Barnard Capen

Abt 1562 - 1638  (~ 76 years)

• Name	Barnard Capen
  Born	Abt 1562	Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Shoemaker
  Died	8 Nov 1638	Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
  Buried	Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
  Person ID	I4377	Ancestors & Descendants of the immigrant Edward Hall
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2015

  
  

  Family ID

  F6172

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  Family	Joan Purchase,   b. Abt 1578, Dorchester, England ,   d. 26 Mar 1653, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Married	27 May 1596	England
  Children	1. Living   2. James Capen,   b. Abt 1598,   d. 8 Sep 1628, Dorchester, England  (Age ~ 30 years)   3. Ruth Capen,   b. 7 Aug 1600, Dorchester, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Susanna Capen,   b. 11 Apr 1602, Dorchester, England ,   d. 13 Nov 1666, Windsor, Hartford, CT  (Age 64 years)   5. Dorothy Capen,   b. Abt 1603,   d. 18 Sep 1675  (Age ~ 72 years)   6. Elizabeth Capen,   b. Abt 1610,   d. 26 Jan 1677-1678  (Age ~ 68 years)   7. Capt. John Capen,   b. 1612-1613, Dorchester, Dorset, England ,   d. 6 Apr 1692, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA  (Age 79 years)   8. Honor Capen,   b. Abt 1616,   d. 1680, Westfield, MA  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F3047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bernard Capen's grave marker is the oldest known tombstone in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It is now in the New England Historical Genealogical Society Headquarters in Boston, MA. A new stone now stands in the cemetery. See Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, Vol. 12 and the Halls of New England by Rev. David B. Hall, 1883 under the Halls of Rehoboth section. Bernard Capen was granted land in Dorchester, MA on 5 Aug 1633. He died three on 8 Sep 1638 at the age of 76. The original house was built in 1633 and had a large addition made to it about 100 years later. It stood on the same spot in Dorchester until 1909 when it was moved to Milton, MA. Bernard Capen's grave is in the Old North Burying Ground in Dorchester. The original inscription reads "Body of ___pen aged ______ied ye ______er 1638 ______Joan _____aged." The stone in the north burying ground that replaced the original now reads: "Here lies the bodies of Mr. Barnard Capen & Mrs. Joan Capen his wife. He died Nov 8, 1638, aged 76 years & she died March 26 1653 aged 75 years." Barnard Capen, b. circa 1562-1563 purportedly at Dorchester in Dorset, England. He d. Nov. 8, 1638 at Dorchester, Mass.,