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- Son of Lydia Lewis (daughter of Mary and Ralph Lewis; born 1683 Wales–died 1763 Pennsylvania) and Joseph Sharples (son of Jane Moor and John Sharples, who immigrated from Cheshire, England to Delaware County, Pennsylvania; born 1678 England–died 1757, Middletown, Delaware County, PA). He was born 7 mo 8, 1707, in Nether Providence Twp, and died 1 mo 4, 1769, in Middletown Twp. He married Mary Pyle at Concord Friends Mtg on 4 mo 19, 1740.
His parents conveyed to their oldest son, Joseph, a messuage or tenement and two tracts of land in Middletown in August 1734. One tract consisted of 60 acres and the other was 100 acres. In February 1739, Joseph conveyed part of the 60 acres to his brother Samuel. Joseph died intestate.
Sources:
Blanche Moore Haines, comp, Ancestry of Sharpless Moore and Rachel (Roberts) Moore, 1937, pp. 53–54.
Bart Anderson, ed., The Sharples–Sharpless Family, Vol. I, West Chester, PA, 1966, p. 28.
Children:
Jacob Sharples born the 21st day of 4th mo. 1741
Joseph born 31st of the 3rd mo. 1743
Daniel born the 30th of the 5th mo. 1745
Hannah born the 20th of the 12th mo. 1747
Caleb born the 12th of the 3rd mo. 1750
William born the 4th of the 10th mo. 1752
Mary born the 2nd of the 9th mo. 1756
Amos born the 7th day of 4th mo. 1759
Nathan born the 27th of the 9th mo. 1761
Benjamin born the 7th of the 8th mo. 1764
Jonathan born the 17th of the 10th mo. 1767
—Quaker Meeting Records, Chester Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pennsylvania
NOTE: Place of burial not known, but his wife is buried in this cemetery.
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1707 - 1769 (62 years)
