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Update June 13, 2018

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Contact me at:    da@dasharpe.com

Dwight Albert Sharpe, known as D. A., is happy to post this genealogical information for the good and benefit of others who may find such information useful in their research and for their interest.  It is free to copy and citation of this as a source would be appreciated. 

• The links below are various articles, charts and stories composed from the genealogical study of my family and the families of those close to us.  The hope someday is to publish in hard back bound hard copies some of these stories and to place them in some libraries.   

          Dialog about the background for these genealogical writings

Presidents and Vice Presidents in our Family

English Royalty Chart

                                   

Stories below are groups by families and allied families. 

Click here for an alphabetic list of all family reports

Stories for the Immediate Sharpe Families:   

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A Summary Description of the Sharpe Family Line (HTML Format)

A Summary Description of the Sharpe Family Line (PDF Format)

 

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• Otto Scherp (B 1628): This is our earliest ancestor in the Sharp(e) family line. It is a PDF report of 165 pages, going down to today's 12th generation
  • My first appearance in this report is on page 78, and my continuous presence is on pages 98-115

  Sharpe Descendants Chart This is a 27 page chart that is one horizonal page deep and 27 pages wide to show the names of the 12 generations

  My appearance in this chart is on page 22. If you want to print the chart, the pages should be affixed together end to end, horizonally.

   

  Henry (Harry) Seth Sharpe Family Report

  Henry Seth (Harry) Sharpe - my Papa Sharpe HTML

  Henry Seth (Harry) Sharpe - my Papa Sharpe PDF

  John Elsefer Sharp (I) 1787-1862 PDF

• My Father's Story, The Rev. Dwight A. Sharpe

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  Descendant's Report of Dwight Alfred SharpePDF

  Descendant's Chart of Dwight Alfred Sharpe PDF

  Descendant's Chart of Dwight Alfred Sharpe

  King Charles I of England HTML

   

My Mother's Story HTML

 

My Mother's Story PDF

 

• My 1962 University of Texas BBA Degree
  

• My Sister, Martha de Noailles Sharpe Ehlers

• My Sister, Martha de Noailles Sharpe Ehlers - Download Word Format

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• My Sister, Elizabeth HTML

   

• Robert E. Lee HTML

   

  Robert E. LeePDF

  
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Thomas Alva Edison HTML

Thomas Alva Edison PDF

Thomas Alva Edison Ancestors 4 pages, 9 generations PDF

 

General George Binton McClellan HTML

General George Binton McClellan PDF

New York Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr.HTML

Mayor George B. McClellan Jr. PDF

 

Aethelred I HTML

 

Alfred the Great HTML

Alfred the Great PDF

 

Knight Templar Fulk, King of Jerusalem HTML

Knight Templar Fulk, King of Jerusalem Descendants Report PDF - 323 Pages

 

English King Edmund II (Ironside) HTML

 

English King Cyrnic, King of the West Saxons

 

Ine (Ina), a Wessex King of England

 

English King Ealhmund of Kent

 

Robert the Bruce of Scotland

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• My Descending from Gov. William Bradford (296 pages)

Govenor William Bradford

Peter Bradford, 13th GG Grandfather, 20 Generations, 300+ pages

• The Carpenter Family Line - My 18th GG Grandfather, 23 Generations (342 Pages) Begins with Jean LeCarpenter (1220 AD)

• Brief Narrative of Godwulf, my most distant relative (4 pages) - My most distant LATERAL relative

  Detailed (377 pages) of relationship to Godwulf, my most distant relative

  Lt. George P. Sharp, American Revolutionary Soldier HTML

  Lt. George P. Sharp, American Revolutiunary Soldier PDF

• English King James I HTML

  English King James I PDF

• English King Edward I, Longshanks HTML

  English King Edward I, Longshanks PDF

English King Edward III HTML

English King Edward III (PDF)

English King John of Gaunt HTML

Charlemagne (Charles the Great) Document compiled in 2006 Westmoreland family - 329 pages PDF

Sketch of Charlemagne, Charles the Great

• My Earliest Republic of Texas Ancestor, Judge Felix Benedict Dixon

  John Dixon Descendants Report 8 Generations

  Judge Felix Benedict Dixon 7 Generations Descendants 99 pages, PDF
  

  Captain Thomas Benedict Report  100 page PDF Through Dixons

President William Howard Taft HTML

President William Howard Taft PDF

 

Pesident James A. Garfield HTML

President James A. Garfield PDF

 

Vice President Charles Curtis HTML

Vice President Charles Curtis PDF

 

President Ronald Reagan HTML

President Ronald Reagan PDF

 

President George Herbert Walker Bush HTML

President George Herbert Walker Bush PDF

President George Walker Bush HTML

President George Walker Bush PDF

 

 

Vice President Charles Curtis HTML

Vice President Charles Curtis PDF

 

 

President Millard Fillmore PDF Genealogy Report

President Millard Fillmore HTML

President Millard Fillmore PDF

 

Clinton Eastwood, Jr.

President John Adams

Abigail Adams, Wife of President John Adams

 

President George Washington HTML

President George Washington PDF

 

President George Washington, Back 55 Generations to Godwulf - 71 pages PDF

• My great uncle, Alfred Lansing Sharpe, was the first Republican elected to state-levl office

  following the Post Civil Way days of Reconstruction

• Alfred Lansing Sharpe

The Earliest Christian Known Among My Relatives

Our Relationship to Smth Wigglesworth (Chart)

Smith Wigglesworth's is the 29th generation down from Osbern De Bolebec who lived 970 - 1063 in Normancy France

Wigglesworth Cover Story HTML

Smith Wigglesworth PDF

Historic Smith Wigglesworth

 

English King Richard I, the Lionhearted HTML

English King Richard I, the Lionhearted PDF

English King Cerdic

 

William the Conqueror

• My Royal Heritage
  Since 519 AD, there have only been nine Kings or Rulers of England reigning over a total of 80 years who were
  not related to our family. Out of 72 Kings for those 1,489 years, 63 have been in our family. These are cousins,
  cousins of cousins and grandparents of cousins. This chart describes the family relationship to each of these
  Kings, Queens and Rulers.
  

• How are the Magna Carta and the Mayflower Compact related?

 

English King George V

 

English King Cerdic

 

English King John of Lackland HTML

English King John of Lackland PDF

Suzanne & I are Texas Navy Admirals - What is THAT?

Suzanne and I are Texas Navy Admirals - What is THAT?? HTML

What is a Texas Navy Admiral? PDF

• I did play on a championship football team!

• Willis Sharpe Kilmer's ancestry report

  The Story of Willis Sharpe Kilmer HTML

  The Story of Willis Sharpe Kilmer PDF

   

  The Rockefeller family Stories

  Information I have on this family line begins with

  Goddard Rockenfeller, born in 1590 in Rockenfield,

  Germany. Here is a descendents report from him

  on down. Our connection with this family is through

  Catherine Sharp who married Johann philip Rockefeller

  in 1768. She is the sister to my 3rd great grandfather,

  George P. Sharp, the American Revolutionary officer

  through whom my qualification was secured for the

  Sons of the American Revolution membership.

   

  Family Descendants Report from Goddard Rockenfeller

  Here's the Relationshilp Chart of my connection with the Rockerfeller Family

   

  Here are some individual stories of well known Rockefellers:
  
  John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.

  John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.

  John Davison Rockefeller, Jr.

  John Davison Rockefeller III

• David Rockefeller (1915-2015)
  

• Governor Winthrop Aldrick Rockefeller

• Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller

• Senator Jay Rockefeller HTML

  Sen Jay Rockefeller PDF

 

Winthrope William Aldrich PDF

 

Winthrop Williams Aldrich HTML

 

J. Lawton Mauze PDF

 

• Here's about the J. P. Morgan story and some of his Spencer ancestors:
  

  American Icon in the Banking and Money Business, J. P. Morgan (HTML format)

• J. P. Morgan PDF Format (hyperlinks do not operate as embedded in PDF formats)

• You may download J. P. Morgan in a Word format

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• Roosevelt Family Stories

• 11 Generaltions of Roosevelts from the Netherlands
  

  Story of Teddy Roosevelt 8 page HTML Format

• Story of Teddy Roosevelt 8 page PDF format

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt HTML

  Franklin Delano Roosevelt PDF

Ancestry of Sir Winston Churchill PDF

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill HTML

The Chapman Family

 

• William Chapman 1642 - 10 Generation Report

  William Chapman 1642 Relationship to DA

   

• This Chart is 10 pages horizonal position, one page deep. It requires attaching pages end to end to view as a unio:

• Chapman 10 Generation Chart

   

Stories for the Kellogg Family       

• Frank Billings Kellogg
          Frank was a 1929 Nobel Prize winner, a United States Senator from Minnesota and a
          United States Secretary of State who negotiated a peace treaty with European
          nations, an accomplishment which won him the Nobel Peace Prize
   
Frank Kellogg
• Relationship Chart of Frank Billings Kellogg to D A Sharpe

Franklin Billings Kellogg Genea

Legal Minglings of Kellogg, Roosevelt, Taft & Rockefeller

Will Keith Kellogg

Nicholas Kellogg (1458) PDF

John (Johnny) Benjamin Kellogg - Died in the Alamo

 William the Conqueror to Sam Westmoreland

 Stories for the Boggess Family & papers

Including Noxubee County

Mississippi Pictures from Early 1900s

Mr. Thomas Shelton (T. S.) Boggess, Jr. was today's patriarch of the Boggess family close to us.  He graduated to heaven January 29, 2010, having been born in 1912, the year the Titanic sailed and sank.  Read some interesting things about Mr. T. S., the Gentleman Farmer of Noxubee County, Mississippi:

T. S. Boggess, Jr. LINK

His Obituary

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•   Alice Loraine McElroy Boggess HTML

Alice Loraine McElroy Boggess PDF

 

Descendants Report from Robert Boggus (born 1615) 167 Pages PDF

 

Ancestors of Boggess Family up from Suzanne Margaret Boggess Sharpe PDF (51 Pages)

 

Four Generations of Boggess Eagle Scourt With President George W. Bush 2008HTML

Four Generations of Boggess Eagle Scourt with President George W. Bush 2008 PDF

 

Abijah Franklin Boggess PDF

Descendants of Bennett Milton Boggess (born 1765) PDF 125 pages

•     History of Noxubee CountyFairs by T. S. Boggess, Jr.
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•    The Saga of Irby Holt Boggess & his founding of St. Jo, Texas
•    T. S. Boggess Home Page
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• Irby Holt Boggess Descendant Repiort PDF

• • Dr. John Thomas Taylor: This is Suzanne's great grandfather
    

• • Frith Lake Club HTML
     

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• Thomas Shelton Boggess   83 Pages PDF Format (Son of Bennett Boggess, Jr.)
  
    John S. Curry (husband of Jane Wilborn) PDF

    Edward Wilbourn (bon 1680) PDF
 

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    Stories for the Westmoreland Family:

      Tiffany Lenn Sharpe WESTMORELAND took this 2015 Thanksgiving Dinner photo of her family. Head of the table (blue shirt)

is her husband, Steve, on to the right, Suzanne Sharpe, Sarah Westmoreland, Katherine Westmoreland & Lily Westmoreland.

To the left, D. A. Sharpe, Taylor Sharpe (Tiffany's father & brother), Jack & Sam Westmoreland. Below here is Tiffany Westmoreland.

Here is a 13 page PDF format genealogical report of descendants of William Westmoreland,

born in 1829, covering five generations down to our grandchildren.

William Westmoreland Descendants Report (5 generations)

President James Madison, Jr. HTML

President James Madison, Jr.PDF

Here is an ancestors genealogical report from my son-in-law, Steve O. Westmoreland.

It covers 68 generations back to Godwulf, who lived about 80 to 125 AD. It's a 71 Page PDF report.

This report includes King Edward the Confessor, who lived 1002 to 1066. When King Edward

died, his thrown was conquered by William the Conqueror, who is in the report below.

Steve Westmoreland Ancestor Report back to Godwulf

Paramund (Germany)

This is a 289 page PDF report of Descendants from English King William I (William the Conqueror)

down to the Westmoreland children of Steve & Tiffany Westmoreland.

William the Conqueror down to Westmoreland Children

This is an ancestor report from Sam Westmoreland, back for 68 generations to Godwulf (80 to 125 AD)

It catches both family lines up through Sam's father and Sam's mother. It's a 207 page report in PDF format.

Sam Westmoreland Ancestor Report

This Chart shows English King Edward I to be the 23rd great grandfather of Betty Covington Westmoreland,

making her son, Steve, the 24th great grandson

King Edward I to Betty Covington Westmoreland

This Chart Shows English King Edward I being related to Tiffany Sharpe Westmoreland as the

11th great grandfather of the 8th great grandmother (Alice Carpenter) of Tiffany.

English King Edward I related to Tiffany Sharpe Westmoreland

This Chart Shows English William the Conqueror (William I) descending

down to John David (Jack) Westmoreland.

William the Conqueror down to Jack Westmoreland

Katherine Westmorelands Senior Year Thesis, The Importance of Taking A Gap Year

English King Edward the Confessor HTML

English King Edward the Confessor PDF

      Stories for the Jumper Family:

Jumper Family Report From the mid 1700's

down 11 Generations: This is a 58 page PDF format report

 

Mark Andrew Jumper Ancestor Report 43 Generations PDF

 

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     Stories for the Abney Families

The Whole Abney Descendants Report This is a 469 page PDF format report

that begins with Gor Thorrasson, the earliest family member in

our Abney line. He was born about 500 AD. He is my 38th great

grandfather. The report covers 47 generations.

 

Here's the same report in HTML format: Whole Abney Report

 

D. A. Sharpe's ancestor Report back to his 38th great grandfather, Gor Thorrasson

 

Gor Thorrasson's descendants down to D. A. Sharpe

 

Gor Thorrasson's descendants

English Queen Victoria HTML

English Queen Victoria PDF

 

English King Edward IV (Edward of York) Report to Queen Elizabeth II PDF 84 pages

 

English King Edward IV (originally Edward of York) PDF

 

• Sir Thomas Abney, Lord Mayor of London

  Sir thomas Abney & Isaac Watts HTML

• Jefferson Davis PDF

  Jefferson Davis HTML

  George Eastman (Kodak) HTML

• English King George II (Augustus) HTML

• John V, King of Scotland HTML

  English King Richard III

   

• English Queen Mary I, Bloody Mary

• English King Edward VII (Albert)

• Herbert Pelham, Harvard College's First Treasurer

• Benedict Arnold, the Trader HTML

  Ancestry of James V, King of Scotland PDF (50 generations 200 pages)

• President James Monroe HTML

  President James Monroe PDF

• President John Quincy AdamsHTM

  President John Quincy Adams PDF

• President Zachary Taylor HTML

  President Zachary Taylor PDF

  President Abraham Lincoln HTML

  Abraham Lincoln PDF

  Salmon Portland Chase HTML

  Salmon Portland Chase PDF

  President Gerald R Ford HTML

  President Gerald R Ford PDF

• English King Henry II

• English King Henry III HTML

  English King Henry V HTML

  English King Henry V PDF

   

• English King Edward VI HTML

  English King Henry VII HTML

  English King Henry VII PDF

   

• English King Henry VIII

   

English Queen Elizabeth II-

Queen Elizabeth II

 

English Queen Elizabeth II

 

English King William III, William of Orange HTML

• Also in my Mother's Abney family line is well-known

  English King James I. King James I has common ancestors with me who are Eystein Glumra Ivarsson and Aseda Rognvaldsdatter.  They my 32nd great grandparents.  Eystein Glumra Ivarsson and Aseda Rognvaldsdatter are ninth century Vikings from Norway.  Eystein also is the 26th great grandfather of U.S. President George Washington, another of our relatives.   Eystein Glumra Ivarsson is the 7th great grandfather of husband of 11th great grandmother of James I. 

  James I is the 6th cousin 2x removed of husband of stepdaughter of my 6th great grand uncle,

  Dannette Abney. James, however, commissioned an Authorized Version of the Bible, printed in English in 1611.  It is what commonly is known as the King James Version of the Bible.

  King James' Relationship to D A Sharpe

  Eystein Glumra Ivarsson to King James I

  Eystein Glumra Ivarsson to D A Sharpe

  Eystein Glumra Ivarsson PDF Descendents' Report - 504 pages 41 Generations

  King James I relationship to U.S. President George Washington

  Nicholas Philip Trist HTML

  Nicholas Philip Trist PDF

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General & President George Washington

 

 

 

President Thomas JeffersonHTML

President Thomas Jefferson PDF

 

Introduction of Biblecal Patarchs's Ages PDF

Ages of the 23 Biblical Patarchs Up to Joseph, Son of Isaac, the year 2305 PDF

Reports about the Simons Family:

 

Philip Simons Descendant Report, 9 generations, 125 pages

 

 

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    Papers of Historical Interest

        Plymouth Colony interests
 

• Noah Webster    Noah is a well-known lexicographer. He published his famous Dictionary, the "American Dictionary of the English Language" in 1828.  See why it's been republished today!
   

• The First Thanksgiving Proclamation in Plymouth Colony

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• The First Thanksgiving was in Texas   
   

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        General Interests for genealogy and history:      ▼

• Who said, "he belongs to the ages?"

• Wall Street Journal Editorial on Martin Luther 2017-10-27

• What about the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

• Mr. J. P Morgan, Founder of US Steel

• Conjecture about the lost Colony of Roanoke

• What is a third cousin, once removed?

  First Christian in our Family

• Scottish King of the Picts, Ceawlin

• King Ceawlin (the first Christian above) (547 - 593 AD) ruled in an area that later became Scotland

Just WHO were the Picts???

 

 

The Menger Hotel is the oldest continuously operating hotel west of the Mississippi River!!

The Historic Menger Hotel in San Antonio, TX

 

 

Our Cousins on Rushmore

• So, your name is Rebecca?

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  All you Need to Know about words and Government Bureaucracy

William the Conqueror BioSketch PDF

William the Conqueror BioSketch HMTL

• Here is a description of God, made by an 8 year old boy

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• Why I do genealogy & history and how do I do it?

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• List of My Relatives

   

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            Miscellaneous Direct Line Charts

Programs:

San Jacinto Day address at the James Butler Bonham Chapter of the

Daughters of the Republic of Texas on April 14, 2017

Theory of Relativity

What is the Value of a Reputation?

This is the Women in Leadership event April 20, 2017 of

the USS Fort Worth Steering Committee

Women in Leadership

World Leaders in Governance or Military Related to our Family

What is the Legacy YOU Will Leave? HTML

This is a program scheduled for the December 2, 2017

meeting of the Ephraim M. Daggett Chapter (#36) of

The Sons of the Republic of Texas (Fort Worth)

Daggett Chapter SRT Minutes:

Minutes August 5, 2017

Minutes October 7, 2017

Minutes December 2, 2017

Minutes February 3, 2018

Minutes April 7, 2018

Minutes June 2, 2018 HTML

Minutes June 2, 2018 PDF

Joyce Gibson Roach

John Williams Flight Instructor of the Year Award

Other Daggett Chapter SRT Material

Obituary of Ray Farmer

The Alamo March 6, 2018

The Alamo March 6, 2018 After the Fall

Wise County Messenger April 18, 2017

Bridgeport Index Letter to the Editor about the N TX Salt Sea

These are Dallas friends from the 1950's having

a little reunion in Granbury, TX in March 2007:

Granbury March 17-18, 2007 Index #1

Granbury March 17-18, 2007 Index #2

Granbury March 17-18, 2007 Index #3

DRT Activities:

Castlebury Gravemarking March 24, 2018

What about 1,000 generations in the Bible? HTML

What about 1,000 generations in the Bible? PDF