He attended Yale University and while there he was elected into Phi Beta Kappa. He also belonged to the Society of Brothers in Unity and graduated Yale in 1797 with honors.
He was soon after graduation practicing law in Connecticut. In 1799 he married Catherine Wales and they had seven children. In 1800 Grandfather Seth ordered a very complete and extensive collection of law books. Many young men came to his law firm to learn, study and educate themselves on law using these books. Before he realized it he was teaching law and at the head of a very respectable Law School.
By the mid 1820s Yale took an interest in the New Haven Law School and became affiliated with the school. In 1843 students of the school graduated with degrees from Yale. The Yale Law School shield is divided into three quadrants. The bottom right being black with silver staples. These are to honor Grandfather Seth Perkins Staples.
By 1824 he was living in New York with a thriving law practice. He was so accomplished that in 1839 he was chosen as one of the attorneys actively involved in the case of the Amistad representing the defendants.
On 5 August 1850 Seth's daughter Frances Ann Staples Comstock passed away. On 26 November 1855 her husband David Augustus Comstock passed away. They had 4 small children 3 of them came to live with Grandfather Seth while the youngest Lilian went to live with an Uncle.
On 6 November 1861 grandfather Seth Perkins Staples passed away.
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