Susannah Capen

Female 1602 - 1666  (64 years)


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  • Name Susannah Capen 
    Born 5 Apr 1602  Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Christened 11 Apr 1602  Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    AFN 9J3R-12 
    Died 13 Nov 1666  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6
    Person ID I814  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 10 Nov 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  [7, 8, 9
    Family ID F330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Rockwell, Deacon,   c. 6 Feb 1591, Fitzhead, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 May 1640, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Married 14 Apr 1624  Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 10
    Children 
     1. Joan Rockwell,   c. 25 Apr 1625, Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1672  (Age ~ 47 years)
     2. John Rockwell,   c. 18 Jul 1627, Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1673, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years)
     3. Mary Rockwell,   b. Abt 1629, Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1630  (Age ~ 1 years)
    +4. Samuel Rockwell,   b. 28 Mar 1631, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1711, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     5. Ruth Rockwell,   b. Aug 1633, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Joseph Rockwell,   b. Abt 1635, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1636  (Age ~ 1 years)
     7. Sarah Rockwell,   b. 21 Jul 1638, Windsor, , Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1683  (Age 45 years)
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Matthew Grant,   b. 27 Oct 1601, Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1681, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 29 May 1645  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F321  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Nov 1666 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • MARRIAGES: "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630" by Burton W. Spear, vol 7, pg. 111. Gives parents and home. - D0004

      Susanna & her 1st hus William Rockwell were fellow passengers, with Mathew Grant & his 1st wife, on the ship, Mary & John, from Dorchester, England in 1630.[ Rockwell Family in America, Chp. IV, p. 99]
      Capen Geneal. by Hayden,New Eng. Reg. July 1946, p. 222.

  • Sources 
    1. [S128] History of Dorchester, p. 42 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S15] Rockwell Family in America, Henry Ensign Rockwell, (Boston:Rockwell & Churchill, publishers 1873), p. 44 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [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).
      was born y* 11 of April, 1602. She dyed y* 13 Nouember, 1666

    4. [S11] Connecticut Vital Record, 22 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S15] Rockwell Family in America, Henry Ensign Rockwell, (Boston:Rockwell & Churchill, publishers 1873), Chp. IV, p. 99 (Reliability: 3).
      She was age 64 at death

    6. [S5] Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, (http://www.newenglandancestors.org: 2002), REF F7/G74., William Rockwell, p. 1594-7. accessed 14 October 2015. (Reliability: 3).
      BIRTH: Baptized Fitzhead, Somersetshire, 6 February 1590/1, son of John and Honor (Newton) Rockwell (Sir Anthony Richard Wagner, Pedigree Of Rockwell and Allied Families: Extracted from the Records Of the College of Arms (London, n.d.), p. 2). (Other sources give the year of baptism as 1591/2 [Rockwell Gen 188-92; M&JCH 17:131-33].)
      DEATH: Buried at Windsor 15 May 1640 [Loomis Rec 1:50; Grant 79 (gives only year of death)].
      MARRIAGE: Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorsetshire, 14 April 1624 Susan Capen [Dorset Marr 7:9], daughter of BERNARD CAPEN. She married (2) Windsor 29 May 1645 as his second wife MATTHEW
      GRANT [Goodwin Anc 106]. She died at Windsor 13 November 1666 [CTVR 22].

      CHILDREN:
      i.?tab?JOAN, bp. Dorchester, 25 April 1625 [M&JCH 17:133]; m. (1) Windsor 15 November 1642 Jeffrey Baker [Grant 27]; m. (2) Northampton 10 December 1668 Richard Ingram [Pynchon VR 142].
      ii.?tab?JOHN, bp. Dorchester 18 July 1627 [M&JCH 17:133] (d. Windsor 3 September 1673, aged 46 years [CT VR 27)]; m. (1) Windsor 6 May 1651 Sarah Ensign [Grant 63]; m. (2) Windsor 18 August 1662 Deliverance Hayes [Grant 63].
      iii.?tab?JOHN, bp. Dorchester 18 July 1627 [M&JCH 17:133] (d. Windsor 3 September 1673, aged 46 years [CT VR 27)]; m. (1) Windsor 6 May 1651 Sarah Ensign (Grant 631; m. (2) Windsor 18 August 1662 Deliverance Hayes [Grant 63].
      iv.?tab?SAMUEL, b. 28 March 1631 [Grant 63]; m, Windsor 7 April 1660 Mary Norton [Grant 63].
      v.?tab?RUTH, b. say 1633; m. Windsor 7 October 1652 Christopher Huntington [NorVR 37], son of SIMON HUNTINGTON.
      vi.?tab?SARAH, b. say 1639; m. Windsor 22 March 16581/9?) as his second wife Walter Gaylord [Grant 42], son of WILLIAM GAYLORD.
      http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image/?volumeId=12107&pageName=1594&rId=235192927

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

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

    9. [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.

    10. [S127] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I-III, Dorset Marr 7: 9 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S15] Rockwell Family in America, Henry Ensign Rockwell, (Boston:Rockwell & Churchill, publishers 1873), p. 190 (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S5] Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, (http://www.newenglandancestors.org: 2002), REF F7/G74., William Rockwell, p. 1594-7. accessed 14 October 2015. (Reliability: 3).
      BIRTH: Baptized Fitzhead, Somersetshire, 6 February 1590/1, son of John and Honor (Newton) Rockwell (Sir Anthony Richard Wagner, Pedigree Of Rockwell and Allied Families: Extracted from the Records Of the College of Arms (London, n.d.), p. 2). (Other sources give the year of baptism as 1591/2 [Rockwell Gen 188-92; M&JCH 17:131-33].)
      DEATH: Buried at Windsor 15 May 1640 [Loomis Rec 1:50; Grant 79 (gives only year of death)].
      MARRIAGE: Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorsetshire, 14 April 1624 Susan Capen [Dorset Marr 7:9], daughter of BERNARD CAPEN. She married (2) Windsor 29 May 1645 as his second wife MATTHEW GRANT [Goodwin Anc 106]. She died at Windsor 13 November 1666 [CTVR 22].

      CHILDREN:
      i.?tab?JOAN, bp. Dorchester, 25 April 1625 [M&JCH 17:133]; m. (1) Windsor 15 November 1642 Jeffrey Baker [Grant 27]; m. (2) Northampton 10 December 1668 Richard Ingram [Pynchon VR 142].
      ii.?tab?JOHN, bp. Dorchester 18 July 1627 [M&JCH 17:133] (d. Windsor 3 September 1673, aged 46 years [CT VR 27)]; m. (1) Windsor 6 May 1651 Sarah Ensign [Grant 63]; m. (2) Windsor 18 August 1662 Deliverance Hayes [Grant 63].
      iii.?tab?JOHN, bp. Dorchester 18 July 1627 [M&JCH 17:133] (d. Windsor 3 September 1673, aged 46 years [CT VR 27)]; m. (1) Windsor 6 May 1651 Sarah Ensign (Grant 631; m. (2) Windsor 18 August 1662 Deliverance Hayes [Grant 63].
      iv.?tab?SAMUEL, b. 28 March 1631 [Grant 63]; m, Windsor 7 April 1660 Mary Norton [Grant 63].
      v.?tab?RUTH, b. say 1633; m. Windsor 7 October 1652 Christopher Huntington [NorVR 37], son of SIMON HUNTINGTON.
      vi.?tab?SARAH, b. say 1639; m. Windsor 22 March 16581/9?) as his second wife Walter Gaylord [Grant 42], son of WILLIAM GAYLORD.
      http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image/?volumeId=12107&pageName=1594&rId=235192927