Lt Peter STAPLES

Bef 1723 -

• Name	Peter STAPLES
  Prefix	Lt
  Born	Bef 27 Oct 1723	Kittery, York, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	27 Oct 1723
  Person ID	I6160	Main
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	Capt Peter STAPLES,   b. 20 Aug 1699, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. 1768, Berwick, York, Maine  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F1039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah TETHERLY,   b. 16 Feb 1725
  Married	Bef 1745
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F2183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Bef 27 Oct 1723 - Kittery, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Upon the death of Peter Staple 1699-1768, his eldest son Peter filed an Administration for intestate with the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC), England. The PCC, the most senior probate court in England and Wales handled matters of probate affecting the personal estates of English subjects dying in England and Wales as well as overseas, when petitioned, and acted as a court of first instance for many disputed wills and grants of administration. The book English Estates Of American Colonists, American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1700-1799, by Peter Wilson Coldham (1980) p110 lists - "Staple, Peter, of Kittery, York Co., Mass., Lieutenant on half pay. Administration to James Fitter, attorney for son Peter Staple at Kittery. (Feb.1769)." NOTE: This Administration presented to the PCC is the only written legal document found to date that shows that the descendants of Peter Staple (c1642-1718/19) were English subjects. According to the Family Records Centre Factsheet on PCC Wills and Probate Records, Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands all have their own separate systems of Probate.