Frances Needles

Brief Life History of Frances

When Frances Needles was born in 1663, in Poole, Dorset, England, her father, Lieut. John Needles, was 25 and her mother, Frances Elizabeth Nightingale, was 23. She married Thomas Stapleton Sr about 1682. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 14 September 1693, in Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 30, and was buried in Middlesex, Virginia, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Stapleton Sr
1658–1706
Frances Needles
1663–1693
Marriage: about 1682
John Stapleton
1683–1711
Anne Stapleton
1693–
George Stapleton
1684–1721
Thomas Stapleton II
1689–1732

Sources (7)

  • Frances Needles Stapleton, "Find a Grave Index" CAUTION: The death date on this memorial is INCORRECT
  • Frances in entry for George Stapleton, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917"
  • WIKI: NOTE -- death date on this account is INCORRECT, see note below

World Events (1)

1688 · Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.

Name Meaning

English (mainly Northamptonshire and Montgomeryshire): variant of Needle , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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