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Last name Sharples
First name Benjamin
Display name Benjamin Sharples
Birth date 1764
Death date 1857
Gender m
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Bio notes Cousin of Joshua Sharpless, lived on west branch of 10 Mile Creek near Green Furnace (1798). Born in Middletown, son of Joseph Sharples. Married in Philadelphia to Hannah Bonsall in 1801 at Philadelphia meeting. Moved from Sadsbury to Catawissa in 1797.

Mentioned in:

Joshua Sharpless's Journal Into Indian Country, 1798

William Allinson Diary, Volume 1

William Allinson Diary, Volume 3