Joseph Sharpless and Lydia Lewis

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Husband Joseph Sharpless

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           Born: 28 9th mo 1678 - Hatherton, Cheshire, England
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           Died: 1757 - Middletown, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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         Father: John Sharples (1624-1685)
         Mother: Jane Moor (1638-1722)

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       Marriage: 31 3rd mo 1704 - Havorford Friends' Meeting House

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Wife Lydia Lewis

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           Born: 8 3rd mo 1683 - Glamorganshire, Wales
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           Died: 1763 - Pennsylvania
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         Father: Ralph Lewis (      -1712)
         Mother: Mary (      -1704)

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Children

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1 M Joseph Sharpless

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           Born: 8 7th mo 1707 - Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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           Died: 4 1st mo 1769 - Middletown Friends' Burying Ground
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         Spouse: Mary Pyle (1723-1812)
           Marr: 19 4th mo 1740 - Concord MM

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2 F Susanna Sharpless

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           Born: 18 12th mo 1705 - Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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3 M Benjamin Sharpless

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           Born: 26 Nov 1708-1709 - Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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           Died: 16 3rd mo 1785 - Middletown, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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4 M Samuel Sharpless

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           Born: 7 12th mo 1710/11 - Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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           Died: 24 11th mo 1790 - Middletown, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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5 F Lydia Sharpless

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           Born: 7 8th mo 1713 - Middletown, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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           Died: 1741 - Middletown, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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6 M Nathan Sharpless

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           Born: 7 9th mo 1715 - Middletown, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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           Died: 1741
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7 F Jane Sharpless

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           Born: 4 12th mo 1718 - Middletown, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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           Died: 1775
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8 M Abraham Sharpless

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           Born: 7 1st mo 1720 - Middletown, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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           Died: 1784 - Nether Providence, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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9 M Jacob Sharpless

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           Born: 14 10th mo 1722 - Middletown, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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           Died: 19 7th mo 1775 - Concord MM
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10 M William Sharpless

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           Born: 1 3rd mo 1725 - Middletown, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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           Died: 4 5th mo 1751 - Concord MM
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General Notes (Husband)

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He built the old Sharpless house at Ridley Park, near Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1700.

The Sharpless Bible, printed in London in 1697, belonged to Lydia Lewis in 1703. Shemarried Joseph Sharpless in 1704 and the bible contains the records of John Sharples, the immigrant's children adn those of Joseph and Lydia (Lewis) Sharpless' family. It has been the basis of much of the Sharpless genealogy.

Joseph Sharpless was constable for Nether Province in 1702-3. He was overseer for Chester Monthly Meeting in 1706. He was an overseer of Middletown Meeting in 1715 and Lydia (Lewis) Sharpless was made an overseer of that Meeting the same year.

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