John Sharp, II

John Sharp, carpenter, will dated July 7, 1742. Ex. Sarah Sharp, Mathews Sharp, and Richard FitzRandolph. Witnesses Joseph Marsh, Edward Grifin, Elisabeth Grifin. A Daniel Brittain, Perth Amboy, Middleton Co., NJ, cordwainer, sold to John Sharp of the same place, carpenter, for...., lot of land in Perth Amboy, NJ. Witnesses Joseph Leigh, James Dickenson. Recorded Jan 7, 1742/43. Daniel Britton's ancestor Nicholas Stillwell employed the Scotsman James Chrystee and both were soldiers for the Dutch. In an English uprising on Long Island, James Chrystee was killed. His widow Sarah married second Humphrey Clay- Britton Genealogy by Elmer Garfield Van Name, J.D., LL.D., 1970. John Sharp II was a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, pew 19. Gabriel Steel, friend of John Mathews, was in pew 23. John Sharp II was in the same church as Rev. William Skinner, who married Elizabeth Van Cortlandt and Andrew Johnston, who married Catharine Van Cortlandt. Perhaps John Sharp I worked for the Johnston and the Van Cortlandt families in New York City and Perth Amboy. History of Perth Amboy, New Jersey 1651-1960, William C. McGinnis A.B., A.M., PhD. Page 91 [Second Part] March 27, 1732, Andrew Johnston Cr by cash on Acct of Sharp and Hughes, 6-15-6, Note: John Sharp was a Perth Amboy Overseer in 1713. Miller. Ibid p66. John Sharp and Richard Hughes are listed as owners of pews No. 19 & No. 21 in St. Peter's Church in 1731. [John Sharp I was an overseer in 1713].