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  • Name Robert Staples 
    Birth 1 May 1704  Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Occupation cordwainer  [2]
    Will 8 Sep 1743  [2, 4


    •      In the Name of God amen the Eighth Day of September in the Year of the Incarnation of Christ one thousand seven hundred and forty three I Robert Staple of Kittery in the County of York within the Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England Cordwainer being Sick and weak but of sound mind & memory Expecting that the time of my Death is near, Do make & Ordain this my last Will & testament Desireing with all humble submission to resign my Soul to Christ my Dear Redeemer whensoever he shall be pleased to call for it by Death and my Body also to him in hopes that he will Graciously accept ye same and fashion it like unto his own glorious Body & unite it to him. And as to such worldly Estate as God hath been pleased to bestow upon me in this Life my Will is that all my Just Debts shall be duly paid out of the same in Convenient time by my Dear & Loving Wife who I hereby appoint Sole Executrix of this my last Will & testament And whereas it hath pleased God to Bless me and my Wife with seven Children all of them Daughters and some of them very young who I must leaue & Commit them (under the good providence of God) to the Care of my Dear & Loving Wife Injoyning her with all Love & faithfullness to use her best Endeavours that all my Children may be well instructed in the true Principles of Religion the fear of Godthe way wherein they should go that when they are old they may not depart from it.
           I Giue to Each of my Children a new Bible to be be purchased for & given to Each of them by my Wife my said Executrix out of my Estate and to Enable my said Wife to pay my Debts and give my Body a Deacent Funeral; maintain & Educate my Children & give Each of them a Bible & for her own Comfortable support and subsistance I Give & bequeath unto my Dear & beloved Wife Hannah Staple & to her her Heirs in fee simple my House & Land where I now live with the out Houses & Buildings & all my Goods & Chattels Lands & tenements Rights & Credits and Estate Real & Personal whatsoever & wheresoever to have & to hold to her my said Wife to be at her Disposall as She shall see meet & to apply the use Improvement or price thereof as She shall have and see Occasion from time to time for her self & Children I the said Robert Staple hereby Revoaking all & Every former & other Wills testaments Legacies & Bequests by me in any manner before made Ratifying & Ordaining this & no other to be my last Will & testament Witness my Hand and Seal the Day abovesaid.
      Signed Sealed published pronounced Robert Staple (Seal)
           & Declared by the said Robert
           Staple as his Last Will & testa-
           ment in presence of
           Thomas Hanscom
           George Rogers
           John Rogers Jur.
    Probate 17 Apr 1744  [5
    Person ID I12545  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2020 

    Father Peter Staples,   b. Abt 1675, Kittery, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1720, Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Mary Lang,   b. 1678 
    Marriage 8 Jan 1695/6  Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Family ID F3033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Tobey,   b. 10 Jan 1705/6 
    Marriage 7 Jan 1724/5  [1, 2
    Family ID F4461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 656, 00218.

    2.  2.  [S66] Saco Valley Settlements and Families, 1159, 00464.

    3.  3.  [S363] Vital Records of Kittery, ME, 17, 00590.

    4.  4.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 488-489, 00349.

    5.  5.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 489, 00349.

    6.  6.  [S991] Old Kittery and Her Families, 752, 00405.

    7.  7.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 94:356, 00390.

    8.  8.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 702, 00395.

    9.  9.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 413, 00218.

    10.  10.  [S1336] Torrey Online, 2:1435, 00153.