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Sharpe Family History
Sharpe Genealogy & Family TreeSharpe is a Scottish name from Peeblesshire, Scotland, where the family was prominent. It comes from the Old English scearp which means "sharp" or "keen." The earliest known ancestor--Healethegn Scearpa--was recorded in 1026. The family motto is Dum spiro spero which means "While I have breath I hope."
Other spellings include "Sharp," "Scharp," "Scharpe," and "Schearpe." Notable people with the surname include American baseball player Bud Sharpe (Boston Beaneaters, Boston Doves, Pittsburgh Pirates), English novelist Tom Sharpe (Porterhouse Blue, Grantchester Grind, The Wilt Inheritance), and American football player Luis Sharpe (St. Louis Cardinals, Arizona Cardinals, Memphis Showboats). The first Sharpe to come to the Americas was Samuel Sharpe in Bermuda in 1609.
Sharpe Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Elizabeth Sharpe -- --, 1747 April 7, 1815
- Stephen Sharpe -- --, 1833 October 28, 1910 Ontario
- Elizabeth Sharpe -- --, 1722 December 0, 1765 Maryland
- Robert Sharpe -- --, 1515 December 0, 1538
- John Sharpe -- --, 1520 October 7, 1580 England
Sharpe Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Isaak Sharpe -- --, 1622 August 25, 1680 Virginia
- Robert Sharpe -- --, 1600 December 0, 1668
- John Sharpe -- --, 1534 December 0, 1605 England
- Henry Sharpe -- --, 1375 December 0, 1400
- Donald Clive Sharpe -- --, 1914 June 20, 2001 New Brunswick
