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- He is the immigrant ancestor of the Sharples/Sharpless family as traced by Cope. He arrived on the "Friendship" in 1682 with wife and children. This couple had 8 children.
Here is part of a biography from Cope:
"SHARPLESS,(48*) JOHN, of Ratherton, in Cheshire, England, m. Jane Moore, of the same place, in the year 1662. In the year 1682 the family removed to Pennsylvania, landing at Chester on the 14th of 6th mo., 1682, more than two months prior to the arrival of William Penn. John Sharpless had purchased 1000 acres from Penn, by lease and release of April 4 and 5, 1682, part of which they took up on Ridley Creek, about two miles northwest from Chester, "where they fell a large tree, and took shelter among the boughs thereof about six weeks, in which time they built a cabin against a rock, which answered for their chimney-back, and now contains the date of the year when the cabin was built, viz., 1682, in which they dwelt about twenty years, and where they all died except the mother and three sons; in which time Joseph learnt the trade of house-carpenter, and when of age built the first dwelling-house, which is now standing (1816) and occupied by one of their descendants. Part of the original floors are still in use, being fastened down with wooden pins of about an inch in diameter, instead of nails. It is a sizeable two-story dwelling, the walls of stone." It is now occupied by Beulah E., widow of Daniel Sharpless." [2, 3]
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