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     Sarah Mapes was baptized on 29 October 1752. She married Paul Pain on 13 March 1776 at Matituck, NY.³

     They were both from Southampton.³ Married name: Pain.

     Sarah Mapes was born at Fordham Manor, NY.³ She married Daniel DeVoo III in 1739 at Fordham, Westchester County, NY.⁴

     Married name: DeVoo.

     Sarah Elizabeth Mapes was born on 9 September 1847. She married Daniel Gregory Smith on 17 March 1870. Sarah Elizabeth Mapes died on 21 August 1887. She was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Middletown.

     The 1880 census lists Daniel Gregory Smith and Elizabeth at Wallkill, Orange County, NY, with their children Samuel, Mary, William, Amelia and Herbert.² Married name: Smith.³

     Seth Mapes was born on 7 July 1790. He married Lucinda Smith on 25 August 1814. Seth Mapes died on 29 May 1877.

     Simon Rumsey Mapes was born on 18 July 1783. He married Mary Rose Rumsey, daughter of James Rumsey and Rachel Smith, on 17 September 1808 at Goshen, NY, (First Presbyterian Church.) Simon Rumsey Mapes died on 5 March 1859. He was buried in Monroe Cemetery.

     Simon Rumsey Mapes was in 1850 a farmer at Blooming Grove, NY.

     Stephen Smith Mapes was born on 24 November 1819. He married Jannette Mapes, daughter of John Vail Mapes and Mary Reeves, on 15 December 1842. Stephen Smith Mapes died on 7 October 1907.

     Susan Mapes was born on 28 August 1836 ((calculated.)²) She married George Armstrong.² Susan Mapes died on 12 March 1884 aged 47 yrs, 6 mos, 15 days.²

     Married name: Armstrong.

     Susan King Mapes was born on 14 March 1861 at New York.² She married Joseph Sidney Abrams on 20 October 1880. Susan King Mapes died on 16 February 1932.

     Joseph was buried in Jordan, NY. Married name: Abrams.

     Thaddeus Durland Mapes was born on 20 August 1871 at New York.⁴ He married Maud Durland Brown, daughter of Edwin Durland Brown and Caroline Damon.⁵ Thaddeus Durland Mapes died in 1950. He was buried in Chester Cemetery in Chester.⁶

     Thomas Mapes was born in May 1628 at England.¹ He married Sarah Purrier, daughter of William Purrier and Alice Knight, in 1650 at Southold, Suffolk County, NY. Thomas Mapes died circa October 1687 at Southold, NY. His estate was probated on 19 October 1687 at Southold, Long Island, NY.²

     On 11 Apr 1663 Thomas Mapes bought extensive lands at Southold including a home lot and dwelling house. Thomas was the surveyor for the town of Southold and apparently was well educated when he arrived. There is no record of when he arrived in this country but he appeared in Southold about 1649.^1,3 This is the household listed with 2 white males and 1 white female during the 1686 Southold census. Thomas is given as Thomas Maps. Thomas Mapes made a will on 23 August 1686 at Southold, Long Island, NY.²

     Thomas Mapes was born circa 1712.¹ He married Hendrickje Hogencamp, daughter of Hendrik Hogenkamp and Triente Crom, circa 1732.² Thomas Mapes died after 1759.^3,2

     Thomas was appointed administrator of his father's estate.² Thomas Mapes and Hendrickje had 6 more children.²

     Thomas Gordon Mapes was born on 21 April 1822.¹ He (1) married Juliette Kirk.¹ Thomas Gordon Mapes (2) married Ellen DeWitt after 1871.¹ Thomas Gordon Mapes died on 4 January 1884.¹

     General source(s) for this information, see footnotes, and Mapes family, p. 188..¹

     Thomas Mapes Jr. was born in 1651 at Southold, Suffolk County, NY. He (1) married Mary circa 1678. Thomas Mapes Jr. (2) married Bethia Terry on 3 June 1710 at Southold, NY.¹ He died on 16 February 1711.

     Thomas was referred to as Captain. He signed for Westchester County on 2 November 1683 for a free and voluntary present to the Governor.
     This is the household listed with 1 white male and 1 white female during the 1686 Southold census. Name variation: Capt. Thomas Mapes Jr.

     Vernon Atwell Mapes was born on 14 January 1869.² He married Effie Lincoln McEowen on 23 January 1893.² Vernon Atwell Mapes died on 22 July 1956.^3,2 He was buried on 26 July 1956.^3,2

     Vernon Atwell Mapes and Effie Lincoln lived at Dallas, TX.²

     William Mapes was born circa 1655 at Southold, Suffolk County, NY. He married Hannah Horton circa 1686 at Southold, Long Island, NY. William Mapes died before 16 April 1698 at Southold, NY.

     This household is listed with 1 white male and 1 white female during the 1686 Southold census. Hannah's surname from Mapes Newsletter 1989, p 7, needs to be confirmed. This may be the same Hannah Horton who is married to Barnabas Terrill.

     William Mapes II was born in 1688 at Southold, Suffolk County, NY. He married Tabitha Case, daughter of Henry Case and Tibitha Vail, before 11 May 1711. William Mapes II died before 14 January 1748 at Orange County, NY.²

     William was the first of the Mapes to move to Orange County. On 31 Mar 1729, he bought about 1100 acres of land from Elizabeth Denne for the sum of $625 New York paper money. He settled in Goshen and was referred to as 'Yeoman' in several old deeds.³

     William Mapes III was born in 1714. He married Eunice Loring on 19 May 1735 at Southold, Suffolk County, NY.^3,4 William Mapes III died on 26 February 1798. He and Eunice Loring were buried in Cemetery Hill Rd. Cemetery in Middletown, Frank Mapes Ham gives burial as Phillipsburg Cemetery, Wallkill, NY, but William and Eunice are listed in the Cemetery Hill Cemetery. (Pictures on Find-A-Grave give Wallkill.)⁵

     William erected a building which he ran as a tavern and trading post. He was referred to in several deeds as 'Innkeeper'. His next door neighbor was David Moore who owned a large house that was taken over by William. This house lasted for 125 years and was demolished in 1870. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Orange County Troop of Horse under Capt. Henry Youngs in 1738. William was described as a middle sized man with prominent features.^6,1,7 Name variation: Lieutenant William Mapes III.^1,2

     William Smith Mapes was born on 5 July 1903. He married Edythe Mae Wood on 25 June 1925. William Smith Mapes died in 1946. He was buried in Howells.

     He had a chicken farm near Middletown, NY.

     William Vickery Mapes was born on 20 February 1800 at Orange County, NY. He (1) married Mary Adeline Craft on 9 January 1823.^3,4 William Vickery Mapes (2) married Elizabeth Galloway, daughter of George Galloway and Mary E Coffey, on 12 October 1850.³ William Vickery Mapes died on 3 August 1864. He was buried in Seamanville Cemetery in Monroe.⁵

     Name variation: William V Mapes.⁶

     Winfield Harvey Mapes was born on 16 September 1871 at Middletown, Orange County, NY. He (1) married Jennie A Brink on 9 November 1892. Winfield Harvey Mapes (2) married Myrta Reed, daughter of Samuel Wells Reed and Mary Frances Cortright, on 17 December 1902. Winfield Harvey Mapes died on 10 January 1952. He was buried in Howells Cemetery in Howells.

     Winfield H. Mapes was elected President of the Mapes Family Association in 1924.³ Winfield Harvey Mapes was born on a little farm in Orange County, NY on Sept. 16, 1871. He spent his boyhood on his father's farm and in January 1899, he came to New York City to collect a bill for a few cases of eggs shipped to a retail dealer at 213 Columbus Ave.
The dealer having no ready money, adjusted the account by turning the store over to Mapes. January 1, 1899, the morning that he took possession, there were eight inches of snow on the ground and one of his first duties was to deliver 100 quarts of bottled milk to families in the immediate neighborhood.
A pushcart made from a soap box mounted on baby carriage wheels was the conveyor with Mapes as the motive power. You cannot imagine a more homesick boy than he was that first week in New York.
After about 1 year he migrated to a basement on Fourteenth St, which was rented at $10 per month. and launched in the wholesale egg business. After three years he moved to 671 Hudson St., and paid $40 per month for quarters on the ground floor. Until this time Mapes was salesman, egg candler and bookkeeper.
On April 1, 1910 a Company was organized with $50,000 Capital Stock, and a building at 17 Harrison St. was leased. In 1912 the Capital Stock was increased to $100,000 and a contract was entered into with Acker, Merrall & Condit Company, retail and wholesale grocers, to furnish them with all their eggs and most of their butter. The relations were very close for eight years, Mapes becoming a director in Acker, Merrall & Condit Company.
Relations were severed in 1918 when the W.S. Douglass Company was purchased by the W. H. Mapes Company and at that time the Capitol Stock was increased to $200,000. The store at 137 Reade St, where the W. S. Douglass Company was located, was leased by the W. H. Mapes Company and the business continued to expand at a rapid pace until it was necessary to move to larger quarters and the building at 176 Duane St. was leased.
The safe transportation of eggs from producer to consumer presented a problem that seemed incapable of practical solution. The breakage was so tremendous that railroad carriers of the United States had a rule under which they would not allow any claim for egg breakage of less tha 5% which was considered normal breakage with the ordinary dividing board which was then used in egg packing. This meant that unless there were more than 1 1/2 dozen loss in each 30 dozen case the loss would have to be borne by the shipper.
In the fall of 1921, W.H. Mapes saw merit in a ring or cup support dividing board which would support the egg and at the same time be practical, if properly made. He bought the patent from the inventor and devoted his entire time and resources on this new type of packing for eggs. He purchased a molded paper manufacturing plant near Chicago and organized the Mapes Paper Products Corporation to perfect this dividing board and manufacture it for commercial use. It was in this plant the first cup flat was perfected and the demand for this packing was so great that it was necessary to build another plant in Kansas City. By 1926, these two plants were turning out over one million of these dividing boards or flats as they were called, every day and the Mapes Consolidated Manufacturing Company, the present company, is the largest manufacturer in the world of cushion egg flats which are used in packing eggs for shipping or storage. Many millions of cases of eggs are packed, shipped and sold in the United States annually and the saving in egg breakage due to the use of the cup flats amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
(I believe the above was written by Christian Guthy, who served as secretary for W.H. Mapes for many years.)
W.H., as he was known in business, was listed as dealing in produce at 671 Hudson and 24 9th Ave in the 1907 Manhatten directory.
Mapes Consolidated was taken over by Packaging Corporation of America which eventually was bought out by Tenneco. W.H. and his family lived in a large house in Glen Ridge, NJ from the 1930's to the 1950's.

     Winfield Harvey Mapes Jr was born on 18 February 1914. He married Mary Woolford on 16 April 1938.⁴ Winfield Harvey Mapes Jr died in July 1997.

     They lived in Hammond, IN and retired to Tequesta, FL, where Harvey was active in local politics.

     Hurlon Ezra Mappes was born on 8 May 1893. He (1) married Helen Elizabeth Orminston on 30 October 1922. Hurlon Ezra Mappes (2) married Thelma Margaret Harris circa 5 June 1936.

     Hurlon Ezra Mappes and Thelma Margaret lived at 4 Mechanic St at Weedsport, NY, and later in Auburn, NY.

     Maria Hendrikse Marcelis married Mathias Houghtaling circa 1666 at Coxsackie, Greene County, NY.^1,2,3

     Name variation: Maria Marselis.³ Name variation: Maria Hendrickse.⁴ Married name: Hooghteeling. Married name: Houghtaling.

     ? Marcelis married Matthys Coenraeds Ten Eyck.^2,1

     Caroline March was born on 26 November 1844 at New York.¹ She married Thomas Holt.¹ Caroline March died on 23 February 1896 at Haverstraw, NY.¹ She was buried in Mt. Repose Cemetery in Haverstraw.¹

     Caroline March and Thomas had four children:
1. Thomas, b. c. 1866
2. George M., b. 2 Nov 1868, Haverstraw, NY
3. Frederick, b. c. 1872, Haverstraw, NY
4. Caroline, b. c. 1874, Haverstraw, NY.² Married name: Holt.¹

     Catherine March was born circa 1842 at New York.¹ She married ? King.¹ She died after March 1889.¹

     Married name: King.

     Charlotte March was born circa 1839.¹ She married ? Babcock.¹ She died after March 1889.¹

     Married name: Babcock.

     Elmira March was born circa 1846 at New York.¹ She married Victor Gurnee.¹ Elmira March died after March 1889.¹

     Elmira March and Victor had a son Daniel, b. c. 1868.² Married name: Gurnee.

     George March was born circa 1850 at New York.¹ He married Addie E, d. after Mar 1889.¹ He died after March 1889.¹

     Nelson March was born in November 1837 at New York.¹ He (1) married Mary Ann, b. 30 Dec 1835, d. 26 Jul 1872, before 1860.¹ He (2) married Delia, b. Nov 1843, after July 1872.¹ He died after March 1889.¹