Actually, it's not my Sharps that are lost in Lancaster, but some other families that I've been focusing on. But I wanted to point out to the previous writer that many/most of the townships were very ethnically mixed. Karen

In case someone new is reading the list, I'm pushing my one and only SHARP name out for inspection. Esther SHARP married Samuel GOULD. In 1820, they were living in Hannibal, Oswego County, NY with 3 daughters under the age of 10. Their daughter, Olive, gave New York as birthplace for both of her parents. Olive GOULD married Robert SCOTT, Jan. 9, 1842 in Fulton, Oswego County, NY. She was a Presbyterian--but then, she married a Scotsman. In the SCOTT Family History, Olive is described as being of English and German heritage. I'm guessing the GOULD is English and the SHARP is German. I haven't had any better luck with Samuel GOULD. After Samuel's death in 1826, Esther is said to have married "a man named GREEN." My information comes from the Census, a journal that my great-uncle kept as he went about visiting far-flung relatives and gathering family history (Bless his heart), and the SCOTT Family History. Thanks, Ann

I disagree with # 5. There are a lot of British names intermingled with PA Dutch names in Lancaster County, PA. If it weren't so, it probably wouldn't be so tricky to weed out some of my elusive Germans. Karen

As much as I dislike including the whole list on responses to a few, I'm too busy right now for individual responses. Malcolm, I am aware there are many Sharp families. I apologize for my sloppy writing. What I intended was to separate the earliest major division. Curiously, my Sharp name came from what is commonly referred to as "Borders" i.e., those who bounced back and forth between Scotland and England depending upon who won the latest war. I SHOULD have said, Germany and Great Britain. As for how do you know, there are several possibilities, (assuming it is too late to ask your grandparents). 1) Most obviously, what port did the ship sail from that brought your family to US. 2) Religion often gives a hint. Presbyterians from Scotland, Anglicans from England, Lutherans from Germany. Unfortunately, Quakers could be from most anywhere, but they kept very good records. However, many of all denominations were married by the first circuit riding preacher who came by, no matter the denomination. 3) Given name can help in the first generation or two, even the spelling, (always risky in genealogy). Georick, Joseph, Jacob, or other obvious German names; William, Robert, John, Charles, Elizabeth, Great Britain, Archibald, from Scotland. I have not researched names. However given names were used repeatedly in the early generations. 4) Who did they marry. Remember they spoke different languages. Where I now live (PA "Dutch" country) they still speak with a German accent -- when they even speak in English! 5) Where did they settle. NO British settled among the PA Dutch. The Scotch were sent further west to fight the Natives, or they went down the Shenandoah Trail. Deep South (Carolinas) was settled by Highland Scots. Georgia by English. 6) As I suspect all of you know, Northern Irish were Scots and indistinguishable from Lowland Scots and rabidly (still today) Presbyterian. 7) And finally, what kind of music did they like. What we call "country music" is Scottish in origin. The term "hillbilly" refers to Scots. George A Sharp, III (A Hillbilly from WV)

Ditto

FRANCIS MARION SHARP was born 7 NOV. 1831 in MERIWEATHER, GA. He married Martha Davis Porter, a widow, while he was in the Louisiana CSA. He came to TX with his brother, Moses, soon after Francis was released from POW prison in New Orleans. He raised his family in Houston Co TX (Latexo) and is buried in Crockett, Houston Co TX. Any information on his family in GA would be appreciated. Sue Davis

[email protected] wrote: > Scotch/English >> hi George and the list , What do we put down when > we do not know which is which ????? , For instantance , which line is the > Sharps in Ross Co Ohio 1850s from ? IE Issac Sharp , the one nobody on the > list knows about , Phil tell me more about your Issac [assume you mean he immigrated from Ireland?] -- Malcolm Schalick Sharp http://sharp.rootsweb.com --

In a message dated 2/28/00 6:26:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Sharps in Ross Co Ohio 1850s from ? IE Issac Sharp , the one nobody on the > list knows about , Phil tell me more about your Issac [assume you mean he immigrated from Ireland?] -- Malcolm Schalick Sharp >> hi Malcom , and the list , No , he was born in Ohio , Or so the 1900 census for his daughters says , Issac is the father of Caroline and Anna Sharp who married the Lenox brothers way back in the 1880 s ...... I have not been working on this part of the family for 2-3 years so am slightly foggy on the details , I gave up on posting way last year , Nobody answered .... I just haven`t spent any more time with it , I think I have the 1850 census page but am in the middle of other things now ..... Do You Know of a Issac Sharp married with children in Huntington Twp Ohio in the 1850s ? , Phil ,

No one should consider the Scots/English Sharps as 'one.' Malcolm Sharp sharp.rootsweb.com George Sharp wrote: > I thought I'd make my annual plea for those posting to the SHARP site to > indicate which Sharp family they are researching - the German one or the > Scotch/English one. It is a dead end looking into the wrong one, and it > is not always easy to tell from the posting, which you are talking > about. > > George A Sharp, III > Scotch/English > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ====

In a message dated 2/28/00 12:50:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I thought I'd make my annual plea for those posting to the SHARP site to indicate which Sharp family they are researching - the German one or the Scotch/English one. It is a dead end looking into the wrong one, and it is not always easy to tell from the posting, which you are talking about. George A Sharp, III Scotch/English >> hi George and the list , What do we put down when we do not know which is which ????? , For instantance , which line is the Sharps in Ross Co Ohio 1850s from ? IE Issac Sharp , the one nobody on the list knows about , Phil

I thought I'd make my annual plea for those posting to the SHARP site to indicate which Sharp family they are researching - the German one or the Scotch/English one. It is a dead end looking into the wrong one, and it is not always easy to tell from the posting, which you are talking about. George A Sharp, III Scotch/English

I'm sorry, but I do not have a copy of CD-507 so can not look-up any physicians. John [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Since one doesn't always know which Sharp one IS researching when getting started, the only thing to do is give as much information as one knows about the Sharps that one does know from the records identifying the people searched for. Things to include might be: Known Names Known Dates Known Places of the events Known in-laws &/or other relatives And while I don't want to rain on anybody's parade, as fiddle-footed as many of our ancestors were, it's always possible that some German origin Sharps are living in the same area as the Scots, Scots-Irish, English, etc. Sharps, or vice versa. Just be patient, weed through the info one has, and don't panic about which ethnic origin one's family might be when they've got a generic type name that encompasses many nationalities. Time enough when you find the immigrant ancestor to worry about which country he came from. I'd love to get mine back to that point. Karen

How do you tell?

Would love to if I only knew!!!!!

Thanks Priscilla I will check more into the info you sent. At this time anything will help. Lorilei ----- Original Message ----- From: Priscilla Sharp <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [SHARP-L] Letter of Apology > Dear Connie, Lorilei, Rita, and all: > > Please accept my apologies. I keep forgetting I have some Sharps from NY > in my father's mother's line to whom I am *very distantly* related, i.e.: > > Descendants of John Sharp <--- my fourth cousin three times removed > Generation No. 1 > 1. John1 Sharp was born 11 Jan 1829, and died in Lapeer, MI. He > married Isabella Willis 05 Mar 1849, daughter of Benjamin Willis and Anna > King. She was born 25 Dec 1829 in Darien, NY, and died in Lapeer, MI. > Children of John Sharp and Isabella Willis are: > 2 i. Linus2 Sharp, born 06 Dec 1850 in Dorchester, Ontario, > Canada; died 20 Mar 1864. > + 3 ii. Sophronia Sharp, born 28 Jan 1852 in Dorchester, Ontario, > Canada; died 18 Nov 1874. > 4 iii. Philo Sharp, born 20 Oct 1856 in Dorchester, Ontario, > Canada; died 18 Sep 1863. > 5 iv. Isabella Sharp, born 06 Jul 1858 in Dorchester, Ontario, > Canada. > 6 v. Benjamin Sharp, born 10 Jun 1861 in Dorchester, Ontario, > Canada. > > Generation No. 2 > 3. Sophronia2 Sharp (John1) was born 28 Jan 1852 in Dorchester, > Ontario, Canada, and died 18 Nov 1874. She married Arzel Tibits 11 Jan > 1872. He was born 09 Dec 1846, and died in Belmont, Elgin Dist., Ontario, > Canada. > Children of Sophronia Sharp and Arzel Tibits are: > 7 i. Mary3 Tibits, born 19 Aug 1872 in Dorchester, > Ontario, Canada. > 8 ii. Dora Tibits, born 22 Aug 1874 in Dorchester, > Ontario, Canada. > ___________________________________________________________________________ > _________ > > Descendants of James Sharp > Generation No. 1 > 1. James1 Sharp was born Abt. 1825. He married Ann Etherington. > She was born Abt. 1830. > Child of James Sharp and Ann Etherington is: > + 2 i. Sarah2 Sharp, born Abt. 1850. > > Generation No. 2 > 2. Sarah2 Sharp (James1) was born Abt. 1850. She married John > Leggett Palmer 17 Jun 1874, son of Alphe Palmer and Elizabeth Brickell. He > was born 26 Sep 1845 in 156 W. 11th St., New York, NY. > Child of Sarah Sharp and John Palmer is: > 3 i. Howard Sharp3 Palmer, born 23 Jun 1875 in Tenafly, Bergen, > NJ. > > I hope this is of some benefit to someone in the Sharp Family. :o) > > Priscilla > > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ==== > >

Dear Connie, Lorilei, Rita, and all: Please accept my apologies. I keep forgetting I have some Sharps from NY in my father's mother's line to whom I am *very distantly* related, i.e.: Descendants of John Sharp <--- my fourth cousin three times removed Generation No. 1 1. John1 Sharp was born 11 Jan 1829, and died in Lapeer, MI. He married Isabella Willis 05 Mar 1849, daughter of Benjamin Willis and Anna King. She was born 25 Dec 1829 in Darien, NY, and died in Lapeer, MI. Children of John Sharp and Isabella Willis are: 2 i. Linus2 Sharp, born 06 Dec 1850 in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Mar 1864. + 3 ii. Sophronia Sharp, born 28 Jan 1852 in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Nov 1874. 4 iii. Philo Sharp, born 20 Oct 1856 in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Sep 1863. 5 iv. Isabella Sharp, born 06 Jul 1858 in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada. 6 v. Benjamin Sharp, born 10 Jun 1861 in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada. Generation No. 2 3. Sophronia2 Sharp (John1) was born 28 Jan 1852 in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada, and died 18 Nov 1874. She married Arzel Tibits 11 Jan 1872. He was born 09 Dec 1846, and died in Belmont, Elgin Dist., Ontario, Canada. Children of Sophronia Sharp and Arzel Tibits are: 7 i. Mary3 Tibits, born 19 Aug 1872 in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada. 8 ii. Dora Tibits, born 22 Aug 1874 in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada. ___________________________________________________________________________ _________ Descendants of James Sharp Generation No. 1 1. James1 Sharp was born Abt. 1825. He married Ann Etherington. She was born Abt. 1830. Child of James Sharp and Ann Etherington is: + 2 i. Sarah2 Sharp, born Abt. 1850. Generation No. 2 2. Sarah2 Sharp (James1) was born Abt. 1850. She married John Leggett Palmer 17 Jun 1874, son of Alphe Palmer and Elizabeth Brickell. He was born 26 Sep 1845 in 156 W. 11th St., New York, NY. Child of Sarah Sharp and John Palmer is: 3 i. Howard Sharp3 Palmer, born 23 Jun 1875 in Tenafly, Bergen, NJ. I hope this is of some benefit to someone in the Sharp Family. :o) Priscilla

Rita, my family is basically from Lewis County. But, a SHARP descendant has sent me info from other parts of NY that link with mine. Quite an extensive listing that he sent me. Let me know what you are looking for and I will check the info he sent me and let you know if I find anything. Connie

Connie, I am interested in the location of your Sharpe's in upstate NY, too! Mine are located in Greene, Delaware and Broome counties. Or were at different times. Rita