, 11, 1893; "i- I-aura M. Zimmerman. 24. Mary Louisa, b. 9, 4. 1861 ; m. Theodore Pennock. 6. Phoebe Ann Taylor, b- Kennet Tvvp., 10,8, 1834; in. Pocop- son Twp., I, 1, 1861, Joseph Taylor, b. West Goshen Twp., near West Chester, 8, 16, 1827 ; son of Lownes Taylor and Rachel Baker. They resided on a farm adjoining W'est Chester until 1867, when they remov^ed to Minneapolis, Minn., and engaged in milling: in 1870, to Charleston, S. C, where he was engaged in mining phospates until 1887, when they removed to Philadelphia and in 1900 to West Chester. Issue : 25. Rebecca S., b. West Goshen, 10, 1, 1861; d. Charleston, 5. C, 4, 27, 1877. 26. Henry Lawrence, b. same, 8, 12, 1866; d. Charleston, 8, 26, '76. 27. Richard B., b. Minneapolis, 10, 19, 1868; d. Philadelphia, 6, 8, 1899 ; in. Marie Penty. Left no issue. 28. Caroline R., b. Charleston, 3, 17, 1872; d. there, 8, 27, 1876. 7. Maria Louisa Taylor, b. Kennet Twp., 4, 23, 1836; d. there, 8, 12, 1862; buried at Longwc^od Cem.; m. Philadelphia, 12, 17, 1856, Louis Agnew, b. Kennet, 10, 16, 1830, son of John Agnew and Lydia Dixon and a brother to the first wife of Bayard Taylor. He is a farmer near Kennet Square Issue : 29. Mary L., b. 3, 6, 1858; m. Charles Bower. 30. Ellen, b. 8, 7, 1859; m. Moses Johnson. 31. Thomas E., b. 4, 30, 1861 ; m. Ellen Hanson. 8. Almira L. Taylor, b. Kennet, 12, o, 1838; m. Pocopson Twp. I, I, 1861, John Walter Chandler, b. Doe Run, Chester Co., i, 29, 1832 : son of John Chandler and Maria Jane Walter, of Kennet Square. They settled in Philadelphia, where he was a merchant for many years. They now live at Lansdown, Delaware Co., Pa. Issue ; 32. Lawrence F., b. 10, 28, 1861; d. 3, 9, 1862. 33. Frederick Taylor, b. 12, 6, 1863; m. Hattie Andrews. 34. Maria Louisa, b. 5, 16, 1867. 35. Sallie, b. 5, 16, 1869; d. i, 27, 1870. 36. Percival M., b. 2, 6, 1873; ^^- Emma Bowers Mendenhall. 37. Mary Laura, b. 3, 6, 1879. PENNSYLVANIA. I I 10. Mary Ann Taylor, b. Kennett, 6, 2, 1842 ; m. near West Chester, 10, 26, 1869, to William Stone, b. East Machias, Me., 9, 4, 1842 ; d. New York City. 5, 22, 1897 ; buried at Longwood Cem., Chester Co. ; son of Rev. Thomas T. Stone and Laura Elizabeth Poor, of Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer by profession and lived in Charleston, S. C, from 1870 till the Autumn of 1877. He was U. S. District Attorney and Attorney General of S. C. during the greater part of this period, and was prosecuting attorney in the Ku-Klux trials at Hamburg, S. C. He was educated at Bolton, Mass., and volunteered as a private, at a little over 18 years of age, ait the outbreak of the Civil War. and before its close was promoted to rank of major: at the close of the war was appointed to the regular army as ist lieut. He resigned from this position in 1870; removed to New York City in Oct., 1877, and practiced law at 243 Broadway, until his death. His widow and children reside at S41 West End Ave.. N. Y. City. Issue: 38. Herbert L., b. Jan. 18, 1871; m. Redelia Gilchrist. 39. Alfred W., b. Jan. 30, 1873; unmarried. 40. Edgar Earle, b. Jan. 14, 1876; d. March 27, 1876. 11. Adelaide Taylor, b. Kennet, 5, 9, 1844; m. Nathan Dallas, Lancaster, of Pennsbury Twp., where they have resided on a farm near Chads' Ford. Present address, Hamorton, Pa. Issue: 41. Joseph, b. Jan. 27, 1870; m. Ellie Henderson Mendenhall. 42 Harry M. 43. Albert. 44. Sarah G. 45. George. 12. Caroline Taylor, b. Kennet. 5, i, 1846; d. 8, 22, 1876; m. Major David T. Corbin, now of Chicago, Illinois. Issue: 46. Roy, killed in childhood by an e.xplosion. 14. George S. Taylor, b. Kennet, 5, 25, 18^4; m. Mary Spald- ing and resides at Portland, Oregon. Issue: 47. Ruth, died in childhood. 16. Ellen R. Baker, b. Pocopson Twp., i, 11, 1842; m. i, 31, 1866, Edward Walter, b. Kennet Square, Chester Co., 5, 4, 1840; son of Townsend Walter and Abigail Mercer. He is a farmer and widely known breeder of live stock of various kinds in W. Goshen Twp., near West Chester. Issue: 48. A. Louisa, b. 2, 23, 1867; m. Alfred Elwyn Strode. 12 THE SHARPS OF CHESTER COUNTY, 49. Horace R. , b. Pocopson Twp., 83, 1868; unmarried. 50. Anna M., b. Kennet Tup., g, 27, 1873; unmarried. 51. Leonora B., b. same, 10, 4, 1875; unmarried. 17. George S. Baker, b. Pocopson, 10, 5, 1843; m. Annie Sher- wood Hicks and resides at the homestead. P. O., Northbrook, Pa. Issue: 52. Louisa, b. 4. 13, 1875; unmarried. 53. Mary H., b. 12, 24, 1877; unmarried. 54. Jessie, b. 9, i, 1880. 55. Lawrence, b. 2, 5, 1883. 19. Louhe G. Baker, b. Pocopson, 11, 30, 1848; m. Nathan M. Garrett, b. Wilhamstown Twp., Chester Co., 7, 20, 1846; son of Nathan Garrett and Jane Lewis. They now (1901 ) reside in West West Chester, Pa. Issue: 56. Jane Lewis, b. 6, 10, 1873; "T- 10, 11, 1900, Marshall Wil- 57. George Baker, b. 5, 13, 1881. [kinson. 20. Leonore Baker, b. Pocopson, 12, 30, 1855; m. George A. Whitcomb. Present residence. West Chester, Pa. Issue: 58. Hazel Baker, b. 1,4. 1888. 22. J. Walter Sharp, b. near Chatham, Chester Co., 6, 11, 1856; d. same, 6, 16, 1890; buried at Union Hill Cemetery; m. Doe Run, Pa., I, 21, 1880, Jane Baker Kirk, b. Delaware Co., Pa., 9, 22, 1857; dau. of Leedom Kirk and Sabina Bishop Baker. They resided at the homestead and his widow now resides in the village of Chatham. Issue: 59. Edgar Leedom, b. Chads' Ford, 3, 9, 1881; d. 8, 26, 1896. 60. Mary Louise, b. near Chatham, 9, 8, 1885. 61. Jessie Walter, b. same, i, 18, 1887. 23. George B. Sharp, b. near Chatham, 4, 16, 1858; d. Aurora, Illinois, 6, 11, 1893; buried Union Hill Cein., Chester Co. ; m.Waukon, Iowa, 8, 3. 1887, Laura M. Zimmerman, b. Potosi, Wisconsin, 4, 12, 1863; dau. of John Zimmerman and Helen Houdschell, of Waukon, where she resides. Issue: 62. Helen Mary, b. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 1. 1889. 24. Mary Louisa Sharp, b. near Chatham, 9, 4, 1861; m. there 10, 16, 1883, Theodore Pennock, b. Kennet Square, 3, 3, i860; son of Samuel Pennock and Deborah Ann S. Yerkes, of that place* where they reside, and he is engaged in the manufacture of ma- chiner\-. Issue: PENNSYLVANIA. 13 63. Theodore, Jr., b. Chatham, 7, 30, 1884; d. Kennet Square, 10, 64. Mary Deborah, b. Kennet Square, 10, 17, 1889. [19, 1899. 65. George Sharp, b. same, 2, 16, 1892. 66. Herbert Jefferis, b. same, 2, 10, 1894. 38. Herbert L. Stone, b. i, i8, 1871; m. 8, 24, 1898, Redeha Gilchrist, of Iowa Git}', Iowa, dau. of Dr. James G. and EHzabeth Gilchrist. Address, 841 West End Ave., N. Y. City. Issue: 67. William Treadwell Stone. 41. Joseph Lancaster, b. Fairville, Pennsbury Twp., i, 27, 1870; m. II, 18, 1891, Ellie Henderson Mendenhall, b. Mendenhall. Chester Co., 2, 25, 1873; dau. of J. Townsend Mendenhall and Lydia Merrick, of that place. He settled at Chads' Ford Junction, Pa., until June 6, 1895, when he removed to Lansdale, Montgomery Co., Pa., as agent for D. M. Osborne & Co., of Auburn, Pa., April r, 1901, removed to farm in Pennsbur}', formerly of his grandfather, Joseph Lancaster: is a member of Brandy wine Baptist Church. P. O. Hamorton, Pa. Issue: 68. Nathan Dallas, b. May i, 1893. 69. Lydia Eleanor, b. Nov. 10, 1894. 70. Alfred Mendenhall. b. Nov. 8, 1896. 71. Adelaide Mary, b. June i, 1898. 72. Anna Mendenhall, b. Feb. 6, 1900. 48. A. Louisa Walter, b. Pocopson Twp., 2, 23, 1867; m. West Goshen Twp., i, 11, 1892, Alfred Ehvyn Strode, b. 3, 8, 1865; son of Richard Strode and Elizabeth H. Gheen, of East Bradford Twp., Chester County. They have resided mostly in East Bradford, but now in West Goshen. P. O., West Chester, Pa. Issue: 73. Ellen Elizabeth, b. 6, 18, 1893. 74. Phebe Louise, b. 9, 10, 1895. 75. Edna Walter, b. 3, 26, 1898. 76. Mary, b. 6, i, 1901. IV. Benjamin Sharp, son of John and Ann Sharp, married 2, 3, 1762, Hannah Wiley, b. 8, 18, 1738; dau. of William and Hannah Wiley, of Kennet. Their children's births are not recorded by the meeting, but the following can be assigned to no other parents: Caleb, removed to Redstone, Pa., prior to 1790. [5, i794- Elizabeth, m. 5, 1794, Kirk, and was disowned by Frds. 7, Ann. m. by license (dated Dec. 31, 1794), Samuel Lee, Wil- mington. 14 THE SHARPS OF CHESTER COUNTY, Susannah, disowned by New Garden Mo. Mt^^. i, 2, 1796. Mary, took a certificate from New Garden to Wilmington, 1898. George, a minor, certificate to Sadsbury, 10, 5, 1799. Hannah, m. 4, 26, 1804, Isaac Commons of Marlborough, at New Garden Meeting. V. Mary Sharp, daughter, of John and Ann (Bryan) Sharp, married John Woodward, Jr., who was not a Friend. She was complained of 4th, 29th, 1758, for marriage by a priest. Her acknowledgement was accepted 7 Mo. 5th, 1760. VI. Thomas Sharp, son of John and Ann (Bryan) Sharp, mar- ried Rachel . He died in March. 1768. Letters of Adminis- tration were granted on his estate to Rachel Sharp Sept. 3, 1768. He left one son, Thomas. On Dec. 20, 1774, Samuel Sharp was appointed guardian of Thomas. Rachel Sharp (probably) married Isaac Allen, Oct. 4, 1773, at Swede's Church, Wilmington, Del. JOSEPH SHARP. The records of Centre Monthlx' Meeting contains the following- entry, dated 17 12, 4th, 6th Mo. "The Monthly Meeting held at ye Centre, Joseph Sharp pro- ducing a Certificate to this meeting, it being from Ireland, which said certificate was read and accepted." 1713 — 5th, 7 Mo. At our Monthly Meeting held at ye Centure. Joseph Sharp requests (jf this meeting a Certificate to Concord & Cheichester Monthly Meeting in relation to his marriage; this Meet- ing appoints Michael Lightfoot and John Miller to iiuiuire into his clearness in relation thereto and make rep(Mt to ye next meeting. 3rd, 8 Mo. At our Monthly Meeting held at John Richardson's. Enquiry ha\ing been made of ye Frit-nds appointed concerning Joseph Sharp, and nothing appearing to object, this meeting orders yt he have a Certificate drawn. The abcne from records of Kennet Mo. M't'g. The records of Concord Mo. M't'g show that Joseph Sharp and Mary P3'le were married <; mo., 4th, 1713, at Concord Meeting House. At our Monthly Meeting held at Senter _\e 5th of ye 4 mo., 17 14. Center M't'g, near Centreville, New Castle Co., Del. Mary Sharp produced a Certificate to this meeting from Chechester Monthly Meeting. Wonim'^ Minutes of Kennet Mo. M't'g. PENNSYLVANIA. 1 5 (All dates prior to 1752 are in Old Style, when the year began March 25th. March was the ist month. Dec. the lOth and Feb. 12th.) CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND MARY SHARP. (From the records of New Garden, Mo. Mtg.) I. Abigail, b. 5 Mo. 26th, 1714; d. 9 Mo. 27, 1726. II. Elizabeth, b. 5 Mo. 25th, 1717; d. 10 Mo., 1719. III. Mary, b. 7 Mo., 17th, 1719; d. 10 Mo., 1719- IV. Elizabeth, b. 12 Mo. 19th, 1720; md. Jeremiah Douglas. V. Sarah, b. 6 Mo. 5th, 1723; d. 10 Mo. 22, 1723. VI. Joseph, b. 8 Mo. 19th, 1724; md. Deborah Miller and removed to Carolina. Mary, b. 16, 6, 1744. VII. George, b. 9 Mo. 4th, 1726; d. i. VIII. Abigail, b. 2 Mo. 28th, 1729; md. i, Wm. Sharpless; 2, Moses Palmer. IX. Mary, b. 6 Mo., 21st, 1731; d. 6 Mo., 30, I73i- X. Samuel, b. 8 Mo., 30th, 1734; md. Mary Harlan Starr, widow of Isaac Starr and daughter of Richard Flower; d. 1819. Will of Joseph Sharp, of London Grove. Dated 4th Mo. 21, 1746; proven January 3, 1746-7: To son Joseph ;^io. To daughter Elizabeth, wife of Jeremiah Douglas, the tenant right of 125 acres next my Plantation. To dau. Abigail Sharp, the tenant right of 350 acres of London Company land in Sadsbury, Lancaster Co., and ;^200 at 18. To grandson Joseph Douglas, ;^20. To son, Samuel, the Plantation, 300 acres, partly in New Garden. His uncle Samuel Pyle to have charge of him until 21. To granddaughters Mary Sharp, dau. of Joseph, ;^20; Mary Douglas ;^20; Elizabeth Douglas, ;^20. Executors, brother-in-law Samuel . Pyle and his son Nicholas Pyle Joseph Sharp bought 200 acres in New Garden by deed of Mar. 2S, 1 714. This was on the line of London Grove, just North on the present Avondale. He also bought 200 acres more in the town- ship on the same date, ;^8o for all. I. Abigail. II. Elizabeth died when quite young. III. Marv. l6 THE SHARPS OF CHESTER COUNTY. IV. Elizabeth iiid. Jeremiah Douglas. Issue: Joseph Douglas. Man Doujj-las. Elizabeth. V. Sarah. VI. Joseph ind. . Issue: Mary. M (> . . Joseph einit^rated tc3 Iredell Co.. S. C. , - VII. Georj^e. VIII. Abigail ind. Moses Palmer, of Delaware Co., Pa. IX. Mary, d. i. X. Samuel, b. 8, 30, 1734, son of Joseph and Mary (Pyle) Sharp, of London Grove, md. Mary Starr, widow of Isaac Starr, a daughter of Richard Flower and Abigail Harlan. He died in Londongrove about 18 19. Issue: Abigail, b. Dec. 26, 1757; m. James Jones and went to Illinois. Isaac, b. Dec. 16, 1760; m. Margaret Johnson. Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1764; d. Dec. 31, 1848, unmarried. Samuel, b. Nov. 16, 1767; d. Nov. 14, 1778. Joseph, b. Ma\- 5, 1770; d. Nov. 7, 1847, unmarried. (The following regarding the above Samuel Sharp and family is from the records of the Mo. .Mtgs): At New Garden Monthly Meeting, 8 Mo. 27, 1757. New Gar- den Preparative meeting acqts this meeting that Sam'l Sharp, son of Joseph Sharp, Decsd, and Mary Starr, widow of Isaac Starr, Decsd, is gone out and marryed b\- a priest, notwithstanding they were divers times Precautioned. 9 mo. 24, 1757. A testimony of disownment was signed against them. 6 mo. I, 1765. Samuel and Mar}' Sharp, \\\h) was testihed against by this meeting several years past, now having a desire to be re-instated, he offered a paper for that purpose to this meeting, by the Allowance of New Garden preparative meeting, which is left under Consideration until next Mo. Meeting. 7-6-1765. Not present. 8-3-1765. Samuel and .Mary Sharp being at this meeting, their case again considered and several suitable remarks made on the occasion, their paper is accepted and they received into member- ship again, desiring that they may by a life of circumspection and self denial manifest that their desire is from a right motive. PENNSYLVANIA. ^7 Samuel Sharp, in will dated Aug. lo, 1807, proved Nov. 5. 1819, mentions dau. Abigail Jones (i shilling), son Isaac (i shilling), son Joseph (all the real estate), and dau. Mary Sharp (a home, &c.). II mo. 9, 1792. Samuel Sharp of London Grove, and wife Mary, conveyed to son Isaac Sharp, 100 acres partly in New Gar- den and partly in London Grove, part of 300 acres devised to Samuel bv his father, Joseph Sharp. Joseph Sharp, son of Samuel and Mary, was an active member of New Garden Mo. M't'g. He inherited part of the land which his grandfather had purchased on his arrival in this country. He died without issue and devised the land to Joseph S. and Vincent A. Quarll, sons of his niece, Hannah Quarll. Thev lived just North of Avondale, Chester Co. Isaac Sharp, son of Samuel and Mary, married in 1781, at the old Swedes' Church, Wilmington, Margaret Johnson, perhaps daughter of Robert Johnson and Katharine Hadley, of Wilmmgton. He died in New Garden Twp. about the beginning of the year 1825. Issue: Lydia. b. Feb. 26, 1782; m. William Girtler. Abigail, b. Dec. 5, 1783; m. James Crossan. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 18, 1785; m. EH Sharp (p. 8). Mary, b. Dec. 12, 1787; died young. Samuel, b. Dec. 29, 1789; m. Catharine Ferry(?). Margaret, b. Jan. 21, 1792; m. Aaron Bracken and James Kerns. Hannah, b. Nov. 20, 1793; m- William Quarll. Isaac, b. Sept. 14, I795; d. about 1850, unmarried. Phebe, b. Oct. 21, I797; m- Eli Sharp (p 8). Caleb, b. Nov. 15, I799; d. about 1823, unmarried. Mary, b. May 29, 1801; m. Lewis Hutton. Anna, b. Jan. 23, 1803; d. about 1842. unmarried. Abigail Sharp, born in New Garden, m. James Crossan, b. Mill Creek Hundred, Del., Jan. 12, 1792; d. Sept. 25, 1844; son of John Crossan and Mary Bishop. She died Jan. 9. 1871. Issue : John Rudolph, b. July 18, 1815; m. Margaret Morrison. Isaac Shaip, b. Dec. 21, 1816. EH, b. Dec. 6, 1818; m. Elizabeth Lovel. James, b. June 21, 1820. Lewis Henry, b. April 17, 1822. Anna Sharp, b. March 28. 1826. All in Mill Creek Hundred. 1 8 THE SHARPS OF CHESTER COUNTY, John Rudolph Crossan married Margaret Morrison, b. June i6, 1818; dau. of Ephraim Morrison and Margaret Maxwell. Issue: Calvin Wise, b. Nov. 25. 1845. Morris Dickinson, b. July 4, 1848. Ellis Passmore, b. May 25, 1851. Eli Crossan married Elizabeth Lovel, born at New Castle, Del., Jan. 3, 1820; married in Philadelphia, May 8, 1843. Issue: Thomas Lovel, b. Dec. 12, 1843. James, b. July 17, 1845. Mary Frances, b. Jan. 25, 1847. William Lovel, b. Dec. 3, 1848. Eli, b. Sept. 13, 1851. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Mar. 4, 1853; d. June 3, 1854. Hannah Sharp, b. Nov. 20, 1793; d. Oct., 1825; m. Oct. 20, 181 5, William Quarll, b. Feb. 26, 1788, in the neighborhood of Radnor. Del. Co., Pa.; d. Columbia, Pa., Feb. 11, 1824. Issue, b. at Columbia: Joseph Shar]), b. Dec. 9, 18 16; m. Sarah Ann Vandivcr. Vincent Augustus, b. Nov. 10, 1818; d. April i, 1889, unin. Anna Elizabeth, b. Oct. 10. 1821; d. Oct. 12, 1823. Joseph S. Quarll married Ann Vandiver, b. Aug. 18, 1826; d. Oct. 18, 1866; dau. of Thomas Vandiver and Alice Baker. He and his brother inherited the farm of his great-uncle, Joseph Sharp, with the house built by the grandfather of the latter, in London- grove Twp., but he now lives (1901) in Toughkenamon Village, New Garden Tw p. Issue: Hannah Mary, b. Nov. 5, 1847; '». James Mackey. William Baker, b. Mar. 19, 1849; d. June 5, 1879; m. Josephine Mackey. Alice Vandever, 1). Mar. 31. 185 1; m. William Wherry, Chatham. Adelaide Lucretia, b. Oct. 16. 1852; m. Wilincr T. Nields. Jessie Sharp, b. April 7, 1854; unmarried. Oscar Thomas, b. July 22, 1856; m. Mary Dance. Sarah Virginia, b. Dec. 5, 1857; ni. Harvey Doan. Berwick, Pa. Clarence A., b. June 26, 1859; d. Aug. 7, i860. Josephine Estella, b. Feb. 22. 1861. unmarried. Lillian May, 1). Oct. 11, 1862; unmarried. Phebe Evelyn, b. Sept. 30, 1864; m. Frank Swayne. Anna Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9, 1865; unmarried. 'The foregoing is from the records of the Mo. Mtgs. ) PENNSYLVANIA. ^9 Will of Isaac Sharp of New Garden, dated 6 mo., 4th, 1824; proven Jan. 10, 1825. Mentions all the above children, though Lydia and Elizabeth were deceased. To son Isaac he gave the homestead after his mother's death. DEED FROM WILLIAM PENN TO JOSEPH SHARP, I/S^- Be it Remembered that the Sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty one the Deed hereafter menconed was produced before Caleb Cowpland Chief Burgess of the Burrough of Chester and thereupon Came Gawen Miller & James Boyden two of the Witnesses therem named who on their Solemn affirmacons did declare that they were pres- ent and saw the Grantors therein named Sign Seal and as their act and deed deliver the said writing to the use therein menconed & that they the said affirmants Subscribed their names as Witnesses thereunto; which said writing is recorded in the office for record- ing of deeds in the County of Chester in these words to wit: This Indenture Tripartite made the five and twentieth day of March m the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fourteen and in the thirteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne Queen of Great Britain &c. Between WiUiam Penn of London in the Kingdom of Great Britain Esqr. oldest son and heir apparent of WiUiam Penn Esqr. true and absolute proprietary and Governour in Chief of the Province of Pensilvania &c., of the first part, Griffith Owen practitioner in physick, James Logan Gent and Robert Asheton Gent, all of Philadelphia in the s'! Province of the Second part, and Joseph Sharp of the County of Chester in the s-^ Province yeoman, of the third part. Whereas the said William Penn the father by a certain patent or Instrument under the hands of Edward Shippen Griffith Owen Thomas Story and James Logan his late Commissioners of Property and Seal of the Province, for the Consideracon therein menconed did Give Grant and Confirm unto his said Son William Penn Jun^ a certain tract or Pcell of land on the South Side of Brandewine Creek part thereof in the County of New Castle & other part thereof in the County of Chester in the said Province and Territories thereof Containing by Computacon fourteen thousand and five hundred acres (were it more or less) by the metes and bounds in the same patent menconed with the appur- 20 THE SHARPS OF CHESTER COUNTY. tenances To hold to the said Wm. Penn the Son his heirs and assigns to his and their only proper use and behoof for ever Yield- ing and paying therefore Yearly the rent or sum of one English silver shilling for every hundred acres and so proportionably or value thereof in Coin Current as in and by the same recited patent dated the four & twentieth day of May Ano Dom one thousand seven hundred and six and recorded in the Rolls office at Philad:' in Patent book A. vol. 3 page 279 &c. the fourteenth day of the fourth month in the said year one thousand seven hundred and six, relacon thereunto being had it doth and may at large appear And Whereas the s' William Penn Jun- by a certain writing or Letter of Attorney under his hand and Seal duly Executed did constitute and appoint the s'- Griffith Owen James Logan and Robert Asshe- ton his lawfull Attornej^'s Joyntly and Severally for him and in his name & to his use to make Entry unto all and Singular his lands Tenements and hereditaments & other his Estate whatsoever Scitu- ate in the said Province of Pensilvania or annexed Counties in America & for him and in his name to lett sett lease and farm out & to Grant Bargain sell Alien Enfeoff and Confirm the same whether taken up or to be taken up or any part or Pcell thereof to such Pson or Psons for such Consideracons by such Conveyances with such Covenants & in such maner and form as therein menconed as in and by the same in part recited power or Letter of Attorney' dated the Seventh day of October in the year one thousand Seven hundred and four Recorded in the Rolls office at Philad" in book D 2 Vol. 5 page 149 &c the four and twentieth Day of the ninth month in the Year one thousand seven hundred and nine relation being thereunto had it doth and may fully & at large appear. Now 1>ns Indenture Witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the sum of Eighty pounds lawfull money of America to the said Wm. Penn Jun- by the said Joseph Sharp at or before the sealing and delivery these presents well and trulv pay'-' the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and the said Joseph Sharp his heirs Extrs Adm" & assigns thereof and of every part thereof by these presents acciuitted and discharged and of the sum of ten shillings to the said Gril'fith Owen James Logan and Robert Asheton by the said Joseph Sharp likewise payd the receipt whereof is likewise acknowledged he the said William Penn Jun- by and with his special direction and ap- pointment they the said Griffith Owen James Logan and Robert Asheton have Granted bargained Sold aliened Enfeoffed and Con- PENNSYLVANIA, 21 firmed and by these presents do Grant bargain Sell alien Enfeoff and Confirm unto the said Joseph Sharp all those two pieces or Pcells of land the one beginning at a white oak at a corner of Thomas Garnetts land thence South by the same land two hundred and sixty and Seven Pches to a post thence East by the Lands of Michaell Lightfoot and William Tanner one hundred and Seventeen Pches to a post thence north by the land of John Sharp two hun- dred eighty and three Pches to a black oak thence South Eighty two degrees Westerly by the land of Mary Rowland one hundred & eighteen Pches to the place of beginning Containing Two hun- dred'' acres of land The other Tract beginning at a hickory tree in the line of the London Company thence East by the land of Joseph Garnett one hundred and thirty four Pches to a Chestnutt tree thence South two hundred and twenty two Pches to a post thence West South West fifty Eight Pches to a black oak thence West Eighty Pches to a hickory thence north by the London Company's land two hundred and forty four Pches to the place of beginning Containing two hundred acres both which said Tracts is situate in the said Cohnty of Chester being part of the first menconed tract Together with all and Singular the ways Waters Water courses woods Timber and trees meadows marshes swamps cripples fiiish- ings ffowhngs hawkings huntings & all other Royalties ffranchises liberties privileges Improvements hereditaments & appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining and the Revercons and remainder rents Issues and proffits thereof and all the estate right Title Interest use possession trust property Claim and demand whatsoever of them the said William Penn the son Griffith Owen James Logan and Robert Asheton of in to or out of the hereby Granted land & premises, to have and to hold the said Two tracts or Pcells of land hereditaments and premises hereby Granted & every part and Pcell thereof with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said Joseph Sharp his heirs and assigns to the only proper use & behoof of the said Joseph Sharp his heirs and Assigns for ever To be holden of the Chief Lord of the ffee thereof und^r the proportionable part of the Yearly quit rent from hence forth to become due and payable for the Same and the said William Penn Jun' the said Two tracts or Pcells of land hereditaments and premises hereby Granted or menconed or intended to be hereby Granted & every part and Pcell thereof with their appurtenances unto the said Joseph Sharp his heirs and assigns against him the 22 THE SHARPS OF CHESTER COUNTY, said William Penn Jun- his heirs and assigns & all and every other Pson or Psons Claiming or that shall or may at any time or times hereafter rightfully Claim any Estate right Title or Interest of in to or out of the said Two Tracts or Pcells of land hereditaments and premises hereby Granted or menconed to be hereby Granted or any part or Pcell thereof by from or under him shall cS: will at any time hereafter upon the reasonable request Cost and Charges in law of the said Joseph Sharp his heirs or assigns or any of them make execute and acknowledge or cause or procure to be made executed & acknowledged all and Every such further and other reasonable aet & acts thing and things device & devices & whatsoever for the further and better Conveying & assuring of the said two tracts or Pcells of land hereditaments and premises hereby Granted or men- coned to be hereby Granted and every part and Pcell thereof with the appurtenances to the said Joseph Sharp his heirs & Assigns as by the said Joseph Sharp his heirs & assigns or by his or their Coun- cill learned in the law shall be reasonably devised advised or re- quired so that the said request be made within ye space of Twenty one years and that not any Pson be Compellable to travell foV the doing thereof from his or their abode and the said Griffith Owen for himself his heirs Extrs and Adm" and the said James Logan for himself his heirs Extrs and Adm" and the said Robert Asheton for himself his heirs Extrs & Adm" severally & not joyntly nor one for another or for the act or acts of the other but for their own acts only do Covenant promise and Grant to and with the said Joseph Sharp his heirs and Assigns by these presents that they the said Griffith Owen James Logan & Robert Asheton nor any of them have not done Committed or wittingly or willingly suffered any act or thing whereby the hereby Granted land and premises or any'part thereof is are or shall or may be impeached or incumbered in Estate title Charge or otherwise. 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In the name of God Amen : I, Simon Sharpe, of Dublin, Gent, bein«: weak of body, make this my last will and testament in man- ner following : I ordain and appoint my son John Sharp and my daughter Catherine Sharp, exors of my last week and testament ; also bequeath to my loving wife Joan Browne, all lands and goods I possess at present in Dunboyne, together with the lands that I possess of Robert Bright of Dunboyne for payment of a certam sum unto his daughter-in-law, Joan Browne, to her marriage day. The rest of all my goods and lease of my house in Dublin I leave to my executors except one sword which I bequeath to Robert Bright and a dagger also I bequeath to Anne Harford aboard Cloath. Signed and dated 26th October, iS7-(?^ Probate granted 15 Nov. 1582. WILL OF GEORGE SHARPE. 1612. In the name of God Amen : I, George Sharpe, of Stockgrove, gentleman, being of sound mind, do make this my last will and testament in the manner following : I appoint as my executors, George , Gent., Gent., and Richard Esquire and William John and Wm. and Jas. Brett. I bequeath to Elizabeth my wife WILL OF ANTHONY SHARPE. 1706. Late of Fetbury, Co. Gloucester, England, now of Dublin City, Cloathier. I St, my debts to be paid by my exors. I make void a settlement of lands & House in Lea & Cliverton Wilkhive on my eldest son Isaac Sharp, but do give him instead (on condition he submits to sd revocation) all those lands of mine in the possession of Thos. Jackson by lease, situate in Boofu]), Ossory, Kings Co., and also called part of Lackagh lea and Kilinure, and I also give to him all of my lands of Clara Hill Ballentinc Coolylane and Boyle with up Coolmoany in Barony Tynyhinch, Queens Co., in possession of Phineas Collier, and all the sd lands by lease non-bequeathed to my said son Isaac, contng above Two Thousand acres. All of which said lands I give him during his natural life, and to his noi^ IN GREAT BRITAIN. 33 married wife yearly 140 per ann.. or the one moiety of Phineas Colliers farms. Also give to my son Isaac all my lands m new west Jersey & half of all my lands in new East Jersey m America, with what I have given him already. And after his death I give the said lands in Queens Co. & Jersey to his eldest son (Isaac) & to the heirs male of the body of such eldest son, & in default of such issue to the second son. & for default of such heirs males, then to my right heirs forever. Item • It is my will, intent and meaning, that if my sd son Isaac Sharp or his heirs refuse to submit to the revocation before mentd of my lands in England, in such case I do give all my lands before mentd unto my sd son Joseph Sharp for his natural life, & on his decease to the eldest son of Joseph ; * * * and for want of such heirs males of my sd son Isaac, then I give & bequeath the same lands to my son Daniel Sharp for his lif^e, and^ after his de- cease, to his eldest son & to the heirs males. * * • Item : I give and bequeath to my said son Daniel Sharp all that land called Cloneeheene, near MountmeUick, Queens Co., in the possession of Joshua Beale, mercht, contning about 350 acres and all my houses and ground in Meath st., Coales Alley. Elbon Lane, and Maveon Cone Lane, in all about 23 houses near Meath st. aforesaid in the Liberty of Thos. Court and Donore, Co. Dublim To hold sd houses & ground as I hold them from Earl of Meath and Barnaby Brown for & during my sd son Darnell life, with power to make a jointure to any wife he may happen to take of one moiety of said lands of Cloneeheen, in Queens Co., and one moiety of all the sd houses & ground near Meath st., and the re- mainder of the sd lands of Cloneeheene, & of the said lands, houses and grounds near Meath st., and also one fourth part of all my lands in New East Jersey in America, during his life, & after the decease of my sd son Daniel I give & bequeath the same to the eldest son of sd Daniell Sharp & to the heirs males of the body of such eldest son, or to the second and every other son & sons of the body of the sd Daniell. , , cu n Item • I give and bequeath to my daughter, Rachel Sharp, all my lands that I purchased of William & Thos. Hawkins and John Connor, situate in the Barony of Coolistown, Kings Co., in the possn of Counsellor Wm. Sprigg, Thos. C. Clerke & Gilbert Ward called Ahananmellick and Tannor & Clonbrook, in the possn of Thos. Wattyon & Wm. Taule, Senr., and I also bequeath to sd 34 ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS Rachel all my houses in Pimlicoe, being about 6 houses which I hold under the Earl of Meath under the same rents & Covenants as I hold them, & the garden in Manus Collins holding without rent. To hold to my sd daughter Rachel during her natural life, and after her decease I give & bequeath my sd lands in the Boof- Coolistown & my sd houses in Pimlicoe to the eldest son of sd Rachel and to the heirs * * * , Item : I confirm to my said son Joseph Sharp, as was agreed on his marriage with Kathleen Savage, all my lands in Wilkshire at the Lea and Cleverton during his life, and whereas Kathleen Savage, his late wife, is dead, & having left no issue male, but only one daughter. Now if my sd son Joseph shall marry again, then (after his daughters Portion of ;^I200 shall be pd or secured) I give him power to settle one half of my said lands in Wiltshire as a jointure of such second wife & I give my son Joseph One Fourth part of all my lands in New East Jersey in America for and during his natural life, and the remainder of all my sd lands in Wilkshire & East New Jersey after the death of Joseph I bequeath to his eldest son or second son or any other son of said Joseph, failing such issue I give said lands to my sd son Isaac & his heirs males. Item : I give and bequeath all the rest of my goods. Debts & Substance as following : — I give my houses at Ormond Gate, Dub- lin, & /^ of my Plate and Debts, to my sd son Daniel, (save the biggest piece of plate which I give to Isaac), & the next to Joseph, & the remainder of the plate to be divided between Rachell & Daniel, and my green bed I give to Rachel, & twenty pounds to buy her more goods, & when all Lawrence Crabbs debt shall be got I give ;^ioo of it to Rachel, ;^200 to Isaac, & the remainder be- tween Joseph & Daniel. I give ;^io to poor friends in Dublin, and five pounds to poor friends in Tetbury. I give to m}^ brother William Sharp the house he lives in free of rent, & I give to Ra- chell Crabb & Jane Crabb, & to Mary Hodges, my brothers daugh- ter, and to her sister Elizabeth, Ten pounds apiece. All the rest of my estate, Goods, &c., I give to Daniel Sharp, & I do make Alder- man John Page of Dublin & Danl Sharp exors of this my last will, and make Saml Baker, Thos. Ashton, Amos & Abel Strettle & Jos. Jade overseers & Trustees. Given under my hand & seal the 4th October, 1706. Anthony Sharp. John Elliott, Tho. Merefield, Witnesses. IN GREAT BRITAIN. 35 Codicil dated nth Oct., 1706, gives power to the children of An- thony Sharp to demise or set the property allotted to them for any term of years not exceeding thirtyone years or for three lives, and gives twenty pounds to the education of Ann Crabb. Register of Deeds Office, 3,285,948, Reg. 9 Feb., 1709. Will of Thomas Sharpe of Dublin, Gentn, dated 24 Jany, 1709, Whereby he bequeaths to his only son Thomas Sharpe & his heirs, all his lands & estate of inheritance in South Brittian, he being to have out of the profits thereof ;^2o to be equally divided between the Testators Brother Robert Sharp and Nephew William Sharp's children, to his grandson Thomas Oates the uppermost house on West side of Big Sheep Street, Dubhn, but the profit to go to his mother till he comes of age. To his grandson, Thomas Bradwell, his other house in sd street. To the rest of his grandchildren ;^20 apiece to be left in their parents hands till they come of age. To the poor of the Parish of Gosford in Gt Britain 40 ShiUings. To Joan Gavan £s- All the rest of his goods, &c., he gives equally to his sd son Thomas, his daughter Mary Gavan, and Jane Bradwell. WILL OF ISAAC SHARP. 1735- I, Isaac Sharp, late of Killinuve, Queens Co., now of Dublin City, do make this my last will & testament : Having made a settlement of part of my lands in East & West Jersey, in America, on my sec- ond son Isaac Sharp on his intended marriage with a daughter of Thos. Lambert, of West Jersey, in America, deed, the said son quitting his right to one of any share of the ;^iooo pound charged on sd estates or lands in Queens Co. (Killinure, Lackagh, Clarehill, Boyle, &c) I now confirm sd settlement and whether he marry or not I do bequeath unto his heirs all my estate and East and West Jersey and every thing else specified in sd settlement, he absolutely quitting unto me all his share of the One Thousand Pounds. Joseph Sharp, my third son, on his making over to me his share of the One Thousand Pounds in lieu whereof I devise unto him and his heirs all the rest of my estate in East and West Jersey, not settled upon Isaac. Whereas by indented manage articles 3rd Sep., 1731, to be made between me, Isaac Sharp, on the one part, and Anthony Sharp of Killinure, my eldest son, and Kathleen Sharp of the Lea 36 ABSTRACTS OF RFXORDS in Co. of Wilk, spinster, only daughter and heir of Jos. Sharp and Catherine Sharp, his late wife, both deed, of the other part, it is covenanted and agreed as therein is mentd and thereby a term of 500 years expectant on my decease is agreed to be limited of the lands and prems thereby agreed to be purchased and in default of such purchase of the lands and tenements therein mentd unto certain trustees therein named. That if my sd son Anthony shd within three months after my decease pay the said two sums of five hundred pounds charged on sd lands and the further sum of One Thousand pounds, I appoint that the sd two sums of £s^^ ^^^ the additional one thousand pounds shall be paid and divided between my daughters Mary Sharp, Sarah Sharp, Rachel and Margt Sharp, share and share alike to be paid by my sd son Anthony one year after my decease. I devise unto my sd daughters the further sum of five shillings in full of their respective portions to be paid unto them respectively by my sd son Anthon}^ within one year after my decease. I devise unto the poor of the parish of St. Katherine's, City of Dublin, Five Pounds, I devise unto the poor of the people called Quakers in Dublin the sum of Five Pounds, both to be paid by my sd son Anthony. I bequeath unto my sd son Anthony, his heirs, &c, All my Estates, Lands, &c., wherein I am seized either in Great Britain or Ireland, and do appoint him my sole exor, hereby revok- ing all other wills made by me. 15th March, 1734. Isaac Sharp. Henry Smith, Dan Cottigan and Edmund Eustace, Witnesses. Codicil : None of my daughters be paid until they have attained 21 years and my sd exor pay them interest for their portions from the day of my death at rate of 4 per cent. Probate granted 16 July, 1735. THE SHARPS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AND Abstracts of Records IN GREAT BRITAIN. '^ tS^^i" Lhl\1y'09 ^■i' ^'\. ■^ ^•^"^-6 o ^ ^.' V vV^ .^' A, -=>^- ^%f#^ '^^-^ ^ ir't- <"^ 0? -^ O N f 0- ' • o, ^'^ :^\^ ■■^m. •^ ^'J^ c<":°. ^--s^' ,^ »■ '. ''"-^^ ^.-^^ /.rA^f/k-^ ^. A^ » ■"". 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