John Sharp

- 1722

• Name	John Sharp
  Gender	Male
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Indentured servant
  Departure	Jul 1684
  Arrival	Oct 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Imported by Gilbert Innes
  Occupation	1695	New York, New York, USA   [2]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	Jan 1694/95	New York, New York, USA   [2]
  Property	4 Jan 1694/95	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Deed, John Sharp of New York, carpenter, to John Cockburn of the same place, mason, for the headland of 60 acres due him and his brother George Sharp, who came from Scotland to East Jersey as servants of Gilbert Innes in 1684
  Property	20 Jan 1695/96	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Patent to John Cockburn of Newark, mason for 205 acres there, of which 55 acres are paid for, 30 are given in right of Benjamin Griffith and 120 are for the headland of Robert Anderson, Mathew Gracie, John and George Sharp
  Death	Feb 1721/22	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  Will	1 Feb 1721/22	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Administration granted to son John of Perth Amboy
  Probate	10 Feb 1721/22	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Inventory of personal estate of £30 14s 6d, made by Thomas Turnbull and Jacob Iselstyn
  Person ID	I45234	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	father Sharp
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. John Sharp   d. Sep 1742, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F31538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Carpenter - 1695 - New York, New York, USA Residence - Jan 1694/95 - New York, New York, USA Property - Patent to John Cockburn of Newark, mason for 205 acres there, of which 55 acres are paid for, 30 are given in right of Benjamin Griffith and 120 are for the headland of Robert Anderson, Mathew Gracie, John and George Sharp - 20 Jan 1695/96 - Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA Death - Feb 1721/22 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Administration granted to son John of Perth Amboy - 1 Feb 1721/22 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - Inventory of personal estate of £30 14s 6d, made by Thomas Turnbull and Jacob Iselstyn - 10 Feb 1721/22 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Possible will in Nelson (Wills) p412: John Sharp of Perth Amboy, 1 Feb 1722. Administration granted to son John of the same place.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p330. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p231. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p272. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p412.