Constant Southworth is the 6th great-grandfather of Belle Champlin (Constant Southworth, Mary Southworth, Elizabeth Alden, Patience Seabury, Elizabeth Latham, John Champlin, Erastus Champlin, Henry Charles Champlin, Birdie Belle Champlin).
Constant Southworth was born 1614 in Leyden, Holland, son of Edward Southworth and Alice Carpenter. He died 10 Mar 1678 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, ae 64. Constant married on 2 Nov 1637 in Plymouth, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Collier, daughter of William Collier. They had 8 children.
Following the death of his father, Constant came to the New World aboard the third vessel to Plymouth Colony in 1628 with his mother Alice, who was to marry William Bradford, the Governor of Massachusetts. He was educated by his stepfather. Constant was one of the early settlers of Duxbury when he removed there in 1633 at the age of 19. He was made a Freeman in 1637.
Constant Southworth served as:
Commissioner for the United Colonies, aft. 1633
Representative to the Legislature, aft. 1633
Governor of Kennebec Plantation, aft. 1633
Assistant Governor of Plymouth, aft. 1633
Volunteer in the Pequot War, 1637
Ensign, 1646
Treasurer, 1663-1679
Commissary General in King Philip's War, 1675
Constant Southworth is the supposed author of the supplement in 1669, to
New England's Memorial.
