Ruth Sparks was born (date unknown). Parents: Thomas Sparks.

Spouse: Elizur Loveland. Ruth Sparks and Elizur Loveland were married on 17 May 1758 in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Children were: Keturah Loveland.

Thomas Sparks was born (date unknown).

Children were: Ruth Sparks.

Antoinette Gay Spaulding was born (date unknown). Parents: John Spaulding and Buella Bemis.

John Spaulding was born (date unknown). John was from California.

Spouse: Buella Bemis. Buella Bemis and John Spaulding were married. Children were: Antoinette Gay Spaulding, Mark Bemis Spaulding.

Mark Bemis Spaulding was born (date unknown). Parents: John Spaulding and Buella Bemis.

Asenath Speaker was born in 1826. She died in 1900 at the age of 74.

Spouse: William Steele. Asenath Speaker and William Steele were married in 1849.

Laurie E. Spear was born on 24 May 1960 in Barre, Vermont. Laurie graduated from Spaulding High School in 1978. She received a B.S. in nursing in 1982 from Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York. She is currently a school nurse for the towns of Warren, Waitsfield, and Fayston, Vermont (1996). They reside in Barre, Vermont.

Spouse: Daniel Francis Reilly. Laurie E. Spear and Daniel Francis Reilly were married on 1 September 1984 in Barre, Vermont. Children were: Shanon Daniele Reilly, Patrick Lawrence Reilly.

Edward E. Spencer was born on 28 February 1861. Parents: Ira Spencer and Philura F. Pitkin.

George Spencer was born on 5 August 1830. He died in December 1914 at the age of 84. George was the son of Bishop Spencer and Mary Greeley of Marshfield.

Spouse: Abigail A. Pitkin. Abigail A. Pitkin and George Spencer were married on 8 March 1870. Children were: Gertrude Spencer.

George A. Spencer was born on 3 August 1866 in Marshfield, Vermont. Parents: Ira Spencer and Philura F. Pitkin.

Gertrude Spencer was born on 29 May 1873. Gertrude carried on her parents' farm on East Hill in Plainfield, Vermont. Shortly before her mother's death in 1921, She hired Raymond L. Martin, who worked on the farm for twenty eight years. He made butter there, at one time receiving Second Prize at the Dairy Show in Burlington, Vermont. Gertie and Raymond carried on an extensive dairying business into the 1940's. Parents: George Spencer and Abigail A. Pitkin.

Gideon Spencer was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Mary (Polly) Marsh. Mary (Polly) Marsh and Gideon Spencer were married.

Ira Spencer was born on 10 January 1837 in Marshfield, Vermont. He died in 1911 at the age of 74. He was buried at Eaton Cemetery in Marshfield, Vermont. Ira was the son of Bishop Spencer and Mary Greeley. He was a farmer in Marshfield, Vermont.

Spouse: Philura F. Pitkin. Philura F. Pitkin and Ira Spencer were married on 14 February 1860. Children were: Edward E. Spencer, George A. Spencer.

Lydia Ann Spencer was born on 11 May 1818 in Malone, New York. She died on 26 August 1861 at the age of 43 in Marshfield, Vermont. Lydia was the daughter of Asa Spencer, Jr. and Jane Wright.

Spouse: Isaac A. Bemis. Lydia Ann Spencer and Isaac A. Bemis were married. Children were: Hattie Bemis.

Franziska Spiegelberg was born in 1789. She died on 2 January 1830 at the age of 41.

Spouse: Leopold Augustin Heilborn. Franziska Spiegelberg and Leopold Augustin Heilborn were married on 16 May 1816 in Munster, Westfalia, Germany. Children were: Anton Joseph Heilborn, Joseph Christian Heilborn, Carl Theodor Heilborn, Franz Joseph Heilborn.

Richard Stanbridge was born about 1670. Married before 1692.

Children were: Richard Stanbridge.

Richard Stanbridge was born before 12 September 1698 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. He died in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. Parents: Richard Stanbridge.

Spouse: Ellen Field. Ellen Field and Richard Stanbridge were married on 7 October 1721 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. Children were: Richard Stanbridge.

Richard Stanbridge was born before 28 March 1726 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. Parents: Richard Stanbridge and Ellen Field.

Spouse: Hannah . Hannah and Richard Stanbridge were married before 1752. Children were: Sarah Stanbridge.

Sarah Stanbridge was born before 28 September 1755 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. She died after 1809 at the age of 54 in London, England. Parents: Richard Stanbridge and Hannah .

Spouse: William Cooke. Sarah Stanbridge and William Cooke were married on 25 March 1781 in Mickleham, Surrey, England. Children were: John Yeoman Cooke, James Cooke, Sarah Cooke, George Cooke, Jane Cooke, William Cooke.

Anna Stanley was born on 17 January 1740 in East Hartford, Connecticut. She died on 14 May 1797 at the age of 57 in East Hartford, Connecticut. Anna's second husband, Daniel Marsh of Hartford, was the holder of several large tracts of land in Marshfield, Vermont, a town named not for him, but for a relative, Isaac Marsh, who had purchased the township from the Indians. Daniel was the father of Hannah, who married Anna's son Caleb, and Polly, who married Gideon Spencer. The families of Caleb and Gideon, along with Aaron Elmer, were the first to settle in Marshfield (1793), and their decision to locate there was no doubt influenced by gifts of land from Daniel.
Anna's other children all moved to Marshfield during the 1790's. Daniel made at least three trips to Vermont to visit his children and on the last trip on January 7, 1797, Anna travelled with him. Hannah Pitkin (Mrs. Stephen Pitkin Jr.) wrote of these visits in 1869; "These visits were seasons of great interest to their children, and no less to themselves. They were made very happy by seeing the prosperity of the settlement, and the thrift which was apparent among their children. Mrs. Marsh died the next summer. Capt. Marsh lived some years longer and married the (fourth) wife. When Captain Marsh and his wife returned home, Joshua Pitkin (her son) went in company with them as far as Walpole, New Hampshire; was four days going and four returning. They went the first day to Williamstown, the next to Pomfret, the next to Cavendish, and the next to Walpole." Parents: William Stanley and Clemence Olmstead.

Spouse: Joshua Pitkin. Anna Stanley and Joshua Pitkin were married in 1762 in East Hartford, Connecticut. Joshua and Anna were second cousins. Children were: Martin Pitkin, Joshua Pitkin, Levi Pitkin, Caleb Pitkin, Anna Pitkin, Hon. Stephen Pitkin, Levi Pitkin.

Spouse: Daniel Marsh Captain. Anna Stanley and Daniel Marsh Captain were married in December 1779 in East Hartford, Connecticut.

Capt. Caleb Stanley was born in March 1642. He died on 5 May 1718 at the age of 76. Caleb was married a second time to Hannah Spencer, May 13, 1686, daughter of Samuel Spencer. Parents: Timothy Stanley and Elizabeth Morris.

Spouse: Hannah Cowles. Hannah Cowles and Capt. Caleb Stanley were married in 1665. Children were: Hannah Stanley, Elizabeth Stanley, Caleb Stanley.

Caleb Stanley was born on 6 September 1674. He died on 4 January 1712 at the age of 37. Parents: Capt. Caleb Stanley and Hannah Cowles.

Spouse: Abigail Bunce. Abigail Bunce and Caleb Stanley were married on 15 February 1704. Children were: William Stanley.

Elizabeth Stanley was born on 24 October 1669. She died on 12 February 1751 at the age of 81. Parents: Capt. Caleb Stanley and Hannah Cowles.

Spouse: William Pitkin. Elizabeth Stanley and William Pitkin were married in 1686. Children were: Elizabeth Pitkin, Elizabeth Pitkin, Martha Pitkin, Governor William Pitkin, Joseph Pitkin, Sarah Pitkin, Thomas Pitkin, Sarah Pitkin, John Pitkin, Col. John Pitkin, Jerusha Pitkin.

Hannah Stanley was born on 13 October 1666. She died on 1 November 1703 at the age of 37. Parents: Capt. Caleb Stanley and Hannah Cowles.

Spouse: Roger Pitkin. Hannah Stanley and Roger Pitkin were married in 1683. Children were: Hannah Pitkin, Caleb Pitkin, Mary Pitkin, Rachel Pitkin, Mabel Pitkin, Jonathan Pitkin, Mabel Pitkin, Roger Pitkin.

James Stanley was born on 25 July 1781. He died on 26 December 1854 at the age of 73. Parents: Theodore Stanley and Elizabeth Pitkin.

Spouse: Temperance Pitkin. Temperance Pitkin and James Stanley were married in 1812.

John Stanley was born in England.

Children were: Timothy Stanley.

Susannah Stanley was born on 2 July 1742. She died on 4 January 1815 at the age of 72. She was the daughter of Jonathan Stanley and Mabel Olmsted.

Spouse: Daniel Pitkin. Susannah Stanley and Daniel Pitkin were married on 20 October 1763. Children were: James Pitkin, Daniel Pitkin, Susannah Pitkin, Ozias Pitkin.

Theodore Stanley was born on 18 October 1752. He died on 15 December 1830 at the age of 78. Parents: William Stanley and Clemence Olmstead.

Spouse: Elizabeth Pitkin. Elizabeth Pitkin and Theodore Stanley were married. Children were: James Stanley.

Timothy Stanley was born in 1602 in England. He died in 1648 at the age of 46. Timothy came to New England with the Rev. Thomas Hooker. Parents: John Stanley.

Spouse: Elizabeth Morris. Children were: Capt. Caleb Stanley.

William Stanley was born on 5 October 1711. William was born nearly nine months to the day after the death of his father. Could be a problem here with the dates, or a scandal involving the widow Stanley. He died on 24 March 1767 at the age of 55. Parents: Caleb Stanley and Abigail Bunce.

Spouse: Clemence Olmstead. Clemence Olmstead and William Stanley were married on 29 April 1736. Children were: Anna Stanley, Theodore Stanley.

Gerald Eldred Staples was born on 15 July 1903 in North Berwick, Maine. Some records give birth year of 1904 He died on 3 July 1961 at the age of 57 in Providence, Rhode Island. Obituary, July 5, 1961: "Private funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon for Gerald C. Staples, 57, former Journal-Bulletin reporter and copy editor, who died Monday after a prolonged illness. Mr. Staples had worked for the Journal-Bulletin on two occasions, joining the Newport Bureau in 1927 and working there until 1930. After a period when he worked on a Bristol County weekly paper, and in the West, he rejoined the Journal-Bulletin staff as a reporter in 1943, later becoming a copy editor. He left in 1959. Born in North Berwick, Maine, son of the late Leroy G. and Alberta N. Staples, he attended high school in Warren, where his father was school superintendent for 28 years, and Bates College. He later attended the former Rhode Island College of Education, but abandoned the idea of a teaching career. Mr. Staples was a past president of the Warren High School Alumni Association and was a former secretary of the Warren Lions Club and a member of the Providence Newspaper Guild. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marjorie H. Staples, whom he married in 1953, and a sister, Mrs. Frederic Cornell of Manchester, N. H.. Mr. Staples and his wife had lived at 115 Bowen St., where he died."
Caleb Pitkin
July 2, 2020
Today is the 59th anniversary of the death of my grandfather Gerald Eldred Staples - my step-grandfather actually - Grampa Jerry. He was a journalist and copy-editor. I was only three years old when he died and my single vivid memory of him was at his home in Rhode Island a few weeks before he passed away. He had been ill for some time and asked my parents to come for a final visit. At three, of course, I had no clue about terminal illnesses or of what importance a grandfather might have in my life. He was mostly housebound by that point, not having the energy really to dress himself or be up for extended periods. But I remember during one conversation with my parents he took them outside, perhaps to show them something in the yard. I was scandalized that he WENT OUTSIDE IN HIS PAJAMAS! So glad that he did though, because it was my feeling at that moment that etched the memory of him in my mind. I'm sorry I never enjoyed the company and guidance of this gentle man as I grew up. We have a few things to remind us of him, including several of his writings, his very large roll top desk, and a grandfather clock.

Spouse: Marjorie Berton Heilborn. Marjorie Berton Heilborn and Gerald Eldred Staples were married on 5 June 1953 in Duxbury, Massachusetts.

Persis Steadman was born on 4 April 1782.

Spouse: Allen Pitkin. Persis Steadman and Allen Pitkin were married on 25 November 1800. Children were: Selah S. Pitkin, Persis Pitkin, Infant Pitkin, Julia Pitkin, Timothy Pitkin, Erwin Pitkin, Allen Pitkin, Lucy A. Pitkin, Emily Pitkin, Levi Pitkin.

Isaac Stearns died on 19 June 1671 in Watertown, Massachusetts. He was born in England. Isaac Stearns came to Ameerica in 1630 in the ship Arabella with Governor Winthrop and Sir Richard Saltonstall. He settled in Watertown, where he was admitted freeman May 18th, 1631. He was a selectman for several years and in 1647 he and a Mr. William Biscoe or Briscoe were appointed to arrange for the building of a bridge over the river at Watertown.

Spouse: Mary Barker. Mary Barker and Isaac Stearns were married in 1622 in England. Children were: Mary Stearns.

Mary Stearns was born before 1626 in England. She was baptized on 6 January 1626 in Nayland, County Suffolk, England. Parents: Isaac Stearns and Mary Barker.

Spouse: Isaac Learned. Mary Stearns and Isaac Learned were married on 9 July 1646. Children were: Hannah Learned.

Elizabeth Stedman was born (date unknown). Parents: Isaac Stedman and Elizabeth .

Spouse: Thomas Hammond. Children were: Elizabeth Hammond.

Isaac Stedman lived in Scituate, Massachusetts.

Spouse: Elizabeth . Children were: Elizabeth Stedman.

Mary Stedman was born (date unknown).

Spouse: John Dow. Mary Stedman and John Dow were married. Children were: Benjamin John Dow.

Abigail Steele was born in 1831. She died in 1850 at the age of 19. Abigail died aged 19. Parents: William Steele and Eliza Pitkin.

Abigail Lucretia Steele was born on 13 November 1862 in New York. She died on 8 February 1962 at the age of 99 in Oakland, Michigan. Parents: Henry Goodwin Steele and Lydia Lucretia Hudson.

Spouse: Charles H. Pittenger. Abigail Lucretia Steele and Charles H. Pittenger were married in 1887 in Milford, Michigan. Children were: Roy Steele Pittenger.

Alfred Steele was born in 1828. He died in 1830 at the age of 2. Alfred died young. Parents: William Steele and Eliza Pitkin.

Anna Charlotte Steele was born in 1884. Parents: Samuel Francis Steele and Mary Fowler Poor.

Spouse: Paul U. Craig. Anna Charlotte Steele and Paul U. Craig were married.

Bethia Steele was born about 1690 in Hartford, Connecticut. She died about 1736 at the age of 46.

Spouse: Samuel Shepard. Bethia Steele and Samuel Shepard were married on 17 May 1709 in Hartford, Connecticut. Children were: John Shepard.

Edith McLean Steele was born in 1878. Parents: Samuel Francis Steele and Mary Fowler Poor.

Spouse: Clyde C. Patton. Edith McLean Steele and Clyde C. Patton were married. Children were: Edith Steele Patton.

Edward Steele was born in 1836. He died in 1888 at the age of 52. Edward married Mary E. Winslow. Parents: William Steele and Eliza Pitkin.

Spouse: Mary Edna Winslow. Mary Edna Winslow and Edward Steele were married on 10 June 1869.

Eliza Steele was born in 1823. She died in 1913 at the age of 90. Eliza married Russell B. Goodwin. Parents: William Steele and Eliza Pitkin.

Spouse: Russell Beldon Goodwin. Eliza Steele and Russell Beldon Goodwin were married in 1859 in East Bloomfield, New York.

Elizabeth Russell Steele was born in 1876. She died in 1958 at the age of 82. Parents: Samuel Francis Steele and Mary Fowler Poor.

Spouse: Walter Chapman Merrick. Elizabeth Russell Steele and Walter Chapman Merrick were married. Children were: Edward Steele Merrick.

Ellen Woodhull Steele was born in 1890. Parents: Samuel Francis Steele and Mary Fowler Poor.

Spouse: Reece. Ellen Woodhull Steele and Reece were married.

Henry Goodwin Steele was born in 1833. He died in 1913 at the age of 80. Henry married Lucretia L. Hudson. Parents: William Steele and Eliza Pitkin.

Spouse: Lydia Lucretia Hudson. Lydia Lucretia Hudson and Henry Goodwin Steele were married in 1861. Children were: Abigail Lucretia Steele.

Joseph Stanley Steele was born in 1826. He died in 1921 at the age of 95. Joseph married Elizabeth Smith. Parents: William Steele and Eliza Pitkin.

Spouse: Elizabeth Smith. Elizabeth Smith and Joseph Stanley Steele were married in 1858.

Lucy Steele was born on 24 January 1740. She died on 20 February 1804 at the age of 64. Lucy was the daughter of Dr. Joseph Steele and Elizabeth Hollister.

Spouse: Jonathan Pitkin. Lucy Steele and Jonathan Pitkin were married in 1760. Children were: Roger Pitkin, Ezekiel Pitkin, Seth Pitkin, Selah Pitkin, Lucy Pitkin, Allen Pitkin, Infant Pitkin, Rebecca Pitkin, Mabel Pitkin, Allen Pitkin, Jonathan Pitkin, Elijah Pitkin.