Seth Staples - Connecting Yale to the Mayflower

Seth Staples is my VERY Great Grandfather. He was born about 1699 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. He didn't always hang around Taunton because about 18 miles away in Plympton, Massachusetts lived a lovely girl, Hannah Standish and he knew who she was. He married her on 4 January 1721 in Plympton with Isaac Cushman performing the ceremony and promptly moved her back to Taunton.  

Seth became a deacon in the First Parish Church. He was respected, well liked and must have been a man with integrity. He bore witness to several local men's wills, and was trusted to appraise many more of their estates. He was a father to 12 children and grand father to several children. One of those grandchildren was Seth Perkins Staples, founder of Yale Law School and a VERY Great Grand Father to me. 

Do Grandchildren of the Founder of Yale Law School get tuition free education because I have a 10 year old granddaughter who will make a Brilliant attorney. She loves to debate with me and is getting better and better at preparing her case. 

Hannah Standish the woman Seth Staples married is the Great Grand Daughter of Myles Standish who came over to America on the Mayflower. Making me and my children descendants of a Mayflower Pilgrim.

Thanx! Grandpa Seth!

In 1778 Seth contracted Smallpox and on 20 March 1778 he passed away.