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Last name Sharpless
First name Martha
Display name Martha Sharpless
Other names Martha Jefferis
Birth date 1775
Death date 1854
Gender f
Affiliations Society of Friends
Bio notes Daughter of Joshua Sharpless, born in 1775. Married Cheyney Jefferis in 1810 at Birmingham. Martha Jefferis and her brother, Nathan, were Matron and Superintendant at Westtown from 1836 until 1843. Recipient of a letter from her sister Rachel Coope in 1806

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Some Account of Rachel Coope [edited by Joshua Sharpless]