| Last name | Sharpless |
| First name | Joshua |
| Display name | Joshua Sharpless |
| Other names | Joshua Sharples |
| Birth date | 1747 |
| Death date | 1826 |
| Birth place | middl |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | Society of Friends, New Garden Friends meeting, Concord Friends meeting, Birmingham Friends meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends. Indian Committee |
| Bio notes | Chester Co. Quaker b. Middletown; m. Edith Yarnall, later a Quaker minister; eight children; to Kennett Twp. (1769); active in New Garden Mtg. in its attempts to abolish slaveholding among Friends. To Concord (1779); overseer, Concord Mtg. (1784). To Birmingham (1789); elder, Birmingham Mtg. (1786). With second wife, Ann Trimble, superintendent of Westtown School (1800-1811). Member of PYM Indian Committee. Made visits to Indians with Isaac Coates and John Pierce in 1798 and 1799. Father of Rachel Coope. |
Halliday Jackson's Book [of Corrrespondence], Genesinguhta, 1798-1800
Isaac Coates Journal of Journeys to the Indian Country
Some Account of Rachel Coope [edited by Joshua Sharpless]
Account of I. Coates, J. Sharpless, & J. Pierce, visits to Indian Reservation, NY
Joel Swayne Diary