Summary
Yet to be summarised.Parents and family
Baptism record gives as Edmund SHARP, labourer, and Martha.Birth
About 1824, in Langridge, Somerset, from Census records. Baptised 15 May 1824 at St Mary Magdalene, Langridge, male son of Edmund SHARP, labourer, and Martha.Childhood and education
Unknown.Employment
In 1841 John was at Chapel Farm
in Lansdown, Somerset.
At that time the CROSS family and his future wife Mary are listed in the immediately previous entry.- // John CROSS, 54, Mason, born in county
- Betty CROSS, 50, , born in county
- Frederick CROSS, Mason, born in county
- Mary CROSS, 15, , born in county
- // Elizabeth POWNEY, 55, Yeoman, born in county
- John POWNEY, 30, Yeoman, born in county
- Mary ,15, , born in county
- Elizabeth, 15, , born in county
- John SHARPE, 15, M.S. [Male Servant], born in county
- Ann COLE, 15, F.S. [Female Servant], born in county
Despite prolonged searching I have been unable to find John SHARP on the 1851 Census on the index to which I subscribe. The only Sharp listed in Langridge at that time is listed after Court Farm
- Martha SHARP, Wife, Married, 47, Laundress, Somerset, Langridge
- Thomas BRIANT, Grandson, 2, , Somerset, Weston
Marriage to Mary Cross
The Bath BMD project lists only a single marriage for John SHARP to a wife with the initial M in the relevant period. It is for 1855, the year immediately before his first son John was born. The details are John SHARP & Mary CROSS. Married at All Saints Church, Weston. It was registered at bath and the reference given is C22/1/418.On the 1861 Census John is listed at 1 Crew Cottages, Langridge, Somerset. There was also a No. 2 Crew Cottages in 1861 and locals at Langridge believed that this was probably the former name for a couple of cottages that lie just uphill from the old Schoolhouse. The number of cottages has been altered to three within living memory but the shell of the building is still there. It is completely hidden from the street by the high hedges round raised front gardens. However, it may be seen from the opposite hillside.
- John SHARP, Head, Mar[ried], 37, Agricultural Labourer, Somerset, Langridge
- Mary SHARP, Wife, Mar, 34, [Agricultural Labourer implied] Wife, Somerset, Weston
- John SHARP, Son, , 5, Farmer's Boy, Somerset, Weston
- Martha SHARP, Daur, , 2, Scholar, Somerset, Weston
- Eliza SHARP, Daur, , 3mth, , Somerset, Langridge
In 1871 John and the 15 year old John Edmund Sharp were recorded as living in Langridge, Somerset. They are listed immediately after 'School with Schoolhouse' (which seemed to comprise a school and a seperate schoolhouse), so were probably still at Crew Cottages. At that time the family comprised:
- John SHARP, Head, Mar[ried], 45, Ag Lab, Somerset, Langridge
- Mary SHARP, Wife, Mar, 44, Dressmaker, Somerset, Lansdown
- John SHARP, Son, , 15, Farmer's Boy, Somerset, Weston
- Martha SHARP, Daur, , 12, Scholar, Somerset, Weston
- Matilda SHARP, Daur, , 7, Do ", Somerset, Weston
- Richard SHARP, Son, , 5, Do, Somerset, Langridge
- Henry SHARP, Son, , 3, Do, Somerset, Langridge
- Charles SHARP, Son, , 1mo, , Somerset, Langridge
- John SHARP, Head, Mar[ried], 55, Farm Lab, Somerset, Langridge
- Mary SHARP, Wife, Mar, 54, , Somerset, Weston Nr Bath
- Richard SHARP, Son, U[nmarried] , 15, Farm Lab, Somerset, Langridge
- Frederick Charles SHARP, Son, , 10, , Somerset, Langridge
- Ellen SHARP, Grand Daur, , 5, , Wiltshire, Swindon
Last Will and Testament
Unknown.Death
Possible death registration is John SHARP, aged 60 (i.e. born 1824), 1884, Bath, Sep Quarter, Vol 5c, Pg 399.It appears probable that Mary survived John by three years to die in 1887. See the biography of Mary CROSS.