STAPLES / STAPLE
Jeffrey Staples, my 10th great grandfather,
was first recorded in Weymouth, Massachusetts when his young daughter, Martha,
was buried on 17 February 1639/40. He
didn’t appear again until there was a list of landowners recorded between 1642 and
1644. An inventory of his estate was
taken in March 1647 when he was described as “late deceased”.
I descend from Jeffrey’s eldest son, John (about 1608 –
1683), my 9th great grandfather.
He was made a freeman on 10 May 1649.
He owned land in Weymouth and his house was described as “at the foot of
King Oak Hill in North Weymouth”. He had
five children and I descend from his
oldest son, John Staples (about 1646 – 1692), my 8th great grandfather,
who had six children.
Next, I descend from Benjamin
Staples (1677 – about 1712), my 7th great grandfather, who had eight
children. He was a cordwainer
(shoemaker) in Braintree, and he kept an account book which is now at the New England
Historic Genealogical Society. This
account book was published in 1942 and a digital version of the book is
available to view online at this link: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3657476
In the preface of the book it says: "In
the Kingston, Massachusetts records was the found the intention of marriage,
1727, of Benjamin's daughter Silence to John Evason or Everson; also the birth,
March 24, 1747 of the latter's daughter Rebecca and her marriage, October 1,
1767, to Nathaniel King, from whom the lines run clear, to the present
generation. The original book measures
five and one-half inches in length by four inches in width, is bound in
yellowing vellum and has a narrow flap extending over onto the side about an
inch where it fastens with a an old brass lock.
There is no ruling upon the pages, of which the first is missing."
I descend from Benjamin’s daughter,
described above, Silence Staples (1705 – 1785), my 6th great grandmother,
who married John Everson. They lived in
Kingston, Massachusetts and had eight children.
For more information on the STAPLES
family:
NEHGS Register, Volume 161, pages 95 - 100 "The English Origins of
Jeffrey Staple of Weymouth, Massachusetts" by Gail Staples
Descendants of Jeffrey and John Staples of
Weymouth, MA circa 1638, by James Courtenay Staples 1978
My STAPLES genealogy:
Generation 1: Jeffrey Staple, son of Robert Staple, born
about 1576 in England, died 1647 in Weymouth, Massachusetts; married Margery
Chrismas. Seven children.
Generation 2: John Staple, baptized August 1608 at
Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, died 4 July 1683 in Dorchester,
Massachusetts; married Rebecca Unknown.
Five children.
Generation 3: John Staples, born
about 1646 in Weymouth, died 30 August 1692 in Braintree, Massachusetts;
married about 1670 to Sarah Atkins, daughter of Thomas Atkins and Elizabeth
Scammon. She was born about 1650. Six children.
Generation 4: Benjamin Staples, born November 1677 in
Braintree, died about 1712 in Bridgewater; married on 26 May 1699 in Boston to Mary Cox, daughter of
Robert Cox. She was born in July 1676 in
Malden, Massachusetts 1 April 1723 in Abington, Massachusetts. Eight children.
Generation 5: Silence Staples, born
11 November 1705 in Braintree, died 29 April 1785 in Kingston; marriage
intention filed on 14 October 1727 in Kingston to John Everson, son of John
Everson and Elizabeth Unknown. Eight
children.
Generation 6: Hannah Everson m.
Nathan Weston
Generation 7: Zadoc Weston m. Mary Clements
Generation 8: Matilda Weston m. Joseph Edwin Healy
Generation 9: Mary Etta Healey m. Peter Hoogerzeil
Generation 10: Florence Etta Hoogerzeil m. Arthur Treadwell Hitchings
Generation 11: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer
Allen (my grandparents)
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ STAPLES of
Weymouth, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 25, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/surname-saturday-staples-of-weymouth.html: accessed [access date]).
