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Banfield Capron [Gen 12]
Elizabeth Callender
These are the earliest known members in this branch of the family. All of our information on this family comes from secondary website sources. I am presenting what has been found, but cannot say anything about the accuracy.
3714. Banfield Capron was born 16 Jul 1660 probably in Devonshire, England,
and died 20 Aug 1752 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts. He married Dec 1680 in Massachusetts,
3715. Elizabeth Callender. Elizabeth was born about 1661
in Devonshire, England, and died 10 Mar 1734/35 in Attleboro (Bristol)
Massachusetts. Some sources say Elizabeth was born in Rehoboth (Bristol)
Massachusetts. Some say her father is John Callender.
I could find nothing on the origin of the name Capron, other than that it is from
England. There are "family crest" sites which give an origin in Berkshire and say the name is from
pre-Norman times, but I generally don't put any credence in those. The family story was that Banfield came
from Wales, or England along the north border of Wales. More recent research suggests that they are rather from
Devonshire in southwest England, which is near Wales.
Callender is most commonly a Scots name. Again I could find nothing definite on the origins
or meaning, but most sources say it is derived from the town of Callender in Perthshire, Scotland. They were
lowland Scots and were not involved in the clan systems. There is a separate origin in England, a variant of
Challender, a seller of blankets. Our immediate Callenders most likely came from Devonshire in southwest
England, so they are more probably of the second origin. Banfield is supposed to have known the Callender
family in England, and became reacquainted with them when they moved to America.
The name Banfield is obviously taken from a surname, which means that we have Banfield family ancestors in this
line, but they are unknown. Banfields, Caprons and Callenders are all found in Devonshire in the 1600's.
Banfield supposedly came to Massachusetts as a stowaway at age 14, with three school friends. If the birthplaces of their children are accurate, Banfield and Elizabeth moved around frequently within Bristol County.
Banfield and Elizabeth had 12 children:
3714.1. Banfield Capron (1683 MA - 1758 RI) had descendants and is expanded below.
3714.2. Elizabeth Capron was born 22 Oct 1684 in Rehoboth (Bristol) Massachusetts.
3714.3. John Capron (1687 MA - ) had descendants and is expanded below.
3714.4. Hannah Capron [1857] (1689 MA - 1732 MA) and David Aldrich are direct ancestors, separate page.
3714.5. Joseph Capron (1691 MA - 1776 MA) had descendants and is expanded below.
3714.6. Walter Capron was born 2 Oct 1693 in Swansea (Bristol) Massachusetts.
3714.7. Mary Capron was born 26 Mar 1696 in Swansea (Bristol) Massachusetts.
3714.8. Edward Capron was born 17 Mar 1697/98 in Swansea (Bristol) Massachusetts.
3714.9. Margaret Capron was born in 1700 in Swansea (Bristol) Massachusetts.
3714.10. Benjamin Capron was born about 1704 in Swansea (Bristol) Massachusetts.
3714.11. Jonathan Capron was born 11 Mar 1705/06 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts.
3714.12. Sarah Capron was born 11 Mar 1708/09 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts.
3714.1. Banfield Capron was born 16 Jul 1683 in Attleboro
(Bristol) Massachusetts, and died 16 Aug 1758 in Cumberland (Providence) Rhode Island. He married Hannah Jenks,
daughter of Nathaniel Jenks (1662 RI - ) and Hannah Bosworth (1663 MA - ). Hannah was born about 1685 in
Providence Co, Rhode Island, and died 1738.
Banfield was a mason and a weaver. Banfield and Hannah settled Cumberland, in what was at that time Massachusetts.
The town was later made part of Rhode Island in a 1746 borders settlement. Hannah and six children died in a 1738 epidemic.
Banfield and Hannah had twelve children (first cousins to us), most of them unknown:
3714.1.1. Charles Capron was born Oct 1716 in Bellingham (Norfolk) Massachusetts, and died about 1789 in Cumberland (Providence) Rhode Island. He married 16 Dec 1742 in Bellingham (Norfolk) Massachusetts, Mary Scott, daughter of Joseph Scott (1697 - ) and Elizabeth Jenks (1698 -). Charles and Mary are probably cousins through Jenks, but the exact relation is unknown.
3714.1.x. Five other sons, and six daughters, names unknown. Born between probably 1715 and 1735 in Massachusetts or Rhode Island. Six children died along with their mother in a 1738 epidemic.
3714.3. John Capron was born 25 Apr 1687 in Swansea (Bristol) Massachusetts. He married 26 Sep 1723 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts, Deborah Woodcock, daughter of Jonathan Woodcock (1668 MA - d. MA) and Mercy Williams (1678 MA - d. MA). Deborah was born 24 Jan 1699/00 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts.
John and Deborah had three children (first cousins to us):
3714.3.1. Benjamin Capron was born 15 Sep 1724 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts.
3714.3.2. Desire Capron was born 11 Jan 1728/29 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts.
3714.3.3. Christopher Capron was born 4 Jul 1733 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts.
3714.5. Joseph Capron was born 12 Sep 1691 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts, and died 14 Oct 1776 in Attleboro. He married 3 Jun 1714 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts, Judith Peck, daughter of Hezekiah Peck (1662 MA - 1723 MA) and Deborah Cooper (1664 MA - 1730 MA). Judith was born 13 Aug 1690 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts, and died 14 Mar 1734 in Attleboro.
Joseph and Judith had five children (first cousins to us):
3714.5.1. Amey Capron was born 15 Jul 1715 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts.
3714.5.2. Judith Capron was born 8 Apr 1720 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts, and died sometime before 1735 in Attleboro.
3714.5.3. Joseph Capron was born 1 Nov 1722 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts, and died 1 Aug 1784 in Attleboro.
3714.5.4. Rhoda Capron was born 21 Nov 1725 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts. She married 1 Oct 1743 in Attleboro, Daniel Stanley, son of Thomas Stanley (1688 MA - ) and Mary Gould (1689 MA - ). Daniel was born 29 Apr 1721 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts.
Rhoda and Daniel had one child that we know of, there may be others (second cousin to us):
3714.5.4.1. Daniel Stanley was born 21 Mar 1748 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts. He married in 1771, Anna Daggett, daughter of Elihu Daggett (1710 - 1769) and Rebecca Stanley (1715 - 1799). Anna was born 2 Aug 1750 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts, and died 11 Nov 1784 in Attleboro. Daniel and Anna are probably cousins through Stanley, but the exact relation is unknown.
3714.5.5. Diedema Capron was born 6 Jun 1718 in Attleboro (Bristol) Massachusetts, and died 29 Jul 1783.