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Mary Stapleton, in religion Mary Christina.
Born: in Carlton, Yorks.
Died: 14 Jan 1797 in Winchester, Hants, aged 83.

father: Nicholas Stapleton Esq of Carlton, Yorks
mother: Charlotte Evers

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was clothed 25 Oct 1735, aged 19.

She professed 24 Feb 1737, aged 21. Her dowry was £300 (cloth.) £600 (prof.) .

She was the half-sister of Elizabeth Stapleton.
She was the niece of Elizabeth Erington.
She was the sister of Charlotte Stapleton.
She was the kinswoman of Barbara Clavering, Anne Barbara Clavering.

Sources: Brussels Obit: 181-3; AMbenbx-7: 35; Brussels Benedictine Annals: 186, 250.

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Family tree (Gascoigne)
Family tree (Stapleton)

Notes:

Joined the school aged 13 and never left the convent.

Foster's Pedigrees of Yorkshire Families ii Stapleton of Carleton makes both Mary and Charlotte OB030 daughters of Nicholas's second wife Mabel Bagnall, although he dates the marriage to 1722, which is Charlotte's case could mean she was daughter of the first marriage to Charlotte Eure and thus full sister to Mary.