Source Citations for David Sharples

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Source Citations

book-genealogy-of-the-sharpless-family-1887: Gilbert Cope (compiler), Henry Fishwick, Joseph Lemuel Chester, Genealogy of the Sharpless Family: Descended from John and Jane Sharples, Settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682: …; Manchester, Indiana: Heckman Bindery, photocopy reprint of original published by Philadelphia: Dando Printing and Publishing Co. (“For the Family, under the auspices of the Bi-centennial Committee, Philadelphia”), 1887; book image (PDF), Internet Archive (https://archive.org: accessed 21 Apr 2018); held by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana [This book includes transcriptions and a few actual images of original wills and other documents.]

family-james-sharples-family-chester-mm: Family record for James Sharples, Mary Edge, and Mary Lewis, extracted from the Chester MM; U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 23 Dec 2021), “⟩ Pennsylvania ⟩ Chester Monthly Meeting (Lewis-Sme)”, image 3459; citing “Hinshaw, William Wade; William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College” [Records extracted from the minutes of 300 meetings, which were not included in the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I-VI, 1607-1940.]

Source Reference Details

Name Details

book-genealogy-of-the-sharpless-family-1887:

Reference Detail: Page 100 (PDF page 148)

Comment Detail: Source includes name (David [Sharples]).

family-james-sharples-family-chester-mm:

Comment Detail: Source includes name (David [Sharples]).

Birth Details

book-genealogy-of-the-sharpless-family-1887:

Reference Detail: Page 100 (PDF page 148)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (4 mo. 24, 1715 [old style]).

family-james-sharples-family-chester-mm:

Comment Detail: Source includes date (4(or 11)-24-1715) Because this is before the 1752 Gregorian and start-of-year calendar change in the UK, month 4 is June, month 11 is January.

Father Details

book-genealogy-of-the-sharpless-family-1887:

Reference Detail: Page 100 (PDF page 148)

Comment Detail: Source identifies David [Sharples] as a biological child of James Sharples.

family-james-sharples-family-chester-mm:

Comment Detail: Source identifies David [Sharples] as a child of James Sharples. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

Mother Details

book-genealogy-of-the-sharpless-family-1887:

Reference Detail: Page 100 (PDF page 148)

Comment Detail: Source identifies David [Sharples] as a biological child of Mary Lewis.

family-james-sharples-family-chester-mm:

Comment Detail: Source identifies David [Sharples] as a child of ([Mary Lewis]). The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

Research Notes Details

book-genealogy-of-the-sharpless-family-1887:

Reference Detail: Page 100 (PDF page 148)

family-james-sharples-family-chester-mm:

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