Pam ... I am finally re-reading all my emails and came across your post.
I have two family names mentioned in your book. Capen and Adams.
I am descended from Jeremy Adams born 1604 in England who married Rebecca
Greenhill. I would be interested in what the book has to say about them
(because in my research I have found much conflicting info on dates and
which child belonged to who). Also since so many of them named their
children alike I would be interesed in seeing if there is a reference to
which Sarah Adams married Matthias Steelman.
I am also looking for my gggrandfather, James H Capen. I know he was born
about 1843 in England and died at sea on his way to England on 11 Dec 1868.
He married Abigail (Creamer) Barber Doran, probably in NJ abt 1867 and they
had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth born 1 Sept 1868 in Cumberland Co, NJ. I
know absolutely nothing about James other than this info and I obtained it
from the papers Mary Elizabeth filed to receive his pension.
Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated
On 6/16/07, Pam Beveridge <ktaadn2(a)adelphia.net> wrote:
To Robbie et al,
I've been going through my things, trying to get organized, and found a
book
entitled Family Memorial, Part I, Genealogy of Fourteen Families of the
Early Settlers of New England, published in Hingham MA in 1835.
One of the 14 families is the Capen Family: "The Family of Capen: No
1,Bernard Capen, with his wife Jane were among the early settlers of
Dorchester, and are supposed to be the Progenitors of all of the name of
Capen in New England, if not in the United States. "He was admitted
freeman
in 1636, died 8 Nov. 1638, aged 76. His widow Jane Capen, died 26 March
1653, aged 75." (Dorchester Sexton's Monitor, 13. Farmer).
Goes as far as #32, John Capen, son of Preserved and Mary Capen, married
Ruth, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah Thayer, 20 Sept 1722 and settled in
Braintree.
If you are interested in a particular Capen who might fall between #1 and
#32, let me know.
I am thrilled that this book has found its way to the surface! (Even
though
I'm not a Capen - but then again, my Mom has a Bed & Breakfast on Capen
Avenue in Eastport, Maine, and there was a wonderful lady named Ruth Capen
(spinster, I believe), who lived across the street.
By the way, the other families outlined in this book are Alden (and a
reference that a lot of the families in this book trace to John); Adams;
Arnold; Bass; Billings; Capen; Copeland; French; Hobart; Jackson; Paine;
Thayer; Wales; White.
There's another section in the book on the line of Ephraim and Sarah Thayer
with their Fourteen Children; from the time of their marriage to 1835, with
Notes of Reference, &c. as in Part First.
Pam
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