The Earliest Documented Ancestor of the
SHARP / SHARPE - DNA Testing Project

GROUP 6

  • Test # S6463 & S127222 --
  • It is believed that these lines begin with John Sharp and Eleanor Mayfield who married in Jefferson Co., KY in 1799.
    • Test # S6463 --
    • Micajah Sharp was born in 1806 in KY and resided in Fayette Co., IL from 1830 until his death on 29 Apr 1866. He married, first, Martha and, second, Rebecca Terry in 1862.
      Micajah had children: John (1829, TN), Thomas (1831, IL), James W. (1833, IL), Michjah Lewis (1837, Il), William H. (1838, IL), Francis M. (1840, IL), Samuel J (1843, IL) Martha J. (1846, IL) and Sarah (1849, IL).
      • Son, William H, Sharp, was born in 1838 in Fayette Co., IL and died 25 Oct 1926 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. He married on 28 Dec 1862 to Besy E. Andrews of Fayette Co., IL.
        • Their son, John L. Sharp, was born about 1868 and died on 14 Nov 1949 in Ottawa, LaSalle Co., IL. He married Ellen Burns of Ottawa on 15 Sep 1895.
          • Their son, Maurice Burns Sharp, was born 19 Jun 1896 in Ottawa, LaSalle Co., IL and died in 1949 in Joliet, Will Co., IL. He married, first, Cora Kincaid in 1916 and, second, Mary Holloway.
    • Test # S127222 --
    • John & Eleanor's son, Samuel Sharp, was born about 1801 and died in Aug. 1868 in Hickman Co., TN. His wife was MIllie Mayfield.
      • Their child, Mary Ann Sharp, was born in 1826 in Hickman Co., TN and died in Nov 1919. She had a son out of wedlock and, later, married Jonathan Tolle 15 Dec 1853. He was born in 1793 and died about 1875.
        • The son, Willis Monroe Sharp, was born 20 Nov 1846 in Hickman Co., TN and died in 1905 in Gibson Co., TN. He married Harriett Harder in 1866. She was born in Nov 1849 and died 24 Nov 1928 in Gibson Co., TN.
          • Their son, Elihue Leondus "Cal" Sharp, was born 31 Jul 1878 and died 28 Oct 1926. He married Mildred Caperton 19 Aug 1900. She was born 4 Jul 1879 and died 4 May 1963.

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