Castle Garden, America's First Immigration Centre (1855-1890)
The earliest Mapley reference is Matthew Mapley, from Massachusetts, who died while participating in a military
expedition into Canada in the 1690's. Thereafter, Roswel Mapley appears serving during the American
Revolutionary War in the 1780's.
Therafter, it was economic waves of immigration, some linked to the Irish potato famine in the 1850's,
that drove the mass emigration from the British Isles to the USA.
Geographical Index by chronological order :
Name Index by chronological order :
- Matthew Mapley (1670-1690).
- Roswel Mapley (1781), Vermont Militia.
- William Thomas Mapley (1824-1881),emigrated 1870.
- Thomas William Mapley (1849-1918),emigrated 1867.
- Charles Edward Mapley (1849-1886),emigrated 1870.
- Morgan Mapley (1849-1886),emigrated 1891.
- Their descendants
Matthew Mapley (1670-1690), b. Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA, d. expedition to Quebec.
Matthew was based in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and participated in an expedition
into Canada (then called Acadia) in 1690 to fight the French and their Indian allies.
In 1689 the Massachusetts militia had captured and
plundered Port Royal in Nova Scotia, and as a retaliation the French and Indian forces captured Fort William Henry at
Bristol, Maine in August 1869. Under the command of Sir William Phips of Maine, a fleet of 5 ships sailed from Boston
on 28 April 1690 and re-captured Port Royal, the capital of Acadia. This skirmish is recognised as part of the Second Indian War or King William's
War (1688-1697).
Matthew Mapley was part of a second expedition in 1690 to Quebec, under the command of Capt. John Withington, with
Major Benjamin Church and Phips in overall charge of the raid. Quebec bombarded Phip's fleet, which ultimately withdrew under heavy fire. The
expedition had suffered heavy losses due to smallpox, with 40% killed by the disease, and retreated back to New England.
Roswel Mapley (1781), Vermont Militia, American War of Independence.
Roswel was part of the Vermont Militia, Colonel Samuel Herrick's Regiment, part
of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Engaged in fighting, he was part of Captain Samuel Robinson's company, and is mentioned returning to Bennington
for ammunition 21 May, 1781. The regiment's main purpose was to guard the public stores of Bennington, on the New
York/Vermont border.
William Thomas Mapley (1824-1881), b. Little Linford, England, d. Bethel Corners, Cayuga, New York, USA
William was a farmer and lived till he married in Little Linford.
Son of Charles Mapley (1789-1853) and Sarah Darbon (1798-1854) of Little Linford, England.
He married Elizabeth Thickpenny (1828-1881) in Newport Pagnell in 1848, who was also buried in Bethel Corners, Cayuga.
His children were Susannah (1845- ), Charles (1849-1886), Thomas (1849-1818), Anna (1856-1922), Elizabeth (1859-),
Charlotte (1862-1911), Emma (1864-1916), Ellen (1867-1939), John (1867-), and Bessie (1870).
William and his family (except Thomas) sailed on SS Colorado, from Liverpool to New York, arriving October 3rd., 1870 at Castle
Garden on the southern tip of Manhattan (America's first immigrant receiving center, which received 8.5 million
immigrants from 1855-1890 before it was succeeded by Ellis Island in 1892).
Thomas William Mapley (1849-1918), b. Newport Pagnell, England, d. Pontiac, Michigan, USA.
Thomas emigrated to the USA in 1867.
Son of William Mapley (1824-1881) and Elizabeth Thickpenny (1828-1881).
He married Elsie Titus () in 18--.
Their child was Walter (1876-).
He married Adele Palmer () in 1871.
Their child was Annie (1873-1941).
He married Alice Barbara Kessell (1860-1937) in Oakland, Michigan in 1882.
Their children were Marshall (1883-1944), Frank (1886-1975), Grant (1887-1984), Lena (1890-1947),
Sherry (1892-1981), Beatrice (1895-1977), Mildred (1897-), and Ralph (1901-1985)
Charles Edward Mapley (1849-1886), b. Newport Pagnell, England, d. Bethel Corners, Cayuga, New York, USA
Descendants: Charles Mapley (1789-1853)
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Charles emigrated with his parents to New York in 1870.
Son of William Mapley (1824-1881) and Elizabeth Thickpenny (1828-1881).
He married Harriet Hulbert (1864-1929).
His children were George (1886-1957) and Nora (1884-1956).
Charles sailed with his parents on SS Colorado, from Liverpool to New York, arriving October 3rd., 1870 at Castle
Garden.
Morgan, a tinworker, lived in Castlethorpe, England before he emigrated
with his wife Lena to New York in 1891.
Son of Henry Mapley (1843-1904) and Lydia Tufnell (1838-1911).
He married Lena Borthwick (1872-) in 1888.
Their children were Harold (1886-1957), Orien (1895-1961), Lydia (1905-), and Charles (1908-1956).
Morgan sailed with his wife on SS , from Liverpool to New York, arriving 1891.
Descendants
Descendants: William Thomas Mapley (1824-1881)
Descendants: Thomas William Mapley (1849-1918)
Descendants: Charles Edward Mapley (1849-1886)
Married in Newport Pagnell, Bucks., England - Both died in Bethel Corners, Cayuga, NY, USA
Married in Oxford, Oakland, MI, USA - Both died in Michigan, USA
