Rev. John Staples

Notes:

A graduate of Princeton in 1765, he was the Congregational minister of the parish of Westminster, in Canterbury, Connecticut, for over thirty years.

Family/Spouse: Susanna Perkins. Susanna (daughter of Matthew Perkins and Hannah Bishop) was born on 29 Jan 1753; died on 10 Sep 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Seth Perkins Staples was born on 1 Sep 1776 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut; died on 6 Nov 1861 in New York, New York.
2. Susanna Staples was born on 20 Aug 1778 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut; died on 22 Nov 1855 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1699
• Alternate death: 25 Mar 1778, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts

Notes:

Died of smallpox.

Deacon married Hannah Standish on 4 Jan 1722 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Ebenezer Standish and Hannah Sturtevant) was born on 6 Mar 1704; died on 5 Apr 1774; was buried in Neck of Land Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deacon married Hannah. Hannah died between 4 May 1757 and 15 Jun 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Hannah Sturtevant. Hannah (daughter of Deacon Samuel Sturtevant and Mercy) was born in Mar 1674; died on 23 Jan 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Mary Macumber about 1669. Mary (daughter of John Macomber) died after 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Alexander married Sarah Alden before 1660. Sarah (daughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins) was born about 1634; died before 13 Jun 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1629

Deacon married Mercy. Mercy died on 4 Aug 1714 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Notes:

Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw (citation details below) names his wife Rebecca. Later researchers say her identity is unproven, although John Staples did have a daughter named Rebecca born at Weymouth 27 Nov 1639.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
• Alternate birth: of Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Bef 1593

Notes:

Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620. His parentage is unknown, although his will indicates that he owned (or had some claim to) lands in Lancashire and on the Isle of Man.

He was the military advisor to the Plymouth colony, but never joined their church.

Myles married Barbara before 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Barbara died after 6 Oct 1659. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 16 Oct 1659

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1598

Notes:

Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620. Removed to Duxbury 1632. He was a cooper, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. A protagonist of Longfellow's "The Courtship of Miles Standish", which may or may not be grounded in actual events.

He was hired at the port of Southampton, but despite the strenuous efforts of many researchers over many years, absolutely nothing has been proved about his English origins.

Deputy Governor of Plymouth, 7 Mar 1665 and 30 Oct 1667. Treasurer 3 Jun 1656, 3 Jun 1657, 1 Jun 1658. Council of War 27 Sep 1642, 10 Oct 1643, 2 Jun 1646, 6 Apr 1653, 12 May 1653, 1 Jun 1658, 2 Apr 1667. Committee to revise laws 4 Jun 1645, 3 Jun 1657. Committee on Kennebec trade 3 Mar 1645, 7 Jun 1648, 8 Jun 1649, 5 Mar 1656. He was literate. "Although there is no direct evidence for his literary and educational attainments, his extensive public service, including especially his appointments as colony treasurer and to committees on revising the laws, certainly indicates that he must have been well-educated." [Robert Charles Anderson, The Pilgrim Migration, citation details below.]

John Alden (1599-1687) = Priscilla Mullins (d. aft. 1651)
Ruth Alden (~1640-1674) = John Bass (1630-1716)
Hannah Bass (1667-1705) = Joseph Adams, Jr. (1654-1737)
John Adams (1691-1761) = Susanna Boylston (1709-1797)
John Adams (1735-1826) = Abigail Smith (1744-1818), 2nd President of the United States
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th President of the United States

John Alden (1599-1687) = Priscilla Mullins (d. aft. 1651)
Rebecca Alden = Thomas Delano
Jonathan Delano (~1675-1765) = Hannah Doty (1675-1764)
Jonathan Delano (1701-~1745) = Elizabeth Winslow (1707-~1745)
Elizabeth Delano (b. 1725) = John Penney (1721-~1756)
Jonathan Penney (~1754-~1812) = Priscilla Grover (1757-~1820)
Priscilla Pinney (~1778-1811) = Luther Franklin (1780-1861)
Abigail Franklin (1811-1892) = Hiram D. Moor (1812-1888)
Victoria Josephine Moor (1846-1885) = John Calvin Coolidge (1845-1926)
(John) Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), 30th President of the United States

John married Priscilla Mullins about 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Priscilla (daughter of William Mullins and Alice) was born about 1602; died after 1651. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1600 to 1605
• Alternate birth: Abt 1603
• Alternate death: Bef 1687, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Notes:

Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620.

She may have been a daughter of an earlier wife of William Mullins, rather than of Alice.

Samuel married Ann about 1644 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Ann was born about 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Often given, but never proved, as Ann Lee, daughter of Robert Lee.

Notes:

He and his wife were at Weymouth, Massachusetts by 17 Feb 1640 when their daughter Martha was born there.

Jeffrey married Margery Chrismas on 4 May 1607 in Halton, Buckinghamshire, England. Margery was born about 1585; died after 14 Dec 1663 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Edith Locke on 8 Jun 1607 in St. Mary's, Bridport, Dorset, England. Edith died before 10 May 1636 in Bridport, Dorset, England; was buried on 10 May 1636 in Bridport, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1572

Notes:

Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620. Died in the first winter. He was a shoemaker.

From "The Probable English Origin of Mayflower passenger Peter Browne, and His Association with Mayflower Passenger William Mullins," by Caleb Johnson, The American Genealogist 79:3, July 2004:

"The parentage and ancestry of William Mullins have not been conclusively proven. The Mullins family may have been living in Dorking for a considerable period of time prior to William Mullins himself, as the Dorking manor court rolls between 1454 and 1458 mention a Peter and Isabel Moleyn on several occasions. The Dorking parish registers are unfortunately defective for the years 1572 through 1578 -- the time period in which we would expect William to have been baptized. However, there was only one Mullins family in Dorking that was having children during this time period: the John Mullins who married Joan Bridger there on 8 July 1571. Most of their children would have fallen into the 'black hole' in the registers. On 23 September 1582, we see the baptism of their last child, Edward Mullins. On 4 February 1583/4, a Mullins (no Christian name given) was buried. Wc can reasonably assume this burial record was for John Mullins the father, because the next Mullins burial record in the registers, on 8 July 1584, was recorded as the 'son of widow Mullins.' And since son Edward Mullins appears in no subsequent Dorking records, we can speculate that this was the unnamed son who was buried. The following year, on 1 November 1585, the widow Joane Mullins was remarried to Vyncent Benham.
"Two Mullinses appear in later Dorking records; they are assumed to be unrecorded children of John and Joan (Bridger) Mullins. They are the Mayflower passenger, William Mullins, and John Mullins."

William married Alice before 1593. Alice died after 2 Apr 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 21 Feb 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Notes:

Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620. Died sometime after the Mayflower set sail on its return voyage, but before the mid-November arrival of the Fortune.

She may or may not have been the mother of Priscilla Mullins.