Susannah CAPEN

Born

11 April 1602 , Dorchester, Dorset, England

Died

13 November 1666 , Windsor, Connecticut Colony

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Born: 11 April 1602 in Dorchester, Dorset, England

Parents of Susannah CAPEN

Father

Bernard CAPEN

Mother

Joan PURCHASE

Grandparents of Susannah CAPEN

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Maternal grandparents

Oliver PURCHASE Thomasine HARRIS

Susannah was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1630.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Susannah married William ROCKWELL 14 April 1624 in Dorchester, Dorset, England . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
William ROCKWELL was born 6 February 1590 in Fitzhead, Somerset, England. William died 15 May 1640 in East Windsor, New Haven Colony . William was the child of John ROCKWELL and Honor NEWTON.

Susannah married (2) Matthew GRANT 29 May 1645 in Windsor, New Haven Colony . Matthew GRANT was born 27 October 1601 in Exeter, Devon, England. Matthew died 16 December 1681 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony .

Susannah CAPEN died 13 November 1666 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Susannah CAPEN

Susannah CAPEN married

William ROCKWELL
Marriage date: 14 April 1624
Marriage place: Dorchester, Dorset, England
William ROCKWELL was the child of John ROCKWELL and Honor NEWTON

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Children of William ROCKWELL and Susannah CAPEN

Joan ROCKWELL

Born: 25 April 1625, Dorchester, Dorset, England
Died: 16 September 1683, Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Married: Jeffrey BAKER 15 November 1642 Place: Windsor, New Haven Colony

Married: Richard INGRAM (INGRAHAM) 10 December 1668 Place: Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony

John ROCKWELL

Born: 18 July 1627, Dorchester, Dorset, England
Died: 13 September 1673, Windsor, Connecticut Colony

Married: Sarah ENSIGN 6 May 1651 Place: Hartford, New Haven Colony

Married: Deliverance HAWES 18 August 1662 Place: Windsor, New Haven Colony

Samuel ROCKWELL

Born: 28 March 1631, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 9 August 1711, Windsor, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Mary NORTON 7 April 1660 Place: Windsor, New Haven Colony

Ruth ROCKWELL

Born: 16 August 1633, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 14 February 1683, Norwich, Connecticut Colony

Married: Christopher HUNTINGTON 7 October 1652 Place: Norwich, New Haven Colony

Sarah ROCKWELL

Born: 21 July 1638, Windsor, New Haven Colony
Died: 17 August 1683, Windsor, Connecticut Colony

Married: Walter GAYLORD 22 March 1659 Place: Windsor, New Haven Colony

Mary ROCKWELL

Born: abt. 1639, Windsor, New Haven Colony
Died: ,

Susannah CAPEN married

Matthew GRANT
Marriage date: 29 May 1645
Marriage place: Windsor, New Haven Colony
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

Marriage notes:

"Matthew (1601-1681) & 2-wf Susanna (CAPEN) ROCKWELL (1602-1666), w William; 29 May 1645; Windsor, CT {Windsor CT VR 125, 249; Reg. 21:174; Warner-Harrington 100, 251, 548; Windsor CT 2:303, 648; Goodwin-Morgan 106; Booth (1910) 29; Dillon Anc. 17, 31; Crary-Dunham 152; Rockwell 66; Dunham-Boyd 250; Hartford Prob. 1:312; TAG 9:55; Capen 13}"

Children of Matthew GRANT and Susannah CAPEN

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Birth — 1602
11 April 1602
Dorchester, Dorset, England

1609 - Galileo's telescope is invented (Galileo, Italy)

1625 Birth of Child
Joan ROCKWELL was born 25 April 1625, Dorchester, Dorset, England (Fordington)

Susannah was 23 years old.

1627 Birth of Child
John ROCKWELL was born 18 July 1627, Dorchester, Dorset, England (Fordington)

Susannah was 25 years old.

1631 Birth of Child
Samuel ROCKWELL was born 28 March 1631, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

Susannah was 28 years old.

1633 Birth of Child
Ruth ROCKWELL was born 16 August 1633, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

Susannah was 31 years old.

1634 Marriage / Partner
Susannah CAPEN and William ROCKWELL 14 April 1624, Dorchester, Dorset, England (Fordington)

She was 22 years old.

1637-1640

'In 1637, the Rockwells moved to the new settlement of Windsor, CT, recently established by a group from Dorchester, MA. William died there on 15 May 1640; his widow married Matthew Grant in 1645 and died on 14 Nov. 1666.'

www.rockwell-family.org/ 2007/ 12/ rockwell-immigrants-to-17th-century.html

1638 Birth of Child
Sarah ROCKWELL was born 21 July 1638, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock)

Susannah was 36 years old.

1640 Death of Spouse/Partner
William ROCKWELL died 15 May 1640, East Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Broad Brook) (Warehouse Point) (Melrose) (Scantic) (Windsorville)

1642 Marriage of Child
Joan ROCKWELL married 15 November 1642, Windsor, New Haven Colony to Jeffrey BAKER

1645 Marriage / Partner
Susannah CAPEN and Matthew GRANT 29 May 1645, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock)

She was 43 years old.

1651 Marriage of Child
John ROCKWELL married 6 May 1651, Hartford, New Haven Colony to Sarah ENSIGN

1652 Marriage of Child
Ruth ROCKWELL married 7 October 1652, Norwich, New Haven Colony to Christopher HUNTINGTON

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1659 Marriage of Child
Sarah ROCKWELL married 22 March 1659, Windsor, New Haven Colony to Walter GAYLORD

1660 Marriage of Child
Samuel ROCKWELL married 7 April 1660, Windsor, New Haven Colony to Mary NORTON

1662 Marriage of Child
John ROCKWELL married 18 August 1662, Windsor, New Haven Colony to Deliverance HAWES

1666 Death

'1666 GRANT mary Janes and fufanna Grant both of them dyed in one night Nouember 13 1666 Death'

Vital Records of Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield, Connecticut, 1631 to 1691. (Online db. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: Births, marriages, and deaths returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, and entered in the early land records of the colony of Connecticut : volumes I and II of land records and no. D of colonial deeds, transcribed and edited by Edwin Stanley Welles. Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co, 1898.

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