His parents MAY be John & Susanna Perkins Staples.
Founder of the Yale School of Law
SETH PERKINS STAPLES died in New York City, Nov. 6, 1861, aged 85. He was son of Rev. John and Susanna (Perkins) Staples, and was born in Canterbury, (Westminster Parish) CT, August 31, 1776.
After studying law for two years in the office of Judge David Daggett, in New Haven, he was admitted to the bar in Litchfield in Sept. 1799.
He began to practice his profession in New Haven. His legal attainments and his excellent library early drew around him many students, and he soon found himself at the head of a flourishing private Law School. After toiling alone for several years, he called to his aid in 1820, Judge Samuel J. Hitchcock and made him a partner both in his business and in his Law School. In 1846 the School thus originated, having meanwhile passed into other hands, was formally recognized by the Corporation of Yale College, as the Law Department of that Institution.
In 1824 he removed from New Haven to New York City, where he was wholly devoted to his profession till about 1856. His ability, industry and attainments made him a distinguished ornament of the bar. During his residence in New Haven, he was several times a Representative of the town, in the Legislature of Connecticut; but he withdrew wholly from public life in 1816.
He was married in Nov., 1799, to Catharine, only daughter of Rev. S. Wales, Professor of Divinity in Yale College. He had three sons and three daughters.
Yale Obituary Record, published 1870
His Litchfield Law School Biography - https://ledger.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/6407
Founder of the Yale School of Law
SETH PERKINS STAPLES died in New York City, Nov. 6, 1861, aged 85. He was son of Rev. John and Susanna (Perkins) Staples, and was born in Canterbury, (Westminster Parish) CT, August 31, 1776.
After studying law for two years in the office of Judge David Daggett, in New Haven, he was admitted to the bar in Litchfield in Sept. 1799.
He began to practice his profession in New Haven. His legal attainments and his excellent library early drew around him many students, and he soon found himself at the head of a flourishing private Law School. After toiling alone for several years, he called to his aid in 1820, Judge Samuel J. Hitchcock and made him a partner both in his business and in his Law School. In 1846 the School thus originated, having meanwhile passed into other hands, was formally recognized by the Corporation of Yale College, as the Law Department of that Institution.
In 1824 he removed from New Haven to New York City, where he was wholly devoted to his profession till about 1856. His ability, industry and attainments made him a distinguished ornament of the bar. During his residence in New Haven, he was several times a Representative of the town, in the Legislature of Connecticut; but he withdrew wholly from public life in 1816.
He was married in Nov., 1799, to Catharine, only daughter of Rev. S. Wales, Professor of Divinity in Yale College. He had three sons and three daughters.
Yale Obituary Record, published 1870
His Litchfield Law School Biography - https://ledger.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/6407
His parents MAY be John & Susanna Perkins Staples.
Founder of the Yale School of Law
SETH PERKINS STAPLES died in New York City, Nov. 6, 1861, aged 85. He was son of Rev. John and Susanna (Perkins) Staples, and was born in Canterbury, (Westminster Parish) CT, August 31, 1776.
After studying law for two years in the office of Judge David Daggett, in New Haven, he was admitted to the bar in Litchfield in Sept. 1799.
He began to practice his profession in New Haven. His legal attainments and his excellent library early drew around him many students, and he soon found himself at the head of a flourishing private Law School. After toiling alone for several years, he called to his aid in 1820, Judge Samuel J. Hitchcock and made him a partner both in his business and in his Law School. In 1846 the School thus originated, having meanwhile passed into other hands, was formally recognized by the Corporation of Yale College, as the Law Department of that Institution.
In 1824 he removed from New Haven to New York City, where he was wholly devoted to his profession till about 1856. His ability, industry and attainments made him a distinguished ornament of the bar. During his residence in New Haven, he was several times a Representative of the town, in the Legislature of Connecticut; but he withdrew wholly from public life in 1816.
He was married in Nov., 1799, to Catharine, only daughter of Rev. S. Wales, Professor of Divinity in Yale College. He had three sons and three daughters.
Yale Obituary Record, published 1870
His Litchfield Law School Biography - https://ledger.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/6407
Founder of the Yale School of Law
SETH PERKINS STAPLES died in New York City, Nov. 6, 1861, aged 85. He was son of Rev. John and Susanna (Perkins) Staples, and was born in Canterbury, (Westminster Parish) CT, August 31, 1776.
After studying law for two years in the office of Judge David Daggett, in New Haven, he was admitted to the bar in Litchfield in Sept. 1799.
He began to practice his profession in New Haven. His legal attainments and his excellent library early drew around him many students, and he soon found himself at the head of a flourishing private Law School. After toiling alone for several years, he called to his aid in 1820, Judge Samuel J. Hitchcock and made him a partner both in his business and in his Law School. In 1846 the School thus originated, having meanwhile passed into other hands, was formally recognized by the Corporation of Yale College, as the Law Department of that Institution.
In 1824 he removed from New Haven to New York City, where he was wholly devoted to his profession till about 1856. His ability, industry and attainments made him a distinguished ornament of the bar. During his residence in New Haven, he was several times a Representative of the town, in the Legislature of Connecticut; but he withdrew wholly from public life in 1816.
He was married in Nov., 1799, to Catharine, only daughter of Rev. S. Wales, Professor of Divinity in Yale College. He had three sons and three daughters.
Yale Obituary Record, published 1870
His Litchfield Law School Biography - https://ledger.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/6407
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