Anthony Paine, of Portsmouth

Anthony Paine

• b. abt 1585 at Norton, Lincolshire, England;
• d. 6 May 1649 at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, aged 65 years
• Parents: unknown
• m(1) Alice Potter; She was the sister of Robert Potter, then of Lynn, Mass., but later of Portsmouth, R.I., where he signed the compact in 1639.[2]. She died before 10 Nov 1643
• m(2) 10 November 1643 Rose Grinnell Nee Unknown at Portsmouth, Newport, RI 

Disputed Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Paine-244

The Great Migration Directory, page 250 lists Anthony Paine and indicates his origins are unknown; therefore the names of his parents, the date and location of his birth are not known. Please do not add Ralph Paine and Dorothy (Unknown surname) Paine as the parents of Anthon Paine, or any other parentage combination.

Family

Children:

• 1. Alice b. abt 1609; m. Lott Strainge; d. 30 July 1683 at Portsmouth, Newport, RI, aged 74 years
• 2. Mary b. abt 1611; m. 4 April 1639 John Tripp Portsmouth, Newport, RI; d. 12 February 1687 at Portsmouth, Newport, RI, aged 76 years.
• 3. Child b. abt 1613; d. young

Genealogical Dictionary of New England Vol 3 p. 332. Slade-Babcock says:

”His first wife was a sister of Robert Potter [Edith Bartlett Bartlett Sumner, Ancestry and Descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsy Baldwin, Los Angeles, 1954]. He married secondly, in 1643, Rose, widow of Matthew Grinnell, who married thirdly, in 1650, James Weeden. He signed the Compact which re-incorporated Portsmouth on 30 Apr 1639. His will, dated 6 May 1649, was proved in 1650 [c.f. Portsmouth Records, 384]."
Children, by first wife, Alice and Mary and a third child who died young.

Alice and Anthony had at least four children:

• 1. Alice Paine, b. Abt 1612, England, bapt. 30 Aug 1626 at Newport Pagnell, Buckingham, England, father Anthony Paine, FHL Film 88489.[3] m. Lott Strange, who died before 1688, no children; Alice d. 1690. Alice's will of 1688 left legacy to her niece Elizabeth, daughter of John Tripp and her sister Mary.[4]
• 2. Mary Paine, b. Abt 1616 (uncertain) in England, m. (1) abt 1638, prob. in Portsmouth, R.I. John Tripp who died at Portsmouth in 1678. Mary (Paine) Tripp m. 4 Apr 1682 at Portsmouth Benjamin Engell. Mary d. 12 Feb. 1687, prob at Portsmouth.[5]
• 3. Anne Paine, bapt. 8 Oct 1620: "Anne Payne, the daughter of Anthony Payne and Alice his wife was baptized the 8th day of Octobe 1620." (See image.)[6]
• 4. Anthony Paine, bapt. 24 Jul 1631 at Newport Pagnell, Buckingham, England; d. 26 Jan 1632, father Anthony Paine, FHL Film 88489.[7]

Anne and Anthony did not survive. Anthony Paine named daughters Alice and Mary in his will.

Notes

Portsmouth Compact
The Portsmouth Compact was signed on Mar 7, 1638. Anne Hutchinson and some of her followers signed the document proclaiming their intention to create a "bodie politick" based on their own principles. Their search for land led them to Roger Williams, who in turn urged them to buy Aquidneck Island from the Narragansett Indians. Now a priceless document held in the Rhode Island state archives, the Portsmouth Compact not only established the Aquidneck Island town, but also set a precedent. It was the first document to establish political and religious independence from England.

A second Compact of Loyalty was written and signed Apr 30, 1639, and included the following names:

William Hutchinson Samuell Gorton Samuel Hutchinson John Wickes Richard Maggson Thomas Spiser John Roome (his mark) John Sloffe (his mark) Thomas Beddar (his mark) Erasmus Bullock Sampson Shotten Ralph Earle Robert Potter Nathanyell Potter Wm Heausens George Cleare George Lawton Anthony Payne (his mark) Jobe Haukins Richard Awards John More Nicholas Browne William Richardson John Trippe Thomas Layton Robert Stainton (his mark) John Briggs (his mark) James Davice[9]
Robert Potter, Nathanyell Potter and George Potter Jr. were brothers. They were also Anthony Paine's nephews through his wife Alice (Potter) Paine. They had all been previously driven out of Massachusetts with Ann Hutchinson, Samuell Gorton, the Warners and others, banished for challenging the authority of the leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1643 Nov 10: (Might be 1648) Anthony Paine entered into an agreement with Rose Grinnell previous to their marriage. She deeded to her three sons Matthew, Thomas and Daniel Grinnell, 'two Sheeder goats apiece, and to her son Matthew, a cow also.' The goats were to abide in the hands of Anthony Paine for three years, and the milk was to be his, but the increase was to belong to her three sons. It was also agreed between Anthony and Rose before their marriage, that upon the death of either, after marriage, the property of the one deceased should go to the children of that person; Rose having four children and Anthony Paine three children.
1649 May 6: Will - proved 1650. Exx. wife Rose. Overseers, Mr. Porter, William Baulstone. "I, Anthony Paine, in my perfect memory, do manifest my mind and last will is to give and bequeath unto my daughter Alice, one cow, she or husband paying unto my daughter Mary Tripp, so much as the cow is judged to be more worth than the heifer; further my mind and will is to give unto my daughter Mary Tripp one young heifer, and to be made equal out of the dow, and further my mind and will is to make my wife, Rose Paine, my whole and sole executrix, to see my former covenant, and my last will performed and my debts paid, and Mr. Porter and William Baulstone to see my estate equally divided."

References

• http://genforum.genealogy.com/tripp/messages/860.html
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LBNP-9PH/anthony-paine-1585-1649
• http://jskent.blogspot.com/2010/04/anthony-paine-family-us.html
  • 1. The Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth, p. 384-385
  • 2. One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, John Osborne Austin
• Anthony Paine, d. 1649. Will and probate from The first book of Portsmouth, RI Town Records (FHL film # 845,382) [p. 315-6] https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/1632087
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Paine-244 cites
• Paine Family Records: A Journal of Genealogical and Biographical ..., Volume 1. By Henry D. Paine. GoogleBooks
• Immigration: Father and daughter aboard the ship Hercules to Portsmouth RI - June 1634 - Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
• Residence:

                           Portsmouth,Rhode Island,British America - Circa 1638                        

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Aug 27 2023, 19:13:25 UTC