flag male ancestor  Ellery  STAPLES

  (b. 4 March 1784 Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay   d. 10 April 1861 Cambridge, New York, USA )  

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Ellery STAPLES was born 4 March 1784 in Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay

Ellery STAPLES was the child of Jonathan STAPLES   and   Rachel HOLBROOK and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Abraham STAPLES and Mary HARVEY (maternal)  Sylvanus HOLBROOK and Thankful THAYER

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Ellery  married  Almira SKEELS .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Almira SKEELS  was born 22 July 1798 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire).  Almira died 1 January 1870 in Cambridge, New York, USA.  Almira was the child of David SKEELS and Lydia POWELL.

Ellery STAPLES died 10 April 1861 in Cambridge, New York, USA.
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Almira SKEELS was the child of David SKEELS and Lydia POWELL




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birth1784 Birth
4 March 1784
Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
1820 Birth of Child
Almira STAPLES was born 20 February 1820, Dorset, Vermont, USA (East, North, South) (Freedleyville)

Ellery was 35 years old.
marriage1835 Marriage of Child
Almira STAPLES married 25 September 1835, Danby, Vermont, USA (Danby Four Corners) (Scottsville) to Joel COLVIN
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
death1861 Death
10 April 1861
Cambridge, New York, USA

He died at the age of 77.
Added: 9/2/2016 3:55:23 PM - Updated:
Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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