Esther (Brooks) Sharp (1762 - 1836)

Descendants

Died 4 Feb 1836 at age 73 in Evesham Township, Burlington, New Jersey

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Biography

Esther Brooks was born on 20 September 1762.^[1]

Her parents were Thomas and Mary Brooks^[2]

Esther was married twice.

She first married Thomas Sharp. Thomas and Esther had the following children:

1. [[Sharp-8469|Thomas Sharp] m. Rebecca Troth
2. Ann (Sharp) Prickitt m. Josiah Prickitt
3. Mary (Sharp) Kay m. Isaac Kay^[2]

She married second, Job Sharp, the son of Hugh and Ann (Stratton) Sharp.^[2]

Esther and Job had the following children;

1. Rachel Sharp b 5 February 1802 Shrewsbury, New Jersey^[1]
2. Samuel Sharp b 21 November 1803 Shrewsbury, New Jersey^[1]

Death

Esther Sharp passed away on February 4, 1836 and she is buried at Upper Evesham.^[1]

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 for Esther Sharp Index-New Jersey> Monmouth> Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting> Births and Deaths, 1693-1871 Image
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} John Wesley Haines, Richard Haines and his descendants; a Quaker family of Burlington County, New Jersey, since 1642 (Boyce, Va., Printed by Carr Publishing Inc. 1961), Volume 1, page 101.

• Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births and Burials, 1693-1871; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:435, accessed via ancestry.com