Mercy (Cane) Staples (1719 - abt. 1811)

Born 14 Oct 1719 in York, Maine [uncertain]

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Died about 1811 at about age 91 in Deer Isle, Hancock, ME

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"As for Mercy Cane....." From Forebears in Your Maine Family Tree Vol 2; No. 3 Winter/Spring 1996 page 6 excerpt from an article by Paula Kane, "Some descendants of Nicholas Cane of York, Maine" Nicholas Cane/Caine/Cain was born about 1682. He first appears on the scene in York, ME where he was apprenticed to Capt Abraham Preble. Nicholas married Mary Parsons, born 13 Oct 1682, daughter of John and Elizabeth Parsons of York. They probably married in York prior to Nov 1706. Mary (Parsons) Cain died before 1753, possibly in Phillipstown, ME. He married second 11 Jan 1753 Sarah Grey, widow of Joseph Jellison. Nicholas died after1756, probably in Phillipstown. The children of Nicholas and Mary were all born in York. Children:

1. John Cain, b. 14 Nov 1706; m. 1735 Mary Favor.

2. Abigail Cain, b. 29 Aug 1708; m. Christopher Pottle.

3. Mary Cain, b. 19 Jan 1714/15; m. Abel Whitney.

4. Joshua Cain, b. 19 Jan 1716/17; m. Susannah ..........

5. Mercy Cain, b. 14 Oct 1719; m. ca 1746 Samuel Staples.

6. Samuel Cain, b. 30 Nov 1721; m. 1st 1743 Lydia Low; m. 2nd Abigail Pearce/Pierce.

7. Elizabeth Cain, b. 11 Sept 1724; m. int. 13 March 1746, in York, to James Gypson.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MEHANCOC/2001-12/1007758084

Samuel and Mercy Staples were of Phillipstown/Sanford, in 1746. They were at Phillipstown thru the 1750's. Then removed to Deer Isle, Maine about 1764.

Staples. - [Deer Isle, Maine] "The occupant of the land adjoining that of Mr. Thompson on the southeast was a man named [Samuel] Staples. His widow, Mrs. Mercy Staples, with Joshua and Moses Staples, seems to have been here very early, not far from 1764. In all probability the sons above named were then quite young.

There was another brother, [half-brother John Staples, step-son of Mercy Cane Staples] who must at that time have arrived at manhood, who was the father of Mr. Samuel Staples, who died at Green's Landing, in 1841, aged seventy-three years. Samuel had one brother younger, named William, and two sisters, one, the wife of Mr. Stephen Babbidge, the other, that of Mr. Timothy Saunders. Their father was impressed on board of an English ship-of-war during the Revolution, when that iniquity was practised. He was never heard of after that, and probably died while in the service. Afterward Mrs. Staples [Hannah Smith] married a Mr. Hutchinson, of Sedgwick, by whom she had two sons and one daughter. The sons were Rev. David Hutchinson, a presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the western part of the State, and Mr. Timothy Hutchinson, who lived here many years and died on Little Deer Island; and the daughter was Susan, the wife of Captain Benjamin Gray, of Penobscot.

Mr. [Moses] Staples moved to Swan's Island, where he died in 1845,' aged over ninety years. The other son, Joshua, in whose name the lot appears on the plan, married the daughter of Mr. John Raynes, Sr., who had one daughter, Jane Staples, who married Mr. Elias Morey, Jr., who lived and died on Swan's Island.

The mother, Mercy Staples, also had a settler's right, and it was known as the "Granny Lot," as she was known as "Granny Staples."

She had a deed from the Tylers, and it passed from her to her son-in-law, Mr. Thomas Conary, by whom it was conveyed to the late Pearl Spofford, Esq., and is now held by his heirs. The lot set off to Joshua Staples afterward became the property of Major Nathan Low, and is now held by his heirs."

History of Deer Isle by G. L. Hosmer_ page 47 & 48 AOS_13 June 2014

Maine, Hancock County Deeds 1812 _ Volume 32 _ page 303

Thomas Conary Sr. to Pearl Spofford “ … Mercy Staples late of said Deer Isle deceased....” deed dated, 14th July 1812, acknowledge 14th July 1812, recorded 28 Sept. 1812 Adrian Stanley 19 Feb 2015

Noted: Merriam_Webster definition of LATE [secondary definition] Living comparatively recently: now deceased

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• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F43H-8YV : 14 January 2020), Mercy Cane, 1719.