Sarah Morris

Sarah Sharp

• Birth: 7 April 1733 (per Bible Record)
• Death: after 1792, Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey, United States
• Parents: Benoni Sharp & an unknown woman
• Wife of Job Tharp — married 10 Jan 1750 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, Province of New Jersey (2nd wife)
• Wife of William Spencer — married 1764 [location unknown]
• Wife of Samuel Morris - married between 1787 and 1792 [not certain]

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Disambiguation

Do not confuse with Sarah Sharp, daughter of William Sharp and Hannah Austin, who married Barzilla Prickett.

Biography

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.

Children of Sarah and Job Thorp:

1. Mary b. April 30, 1752
2. Hannah b. Oct. 12, 1753
3. Rhueben b. Jan. 16, 1755 - Feb. 8, 1848. Married Hannah Lobdell.
4. Jennet b. March 21, 1757
5. Eunes b. June 19, 1761

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

1. from New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985 Name: Job Tharp Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 10 Jan 1750 Event Place: New Jersey, British Colonial America Gender: Male Father's Name: Benimano Tharp Spouse's Name: Sarah Tharp Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Marital Status: Single Spouse's Father's Name: Mathew Tharp Spouse's Mother's Name: Be... Tharp
2. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thissenfa... (dead link)
3. http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/morris/18979/
4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sharp-2689 Shows wrong parents (William Sharp & Hannah Austin) and birth date 7 Apr 1733 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, Province of New Jersey. Cites:
   1. The Spencer children and their birthdates are also listed in the Liston Bible.
   2. Bible records of Family Bible published by McCarty and Davis No. 171 Market Street, Philadelphia, I. Ashmead and Company, printers, title page bears date 1831.
5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tharp-315 Cites
   1. Orra Eugene Monnette, First settlers of ye plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, Olde East New Jersey, 1664-1714: a period of fifty years (1931), vol. 2, p. 261.
   2. Joseph Dally, "Woodbridge and Vicinity: The Story of a New Jersey Township" (1873), p. 349.
   3. Ancestry.com - OneWorldTree
   4. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128094031/http://www.thorpedna.org...
   5. Birthdates for the children of Job Thorpe and Sarah Sharp are written in the Thorpe family bible. According to researcher Jo Weaver, the bible was once owned by Thankful Thorpe Liston, a granddaughter of Reuben Thorpe. It is now owned by Edward Thorp King, great-grandson of Thankful Thorpe Liston.
   6. Genealogy of some early families in Grant and Pleasant Districts, Preston County, West Virginia : also the Thorpe family of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and the Cunningham family of Somerset County, Pennsylvania; Authors: King, Edward Thorp, 1895- (Main Author); Format: Books/Monographs/Book on Film; Language: English; Publication: Tucson, Arizona : W.C. Cox, 1972; Physical: on 1 microfilm reel ; 16 mm; Pages: 74 and 143
   7. Bible records of Family Bible published by McCarty and Davis No. 171 Market Street, Philadelphia, I. Ashmead and Company, printers, title page bears date 1831.
6. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Spencer-7407 Cites
   1. Edward Thorp King. "Genealogy of Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasant Districts, Preston County, West Virginia, Also the Thorpe Family of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and the Cunningham Family of Somerset County, Pennsylvania". Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977. Extracts from the Family Bible of Thankful Thorp Liston reportedly transcribed by her great grandson the author listed on p 143 < GoogleBooks >