--- On Fri, 4/22/11, DAVID BROWN <[email protected]> wrote: From: DAVID BROWN <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] John Sharp(e), died by 1763, Married Susannah Hoard/Hord, Daughter of Thomas Hoard/Hord & Jane Miller To: [email protected] Date: Friday, April 22, 2011, 5:56 PM I inquired the other day as to whether John Sharpe who married Susannah Hoard may have been a son of Elias Sharp (who married Margaret Proctor).   The following record was of relevance concerning my inquiry:     >From "Hord Family of Virginia," 1915 by Arnold Harris Hord: In the Order Book of King George County, 1751-55, pp. 102-103, "Thomas Hord, Junior, Benjamin Strother, Robert Elliston and Peter Jett, are appointed Jurors." July 4, 1763, Susannah Sharp was administrator of John Sharp, deceased, with Thomas Hord.   Since I posted my inquiry, I've discovered a couple of associations which may circumstantially support John Sharpe as son of Elias Sharp.   The first association is through Thomas James who purchased land from George Sharp which was inherited from Elias Sharp.   A few years later, it seems that one of the executors of Thomas James' will was Thomas Hoard, possible brother-in-law of John Sharpe, who "may have been" brother to George Sharp.  I'm pasting the record of the land transaction below.     The second association is from a record I found in Caroline Co., VA which I am also including below.  The Caroline Co., VA record shows association between George Sharp and the Miller family.  Supposedly, Susannah Hoard who married John Sharpe had maternal grandfather Simon Miller (would be nice to have proof of this statement, if anyone happens to know).   Again, I'm including the relevant records below.   Thanks and Happy Easter to all.   David     Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 DEEDS:   DEED BOOK F 1761-1766, page 242:  June 3, 1765. George Sharp and Mary, his wife, of Spts. Co., to Thomas James of Fredksbg. £35 curr. 150 a. in Spts. Co., part of a tract of land devised by George Proctor, Decd., to his daughter, Margaret, who inter-married with Elias Sharp, father of the sd. George Sharp, who is eldest son and heir at law of sd. Elias, who dying intestate, whereby sd. land descended to the sd. George, party to these presents, etc. Witnesses, J. Lewis, Chs. Robinson, Geo. Stubblefield, Francis Taliaferro, John Chew. June 3, 1765.      >From Amanda Douglass (I am only including snippets of the will in attempt to keep this as condensed as possible):   Ref: Abstracts of Fauquier County, Virginia Wills, inventories and Accounts 1759-1800 by John K Gott, PP 77 and 78.    Will of Thomas James of Fauquier County, VA, 1729 - About 1776.   From RootsWeb Message Board, Fauquier Co. posted by Kathleen Clifton-Duval, 1/23/2000:    In the name of God Amen, I Thomas James of the County of Fauquier... ITEM: My will is that my Executors make salle of the following tracts and Lotts of Land to wit: The land in Spotsylvania County that I purchased of George Sharpe, my Lott and houses in the Town of Fredricksburg, know by the name, Long Ordinary and one thousand acres of the land I have purchased of Warner Washington....Lastly I so constitute and appoint my friends, Charles Bruce, Thomas Hoard, Gerard Banks, and my brother, John James, Executors; to this my last Will and Testament.     {CE.OB-03/89}  “Virginia County Court Records – Order Book Abstracts of Caroline County, Virginia 1765-1767” Edited & Published by Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press.   “Ordered Simon Miller, John Miller, Richard Alcock & George Sharp or any three of them do appe. The Estate of Richd. Satterwhite being first sworn.”