Sharon Ann

By Tony Alan Grayson

Sharon Ann is a short story to introduce a main character of A Voice from New Mill Creek: The Methodists, an historical fiction novel that is available online today. She was a teenager who grew up in England during the rise of the Methodist religion. Circumstances came into play that caused her to be among the first group of Methodist colonists to arrive in Norfolk Towne, of the colony of Virginia. Her loyalty to her family and her devotion to God are true, but the timing of this move away from the only home she has known frightened her. She had been courted by several boys from her hometown of York, England. None of them accompanied her on the great ocean voyage to America. Sharon Ann was a young woman of faith, encouraged to shape what might be, even as she was torn by the loss of what might have been.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tony Alan Grayson
• Release date: Nov 24, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311585486

Tony Alan Grayson

Tony Alan Grayson is a native of South Carolina, residing in Virginia. "I have always been an adventure seeker. As a kid, I was the one who formed a "tribe", led expeditions to find other tribes, and I regularly roamed more than ten miles from my house. In high school, I convinced the U.S. Navy to pay for my college degree at The Citadel. I was a lifeguard at The Isle of Palms, a Navy Pilot, a Logistician, a Program Manager, and a Joint Armed Forces Operational Planner. Through the Navy and Navy Reserve, I have seen and experienced diverse people, cultures, food, entertainment, joy, danger, and settings in North, Central, and South America, Europe, Southwest & Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Those experiences swirl in my memory, enabling me to craft diverse and detailed stories for your entertainment. I have written and published 3 full length novels in the e-book format, a guide on how I wrote and published two of the novels, and 110 articles (see them at http://ezinearticles.com/expert/Tony_A_Grayson/1798235), all of which have been published and promoted worldwide. I write for you. Take a chance. Step into a story and experience the thrill of adventure!"

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Sharon Ann

A Short Story by Tony Alan Grayson

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Prologue

Sharon Ann is a short story to introduce a main character of A Voice from New Mill Creek: The Methodists, an historical fiction novel that is available online today. She was a teenager who grew up in England during the rise of the Methodist religion. Circumstances came into play that caused her to be among the first group of Methodist colonists to arrive in Norfolk Towne, of the colony of Virginia. Her loyalty to her family and her devotion to God are true, but the timing of this move away from the only home she has known frightened her. She had been courted by several boys from her hometown of York, England. None of them accompanied her on the great ocean voyage to America. Sharon Ann was a young woman of faith, encouraged to shape what might be, even as she was torn by the loss of what might have been.

Disclaimer

Sharon Ann and the novel A Voice from New Mill Creek: The Methodists are literary works of fiction. Sharon Ann is set in the city of York, England, in the year 1737. All names, characters, historical figures, businesses, products, ideas, and locations in both the short story and the novel support the settings, and are fiction in the respective publications. If you wish to find the facts behind the fiction, refer to the bibliography and consult with local historians and librarians.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Disclaimer

Chapter 1 - Growing up in York

Chapter 2 - The Voyage to Tomorrow

Bibliography

Vita

Other e-books by Tony Alan Grayson

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Chapter 1: Growing up in York

York, England, was founded by the Romans in 71 AD, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. Although this town eventually failed, its location was selected for later cooperative human attempts at settlement which prospered. Mostly, York became central to a coastal trading market. The rivers were deep enough to support heavily-laden merchant vessels. As an inland port, York hosted ever-growing markets for agricultural farm products, meats, breads, ales, wine, wool, as well as tailored clothing, cobbled shoes, ship repair, and a bank that could swap out coinage so that the traders could use that instead of bartering their goods in trade.

Sharon Ann Haynes was a 5'4" cornflower blue-eyed flaxen blonde and an extrovert, both diligent and dutiful. She was not the eldest of the four children in her family of six, but on most matters, and especially on religious ones, she was the pacesetter. Her family was the single family to be selected from the city of York itself to travel to the colony of Virginia. Outwardly, Sharon Ann was agreeable, trusting, and modest. Those qualities she skillfully used to get at the truth in whomever or whatever subject that she sought truth. When she was satisfied with herself and that all about her was right with the Lord,