Captain Thomas Mapes II

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1. [S76] Frank Mapes Ham, Mapes Family of America, pages 8 - THOMAS MAPES, JUN°R (a/kA Captain Thomas) was born 1651 and died Feb. 16, 1711. on or about 1678 he married Mary Wells, widow of William Wells) who. was born 1619 and died 1709. On June 3, 1710 he married Bethia Goldsmith (widow of Thomas Goldsmith) . She later married Richard Steer. There were no children from either union.
2. [S428] Lester Dunbar Mapes, A Tentative Correction of the Mapes Family Line, page 7 - (2) THOMAS2 MAPES Junior, the eldest son of Thomas Mapes and Sarah Purrier, was born in 1651 for he was aged 60 when, as "Capt. Mapes', he died Feb. 16, 1711/12 (probably). (See REF. 12). He married twice but all who have studied the line agree that he had no children of his own, hence the land left to him by his father reverted to others in the family.
   His first wife was Mary Wells, widow of William Wells, (who died Nov. 13, 1671) whom she had married about 1654 as his second wife; it was her second marriage also. She had seven children by William.Wells, among them, for instance, being Mehitable, born 1666, who married John Tuthill, Junior, about 1682, as the latter's oldest child, "John" was born in 1683. We mention this here to show that Mary Wells was a woman well along in years when Thomas2 Mapes, Junior, married her. This marriage occurred before Dec. 26, 1678, on which date Mary executed a deed stating therein that she was a "relict of William Wells, deceased", "and now wife to Thomas Mapes, Junr"
   The question as to the identity of the Mary Mapes who, on March 6. 1670 signed for 6 rights in Plum Island and Wading Creek Meadows, is answered by Rev. Dr. Craven, who says: ",There is obviously an error in the printed record. If you looked it up in the original record you would find the name Mary Wells. William Wells died Nov. 13, 1671, a year and a half after this was signed. I suppose he was ill then and he gave his wife power of-attorney to sign. The copyist, working rapidly, naturally thought this Must be after William Welles' death. knew his widow became Mary Mapes, and carelessly read the signature as Mary Mapes an easy mistake to make". (See REF. 9, Page 219).
   
3. [S428] Lester Dunbar Mapes, A Tentative Correction of the Mapes Family Line, page 7 - (The first column shows number of males in the family, the second females; the other two slaves).
4. [S428] Lester Dunbar Mapes, A Tentative Correction of the Mapes Family Line, page 7 - Thomas Mapes Jr., Mary Mapes, & Abigail Mapes; page 8 - I must here mention Abigail Mapes in the household of Thomas2 Mapes, Jr., in the 1698 census: clearly she does not belong here. Mary Wells had a daughter named Abigail born in 1657 and who died the following year; there was no other daughter by that name; Abigail was therefore not a stepdaughter of Thomas2 Mapes, Jr. I offer what seems to be a reasonable explanation later herein under "John Mapes". Thomas2 Mapes, Jr., and Abigail Mapes were witnesses on March 2, 1709/10 to a deed by Abraham (and Rebecca) Osman, as shown by Southold town records. Abigail Mapes is the one, no doubt, who married Ichabod Case, as his second wife, on April l6, 1717 (REF.11); she died March 1, 1724/25 (REF.12) and Ichabod married again during 1725. [NOTE: Believe Mary was not widow of William Welles & therefore was probably mother of Abigail, 1686 census has two females; believe there have been some wrong interpretations - klm]
   
5. [S187] Indexed by Rosanne Conway Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York: Excerpted from the Documentary History of the State of New York, page 47 - 1698 Southold Town Census.
6. [S181] William Salmon, The Salmon Records, a Private Registar of Marriages & Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y., and of persons more or less closely associated with that place, 1696-1811., page 30 - Ester, wife of Capt. Thomas Mapes, died 16 May 1709.
7. [S428] Lester Dunbar Mapes, A Tentative Correction of the Mapes Family Line, page 8 - Married second 3 June 1710, his second wife was widow Betiah (Bethi) Goldsmith, who, after death of Thomas2 Mapes, as above, was married Mar. 1714//15 to Richard Steer.
8. [S181] William Salmon, The Salmon Records, a Private Registar of Marriages & Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y., and of persons more or less closely associated with that place, 1696-1811., page 73 - Thomas Mapes & Wid Bethi goldsmith married 3 June 1710.
9. [S181] William Salmon, The Salmon Records, a Private Registar of Marriages & Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y., and of persons more or less closely associated with that place, 1696-1811., p. 30 - Capt. Mapes 16 Feb. 1711, death at age 60 years.