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The Earliest Documented Ancestor of the
SHARP / SHARPE - DNA Testing Project
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GROUP 4
William Sharp was born about 1663 perhaps in Scotland and died between 1745 and 1749. He married 13 Feb 1688 Mary Smith who was born in 1668 and died after 1714.
- Their son, William Sharp, was born about 1695 and died between 23 Apr and 22 May 1749 in Woodgridge, NJ. He married in 1737 to Sarah Langstaff who was born 21 Apr 1721 in Piscataway, NJ and died after 1751.
- Their son, Samuel Sharp, was born about 1741 and died after 1805. He married on 2 Jul 1759 to Pricilla sutton who was born in 1735 and died in 1783.
- Their son, Joseph Sharp, was born 22 Jul 1762 and died 21 Jun 1855. He married on 18 Aug 1788 to Hannah Ogden who was born in 1773 and died in 1820 in NB.
- Their son, Jehu Sharp was born in 1793 and died in 1853. He married in 1816 to Hannah Holder.
- Their son, Joseph Sharp, was born in 1820 and died in 1899 in SD. He married in 1850 to Charlotte Chase who was born in 1626 in ME and died in 1900 in SD.
- Their son, Horatio Nelson Sharp, was born in 1859 in ME and died in 1929 in SD. He married in 1886 to Matilda C. Anderson who was born in 1865 in IN and died in 1944 in SD.
John Sharp was born 16 Sep 1747, resided Downe Twp., Cumberland Co., NJ and died 1 May 1828 and is buried at Haleyville, Cumberland Co., NJ. He married Mary Parent who was born about 1759 and died in 1802.
- Their son, Seth G. Sharp, was born 15 Oct 1790 at Mauricetown, Cumberland Co., NJ and died 19 Feb 1866 in Cumberland Co., NJ. He married, first, Jane Yates who was born in 1796 and died in 1829 and second, Rebecca Shropshire.
- Their son, Robert Nelson Sharp, was born in 1843 in Downe Twp., Comberland Co., NJ. He married Almira Carlisle abut 1868. She was born in 1843 in Dorcester, NJ an died 17 Sep 1882 in Leesburg, NJ.
- Their son, Robert Nelson Sharp, was born in 1872 in Leesburg, NJ and died in 1939. He married Orilla C. Hollingshead who was born 20 Jun 1876 in Leesburg, NJ.
- Their son, Rolland Butcher Sharp, wa born 5 Oct 1895 in Leesburg, NJ and died 27 Nov 1960 in Cumberland Co., NJ. He married Blanche Harris Spence 6 Dec 1919 in Leesburg, NJ. She was born 15 Sep 1900 in Heislerville, NJ and died 3 Mar 2001 in Cumberland Manor, Bridgeton, NJ.
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Peter Sharp was born ca. 1760-70 in New Jersey and married Judith Townsend
(1771-1855), daughter of Daniel and Lydia (Sawin) Townsend, probably in
Washington Co., PA.
In 1805 he moved to Upper Saint Clair, Allegheny Co., PA.
In 1820 he moved to Harrison
Co., Ohio, where he died about 1845.
His known children are: John Sharp,
Daniel Townsend Sharp (1800-1878), Judith Julia Ann (Sharp) Turner
(1803-1882), and Elijah Townsend (E.T.) Sharp (1806-1894).
- Peter and Judith's son, John Sharp, was born in 1797 in Washington Co., PA and died in 1878 in Oregon. He married, first, Anna Higbee in 1821 and, second, Cornelia Ann Hesser in 1832. She was born in 1803 and died in 1888.
- John and Cornelia's son, Louis Henry Sharp, was born in 1848 in Jackson Co., MO and died in 1916 in California. He married Eleanor Peters Gibbons in 1883 in San Francisco, CA.
- Their son, Harold Gibbons Sharp, was born in 1884 in San Francisco, CA and in 1916. He married Helen Brunstead Spencer in 1908. She was born in 1885 and died in 1985.
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