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The Sharp family first appears in the neighborhood of Sandy Ridge in Delaware Township in 1750.

Sandy Ridge, part four

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This article continues my exploration of the neighborhood of Sandy Ridge by presenting the first half of Egbert T. Bush’s article “Sandy Ridge Long a Farm Community.” There could be no better expert on the subject than Mr. Bush, who lived in Sandy Ridge for many years and taught at the old Vandolah School.

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Sharp Family Tree

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Robert Sharp immigrated from Deal, Kent County England to Philadelphia prior to the Revolution. He moved to Princeton and apprenticed as a shoemaker before settling in Hunterdon County. He married Rachel Ent, one of the twelve children of Valentine Ent and Susannah Moore about 1778, while the Revolution was in progress. The family is discussed in Egbert T. Bush’s article “Sandy Ridge Long a Farm Community,” published as Sandy Ridge, part four.

First Generation

(1) Robert Sharp (1748 – 1833) & Rachel Ent (~1757 – 1849)

Second Generation

|     (2) Mary Polly Sharp (1780 – 1832) & Daniel Lambert (c.1785 – ?)
|     (2) William Sharp (1782 – 1834) & Esther Hester Butterfoss (1788 – 1868)
|     (2) Silas Edward Giles Sharp (1784 – 1825) & Sarah Leah Holcombe (1790 – bef.1822)
|     (2) Jacob Runk Sharp (1786 – 1872) & Keziah Stevenson (1798 – 1861)
|     (2) Col. John Sharp (1792 – 1876) & Maria Holcombe (1805 – 1863)
|     (2) Thomas Sharp (1796 – 1800)
|     (2) Sealey Sharp (1799 – 1854)

Third Generation

|     (2) Mary Polly Sharp & Daniel Lambert
|     |     (3) Robert Lambert (c.1810 – ?) & Martha Van Clief Everitt (1807 – ?)
|     |     (3) Ann Lambert (c.1811 – ?)
|     |     (3) Rebecca Lambert (1813 – 1885) & Thomas Sharp (1807 – 1884)
|     |     (3) Rachel Lambert (1815 – 1839) & Wilson B. Rittenhouse (1813 – 1881)

|   (2) William Sharp & Esther Hester Butterfoss
|     |     (3) Thomas Sharp (1807 – 1884) & Rebecca Lambert (1813 – 1885)
|     |     (3) George W. Sharp (1812 – 1876) & Elizabeth Vandolah (1811 – 1886)
|     |     (3) Robert Sharp (c.1815 – ?)
|     |   (3) Daniel Runk Sharp (1818 – 1894) & Mary Anna Rounsavel (1824 – 1878)

|    (2) Silas Edward Giles Sharp & Sarah Leah Holcombe
|     |     (3) Cornelia B. Sharp (c.1813 – 1885) & Gershom L. Larison (1812 – 1849)

|     (2) Jacob Runk Sharp & Keziah Stevenson
|     |     (3) Rachel Sharp (1821 – 1901) & Jonathan Lott Phillips (~1810 – 1883)
|     |     (3) Cornelia Ann Sharp (1831 – 1910)

|     (2) Col. John Sharp & Maria Holcombe
|     |     (3) Daniel L. Sharp (1821 – 1834)
|     |     (3) Robert Sharp (1823 – 1881)
|     |     |   m. 1) Sarah Prall (1824 – 1851)
|     |     |   m. 2) Elizabeth Menaugh (c.1821 – 1878)
|     |     (3) Caroline Sharp (c.1825 – ?)
|     |     (3) Mary Hannah Sharp (1827 – 1847)
|     |     (3) Thomas H. Sharp (c.1830 – 1830)
|     |     (3) Cornelia Ann Sharp (1843 – 1852)

Fourth Generation

|     (2) Mary Polly Sharp & Daniel Lambert
|     |     (3) Robert Lambert & Martha Van Clief Everitt
|     |     |     (4) Enoch L. Lambert (c.1839 – 1839)
|     |     |     (4) Sarah Lambert (1841 – 1888) & __? Hoppock (c.1835 – ?)
|     |     |     (4) Everett V. C. Lambert (1841 – 1842)

|     |     (3) Rebecca Lambert & Thomas Sharp
|     |     |     (4) Mary L. Sharp (1836 – 1865) & Garrett Vandolah (1806 – 1862)

|     (2) William Sharp & Esther Hester Butterfoss
|     |     (3) Thomas Sharp & Rebecca Lambert
|     |     |     (4) Mary L. Sharp (1836 – 1865) & Garrett Vandolah (1806 – 1862)

|     |     (3) George W. Sharp & Elizabeth Vandolah
|     |     |     (4) Sarah G. Sharp (1837 – 1851)
|     |     |     (4) Ann Elizabeth Sharp (1841 – 1916) & Watson Rittenhouse Bodine (1844 – 1919)

|     |     (3) Daniel Runk Sharp & Mary Anna Rounsavel
|     |     |     (4) William Sharp (1843 – 1923)
|     |     |     |   m. 1) Mary E. (1845 – 1894)
|     |     |     |   m. 2) Mary V. Hunt (1855 – 1923)
|     |     |     (4) Richard Sharp (c.1846 – 1847)
|     |     |     (4) Rebecca Sharp (1848 – 1893) & Samuel Johnson (1842 – 1870)
|     |     |     (4) Hester Sharp (c.1850 – c.1851)
|     |     |     (4) Joanna B. Sharp (1853 – 1895) & Robert Burns Maxwell (1848 – 1929)
|     |     |     (4) Permelia Sharp (1856 – 1931) & W. Harry Fisher (1858 – 1889)
|     |     |     (4) Emma Dora Sharp (1858 – 1873)
|     |     |     (4) Mary E. Sharp (1867 – 1965)

|    (2) Silas Edward Giles Sharp & Sarah Leah Holcombe
|     |     (3) Cornelia B. Sharp & Gershom L. Larison
|     |     |     (4) Mary Catherine Larison (1836 – 1881) & Samuel Ege (1829 – 1872)
|     |     |     (4) Emma M. Larison (1839 – 1878) & Asher Phillips Ege (1832 – 1875)
|     |     |     (4) Gershom M. Larison (1845 – 1856)

|     (2) Jacob Runk Sharp & Keziah Stevenson
|     |     (3) Rachel Sharp & Jonathan Lott Phillips
|     |     |     (4) Theodore W. Phillips (c.1856 – ?)
|     |     |     (4) Andrew Larison Phillips (1859 – 1940)

|     (2) Col. John Sharp & Maria Holcombe
|     |     (3) Robert Sharp & Sarah Prall
|     |     |     (4) Cornelia Ann Sharp (c.1844 – ?)
|     |     |     (4) Gershom Lambert Sharp (1845 – 1923) & Jennie __ (1851 – 1930)
|     |     |     (4) Mary Hannah Sharp (1847 – 1930) & Mathias W. Buchanan Jr. (1845 – 1902)
|     |     |     (4) Sarah Sharp (1851 – 1937) & Daniel D. Sperling (1846 – 1917)
|     |     (3) Robert Sharp & Elizabeth Menaugh
|     |     |     (4) Charles Leslie Sharp (1855 – 1860)

Fifth Generation

|     (2) Mary Polly Sharp & Daniel Lambert
|     |     (3) Robert Lambert & Martha Van Clief Everitt
|     |     |     (4) Sarah Lambert & __ Hoppock
|     |     |     |     (5) James W. Hoppock ?

|     |     (3) Daniel Runk Sharp & Mary Anna Rounsavel
|     |     |     (4) Rebecca Sharp & Samuel Johnson
|     |     |     |     (5) Andrew R. Johnson (1866 – 1890)
|     |     |     |     (5) William Johnson (c.1869 – ?)

|     |     |     (4) Joanna B. Sharp & Robert Burns Maxwell
|     |     |     |     (5) Charles Hendricks Maxwell (1875 – 1902) & Elsie (1891 – 1917)
|     |     |     |     (5) Clarence Sharp Maxwell (1878 – 1960)

|    (2) Silas Edward Giles Sharp & Sarah Leah Holcombe
|     |     (3) Cornelia B. Sharp & Gershom L. Larison
|     |     |    (4) Mary Catherine Larison & Samuel Ege
|     |     |     |     (5) Gershom Larison Ege (1859 – ?)

|     (2) Col. John Sharp & Maria Holcombe
|     |     (3) Robert Sharp & Sarah Prall
|     |     |     (4) Sarah Sharp & Daniel D. Sperling
|     |     |     |     (5) Ella Sperling (c.1872 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) Lizzie Elizabeth Sperling (1873 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) Robert Sperling (c.1877 – ?)