Samuel Sharples

Important:

Samuel Sharples appears to be the son of the Deputy Gov. John Sharples but this has not been confirmed. Both father and son(?) were on the Isle of Man. Both had background as soldiers. They've been connected here as father and son by me, to enhance further research on their pedigrees

what we do know for certain

While in the military and stationed on the Isle of Man, Samuel Sharples was married to Ellin (sic) Preston but then had relations with his wife's sister Jane. This adulterous union led to the birth of a child. All three subsequently moved to Ireland. Years later both Samuel and Jane confessed their sins to Quaker elders in writing. The Sharples family were kinsmen for several generation to a Royalist family of Lancashire. The Royalist fortunes faltered in during the rise of Cromwell about the time Samuel Sharples was born... We don't know for certain that the Isle of Man's Dep. Gov. John Sharples was his father... He could have been more distantly related. {MMvB, researcher and profile manager Oct 8 2019}

When his son, JOHN married (Mar. 30, 1687) Samuel was not among the witnesses

research Sharples in the Isle of Man

Dep. Gov. John Sharples buried the 8th of Dec 1662 at Marown, Isle of Man image available at
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9396-CYV7-D?i=97&cc=178...
~• this added here because John may be closely related to Samuel

• Name Samuel Sharpless Birth 1634 at Castletown, Isle of Man
• Son John Sharpless
• Source Click here to view record on FamilySearch

otherwise: https://archive.org/stream/immigrationofiri00myer/immigrationofiri0... < one wonders if there is a connection with the late American Sharpless Quaker family and the president of Haverford College. (see discussion)

estimated DOB

date of birth would have to be at least 17 years before he became convinced in the Quaker faith and probably well before that.