John Sharp and Sarah Waide

[Lindsay]

John Sharp
Name - "official" name and what they were known as
John Sharp
Date and place of birth
About 1733
Names of parents
Not known
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Not known
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
16 July 1764 married Sarah Waide at Calverley, Yorkshire
Occupation(s) - if any
Cloth manufacturer
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
Idle, Yorkshire
Date, place and cause of death
16 Sept 1803, age 70
Date and place of burial.
Idle Upper Chapel, Idle, Yorkshire
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Will made September 1802, proved October 1803. £14 per year to wife Sarah for the rest of her life, £500 to daughter Mary Denbigh, £460 to daughter Sarah Vint (as she had already had £40 more than her sister) and the remainder to son John Sharp. Value under £1000.
Memorial inscription - if any
John Sharp, cloth manufacturer, died 16 Sept 1803, aged 70. Sarah, his wife, died 19 Jan 1821 age 81. Abraham, his brother, died 24 Jan 1831 aged 83

Sarah Waide
Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Sarah Waide
Date and place of birth
about 1740
Names of parents
Not known
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Not known
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
16 July 1764 married John Sharp at Calverley, Yorkshire
Occupation(s) - if any
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
Idle, Yorkshire
Date, place and cause of death
19 Jan 1821
Date and place of burial.
Idle Upper Chapel, Idle, Yorkshire
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Not found
Memorial inscription - if any
John Sharp, cloth manufacturer, died 16 Sept 1803, aged 70. Sarah, his wife, died 19 Jan 1821 age 81. Abraham, his brother, died 24 Jan 1831 aged 83

[ElizabethHerts]

There is a will for John Sharp:

http://search.findmypast.co.uk/recor...obate%2f770472


First name(s) John
Last name Sharp
Year 1803
Date 1803, OCT
Place Calverley
County Yorkshire
Country England
Court York Prerogative & Exchequer Courts
Court detail Exchequer Court of York
Document type Will
Document reference vol.147, f.331
Index reference 1800011803120192.tif/16
Document ordering http://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/remo...ng/order-form/
Record set Prerogative & Exchequer Courts of York Probate Index, 1688-1858

[ElizabethHerts]

There's one for Abraham, too:

http://search.findmypast.co.uk/recor...obate%2f641237

[ElizabethHerts]

There are 15 Sharp wills for Calverley!

[Lindsay]

Thanks, Elizabeth - it looks like I'm going to be busy!

[Lindsay]

Added Will details