Thomas Sharp and Margaret Elder

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Husband Thomas Sharp ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: Thomas Sharpe 5
           Born:  - Scotland
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Hewlett, Cumberland Co, PA
         Buried:  - Newville, Cumberland Co, PA

       Marriage:  - Scotland

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Wife Margaret Elder ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born:  - Scotland
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Cumberland Co, PA
         Buried:  - Newville, Cumberland Co, PA

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Children

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1 M Robert Sharp ^{2 3 4 7 8}

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            AKA: Robert Sharpe 6
           Born:  - Scotland or Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1790-1791
         Buried:  - U. P. Church, Newville, Cumberland Co, PA

         Spouse: Margaret Boyd (      -1815) 6 7 9

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2 F Agnes Sharp ^{2 3 10}

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           Born: 1750 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Northampton Co, PA

         Spouse: Moses Hemphill (      -      ) 3 10 11

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3 M Capt. Andrew Sharp ^{2 3 12 13}

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           Born: 1750 or 1752 - Cumberland Co, PA 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Jul 1794 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 13
         Buried:  - First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

         Spouse: Ann Woods (1757-1809) 12
           Marr: Apr 1783 - Hopewell Twp, Cumberland Co, PA

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4 M James Sharp ^{2 3 8 15}

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           Born: 5 Jul 1753 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Apr 1812 3 15
         Buried:  - Middle Spring, Cumberland Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Jane Sterrett (1751/1757-1833) 3 16

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5 M John Sharp ^{2 3 8 10}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1824
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Wilson (      -      ) 8

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6 M Capt. Alexander Sharp ^{2 3 8}

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            AKA: Alexander Sharpe 5 11
           Born: 1756 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: Dec 1824 - Newton Twp, Cumberland Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret McDowell (Abt 1759-1810) 2 14

         Spouse: Isabella Oliver (      -      ) 17 18

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7 F Jane ??? Sharp ²

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           Born: 1758
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Patton (      -      ) 3

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8 F Martha Sharp ^{2 3 8}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Huston (      -      ) 3

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9 F Mary Sharp ^{2 3 8 19}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Alexander Fullerton (      -Abt 1776/1782) 3 19
           Marr: 1766 19

         Spouse: John McCune (      -      ) 3 11 20
           Marr: 1789 20

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Sharp

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He and his wife were Covenanters, who, because of their religious faith, were driven from Scotland to the province of Ulster in the North of Ireland, about or shortly after the middle of the seventeenth century, and resided near Belfast, in the County of Antrim, until about the year 1747, when they immigrated with their children, consisting of five sons and four daughters, to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and settled in Newton Township.

Because of their religious faith, they were driven from Scotland and took refuge in the Province of Ulster, in the North of Ireland, living near Belfast, in County Antrim, until their emigration to the New World. Their son, Robert, crossed the Atlantic at a very early age, and soon returned to Ireland to persuade his father to bring the rest of the family over. This could not have been later than 1746, as two tracts of land, one of 2,000 acres and one of twenty, are recorded in the list of land warrants as having been taken up by Thomas Sharp in May, 1746. The family settled in Newton township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. [Something seems amiss here, since all the dates of birth for his children are after 1750.]

All of his sons except Alexander were commissioned officers in the Indian or Revolutionary wars; Alexander served as a private.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Elder

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She was the daughter of a Scottish laird.

1 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 394.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 17.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 64.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 201.

5 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 687.

6 Editor, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 661.

7 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 523.

8 Margaret White Loomis, The Presbyterian Families of White, Crawford, Hanna and Sharp (Winnetka, IL: Self-published, 1940), Pg 13.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 202.

10 Nan Q. Harrah, Geneology of the Fullertons and Sharps (New Castle, PA: The Miller Printing Co., 1901), Pg 28.

11 Editor, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 66.

12 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 428.

13 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 28.

14 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 65.

15 Nan Q. Harrah, Geneology of the Fullertons and Sharps (New Castle, PA: The Miller Printing Co., 1901), Pg 17.

16 Editor, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 801.

17 Editor, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 18.

18 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 66.

19 Nan Q. Harrah, Geneology of the Fullertons and Sharps (New Castle, PA: The Miller Printing Co., 1901), Pg 5.

20 Nan Q. Harrah, Geneology of the Fullertons and Sharps (New Castle, PA: The Miller Printing Co., 1901), Pg 6.