Elizabeth Maran Sharp

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Maran

When Elizabeth Maran Sharp was born on 6 September 1780, in Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Sharp, was 39 and her mother, Janet Smith, was 30. She married Joseph William Butrick Sr about 1795, in North Milford, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Joseph William Butrick Sr
1779–1883
Elizabeth Maran Sharp
1780–
Marriage: about 1795
Joseph William Butrick Jr.
1797–1883
Maria Buttrick
1800–
Elizabeth Buttrick
1819–1913
Asa Butrick
1799–1870
Jared Butrick
1805–1873
Mary Ann Birt
1807–1857
Willis Butrick
1809–1877
Maria Buttricks
1811–
Enos Butrick
1812–1883
Laura Butrick
1812–1859
Elizabeth Butrick
1819–1820
Chancey Herman Butrick
1824–1852
Phoebe Jane Butrick
1827–1888

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World Events (7)

1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.

1811 · The Tron Riot

The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English sharp(e) ‘sharp, quick, smart, acute, keen-witted’ (Old English scearp).

Irish: when not the English or Scots name in 1 above, an Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Géaráin ‘descendant of Géarán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of géar ‘sharp’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Scharf ‘sharp-cutting’ or of any of several other European names with similar meaning.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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