Tidbits

Silverelk Tidbits

The pages listed below are bits and pieces of information we hope you find useful. This may be found on other websites, but I like this page better.

• Kinship Names

Offsite Tidbits

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• Gregorian Calendar Adoption Dates by Country (Wikipedia)
• Quaker Abbreviations (Swarthmore College)
• Quaker Calendar (Swarthmore College)

Brad and Pam's Ancient Family Connection

While doing this research we have found at least one point where our two families appear to connect, other than the obvious connection of our own marriage. The connection isn't a common ancestor, so we're not cousins of any degree; we are related only by a second, distant marriage. Still, we find the fact that our extended families crossed paths almost three centuries ago to be interesting. The individuals are:

• Rachel Sharpless (1708 – 1738?) is a direct ancestor to Pam, 9 generations removed. Rachel's sister Sarah Sharpless (who is not currently in Pam's database, but can be found as Sarah Sharples in Bradley's database) is thus not Pam's direct ancestor, but a seventh-great aunt.
• Richard Woodward (1636 – 1706) is a direct ancestor to Bradley, 9 generations removed. Richard's grandson Edward Woodward Jr. (1707 – 1746) is not Brad's direct ancestor, but a first cousin, seven times removed.

The family tree connection is that Edward Woodward Jr. (Bradley's cousin) married Sarah Sharples/Sharpless (Pam's great aunt) on 21 Mar 1733/34.