Martha Staples

F, #38337, (11 January 1739/40 - April 1841)
Martha Staples|b. 11 Jan 1739/40\nd. Apr 1841|p3834.htm#i38337|Solomon Staples|b. say 1710||Martha Tobey|b. say 1712||||||||||||||
Father*Solomon Staples1 b. s 1710
Mother*Martha Tobey1 b. s 1712
Appears on charts:Descendants of John/1k Brooks
Descendants of William/2k? Brooks
Descendants of Joshua/3k Brooks
Descendants of John/4k Brooks
Last Edited31 May 2010
       Martha Staples was born 11 Jan 1739/40 at Eliot, ME.2,3 She married 15 Nov 1761, probably at Falmouth (now Portland) (int. 5 Sep, Kittery), John/4k Brooks, son of Joshua/3k Brooks and Anna Staples.2,4 His 1790 census household at Falmouth included himself, two males under 16 (sons William and John), and five females (Martha and their youngest four daughters). Also recorded as a head of household at Falmouth that year was his uncle John Brooks.5 John died in 1807 at Pejepscot, ME.6,7 Martha reportedly died at Eliot, Apr 1841, at age 101.1

Family

John/4k Brooks b. 5 Dec 1739, d. 1807
Children

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S1168] Irene Dunham, source unreported.
  2. [S887] David Colby Young, "Portland Early Families", John Brooks/Martha Staples.
  3. [S1168] Irene Dunham, source unreported: Eliot.
  4. [S1377] Anderson and Thurston, Kittery VR, 225, John Brooks/Martha Staple, int.
  5. [S985] 1790 U.S. Census, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, M637/2/305, John Brooks.
  6. [S59] Eastern Argus, 16 Jul 1807, Deaths.
  7. [S59] Boston Gazette, 20 Jul 1807, Deaths.
  8. [S886] Judith MacKinnon.
  9. [S887] David Colby Young, "Portland Early Families", John Brooks/Martha Staples; John Brooks 2d/Anna Wheeler.

Lydia/5k Brooks

F, #38338, (say 1768 - 20 February 1846)
Lydia/5k Brooks|b. say 1768\nd. 20 Feb 1846|p3834.htm#i38338|John/4k Brooks|b. 5 Dec 1739\nd. 1807|p1234.htm#i12340|Martha Staples|b. 11 Jan 1739/40\nd. Apr 1841|p3834.htm#i38337|Joshua/3k Brooks|b. 2 Oct 1712|p1233.htm#i12328|Anna Staples|b. say 1715|p1233.htm#i12329|Solomon Staples|b. say 1710||Martha Tobey|b. say 1712||
Father*John/4k Brooks1 b. 5 Dec 1739, d. 1807
Mother*Martha Staples1 b. 11 Jan 1739/40, d. Apr 1841
Appears on charts:Descendants of William/2k? Brooks
Descendants of Joshua/3k Brooks
Descendants of John/4k Brooks
Last Edited24 May 2009
       Lydia/5k Brooks married, 2 Mar 1794, John Dunn of Cape Elizabeth and Gorham, ME.2 She died at Gorham 20 Feb 1846.3

Family

John Dunn b. 1767
Child
  • Joseph/6k Dunn4 b. say 1801

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S887] David Colby Young, "Portland Early Families", John Brooks/Martha Staples.
  2. [S1438] Cumberland Co. Marriage Returns, 101, Lydia Brooks/John Dunn m.
  3. [S1168] Irene Dunham.
  4. [S886] Judith MacKinnon, email of 4 Sep 2006.

John/5k Brooks

M, #38340, (12 July 1775 - 21 May 1819)
John/5k Brooks|b. 12 Jul 1775\nd. 21 May 1819|p3834.htm#i38340|John/4k Brooks|b. 5 Dec 1739\nd. 1807|p1234.htm#i12340|Martha Staples|b. 11 Jan 1739/40\nd. Apr 1841|p3834.htm#i38337|Joshua/3k Brooks|b. 2 Oct 1712|p1233.htm#i12328|Anna Staples|b. say 1715|p1233.htm#i12329|Solomon Staples|b. say 1710||Martha Tobey|b. say 1712||
Father*John/4k Brooks1 b. 5 Dec 1739, d. 1807
Mother*Martha Staples1 b. 11 Jan 1739/40, d. Apr 1841
Appears on charts:Descendants of William/2k? Brooks
Descendants of Joshua/3k Brooks
Descendants of John/4k Brooks
Last Edited31 May 2010
       John/5k Brooks Jr. was born 12 Jul 1775 at Falmouth, ME.1 There he married, 10 Jul 1796, Anna Wheeler of that place.2,3 He died at Lewiston 21 May 1819 at age 43.4

Family

Anna Wheeler b. 11 Aug 1772
Children

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S887] David Colby Young, "Portland Early Families", John Brooks/Martha Staples; John Brooks 2d/Anna Wheeler.
  2. [S887] David Colby Young, "Portland Early Families", John Brooks 2d/Anna Wheeler.
  3. [S1663] Maine H/G Recorder, 3:3:192, John Brooks Jr./Anna Wheeler m.
  4. [S1168] Irene Dunham.
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