Born in Orange, North Carolina, British Colonial America
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johann George Sharp
and Anna Maria (Loy) Sharp
Wife of
Jacob Rich
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 42
in Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Sep 2016
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Biography
Philopena Sharp was born on 8 August 1765 in Orange, North Carolina, the daughter of John Sharp and Anna Loy. She married Jacob Rich in about 1782 in the same city as her birth.
Philopena died on 2 August 1808 in Franklin, Tennessee and was buried there in Old Beans Creek Cemetery.
Sources
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1N-XRZJ), Philopena N. Sharp Rich, 1808; Burial, , Franklin, Tennessee, United States of America, Old Beans Creek Cemetery; Find A Grave: Memorial #142309009
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Philopena by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Philopena:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Philopena by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Philopena:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Juanita (Shannon) Anderson 
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Nicholas Sharp :
23andMe, GEDmatch M392193 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A708530 [compare], Ancestry member NKSharpIII
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T701210 [compare], FTDNA kit #B92168
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Beth (Boles) Shepperd :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Thomas Cardwell :
23andMe, GEDmatch GA2596290 [compare]
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~0.78%
Penny (Fischer) Short :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pennyshort
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Mona Mayberry :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Moromans
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~0.78%
Donna Griffin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ddty471
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #79674
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~0.78%
Arnold Sharpe :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Yvonne (Watkins) Clark :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member YWClark
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~0.78%
Randy Phillips :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A388411 [compare], Ancestry member RPhillips317
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Dennis Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A877745 [compare], Ancestry member ScootCoot1948
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~0.78%
Susanne (Sharp) Wu :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EW9531538 [compare], Ancestry member swu410
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch EW9531538 [compare], Ancestry member swu410, FTDNA kit #B507269
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~0.78%
Margaret Wright :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A694942 [compare], Ancestry member Margaret_Wright
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Barbara Rockett :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Janice (Aiken) Cain :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Rani (Clayton) Moss :
23andMe, GEDmatch FJ5488645 [compare], Ancestry member rdm100
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FJ5488645 [compare], Ancestry member rdm100
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch FJ5488645 [compare], yourDNAportal RANc5c05e11
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Phillip Rich
Sharp-8273 and Sharp-5334 appear to represent the same person because: Clear Duplicates, first name seems to be Philopena. Please merge.
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by Phillip Rich
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