John Capen

Male 1613 - 1692  (79 years)


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  • Name John Capen 
    Born 26 Jan 1613  Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9J3S-9K 
    Died 6 Apr 1692  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I847  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

    Mother Joan Purchase,   b. 25 Mar 1578, Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1653, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 31 May 1596  Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Family ID F330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Redigon Clapp,   b. Abt 1614, Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1645, Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1637  Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F335  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Bass,   b. Abt 1628, , , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1704, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 20 Sep 1647  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F512  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Sep 1647 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S129] Capen Familiy Record ; Extracted from a leaf in an old New Testament, printed in London, 1615, by Robert Barker, Englished by L. Tomson, (The copy was made in facsimile by Jacob H. Loud, Esq., of Plymouth, corresponding member of the Society, who remarks that) (Reliability: 3).
      born y8 26 Jauary, in y8 yeer of o' Lord, 1612. Johnmaryed Redegon Clap his first wif the 20 of October, 1637, & dyed y* 10 of Decembe 45

    2. [S138] Old Dorchester, vol 5 p. 397 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S136] Genealogy of the Capen Family, Vol 2, p. 80 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S15] Rockwell Family in America, Henry Ensign Rockwell, (Boston:Rockwell & Churchill, publishers 1873), Chp. IV, p. 98 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S211] Cambridge or Wrentham Branch (Reliability: 3).
      Barnard Capen maryed Joan ye dafter of Oliuer Purchis ye yeer of Lord, 1596, on Munday, in whitson week.

    6. [S129] Capen Familiy Record ; Extracted from a leaf in an old New Testament, printed in London, 1615, by Robert Barker, Englished by L. Tomson, (The copy was made in facsimile by Jacob H. Loud, Esq., of Plymouth, corresponding member of the Society, who remarks that) (Reliability: 3).
      marryed Redegon Clap his first wif the 20 of October, 1637, & dyed y* 10 December 1645.

    7. [S160] Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, ((http://www.americanancestors.org)), accessed 14 October 2015), John Capen marriage; http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/torreys-new-england-marriages-to-1700/transcript/?volumeId=21174&pageName=275&rId=426879810. (Reliability: 3).
      CAPAN, John (1612-1692) & 1/wf Radigon CLAPP (-1645); 20 Oct 1637; Dorchester {Davis: Anc. of Joseph Neal 89; Stevens-Miller 278; Warner-Harrington 100, 116; Reg. 2:80, 5:397, 443, 20:246; Capen 15; Clapp xv; Scott (1919) 229; Sv. 1:333; Thayer (1835) 74;

    8. [S129] Capen Familiy Record ; Extracted from a leaf in an old New Testament, printed in London, 1615, by Robert Barker, Englished by L. Tomson, (The copy was made in facsimile by Jacob H. Loud, Esq., of Plymouth, corresponding member of the Society, who remarks that) (Reliability: 3).
      John Capen marryed Mary Bass y* 20 Sep 1647