Lieutenant William Mapes, III

1714 - 1788  (74 years)

• Name	William Mapes
  Prefix	Lieutenant
  Suffix	III
  Born	1714	Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Feb 1788	, Orange, New York, United States
  Buried	Wallkill, Phillipsburg, Orange, New York, United States
  Person ID	I10057	Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	William Mapes, II,   b. 1688, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Mother	Tabitha Case,   b. 1690
  Family ID	F3631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eunice Loring,   b. Cal 1712, Southold Cemetery, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 16 Mar 1810  (Age ~ 98 years)
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F11068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Note: The following is from "The Family record: Devoted for 1897 to the Sackett, the Weygant and the Mapes" by CH Weygant "Mr Nathaniel Vail in his records of [this] famous Mapes tavern and its proprietors, unfortunately gets the histories of William Mapes Sr and his son William Jr badly mixed. Later historians perpetuate the errors by copying Mr Vail's records; and even the inscription on the tombstone erected to his memory in Phillipstown cemetery would seem to tell, not merely an improbable but an impossible story. And perhaps it was this faulty inscription that caused the confusion found in Mr Vail's records. It reads very plainly "In memory of William Mapes, who died Feb 26, 1798, in the 84th year of his age." Other records show that his son William Mapes Jr was born in the year 1725. The deed conveying 1100 acres of land from Elizabeth Denne to William Mapes is dated March 31, 1729. If all these records are correct, then William Mapes, the elder, at the time he made the purchase referred to, was the father of a son four years old and was himself not yet fifteen years of age. It seems more probable that the original inscription had become almost obliterated by the elements and in recutting it the figure 8 had been mistaken for a figure 9, which made the date of death read 1798 instead of the correct year, 1788." Source: - Mapes Family of America by Frank Mapes Ham - The Family record: Devoted for 1897 to the Sackett, the Weygant and the Mapes" by CH Weygant The following was submitted on 7/21/2013: This William Mapes (III) was about 20, as was Eunice Loring, when they married on May 19, 1734/5 (double-dating); thus, he probably was not previously married nor could he have had all those kids with a 1st wife. Will of William Mapes of Goshen, Orange Co., NY, dated Sep 15, 1797; codicil Oct 6, 1797; probated Mar 5, 1798: Wife Eunice, dau. Mary (m. David Moore), grandson William Moore, executor William Barker. Wit: William Moore, Martha Smith, Jonathan Swezy. (Bk B, p. 9) He also sold a lot to Wm. Moore in Orange Co. in 1795. (Bk E, p.399). William III's father was William Jr. (1688-bef. 1748) and he is the one who bought the 1100 acres from Elizabeth Denne. ("Descendants of Thomas Mapes and Sarah Purrier from Southold Long Island, NY," p. 5.)