Captain Peter Staples, III

GENERATION – 3

Captain Peter STAPLE/STAPLES, (3)-(Peter2, Peter1), b Aug 20, 1699, d July 1, 1768 (Aged 68yr, 10mo, 11d, of Kittery, ME, re; PCC) m1st May 31, 1721, Joanna KING, b Oct 12, 1699 in Kittery, ME, 2 children, dau of Richard KING and Mary LYDSTON of Kittery, ME. See Gen. Dict. ME & NH, p 401, KING, 11 Richard, 12 Ensign Richard. Moved to Berwick. To date, I have not located his place of burial.
On March 15, 1744 war was declared by France against England, this war lasted until 1760 when the French surrendered Montreal to the British, thus ending the French and Indian wars in North America. On February 5, 1745, the Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a campaign to move against the French-held fortress of Louisburg, Nova Scotia. The First Massachusetts Regiment under William PEPPERRELL, Lt. General and Commander-In-Chief, embarked for Nova Scotia in April of 1745. Captain Lieut. Peter STAPLE(S), commissioned February 5, 1744, of Artillery commanded the 1st Company of 30 men. By May 1, 1745 the troops had laid siege to the fortress and on June 17, 1745 the fortress surrendered. The First Company was subsequently commanded by Richard Mumford, commissioned June 3, 1745. Ref: NEHGR 22:117, 24:368, 25:253. After this victory Lt General William PEPPERRELL was knighted. Capt Peter’s surname was STAPLE, however military records refer to him as both STAPLE and STAPLES, Sir William’s niece Sarah was the mother of Margery FROST.

Capt. Peter had two sons by his first wife Joanna King, Peter Staple, bapt 27 Oct. 1723, m bef 1745, Susannah Tetherly b 16 Feb. 1725/26 and Nathaniel Staple bapt 25 June 1727, m Margery Frost (See generation 4 below). Peter Staple, 1699-1768, died intestate. The Probate Records, File # 17867, held at the Register of Probate, York County, Alfred, ME records that the Colonial Court found Capt. Peter's Estate insolvent on 17 Oct 1768. His eldest son Peter filed an Administration for intestate with the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC), England in Feb. 1769, research of the records in England shows that the PCC overturned the verdict of the Colonial Court in York County on Capt Peter's Estate in favor of his son Peter. The PCC, the most senior probate court in England and Wales handled matters of probate affecting the personal estates of English subjects dying in England and Wales as well as overseas, when petitioned, and acted as a court of first instance for many disputed wills and grants of administration. The book English Estates Of American Colonists, American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1700-1799, by Peter Wilson Coldham (1980) p110 lists - "Staple, Peter, of Kittery, York Co., Mass., Lieutenant on half pay. Administration to James Fitter, attorney for son Peter Staple at Kittery. (Feb.1769)." NOTE: This Administration presented to the PCC is the only written legal document found to date that shows that the descendants of Peter Staple (c1642-1718/19) were English subjects. According to the Family Records Centre Factsheet on PCC Wills and Probate Records, Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands all have their own separate systems of Probate.

 M Child 2: Peter Staples     #6207  

              Born: 20 Aug 1699          in Kittery, York, ME  2

          Baptized: 27 Oct 1723          in Kittery, York, ME  5,6

            Spouse: Joanna King  #6214  b. 12 Oct 1699  

           Married: 31 May 1721          in Kittery, York, ME  7

     Marriage Bann: 18 Mar 1720/1        in Kittery, York, ME  8

Captain of a company at the capture of Cape Breton and Louisburg in 1745. 1st MA. Regiment, Col. WM Pepperell, Capt. Peter Staples, 1st Co., Artillery.

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Biography

Peter STAPLES. Born on 20 August 1699 in Kittery, Maine. Peter died in 1768.

Peter, son of Peter Staples and Mary Lang; b. 20 Aug. 1699, m. 1st 31 May 1721 Joanna King; m. 2d in Portsmouth 20 Aug. 1741 Abigail Winn. Capt. at Cape Breton 1745; d. 1768; 6 ch. [ref 22]

GENERATION – 3 Captain Peter STAPLE/STAPLES, (3)-(Peter2, Peter1), b Aug 20, 1699, d July 1, 1768 (Aged 68yr, 10mo, 11d, of Kittery, ME, re; PCC) m1st May 31, 1721, Joanna KING, b Oct 12, 1699 in Kittery, ME, 2 children, dau of Richard KING and Mary LYDSTON of Kittery, ME. See Gen. Dict. ME & NH, p 401, KING, 11 Richard, 12 Ensign Richard. Moved to Berwick. To date, I have not located his place of burial.[1]

Peter STAPLES. Born on 20 August 1699 in Kittery, Maine. Peter died in 1768.

On 31 May 1721 when Peter was 21, he first married Joanna KING, daughter of Richard KING & Mary LYDSTON, in Kittery, ME by Rev. John Newmarch. Born on 12 October 1699.

They had the following children:

Peter (ch. 1723-)
Nathaniel (ch. 1727-)
Abigail (ch. 1742-)
On 20 August 1741 when Peter was 42, he second married Abigail WINN, in Portsmouth, NH.

They had the following children:

Josiah (ch. 1744-1799)
Tobias (ch. 1748-)
Joanna[2]

He was captain of a company at the capture of Capt. Breton in 1745. Died in 1768, leaving widow Abigail. Children 1723-abt 48: Peter, Nathaniel, Josiah, Abigail, Tobias, Joanna. [ref 33:753]

Staple Peter & Joanna King, both of K., intention Kittery, Mar. 18, 1720-1 [ref 43:1-50][3]
Peter Staples (abt. 1699 - 1768)

Peter Staples

Born about 20 Aug 1699 in Kittery, York, Colonial Maine

Son of Peter Staples Jr and Mary (Lang) Staples

Brother of Mary (Staples) Noble, Elizabeth (Staples) Ham, Robert Staples, Anne (Staples) Tobey, Enoch Staples, Grace (Staples) Leighton and Joshua Staples

Husband of Joanna King — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Husband of Abigail (Winn) Staples — married 20 Aug 1741 [location unknown]

Father of Peter Staples, Nathaniel Staples, Abigail Staples, Tobias Staples and Josiah Staples

Died 1 Jul 1768 at about age 68 in Kittery, York, Colonial Maine

Profile last modified 27 Oct 2022 | Created 25 Feb 2014

Sources

↑ [1] Rootsweb
↑ [2] Rootsweb
↑ [3] Rootsweb
22. "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Surnames" by Sybil Noyes, Charles T. Libby, Walter G. Davis : Baltimore:1996.
33. "Old Kittery and Her Families" by Everett S. Stackpole : Lewiston ME:1903
43. "Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder" 9 volumes