William Paine, Esq.

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Elder William Brewster and Mary Brewster

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"William : Paine the son of John and Bennet Paine was borne the sixth day of June : 1695" in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.[1] "about one of the clock in the morning". His mother was Bennet (Freeman) Paine.[2][3]

William (of Eastham) married as his first wife Sarah Bacon (of Barnstable). They filed an intention 2 Sep 1727 in Barnstable. Sarah daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Doggett) Bacon, was born in Barnstable, Tues. 6 Jan 1707/8 and died in Eastham Maonday 16 Jan 1473/4 "wife of William Paine, Esquire" aged 36. She was buried in the Orleans Cemetery. Nathaniel Bacon in his 1729 will named his daughter Sarah Paine, and gave her £200 in addition to what she already had.[3]

William Paine Esquire, married second Mrs. Elizabeth (Osborn/Osborne) Merrick/Meyrick on Tuesday 15 Jan 1744/5 in Eastham. Rev. Joseph Crocker officiated. Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Samuel and Jedidah (Smith) Osborn was baptized 1 Jan 1715/6 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. She was the widow of William Merrick and married Edmund Doane after the death of William. She died in Barrington, Nova Scotia Thursday 24 May 1798.[3]

William's father, John, named him and his brother John as executors of his will written and proved in 1731.[3]

He was commissioned a Justice of the Peace in 1737, represented Eastham at the General Court in Boston in 1731, 1732, 1735, 1738, 1739, 1740, 1743, and 1744. 4 Nov 1745, after the capture of the French stronghold of Louisbourg, Cape Breton, William succeeded his brother, Theophilus, as Lt. in Capt Elisha Doane's company, Col Shubael Gorham's Seventh Massachusetts Regt.[3]

William died in Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in August or Sept 1746 age 51 years.[4][3]

William left no will, administration was granted to his brother, Theophilus 20 Jan 1746/7. After an inventory was taken, his estate was declared insolvent.[3]

Children, first four by Sarah (Bacon) and last child by wife Elizabeth (Osborn) (Merrick).[3][5]

the last child is covered in An Unconscious Autobiography • William Osborn Payne's Diary and Letters • 1796-1804 (1939) Privately Printed (New York) written by Thatcher Payne Luquer ", a descendant.

Sarah b. Tuesday, 17 Sep 1728; married Thomas Sturges Ruth b. Mon, 23 Mar 1729/30; died Tues. 21 Sep 1736 Josiah b. Tues, 20 Jun 1732 Jedidah b. Mon, 13 May 1734; married Southworth Samson William, b. 1746 ; married Lucy Taylor & Sarah Isaacs

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William Paine Esq. (1695 - 1746)

William Paine Esq.

Born 6 Jun 1695 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Son of John Paine and Bennett (Freeman) Paine

Brother of John Paine, Mary (Paine) Freeman, Benjamin Paine, Sarah (Paine) Knowles, Pheobe Paine [half], Elizabeth (Paine) Snow, Theophilus Paine, Josiah Paine, Nathaniel Paine, Rebecca (Paine) Linnell, Mercy (Paine) Cook, Benjamin Paine, Hannah Paine [half], James Paine [half], Thomas Paine [half], Alice (Paine) Knowles [half] and Hannah Paine [half]

Husband of Sarah Polly (Bacon) Paine — married after 2 Sep 1727 (to 16 Jan 1744) in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Elizabeth (Osborn) Doane — married 15 Jan 1745 (to 1746) in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father of Sarah (Payne) Sturgis, Ruth Paine, Josiah Paine, Jedidah (Paine) Samson and William (Paine) Payne

Died Aug 1746 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

04:20: Sandra (Emmons) DeTora edited the Biography for William Paine Esq. (1695-1746). [Thank Sandra for this]

William Paine Esq. was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Sources

↑ Eastham: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14498/MD V.8, p.14/264885626
↑ The Mayflower Descendant 8: 14, 181. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Mayflower Families in Progress William Brewster of the Mayflower And the Fifth Generation Descendants of his daughter Patience. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants 2001.) pp 124-127 Link at AmericanAncestors ($) ↑ New England Historical and Genealogical Register 22: 188, 189 ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 90 See also:

John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Stephen Hopkins, Vol. 6 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition]), pp. 42, Cape Cod History Source: S1594 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013; Repository: #R1 Louisburg expedition. From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850 Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (inventory) Alternate death: 15 DEC 1713, Louisburg, Franklin, North Carolina, USA Source: #S3 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Paine The Descendants of Nath'l Russell Sturgis: With a brief introductory sketch of his ancestors in England and the Massachusetts Colony. (Printed at Boston, MA, USA, by George H. Ellis; an edition of 100 copies: 1900). Austin, John D. , Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 6, 3rd ed., Stephen Hopkins , Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001) , 42, 182-184, 382-383. Roberts, Gary Boyd , The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Fa milies on the Mayflower , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020) , 32, 159, 328. Sturgis, Francis Shaw , The Descendants of Nath'l Russell Sturgis: With a Brief Introductory Sketch of His Ancestor s in England and . . . , Boston: Printed by G. H. Ellis (1925) , Introduction prior to page 1, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).

Acknowledgments

Jon Myers created WikiTree profile Paine-830 through the import of MYERS-EVEY Family WikiTree.ged on Apr 18, 2013. Ken McIsaac created WikiTree profile Paine-1017 through the import of McIsaac Heritage_2012-03-03_2013-12-14 C_2013-12-18_2013-12-18.ged on Dec 18, 2013.