1. Would like to know what deed, will, Bible, court record or other primary source provides a birthdate for Elias Sharp of Spotsylvania County (it was not Orange, formed 1734 from Spotsylvania) as 1689. The earliest document relating to Elias to my knowledge is a deed of lease which was dated 22 Dec 1735 and acknowledged 3 Feb 1735/6. George Proctor conveyed to John Proctor and Elias Sharp (Spots.DB C, p 166). This would require Elias to have been 21 years old as of that date, placing his birth on or before 22 Dec 1714. 2. Location of the marriage record in King George? 3. Elias Sharp died intestate (or with a will bequeathing only personal property) about 1765. He had two or more sons, as George Sharp was his "eldest son and Heir at Law." (Spots. DB F, p 566, 3 Jun 1765) George had to be 21 to own the property in his own name as heir and to sell it. Thus George was born on or before 3 Jun 1744. The 150 acres sold by George was part of a larger tract devised by George Procter to his daughter Margaret, the wife of Elias Sharp. As the lands of Elias passed by descent, the size of the tract in the will of George Procter, when compared to the 150 acres inherited by George Sharp, would yield the number of children. By that time all children took equal shares. Do you have the terms of George Procter's will? His eldest son, George Procter, had moved to Prince George county by 1 Aug 1737. On that date he conveyed to his brother (John Procter) and brother-in-law (Elias Sharp) 436 acres on the branches of Hazel Run (which empties into the Rappahannock River in the present day city of Fredericksburg, after running easterly about 6 miles) in Spotsylvania county. The deed was executed to convey fee simple title to the land because George Proctor senr (who had died leaving a will between 3 Feb 1735/6 and 1 Aug 1737) had a drafting error in the will which caused ownership to pass to son George rather than to the intended devisees, son John and son-in-law Elias. (Spots DB C, p 236) 4. Thus Elias and Margaret had two or more sons. The Mary Sharp who married John Parks is given specific dates in several posted family histories, but with no indication of the basis for those dates. The marriage date of 20 Aug 1732 in King George county should be verifiable by a book and page of the marriage register of that jurisdiction. The source of a precise birth date of 20 Aug or 20 Oct 1715 for Mary might be from a baptismal record or a Bible, but the source is not given. The fact that it appears as both August & October indicates an original record probably denoted "8ber," (October being correct, it then being the 8th month of the year). There also have been posted reports of a second daughter named Susanna, who allegedly married one Jesse Boone, but no evidence has been seen to support that. 5. Origin of Elias. The only report, again without source, as to his origins was that he was transported from Newgate Prison. Have not checked various transportation lists. Hope that helps, a. sharp Audrey, Your Elisha Sharp sounds like the Elias Sharp who is my wife's 6th ggf. We don't have his ancestry either. 1. Elias SHARP was born in 1689 in Orange County, Virginia. Elias married Margaret PROCTOR daughter of George PROCTOR and Mary (PROCTOR) in 1714 in King George County, Virginia. Margaret was born about 1693 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia . She died in 1760 in King George County, Virginia. They had the following children: 2 F i. Mary SHARP was born on Oct 20 1715 in King George County, Virginia. She died about 1793 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Mary married John PARKS son of Thomas PARKS on Aug 20 1732. John was born on May 18 1706 in Virginia. He died in 1791 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.