Rebecca Sharp

Not the wife of Benoni Sharp

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Allen-19960

Rebecca Allen was born on 19 November 1705 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, the daughter of Judah Allen and Deborah Adams. Siblings listed on FamilySearch profile #LHKF-GTF were: Abigail, Hannah, Elizabeth, Benjamin and Mary.

Rebecca married William Sharp III on 23 October 1722 in Burlington, New Jersey. The same FamilySearch profile lists their children as:

1. Deborah Sharp - 1723–1782
2. Rachel Sharp - 1724–1767
3. Allen Sharp - 1726–1808
4. Mary E. Sharp - 1729–1788
5. Rebecca Sharp - 1730–1781

Her profile on Geni also lists John as her child.

Rebecca died on 17 October 1781 in Burlington, New Jersey.

Sources

"The Sharp Family of Southern New Jersey: 300 Years in New Jersey, 1682-1981", by Albert Stirling Adams, 1982. (https://www.worldcat.org/title/sharp-family-of-southern-new-jersey-...), Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Call Number: 929.273 Sh23a. Microfilm: 1033954 Item 2. Hard Copy personally verified: Rutgers University, Special Collections/University Archives (College Avenue). Call Number: CS71.S532 1982.

Ancestry Sources - a paid subscription with Ancestry is required in order to access:

Record for William Sharp. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), www.ancestry.com, Database online. (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=9256... &indiv=try). Record for Mary Sharp. (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=-683...).