Benoni Sharp

Not the same as William Sharp, Jr. and not the husband of Rebecca Sharp

See note below: probably not a marriage but an illegitimate son.

Sv identifies the wife of Joseph Gannett as widow Sharp.

Jun 1682 • Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

The Scituate VRs however, have a birth record for Benoni Sharp, "s. Deborah (w. Joseph Gannett)", born two months before Deborah's marriage to Joseph. probably an illegitimate child, acknowledged by the father, so given the father's name.

Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), Vol. 1, p. 317. SHARP, Benoni, s. Deborah (w. Joseph Gannett), June ---, 1682

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Deborah Combs, Coombs, daughter of Henry Coombs, was a widow Sharp when she married Joseph Gannett 1660-1693,

Deborah was Mother of Benoni Sharp born Jun 1682 Scituate, she married next Joseph Gannett, son of Immigrant Matthew Gannett 1618-1695, Deborah married third Joseph House, aka Howes 1677-1732. Birth record of Benoni, name transcription error Cheap, record is obvious as Sharp.

Benoni Sharp moves to Fayette City, Pennsylvania, dies there 1750. His family recorded in a family tree, with conflated records.

Settlement of History of Scituate, by Samuel Deane 1881. Birth Record Benoni Sharp, son of Deborah Sharp, dau. of Henry Coombs Maine Biographies Vol 1 and II by Harriet B. Coe Vol I 477 images, image 374 of 477. ancestry.com, card catalog, sub. required.

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/morris/18979/

William Spencer of Wantage, Sussex Co 1737 or 39 to ABT DEC 1780 married Sarah Tharp (born 07 APR 1733) in ABT 1763.Sarah Tharp (Tharp, Tharpe, Thorp, Thorpe) was previously the wife of Job Tharp, deceased 1761, both of Woodbridge NJ.

Sarah's maiden name was SHARP or SHARPE.Her father was Benoni Sharp 1682-1750, mother unknown.

William Spencer and Sarah Sharp/Tharp had children:

1. Nathan Spencer 1764-1841
2. Ichabod Spencer 1766-1856
3. Sarah Spencer 1767-
4. William Spencer 1770- died young?
5. Elizabeth Spencer 1772-
6. Morris Spencer 1773-

After William Spencer's death in late 1780, it appears that Sarah married Samuel Morris of Wantage, sometime between 1783 and 1792.She appears on the rolls of the 1st Baptist Church of Wantage in 1783 as Sarah Spencer.Sarah Morris administered the estate of Samuel Morris in MAY 1792, and her son Ichabod Spencer was a bondsman.Samuel Morris was listed along with Nathan Spencer and Ichabod Spencer as an heir to William Spencer on a deed … I have no official record of the marriage of Sarah Sharp/Tharp/Spencer to Samuel Morris though.

References

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 7 2017, 20:38:30 UTC
• Jun 1682 • Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), Vol. 1, p. 317. “SHARP, Benoni, s. Deborah (w. Joseph Gannett), June ---, 1682.”
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Benoni_Sharp_(1)