Hi fellow researchers My bugaboo is part of the collective Lincolnshire Sharp/Sharp query: 4th great grandfather, Thomas SHARPE, born abt. 1734 but where? He lived in Pinchbeck. Marriage entry for Thomas SHARPE and Rachel KERLEW states that he was at that time of the parish of Pinchbeck. He was buried 24 May 1782 St. Mary & St. Nicholas Age 49, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. Can anyone help me find his parents and birth/baptism parish? Thanks Linda B.C. Canada -----Original Message----- From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of lr_mills via Sent: April 21, 2016 9:54 AM To: eng-lincsgen <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: [LIN] Admin. note: Until May comes So I'm asking all of you to review your list of Lincolnshire ancestors and find one who seems forgotten (or unfinished). Post what you've got and let's see if we can fill in the blanks. And try to do it before May comes around. There's too much on your calendar for May already and your spouse hasn't mentioned a lot of the chores yet. Hop to it! Lou (list admin.)

Hi Linda If you go to Free Reg you can find a few Thomas SHARPs (no "E") born/bap in the area around Pinchbeck at about the right time. Maybe the names of his children might give a hint as to his father's name (very often the first born son) and you could try working from that information. Also sometimes a child might be given the name of a recently deceased sibling of either parent. Good luck! Elizabeth Pugh Whitehorse, Yukon Canada

Hi Linda and List I have SHARP/E ancestors, without the E but sometimes with, north of Pinchbeck. I haven't done research lately and not pre-registration but have some information from the old IGI: Marriage of Robert Sharp to Rebecca Brunt Spouse: Robert SHARP (AFN: CV3Z-VX) Marriage: 1830 West Keal Parish, Eng. And from my third cousin whom I met on the list: The address was just 'Village' so that wasn't much help. The entry was as follows:- Robert SHARP Head married age 47 Gardener Born West Ashby c 1814 Rebecca " Wife m 44 Born Boston c 1817 Whattam " Son u 16 Born West Keal Mary Ann " Daur u 14 Scholar " Robert " Son u 10 " " William " Son u 8 " " Henry " Son u 6 " " bn 1844 – my (Jan's) ggrandfather John " Son u 4 " " >From Parish Records: WEST KEAL BAPTISMS APR 1831 – OCT 1859 1831 Apr 23 - Charles s.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener – Norma’s ggrandfather 1833 Oct 20 - Elizabeth d.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP nee BRUNT of West Keal, gardener 1835 May 17 - Wattam s.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener 1837 May 15 Mary Anne d.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener 1840 Jan 5 - Robert s.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener 1842 Jul 17 – William s.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener 1844 Oct 6 – Henry s.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener – my ggrandfather 1847 May 16 John s.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener (The peculiar text of part of the above is what happened when I copied it over and I don't know how to alter font in this email program.) I have heaps more later stuff. There could be a connection of siblings earlier with the big families they all had then. Hope I've been of help and that we connect. Kind regards Jan Marchant, Lismore Australia > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:44:16 -0700 > Subject: Re: [LIN] Admin. note: Until May comes > From: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > > Hi fellow researchers > > My bugaboo is part of the collective Lincolnshire Sharp/Sharp query: 4th > great grandfather, Thomas SHARPE, born abt. 1734 but where? He lived in > Pinchbeck. > Marriage entry for Thomas SHARPE and Rachel KERLEW states that he was at > that time of the parish of Pinchbeck. > He was buried 24 May 1782 St. Mary & St. Nicholas Age 49, Spalding, > Lincolnshire, England. > Can anyone help me find his parents and birth/baptism parish? > Thanks > Linda > B.C. Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of lr_mills via > Sent: April 21, 2016 9:54 AM > To: eng-lincsgen <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [LIN] Admin. note: Until May comes > > So I'm asking all of you to review your list of Lincolnshire ancestors and > find one who seems forgotten (or unfinished). Post what you've got and > let's see if we can fill in the blanks. And try to do it before May comes > around. There's too much on your calendar for May already and your spouse > hasn't mentioned a lot of the chores yet. Hop to it! > > Lou (list admin.) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Jan Yes, I believe we were in touch some years ago re SHARP/Es. The West Keal bunch should be the ones that my Thomas came from as Fay Fraser is descended from these. She and I are connected through the Pinchbeck Plowrights so it could follow that there was a family relationship going on. But it's not showing up. Or we're not back enough generations to catch it. I think the later. Thank you Linda B.C. Canada From: Jan Marchant [mailto:oziepoms@live.com.au] Sent: April 22, 2016 9:04 PM To: linda <vesey@dccnet.com>; eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [LIN] Admin. note: Until May comes Hi Linda and List I have SHARP/E ancestors, without the E but sometimes with, north of Pinchbeck. I haven't done research lately and not pre-registration but have some information from the old IGI: Marriage of Robert Sharp to Rebecca Brunt Spouse: <http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=96155 96&lds=0&frompage=99> Robert SHARP (AFN: CV3Z-VX) Marriage: 1830 West Keal Parish, Eng. And from my third cousin whom I met on the list: The address was just 'Village' so that wasn't much help. The entry was as follows:- Robert SHARP Head married age 47 Gardener Born West Ashby c 1814 Rebecca " Wife m 44 Born Boston c 1817 Whattam " Son u 16 Born West Keal Mary Ann " Daur u 14 Scholar " Robert " Son u 10 " " William " Son u 8 " " Henry " Son u 6 " " bn 1844 - my (Jan's) ggrandfather John " Son u 4 " " >From Parish Records: WEST KEAL BAPTISMS APR 1831 - OCT 1859 1831 Apr 23 - Charles s.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener - Norma's ggrandfather 1833 Oct 20 - Elizabeth d.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP nee BRUNT of West Keal, gardener 1835 May 17 - Wattam s.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener 1837 May 15 Mary Anne d.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener 1840 Jan 5 - Robert s.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener 1842 Jul 17 - William s.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener 1844 Oct 6 - Henry s.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener - my ggrandfather 1847 May 16 John s.o. Robert/Rebecca SHARP of West Keal, gardener (The peculiar text of part of the above is what happened when I copied it over and I don't know how to alter font in this email program.) I have heaps more later stuff. There could be a connection of siblings earlier with the big families they all had then. Hope I've been of help and that we connect. Kind regards Jan Marchant, Lismore Australia > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com <mailto:eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:44:16 -0700 > Subject: Re: [LIN] Admin. note: Until May comes > From: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com <mailto:eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> > > Hi fellow researchers > > My bugaboo is part of the collective Lincolnshire Sharp/Sharp query: 4th > great grandfather, Thomas SHARPE, born abt. 1734 but where? He lived in > Pinchbeck. > Marriage entry for Thomas SHARPE and Rachel KERLEW states that he was at > that time of the parish of Pinchbeck. > He was buried 24 May 1782 St. Mary & St. Nicholas Age 49, Spalding, > Lincolnshire, England. > Can anyone help me find his parents and birth/baptism parish? > Thanks > Linda > B.C. Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com <mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com> > [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of lr_mills via > Sent: April 21, 2016 9:54 AM > To: eng-lincsgen <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com <mailto:eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> > > Subject: [LIN] Admin. note: Until May comes > > So I'm asking all of you to review your list of Lincolnshire ancestors and > find one who seems forgotten (or unfinished). Post what you've got and > let's see if we can fill in the blanks. And try to do it before May comes > around. There's too much on your calendar for May already and your spouse > hasn't mentioned a lot of the chores yet. Hop to it! > > Lou (list admin.) >

-snip- > when I copied it over and I don't know how to alter font in this email program. -snip- Ahhh, Jan, we can't have you using different fonts on Rootsweb. Their mailing list software only accepts messages in "plain text". I know this is frustrating to many of our artistic members who like to add a colored text signature line or those of us who love to use LARGE FONT to get your attention, but "fancy text", as it used to be called, is not an Internet standard so your message may appear a thing of beauty to you when you send it, but others may wonder what all the strange characters are in what they are seeing. If we all had the same e-mail software on our desktop computers, we might wish to allow "fancy text". But it too, like many of us, is now obsolete, replaced by Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). HTML is an Internet standard, but viruses can be buried in HTML so Rootsweb has issued an Imperial Decree that henceforth all statues carved in stone will use the "Plain Text" font. Since your messages last forever in the Archives, they are considered cast in ston! e as well. Lou (list admin.)