Eleventh Generation

1734. Bernard CAPEN¹¹⁷ was born about 1562 in Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England. He died on 8 November 1638 at the age of 76 in Dorchester, MA. He was buried in North Burying Ground, Dorchester, MA. He came over in 1633, arriving in Boston about July 24, 1633, resided first in Dorchester, and was a shoemaker. He became a freeman on May 25, 1636. He was granted a 30 acre lot in Dorchester, MA, on August 5, 1633. He was christened in 1568.

He may have been related to George Dyer, who also came over on the "Mary and John" and who is referred to as "his brother" in his will.

See Capen Family and Culter's Genealogical Memoirs of Massachusetts. Joan PURCHASE and Bernard CAPEN were married on 31 May 1596 in Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England.

1735. Joan PURCHASE was born on 25 March 1578 in Dorchester, Dorset, England. She died on 26 March 1653 at the age of 75 in Dorchester, MA. She was buried in North Burying Ground, Dorchester, MA. Her sister, Aquila Purchase, set sail on the same ship, but died enroute to America, with Mrs. Anne Purchase, Oliver Purchase, and Sarah Purchase.

Children were:

867	i.	Honor CAPEN.
	ii.	Bernard CAPEN was born in 1597.
	iii.	James CAPEN was born about 1598.
	iv.	Ruth CAPEN was born on 7 August 1600.
	v.	Susanna CAPEN was born on 11 April 1602.
	vi.	Dorothy CAPEN was born in 1603. Dorothy's husband was a Quaker and suffered many indignities by the Massachusetts Court as a result.
	vii.	John CAPEN was born on 26 January 1613.
	viii.	Elizabeth CAPEN was born on 29 October 1616.