Person:Stephen Maples (1)

Peter Maples was his father.

From The Bromley Genealogy

Stephen Maples was among the earliest settlers on lands in the North Parish of New London. He appears first at New London in 1712, when he, with others, was selected as watchmen, called the "Military Watch." He, with others, was summoned before the court of commissioners to show the titles to the land they were occupying and improving, upon the complaint of the Indians to the general court in 1720.

At the meeting of the commissioners, held at the house of Joseph Bradford on the 22d day of Feb., 1720-21, the land titles which had previously been in dispute were confirmed to the occupants, Stephen Maples being one whose land claim was sustained. He resided in the north part of the Parish, near the Norwich line, and where many of his descendants afterwards lived. He married, about 1718, Patience Fargo, daughter of Moses Fargo. He with his wife, united with the church at North Parish on the 24th day of April, 1726. He died Aug. 26, 1755.

1. ↑ Viola A. Bromley. BROMLEY: The Bromley Genealogy. (Frederick H. Hitchcock, New York 1911)
   p. 31.
2. ↑ Henry A. Baker. History of Montville, Connecticut. (Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, Hartford Conn 1896)
   p. 129.
3. ↑ Matt Bushnell Jones. History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont. (Boston, Mass, George E. Littlefield, 1909)
   p. 304.