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James Sharples
Last updated 1 Sep 2023 in Spear–Johnson Family.
Individual
Born: 5 Mar 1670/71 in , Hatherton, Cheshire, England
Died: Abt 1746 in Nether Providence Township, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
Father: John Sharples (? – 1685)
Mother: Jane Moore (1638 – 1722)
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.]
Reference Detail: Pages 68,100 (PDF pages 110,148)
Comment Detail: Source includes name (James Sharples).
book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970: Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed on multiple dates); citing “Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. (comp. and ed.) (et.al.), Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970, for the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania” [Consists of reprints of articles (with corrections and additions) of port documents from England.]
Reference Detail: Page 40 (image 52), accessed 30 May 2009
Comment Detail: Source includes name (James [Sharpless]).
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⟩ Chester Monthly Meeting (Lewis-Sme)”, image 3459; citing “Hinshaw, William Wade; William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College” [Records extracted from the minutes of 300 meetings, which were not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.]
Comment Detail: Source includes name (SHARPLES, James).
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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.]
Reference Detail: Pages 68,100 (PDF pages 110,148)
Comment Detail: Source includes name (1 mo. 5, 1670-1 [old style]) and location (Hatherton, Cheshire, Eng.). The location is supplied only on page 100.
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.]
Comment Detail: Source includes date (1-5-1671) Because this is before the 1752 Gregorian and start-of-year calendar change in the UK, month 1 is March. The year is presumed to be 1670/71.
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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.]
Reference Detail: Page 100 (PDF page 148)
Comment Detail: Source includes date (about 1746) and location (Nether Providence township, Chester (now Delaware) County, Pa.).
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.]
Comment Detail: Source includes location (Chester Co, Pa).
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book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970: Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed on multiple dates); citing “Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. (comp. and ed.) (et.al.), Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970, for the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania” [Consists of reprints of articles (with corrections and additions) of port documents from England.]
Reference Detail: Page 40 (image 52), accessed 30 May 2009
Comment Detail: Source identifies James [Sharpless] as a child of John Sharpless. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
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book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970: Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed on multiple dates); citing “Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. (comp. and ed.) (et.al.), Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970, for the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania” [Consists of reprints of articles (with corrections and additions) of port documents from England.]
Reference Detail: Page 40 (image 52), accessed 30 May 2009
Comment Detail: Source implies James [Sharpless] is a child of Jane Sharpless (because she is the wife of John Sharpless). The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
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Family #1
Spouse/Partner: Mary Edge (? – 1698)
Married: 3 Mar 1697/98
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.]
Comment Detail: Source includes date (1697-1-[3]) (Because this is before the 1752 Gregorian and start-of-year calendar change in the UK, month 1 is March.)
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.]
Reference Detail: Pages 68,100 (PDF pages 110,148)
Comment Detail: Source includes date (12 mo. 20, 1699 [old style]).
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.]
Comment Detail: Source includes location ([Haverford]) as an added printed note on the typed card. The name is difficult to read, but is most likely the same as the location of Mary Lewis' parents, and is probably where Mary lived after her immigration and before her marriage.
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.]
Reference Detail: Pages 68,100 (PDF pages 110,148)
Comment Detail: Source includes date (1 mo. 3, 1697-8 [old style]).
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Family #2
Spouse/Partner: Mary Lewis (1674 – abt 1753)
Married: 20 Feb 1699/00 in Haverford, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
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.]
Comment Detail: Source includes date (1697-1-[3]) (Because this is before the 1752 Gregorian and start-of-year calendar change in the UK, month 1 is March.)
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.]
Reference Detail: Pages 68,100 (PDF pages 110,148)
Comment Detail: Source includes date (12 mo. 20, 1699 [old style]).
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.]
Comment Detail: Source includes location ([Haverford]) as an added printed note on the typed card. The name is difficult to read, but is most likely the same as the location of Mary Lewis' parents, and is probably where Mary lived after her immigration and before her marriage.
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.]
Reference Detail: Pages 68,100 (PDF pages 110,148)
Comment Detail: Source includes date (1 mo. 3, 1697-8 [old style]).
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Child: Lydia Sharples (1700 – ?)
Child: Mary Sharples (1702 – abt 1780)
Child: James Sharples (1703 – 1775)
Child: Rachel Sharples (1708 – abt 1739)
Child: Sarah Sharples (1710 – abt 1800)
Child: Thomas Sharples (1712 – 1713)
Child: David Sharples (1715 – ?)
Child: Esther Sharples (? – ?)
Miscellaneous Facts
Events
Immigration: on the Friendship out of Liverpool, 14 Aug 1682 at Upland, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970: Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed on multiple dates); citing “Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. (comp. and ed.) (et.al.), Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970, for the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania” [Consists of reprints of articles (with corrections and additions) of port documents from England.]
Reference Detail: Page 40 text and footnotes 37,41 (image 52), accessed 30 May 2009
Comment Detail: Source includes presumed arrival date (14 Aug 1682), location (Upland [, Chester County, Pennsylvania]), ship name (Friendship) and departure port (Liverpool).
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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)
FOLLOWUP
John's parents were John and Jane [Sharples], from Cheshire, England. [family-james-sharples-family-chester-mm]
John and Jane Sharples and their family are sometimes noted as immigrating aboard the Welcome with Governor William Penn. However, a closer look at the port records from England show that the Sharples family did not arrive until August 1682, aboard the Friendship. [book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970]
book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970: Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed on multiple dates); citing “Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. (comp. and ed.) (et.al.), Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970, for the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania” [Consists of reprints of articles (with corrections and additions) of port documents from England.]
Reference Detail: Pages 16-17 (images 28-29), accessed 30 May 2009
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.]
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