Timothy married Ann STAPLES about 1784 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. Ann (daughter of Samuel STAPLES and Mercy CANE) was born about 1764 in Phillipstown [Sanford], York, Maine; died on 22 Sep 1826 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Historical Notes: THOMAS SAUNDERS came here from Amesbury in the State of Massachusetts, settled upon the lot of land lying westerly of, and adjoining, that of Mr. John Pressey, Jr. His wife was Miss Hephzibah Chase, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, and they were married in Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1755; in 1757 they moved to Amesbury, and came here in 1771. His wife and that of Mr. John Pressey were sisters. Mr. Saunders was drowned near the mouth of the Northwest Harbor in June, 1786, while engaged in towing some logs which were to be manufactured into pumps for the purpose of pumping salt water for the manufacture of salt. He left two sons, Messrs. James and Timothy Saunders, and two daughters, one the wife of Mr. ,John Dow; another, that of Mr. Thomas Small, Jr. His farm passed into the hands of his sons, who occupied it till they died. It now is the property of their descendants. The wife of Mr. James Saunders, was Susan Webb, a daughter of Mr. Seth Webb, one of the early settlers; that of Mr. Timothy Saunders was Ann Staples, the daughter of the pers/o that name before noticed as having been impressed into the British service during the war of the Revolution. The children of Mr. James Saunders were Thomas and James, the sons; and the daughters were the wives of Messrs. Crowell H. Sylvester, Joseph Whitmore, and afterward of Dr. Robert Young, a practitioner of medicine, who made the treatment of cancers a specialty. After his death she was that of Jonah Dodge, of Brooklin, Maine, and lastly, that of Mr. Sylvester, the husband of her sister, and she was four times a widow. Another was that of Mr. John Averill, of Castine, and, afterward that of Mr. Josiah B. Woods, of the same place. Another was that of Captain Henry Lufkin, Jr.; another, that of Captain Joseph R. Lufkin; and another, that of Mr. Benjamin Lufkin, all of whom are now dead, with the exception of the widow of Captain J. R. Lufkin, who is now (1882) eighty-one years of age. The children of Mr. Timothy Saunders were Samuel, John, Asa, and Timothy, sons; the daughters were the wives of Messrs. Thomas, Ezra, and Joshua Pressey, and Captain David Haskell; all the family are now dead.«s13»
• Cause of Death: Drowned near the mouth of the Northwest Harbor while towing some logs

Thomas married Hephzibah CHASE on 21 May 1755 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Hephzibah (daughter of Charles CHASE and Hepzibah CARR) was born on 6 Apr 1731 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1825 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Hepsa

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• Military Event: French-Indian Wars, American Revolution - pressed by British
• Served American Revolution?: Y
• Military Flag: Y
• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y
• Cause of Death: Presumed shot and thrown overboard in the Penobscot Bay during the American Revolution.
• Baptism: 10 Jul 1715, Kittery, York, Maine

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[Samuel] was impressed on board of an English man-of-war during the Revolution, and was never heard from. The mother of this family, Mrs. Mercy Staples, afterwards married a Mr. Hutchinson, of Sedgwick, by whom she had two sons and one daughter. The sons were Rev. David Hutchinson, a presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal church in the western part of the State, and Timothy Hutchinson, who lived and died on Little Deer Isle. The daughter, Susan, was the wife of Capt. Benjamin Gray, of Penobscot.
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Samuel Staples removed his family from Deer Isle to Swans Island in 1764. While fishing with others from Swans Island during the American Revolution, Samuel Staples was impressed into service by a British frigate. He was never heard from again, nor have any records of his whereabouts or fate been uncovered. According to the Bangor Historical Magazine, volume 5, when the British evacuated Bagaduce Maine, he was seized and carried off on a "Man of War" vessel and utilized as a pilot. Once the Penobscot Bay was cleared, it is presumed that he was shot and thrown overboard.
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The occupant of the land adjoining that of Mr. Thompson on the southeast was a man named Staples. His widow, Mrs. Mercy Staples, with Joshua and Moses Staples, seems to have been here very early, not far from 1764. In all probability the sons above named were then quite young. There was another brother, who must at that time have arrived at manhood, who was the father of Mr. Samuel Staples, who died at Green's Landing, in 1841, aged seventy-three years.
Samuel had one brother younger, named William, and two sisters, one, the wife of Mr. Stephen Babbidge, the other, that of Mr. Timothy Saunders. Their father was impressed on board of an English ship-of-war during the Revolution, when that iniquity was practiced. He was never heard of after that, and probably died while in the service.
Afterward Mrs. Staples married a Mr. Hutchinson, of Sedgwick, by whom she had two sons and one daughter. The sons were Rev. David Hutchinson, a presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the western part of the State, and Mr. Timothy Hutchinson, who lived here many years and died on Little Deer Island; and the daughter was Susan, the wife of Captain Benjamin Gray, of Penobscot.
Mr. Staples moved to Swan's Island, where he died in 1845, aged over ninety years. The other son, Joshua, in whose name the lot appears on the plan, married the daughter of Mr. John Raynes, Sr., who had one daughter, Jane Staples, who married Mr. Elias Morey, Jr., who lived and died on Swan's Island.
The mother, Mercy Staples, also had a settler's right, and it was known as the "Granny Lot," as she was known as "Granny Staples." She had a deed from the Tylers, 'and it passed from her to her son-in-law, Mr. Thomas Conary, by whom it was conveyed to the late Pearl Spofford, Esq., and is now held by his heirs. The lot set off to Joshua Staples afterward became the property of Major Nathan Low, and is now held by his heirs.,

Samuel married Mercy CANE about 1745 in Phillipstown [Sanford], York, Maine. Mercy (daughter of Nicholas CANE and Mary PARSONS) was born on 14 Oct 1719 in York, York, Maine; died after 1796 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y

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She was on Deer Isle as early as 1764. She had a settler's right to the lot known as the "Granny Lot;" She was known as "Granny Staples."

Charles married Hepzibah CARR on 15 Jul 1714 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Hepzibah was born on 24 Apr 1692 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 6 Jul 1765 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Carpenter
• Military Event: Militia - Colonel
• Military Flag: Y
• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y

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eleven ch., 7 sons, 4 dau.
His will is read sometime near 20 July 1745.
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John Staples was a solder in the Colonial Militia in 1722, and he was ordered to make his house "defencible" as a Garrison or place of refuge.

eleven ch., 7 sons, 4 dau.

John married Mary DIXON in Oct 1696 in Kittery, York, Maine. Mary (daughter of Peter DIXON and Mary REMICK) was born on 23 Sep 1679 in Kittery, York, Maine; died on 15 Jul 1745 in Kittery, York, Maine; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y

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• Questions: Parentage not proven
• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y
• Parents Unproven: Y
• Historical Notes: York Co, Maine Court Index: 1686-1760. Courtesy of the Maine State Archives Full Name CANE, NICHOLAS Def/Plt DEF Location Index Number 600585 Court SESS Volume/Page 9-81 Box/File Cause PROFANITY Year 1732 Month 10 Full Name CANE, NICHOLAS Def/Plt DEF Location York Index Number 604078 Court CCP Volume/Page 8-65 Box/File 33-30 Cause DEBT Year 1729 Month 1 Full Name CANE, NICHOLAS Def/Plt DEF Location Index Number 600268 Court SESS Volume/Page 7-44 Box/File Cause DRUNKENNESS Year 1722 Month 4 Full Name CANE, NICHOLAS Def/Plt DEF Location Index Number 600586 Court SESS Volume/Page 9-81 Box/File Cause DRUNKENNESS Year 1732 Month 10
• Historical Notes: Died intestate

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He was apprenticed to Capt. Abraham Preble, whose wife he called "my mother Preble".

m2 - 11 Jan 1753 Sarah GRAY JELLISON, daughter of George GRAY and widow of Joseph JELLISON.

In 1755, he removed to Sanford, Maine from his home in York.[CI:104:?3:CI]

Nicholas married Mary PARSONS in Nov 1706 in York, York, Maine. Mary (daughter of John PARSONS and Elizabeth HUCKINS) was born on 13 Oct 1681 in York, York, Maine; died on 14 Feb 1758 in Phillipstown [Sanford], York, Maine; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y

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Mary is NOT the daughter of John Parsons of Northampton, MA.