SHARPE GENEALOGY AND MISCELLANY. !Jy w. G. SHfiJ:r.r:PEI Author of the "HISTORY OF SEYMOUR." RECORD PBDCT, 8E'fll0tm. COD. 1880. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the ye.v 1880, by W. C. SHARPE, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress. at Washington. COAT OF ARMS OF THE SHARPS OF HORTO:N. PREFACE. The following collection was commenced a11 a work for leisure hours, in collecting and for odd days in the printing room. As the work progressed the mate­ rial accnruulated beyond the compiler's most sanguine expectations, and the defects of arrangement which have re11ulted have in part been remedied by the table of" contents and by the completeness of the index at the close of the volume. Jiearty thanks are ten­ dered to all who have so freely and readily assisted in the collection. fhe compiler is especially indebted for valuable assistance to Miss Thomasin Elizabeth Sharpe, of Kensington, E11g., to Lucian Sharpe, Esq., of the firm of Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., Provi­ dence, R. I., to L. N. Sharp, M. D., of Woodstock, N. B.; anu to Richard Sharpe, Esq., of Wilkesbarre, Penn. CONTENTS. Origin of the Name, ••••••••••.•..•••••.•••.•••••••.•••..•••••• Page 73 Coata of Arms, Frontispiece, .•.•.•••....••.•..••.••••••.••••.. 35-41, 79 Families of Dot.ch and German Descent, ....•..•..•.••. 33, 34, 68-i2, 109 John Sharp,.Archbishop of York, andFamily, .......•.... 5-14, 75-80, 90 Other English Genealogies and Notes, .•••••....•....•••.•. as, 47, 69, 155 Families of Scot.ch Descent, ••••.....•.•..••..••.•..•..•.. 96, 97, 104, 137 Descendants of:Robert Sharp, of Brookline, .••••••••.••••••• 115-136, 160 Descendants of Thomas Sharp, of Stratford, ..•••.•••••• 17-27, 63-66, 67 New Brunswick Families, •••.••..•..•••••••••.•..•••••• 105-108, 140-146 New Jersey Families, .••••••••••...•...••••..•.•. : •. 47-62. 139, 146, 161 Virginia Families,.................. • • • • . • • • . • . • . • • . ••..•.. 113-114 PeDDSylvania Families, .••••....•....•.•.•.......••.••••........ 137, 158 Supplementary List of Immigrants. ...•••..........••..•..•.•••• 151-154 Index of Surnames, ..••..•.•....•....•.•..••.•...••........•....•...163 NOTE.-Where 11gures are placed at the right of names they indicate the generation, counting from the :first of the line given in the section so numbered. Figures on the left of the names are for reference or to in. dicat.e the number of children in a family. Pages 5 to 14 are compiled from ihe Life of JoM Sharp, D. D.,Lond., 1825, 2 vols., and Memoirs of Gran7Jille Sharp, Lond., 1828, 2 vols. The c-.h.aracter of .Archbishop Sharp js ably drawn in Bc11er'a BiBt. eu­ .4.nne, Lond., 1735. THOMAS SH.A.RP, OF BRADFORD. THOMAS SHARP of Bradford, in the county of York, Eng., married Dor9thy, eldest daughter of Mr. John Weddal of Widdington, a younger branch of the Weddal's of Earswick, n~r York. · Her mother was a daughter of the family of the Cutt.a of Cam­ bridgeshire-. He was the second son of the owner of an est.ate called Woodhouse, near Bradford, . being a younger branch of the Sharps of Little Horton, in the same neighborhood; among whom there had been kept up, not only a succession of Thomas and John alternately for many generations, but, wnat was much more for their credit, a taste for letters and polite studi~s ; for there were some among them who were well known for their writings, insomuch that, it was said to be rare to meet with so many of the learned- authors so nearly allied. Tkore1iby. The family of the Sharp's had been veey ancient in Bradfordale; but all the writings (except some reg­ isters) by which any farther knowledge of them might have been gained, were lost or destroyed at the_ taking of Bradford, in the civil wa.rs. He was not a little inclined to puritanism according to the temper of those times, and much favored the parliament party. He was in great favor 'With the 6 SHARPE GENE.A.LOGY. Lord Fairfax, who made his headquarters at his house in Bradford, and showed him all the kindness, and did him all the senice that he could. Among other ex­ pressions of his favor, his lordship o:trered him a com­ mission, which probably he bad accepted, bad not his wife who was a strenuous royalist, with great difficulty persuaded him not to accept it. During these troub­ lous times it was her particular care to instil her own principles of loyalty to the king and esteem for the liturgy into their children, with what effect is espec­ ially seen in the after rank and position of the eldest son John. He died in 1670. DR. JOHN SHARP, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK. DR. JOHN SHARP, Archbishop of York, son of Thomas Sharp of Bradford, was born at Bradford, on Shrove Sunday, Feb. 16th, 1644. His early training instilled into his mind that reverence for the Supreme Being which determined the pursuit of his subsequent life. He was sent to the school at Bradford until fifteen, during which time he was instructed by-bis father in writing shorthand and made to repeat every Sunday in the evening all that had been delivered that day in the congregation, which gave him such a perfect knowledge of this manner of writing as was afterwards of great service to him. At fifteen he had made such progress in learning as that his father determined. to send him direct to SHARPE GENEALOGY. 7 the University. He was admitted to Christ's College in Cambridge, April 26th, 1660, j11St before the resto­ ration of the King. In · his fourth college year be was made "Scholar of the Honse," and in 1667 he received his "Master's Degree." He entered Holy Orders August 12th, 1667, and was ordained Deacon and Priest the same day in St. Margaret's, West­ minster, by virtue of a faculty from the Archbishop of Canterbury, by the bands of Dr. Fuller, then Bishop of Limerick, afterwards of Lincoln. He was then appointed Chaplain and Instmctor in the family of Sir. Heneage Finch, Solicitor General, then living in Kensington house. In 1669 he was incorporated Master of Arts at Oxford. When twenty-eight years of age be was appointed by the King Archdeacon of Berks. He was instituted into the rectory of St. Giles, January 3, 1676. The next spring he married Elizabeth Palmer, of Winthrop, in Lincolnshire. In 1679 he received from the University of Oxford the degree of Doctor in Divinity. He continued Rector of St. Giles sixteen years, and of him during this time Bishop Burnett says "He was one of the most popu­ lar preachers of the age." In 16S1 King Charles appointed him Dean of Nor­ ~icb. April 20, 1686, he was appointed Chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, James II. About this time he lost two of bis sons in two days and buried them the third. .He was appointed to preach Sunday, Jan. 27th, before King William III, and on the 30th, be­ fore the Ho11Se of Commons. On September 7th, 8 SHARPE GENEALOGY. 1689, he was appointed Dean of Canterbury, and soon after the Bishopric of Norwich was offered him, which be declined, but he was soon nominated by the King Archbishop of York, and being duly elected was enthroned at York July 16th, and on October 5th, was introduced into the House of Lords. He was then forty-seven years of age and sat in the See of York over twenty-two years. Doring this time he compiled several works, among which were :-The li'fes and acts of the Archbishops from Paulinus, An. 625, and the History ·of York Minster.· He had issue, fourteen children-; seTen sons and seven daugh­ ters, of whom only two of each sex survived him. He died in 1713 and his body was interred at York in St. Mary's Chapel, where a sumptuous monument was erected. SHARPE GENEALOGY. 9 JOHN SH.ARP, OF GRAFTON P .ARK. JOHN SHARP, ESQ., of Grafton Park, was the eldest son of Dr. John Sharp, Archbishop of York. He married Anna Maria, ·daughter of Charles and Mary Hosier, of Berwick, county of Sa.lop. He served his country and her Majesty Queen Ann in several Parliaments, and at the Board of Trade. He was elected to the House of Commons from the Borough of Ripon. He was a polite scholar, an ac­ complished gentleman, a. most affectionate husband and father, a true friend, and a desirable companion. Beloved and esteemed by all who knew him, he died much lamented, at Grafton Park, March 9th, 1726, aged 49. He was buried in Wicken Church, North­ amptonshire. His wife, born Oct. 21, 1691, died Sept. 30, 1747. Children: JOHN HOSIER SHA.RP, died Jan. 6, 1734, re 13. ELr.z.A:BETH SHARP, married Thomas Prowse, Esq., of Axbridge, county of Somerset. MARY SHARP,· married James Booth, Esq. of Whitfield, in Hertfordshire. 10 SHARPE GENEALOGY. THOMAS SHARP, D. D. THOMAS SH.A.RP. D. D., Archdeacon of North­ umberland, son of Dr. John Sharp, Archbishop of York, was born Dec. 12, 1693. He distinguished himself in the Hutchinsonian con­ troversy, in which his accurate knowledge of the Hebrew tongue gave him a decided advantage over Mr. Hutchinaon and his followers. His "Tr.i.ct on the Rulric" and "Canons of the Church of. Eng­ land" are highly esteemed, as indeed are all bis charges to the clergy of Northumberlancl, over whom he presided many years as Archdeacon. He was a Prebendary of the Cathedral and Colle - giate Churches of York, Southwell and Durham, Rector of Rothbury, and one of Lord Crewe's Trus­ tees. He was eminent not only for piety and pru­ dence, but great learning and critical judgment. He died in 1758, and was buried in the West End of the Cathedral Chur-::h ,,f Durham, in the chapel cal1ed the Gallilee, as was also hia wife Judith, who was born in 1700 and died in 1757.