Person:Matilda Sharpe (1)

Matilda Sharpe

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m. 31 May 1768

m. 21 May 1788

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Name^[1]	Matilda Sharpe
Married Name^[1]	Mrs. Matilda Erwin
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	4 Mar 1769	Rowan (later Iredell) County, North Carolina
Marriage	21 May 1788	North Carolina, United Statesto William Willoughby Erwin
Death^[1]	29 Jul 1846	North Carolina, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matilda Sharpe, in McDowell, John Hugh. History of the McDowells, Erwins, Irwins and connections. (Memphis: C.B. Johnston, 1918).

p 202 - ... She was the daughter of Hon. William Sharpe and his wife, Catherine Reese, who was the daughter of David Reese, one of the signers of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence. Matilda Sharpe was born March 4th, 1769, and died July 29th, 1846.

There were born to William Willoughby Erwin and Matilda Sharpe sixteen children, all of whom reached maturity with the exception of one daughter, who died at the age of one year. ...