Isaac Sharp (1681–1735) was an early New Jersey settler, politician, judge and Colonel of the militia.
Early life and family
Born January 13, 1681, in Dublin, Ireland, Isaac Sharp was the eldest surviving son of QuakerAnthony Sharp and Ann Crabb.[1] As part of the Quaker settlement of his father's extensive land holdings in New Jersey, Isaac Sharp left Ireland in November 1700,[2] and after an arduous eighteen-week journey, arrived in Colonial America on April 6, 1701.[3]
Isaac settled in Salem County, New Jersey and named the area Blessingtown after Blessington in County Wicklow, near the border of Kildare, on the road travelled by the Sharps from Roundwood, Queen's County, to and from Dublin.[4] The town was subsequently renamed Sharpstown after the Sharp family settlers.[5]
In addition to being a member of the Council of Proprietors, Isaac Sharp served as judge of the Salem County Court (1709–1717)[9] and was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1709 to 1721.[10]
Upon his father's death in 1707, Sharp inherited all of Anthony Sharp's land in West New Jersey, and half of his lands in East New Jersey, as well as his land in Queen's County, Ireland, including land in Killinure, which became the site of the Sharp Roundwood Estate.[12] Isaac returned to Ireland in about 1726 and resided on his Queen's County property until his death in 1735.[13]
References
^Greaves, Richard L. (1998). Dublin's Merchant-Quaker: Anthony Sharp and the Community of Friends, 1643-1707. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 21
^Greaves, Dublin's Merchant-Quaker: Anthony Sharp and the Community of Friends, 1643-1707, p. 25
^Greaves, Dublin's Merchant-Quaker: Anthony Sharp and the Community of Friends, 1643-1707, p. 251
^The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 20 (1896). Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 134
^Shourds, Thomas (1876). History and Genealogy of Fenwick’s Colony. Bridgeton, NJ: George F. Nixon, p. 245
^Myers, Albert Cook (1902). Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750. Lancaster, PA: Press of the New Era Printing Co., p. 385
^Garrison, George P. (1907). Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 10. Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Association, pp. 343-344
^Felch, William Farrand (1905). The Connecticut Magazine, Volume 9. Hartford, CT: The Connecticut Magazine Co., p. 514
^Garrison, George P. (1907). Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 10, p. 344
^Tanner, Edwin Platt (1908). The Province of New Jersey 1664-1738. New York: Columbia University, pp. 312-314
^Tanner, The Province of New Jersey 1664-1738, p. 572
^The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 20, p. 134
Bibliography
Felch, William Farrand (1908). The Connecticut Magazine, Volume 9. Hartford, CT: The Connecticut Magazine Co.
Garrison, George P. (1907). Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 10. Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Association.
Greaves, Richard L. (1998). Dublin's merchant-Quaker: Anthony Sharp and the Community of Friends, 1643-1707. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN978-0-8047-3452-3.
Myers, Albert Cook (1902). Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750. Lancaster, PA: Press of the New Era Printing Co.
"Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume XX". The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 1896. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
