Background

Most Maple-surnamed men now living in North America are believed to have descended from 1 of 6 grandsons of a weaver named Benjamin Maple of Ipswich, Suffolk County England. Born @1663, Benjamin signed by mark an agreement of indenture to a London merchant on May 8, 1684 when he was 21 years old. After working on a plantation in Barbados for 4 years, Benjamin Maple settled in/near a Quaker community in the colony of New Jersey in 1688 or 1689. Benjamin Maple Sr.'s only son, Benjamin Maple Jr. fathered 6 sons, all born in Middlesex County NJ:
Benjamin Maple III born @ 1725, died in NJ
David Maple Sr. born @ 1731, died in OH
Thomas Maple born @ 1733, died in NJ
Jacob Maple born @ 1735, died in OH
William Maple born @ 1737, died in OH
John Maple born @ 1740, died in KY

Most of Benjamin Maple's descendants settled in the northern half of the U.S., particularly in NJ, PA, OH, IN, IL, WA, and OR.