Elizabeth Maran Sharp

6 September 1780–
Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life Summary 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 37. She married Joseph William Butrick about 1795, in North Milford, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Joseph William Butrick
1779–1883
Elizabeth Maran Sharp
1780–
Marriage: about 1795
Joseph Butrick Jr.
1797–1883
Asa Butrick
1799–1870
Mary Ann Buttrick
1803–1880
Jared Butrick
1805–1873
Willis Butrick
1809–1877
Maria Buttrick
1811–
Enos Butrick
1812–1883
Laura Butrick
1812–1859
Elizabeth BUTRICK
1819–1820
Chancey Herman Butrick
1824–1852
Phoebe Jane Butrick
1827–1888

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1795North Milford, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (7)

    1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
    Age 22
    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
    Age 31
    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
    Age 35
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Sharps
    Sharpe
    Scharf

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