C S “ Enteredacco rding t o act o f Co ngres s ,in the year he o fii e o f he L ibr ri n o f b W . S H A R P E in t c t a a o n re y C , Q g s s , n o n a t W as hi gt . 0 0 0 c c t 0 . i A, 0 t o . 0 4 O . o Q o , ¢ t r a ns a c s . E S P E OT fo r and a laudable curio sity t o ’ kno w so mething o f o ne s ances try, are well ‘ ‘ rewarded when upo n due s earch they are fo und o f s uch varied s tatio n and interes t as are tho s e who s e reco rd is briefly given in t h fo l o in a es e l w g p g . mo n th s ce an s f the ar A bg e de nd t o Sh ps r in rk hi n an ere D r o f Bradfo d Y o s re, E gl d w . Jo h n Sharp A rchbis ho p o f Yo rk ; his s o n Thomas , r bo rn 1 6 93 , Archdeaco n of No rthumberland , and Gran v e h 1 n o f the rc eac famo us as av n ill S a p, s o A hd o n, h i g been t he principal pro mo ter o f t he abo litio n of s lavei y a s o f in t he Wes t Indies ; J mes Sharpe, Archbi h o p S t . i ' ' n re rn in B anfis hire in 1 61 8 and raham A d ws , bo ; Ab a a a e r Sh rp , famo us m thematician, bo rn at Littl H o to n t he mer an f h an c t he in1 6 51 . On A ic s ide o t e Atl ti s ame predilectio n fo r Theo lo gy s eem to attach to the f amue a am1 l nam We ere o n name R ev . S S r y e. h ly l h p ‘ f n m a r an o o o n f a R ev . o Bo s to , R ev . S l S h rp o M yl d, h an e ar o f s s o ur and R v ames . S ar D i l Sh p Mi i , e . J M p o f u ar na I n u e a ff n e was S o th C o li . q it di ere t fi ld Benn S harp o f Mis s o uri ,ando thers who will be men t i ned r a t r The o r is nc m e et uts i o he e f e . w k i o pl te, y p n co nvenient fo rm t he material which has been accumu fo r m ear u lating s o e y s , ho ping that in a fut re editio n at h th which is new lacki ng m ay be s upplied . T e preparatio n o f the f ollo wing pages has been facilitat ed re erence to the e f n har u s e by f Lif o D r. Jo h S p, p bli h d in Lo ndo n m 1 825 ; Life o f Granville S harp publis hed ’ ¢ in Lo ndo n m 1 828; Yo ung s Chro nicles o f M as s achus ’ etts ; Winth ro p s New E ngland ; Co lo nial R ecords o f C o nnecticut ; General Dictio nary of N ew E ngland ; Geneo logical Jo urnal ; vario us To wn and Pro b ate R eco r s am R eco r s etc The am name has d ; F ily d , . f ily ” een s e e e t er o r o u t he “ e acco n “ b p ll d i h _ with with t rdi g to t he cus o m o f eac n a r t h i dividu l refe red to . m Thomas andSa uel Sharpeof Bos ton. rn i 1 Tho m as S harp e, bo n E ngland 580, t c he n ‘ was appo inted as s is tant o Endi ott,t ew Go verno r ' n 1 2 H e s a e r m n o f Mas s achus etts , i 6 9. il d f o Lo ndo o n t he Arabella in t he fleet with Wins hipfiaand was pres ent at t he co urt held o n the Arabella March 23rd, e as the s mem er o f the H w os n . 1 629. ixth b B to Church ' H e filled his oflice o f As s is tant t o the Go vernor, as it w as then termed , and member of the Co uncil of Mas s achus etts C o lony wit ho ut interruptio n until pers o nal mis fo r t unes caus ed him t o lo ng t o return t o t he land o f v his nati ity . his Thes e were the death o f daughter, January 30t h, 1 and' t he urn n o f is o s e arch1 t h 1 63 , b i g h h u M 7 by the Indians H e embarked at S alem with S ir R ichard S alto ns tall h s andfamily o n board t e Lion Whelp , April l s t ,1 631 , n 30th andarrived in Lo ndo April . h S amuel S harp e s ailed fro m t e Hope, a reach in n in h t he Thames ,,j us t belo w Graves e d, t e GeorgeBo na h ar r of a s 1 ventura, and was t e be e dis p tche fro m “ 6 Ki ng , Charles I , t o the Mas s achus etts Co lony, contain v n co andhis o nc t . H e ing i ns tructio ns o Go E di tt C u il. “ n 3th 2 H e was u n arrived at S alem Ju e 1 , 1 6 9. R li g ” Elder of t he Church in S alem until his death in B oth Tho mas and S amuel Sharpe are frequently ’ ’ mentio ned in Winthro p s New England ,Yo ung s Chro n f ioles of Mas s achus etts , General Dictionary o N ew England,Genealogical Jo urnal ,85 0. 44 1 1 01 1 1 8SHARP . Thomas S harp o f Bradford , in the co unty of Yo rk married Do rothy,eldes t daughter of M r. Joh n Weddal ’ of Widdingto n, a yo unger branch of the Weddal s of mo was a a f ea o r . H er e u e Ears wick ,n r Y k th r d ght r o thefamily of the Cutts in C ambridges hire. H e was the second s o n of theowner of an es tate call edWoo dhous e, near Bradfo rd,being a younger branch of the S harps of Little Horton, in the s ame neighb hoo d $ amo ng whom there hadbeen kept up , not o nly a succes s ion of Thomas andJohn alternately fo r many generatio ns ,but,what was much mo re for their credit,a t aste fo r letters andpo lite studies , for there were s ome amo ng them who were cons iderablefor their writings ,ia s omuch that,it was s aid to berareto meet with s o many o f t h ea a e l rned utho rs s o nearly allied . ’ The family of the S harp s hadbeen very ancient in Bradfo rdale but all thewritings ( except someregis ters) by which any further kno wledge of them might have been gained,werelo s t o r destro yed at thetaking of Brad o n t . f rd ,i he civil wars . 6 H e Was not a little inclined t o puritanis m acco rding m t o t he te per of tho s e times ,andmuch favo red the p ar iam nt a t H e as in r a av ht he r l e p r y . w g e t f o r wit Lo d is Fairfax , who m ade his headquarters at h ho us e in ra o r ands o e him all the n nes s and him B df d , h w d ki d , did all t he s erv c a h c u mo n o er e res s o ns i e th t e o ld . A g th xp i o f his favo r,his lords hip offered him a commis s io n,which probably he had accepted , hadno t his wife who was a enu u r a s a f r a him s tr o s oy li t , with gre t di ficulty pe s u ded n t ac ur n es e rou us mes was ot o cept it .