CAPEN, John
1613 - 1692 (79 years)-
Name CAPEN, John Birth 26 Jan 1613 Dorchester, Dorset, England 
[1] Gender Male Death 6 Apr 1692 Dorchester, Middlesex, MA. [1] Person ID I1099 Ruth's Family Tree Last Modified 8 Jul 2013
Father CAPEN, Bernard, b. 1562, Dorchester, Dorset, England d. 8 Nov 1638, Dorchester, Middlesex, MA. (Age 76 years) Mother PURCHASE, Joan, b. 25 Mar 1578, Dorchester, Dorset, England d. 26 Mar 1653, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. (Age 75 years) Marriage 31 May 1596 Dorchester, Dorset, England [2] Family ID F454 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BASS, Mary, b. Abt 1632 d. 29 Jun 1704, Dorchester, Middlesex, MA. (Age 72 years) Marriage 20 Sep 1647 Braintree, Norfolk, MA Children 1. CAPEN, Samuel, b. 29 Jul 1648, Braintree, Norfolk, MA d. 19 May 1733, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. (Age 84 years)Family ID F451 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jun 2008
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Marriage - 20 Sep 1647 - Braintree, Norfolk, MA 
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Notes - Was called Captain, deacon of the church, selectman sixteen years, recorder thirteen years. "Wrote more in the books than any one man by far."
Gravestone in North Burying Ground, Dorchester, MA
"Here lyes Burried 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." [1] - (Research):See: "A Sketch from the Early New England Families Project" in «u»American Andestors«/u», Spring 2013, Vol 14, No 2,pp 19-23.
Excellent detail with sources through Samuel Capen/Sousanna Payson.
- Was called Captain, deacon of the church, selectman sixteen years, recorder thirteen years. "Wrote more in the books than any one man by far."
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