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Joan Purchase

Female Abt 1578 - 1653  (~ 75 years)


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  1. 1.  Joan Purchase was born about 1578 in Dorchester, England; died on 26 Mar 1653 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; was buried in Dorchester North Burying Groud, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA.

    Notes:

    Joan Purchase's gravestone inscription is thought to be the earliest in New England.

    Joan Purchase, dau. of Oliver Purchase, b. in England on a specific date and at a place unproved. She d. Mar. 25, 1653 at Dorchester, Mass.,

    Joan married Barnard Capen on 27 May 1596 in England. Barnard was born about 1562 in Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England; died on 8 Nov 1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; was buried in Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. James Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1598; died on 8 Sep 1628 in Dorchester, England.
    3. 4. Ruth Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Aug 1600 in Dorchester, England; and died.
    4. 5. Susanna Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Apr 1602 in Dorchester, England; died on 13 Nov 1666 in Windsor, Hartford, CT.
    5. 6. Dorothy Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1603; died on 18 Sep 1675; was buried in Copps Hill, Boston, MA.
    6. 7. Elizabeth Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1610; died on 26 Jan 1677-1678.
    7. 8. Capt. John Capen  Descendancy chart to this point 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.
    8. 9. Honor Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1616; died in 1680 in Westfield, MA.


Generation: 2

  1. 5.  Susanna Capen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joan1) was born on 11 Apr 1602 in Dorchester, England; died on 13 Nov 1666 in Windsor, Hartford, CT.

    Susanna married Deacon William Rockwell on 14 Apr 1624 in Dorchester, England. Deacon was born on 6 Feb 1591 in Fitzhead, Somerset, England; died on 15 May 1640 in Windsor, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Ruth Rockwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Aug 1633 in Dorchester, MA; and died.

    Susanna married Matthew Grant on 29 May 1645. Matthew was born on 27 Oct 1601 in England; died on 16 Dec 1681 in Windsor, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 6.  Dorothy Capen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joan1) was born about 1603; died on 18 Sep 1675; was buried in Copps Hill, Boston, MA.

    Dorothy married Nicholas Upsall on 17 Jan 1629 in Dorchester, England. Nicholas was born about 1596; died on 20 Aug 1666 in Dorchester, MA; was buried in Copps Hill, Boston, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Elizabeth Capen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joan1) was born about 1610; died on 26 Jan 1677-1678.

    Elizabeth married Thomas Swift on 18 Oct 1634. Thomas died in May 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 8.  Capt. John Capen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joan1) 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. 11. Joanna Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Oct 1638; died on 19 Nov 1638.
    2. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 15. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 16. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    5. 17. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    6. 18. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    7. 19. Hannah Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Oct 1662; and died.
    8. 20. Elizabeth Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Dec 1666; died in 1679.

  5. 9.  Honor Capen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joan1) was born about 1616; died in 1680 in Westfield, MA.

    Family/Spouse: William Hannum. William died on 1 Jan 1677 in Northampton, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Abigail Hannum  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Nov 1640 in Hartford, CT; died on 9 Oct 1690 in Westfield, MA.


Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Ruth Rockwell Descendancy chart to this point (5.Susanna2, 1.Joan1) was born in Aug 1633 in Dorchester, MA; and died.

    Ruth married Christopher Huntington on 7 Oct 1652 in Windsort, CT. Christopher was born about 1626 in England; died about 1691 in Norwich, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. John Huntington  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Mar 1666 in Norwich, CT; died about 1695-1703.

  2. 12.  Lt. John Capen Descendancy chart to this point (8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) 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. 23. John Capen  Descendancy chart to this point died on 7 Aug 1681.
    2. 24. 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. 25. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 26. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    5. 27. Sarah Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Dec 1670; died in 1730-1731 in Roxbury, MA.
    6. 28. Dorothy Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Oct 1672; died on 27 Nov 1672.
    7. 29. Dorothy Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Sep 1673; and died.
    8. 30. Purchase Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Nov 1675; died on 9 Sep 1696.
    9. 31. Nathaniel Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Oct 1677; died on 29 Nov 1682.
    10. 32. Elizabeth Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1680; died about 1681.
    11. 33. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    12. 34. Hannah Capen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1684; died in 1708.

  3. 13.  Samuel Capen Descendancy chart to this point (8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) 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]


  4. 14.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) and died.

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


  5. 15.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) and died.

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


  6. 16.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) and died.

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


  7. 17.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) and died.

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


  8. 18.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) and died.

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

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

  9. 21.  Abigail Hannum Descendancy chart to this point (9.Honor2, 1.Joan1) was born on 22 Nov 1640 in Hartford, CT; died on 9 Oct 1690 in Westfield, MA.

    Abigail married John Sackett on 23 Nov 1659 in Springfield, MA. John was born in 1632; died on 8 Oct 1719 in Westfield, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. William Sackett  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Apr 1662 in Northampton, MA; died on 28 Mar 1700 in Deerfield, MA.


Generation: 4

  1. 22.  John Huntington Descendancy chart to this point (10.Ruth3, 5.Susanna2, 1.Joan1) was born on 15 Mar 1666 in Norwich, CT; died about 1695-1703.

    John married Abigail Lathrop on 9 Dec 1686 in Norwich, CT. Abigail was born in May 1665; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Martha Huntington  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Dec 1696 in Norwich, CT; died on 26 Aug 1779 in Probably Tolland, CT.

  2. 24.  Susanna Capen Descendancy chart to this point (12.John3, 8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) 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. 38. Deceased  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 39. 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. 40. 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. 41. Dorothy Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Dec 1699 in Newton, MA; died in Sep 1777.
    5. 42. Sarah Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Dec 1699 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; and died.
    6. 43. Edward Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1706 in Newton, MA; died on 15 Jan 1794 in Newton, MA.
    7. 44. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 25.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (12.John3, 8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) and died.

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

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

  4. 26.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (12.John3, 8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) and died.

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


  5. 29.  Dorothy Capen Descendancy chart to this point (12.John3, 8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) 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]


  6. 33.  Deceased Descendancy chart to this point (12.John3, 8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) and died.

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


  7. 35.  Mary Capen Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deceased3, 8.Capt.2, 1.Joan1) 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. 46. Priscilla Baker  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Aug 1724 in Topsfield, MA; died on 16 Mar 1812 in Sutton, MA.

  8. 36.  William Sackett Descendancy chart to this point (21.Abigail3, 9.Honor2, 1.Joan1) was born on 20 Apr 1662 in Northampton, MA; died on 28 Mar 1700 in Deerfield, MA.

    William married Hannah Graves on 27 Nov 1689 in Hatfield, MA. Hannah was born on 24 Jan 1666 in Hatfield, MA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 47. Hannah Sackett  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jun 1692; and died.


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