Welcome Capron (1766 - 1841)

Born 7 Mar 1766 in Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1841 at age 74 in Fulton, New York

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Biography

Welcome Capron was born on 7 March 1766 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts.

He married Cynthia Wilkinson on 31 October 1784 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island. Children from this marriage are:

1. Welcome Jr.^[1]

Welcome was a blacksmith and farmer.

He is a proven Revoluntionary War Patriot accepted by the Daughters of the American Revolution. (DAR Ancestor #: A019049) During his Military Service he: served as private in Capt. Samuel Robinson's company, Col. Isaac Dean's regiment, 1781.

He moved to Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, in circa 1784. He later moved to Easton, Washington, New York, in circa 1794. Twenty years later he moved to at Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, in in 1810 where he would spend the remainder of his life.

Welcome Capron died on 3 January 1841 at age 74 in Broadalbin, Fulton, New York. He was buried 3 January 1841 in Mayfield, Fulton, New York.

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPK-HM8 : 16 January 2020), Welcome Capron in entry for Welcome Capron, 1869.

See also:

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-T49S : 18 March 2018), Welcome Capron, 06 Mar 1781; citing Military Service, Langhorne, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711082.
• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-3T5J : 17 March 2018), Welcome Capron, 06 Mar 1781; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,240.