When James Sharp was born on 28 December 1740, in Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Sharp, was 27 and his mother, Violet Gray, was 26. He married Janet Smith on 16 July 1763, in Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He died in 1788, at the age of 48.
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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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