_Thomas William STAPLETON III_+
                                              | (1724 - 1808) m 1756         
                         _Joshua STAPLETON ___|
                        | (1767 - 1847) m 1800|
                        |                     |_Sarah Alberta CROOK _________+
                        |                       (1726 - 1771) m 1756         
 _Bazil Zada STAPLETON _|
| (1801 - 1852) m 1830  |
|                       |                      _Jacob CASTLE Jr._____________+
|                       |                     | (1748 - 1840)                
|                       |_Margaret CASTLE ____|
|                         (1770 - 1860) m 1800|
|                                             |_Mary SHANE __________________+
|                                               (1747 - 1850)                
|
|--William STAPLETON Sr.
|  (1833 - 1904)
|                                              _Michael BOWEN _______________
|                                             | (1755 - 1830)                
|                        _Adam BOWEN _________|
|                       | (1783 - 1860)       |
|                       |                     |______________________________
|                       |                                                    
|_Mary Jane BOWEN ______|
  (1812 - 1856) m 1830  |
                        |                      ______________________________
                        |                     |                              
                        |_Rhoda WOOTEN _______|
                          (1788 - 1855)       |
                                              |______________________________