Elizabeth Staples

"On April 7, 1709, 'Know ye that we whose names are mentioned, viz:--Lydia Griffin, widow, Bradford, and her children: John, Ebenezer, Samuel, and Nathaniel Griffin,--Daniel Morrison, in behalf of his former wife, Hannah Griffin; and daughters Lydia, wife of William Knowlton; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Staples, Susanna, wife of Christopher Bartlett, Jr., and Abigail Griffin,' for £105 sold to Stephen Barker, one hundred and seventy-eight acres, given the widow Griffin by her father Theophilus Shatswell. The land was on the north side of the Merrimac River in Haverhill."[1]

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Elizabeth (Griffin) Staples (1667 - bef. 1706)

Elizabeth Staples formerly Griffin

Born 14 Oct 1667 in Bradford, Essex Co., MA

ANCESTORS

Daughter of John Griffin and Lydia (Shatswell) Griffin

Sister of Lydia (Griffin) Ford, Theophilus Griffin, Hannah (Griffin) Morrison, John Griffin,

Ebenezer Griffin, Susanna (Griffin) Bartlett, Samuel Griffin, Nathaniel Griffin and Abigail (Griffin) Way

Wife of Thomas Staples — married 21 Apr 1694 in Haverhill, MA

DESCENDANTS

Mother of Samuel Staples and Susannah (Staples) Bradley

Died before 1706 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Profile manager: PE Rosner

Profile last modified 16 Dec 2018 | Created 13 Sep 2010

Biography

"On April 7, 1709, 'Know ye that we whose names are mentioned, viz:--Lydia Griffin, widow, Bradford, and her children: John, Ebenezer, Samuel, and Nathaniel Griffin,--Daniel Morrison, in behalf of his former wife, Hannah Griffin; and daughters Lydia, wife of William Knowlton; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Staples, Susanna, wife of Christopher Bartlett, Jr., and Abigail Griffin,' for £105 sold to Stephen Barker, one hundred and seventy-eight acres, given the widow Griffin by her father Theophilus Shatswell. The land was on the north side of the Merrimac River in Haverhill."[1]

References

• Davis, Walter Goodwin. The Ancestry of Annis Spear, 1775-1858, of Litchfield, Maine (1945) Page 145-8 < Archive.Org >
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 26 2016, 16:50:21 UTC
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 26 2016, 16:57:47 UTC
• Leonard Allen Morrison, "Descendants of Daniel Morrison of Newbury, Mass.," in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 48 (1894), p. 414. https://minerdescent.com/2010/06/25/thomas-staples/
• Source: S00140 Author: Compiled by Rodney A Griffin of Franklin, assisted by Mrs Alice Thompson, Concord Consultant Genealogist, Indexed by Chester A Griffin, Franklin Title: Griffins of Franklin, New Hampshire, a partial genealogy and some descendants of Humphrey Griffrin 1605-1661 Repository: #R00017 Call Number: G853g 929.2