DAR record: Isaac Staples, Revolutionary War; Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY

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From Soldiers of the American Revolution, DAR publication, 1925:

STAPLES, ISAAC; Born at Mendon, Mass., Nov. 23, 1764. Died at Jamestown, N.
Y.,  May 23, 1848, aged 83 years and 6 months. Grave in Lake View Cemetery,
city of  Jamestown, Chautauqua county NY. Enlisted Feb. 8, 1781, for a term of
3 years in  Capt. Amidon's Company, Col. Tyler's Reg't, Mass. Militia. Also as
private in Capt. Joseph Killam's Company, Col. Rufus Putnam's Reg't. Was
described at that  time as "statue 5 feet, 5 in., complexion dark, occupation
farmer." His wife, Esther Benson Staples, was born in the year 1767 and died
Aug. 31, 1855. Their children were: Pamelia, Anna, Phila, Sibbel, Abraham,
Rocksey, Esther, Marinda, Scammel, Ira Franklin, Maria, Warren B., Fanny
Minerva, Eveline. Marinda married Aaron Taylor, and Warren B., who was born
1803, married Fanny Cross. The wife of Isaac Staples was buried beside her
husband in Lake View Cemetery.

From The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume
67, page 67:

Miss Ella Jean Gray.
DAR ID Number: 66173
Born in Lyons, Kansas.
Descendant of Isaac Staples and of Corp. Stephen Benson.
Daughter of George C. Gray (b. 1841) and Euphemia Cody (b. 1849), his wife, m. 
1872.Granddaughter of John Cody (1821-49) and Joan Sutherland (1822-59), his
wife, m. 1844.
Gr-granddaughter of Elijah Cody (1785-1831) and Phila Staples (1789-1872), his 
wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Isaac Staples and Esther Benson (1767-1855), his wife,
m. 1784.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Stephen Benson and Mary Holbrook, his wife.
Isaac Staples (1764-1848) enlisted in the Continental Army, 1781, at the age
of sixteen, serving in Col. Israel Putnam's regiment, Massachusetts Line. He
was born in Mendon, Mass.; died in Jamestown, N.Y.
Stephen Benson (1742-1823) served as corporal in Capt. Joseph Daniel's
company, which marched on the Lexington Alarm from Mendon, Mass., where he was
born. He died in Wasco, N. Y.