Source Citations for John 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.]

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.]

Source Reference Details

Name Details

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

Reference Detail: Page 68 (PDF page 110)

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

book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970:

Reference Detail: Page 40 (image 52), accessed 30 May 2009

Comment Detail: Source includes name (John [Sharpless]).

Birth Details

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

Reference Detail: Page 68 (PDF page 110)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (11 mo. 16, 1666 [old style]) and location (Blakenhall [, Cheshire, England]).

Father Details

book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970:

Reference Detail: Page 40 (image 52), accessed 30 May 2009

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

Mother Details

book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970:

Reference Detail: Page 40 (image 52), accessed 30 May 2009

Comment Detail: Source implies John [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.

Miscellaneous Facts Details “Events”

book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970:

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).

Research Notes Details

book-passengers-and-ships-prior-to-1684-1970:

Reference Detail: Pages 16-17 (images 28-29), accessed 30 May 2009