Elizabeth (Lindsay) Peebles (1745 - abt. 1806)

Born 27 Mar 1745 in Falling Springs, Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Wife of Matthew Sharp — married 1780 in Franklin, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 1806 at about age 60 in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Elizabeth “Eliza” Lindsay was born on 27 March 1745 in Falling Springs, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John Lindsay Jr. and Rebecca Morris. She was described as a remarkably handsome woman and high-spirited.

Eliza first married Robert Culbertson, a soldier of the Revolution, at the age of 16 in about 1761 in Falling Springs, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. They had five children:

• Esther Culbertson - 1764-1830 (married her cousin Andrew, son of Colonel Robert Culbertson)
• Elizabeth Culbertson - 1769-1799 (married her cousin, William Lindsay, and removed to Kentucky)
• Jane (or Jean) Culbertson - 1771-1797 (married John Hancock, an English gentleman)
• Samuel Culbertson - b. 1773 (married a Miss Monk)
• Agnes Culbertson - 1774-1836 (married James B. Clow)

“Handsome, High-spirited, and the Belle of her County (Franklin)

“Elizabeth Lindsay Culbertson Sharp Peebles is listed as the widow of Robert Culbertson (1742-1778) in March of 1778, where a sale bill shows bonds and Congress money valued at 1180 pounds. In 1779 she is listed as a widow living in Cumberland, Pennsylvania on tax lists. From 1782-1783 the heirs of Robert Culbertson are listed on a tax list of Cumberland, Pennsylvania, with bonds used to purchase property of heirs in 1783.

“In 1780 at age 35 Eliza married Matthew Sharp (1751-1796) in Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Their children were:

• Rosana Sharp - 1781-1846 (m. John Liggett)
• James Sharp - 1784-1861
• Mary Sharp - 1789-1859 (m. Martin Luther Hawkins)

“In 1786 Matthew Sharp died, leaving Elizabeth a widow once again. According to the letters of administration of Matthew Sharp in Franklin, Pennsylvania, Will Book A p93, dated 18 November 1786, Elizabeth was named executrix of Matthew Sharp’s estate. If this is true, then the prior claim of Mathew dying in 1796 is not true; this also brings into question the parentage of Mary Sharp, born in 1789. In the final account of Matthew’s Will, Elizabeth is named as Elizabeth Sharp of Guilford Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, along with Samuel, her oldest son, and Esther, Elizabeth, Jean and Agnes Culbertson. (Note - why weren’t Matthew’s children listed - Rosanna, James and Mary)?

“In 1789, Eliza purchased property in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth was said to be the reigning belle of Franklin, Pennsylvania. In 1790 she was listed on the census of Franklin, Pennsylvania, with 2 males above 16, 1 male under 16 and 5 females. In 1792, her property in Guilford Township was sold and the family moved to Allegheny, Pennsylvania. In 1794 James Sharp, Elizabeth’s son, moved in with his half-sister, Jane Culbertson Hancock; he is said to have been about 10 at the time.

“In 1798 at age 53 Elizabeth married Robert Peebles (1745-1813), nephew of Colonel Robert Peebles of the Revolutionary army.”

Eliza died in about 1806 in Franklin, Pennsylvania and was buried with her third husband, Robert Peebles, in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

Sources

“History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania”, A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2, p. 311-312.

We Relate Article about Elizabeth (https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Elizabeth_Lindsay_(19)

“Notes and Queries - Historical and Genealogical Chiefly Relating to Interior Pennsylvania”, William Henry Egle, 1970, Annual Volume 1896, Notes and Queries - XXVI, Page 143.

“Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson families who came to America before the year 1800, and several families that have come over since then, containing biographical sketches of some of the more prominent members of the various families”. Culbertson, Lewis R. Zanesville, Ohio: The Courier Co., Printers and Binders, 1923, p236-238.

Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III, Sidney Byron Liggett.