A little Sharps trivia and genealogy

[Omak Cowboy]

From "Early Germans of New Jersey", page 145

Settlers of Upper German Valley
Herman Bitzer occupied the last farm on the Budd or Allen tract as early as 1750 and until it was purchased by John Peter Sharpenstine. Nothing else is known of the Bitzer family, except that the name occurs among the settlers at Annsburg, near Rhinebeck in 1711. This farm of 455 acres included the farms of Willard Apgar, the Wyckkoff and Lambert Sharp place, and perhaps the Henry Wise, the Baldwin and Lance farms.

I don't know anything about Kirk's family but I have also found a "Bryant" marrage in the area ( Hunterdon, NJ ) dated Feb 3, 1838