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Alice Sharp^1,2,3,4

Facts and Notes

• Name:⁵
• Birth: 1702; Calichester (Colchester?), Fairfax County, Virginia, USABG; Alice's birthplace is almost certainly in error, since Fairfax County wasn't formed until 1742 and Colchester wasn't established until 1753.^1,3
• Marriage: Before 1726; John James⁶
• Marriage: 1726; Ambrose Grayson; Virginia, USABGO⁵
• Probate: 1 November 1726; Alice petitioned for probate of the will of her late husband, John James⁶
• Power of Attorney: 23 February 1729/30; Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USABGO; Alice Grayson appoints John Snell as her attorney^7,8
• Possessions: 3 March 1729/30; John Snell, acting on Alice's power of attorney, acknowledged her right of dower on the sale of a 100 acre tract by her husband Ambrose to Henry Rogers^7,9
• Possessions: 1 May 1733; St. George Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USABG; Alice acknowledged her right of dower on the sale of a 300 acre tract by her husband Ambrose to Matthew Gale of Glouster County^10,4
• Legal: 3 July 1744; Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USABGO; Alice Grayson named guardian to John and Ambrose Grayson, orphans of Ambrose Grayson¹¹
• Marriage: 26 August 1744; James Stevens; Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USABGO²
• Possessions: 4 December 1744; St. George Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USABG; James & Alice Stevens, along with John & Mary Mennefee and James & Elizabeth Kennerley, sell a 850 acre tract of land to James Ball of White Chappell Parish, Lancaster County, for £70¹²

• Related Pages: Ancestors of Richard Sicard Cobb

Citations

1. [S461] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolb&h=4021287&indiv=try, Record for Alice Sharp
2. [S477] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=VirginiaMarriage&h=32082&indiv=try, Record for Alice Grayson
3. [S494] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=4716545&indiv=try, Birth year: 1702; Birth city: Calichester; Birth state: VA, Record for Alice Sharp
4. [S685] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=VaRecords_ga&h=49868&indiv=try, Record for Alice Grayson
5. [S367] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WorldMarr_ga&h=490958&indiv=try, Source number: 8260.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 4, Record for Ambrose Grayson
6. [S597] Raymond B. Clark, Jr., Genealogies of Viginia Families (Vol III; Pinkethman - Tyler), Note 11, pg 602
7. [S596] Brewer, Mary Marshall, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Books (1722-1734), pg. 85
8. [S599] Sparacio, Ruth and Sam, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Book Abstracts (1729-1730), SA.DB-18/02, pg 26-31
9. [S685] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=VaRecords_ga&h=49867&indiv=try, Record for Alice Grayson
10. [S596] Brewer, Mary Marshall, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Books (1722-1734), pg. 145
11. [S595] James D. Evans, Haverford, PA, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol II (Gildart-Pettus), Grayson Family Addenda, pg. 101
12. [S598] Mary Marshall Brewer, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Books (1734 - 1751), pg 131