'Stapleton04'
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Families covered: Stapleton of Grey's Court, Stapleton of the Leeward Islands
| Descended from Sir John Stapleton who settled in Ireland in the time of King Henry II (who r. 1154-1189) was ... | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Stapleton (a 1566) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Butler (dau of James Butler, 9th lord of Dunboyne) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Stapleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Bourke | |||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? Stapleton | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John Stapleton of Thurlesbegg | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah McEgan shown by TCB as mother of the 1st Bart | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Redmund Sapleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Fogarty (dau of Cornelius Fogarty of Devey) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Edmund Stapleton, Governor of Montserrat (a 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Honora Stapleton | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir William Stapleton, Governor of the Leeward Islands, 1st Bart of the Leeward Islands (d 03.08.1686, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1672) Anne Russell (d 08.07.1722, dau of Col. Randolph Russell, Governor of Nevis, sister of Sir James) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir James Stapleton of London, 2nd Bart of the Leeward Islands (b 24.09.1672, dsp unm bur 29.07.1690) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir William Stapleton, 3rd Bart of the Leeward Islands (b 14.11.1674, d 06-7. 12.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.01.1696/7) Frances Russell (dau of Sir James Russell of Nevis by Penelope Tyrell) | |||||||||||||||
| BP1934 suggests that Frances m2. Colonel Walter Hamilton, Governor of the Leeward Islands but TCB confirms that that was her aunt (and mother-in-law), Anne Russell. | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir William Stapleton, 4th Bart of the Leeward Islands (b 1698, d 12.01.1739-40) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.04.1724) Catherine Paul (d 28.06.1753, dau of William Paul of Braywick) | |||||||||||||||
| Catherine's mother was Catherine, dau of Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland, through whom came a claim for the barony of Le Despenser. | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Thomas Stapleton of Rotherfield Grey, 5th Bart (b 24.02.1727, d 1781, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.11.1765) Mary Fane (dau of Henry Fane of Wormsley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Thomas Stapleton of Grey's Court, 6th Bart, Lord Le Despencer (b 10.11.1766, d 03.10.1831) | ||||||||||||||
| Sir Thomas successfully claimed the barony of Le Despenser in 1788. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (01.07.1791) Elizabeth Eliot (d 03.01.1848, dau of Samuel Eliot of Antigua) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas Stapleton of Grey's Court (b 24.04.1792, dvp 01.06.1829) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.02.1816) Maria Wynne Banks (d 15.10.1823, dau of Henry Banks of Kiingston House) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Mary Frances Stapleton, Baroness Le Despencer (b 24.03.1822, d 20.11.1891) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.07.1845) Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth (b 18.03.1819, d 06.11.1889) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Miles John Stapleton (b 21.03.1801, dvp 11.06.1830, rector of Mereworth, 3rd son) had issue (4 daughters) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.12.1820) Anne Byam Kerby (d 14.11.1842, dau of T.N. Kerby of Antigua) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Sir Francis Stapleton, 7th Bart (b 06.08.1807, d 11.02.1874, rector of Mereworth) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.05.183) Margaret Airey (d 07.02.1880, dau of Sir George Airey) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton (b 22.09.1794, d 25.02.1861) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.01.1813) Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden (b 27.10.1788, d 20.03.1870) | |||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Emma Stapleton (b 27.02.1796, d 29.12.1879) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.05.1825) Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount Midleton (b 1791, d 1863) | |||||||||||||||
| ((F)) | Emily Stapleton (d 27.01.1875) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.1817) Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham (Lt. Gen.) | |||||||||||||||
| ((G)) | Anna Frances Esther Stapleton (b 15.04.1805, dsp 20.08.1861) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.12.1828) Henry Maxwell, 7th Lord Farnham (b 09.08.1799, dsp 20.08.1868) | |||||||||||||||
| ((H))+ | other issue (d unm) - William (b 02.12.1797, dvp 26.09.1826), Elizabeth Mary (d 30.12.1823), Frances (d 1835) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | William Stapleton (b 06.06.1770, d 1826, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1790) Anna Maria Keppel (d 1836, dau of Hon. Frederick Keppel, Bishop of Exeter) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Horace Stapleton (d 07.11.1836) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.06.1814) Georgiana Maria Fitzroy (d 07.11.1836, dau of George Ferdinand FitzRoy, 2nd Lord Southampton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (08.07.1834) Charlotte Georgiana Ponsonby (dau of Hon. Sir William Ponsonby) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue (d unm) - James Henry (b 29.06.1777, d 1842), Maria (d 20.03.1858), Catherine (d 04.1863) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Catherine Stapleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir James Wright in Venice | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - William (dvp), James (d unm), Frances | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | James Russell Stapleton of Bodrhyddan (Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Penelope Conway (dau of Sir John Conway, Bart of Bodrythan) | |||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by Griffith's Pedigrees (Bodrhyddan, p261). | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Penelope Stapleton (d 1788) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.05.1753) Ellis Yonge of Acton & Bryn Yorcin | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Penelope Yonge (b c1768, d 05.11.1789, coheir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Davies Shipley (d 1826, Dean of St. Asaph) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Catherine Stapleton Griffith says she was Mary (d unm 1816) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Elizabeth Stapleton (dsp 1825) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Watkyn Williams of Penbedw | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Frances Stapleton (d 20.04.1825) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1767) Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart (d 24.08.1809) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Miles Stapleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Gerard (dau of Sir Charles Gerard, Bart of Harrow-on-the-Hill) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - Miles (d unm), Anna, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Mary Stapleton (dsp) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir James Cotter of Anngrove (d 1705) | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue (dsp) - son, Edmund/Redmund (Governor of Nevis/Montserrat) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 ('Stapleton') with some support from TCB (vol 4, 'Stapleton of the Leeward Islands', p111+)
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