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Faith Sharp (c.1651 - Jun 1710)

Daughter of Rev. James Sale, "an eminent Nonconformist minister at Pudsey." She married Thomas Sharp in 1673 and together they had several children, though only two survived him (Cudworth, 240-41). Referred to by Thoresby as "vidua" (widow) in his 1715 catalogue. Relevant locations: Lived at or near Little Horton, West Yorkshire
 Relationships: Faith Sharp was a wife of Thomas Sharp (c.1634-1693)

 Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Life and Correspondence of Abraham Sharp: The Yorkshire Mathematician and Assistant of Flamsteed; with Memorials of His Family and Associated Families.
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

A Telescope large and curious, both the Tube turned, and the Glasses grinded by the Rev. and ingenious Mr. Tho. Sharp M. A. Don. Vid. F. Sharp.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

248. ΛOIƊOPOMAΣTIΞ. or the Duelling Doctor defeated, Being a Polemical Essay to shield Mr. Baxter, and the Non-Conformists, from the Decretorial Arms of Dr. Hook, in his Satyrical Piece, entituled, The Non-Conformists Champion his Challenge accepted; concerning Government, War, Liturgy, Gift of Prayer, Things indifferent, Reordination, &c. by T. J. M. A. (The Just Man's Advocate) alias Mr. Tho. Sharp, whose Autograph this is, and was given me by his Widow.