John Breedon Sharpe (1790 - 1863)

Born 10 Dec 1790 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England

Husband of Ann (Noon) Sharpe — married 19 May 1812 in Leicestershire, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1863 at age 72 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

John was born 10 December 1790. He was baptised on 12 December 1790 in Saint Nicholas Leicester the son of Thomas and Catherine Sharpe.^[1]

It would seem that John Breedon Sharpe was married three times.

His first marriage was to Ann. Only a Vicar General Marriage Licences record exists for that, and only the surnames are included in the record. But they obtained a licence on 19 May 1812.^[2] There is only one record of their two surnames.

John and Ann had six children.

1. John born 1814
2. Thomas b. 1816
3. Ann b.1821
4. Jonathan b. 1823
5. Millicent Mary b.1829
6. William b. 1831

In 1841 John and Ann are living East Bond Sreet, All Saints, Leicester. John is a Mealman. They have two children Mary (12) and William (10).^[3]

In 1851 John (60) and Ann (64) are living in Sharpe's Yard, Bond Street, Leicester. John is now a labourer.^[4] Ann is from Shipley in Derbyshire.

John Breedon Sharpe remarried in 1853, and married Elizabeth Collier.^[5]

Wife Elizabeth died on 9 November 1858 aged 72.^[6]

John Breedon Sharpe married Sarah Choice in Leicester on 29 March 1859.^[7]

John wrote his will written 27 March 1861.^[8]

John Breedon Sharpe died 4 January 1863, and his will was proven the following year on 6 January 1864.

He made the following bequests:

• Loving wife Sarah all goods chattels and household stuff for her lifetime, then to children, as long as she remains a widow.
• Son John Sharp coffee roaster of Birmingham
• Son Thomas Sharpe Grazier and provision dealer of Billesdon, Leicestershire
• Daughter Ann wife of John Jacombs carrier and coal merchant, Aston
• Daughter Millicent Mary (wife owes legacy of £20), wife of Robert Payne basker maker of Market Harborough
• Son William Sharpe carpenter formerly of Birmingham but now in the United States of America.
• Friends John Jackson and Woolstone Wigstone made executors.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism John Breedon Sharpe in 1790 Leicestershire Baptisms Leicester, St Nicholas, Leicestershire, England FMP accessed 8 Nov 2023.
2. ↑ Marriage licence Sharp in 1812 Vicar General Marriage Licences Great Britain FMP accessed 8 Nov 2023.
3. ↑ John Sharpe in 1841 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Bond Street, East, All Saints, Leicester, Leicestershire, England FMP accessed 8 Mov 2023.
4. ↑ John B Sharpe in 1851 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census (Sharp's Yard), East Bond Street, All Saints, Leicester, Leicestershire, England FMP accessed 8 Nov 2023.
5. ↑ Marriage John Breedon Sharpe in 1853 England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 Leicester, Leicestershire, England FMP accessed 8 Nov 2023.
6. ↑ Death of wife Elizabeth' Newsarticle on FMP.FMP accessed 8 Nov 2023.
7. ↑ Marriage John Breedon Sharpe in 1859 England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 Leicester, Leicestershire, England FMPaccessed 8 Nov 2023.
8. ↑ John Breedon Sharpe's will John Breedon Sharpe in 1864 Leicestershire Wills And Probate Records, 1500-1939 Leicestershire, England FMP accessed 8 Nov 2023.