I am trying (oh so desperately..)to find the parents of my Catherine Louise SHARP. She married George HAWORTH in July, 1852 Albany NY. He died and she remarried James HARROP. They ended up in Adams, Berk, MA. I have very old certificate of Catherine's marriage to Haworth but no parents listed. A great uncle once wrote down some names connected to her family and listed sisters as Margaret, Jane, Laura and a brother Absalom. He never mentioned parents names except that mother of Catherine was related to VanDeusens some how or other. census 1850 Albany NY: David SHARP 48 carter born NY b 1802 Hannah SHARP age 18 or 28 (can't read) born NY Laura SHARP 16 NY b.1834 Jane SHARP 14 NY b. 1836 Absalom SHARP 9 NY b. 1841 David SHARP 2 NY b. 1848 John (middle name illeg) SHARP 5 NY b. 1845 found a marriage of Lara SHARP to Charles Bedell 1862 Albany on IGI Uncle mentioned she married a Bedell census 1840 Albany has David SHARP with 5 including self- male 30-40 ) female 5-10 female 10-15 female 15-20 female 30-40 no success yet finding him in 1860 Any takers out there for this group? Betsy Rubel beharu@attbi.com G O R V E T T pages http://www.angelfire.com/ct2/beharu/index1.html

Betsy, it looks like you're on the right track. As I work on the New York Sharp families, I will see if I can find anything. Bill Hull