Robert Sharp and Margaret Boyd

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Husband Robert Sharp ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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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

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         Father: Thomas Sharp (      -      ) 2 3 4 7
         Mother: Margaret Elder (      -      ) 2 3 4 7

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Margaret Boyd ^{1 6 8}

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            AKA: Jane Boyd 9
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           Died: Sep 1815 6
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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Sharp ⁹

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            AKA: Margaret Sharp 1 8
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         Spouse: John Smith (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 10 Oct 1792 9

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2 M Thomas Sharp ⁸

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3 M James Sharpe ^{8 9}

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Orr (      -      ) 9

         Spouse: Nancy Huston (      -      ) 9

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4 M John Sharp ^{1 8 9}

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            AKA: John Sharpe 6
           Born: 1773 - Cumberland Co, PA 9
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           Died: 12 Jul 1863 9
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         Spouse: Martha Huston (      -      ) 1 6 9
           Marr: 13 Dec 1814 9

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5 M David Sharp ⁸

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         Spouse: Isabella Orr (      -      ) 9

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6 M [Unk] Sharp

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Sharp

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He came to America first, and afterward went back to Ireland and brought over the rest of the family. They first settled in the forks of the Delaware river, in the eastern part of Pennsylvania, but later nearly all of them moved into the Cumberland Valley. Robert Sharp first appears on the records of Newton township, Cumberland County, in 1775.

During the Revolution, he was a wagoner in the Continental army as was his brother, Alexander.

His will was dated February 18, 1790, and was proved August 28, 1791.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Boyd

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She was a descendant of John Boyd, born in Scotland.

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

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

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 394.

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

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