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Thomas Paine

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Death: October 1759 (66-67)
Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of Ralph Paine, of Freetown and Dorothy Paine
Husband of Susanna Paine (Haskell) and Annabelle Paine
Father of Marcy Mary Farrow; Elizabeth Bett Winslow; Ralph Paine; Thomas Paine, Jr.; Patience Winslow and 1 other
Brother of Ralph Paine, II; Mary Slocum; John Paine; Sarah Briggs and Joseph Paine, I

Managed by: Jeanine Louise Roembach/Clark
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About Thomas Paine

ID: I01640 Name: Thomas Paine 1 2 Sex: M Birth: BET 1687 AND 1692 in perhaps Swansea, Massachusetts 3 Birth: WFT Est 1672-1701 2 Birth: 1692 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts 4

Death: BEF NOV 1759 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts 5  Death: WFT Est 1678-1780 2 Death: OCT 1759 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts  4 Reference Number: 1640  Note: From the research of Chris Hanson: 

THOMAS PAINE Source: (1) Irene Ward Kennedy, Family History of Ward, Briggs and Allied Lines., (2) NEHG Register,Vol 15, July, 1861, 235.),

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  1. (1) SUSANNAH HASKELL, February 21, 1711/12 (Source: NEHG Register,Vol 15, July, 1861, 236.);
  2. (2) ANABELLE CANADY (Source: (1) Irene Ward Kennedy, Family History of Ward, Briggs and Allied Lines., (2) NEHG Register,Vol 15, July, 1861, 236.), August 19, 1731.

Notes for THOMAS PAINE: NEHG Register, Volume 15, July 1816 Notes for SUSANNAH HASKELL: NEHG Register, Volume 15, July 1816

More About ANABELLE CANADY: Residence: Middleboro

Will

"Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records Book 2, 1745-1762" (Milwaukee Public Library, index R929.3 R859): p. 248: 

Will of THOMAS PAIN of Freetown, husbandman, dtd. 27 Oct. 1752, prob. 6 Nov, 1759. Wife Annable. My 4 sons: Ralph, Tobe [note: should say Job], Charles & Peter Pain, to be paid "when my youngest Sons shall Arive to the age of Twenty one years." My 4 daus: Marcy Farrow, Betty Winslow, Patience Winslow & Thankful Pain. Son Tobe to be exec. Witns: William Cannedy, George Winslow & Ambrose Barnaby [16:420/1]. Ord. to Tobe [Note: should say Job] Pain, exec. of est. of his father THOMAS PAIN of Freetown, dtd. 6 Nov. 1759 [16:422].

p. 319: Ralph Paine of Freetown, shipwright, guardian of Solomon Paine (minor over 14), son of SOLOMON PAINE of Freetown, dtd. 1 May 1759 [126:64].

Note: There was also a probate record for Solomon Paine (Sr.), stating the name of his wife and that he died intestate (without a will.)

Ancestry Hints for Thomas Pain 1 possible matches found on Ancestry.com

Father: Ralph Pain b: BET 1650 AND 1660 in Rhode Island? Mother: Dorithea b: WFT Est 1644-1666 Marriage 1 Susanna Haskell b: 15 JAN 1689/90 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts Married: 21 FEB 1711/12 in Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts 6 4

Children Marcy Paine b: 22 SEP 1712 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Elizabeth Paine b: 15 JUN 1714 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Ralph Paine b: 25 NOV 1716 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Thomas Paine b: 22 MAY 1719 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Patience Paine b: 4 MAY 1720 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Job Paine b: 11 OCT 1723 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Marriage 2 Anabelle Canady b: 8 MAY 1698 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Married: 19 AUG 1731 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts 6 4 7 Children Thankful Paine b: BET 1732 AND 1739 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Charles Paine b: ABT 1734 Peter Paine b: ABT 1736 Sources: Title: Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate Records Book 1 Repository: Note: Milwaukee Public Library Media: Book Title: World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1 Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Publication: Release date: February 9, 1996 Note: Customer pedigree. Repository: Media: Official Document Page: Tree #6054 Text: Date of Import: Sep 20, 1999 Title: Ralph Pain and Descendants: Four Generations Author: Robert Gerrity, YankeeAncestry@hotmail.com Publication: 1992 Repository: Media: Book Title: Carolyn Roberts/ FHC ancestral file AF93-100906 Note: unknown Repository: Note: www.familysearch.com Media: Other Title: Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate Records Book 2, 1745-1762 Repository: Note: Milwaukee Public Library Media: Book Page: 248 Title: Chris Hanson Publication: lake@digisys.net; genforum.genealogy.com/paine/messages/58.html Repository: Media: Electronic Title: Vital Records of Freetown MA 1686 - 1890 Author: Helen Gurney Thomas Publication: Heritage Books, Inc., c. 1988 Note: ph. 301-390-7709 Repository: Note: 1540E Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, MD 20716 Media: Book

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Thomas Paine's Timeline

1692
1692
Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts
1712
September 22, 1712
Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
1714
June 14, 1714
Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
1716
November 25, 1716
Freetown, MA, United States
1719
May 22, 1719
Freetown, Bristol, MA, United States
1720
May 4, 1720
Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1723
October 11, 1723
Freetown, MA, United States
1759
October 1759
Age 67
Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts