Person:William Maple (4)

William Maple was mentioned in the "20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens" (1910) by Joseph B. Doyle:

  "William Maple came to Ohio on June 15,1797, landing on the Ohio shore at a point between Elliotsville and Empire. He emigrated from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he resided only a short time, coming there from Trenton, N. J., where he lived at the time of the Revolution and at which place he enlisted in the American array. After coming to Ohio he settled on the hill above Port Homer."

  "The first of the Maple family to come to Jefferson County, Ohio was William Maple, great-grandfather of the subject of this record, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who came here while this was the northwestern territory. He served in the battle of Trenton, and other engagements of the war. William Maple was of English parentage, the family having been transplanted to American soil in the colonial days. He moved from Trenton, N. J. to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and subsequently to Jefferson County, Ohio, crossing the river between Elliottsville and Empire, and locating in what now is Knox Township. He was buried on the hill above Port Homer, on the Patrick Halley Place."

William served in the Revolutionary War in Captain Aaron Longs­treet's Company, Third Regiment of Middlesex, New Jersey Militia. (Revolutionary War pension file of Henry Vantilburg, R 10 804, National Archives, Washington, DC). He was said by his grandson John Wesley Maple to have served 5 years as private in the Revolutionary War. William should not be confused with his nephew William Maple (1755-1842), who was a Revolutionary War pensioner.

Historical records:

On January 27, 1769 William Mapel was a bondman for the marriage of Jacob Maple (of Middlesex County, NJ) and Elizabeth Stanford (of Somerset County, NJ).

On Feb. 21, 1772, Benjamin Maple and wife Sarah, residing in New Brunswick, Middle­sex Co., NJ, deeded to their son William Maple, residing in New Windsor Twp., 113 and 1/3 acres on Upper Bear Brook, New Windsor Twp (Middlesex County Deeds H3:241).

Over the period 1778-1781, William Maple was on the tax rolls for Windsor Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey:

  June 1778    Maple, William  113 acres, 3 horses, 4 cattle
  March 1778   Maple, William  113 acres, 2 horses, 3 cattle, 3 hogs
  Sept 1779    Maple, William  100 acres, 2 horses, 3 cattle, 2 hogs
  Feb 1780     Maple, William  100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cattle, 1 hog
  May 1780     Maple, William  46 acres, - horses, - cattle, - hogs
  Jan 1781     Maple, Wm.  45 acres

William's son, Jacob Maple was born on 9 May 1798 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, according to the family Bible of Jacob's son Eli Bishop Maple (1831-1911).

William appeared in a 1810 Tax List for Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio: Maple, William.

The estate of William Maple, intestate was administered by George Maple, Aug. 16, 1813 (Common Pleas Journal B 1811-1816, p. 105, Steubenville, Jefferson Co., OH). Extension granted for final accounting July Term 1815 (Common Pleas Journal B 1811-16, p. 217). Final accounting, June 10, 1816; paid George Culp $5.00; paid Joshua Shaw by George Culp $2.00. George Maple by his attorney, Benjamin Tappen (Common Pleas Journal B 1811-1816).

According to the family Bible of Eli Bishop Maple, William's first wife was Kisiah Larrison and his second wife was Annie More. The Bible names Abigal, William, Dolley, George, Sarah, Anna, Claracy, Benjamine, and Kisiah as William's children by Kisiah; Jacob, Betsey Harper, Rachel Monroe, and Mariah Rollingston as William's children by Annie.