Do you have any info on Robert Sharpe? I believe he died circa 1782. I have a copy of an article about his will. He had a son William (first wife was executed as a child murderer; second wife Elizabeth was the executor of her father-in-laws will) who had a son William from whom my husband is descended.
I have some info on Robert Sharp who is known as the "testator" He left a will as you said and his son's second wife, Elizabeth, was left in charge of is estate I guess until her death. Apparently, from an entry in the local paper, that Martha was excecuted for murdering one of her children. The researchers I worked with believe Martha is William's first wife and the mother of his children. They do not believe Eliz to be the mother. Robert lived with them or they lived with him. He left all the children objects of his and land. None of this has been proven, except what is written in Robert Jr's will. Because documents are so rare for this family at this time, William and Martha's marriage had no record. Someone may have found it by now. I haven't done research on this line for many years and just gave up when I hit a brick wall. If you have gedcom capabilities, I can send you a gedcom file to give you what I have on these Sharps...LMK me know and we can trade info. I would be curious to which one of Robert's children you come from. We come down the line from William, Julius and Henry Sharp who m. Esther McCormick. They settled in the Promise City area in Corydon Iowa and this is where my huband's grandmother's line began. There is a Museum and Historical Society on Hwy 2 in southern Iowa, who has a lot of information I gathered from. Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [SHARP-L] Henrico Sharpes > Do you have any info on Robert Sharpe? I believe he died circa 1782. I have > a copy of an article about his will. He had a son William (first wife was > executed as a child murderer; second wife Elizabeth was the executor of her > father-in-laws will) who had a son William from whom my husband is descended. > > > ==== SHARP Mailing List ==== > > >