-----Original Message----- From: Larry & Kathryn Priest <lwpriest@gower.net> To: NCALAMAN-L@rootsweb.com <NCALAMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 5:45 PM Subject: [NCALAMAN-L] Sharp families >I have a problem with some Sharp family research. My mind has turned >to Jello. Can anyone sort out these 2 families and tell me who their >ancestors are. Are these 2 different families or are Maria and >Philopena the same? Any help is appreciated. Thanks,Larry > > >1. Isaac1 Sharp was born 1740. He married Maria Graves. > > >Children of Isaac Sharp and Maria Graves are: > >2 i. Christian2 Sharp, born October 06, 1778; died April 15, 1861 in >Orange Co., NC. He married Anna Barbara Clapp 1799. > >More About Christian Sharp: > >Burial: Stoner's Church Cem., now Alamance Co., NC > >Notes for Anna Barbara Clapp: > >By Dr George W. Welker, D.D. in his log about Stoner"s Church, >"Barbara, wife of Christian Sharpe and daughter of Jacob Clapp. Long a >member of the Reformed Church at Stoners. A pios lady. Sermon Phil. >1:21" > >More About Anna Barbara Clapp: > >Burial: Stoner's Church Cem., now Alamance Co., NC > >3 ii. John Sharp. He married Catherine Albright in North Carolina. > >4 iii Elizabeth Sharp. She married John Ludwig Albright October 11, >1787 in Orange co., NC > > >1. Isaac1 Sharp was born Bet. 1710 - 1750, and died Aft. June 27, 1781 >in Orange Co., NC. He married Philopena. > > >Children of Isaac Sharp and Philopena are: > >2 i. Elizabeth "Betsy"2 Sharp, born August 30, 1770; died April 29, >1812 in Orange Co., NC. She married John Ludwig Albright October 02, >1787 in Orange Co., NC. > >More About Elizabeth "Betsy" Sharp: > >Burial: St. Paul Luth. Ch. Cem. in Alamance Co., NC > >More About John Ludwig Albright: > >Burial: St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Alamance Co., NC > >Fact 1: Served in the Revolutionary War > >Fact 2: 1781, fought battle of Guilford Court House > >Fact 3: 1782, fought in battle of Lindsey's Mill > >3 ii. John Sharp. > >4 iii. Bostian Sharpe, born March 30, 1768; died October 22, 1841 in >NC Buried @ Stoner's Church Cemetery, Alamance Co., NC. > >5 iv. Peter Sharp. > >6 v. Philipina Sharp. > >7 vi. Christian Sharp. > > According to my information this is the same Isaac Sharp. His will was dated in 1781 and he died in 1782. His wife was Maria Philopena Graves. As the custom at the time, her Christian (baptismal) name was Maria (Mary) and her secular (given) name was Philopena. These are my ancestors. In my research I have found another Isaac Sharp in the area at about the same time. There is considerable uncertainty not only about Isaac Sharp, but about the parents of Maria Philopena Graves. My website shows my (obviously unproven) conclusions. Larry Noah - larmil-1@worldnet.att.net My family is at - http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lrnoah/ Links can be found there to websites for mailing lists NCOrangeNC-L, BrickChurchNC-L and BEARSE-L.