Family:Bernard Capen and Joan Purchase (1)

Bernard Capen b. Abt 1568 England d. 8 Nov 1638 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States	Parents: Oliver Purchase and Unknown Joan Purchase b. 25 Mar 1578 Dorchester, Dorset, England d. 26 Mar 1653 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

m. 31 May 1596

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]

31 May 1596

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	James Capen	Abt 1598
2.	Ruth Capen	7 Aug 1600 Dorchester, Dorset, England
3.	Susannah Capen	11 Apr 1602 Dorchester, Dorset, England	13 Nov 1666 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
4.	Dorothy Capen	Est 1608 Dorchester, Dorset, England (probably)	18 Sep 1675 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
5.	Elizabeth Capen	Est 1610	26 Jan 1677/78 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
6.	John Capen	26 Jan 1612/13 Dorchester, Dorset, England	6 Apr 1692 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
7.	Honor Capen	Abt 1616	1 Dec 1680 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Bernard Capen, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

MARRIAGE: 31 May 1596 Joan Purchase, daughter of Oliver Purchase [NEHGR 2:80]; born about 1578 based on age at death; admitted to second church of Dorchester, probably about 1638 [ DChR 4]; she died Dorchester 26 March 1653, aged 75 [ NEHGR 2:80].
Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009).

Ancestors of U.S. Presidents Ulysses S. Grant through daughter Susannah and Calvin Coolidge through son John