Individual Details
( - Abt Jun 1749)
In 1724 Judith Potts, the widow married Thomas Sharp, as her second husband. The minutes of Abington Monthly Meeting of 2 mo. 27, 1724, has a record of their passing meeting, beginning thus, " Whereas Thomas Sharp of West Jersie & Judith Potts Weddow having Declared their Intenetions to Marriage with Each Other before two Monthly Meetings, etc." The marriage very likely took place shortly afterwards. Thomas Sharp was a widower with seveal grown-up children. He died within a few years after this second marriage. His will is recorded in Liber 3, folio 55, in the Department of State at Trenton. He is therein described as "Thomas Sharp, of Newtown, Gloucester County, West Jersey, yeomen." The will is dated 8 mo. 5, 1724. He mentions his wife; his sons Thomas, John, Samuel and Joseph; and daughters Elizabeth Hallowell, Mary Smith and Sarah Pearce. Executors, ffriends, John Estaugh, and Joseph Cooper, Jr. Witnesses, Benjamin Thackers, Joseph Thackera and Mary Thackera. Both persons named as executors, declined to serve, as also did Judith Sharp, the widow, Samuel Sharp, one of the sons was appointed administrator on the ____ day of ____, 1728. There are on record at Philadelphia, several deeds for the conve4yance of lands in Bristol Township, formerly property of Thomas Potts, late deceaseed. On March 1, 1741, Judith Sharp, formerly Judith Potts, mother of the said Thomas, join in a mortgage covering one hundred acrs in said township, in favor of Mary Carter. In 1744 and 1748, Judith Sharp, Thomas Potts, Jr., and Susanna, his wife, heirs of Thomas Potts,Sr., join in deeds for the sale of Lands in Bristol Township to Robert Strettel. James Logan, on April 4, 1718, purchased a one fourth interest in the "Potts Corn Mill," in Bristol Township,for L200. The property included fifteen acres of land. The "Pennsylvania Gasette" for April 2, 1744,contained an advertisement for the sale of Potts' Mill. Another advertisment appeared August 21, 1746. Judith Sharp died about June, 1749. Her will is dated 2 mo. 6, 1748, and was proven July 8, 1749. It is recorded at Philadelphia, in Will Book ___, filio___.
Events
| Marriage | 28 May 1712 | Abington, Pennsylvania - Thomas Potts | | | |
| Marriage | 1724 | Pennsylvania - Thomas Sharp | | | |
| Death | Abt Jun 1749 | | | | |
| Birth | | Long Island New York | | | |
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