Born about in Cecil, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas (Sharpe) Sharp
and Isabella (Wallace) Sharp
Brother of
Walter Sharpe, Thomas Sharpe Jr, Unknown Sharpe, Hannah Sharpe, Isabella (Sharpe) Wherry, Sarah Mary (Sharpe) Alexander, Joseph Sharpe and Samuel Sharpe
Husband of
Margaret McKnitt (Alexander) Wallace
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Jemima (Alexander) Sharpe
— married
1744 in Cecil, Maryland
Descendants 
Died
at about age 32
in Anson, North Carolina
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Biography
James (Sharpe) Sharp was a Maryland colonist.
Birth and Parents
Name: James /Sharp/[1]
Birth: 1720[2]
James Sharp was the son of Thomas Sharp, who was born ca. 1699. [3]
Siblings
James Sharp was the brother of Thomas Sharp came to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and settled sometime after 1750 at about the same time his brother's family and his kinsmen the Alexander's came there. Rev Dr. Sharp furnished the list of children for James who was a public official in 1775 to 1785 (Mecklenburg Signers p 355) Merton Alexander
Marriage to Margaret Alexander
Margaret Alexander II married James Sharp b. abt 1725
Spouse: Jemima Alexander, married 1754[4]
The tombstone of Jemima Alexander Sharp revealed that she was the wife of James Sharp and that she lived 38 years a widow.
1752 Land Grant, Anson County, North Carolina
1725-1759 James Sharp entered a land grant on 14 Oct 1752 in Anson Co. NC.
On June (Jan?) 1759 James witnessed a deed of Adam Meels/Meeks in Anson Co..
1759 Inheritance from father
James Sharp on 17 August 1759 signed a receipt for the legacy left him by his father, Thomas Sharp.
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S-468370657 Page: Source number: 1165.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JCF APID: 1,7836::1086086
- ↑ Source: #S-468370657 Page: Source number: 1165.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JCF APID: 1,7836::1086086
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #52754107 retrieved Jan 29, 2018, Sharpe's Cemetery, Fair Hill, Maryland
- ↑ Source: #S-468370657 Page: Source number: 1165.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JCF APID: 1,7836::1086086
See also:
- Source: Worth, S Ray, Worth S.Ray, Meckenburg Signers and their Neighbors, Part III: Clearfield County.reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co,, Baltimore Md.,1993. ISBN 0-8063-0268-0.), p. 355
- Source: Research of H. Jack Wells
- Source: Will of Thomas Sharpe, Book 27 Pages 121-123 Cecil Co., MD
- Source: land grant & Deed in Anson Co., NC, 1759
- Source: camera881-1-479--Joel Johnson Guthrie.FTW
- Source: ALEXANDER-D Digest V98 Issue #17, DESCENDANTS OF: James ALEXANDER
- Source: Robert Cooney, Jr., Nashville, TN 1991
- Source: Family2438x~Isabella Wallis.ged; Title: From Here to There; Focus Group--Isabella Wallis. Author: Rosa Ann Medford.
- Source: S-468370657 Repository: #R-996643787 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Note:
- Repository: R-996643787 Name: Ancestry.com
- Source: hjackwells3--John MacAlister Alexander.FTW
- Source: Lewis Jetton Bible
- Source: 1698 Jetton Bible
- Source: 1768 Jetton Bible
- Source: Worth, Ray,The Mecklenburg Signers
- Source: DAR Records
- Source: Burial- Sugar Creek Cemetery, Mecklenburg, NC.
Acknowledgements
This profile was created through the import of Moore-Martin_merged.GED on Feb 3, 2012 by Kirk Moore.
This profile was auto-generated by Al Alexander through the import of Alexander Jr Family Tree.ged on Jan 11, 2015. '
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Philip Sharpe
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-BY40276, FTDNA kit #384237
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~0.78%
Claude Miller :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T047737 [compare], FTDNA kit #400182
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Kevin Daniel :
23andMe, GEDmatch M108409 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kqdaniel
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #3347
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Living DNA
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~0.39%
Donald Ganer :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Gregory Miller :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T514402 [compare], Ancestry member gscottmil
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T514402 [compare], FTDNA kit #289170
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