Joshua Sharpless and Ann Trimble

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Husband Joshua Sharpless ¹

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           Born: 28 Feb 1747 2
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           Died: 21 Sep 1826 2
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         Father: Benjamin Sharpless (1709-1785) 2
         Mother: Martha Mendenhall (1724-1812) 2

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       Marriage: 20 May 1789 2

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   Other Spouse: Edith Yarnall (1743-1787) 2 - 15 Dec 1768 - Middletown, Chester Co, PA 2

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Wife Ann Trimble ²

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           Born: 19 Jan 1752 2
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           Died: 30 Sep 1827 2
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         Father: William Trimble (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Ann [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M William Sharpless ²

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           Born: 15 Jan 1791 2
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           Died: 5 Mar 1793 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Phebe Sharpless ²

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           Born: 22 Mar 1793 2
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nathan Middleton (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Joshua Sharpless

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Middletown, Chester Co, PA

He was a minister twelve years. They settled at first in Kennet, within the limits of New Garden Monthly Meeting, and remained about ten years, after which he purchased a farm in East Bradford, now Birmingham, and became a prominent member of Birmingham Meeting.

In the spring of 1800 they removed to Westtown Boarding-School to superintend that institution, and remained till the fall of 1811, when they returned to the farm.

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 503, 723.

2 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 723.