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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 6108090

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Joan Purchase, dau. of Oliver Purchase, b. in England. She d. Mar. 25, 1653 at Dorchester, Mass., Æ 75, meaning she was then 74 years old.

In 1907 Julia Evans (Stone) Neil published From Generation to Generation, The Genealogies of Dwight Stone and Olive Evans. This bare-bones work provides no source for the claim that "Joane Purchis," wife of Bernard Capen, was born March 25, 1578. The lack of a source suggests it was copied from some other printed work, but the memorialist cannot find in the literature this or any other purported date with or without citation. Her gravestone infers she was born AFTER Mar. 25, 1578.

According to the fly-leaf of a bible printed in 1615 apparently once owned by her descendant [NEHGR 2:80]:

• Joan Capen, ye daughter of Oleuer Purchis dyed ye 26 of March, 1653, ye night before, aged 75 yeers.

Joan's replacement gravestone is based on the above bible entry, but on its face the actual entry can only be interpreted as she died the night before the 26th of March 1653; i.e., on the 25th not the 26th.

Further, throughout North America prior to the early 1800s one's age in town records, in depositions and at death written in gravestone inscriptions was based on the Latin phrase "Ætatis suæ" versus the modern concept of chronological age. This was represented by the symbol "Æ," the word "Aged" with ending d, or the phrase "in the XX year of his/her age." This concept of age begins on the day of birth, which is the first day of the first year of a person's age. Thus, on the day Joan died she was 74 years old, but also Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 75, indicating she was born AFTER Mar. 25, 1578.

The children of Joan Purchase and Bernard Capen are outlined in their father's memorial.

Edited 7/4/2015

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Joan married Bernard "Barnard" Capen on 31 May 1596 in England. Bernard was born about 1563 in England; died on 8 Nov 1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried after 8 Nov 1638 in Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 34125317

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Susan Capen was born, daughter of BERNARD CAPEN.

She married Deacon William Rockwell at Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorsetshire, 14 April 1624.
They had 5 children: Joan Baker Ingram, John, Samuel, Ruth Huntington, Sarah Gaylord.

She married (2) Windsor 29 May 1645 as his second wife MATTHEW GRANT. She died at Windsor 13 November 1666. No children of her 2nd marriage.

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Susannah married Deacon William Rockwell on 14 Apr 1624 in Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England. William was born before 6 Feb 1590/91 in England; was christened on 6 Feb 1590/91 in Keynsham, Somerset, England; died before 15 May 1640 in East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried on 15 May 1640 in Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married Matthew Grant on 29 May 1645 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Matthew was born before 27 Oct 1601 in England; was christened on 27 Oct 1601 in England; died on 16 Dec 1681 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried after 16 Dec 1681 in Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 9567967

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He was baptized Jan 26,1612/3 at Dorchester, Co.Dorset, England, the son of Bernard Capen and Joan Purchase Capen.

John, a shoemaker by trade, may have arrived in New England with one or more of his older married siblings, before the July 1633 arrival of their parents. But, he may alternately have arrived with his parents on the unnamed ship from Weymouth, England that arrived at Boston on or about July 24, 1633 [John Winthrop's Journal, 1:129]. His father Bernard and brother-in-law Nicholas Upsall were first granted four acres of land at Dorchester on Aug. 5, 1633. John Capen, a minor until January 1633/4, was made freeman on May 14,1634.

His first wife, married Oct 20,1637 in Dorchester,MA, was Radigan Clapp Capen, the daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth ____ Clapp of Venn Ottery, Co.Devonshire.

His second wife, married Sept 20,1647, was Mary Bass Capen.

Children (by first marriage): Joanna Capen and John Capen Jr.

Children (by second marriage): Samuel Capen, Mary Capen Foster(first wife of James Foster), Bernard Capen, Preserved Capen, Joseph Capen, Hannah Capen Blake Humphrey, and Elizabeth Capen.

Capt. Capen was a shoemaker by trade. He was ordained a Deacon of the Dorchester First Church on Feb. 13, 1658/9, and at his death the Dorchester church entered in its record:

• 4th of Aprill 1692 Deacon John Capen a military officer 50 years at length a Capt: & Deacon of ye chh 34 years in His fourscoreth Year Rested from His Labors & Slept in ye Lord.

He was a Selectman 16 yrs, repeatedly Deputy to the General Court, Town Recorder, and Captain of the Militia in 1646.

His house was supposed to stand at the corner of Pleasant and Pond Streets in Dorchester.

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John married Mary Bass on 20 Sep 1647. Mary was born in 1628 in Harwich, Essex, England; died on 29 Jun 1704 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried after 29 Jun 1704 in Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Redegon "Radigan" Clapp on 20 Oct 1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Redegon was born before 7 May 1609 in England; was christened on 7 May 1609 in Sidbury, Devonshire, England; died on 10 Dec 1645 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried after 10 Dec 1645 in Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 51385211

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Ruth Rockwell, dau. of Dea. William Rockwell and Susanna Capen, b. Aug. 16, 1633 at Dorchester, Mass. She d. Feb. 14, 1682/3 at Norwich, Conn. She was probably interred in the "Old Norwichtown" burial ground, but very few, if any, gravestones for persons who died in Norwich prior to 1700 have survived.

On Oct. 7, 1652 at Windsor, Conn., Ruth m. Christopher Huntington, s. of Simon Huntington and Margaret Barrett, bapt. July 25, 1624 at St. Andrews Church at Norwich, England. He d. in 1691 at Norwich, Conn. They had the following eight known children:

• i. Christopher Huntington, b. in Jan 1653/4 at Windsor, Conn., d. in infancy in circa May 1655 at Saybrook, Conn.

• ii. Ruth Huntington, b. Apr. 13, 1658 at Saybrook, Conn., d. Feb. 14, 1683/4 at Norwich, Conn., 3 days after giving birth to her only known child, son Samuel Pratt, Jr; m. May 26, 1681 at Norwich, Conn., Samuel Pratt.

• iii. Dea. Christopher Huntington, Jr., b. Nov. 1, 1660 at Norwich, Conn., where he d. Apr. 24, 1735; m. 1) May 26, 1681 at Norwich, Sarah Adgate, dau. of Thomas Adgate and his 2nd wife Mary (Marvin) Bushnell, b. in Jan. 1662/3 at Norwich. She d. in Feb. 1705/6 at Norwich. Eight children of the marriage. Christopher m. 2) in Oct. 1706 at Norwich, Judith (Stevens) Brewster, dau. of James Stevens and Sarah Smith, and widow of Jonathan Brewster (Benjamin, Jonathan, Elder William of the 1620 Mayflower and Plymouth Colony). She was living Jan. 4, 1732/3 when called "Judith my beloved and faithful wife" in Christopher's will of that date, and as one of the three executors of his will. She was further alive on May 21, 1735, when Christopher's estate inventory was taken, with Judith indirectly named in the inventory. Obviously, she did not die in 1732 as claimed by the Elder William Brewster Mayflower Silver Book. Four children of the marriage. Judith had five children by her first husband.

• iv. Capt. Thomas Huntington, b. Mar. 18, 1663/4 at Norwich, Conn., d. Nov. 7, 1732 at Windham, Conn.; m. Feb. 10, 1686/7 at Norwich, Elizabeth Backus, dau. of Lieut. William Backus, Jr. and Elizabeth Pratt, b. circa 1671 at Norwich, Conn. She d. Dec. 29, 1729 at Windham, Conn. Nine children of the family.

• v. John Huntington, b. Mar. 15, 1665/6 at Norwich, Conn. where he d. bef. Oct. 1703; m. Dec. 9, 1686 at Norwich, Abigail Lothrop, dau. of Samuel Lothrop (eldest s. of Rev. John Lothrop of Barnstable, Mass.) and Elizabeth Scudder, b. May 11, 1665 at New London, Conn. Five children of the family. Abigail m. 2) as his 2nd wife, her 1st cousin Dea. Samuel Baker, s. of Jeffrey Baker and Joan Rockwell, b. Mar. 30, 1644 at Windsor, Conn. where he d. Apr. 12, 1715. There were no children of this 2nd marriage. John and Abigail (Lothrop) Huntington, through dau. Martha and her 1st husband, Sgt. Noah Grant (Samuel,3-2, Matthew,1), are the ancestors of Gen. and Pres. Ulysses Simpson Grant.

• vi. Susanna Huntington, b. in Aug. 1668 at Norwich, Conn. where she d. Mar. 6, 1727/8; m. Dec. 10, 1685 at Norwich, Samuel Griswold, who d. Dec. 2, 1740 at Norwich. Eight children of the family.

• vii. Lydia Huntington, b. in Aug. 1672 at Norwich, Conn.

• viii. Ann Huntington, b. Oct. 25, 1675, d. Aug. 20, 1756 at Windham, Conn.; m. Oct. 28, 1697 at Windham, Jonathan Bingham, s. of Dea. Thomas Bingham and Mary Rudd, b. Apr. 15, 1674 at Norwich. He d. Feb. 28, 1750/1 at Windham, Conn. There were no known children of the marriage.

Revised and Edited 12/5/2018

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Ruth married Christopher Huntington on 7 Oct 1652 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Christopher was born in 1624 in England; died in 1691; was buried after 1691 in Founders Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 49379648

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Samuel Grant, b. Nov. 12, 1631 at Dorchester, Mass., d. intestate Sept. 10, 1718 at East Windsor, Conn., Æ 87.

He m. May 27, 1658 at Windsor, Mary Porter, dau. of John Porter and Anna White. Nine children of the family.

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Samuel married Mary Porter on 27 May 1658 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Mary was born in Sep 1637 in Felsted, Essex, England; died on 16 Dec 1681 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 10750740

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Rev. Joseph Capen remains one of Topsfield's most famous historical figures. His house, the Parson Capen House (built 1693) still stands in the town center.

Capen married Priscilla Appleton of Ipswich in 1684.

He was the son of Captain John Capen, whose family can be traced back to the county of Dorset, England. He was also the son of Mary Bass, whose family came from Essex county in England.

His grave, along with his wife's, lie on the exact spot where the pulpit stood at the Topsfield Meeting House, where Joseph Capen preached often.

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Joseph married Priscilla Appleton in 1684. Priscilla (daughter of Captain John Appleton and Prescilla Glover) was born on 25 Dec 1657 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Oct 1743 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts; was buried after 12 Oct 1743 in Pine Grove Cemetery, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 48977449

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Lieut. John Capen, Jr., only s. of Dea. John Capen and his first wife Redegon Clap, b. Oct. 21, 1639 (bapt. Oct. 29) at Dorchester, Mass. He d. June 8, 1707, Æ 68, at Dorchester, Mass.

On Nov. 19, 1663 at Dorchester, John m. Susanna Barsham, dau. of William and Annabella Barshom, b. Jan. 28, 1641/2 at Watertown, Mass. She survived her husband and d. after July 10, 1707. They had twelve children of record at Dorchester, Mass., of which four d. in infancy. Their eldest child was:

• i. Susanna Capen, b. Sept. 16, 1664 (bapt. Dec. 10), d. Aug. 18, 1736 at Newton, Mass.; m. circa 1694 as his first wife, Andrew Hall, s. of Edward & Hester Hall, b. May 10, 1665 at Rehoboth, Mass. He d. in Dec. 1756 at Newton, Mass. They had seven children.

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Died:
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850
First name(s)      John
Last name      Capen
Event type      Death
Death year      1707
City      Dorchester
Country      United States
Volume name      DORCHESTER-V1
Page number      126
Record set      Massachusetts Vital Records To 1850
Category      Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory      Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from      Americas, United States

John married Susanna Barsham on 19 Nov 1662. Susanna was born on 28 Jan 1641/42 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Mar 1715/16 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried after 4 Mar 1715/16 in Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 162104384

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John married Abigail Lathrop on 9 Dec 1686 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. Abigail was born on 11 May 1665 in New London, New London County, Connecticut; died on 2 Dec 1743 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut; was buried after 2 Dec 1743 in Nathan Hale Cemetery, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 22418495

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Samuel married Grace Minor in 1688. Grace was born on 12 Sep 1670 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 16 Apr 1753 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried after 16 Apr 1753 in Edwards Cemetery, South Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Thomas Baker, Jr. about 1709/1710 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. Thomas was born between 1687 and 1688; died about 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 94S4-7JX
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 48978503

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Susanna's Great Grandparents were Barnard and Jane (Purchase) Capen of Dorchester, MA.
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From FindaGrave:

Susanna Capen, dau. of Lieut. John Capen, Jr. and Sarah Barsham, b. Sept. 16, 1664 at Dorchester, Mass. She d. Aug. 18, 1736 at Newton, Mass. In circa 1694 she m. as his first wife, Andrew Hall, s. of Edward & Hester Hall, b. May 10, 1665 at Rehoboth, Mass. He d. in Dec. 1756 at Newton, Mass. They had seven children, their second child being:

• ii. Susanna Hall, b. Jan. 1, 1696/7 at Newton, Mass., d. after 1766; m. Jan. 1, 1718/9 at Newton, Eleazer Stoddard, s. of Daniel Stoddard and Elizabeth Ballard, b. June 8, 1694 at Newton, Mass. He d. May 29, 1755 at Ashford, Conn. They had seven children b. at Newton, Mass.

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Susanna married Andrew Hall in 1691 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Andrew (son of Edward Hall, of Rehoboth, Y-DNA Family 006 and Hester [--?--]) was born on 10 May 1665 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died in Dec 1756 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Anne Stone on 16 Nov 1693. Anne (daughter of Deacon John Stone and Sarah Bass) was born on 8 Aug 1668 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thankful married John Stone, Jr. about 1696. John (son of Deacon John Stone and Sarah Bass) was born on 15 Dec 1666 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1733 in Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Probate: 14 Feb 1730/31

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Probate:
Andrew Hall was the administrator of her estate.

Sarah married John Clapp on 23 Jun 1703 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. John died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Nathaniel Blanchard, Jr. about 1695. Nathaniel (son of Nathaniel Blanchard and Susanna [--?--]) was born on 25 Sep 1665 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Samuel Lyon on 1 Dec 1703 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Samuel died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]