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Richard Hallock Mapes1,2,3
M, b. 18 December 1826, d. 16 February 1887
Father | Daniel Mapes b. 24 Dec 1802, d. 12 May 1874 |
Mother | Hannah Hallock b. 5 May 1805, d. 23 Oct 1864 |
Richard Hallock Mapes was born on 18 December 1826.4,3 He (1) married Ella Beers in 1858.3 Richard Hallock Mapes (2) married Adelia Beers on 12 March 1864.3 Richard Hallock Mapes died on 16 February 1887 at Longford, Clay County, KS.4,5,3 He was buried in Independence.3
Family 1 | Ella Beers b. 1835, d. 1862 |
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Family 2 | Adelia Beers b. 5 Jun 1840, d. 14 Dec 1914 |
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This is probably the R. Hallock Mapes listed in the 1857-58 Middletown Directory as a clerk on High.3,6 Richard Hallock Mapes was in 1880 a farmer. Richard is listed alone in the 1880 census. at Gypsum, Saline County, KS.7,3
Citations
- [S2] Frank Mapes Ham, Mapes Family In America.
- [S655] Letter, Charles Luther Harding to Joseph Boyle, 1996.
- [S651] Joseph Boyle and et al., Mapes Family.
- [S656] S. Mapes Bible.
- [S652] Miscellaneous sources, Otis Mapes personal papers.
- [S267] Orange County (NY) Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 30 (2000), pg. 11.
- [S875] 1880 US Federal Census - Population, Gypsum, Saline, KS; page 201A.
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Sally Ann Mapes1
F, b. 28 April 1812, d. 1869
Sally Ann Mapes was born on 28 April 1812 at Cayuga County, NY. She married James Ennes, son of James Ennis and Hannah DeWitt, on 20 June 1841 at Lorain County, OH.2 Sally Ann Mapes died in 1869.2
Family | James Ennes b. Mar 1807, d. 9 Jul 1864 |
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Married name: Ennes.
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Samuel Mapes
M, b. 30 November 1763, d. 30 April 1835
Samuel Mapes was born on 30 November 1763. He died on 30 April 1835.
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Name variation: Samuel Mapes Jr.
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Samuel Mapes
M, b. 14 February 1735, d. 6 February 1820
Father | William Mapes III b. 1714, d. 26 Feb 1798 |
Mother | Eunice Loring b. 1713, d. 16 Mar 1810 |
Samuel Mapes was born on 14 February 1735. He married Mary Smith on 14 November 1755. Samuel Mapes died on 6 February 1820. He was buried in Howells.
Family | Mary Smith b. 8 Apr 1739, d. 20 Jan 1827 |
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Citations
- [S1532] Family Trees on Geni (now Heritage.com), Mary Carpenter. <https://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Carpenter/…
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Samuel Corey Mapes1
M, b. 12 August 1876, d. 3 May 1960
Father | Martin Luther Mapes b. 30 Oct 1850, d. 4 Jul 1931 |
Mother | Martha Ann Mapes b. 1849, d. 1914 |
Samuel Corey Mapes was born on 12 August 1876. He (1) married Grace Maybee on 19 September 1897. Samuel Corey Mapes (2) married Clara E Weygant on 21 June 1902 ((An other (unnamed) source has date as 22 Jan.)2) Samuel Corey Mapes died on 3 May 1960. He was buried in Howells.
Family 1 | Grace Maybee b. 1876, d. 1898 |
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Family 2 | Clara E Weygant b. 1882, d. 1972 |
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Samuel Corey Mapes lived at Middletown, NY. Name variation: Samuel C Mapes Jr.3
Citations
- [S2] Frank Mapes Ham, Mapes Family In America.
- [S738] William Henry Belcher and Joseph Warren Belcher, The Belcher Family in England and America.
- [S875] 1880 US Federal Census - Population, "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB6-GNW> : 24 December 2015), New York > Orange > Wallkill > ED 39 > image 2 of 4; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.).
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Samuel Corey Mapes1
M, b. 3 December 1818, d. 15 July 1891
Father | Eber Mapes b. 28 Sep 1789, d. 14 Dec 1855 |
Mother | Abigail Carpenter b. 26 Aug 1791, d. 27 Jan 1869 |
Samuel Corey Mapes was born on 3 December 1818.2 He married Mary Ann Holley, daughter of Richard Allison Holly and Lydia Kortright, on 26 January 1843. Samuel Corey Mapes died on 15 July 1891.3
Family | Mary Ann Holley b. 16 Dec 1819, d. 30 Nov 1895 |
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The 1880 census lists Samuel C Mapes and Mary A at Wallkill, Orange County, NY, with their son Curtes; and their niece Cornelia J Carpenter, servant.4 Name variation: Samuel C Mapes.4
Citations
- [S2] Frank Mapes Ham, Mapes Family In America.
- [S64] Letter, Jane F. Thompson to Joseph Boyle, 16 Aug 1998, 8 Sep 1998.
- [S64] Letter, Jane F. Thompson to Joseph Boyle, 16 Aug 1998, 8 Sep 1998, only has year of death.
- [S875] 1880 US Federal Census - Population, "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB6-GLL> : 24 December 2015), New York > Orange > Wallkill > ED 39 > image 3 of 4; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.).
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Samuel Corey Mapes Jr.1,2
M, b. 21 June 1898, d. December 1966
Father | Samuel Corey Mapes b. 12 Aug 1876, d. 3 May 1960 |
Mother | Grace Maybee b. 1876, d. 1898 |
Samuel Corey Mapes Jr. was born on 21 June 1898 at Waywayanda, Orange County, NY. He married Johanna Wilhelmina Jander on 14 February 1925 at New York, NY. Samuel Corey Mapes Jr. died in December 1966 at Horton Memorial Hospital, Middletown, NY. He was buried on 19 December 1966 in Howells Cemetery.
Family | Johanna Wilhelmina Jander b. 1906 |
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Samuel was a World War I Veteran who was a retired carpenter; he lived at 74 Academy Ave, Middletown, NY.
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Samuel Curtis Mapes1
M, b. 9 February 1860, d. 16 November 1892
Father | Samuel Corey Mapes b. 3 Dec 1818, d. 15 Jul 1891 |
Mother | Mary Ann Holley b. 16 Dec 1819, d. 30 Nov 1895 |
Samuel Curtis Mapes was born on 9 February 1860. He married Finelia Mapes circa 19 January 1881. Samuel Curtis Mapes died on 16 November 1892.
Family | Finelia Mapes b. 1858, d. 1943 |
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Sarah Mapes1
F, b. circa 1660, d. between 1694 and 1706
Father | Thomas Mapes b. May 1628, d. c Oct 1687 |
Mother | Sarah Purrier b. 1630, d. 1697 |
Sarah Mapes was born circa 1660 at Southold, Suffolk County, NY.1 She married William Coleman, son of William Coleman and Bridget Jeggles, in 1679 at Southold, NY.1 Sarah Mapes died between 1694 and 1706.1
Family | William Coleman b. 1650, d. 1705 |
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Married name: Coleman.
Citations
- [S1] Joseph Boyle, Notations.
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Sarah Mapes1,2
F, b. 29 October 1752
Father | Lemuel Mapes b. c 1712 |
Mother | Mary Brown |
Sarah Mapes was baptized on 29 October 1752. She married Paul Pain on 13 March 1776 at Matituck, NY.3
Family | Paul Pain |
They were both from Southampton.3 Married name: Pain.
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Sarah Mapes1,2
F
Father | Jonathan Mapes b. 20 Jun 1670, d. 4 Jan 1746/47 |
Mother | Abigail Corey b. Sep 1684, d. 30 Mar 1724 |
Sarah Mapes was born at Fordham Manor, NY.3 She married Daniel DeVoo III in 1739 at Fordham, Westchester County, NY.4
Family | Daniel DeVoo III b. 1716, d. 1773 |
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Married name: DeVoo.
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Sarah Elizabeth Mapes1
F, b. 9 September 1847, d. 21 August 1887
Father | Samuel Corey Mapes b. 3 Dec 1818, d. 15 Jul 1891 |
Mother | Mary Ann Holley b. 16 Dec 1819, d. 30 Nov 1895 |
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.
Family | Daniel Gregory Smith b. 1844, d. 1909 |
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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
Citations
- [S2] Frank Mapes Ham, Mapes Family In America.
- [S875] 1880 US Federal Census - Population, "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBX-K8T> : 24 December 2015), New York > Orange > Wallkill > ED 41 > image 16 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.).
- [S875] 1880 US Federal Census - Population.
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Seth Mapes
M, b. 7 July 1790, d. 29 May 1877
Father | Erastus Mapes b. 29 Sep 1767, d. 3 Sep 1857 |
Mother | Phebe Vail b. 5 Sep 1765, d. 25 Aug 1844 |
Seth Mapes was born on 7 July 1790. He married Lucinda Smith on 25 August 1814. Seth Mapes died on 29 May 1877.
Family | Lucinda Smith |
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Simon Rumsey Mapes
M, b. 18 July 1783, d. 5 March 1859
Father | Henry Mapes b. 2 Apr 1738, d. 1783 |
Mother | Ruth Rumsey b. 1734, d. 1800 |
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.
Family | Mary Rose Rumsey b. 4 Apr 1782, d. 12 Oct 1856 |
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Simon Rumsey Mapes was in 1850 a farmer at Blooming Grove, NY.
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Stephen Smith Mapes
M, b. 24 November 1819, d. 7 October 1907
Father | Seth Mapes b. 7 Jul 1790, d. 29 May 1877 |
Mother | Lucinda Smith |
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.
Family | Jannette Mapes b. 9 Mar 1823, d. 12 Apr 1914 |
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Susan Mapes1
F, b. 28 August 1836, d. 12 March 1884
Father | Job Mapes b. 24 Mar 1813, d. 12 Mar 1905 |
Mother | Mary Ann Ball b. 25 Oct 1815, d. 1871 |
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
Family | George Armstrong b. 14 Apr 1836, d. 21 Jan 1916 |
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Married name: Armstrong.
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Susan King Mapes1
F, b. 14 March 1861, d. 16 February 1932
Father | James Weisner Mapes b. 19 Mar 1822, d. 10 Oct 1882 |
Mother | Sarah King b. 16 Apr 1826, d. 30 Jun 1911 |
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.
Family | Joseph Sidney Abrams b. 21 Feb 1857, d. 13 Sep 1931 |
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Joseph was buried in Jordan, NY. Married name: Abrams.
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Thaddeus Durland Mapes1,2,3
M, b. 20 August 1871, d. 1950
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
Family | Maud Durland Brown b. 28 Oct 1877, d. 1968 |
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Citations
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Thomas Mapes1
M, b. May 1628, d. circa October 1687
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
Family | Sarah Purrier b. 1630, d. 1697 |
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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
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Thomas Mapes
M, b. circa 1712, d. after 1759
Father | William Mapes II b. 1688, d. b 14 Jan 1748 |
Mother | Tabitha Case b. 1690 |
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
Family | Hendrickje Hogencamp b. 23 Apr 1717, d. 1779 |
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Thomas was appointed administrator of his father's estate.2 Thomas Mapes and Hendrickje had 6 more children.2
Citations
- [S651] Joseph Boyle and et al., Mapes Family, Desc. Thomas Mapes, pg. 11.
- [S651] Joseph Boyle and et al., Mapes Family, pg. 11, #70.
- [S1530] Family Trees on Rootsweb and Ancestry, Lee M. Frederick's Family Tree. <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
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Thomas Gordon Mapes1
M, b. 21 April 1822, d. 4 January 1884
Father | Joseph Lewis Mapes |
Mother | Eliza Vail Newcomb |
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
Family 1 | Juliette Kirk |
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Family 2 | Ellen DeWitt |
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General source(s) for this information, see footnotes, and Mapes family, p. 188..1
Citations
- [S238] Mary DeWitt, DeWitts Unidentified: E-G.
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Thomas Mapes Jr.
M, b. 1651, d. 16 February 1711
Father | Thomas Mapes b. May 1628, d. c Oct 1687 |
Mother | Sarah Purrier b. 1630, d. 1697 |
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.
Family | Mary (?) b. c 1630, d. 9 Apr 1712 |
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.
This is the household listed with 1 white male and 1 white female during the 1686 Southold census. Name variation: Capt. Thomas Mapes Jr.
Citations
- [S651] Joseph Boyle and et al., Mapes Family, Desc. Thomas Mapes, pg. 1.
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Vernon Atwell Mapes1,2
M, b. 14 January 1869, d. 22 July 1956
Father | Leander Mapes b. 19 Jun 1834, d. 20 Oct 1921 |
Mother | Charlotte Mulford b. 5 Dec 1837, d. 6 Nov 1920 |
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
Family | Effie Lincoln McEowen b. 8 Feb 1863, d. 2 Oct 1935 |
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William Mapes1,2
M, b. circa 1655, d. before 16 April 1698
Father | Thomas Mapes b. May 1628, d. c Oct 1687 |
Mother | Sarah Purrier b. 1630, d. 1697 |
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.
Family | Hannah Horton |
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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.
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William Mapes II1
M, b. 1688, d. before 14 January 1748
Father | William Mapes b. c 1655, d. b 16 Apr 1698 |
Mother | Hannah Horton |
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
Family | Tabitha Case b. 1690 |
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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
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William Mapes III1,2
M, b. 1714, d. 26 February 1798
Father | William Mapes II b. 1688, d. b 14 Jan 1748 |
Mother | Tabitha Case b. 1690 |
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
Family | Eunice Loring b. 1713, d. 16 Mar 1810 |
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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
Citations
- [S209] Lester Dunbar Mapes, Corr. Mapes Family Line.
- [S450] Evert Eugene Mapes, Mapes Family Source Material, vol. 3 (1973).
- [S210] William Salmon, Salmon Register.
- [S805] Mapes Marriages, Online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blkyn/marriage/m/m
- [S1066] Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, NY. see also Find-A-Grave.
- [S2] Frank Mapes Ham, Mapes Family In America.
- [S5] E.M. Ruttenber and L.H. Clark, Hist .Orange County.
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William Smith Mapes1
M, b. 5 July 1903, d. 1946
Father | Jesse Edwin Mapes b. 25 Dec 1875, d. 16 May 1920 |
Mother | Edna Marsh Beyea b. 1875, d. 1931 |
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.
Family | Edythe Mae Wood b. 1903, d. 1988 |
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He had a chicken farm near Middletown, NY.
Citations
- [S2] Frank Mapes Ham, Mapes Family In America.
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William Vickery Mapes1,2
M, b. 20 February 1800, d. 3 August 1864
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
Family 1 | Mary Adeline Craft b. 21 Aug 1805 |
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Family 2 | Elizabeth Galloway b. 1800 |
Name variation: William V Mapes.6
Citations
- [S2] Frank Mapes Ham, Mapes Family In America.
- [S714] Unknown author, Galloway-Coffey.
- [S806] Charles H. Weygant, The Family Record: Devoted to the Sacket, Weygant and Mapes Families, Volume: 1, Pages: 24, p. 114.
- [S1061] Patricia Wardell, Bergen County Families, online BCFamilies-web, Mapes File.
- [S715] Interment.net: Cemetery listings, Online at www.interment.net.
- [S243] Letter, Michael Willis Freeland to Patricia V. Boyle, 16 Jun 2000.
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Winfield Harvey Mapes1,2
M, b. 16 September 1871, d. 10 January 1952
Father | Oscar Winfield Mapes b. 1848, d. 1932 |
Mother | Mary Adelaide Mapes b. 31 Mar 1849, d. 23 Nov 1922 |
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.
Family 1 | Jennie A Brink b. 1872, d. 1895 |
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Family 2 | Myrta Reed b. 29 Jul 1878, d. 20 Sep 1973 |
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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.
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.
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Winfield Harvey Mapes Jr1,2,3
M, b. 18 February 1914, d. July 1997
Father | Winfield Harvey Mapes b. 16 Sep 1871, d. 10 Jan 1952 |
Mother | Myrta Reed b. 29 Jul 1878, d. 20 Sep 1973 |
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.
Family | Mary Woolford |
They lived in Hammond, IN and retired to Tequesta, FL, where Harvey was active in local politics.
Citations
- [S2] Frank Mapes Ham, Mapes Family In America.
- [S7] Letter, A. Leslie Mapes to Joseph Boyle, 1980-1990.
- [S13] Letter, Marjorie Mapes Brett Boulware to Joseph Boyle, 1995.
- [S781] Marriage Certificate (Details with the subjects), Winfield Harvey Mapes and Mary Woolford, Marr. Cert., Rhode Island State Archives.