Series 1: Kite and Sharpless
Scope and Contents
In 1813 Joshua Sharples (1746/7-1826) married Edith Yarnall (1743-1787) under the care of Concord Monthly Meeting. He was an Elder, traveled with ministers, and visited Native Americans. Edith was recorded as a minister in 1774 and traveled in the ministry in 1778 and 1786. They had eight children, including Edith (1777-1861) who married Thomas Kite (1785-1845), a prominent Quaker minister. After Edith's death, Joshua married second Ann Trimble (1752-1837). Joshua and Ann Trimble Sharples served as superintendents of the Westtown School 1800-1811.
Thomas Kite (1771-1845), son of Benjamin and Rebecca Walton Kite, married first Elizabeth Barnard (1786-1810) with whom he had two children, Susanna (1809-1844) and William (1810-1900). Thomas Kite was acknowledged as a minister in 1818. In 1813, he married secondly Edith Sharples. Thomas's sister, Abi Kite (1787-1865), married Joseph Walton (1784-1853), Philadelphia bookseller, in 1813. Another sister, Mary Kite (1792-1861) was a prominent Quaker minister.
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Collection is open for research.
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