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John STAPLES
John's wife may have been named Rebecca.1639: John Staples was an early settler of Weymouth, Massachusetts.
1649, May 10: He was made freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1682, March 18: John Staples, Sr., of Weymouth, being lame and weake, made his Last Will and Testament.
1683, He died at Dorchester, Massachusetts.
1683, August 2: His will was proved. In it he mentions his son John to have a salt marsh at Braintree purchased of John Harbour, his son Abraham, his son Joseph, his son-in-law Samuel Sumner, and to his daughter Rebecca, wife of said Samuel, his son-in-law Increase Sumner and his daughter Sarah, wife of Increase, to have his estate in Weymouth; son John Staples and son-in-law Increase Sumner, executors. Thomas Dun and William Chard. [Research of Ken Norman, WorldConnect]