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From: "Pamelyn P. Bush" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] SCHARFENSTEIN, SCHARPENSTEIN, SHARP in Tewksbury and Reading
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 15:19:32 -0400
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Hello Richard,
I am also descended from this couple. Their daughter, Maria or Mary
Welsch, d. 1826, married Morris Sharpenstein, d. 1823. Their daughter,
Dorothy or Dorothea Sharp or Sharpenstein, was born 1 September 1800 and
died 4 September 1848 at the age of 48 years 3 days, buried Rockaway
Presbyterian Churchyard in Rockaway Twp, Morris Co. She married 5 March 1822
Benjamin Hart Peterson, d. ca. 1849, son of Thomas Peterson and resided in
Drakesville, Morris Co which is very near German Valley. Their daughter
Margaret Peterson b. 14 August 1835 in Drakesville, married William Crane
Burnett of Morristown. She was my father's great-grandmother. He is still
alive at age 92 and remembers her very well since she did not die until 1921
when he was 9.
Thank you for the offer to share a picture of Dorothy Welsh's
gravestone. I would love to have a copy.
I suppose you have looked at Hank Jones' information. Most, if not all
of what he wrote about the Tewksbury and Washington Twp Palatine descendants
was information he received with the help of Norman Wittwer, the Zion
Lutheran Church historian and former president of the Hunterdon Co
Historical Society.
There is other information on the William Welsh family I've collected,
mostly for the William Garret Eick and Julia Ann Welsh (1808-1839) family.
Her line is John Jacob, William, Johannes Wilhelm Welsch. (I collect all
Eick information trying to sort them all out. My husband has Eick ancestors
from both parents.)
Pam Bush



> I would like to hear from other descendants and share information. I am
descended from Morris and Catherine's daughter, Dorothea (1751-1828), who
married William Welsch, Jr. For those who are interested, I have a
photograph of Dorothea's gravestone in the old cemetery in Long Valley that
I will gladly share with other descendents. The stone is now gone.
>
> Richard Welch
> Farmington, New Mexico


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