_William Maurice STAPLETON _+
                                                      | (1772 - 1835) m 1800       
                          _William Michael STAPLETON _|
                         | (1802 - 1861) m 1824       |
                         |                            |_Mary Magdalene TOWNSEND ___
                         |                              (1774 - 1859) m 1800       
 _John Thomas STAPLETON _|
| (1827 - 1889) m 1858   |
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|                        |_Malinda Thomas SHANNON ____|
|                          (1805 - 1871) m 1824       |
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|--William Fieldon STAPLETON 
|  (1856 - 1947)
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|_Mary GOUCHER __________|
  (1839 - 1917) m 1858   |
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