Capt Peter STAPLES^[1]

1699 - 1768  (68 years)

• Name	Peter STAPLES
  Prefix	Capt
  Born	20 Aug 1699	Kittery, York, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	French-Indian Wars - Capt
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	1768	Berwick, York, Maine
  Person ID	I3031	Main
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Peter STAPLES,   b. Abt 1673, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. 17 Dec 1721, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann LANG,   b. 1678, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire ,   d. 4 Jan 1721, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age 43 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1695	Kittery, York, Maine
  Family ID	F1008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joanna KING,   b. 12 Oct 1699, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. Bef Aug 1741, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age < 41 years)
  Married	31 May 1721	Kittery, York, Maine
  Children	1. Lt Peter STAPLES,   b. Bef 27 Oct 1723, Kittery, York, Maine + 2. Nathaniel STAPLES,   b. 3 May 1727, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. 4 Nov 1800, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F1039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 Aug 1699 - Kittery, York, Maine Married - 31 May 1721 - Kittery, York, Maine Died - 1768 - Berwick, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  m2 Abigail Winn of Portsmouth, NE, 20 Aug 1741. —— Capt Peter STAPLE of Artillery commanded the 1st company, First Massachusetts Regiment under Lt. General and Commander in Chief  William PEPPERRELL during the French-Indian Wars and the surrender of Louisburg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 1745, after this victory Lt General William Pepperrell was knighted. Capt Peter’s surname was STAPLE, however military records refer to him as STAPLES, PCC Administration refers to him as Lieutenant. Sir William’s niece Sarah was the mother of Margery FROST. —— Louisburg, a French fortress and naval station on Cape Breton Island, threatened British dominance in the North Atlantic. New Englanders especially resented attacks by pirates and privateers on their commerce and fishing. Knowing that France had neglected the settlement, Massachusetts governor William Shirley organized regional support for an attack on the fortress in the spring of 1745. Colonists, joined by British naval ships, captured the settlement on 15 June 1745. The colonists held Louisburg despite ill-fated attempts at recapture and were embittered when, by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748, England sacrificed Louisburg for Madras, although England's financial reimbursement to Massachusetts energized its flagging economy. Peter Staples, Capt Lt of the 1st Artillery Co, 1st MA Regt, 5 Feb 1744. This company was subsequently commanded by Richard Mumford, commissioned 3 Jun 1745. List of men in Capt Peter Staple’s Company: Thomas Hardy (1st Lt), John Burbank (2nd Lt), George Knight, Parker Gowel, Hugh McLellan, John Furbish, Josiah Clark, John Lydstone, Edward Hammond, Peter Withum, Daniel Lydstone, Benjamin Leach, Andrew Green, Daniel Wilson, Joshua Brooks, James Abbot, Ichabod Corsen, Uriah Hanscom, Zimri Hanscom, Simeon Dam, George Marriner, Thomas Allen, Bartholomew Withum, John Thompson, John Ayers, Jonathan Thompson. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Plymouth County to 1850, Early Vital Records of, (Search & ReSearch Corp, 2002). [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 24:368.