 1638 - 1703
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| Name |
Abraham Staple |
| Born |
1638 |
Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
20 Oct 1703 |
Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts [1, 2] |
| Buried |
Old Cemetery, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
- Sergeant Abraham Staples
one of the original proprietors and settlers of Mendon
died Oct. 1703 Aged 65
Mary his wife
died Mar. 1712 Aged 74
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| Notes |
- Abraham STAPLES was admitted to the First Church of Dorchester under the Reverend Richard Mather, 20 Mar 1658-59, and was dismissed to "joyn ye church at Waymouth," 13 Jan 1660-61. It is speculated that he was in Dorchester to learn the trade of weaver. He married at Weymouth, Mary RANDALL, daughter of Robert and Mary (FRENCH) RANDALL. They moved to Mendon in 1663. Nine children born at Mendon.
!Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth:637
On May 5, 1662, "the committee for Mipmugg" (Mendon) which met at Dorchester and made rules for conducting the settlement, admitted Abraham and others toe allotments of lands there. He was the eighth person accepted from Weymouth. A petition by Abraham and 11 others to the General Court was granted in 1662 to plant the new town of "Mendham," and they purchased a tract of land 8 miles square where the village was to stand, located 33 miles southwest of Boston. The exact date of settlement is not known, but it must have been in the early spring of 1663, for on 14 June of that year, Abraham Jr. was born -- the first English child in that town. The town was incorporated 15 May 1667. Abraham Sr. was on a list of freemen dated 15 Oct 1673, and he held local offices. In 1675 he is listed as one of 38 heads of families. During King Philips War (1675-76) the families of this frontier town were driven off by the Indians and their houses and barns burned, following the massacre of the PUFFER family. He served in the militia under Capt. Jonathan POOLE during the war. He was on a list of soldiers at Hadley dated 20 Nov 1675, when 10 shillings were due him on the payroll. He was first called Sargeant in the records in 1693. He is on a list of 20 families who returned to Mendon after the war. His farm occupied what is now the very center of town, stretching from a little stream below the junction of Hastings and Maple Streets, across Main Street, thence running down the hill to Muddy Brook, containing 52 acres more or less. The original place was owned by the STAPLE family for about 140 years. Abraham was a weaver by trade as is shown by his will.
!Descendants of Jeffrey & John STAPLE of Weymouth, MA; 1978
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| Person ID |
I19351 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
19 Aug 2003 |
| Father |
John Staple, d. 04 Jul 1683, Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
| Mother |
Rebecca, b. Abt 1614, England |
| Married |
Abt 1636 |
probably, Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
| Family ID |
F1199 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Mary Randall, b. 20 Mar 1642/43, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts , d. 09 Mar 1713, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
| Married |
19 Sep 1660 |
Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts [3, 4, 5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Abraham Staple, Jr., b. 14 Jun 1663, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 30 Jan 1707, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
| | 2. Isaac Staple, b. 02 Nov 1665, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. Abt 0169 |
| | 3. John Staple, b. 1667, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. Abt 1725 |
| | 4. Mary Staple, b. 01 Apr 1668, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 29 Jun 1669, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
| | 5. Jacob Staple, b. 10 Nov 1669, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. Abt 1724, Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts |
| | 6. Ebenezer Staple, b. Abt 1677, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 27 Mar 1758, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
| | 7. Ephraim Staple, b. 02 Sep 1678, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. Abt 1722, Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts |
| | 8. Mary Staple, b. 08 Feb 1681, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 27 Jan 1682, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
| | 9. Benjamin Staple, b. 27 Dec 1682, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 29 Oct 1683, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
| | 10. Hannah Staple, b. 13 May 1686, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 15 Jul 1746 |
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| Family ID |
F1065 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S11] New England Families, Cutter, William Richard, (Clearfield Company, Baltimore, MD, 1913), p.691.
- [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Mendon:498.
- [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Weymouth:176.
- [S150] Search for Passengers M & J:19, Burton Spear, (The Mary & John Clearinghouse, 5602-305th St., Toledo, OH 43611, 1993), p.52.
- [S258] Chaffin, Randall Gen., Chaffin, William L., (The Grafton Press, New York, 1909), p. 34.
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