Thomas E. Sharp (1695 - 1758)

Born 1695 in Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (McClelland) Sharp — married 1719 in Inverness-shire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 1758 at about age 63 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Thomas^[1] was born about 1695 [uncertain] in Scotland, the son of Unknown Sharp and Unknown Unknown Sharp. He had one known sibling, a sister named [Sharp-1184 | Jane]].

Thomas Sharp was married twice: first to Mary McClellan and then to Cynthia “Ketrine” Willoughby.

Thomas Sharp and Mary McClellan had four Children:

1. Anna Sharp
2. William Sharp
3. Sarah Sharp
4. John Sharp

Thomas Sharp and his second wife, Katrine, had two children:

1. Mary Sharp
2. Thomas Sharp

All six of his children are named in his will along with his second wife, “Ketrine.” ^[2]

Thomas wrote his will on 24 October 1757 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died early in 1758. The will was probated on February 5th of that year.^[3] He named sons John, William, and Thomas; daughters Anne Todd, Sarah Clark, Mary Sharp. Surviving spouse was Katrina Sharp. Executors were Philp Robinson and son John Sharp. The will was probated on 5 February 1758 in Lancaster County.^[4][5]

He is the ancestor of noted actor Bill Paxton.^[6]

From GenForum.com

"Have will of John Sharp, Sr. and of John Sharp, Jr. as well as pages from the King/Sharp history.My source says Thomas married Cynthia Wallace and that there is a will dated [sic., 'i.e., probated] 5 Feb 1758, Lancaster Co, PA (will Bk B, V.I, p. 261) Children are: John, Sr: William, Thomas, Ann (Todd); Sarah (Clark); Mary amd wife Katrina.

John Sharp, Sr. wed Jane Hamilton in PA. Children: Eleanor (John Duncan); Thomas (Cynthia Maxwell); John, Jr ( Elizabeth Laughlin); Mary (arthur Galbreath); Elizabeth (William King); Anne (Alexander Laughlin); Sarah (Francis Berry); Susan (Thomas King); Benjamin (Hannah Fulkerson).By second marriage, David who was a Methodist minister.Jane Sharp King was the sister of Thomas, the aunt of John Sr."^[7]

Research Notes

Similar name and dates, but married to someone different Thomas E Sharp (1695-1758)

Thomas was born in 1720^[8] in Ireland, the son of unknown parents. When he was in his late teens he married Jane McClelland, probably in Ireland, and they had nine known children, three sons and six daughters,^[9] including a daughter named Elizabeth (1749-1829) who would marry William King.^[10]

There is an alternate year of birth of 1700, source unknown.

About 1750 Thomas migrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania and about twenty years later moved south to the Holston River Valley, in present-day Washington County, south of Abingdon, Virginia.^[11]

He married a second time, to Cynthia (Willoughbly), by whom he had one known child, a son named David. His fifth child was Elizabeth Sharp, born 1749, who married William B. King.

Thomas died in 1796 at 76 -96 years of age.

From claynet.com

First Generation

1. Thomas E1 Sharp Sr.(1) was born in Ireland 1720. Thomas died 1796 at 76 years of age.

He married twice. He married Jane McClelland. (Additional notes for Jane McClelland(2)) He married Unknown.

Thomas E Sharp Sr. and Unknown had the following child:

2 i. David2 Sharp Rev.(3).

Thomas E Sharp Sr. and Jane McClelland had the following children:

3 ii. Eleanor Sharp(4) was born October 28, 1740. She married John Dunkin Capt. (Additional notes for John Dunkin Capt.(5))

4 iii. Thomas Sharp(6) was born August 11, 1742. He married Jane Maxwell. (Additional notes for Jane Maxwell(7))

5 iv. John Sharp Jr. was born August 30, 1745.

6 v. Mary Sharp(8) was born 1747.

7 vi. Elizabeth Sharp was born 1749.

8 vii. Anne Sharp(9) was born 1751. She married Alexander Laughlin (Additional notes for Alexander Laughlin(10))

9 viii. Sarah Sharp(11) was born 1754. She married Francis Berry. (Additional notes for Francis Berry(12))

10 ix. Susan Sharp(13) was born 1756.

11 x. Benjamin Sharp(14) was born 1762. He married Hannah Fulkerson. (Additional notes for Hannah Fulkerson(15)) ^[12]

Citations

Sources

1. ↑ Hersch, Jane, "Migration from Lancaster, PA to East Tennessee," Sharp Family Genforum Message #4568, 05 Jan 2003. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/sharp/4220/. Accessed 11 Aug 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
2. ↑ Added by James F. Haynes on August 14, 2020. John Sharp Sr. is my 4th great-grandfather, and his son, John Sharp Jr. is my 3rd great-grandfather.
3. ↑ Lancaster Co., PA, Will Bk B, V.I, p. 261)
4. ↑ Sharp, A. "Re: Migration from Lancaster, PA to East Tennessee," 5 January 2003, Sharp Family Genforum Message #4569. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/sharp/4569/. Accessed 11 Aug 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
5. ↑ Hersch, Jane, "Migration from Lancaster, PA to East Tennessee," Sharp Family Genforum Message #4568, 05 Jan 2003. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/sharp/4220/. Accessed 11 Aug 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
6. ↑ "Bill Paxton." Who Do You Think You Are (US) (Season 6 Episode 7). TLC. 19 April 2015.
7. ↑ Jane Hersch, "Re: Migration from Lancaster, PA to East Tennessee," Sharp Family GenForum Message # 4568. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/sharp/4568/. Accessed 23 Sept by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
8. ↑ Anon., "Thomas E. Sharp," Descendants of Thomas E. Sharp (1720) Claynet.com. (June 24, 1997) URL: http://claynet.com/athomas/sharp/i0017151.htm. Accessed by Prickett-120 on 5 September 2017.
9. ↑ Anon., "Thomas E. Sharp," Descendants of Thomas E. Sharp (1720) Claynet.com. (June 24, 1997) URL: http://claynet.com/athomas/sharp/i0017151.htm. Accessed by Prickett-120 on 5 September 2017.
10. ↑ Wealtha Chaplin Scott, McConnell Memorabilia (Versailles, MO: W.C. Scott, ©1981, Printed by Fay Printing, Springfield MO). p125.
11. ↑ Wealtha Chaplin Scott, McConnell Memorabilia (Versailles, MO: W.C. Scott, ©1981, Printed by Fay Printing, Springfield MO). p125.
12. ↑ Unknown. "First Generation," Descendants of Thomas E. Sharp (1720). URL: http://claynet.com/athomas/sharp/i0017151.htm. Accessed 11 Oct 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• Hersch, Jane, "Migration from Lancaster, PA to East Tennessee," Sharp Family Genforum Message #4568, 05 Jan 2003. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/sharp/4220/. Accessed 23 Sept 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• Sharp, A. "Re: Migration from Lancaster, PA to East Tennessee," 5 January 2003, Sharp Family Genforum Message #4569. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/sharp/4569/. Accessed 11 Aug 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin. Sharp writes, "Have will of John Sharp, Sr. and of John Sharp, Jr. as well as pages from the King/Sharp history."

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Sharp-1171 was created through the import of McChesney_Susan Berry m Abram McConnell.ged on Oct 16, 2012 by Patricia Hickin.
• Anon., "Thomas E. Sharp," Descendants of Thomas E. Sharp (1720) Claynet.com. (June 24, 1997) URL: http://claynet.com/athomas/sharp/i0017151.htm. Accessed by Prickett-120 on 5 September 2017.

• Scott, Wealtha Chaplin. McConnell Memorabilia (Versailles, MO: W.C. Scott, ©1981, Printed by Fay Printing, Springfield MO), p125, citing Dorthula Haworth, unnamed "book about her family."

• WikiTree profile Sharp-1187 was created through the import of McChesney_Susan Berry m Abram McConnell.ged on Oct 16, 2012 by Patricia Hickin.

• Thank you to Theresa Dennis for creating WikiTree profile Sharp-2027 through the import of family.ged on Aug 25, 2013.