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James Burleigh SHARP (1813 - 1887)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Henry John SHARP (1843 - 1903)
Lucy Sophia SHARP (1845 - 1930)
Fanny Elizabeth SHARP (1847 - 1908)
Emily Jane SHARP (1850 - 1928)
Arthur SHARP (1853 - 1915)
Mary SHARP (1855 - 1927)
Eleanor Susan SHARP (1862 - 1920)
 James Burleigh SHARP (1813 - 1887)

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Jane DIGHT (1817 - 1899)
 Thomas SHARP











Charlotte TURLAND (1778 - 1840)











b. 06 May 1813 at Coventry, England
m. 01 Sep 1842 Jane DIGHT (1817 - 1899) at Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
d. 28 Nov 1887 at Yass, New South Wales, Australia aged 74
Parents:
Thomas SHARP
Charlotte TURLAND (1778 - 1840)
Children (7):
Henry John SHARP (1843 - 1903)
Lucy Sophia SHARP (1845 - 1930)
Fanny Elizabeth SHARP (1847 - 1908)
Emily Jane SHARP (1850 - 1928)
Arthur SHARP (1853 - 1915)
Mary SHARP (1855 - 1927)
Eleanor Susan SHARP (1862 - 1920)
Grandchildren (2):
Margaret Jane SHARP (1877 - 1964), Mary Elizabeth Jane SHARP (1879 - 1950)
Events in James Burleigh SHARP (1813 - 1887)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
06 May 1813 James Burleigh SHARP was born Coventry, England 73
abt 1833 20 Immigration Australia 73
abt Jan 1840 26 Death of mother Charlotte TURLAND (aged 62) St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England
01 Sep 1842 29 Married Jane DIGHT (aged 24) Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 73
01 Sep 1843 30 Birth of son Henry John SHARP Sharp's Creek, New South Wales, Australia 73
11 Aug 1845 32 Birth of daughter Lucy Sophia SHARP Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 73
28 Nov 1847 34 Birth of daughter Fanny Elizabeth SHARP Yass, New South Wales, Australia 73
08 Jan 1850 36 Birth of daughter Emily Jane SHARP Yass, New South Wales, Australia 73
1853 40 Birth of son Arthur SHARP Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1855 42 Birth of daughter Mary SHARP Yass, New South Wales, Australia 73
1862 49 Birth of daughter Eleanor Susan SHARP Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
28 Nov 1887 74 James Burleigh SHARP died Yass, New South Wales, Australia 73
Personal Notes:
James Burleigh Sharp the son of Thomas Sharp of Coventry, England was born on 6 May 1813 at Coventry. Arriving in Australia about 1833 he went to Windsor and there conducted a mixed farm near Richmond.

Not being satisfied with this venture James Burleigh Sharp selected a property named "Cliftonwood" on the Yass River, near the town of Yass in 1834.

A drought forced him to seek pastures for his sheep and, driving them before him, he arrived at Green Hills near Adelong in 1837. He took out a grazing licence for an area of 28,000 acres. The area was known officially as Run No.16237. As the country at Green Hills was mostly heavily timbered sheep losses were heavy and he turned his attention to breeding cattle.

On 1 September 1842 James Burleigh Sharp was married at Richmond N.S.W. to Miss Jane Dight of that settlement. She was a sister to Elizabeth Dight, who married Hamilton Hume the explorer. After arriving at Green Hills the young bride never left the homestead for a space of fifteen years.

Green Hills was extensively improved, the shorthorn cattle did remarkably well, but it was not until 1898 that sheep were again depastured on the run.

About 1871 James Burleigh Sharp retired to live at his “Cliftonwood” homestead at Yass. He left his son Henry John Sharp in charge of Green Hills and he never returned to the old home. He died at Yass in 1887 aged 74 years. Ever since Green Hills was first selected until 1957 a descendant has occupied the property.

Mary Jane Sharp, a daughter of Henry John Sharp, married John Elliott, the well-known Lacmalac property owner, sportsman, and prominent public citizen of Tumut.
Source References:
73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004
- Reference = 37 (Marriage)
- Reference = 37 (Death)
- Reference = 37 (Immigration)
- Reference = 37 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 37 (Birth)
This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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