Individual Details
Dorothy Capen
(Abt 1608 - 18 Sep 1675)
Events
Families
Spouse | Nicholas Upsall (1596 - 1666) |
Father | Bernard Capen (1562 - 1638) |
Mother | Joan Purchase (1578 - 1653) |
Sibling | Bernard Capen ( - ) |
Sibling | Hannah Capen ( - ) |
Sibling | James Capen (1598 - 1628) |
Sibling | Ruth Capen (1600 - ) |
Sibling | Susanna Capen (1602 - 1666) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Capen (1610 - 1678) |
Sibling | Captain John Capen (1612 - 1692) |
Sibling | Honor Capen (1616 - ) |
Notes
Will
In her will, dated 30 August 1673 and proved 17 January 1675/6, "Dorothy Upsall of Boston ... widow, the relict of Nicholas Upshall deceased," noted that she had already given, in accordance with her late husband's will, to "Joseph Cock my son-in-law to for the benefit of Nicholas Cox his eldest son" £20, and to "W[illia]m Greenough for the benefit of Elizabeth Greenough his daughter my grandchild" £20, and to the said William Greenough for "Anne Greenough his daughter my grandchild ... [which] was given to Dorothy Greenough had she lived" £20, to be given to each of these grandchildren at the age of fourteen; to "son-in-law Joseph Cock for Susana Cock his daughter my grandchild" £20; to "my brother John Capen my two sisters Elizabeth Swift and Honner Hannum each of them a silver spoon"; to "Elizabeth Greenough her two children now living to her [sic] daughter Susanna Cock her three children now living each of them a silver spoon"; residue equally to two daughters and two sons-in-law, all four of whom are to be executors; Mr. Anthony Stoddard and Daniel Turell to be overseers.The inventory of the estate of "Dorotye Upshall widow the relict of Nicholas Upshall," taken on 6 October 1675, totalled £170, with no real estate included.
Endnotes
1. Prouty, Louise., Emails on Prouty genealogy, re desendants of James Prouty. (
2. BERNARD CAPEN, Suzanne Storck Leonard online [http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/6265/bios/bernardcapen.htm], accessed 5/2007.
3. Swift, J. G., The memoirs of Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift, LL.D., U.S.A., first graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, Chief Engineer U.S.A. from 1812 to 1818 : 1800-1865 : to which is added a genealogy of the family of Thomas Swift of Dorchester, Mass., 1634 (1890, 370 pgs. : Press of F.S. Blanchard & Co., Worcester, Mass.), p. 58-59.
4. BERNARD CAPEN, Suzanne Storck Leonard online [http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/6265/bios/bernardcapen.htm], accessed 5/2007.
5. IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND 1620 -- 1633, Wise~Comp Consulting online [http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:7tVNc_Jr0lwJ:ccl.wisecomp.com/NEImm1633.htm+swift+capen&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=15&gl=us], accessed 5/2007.
6. Prouty, Louise., Emails on Prouty genealogy, re desendants of James Prouty. (
7. IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND 1620 -- 1633, Wise~Comp Consulting online [http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:7tVNc_Jr0lwJ:ccl.wisecomp.com/NEImm1633.htm+swift+capen&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=15&gl=us], accessed 5/2007.