David Maple (abt. 1731 - aft. 1807)

Born about 1731 in Middlesex County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Son of Benjamin Maple Jr and Sarah (Unknown) Maple [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Johnson) Maple — married about 1765 in Middlesex County, New Jersey, British Colonial America [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1807 after about age 76 in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Private David Maple served with New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

Timeline

David Maple was born about 1731 in Middlesex County, New Jersey.^[1]

On August 31, 1771 David witnessed the signing of the will of Thomas Atchley, husband of David's aunt Ruth (Maple) Atchley. David signed a deposition (by mark) in Princeton, New Jersey, on February 6, 1775, when the will was proved.^[2]

During the Revolutionary War, David served in the 3rd Regiment of New Jersey Militia under Colonel William Scudder.^[3]

On November 26, 1777 David was appointed to administer the estate of his father, Benjamin Maple Jr, who died intestate.^[4]

David appeared on the tax roll for Windsor Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey in September of 1779 and February of 1780. He owned 60 acres of land there.

David appeared on the tax roll for the South Ward of New Brunswick, Middlesex County New Jersey in May of 1780, January of 1781, and July of 1782.

David was enumerated in the 1790 US Census in Franklin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania:^[5]

"David Maple" - Males: 5 (≥16); 2 (<16) ;; Females: 5.

These would appear to be: David, David Jr, Ezekiel, Jacob, John; William and  ? ;; Wife, Ruth, Mary , ?,  ?

Franklin Township was created in 1783:^[6]

"A township to begin at the mouth of Crab- Apple Run ; thence up the same to the mouth of Harvester's Branch ; thence up the same to the head thereof; thence by a line to be drawn to the head of the South Fork of Washington Mill-Run ; thence down the same to the river Youghiogeni ; thence up the Youghiogeui to the foot of the Laurel Hill ; thence along the foot of Laurel Hill to Burd's old road, leading from Gist's to the Old Fort ; thence along the said road to Redstone Creek ; thence down the said creek to the place of beginning, to be hereafter known by the name of Franklin township)." At the December term of court, 1793, it was (ordered that " that part of Wharton township which lies northward of a line lately run by Alexander McClean and his assistants as a line of experiment from Berlin to the west side of the Chestnut Ridge or Laurel Hill, crossing the Youghiogeni River about one hundred perches above the mouth of Rocky Run, and thence due west to Braddock's road, be annexed to the township of Franklin."

At the December session of court in 1798 a portion of Franklin was set off and called Dunbar township.

David appeared in tax records for Franklin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania in the years 1793^[7], 1795, 1796, 1797^[8], and 1798^[9]. In 1796 he appeared along with sons David Jr, Ezekiel, Jacob, and John.^[10]

On June 3, 1795 David Maple witnessed a deed of James Boys (father of Jane Boys, who married David's son Ezekiel) to John Oldshoe.^[11]

In 1799 David appeared in a tax list for Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he was taxed on 100 acres.^[12]

David was enumerated in the 1800 US Census in Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania:

"David Maipel" - Males: 1 (≥45), 1 (10<16); Females: 1 (≥45), 1 (10<16)

On 28 January 1803 David Maple mortgaged a tract of 113 acres, 3 roods, and 19 perches on the waters of Harper Run, a branch of the Youghiogheny River.^[13]

The mortgage was given to Joseph Torrence, who had sold this tract (part of a survey named St. Marks) to David. Joseph Torrence acknowledged repayment of the loan on 19 August 1806.

On October 3 1805 "David Maple of Fayette County, Pennsylvania" made an $80 initial payment for land in Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio (the southeast quarter of Section 14, Township 12, Range 4, on the Elk Fork of Yellow Creek, near where the town of Amsterdam was later founded in 1823).^[14] The total purchase price was $320, but David never made any additional payments. The land was patented on April 4, 1811 by John Montgomery.^[15]

On September 13, 1807 David Maple of Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania and wife Mary sold a tract of 133 acres, 3 roods, and 19 perches there. This was recorded on February 13, 1809.^[16]

This tract was the northern part of "St. Marks", which was patented by Samuel Strain on 9 February 1796. It adjoined lands of Richard Boyce and James Boyce Sr.

Over the period 1801-1807, David Maple appeared each year along with David Maple Jr, John Maple, and William Maple in tax lists for Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In 1807 the tax assessment reads:^[17]

Maple, David - gone - 100 acres - land transferred to john McClelland

Maple, William - gone

Maple, John - gone

Maple, David - gone

Mention in "History of the Upper Ohio Valley"

David Maple's family was mentioned in "History of the Upper Ohio Valley", in a biography of David's grandson, William Johnson:^[18]

"William Johnson, one of the oldest living residents of Columbiana county, was born in Pennsylvania, September 21, 1801, and is the son of Thomas and Mary (Mapele) Johnson, who were natives of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, respectively. When he was two years of age his father was drowned, after which sad event the mother with her family, accompanied by her father's family, came to Ohio, and settled near Amsterdam, on the head waters of Yellow creek, where the grandfather entered a quarter-section of land, upon which they all lived for a time. Misfortunes overtaking the land, having fallen into other hands, the family afterward settled near Hammondsville, and from thence settled on a tract near Summerset, which they leased, and upon which they lived for some years. The family was here divided, the mother removing to a farm on Yellow creek, where, in October, 1826, William was married to Sarah Yeagley, a resident of that neighborhood, where they lived about ten or twelve years."

The Death Place of David Maple

The last record we have for David Maple is his 1807 sale of land in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. We know from History of the Upper Ohio Valley that he and his family lived for a time on the land in Springfield Township, Jefferson County that David entered in 1805. We also know that part of the extended family moved to Knox Township, Jefferson County when David's land was lost in 1811, due to lack of payment, but it is not clear exactly which part of the family moved there.

There is a curious entry in the Steubenville Land Office records regarding a land patent made by David's son, Jacob Maple, in 1814 (Certificate #5271, for land in Range 5, Township 14, Section 7). The record states that the initial application for this patent was made by David Maple, and T. Grant Maple wondered if David Sr made the initial application and then Jacob finished the payments after David died. More recent research by the Ohio Historical Society indicated that Jacob Maple made all the payments, including the initial payment. Most likely, it was Jacob's son David who went to Steubenville to make the initial application.

We do not know exactly when and where David died, but it seems quite possible that he died in Springfield Township, sometime before his land was lost to John Montgomery in 1811.

David Maple Sr's DNA

All of David's patrilineal decendants share the R-BY135865 Y-DNA haplogroup block, which is shared by all patrilineal descendants of Benjamin Maple Sr.^[19]

All of David's patrilineal descendants have a repeat value of 15 at STR region DYS497. This value appears to have changed from 14 to 15 with the birth of David Maple Sr.

See DNA Confirmation (below) for more details.

Sources

1. ↑ Telford Grant Maple, "Genealogical History of the Maple/Mapel Family in America", (2001 electronic version), page 67.
2. ↑ New Jersey Recorded Wills: Book L, page 360.
3. ↑ Revolutionary War Application of Henry Vantilburg: File R 10 894. Vantilburg stated that he was drafted in the fall of 1775 or 1776 in Princeton, New Jersey, along with David Maple and William Maple.
4. ↑ New Jersey Archives: Volume XXXIV, page 332.
5. ↑ National Archives Microfilm Publications, "Population Schedules of the First Census of the United States 1790", Microcopy No 637, Roll 8 Pennsylvania: Volume 4, page 6.
6. ↑ Franklin Ellis (editor). "History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania", L. H. Everts & Co., Philadelphia (1882), page 556.
7. ↑ 1793 entry in Franklin Township, Fayette County, PA Tax Records 1785-1860: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSPG-ML7F?i=378&cat=201017
8. ↑ 1797 entry in Franklin Township, Fayette County, PA Tax records 1785-1860: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSPG-ML6J?i=427&cat=201017
9. ↑ 1798 entry in Franklin Township, Fayette County, PA Tax Records 1785-1860: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSPG-ML7Z?i=449&cat=201017
10. ↑ 1796 entry in Franklin Township, Fayette County, PA Tax Records 1785-1860: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSPG-ML82?i=406&cat=201017
11. ↑ Fayette County, Pennsylvania Deeds, Book C, page 508.
12. ↑ 1799 entry in Dunbar Township, Fayette County, PA Tax Records 1799-1815: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSPG-23N5-C?i=100&cat=201017
13. ↑ Fayette County, Ohio Deeds: Book F, pages 73-74.
14. ↑ Register of the Steubenville Land Office: Certificate 1759.
15. ↑ Tract Book and Entries, Congress Lands, 22 Ranges and the United States Military District: Volume 2.
16. ↑ Fayette County, Pennsylvania Deeds: Book F, page 233: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4T-59S3-V?i=134&cat=245880
17. ↑ 1807 Tax assessment for Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSPG-23NV-F?i=205&cat=201017
18. ↑ History of the Upper Ohio Valley, Volume 1, Brant & Fuller, Madison, WI (1891), pages 308-309.
19. ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/maple-surname-dna-project/about/results

DNA Confirmation

The Maple/Mapley Surname Y-DNA is conducting advanced Y-DNA testing of patrilineal descendants of Benjamin Maple Jr. (See https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/maple-surname-dna-project/about). So far, the project has tested 5 descendants of David Maple Sr and 1 descendant of David's nephew William Maple.

Y-DNA

All of David Maple Sr's patrilineal decendants have the R-BY135865 Y-DNA haplogroup block, which is shared by all patrilineal descendants of David's father, Benjamin Maple Jr. (See https://www.familytreedna.com/public/MapleSurnameDNAProject?iframe=yresults) Based on calculations involving Big Y-700 SNPs and STR variants, Family Tree DNA currently estimates that the BY135865 haplogroup was formed about 1734 CE (with a 95% confidence interval of 1587-1840 CE) (See https://discover.familytreedna.com/groups/maple-surname-dna-project/tree?subgroups=184710,204290,215004,245269,275270,297485)

In fact, we know that the BY135865 haplogroup block was formed no later than the birth of David's father (c. 1696).

Only David's patrilineal descendants have a repeat value of 15 at STR region DYS497. This value appears to have changed from 14 to 15 with the birth of David Maple Sr.

Autosomal DNA

Figure A shows chromosome 9 matches within the Family Tree DNA database for a Maple who is a 3rd great grandson of David Maple Sr's son John Maple.

This tester shares a 21.36 cM DNA segment on chromosome 9 (base pairs 116724402 - 133054779) with a 4th great grandson of David's son Jacob Maple (D).

He also shares most of this segment with 3 descendants of David's son David R. Maple. [A 2nd great grandson of William B. Maple's daughter Ann (Maple) Fuller (B) matches on base pairs 115788707 - 127642231 (15.77 cM), and a MAPLE who is a 3rd great grandson of William's son James B. Maple (C) matches on base pairs 122547228 - 132048664 (9.64 cM). A third descendant of David R. Maple, a 3rd great grandson of both William B. Maple and Joseph Maple (A), matches on base pairs 119878770 - 139720795 (35.74 cM)].

It appears that all of these segments were passed down from David Maple Sr and/or his wife, Mary.

Also see Maple DNA and DNA Confirmation in the profile for Bruce Maple.