In a message dated 7/22/2000 5:05:14 AM Central Daylight Time, BRaySharp writes: << The second source I have is a Family History Report titled "A History of > The Sharp Family - The Descendants of Edward Sharp of Mecklenbury County > North Carolina" >> I am interested in one bit of information from this book. so far as I know, I have no connection with Sharps in North Carolina. But I do descend from an Edward Sharp who settled in /Botetourt, Va., and died there in 1750. It appears that he came from Pennsylvania, and I and several other researchers have tied him to a Sharp line there that includes his father, Henry, and his grandfather, Edward, and several brothers and uncle. I have been told quite strongly that this connection is in error, that Henry and the first Edward belong instead to the family of Edward Sharp in North Carolina. What do you have on the antecedents of Edward Sharp of North Carolina? Thanks for your help love joan