Person:Thomas Staples (1)
Thomas Staples
b.Bef 1621
d.Bef 12 Jan 1688/89
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  • H.  Thomas StaplesBef 1621 - Bef 1688/89
  • W.  Mary _____Bef 1626 - Aft 1696
m. Bef 1646
  1. Mary StaplesCal 1646 - Aft 1698
  2. Mehitabel StaplesCal 1651 - Bef 1693
  3. John StaplesCal 1663 - 1747/48
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Name Thomas Staples
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1621 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Residence[1] 1639 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1646 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.
to Mary _____
Death[1] Bef 12 Jan 1688/89 Before date of estate settlement.
Estate Settlement[1] 12 Jan 1688/89
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Disputed Lineages

Savage indicates the mother of this family to be a daughter of Thomas Staples. While that information is widely reproduced, it is more recently in strong dispute.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Staples, Thomas, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:579-80.

    "Staples, Thomas. Deputy (Fairfield) to Conn. Leg., Sept. 1649, Sept. 1650, Oct. 1661. He was an original settler of Fairfield, 1639. … The estate of Thomas was settled, 12 Jan. 1688 [1688/9] by arbitrators between Mary widow of Thomas Staples, Sr., Thomas Staples, Mehitabel Staples, and John Staples, and Mr. Josiah Harvey and John Beach in right of their now wives."

  2.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:169.
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