Source Citations for Mary Lewis

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Note that these are only source citations and reference details, and do not necessarily establish a fact beyond dispute. They are, however, sufficient (either individually or in combination) to make the compiler believe the associated facts are true.

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⟩ Chester Monthly Meeting (Lewis-Sme)”, image 3459; citing “Hinshaw, William Wade; William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College” [Records extracted from the minutes of 300 meetings, which were not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 68,100 (PDF page 110,148)

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Mary Lewis).

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

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Mary LEWIS).

Birth Details

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

Reference Detail: Page 100 (PDF page 148)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (5 mo. 10, 1674 [old style]) and location (Glamorganshire, Wales).

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

Comment Detail: Source includes date (5-10-1674) and location ([Clamogen], Shire, Wales [the shire name is difficult to read, and is not being noted as a conflict at this time]). Because this is before the 1752 Gregorian and start-of-year calendar change in the UK, month 5 is July.

Death Details

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

Reference Detail: Page 100 (PDF page 148)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (about 1753) and location (Nether Providence [, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania]). Note that the date of death appears to be disconnected from Mary and attached to James, but James' death date is shown as about 1746 earlier in the paragraph.

Marriage Details

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

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:

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.

Research Notes Details

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

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