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Capt. Peter Staples, Jr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Male 1643 - Abt 1719  (~ 76 years)


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  • Name Peter Staples 
    Prefix Capt. 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth SAY 1643  [10] 
    • Based on probable age at marriage.
    Gender Male 
    Property 1671  [1] 
    had a grant
    Appointed 1673  [1] 
    highway surveyor
    Property 1674  [1] 
    bought land from Thomas Turner
    Property Sep 1675  [1] 
    was granted 10 acres
    Appointed 1676  lower Kittery, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    constable
    Administration 13 Sep 1708  [11] 
    for Christopher Beedle's estate
    • Role: Administrator
    Will 6 Jun 1718  [5, 12] 


    •      In the Name of God Amen The Sixth day of Iune in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighteen I Peter Staple of Kittery in the County of Yorke in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England Yeoman being aged and weak in Body but of perfect mind and Memory thanks be given unto God Therefore Calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to Say Principally and first of all I give & Recommend my Soul into the hands of god that gave it. And for my Body I commend it to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian like and Decent manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, And as Touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the Same in the following manner and form.
           Imp r I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my dearly beloved wife her dwelling in and Improvement of my dwelling house during her Natural life and also all my household Stuff and other my moveable goods together with the one Third part of the Produce or Income of that my farm and Stock of Cattle which I have heretofore given and alienated to my Son Peter Staple for her Comfortable Support during her Natural life and if the abovesaid Income Shall not be Sufficient to maintain her She hath by these Presents Liberty to dispose of and Sell So much of my household goods or other moveables as Shall be Sufficient to Support her and what Household Goods & other Moveables Effects Shall remain at her Decease not disposed of by her for the aforesaid use I give the Same to my two Sons Iohn & Iames Staples to be Equally Divided betwene them or those that Shall legally represent them.
           Item I do by these presents Confirm unto my Sons Peter Staple Iohn Staple & Iames Staple their Heirs and Assignes forever the Lands which I have heretofore given them I do also give unto my Said Sons either Eighteen pounds in money or Six [n]eat cattle between three and four years of age to be equally divided between them or those that Shall Lawfully represent them upon Condition of their defraying my funeral Charges and Obliging of themselves decently to bury my abovesaid wife Elizabeth their Mother after her decease. The abovesaid money or Cattle to be paid by my Said Son Peter to my other Sons Iohn and Iames Staples their proportion.
           Item I do hereby Constitute make & ordain my three well beloved Sons Peter Iohn & Iames Staples my Executors of this my Last Will and Testament And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & dissanul all and Every other former Testaments Wills and Executors by me in any ways before named And Willed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the day and Year above written
      his
      Signed Sealed Published Peter P Staple (Seal)
           Pronounced & Declared by mark
           the Said Peter Staple as
           his last Will and Testament
           In the Presents of us
           the Subscribers.
           Iohn Newmarch
           Pavl Wentworth
           Nicolas Weeks
    Death Abt 1719  Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Inventory 3 Apr 1719  [13] 
    totalling £18: 16: 6
    Probate 7 Apr 1719  [13] 
    Person ID I6449  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2020 

    Father Peter Staples 
    Family ID F6203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Beedle,   b. 1641   d. Aft 6 Jun 1718 (Age > 77 years)  [8, 9] 
    Marriage Bef 1670  [1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15] 
    Children 
    +1. Peter Staples,   b. Abt 1675, Kittery, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1720, Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years)
    +2. John Staples,   b. Abt 1677, Kittery, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 21 Nov 1744 and 16 Jul 1745, Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years)
    +3. Deacon James Staples,   b. Abt 1678, Kittery, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1725, Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 47 years)
    Family ID F1896  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsAppointed - constable - 1676 - lower Kittery, Maine, New England, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt 1719 - Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 

    • Source: Maine Wills; Probate Office, 3, 14; Pages 215-216.

      In the Name of God Amen The Sixth day of June in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighteen I Peter Staple of Kittery in the County of Yorke in the Province of the Massa-chusetts Bay in New-England Yeoman being aged and weak in Body but of perfect mind and Memory thanks be given unto God Therefore Calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body do make and ordain this my last will and Testament that is to Say Principally and first of all I give & Recommend my Soul into the hands of god that gave
      it. And for my Body I commend it to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian like and Decent manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, And as Touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the Same in the following manner and form. Impr I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my dearly beloved wife her dwelling in and Improvement of my dwelling house during her Natural life
      and also all my household Stuff and other my move-able goods together with the one Third part of the Produce or Income of that my farm and Stock of Cattle which I have hereto-fore given and alienated to my Son Peter Staple for her Comfort-able Support during her Natural Life and if the abovesaid Income Shall not be sufficient to maintain her She hath by these
      Pre-sents Liberty to dispose of and Sell So much of my household goods or other moveables as Shall be Sufficient to Support her and what Household Goods & and other Moveables Effects Shall remain at her Decease not disposed of by her for the aforesaid use I give the Same to my two Sons John & James Staples to be Equally Divided betwene them or those that Shall legally repre-sent them.
      Item I do by these presents Confirm unto my Sons Peter Staple John Staple & James Staple their Heirs and Assignes forever the Lands which I have heretofore given them I do also give unto my Said Sons either Eighteen pounds in money or Six heat cattle between three and four years of age to be equally divided between them or those that Shall Lawfully represent them upon Condition of their defraying my funeral Charges and Obliging of
      themselves decently to bury my abovesaid wife Elizabeth their mother after her decease. The abovesaid money or Cattle to be paid by my Said Son Peter to my other Sons John and James Staples their proportion.
      Item I do hereby Constitute make & ordain my three well be-loved Sons Peter John & James Staples my Executors of this my Last Will and Testament And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & dissanul all and Every other former Testaments Wills and Execu-tors by
      me in any ways before named And Willed Ratifying and Con-firming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the day and Years above written
      his
      Signed Sealed Published Peter Staple (Seal)
      Pronounced & Declared by mark the Said Peter Staple as


      his last Will and Testament In the Presents of us the Subscribers.

      John Newmarch Pavl Wentworth Nicolas Weeks

      Probated 1 April 1719. Inventory returned, 3 April 1719, at 18
      [pounds]:16:6, by John Dennit, and Joshua Remick, appraisers.

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 656, 00218.

    2.  2.  [S991] Old Kittery and Her Families, 752, 00405.

    3.  3.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 86:101, 00390.

    4.  4.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 55:249, 00390.

    5.  5.  [S66] Saco Valley Settlements and Families, 1159, 00464.

    6.  6.  [S706] Robert C. Brooks, 00706.

    7.  7.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 702, 00395.

    8.  8.  [S1336] Torrey Online, 2:1435, 00153.

    9.  9.  [S1364] Remick Genealogy, 23, 00097.

    10.  10.  [S943] Duane Barton, 00168.

    11.  11.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 86, 00218.

    12.  12.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 215-216, 00349.

    13.  13.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 216, 00349.

    14.  14.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 216, 00218.

    15.  15.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 87, 00218.