Rebecca Paine

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ware-111

Rebecka Ware immigrated from the vicinity of Wrentham, Suffolk, England to New England with the family of Rev. John Phillips in 1638. Rev Phillips referred to Rebecca as his servant. Rebecka married Thomas Paine, a weaver and farmer, in 1640 at Dedham, Massachusetts. The were likely married by Rev. Phillips. Thomas was born 18 Jan 1612/13, probably at Wrentham, Suffolk, England. He was the son of Thomas Paine and Elizabeth Bloomfield.[1]

Thomas Paine Jr. immigrated from Yarmouth, England to Salem, Massachusetts with his family. Thomas Paine Sr., a weaver from Wrentham, Suffolk, England, boarded the ship Mary Anne at Yarmouth, England in 1637 with his wife Elizabeth and six children: Thomas, John, Marey, Elizabeth, Dorothey and Sarah.[2] Thomas bought a vessel rather than sail in another's ship.[1]

Children of Thomas Paine and Rebecka Ware

Thomas and Rebecca had four children.[1]

1. Rebecka Paine, b. 19 Sep 1642
2. Thomas Paine, b. 29 Mar 1644
3. John Paine, b. 27 Apr 1646
4. Elizabeth Paine, b. 6 Mar 1648

Thomas Paine Jr. was a selectman of Dedham, Massachusetts where he lived for 46 years. He died at Dedham 2 Aug 1686, age 73, eight days after making his will. Rebecka survived him, as she is written into his will. He also leaves bequests to Thomas Patton, husband of his daughter Rebecka, deceased, a granddaughter Rebecka Patton, his daughter Elizabeth Hunting, and his sons Thomas Paine and John Paine.[1]

Marriage[1][2] Bef 23 Apr 1641

References

1. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey Page 562 < GoogleBooks >
2. 1. Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936), Vol. 2, p. 25. ‘Thomas Paine & his wife Rebecka were received into ye co'munion of the church 23 of ye 2'd m. 1641. [Note: In old-styles dates, the second month is April. More info may be found here.]’
3. 2.↑ 3. Thomas2 Payne, in Paine, Nathaniel Emmons; Henry Delavan Paine; and Horace Marshfield Paine. Thomas Payne of Salem and His Descendants: The Salem Branch of the Paine Family. (Haverhill, Mass.: Record Publishing Company, 1928), 23. "Rev. John Phillips of Wrentham … wrote a letter to Gov. John Winthrop in which he stated among other things that 'Thomas Paine of Salem and my servant Rebecca Ware have been thrice published in marriage at Salem and Dedham.' His letter was dated at Roxbury, 17 Oct. 1640. … no marriages were recorded on the town records of Dedham for the year 1640, but of this marriage in that year there can be no doubt."
4. WikiTree contributors, "Rebecka (Ware) Paine (abt.1620-1687)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ware-111 : accessed 21 June 2024).

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Rebecca Ware
Female
1620–3 March 1687

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Ware was born in 1620, in Wrentham, Suffolk, England, her father, Robert Ware Sr, was 31 and her mother, Margarye Ware, was 30. She married Thomas Paine on 17 October 1640, in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 3 March 1687, in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 67, and was buried in Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Spouse

Thomas Paine
Male
1612–1686

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Male

Rebecca Ware
Female
1620–1687

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Female

Marriage
17 October 1640
Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Children (4)

Rebecca Paine
Female
1642–1680

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Female

Thomas Payne
Male
1644–1697

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Male

John Payne
Male
1646–1694

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Male

Elizabeth Payne
Female
1648–1718

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Female

Parents

Robert Ware Sr
Male
1589–1665

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Male

Margarye Ware
Female
1591–Deceased

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Female

Siblings (1)

Rebecca Ware
Female
1620–1687

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Female

10. THOMAS PAYNE, (III), of Dedham, Mass., son of Thomas (7,) (Chap. 11 and 1v.) B. in Cooklieor Wrentom (?,) Suffolk county, England, born January 17, 1612. M. , 1640. D. in Dedham (?,) August 3, 1686, aged 74 years. (JVife)— B. in , , 1615 (?.) D. in , 16 (?).

Children. Probably all born in Dedham.

1. 57. Rebecca, b. September 19, 1642. (Chap. vn.)
2. 58. Thomas, b. March 19, 1644. (Chap. vm to x.)
3. 59. John, b. April 27, 1646. (Chap, x1.)

Linen weaver. Emigrated in 1637, at 25 years of age, with his father's family, from Wrentom, England, to Salem, Mass. Removed to Dedham, Mass., probably about 1640. (Chap. 1v.)

• Paine Family Records: A Journal of Genealogical and Biographical Information Respecting the American Families of Payne, Paine, Payn &c, Volume 1 (Google eBook) Henry D. Paine Albany, J. Munsell, printer, 1880. Page 15