Thomas Sharpe (1550 - bef. 1607)

Born 1550 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died before 23 Apr 1607 before age 57 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Thomas was born about 1550, estimated from family.

He died in 1607 and was buried on 23 April 1607 at St Peter, Bradford, Yorkshire, "Thomas Sharpe, the'eldest, Horton, in eclesia" (in ecclesia, buried inside the church).^[1] (Note, this has been transcribed as a baptism by Ancestry). He left a will dated 13 April 1607 and proved 16 July 1607, "Sharp, Thomas, senr., Horton (bur. Bradford), yeom."^[2] Abstract of will: "Nowe my will is to dispose of my goods and chattels as follows. First, Elizabeth, my wife, shall have one-third part of all my goods. The other third to Mary my daughter for her child's portion, the other third as follows. After funeralls, mortuaries, and other debts are paid, to Thomas Sharpe my eldest son 3 waynes and cowpes with wheels and furniture, four yockes of oxen, 4 iron tearnes, 3 plowes, 1 arrow with iron teeth, also my corslett and pike with all the furniture belonging, and also 2 oxen." He then gives to Thomas and John Sharpe, children of the aforesaid Thomas, his son, "2 branded steares " ; to Mary his daughter £40 over and besides her third, and to Isaac Sharpe his son £5 for the residue of his child's portion. He gives to Mary, daughter of the aforesaid Thomas, his son, "1 black quy and calfe." "And if the said third part of my goods and the said £40 given to Mary my daughter will not extend and amount to the sum of £200 the same shall be made up to the full sum of £200 out of the residue of my third part and given to Mary and the remainder be divided equally between Elizth., my wife, and Thos., Isaac, and John, my sons, and Mary, my daughter," and he appoints Elizabeth, his wife, his executrix. Witnesses, Christpr. Swaine, Abm. Swaine, John Wood, and John Sharpe".^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Register of St Peter, Bradford; West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/10996870:2256
2. ↑ YAS Record Series Vol. 26: Index of wills in the York Registry, 1603 to 1611, page 99, https://archive.org/details/YASRS026/page/98/mode/2up
3. ↑ Life and Correspondence of Abraham Sharp, the Yorkshire Mathematician and Astronomer, Cudworth, W, pub. S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1889, page 5, https://archive.org/details/lifeandcorrespo00cudwgoog/page/n26/mode/2up