Person:John Sharp (21)
John Sharp
b.12 Mar 1642/43 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.21 Apr 1676 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1643
  1. John Sharp1642/43 - 1676
  2. Abigail SharpAbt 1648 - 1712
  3. Mary Sharp1652 - 1689/90
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Sharp1642/43 - 1676
  • W.  Martha VoseAft 1641 - Aft 1686
m. Bef 15 Apr 1665
  1. Robert Sharp1665 - 1690
  2. Martha Sharp1667 -
  3. John Sharp1669 -
  4. Elizabeth Sharp1671 - 1743
  5. William Sharp1674 - 1751
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Facts and Events
Name John Sharp
Alt Name John Sharpe
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][5] 12 Mar 1642/43 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 15 Apr 1665 to Martha Vose
Death[2][3][4] 21 Apr 1676 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States The Sudbury Fight
References
  1. ↑ Sprague, Waldo C. Vital Records and Church Records of Braintree, Massachusetts.

    "Sharpe, John, s. Robert 12-[1]-1642 [Mar. 12 1642/3] VR1"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926)
    2:635.

    Sharpe, John, under the command of Capt. Sam[ue]ll Wadsworth, slain by the Indians at Sudbury, Apr. 21, 1676.

  3. ↑ Davis, Walter Goodwin. The Ancestry of Joseph Neal: 1769-c.1835 of Litchfield, Maine. (Portland, Maine: Portland, Maine : Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945, 1945)
    101.

    Children of Robert Sharp and Abigail Wright: John, b. 12 Mar 1643, "killed with his captain and many others, in the fight at Sudbury on April 21, 1676", m. Martha Vose.

  4. ↑ "Report on the Sudbury Fight, April, 1676", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    20:341.

    [An extensive report on the fight, whose primary purpose was to determine the date it o ccurred.]
    Suffolk Probate Records contain inventory of "John Sharpe, late of Muddy River (slain in the country's service)".

  5. ↑ "Abstracts of the Earliest Wills in Suffolk", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    10:84, 31:103.

    15 Apr 1665: Petition of mother "Abigaill Clapp" to discharge guardians bringing up children, notes that John is "22 years of age, and married".
    25 Apr 1665: "John Sharp, sonne of the late Robert Sharp, of muddy River" binds himself to pay "Abigaile & Mary Sharpe, his two sisters", pledging "my now dwelling house & land formerly ye dwelling house & land of my late father".

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