Simon Richardson and Sarah Sharp

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Husband Simon Richardson ¹

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           Born: 16 May 1784 1
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           Died: 28 Oct 1850 - Bushwick (now Brooklyn), NY 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: Stephen Richardson (1763-1827) 2
         Mother: Huldah Deming (      -1837) 2

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Anna Sharp (      -      ) 1

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Wife Sarah Sharp ¹

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           Born: Abt 1786
     Christened: 
           Died: 1819 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: [Father] Sharp (      -      )
         Mother: 

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Simon Richardson

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He was a grocer in Brooklyn and later a rope manufacturer in Bushwick, by which he ac­quired a fortune. He was a member of the board that organized the first public school in Brooklyn in 1816. He was a man of large physical proportions and is said to have weigh­ed over three hundred pounds.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 632.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 633.