Hannah (Higgins) Paine (abt. 1672 - 1732)

Born about 1672 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Nicholas Paine — married about 1699 (to 24 Jan 1732) in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1732 at about age 60 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Hannah Higgins was born about 1672 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, New England. She was the daughter of Jonathan Higgins and Elizabeth (Rogers) Higgins. Hannah's parentage is confirmed by virtue of a sale of land in 1715.^[1]

Hannah married about 1699 (birth of first child) probably in Eastham, Nicholas Paine,^[1] born 1663 in Eastham, the son of Thomas and Mary (Snow) Paine.^[2][3][4]

They settled in Eastham where he was a farmer near what was once called Kescayogansett Cove, an area which is now in the town of Orleans. His father's homestead was bequeathed to him by his will in 1705.^[2] Nicholas' homestead was bequeathed to his son-in-law, William Noricut and wife Priscilla. Noricut sold the property and removed to Connecticut.^[5]

In a deed dated 29 January 1714/5, "Nicholas Paine and wife Hannah sell to their brother, Jonathan Higgins, Jr., a parcel of land given by our grandfather, Lieut. Joseph Rogers, in his last will and testament unto our honoured mother, Elizabeth Higgins deceased, both upland and swamp, our own absolute estate." Nicholas Paine signed the document and Hannah made her mark. ^[6]

Hannah Paine died on January 24, 1731/2 in Eastham.^[7]

The will of Nicholas Paine of Eastham "labouring under the infirmities of old age," was signed 29 July 1732 an proved 15 November 1733. In it he gave his homestead to "my son-in-law William Norcut & his wife Priscilla my daughter." He named his grandchildren Thankfull Smith and Loes Freeman, daughters Abigail Higgins and Lidia Young. He named his cousin William Paine as his executor.^[8]

Children born Eastham:^[9][5]

1. Thankful, b. March 14, 1699/1700, m. Jonathan Smith
2. Priscilla, b. 16 Oct 1701, m. William Noricut, or Norket, of Harwich, in 1726, removed to Connecticut after 1735.
3. Philip, b. 18 Nov 1704, d. 10 Apr 1725, unmarried
4. Lois, b. 20 Sep 1705, d. bef. 1739; m. Edmond Freeman 1725
5. Abigail, b. 03 Aug 1707; m. Thomas Higgins 1727
6. Hannah, b. 04 Sep 1709; prob. d. young, not named in father's will.
7. Lydia, b. ? (named in father's will); married Daniel Young 1730, removed to Connecticut.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 11, 24-25.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} County Probate Records, Vol. 3:360, will of Thomas Paine.
3. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Paine Notes - Thomas Paine's Will," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 15:189-90 Named in his father's will dated 12 May 1705.
4. ↑ John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Stephen Hopkins, Vol. 6 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition]), p. 14.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Josiah Paine, "Thomas Paine of Eastham and Posterity," NEHGR Vol. 22:188.
6. ↑ Katherine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and His Descendants (Worcester, Mass.: privately printed, 1918), pp. 48-49.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 114 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   Eastham Land Records 1659-1710, Births, Marriages & Deaths 1649-1720, part 2, p. 21.

   Mrs. Hannah Paine wife of Mr Nicholas Paine Died the 24 day of January 1731/2

8. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records Vol. 5:174, will of Nicholas Paine, 5:175, inventory, 5:184, warrant for appraisal.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 114 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   Eastham Land Records 1659-1710, Births, Marriages & Deaths 1649-1720, part 2, p. 21.

See also:

• Henry D. Paine, Paine Family Records: A Journal of Genealogical and Biographical ..., Volume 2, page 57-58.
• Robert M. Sherman, Mayflower families through five generations. Volume 2, James Chilton, Richard More, Thomas Rogers (Plymouth, MA : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1978), p. 172.
• Town records, 1654-1863 [Eastham, Massachusetts], database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-QJ7X : 27 September 2022), , FHL microfilm 007009743, image 331, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Transcribed by order of the Town in 1856 by, H. Doane 2d, Town Clerk, Marriages, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 5.

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