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Capt. John Capen

Male 1613 - 1692  (79 years)


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  1. 1.  Capt. John Capen was born in 1612-1613 in Dorchester, Dorset, England; was christened on 26 Jan 1612-1613 in Dotchester, Dorset, England; died on 6 Apr 1692 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; was buried in Dorchester North Cemetery Dn/B40.

    Notes:

    John immigrated to Massachusetts about 26 Feb 1632 from England. He was made a Freeman on 14 May 1634.

    John Capen's grave is in the North Burying Ground in Dorchester. The inscription on the stone reads: "Here Lyes Buried Ye Body of Captn John Capen. He was Deacon Of ye Church of Christ in Dorchester. He Decd April ye 6th 1692 In Ye 80th
    Year of Age."

    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:

    Capt. married Redegon Clapp on 20 Oct 1637 in Dorchester, MA. Redegon (daughter of Deceased and Elizabeth) was born in 1609 in Sidbury, Devonshire, England; was christened on 7 May 1609 in Sidbury, Devonshire, England; died on 10 Dec 1645 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; was buried in Dorchester North Burying Groud, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Joanna Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Oct 1638; died on 19 Nov 1638.
    2. 3. Lt. John Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; died on 8 Jun 1707 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; was buried in Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA.

    Capt. married Mary Bass on 20 Sep 1647 in Roxbury, MA. Mary (daughter of Samuel Bass and Anne Saville) was born in 1631; died on 29 Jun 1704; was buried in Dorchester North Cemetery Dn/B36. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Samuel Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jul 1648 in Braintrree, Norfolk, MA; died on 19 May 1733; was buried in Dorchester North Burying Groud, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA.
    2. 5. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 6. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 7. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    5. 8. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    6. 9. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    7. 10. Hannah Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Oct 1662; and died.
    8. 11. Elizabeth Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Dec 1666; died in 1679.


Generation: 2

  1. 3.  Lt. John Capen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Capt.1) was born on 21 Oct 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; died on 8 Jun 1707 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; was buried in Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA.

    Notes:

    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,

    John married Susanna Barsham on 19 Nov 1662-1663 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. Susanna (daughter of William Barsham and Annabella Bland) was born on 28 Jan 1641-1642 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA; died on 4 Mar 1714-1715 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; was buried in Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. John Capen  Descendancy chart to this point died on 7 Aug 1681.
    2. 13. Susanna Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Sep 1664 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; died on 18 Aug 1736 in Newton, Middlesex, MA.
    3. 14. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 15. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    5. 16. Sarah Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Dec 1670; died in 1730-1731 in Roxbury, MA.
    6. 17. Dorothy Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Oct 1672; died on 27 Nov 1672.
    7. 18. Dorothy Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Sep 1673; and died.
    8. 19. Purchase Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Nov 1675; died on 9 Sep 1696.
    9. 20. Nathaniel Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Oct 1677; died on 29 Nov 1682.
    10. 21. Elizabeth Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1680; died about 1681.
    11. 22. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    12. 23. Hannah Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1684; died in 1708.

  2. 4.  Samuel Capen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Capt.1) was born on 29 Jul 1648 in Braintrree, Norfolk, MA; died on 19 May 1733; was buried in Dorchester North Burying Groud, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA.

    Samuel married Susanna Payson in 1673. Susanna (daughter of Edward Payson and May Eliot) was born on 27 Jun 1655 in Suffolk County, MA; died on 3 Feb 1737 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; was buried in Dorchester North Burying Groud, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 5.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (1.Capt.1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 6.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (1.Capt.1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 7.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (1.Capt.1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 8.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (1.Capt.1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 9.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (1.Capt.1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Mary Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1688-1689; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 13.  Susanna Capen Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Capt.1) was born on 16 Sep 1664 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; died on 18 Aug 1736 in Newton, Middlesex, MA.

    Notes:

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

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

    Children:
    1. 25. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 26. John Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jan 1694-1695 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; died in 1791 in Newton, Middlesex, MA.
    3. 27. Susanna Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jan 1696-1697 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; died in 1766 in Ashford, Windham, CT.
    4. 28. Dorothy Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Dec 1699 in Newton, MA; died in Sep 1777.
    5. 29. Sarah Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Dec 1699 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; and died.
    6. 30. Edward Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1706 in Newton, MA; died on 15 Jan 1794 in Newton, MA.
    7. 31. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 14.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Capt.1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  3. 15.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Capt.1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 18.  Dorothy Capen Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Capt.1) was born on 16 Sep 1673; and died.

    Dorothy married Deceased about 1695. Deceased (son of Living and Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 22.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Capt.1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 24.  Mary Capen Descendancy chart to this point (9.Deceased2, 1.Capt.1) was born about 1688-1689; and died.

    Mary married Thomas Baker, Jr. about 1709-1710 in Topsfield, MA. Thomas was born about 1687-1688; died about 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Priscilla Baker  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Aug 1724 in Topsfield, MA; died on 16 Mar 1812 in Sutton, MA.


Generation: 4

  1. 25.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (13.Susanna3, 3.John2, 1.Capt.1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Andrew Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Oct 1724; died in 1772.
    2. 35. Dorcas Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jan 1727; and died.
    3. 36. Susanna Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Apr 1730; and died.
    4. 37. Hannah Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Apr 1732; and died.
    5. 38. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 39. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 26.  John Hall Descendancy chart to this point (13.Susanna3, 3.John2, 1.Capt.1) was born on 11 Jan 1694-1695 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; died in 1791 in Newton, Middlesex, MA.

    Notes:

    John sat under the ministry of Rev Nehemiah Hobert, in the First Congregational Church of Cambridge until his 17th year of age. Mr Hobert d. 1716, age 64; he was a Fellow in Harvard College, and in a memorial sermon for him, notice is made of
    a remark of Dea. Hall concerning his preaching; it appears evident that John Hall lived in or near Cambridge all of his life and that he held the office of a deacon.



    John Hall and Hopestill Ockington were married by Nathaniel Hubbard, Esq.

    John married Hopestill Ockington on 17 Oct 1722 in Dorchester, MA. Hopestill (daughter of Deceased and Rebecca Mason) was born on 24 Jan 1697-1698 in Dedham, MA; died on 21 Oct 1738 in Newton, Middlesex, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Josiah Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Aug 1723 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; died on 23 Aug 1786 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; was buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex, MA.
    2. 41. Lt. Nehemiah Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Mar 1725 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; was christened on 20 Jan 1765 in First Church Of Christ, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; died on 22 Dec 1797 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.
    3. 42. Thomas Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Nov 1727 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; died on 9 Nov 1822 in VT.
    4. 43. Rebecca Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Aug 1729 in Newton, MA; and died.
    5. 44. David Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Dec 1732 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; died on 6 Jan 1802 in Natick, Middlesex, MA.
    6. 45. John Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 May 1736 in Newton, MA; died in 1799.

    John married Abigail Hall in 1737. Abigail (daughter of Deceased and Living) was born on 5 May 1695 in Dedham, MA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 27.  Susanna Hall Descendancy chart to this point (13.Susanna3, 3.John2, 1.Capt.1) was born on 1 Jan 1696-1697 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; died in 1766 in Ashford, Windham, CT.

    Susanna married Eleazer Stoddard on 1 Jan 1718-1719 in Newton, MA. Eleazer (son of Deceased and Living) was born on 8 Jun 1694 in Boston, Suffolk, MA; died on 29 May 1755 in Ashford, Windham, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 46. Eliezer Stoddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Mar 1719 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; and died.
    2. 47. Ebenezer Stoddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Mar 1721 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; died on 2 Jul 1806; was buried in Old Abington Burying Grounds, Abington, Windham, CT.
    3. 48. Phineas Stoddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Feb 1723 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; died in Jun 1810 in Durham, ME.
    4. 49. David Stoddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Nov 1726 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; and died.
    5. 50. Susannah Stoddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Apr 1729 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; and died.
    6. 51. Joshua Stoddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Apr 1732 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; died on 6 Dec 1816 in Westminster, VT.
    7. 52. Sarah Stoddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Mar 1737-1738 in Dedham, MA; was christened on 19 Mar 1737-1738 in Dedham, MA; and died.
    8. 53. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  4. 28.  Dorothy Hall Descendancy chart to this point (13.Susanna3, 3.John2, 1.Capt.1) was born on 11 Dec 1699 in Newton, MA; died in Sep 1777.

    Notes:

    Concerning Dorothy's birth, the Record of the Capen Family reads "after the child b. 11 Dec 1699." Based on this, Dorothy's sister Sarah b .11 Dec 1699 would be Twin A and Dorothy would be Twin B.

    Dorothy married Eliphalet Gay on 20 Apr 1732 in Newton, MA. Eliphalet (son of John Gay and Deceased) was born on 24 Sep 1706 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA; died in Jan 1773 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA; was buried in Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 54. Eliphalet Gay  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 26 Jul 1741 in Newton, MA; and died.
    2. 55. Ephraim Gay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Sep 1734 in Newton, MA; died on 18 Mar 1817 in New London, NH; was buried in New London Cemetery, New London, NH.
    3. 56. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 57. Lydia Gay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Jun 1739 in Newton, MA; died on 22 Jan 1823 in South Natick, MA.
    5. 58. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    6. 59. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  5. 29.  Sarah Hall Descendancy chart to this point (13.Susanna3, 3.John2, 1.Capt.1) was born on 11 Dec 1699 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; and died.

    Sarah married Samuel Gay on 11 May 1725 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. Samuel (son of John Gay and Deceased) was born on 12 Jul 1702 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 60. Sarah Gay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jul 1725 in Dedham, MA; and died.
    2. 61. Mary Gay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Jun 1727 in Dedham, MA; died in in Dedham, MA.
    3. 62. Samuel Gay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jun 1729 in Dedham, MA; died on 4 Dec 1736 in Dedham, MA.
    4. 63. Rachel Gay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jun 1732 in Dedham, MA; died on 30 Sep 1736 in Dedham, MA.
    5. 64. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    6. 65. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    7. 66. Rachel Gay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jul 1739 in Dedham, MA; died on 13 Aug 1739 in Dedham, MA.
    8. 67. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  6. 30.  Edward Hall Descendancy chart to this point (13.Susanna3, 3.John2, 1.Capt.1) was born in 1706 in Newton, MA; died on 15 Jan 1794 in Newton, MA.

    Notes:

    Edward was a cabinet maker in Boston. He was a Surveyor of Highways in 1744 in Newton, MA.

    Edward married Mary Miller on 21 May 1730 in Newton, MA. Mary (daughter of Deceased and Living) was born on 20 Apr 1710 in Newton, MA; died on 18 Aug 1790 in Newton, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 68. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 69. Mary Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Mar 1734 in Newton, MA; died in 1775.
    3. 70. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 71. Elisha Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Sep 1738 in Newton, MA; and died.
    5. 72. Dorcas Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Feb 1740-1741 in Newton, MA; died on 6 May 1832 in Newton, MA.
    6. 73. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 74. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    8. 75. Edward Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jan 1748-1749 in Newton, MA; died on 4 Nov 1812 in Newton, MA.
    9. 76. Rebecca Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Sep 1753 in Newton, MA; and died.

  7. 31.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (13.Susanna3, 3.John2, 1.Capt.1)

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 32.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (14.Deceased3, 3.John2, 1.Capt.1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 77. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  9. 33.  Priscilla Baker Descendancy chart to this point (24.Mary3, 9.Deceased2, 1.Capt.1) was born on 4 Aug 1724 in Topsfield, MA; died on 16 Mar 1812 in Sutton, MA.

    Priscilla married Tarrant Putnam, Jr. on 9 Dec 1742 in Boxford, MA. Tarrant was born on 3 Apr 1716 in Salem, MA; died on 27 Aug 1794 in Sutton, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 78. Priscilla Putnam  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Aug 1751 in Sutton, MA; died on 6 Oct 1837 in Plymouth, VT.


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