Rebecca (Doane) Paine (1668 - 1758)

Born 12 May 1668 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Elisha Paine — married 20 Jan 1685 (to 7 Feb 1736) in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 19 Dec 1758 at age 90 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Rebecca Doane, the daughter of John Doane and Hannah Bangs, was born May 12, 1668 in Eastham, Barnstable Massachusetts^[1] and died December 19, 1758 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut.^[2]

She married Elisha Paine on January 20, 1685 in Eastham.^[3] Elisha, the son of Thomas Paine and Mary Snow, was born in Eastham and died at Canterbury on February 7, 1736.^[4] "His mother was the daughter of Nicholas Snow, who came over in the Ann, and a granddaughter of Stephen Hopkins, of the Mayflower. After marriage Elisha and Rebecca Paine settled first at Eastham, but were in Barnstable in 1689. They returned to Eastham and resided there until about 1703, when they removed to that part of Plainfield, now Canterbury, Conn., where he purchased a tract of five hundred acres of wild land. Here he took an active part in all public affairs. He was one of the founders of the church in that town in 1711."^[5]

Elisha Paine of Canterbury wrote his will on January 15, 1729/30 and it was probated on February 17, 1735/6. He mentions his (unnamed) wife, his oldest son Abraham, his sons Elisha, Solomon and his youngest son John. All four sons to be executors. He also mentions his daughters Abigail, Rebecca, Mary and Dorcas who had received their settlements by deeds. The other daughters mentioned were Hannah and Constance, the youngest daughter.^[6][4] Elisha died on February 7, 1735/6 in Canterbury, Connecticut.^[7]

Widow Rebecca died in Canterbury on 19 December 1758.^[7] Administration of the estate of Mrs. Rebeckah Pain of Canterbury was granted 13 Feb 1759 to Mr. Elisha Pain of Canterbury.^[4]

The history of their children, from Paine Family Records, Vol. 2, is as follows:^[8]

1. Abigail, b. at Eastham, Jan. 5, 1686; m. Josiah Cleveland. They united with the first church in 1713. They afterwards became Separatists. He died before 1765, leaving money to that church.
2. Abraham, bapt. at Barnstable, 1691 ; m. at Canterbury, Dec. 19, 1718, Ruth Adams. They united with the Canterbury church in 1739. Removed to Amenia, N. Y., about 1748.
3. Elisha, b. at Eastham, Dec. 29, 1693. From childhood he was of an inquiring mind, and showed a great fondness for study. Choosing the profession of a lawyer he prepared himself for practice, and became one of the best of his time in Conn. In 1769 he was King's Attorney, and a Justice of Peace for Windham Co. From his youth deeply interested in religious subjects, Elisha Paine received an internal call to preach the gospel in July, 1742. Presenting himself in Dec, 1742, before some ministers for examination, he was recommended to the committee of the association for a license to preach, but the committee failing to meet, Mr. Paine at once began his labors as an itinerant preacher, and threw the great weight of his influence with the New Lights or Separatists, and became the foremost of the leaders of that movement in Conn. "Earnest and devoted in piety, bold and determined in measures, zealous and impassioned in address, he was the herald who summoned to the new standard those who had already revolted from, or who were disaffected in the ranks of the standing order." In Feb., 1743, he was arrested for preaching without a license and, refusing to give bonds, was committed to the "dirtiest prison," he says, "he ever saw and was compelled to beg a broom to sweep a place to walk in." After his release, May 13, be went on several preaching tours, and the summer of 1744 visited his relatives at Eastham, and other towns on his native Cape Cod. From a letter* to his wife, dated at Chatham it would appear that his labors there were attended with the greatest success. Returning to Conn, he was again arrested, but his conduct was such that his persecutors became alarmed, and in a few days he was again released. After many years labor as an itinerant in Conn., Mr. Paine became the leader of a church at Bridgehampton, Long Island, where he was settled May, 1752, and where he died Aug. 26, 1775, having preached to his beloved flock fifteen days before his death. He married in Canterbury, Nov. 24, 1720, Mary Johnson and had ten children.
4. Mary, b. at Eastham, Feb. 1, 1695 ; m. Apr. 5, 1722, Robert Freeman, a man of great piety, and moved to Pomfret, Conn., where he died Sept. 25, 1765. She m., 2nd, it is understood, Dea. Waldo of Norwich, Conn.
5. Solomon, b. at Eastham, May 16, 1698. He was converted in 1721 and united with the First Church in Canterbury. In 1741 he became deeply interested and was a leader in the great religious movement in Windham Co. Upon the organization of the Separate church in Canterbury, he accepted the call to become the pastor, and was ordained Sept. 10, 1746. He was a "faithful pastor" and was held in high esteem by all the Separate preachers of his day. He was equally as determined and unyielding as his older brother Elisha, but not so able a preacher. He published A Short View of the Constitution of the Church of Christ and the Difference between it and the Church Established in Conn. His 1st wife whom he married May 2, 1720, was Sarah Carver. She d. Aug. 9, 1731, and his 2nd wife, whom he m. May 31, 1732, was Priscilla Fitch. She d. May 6, 1782. "After twelve days sickness he fell asleep in the Lord, Oct. 25, 1754," and was buried in Canterbury, where a stone with inscription marks his grave.
6. Dorcas, b. at Eastham, Feb. 20, 1699; m. at Canterbury, Aug. 27, 1723, David Adams. She d. there Mar. 3, 1746.
7. Constance, b. at Canterbury, Feb. 17,1705; m., 1st, Wm. Baker, and, 2nd, Joshua Paine.
8. Rebecca, b._____; m. Edward Cleveland, Apr. 17, 1717.
9. Hannah, b,_____; m. Watts.
10. John, b. at Canterbury, July, 1707. He united with the First Church in Canterbury, 1731. He became a Separatist and was ordained, Aug. 3, 1745, pastor of the Separate church in that part of Rehoboth now Seekonk, R. I. Rev. John Greenwood, who was then pastor of the First Church, strongly opposed the ordination, and sent a letter to the ordination council, which was pointedly answered by Mr. Elisha Paine, Aug.lO, 1748. Rev. John Paine was a member of the council convened at Harwich, Cape Cod, in 1749, to ordain Joshua Nickerson pastor of the Separate church there, and gave the right hand of fellowship. He was a rigid disciplinarian, and before long many of his members refused to allow him to enter their houses "to administer." In consequence a council was convened at Rehoboth May 8, 1751, which declared, "that John Paine, pastor, has fulfilled his pastoral charge over this church, and has shut all their doors against his administration in their houses, so that he is dismissed from his relation to them, and we give him the right hand of fellowship as a faithful minister of Christ, and to minister wherever God shall call him." He m. Sarah Church of Canterbury, Feb. 12, 1730.

Sources

1. ↑ Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants Volumes 2, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD., 1992) pg. 26.
2. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed., The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records Vol. 1-55, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD., 1994-2002) pg. 250
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (30 October 2019), Barnstable > Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths 1637-1855 > image 190 of 205; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Stephen Hopkins, Vol. 6 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition]), pp. 14, 40-41.
5. ↑ Doane, Alfred Alder, The Doane Family and Their Descendants (A. A. Doane, Boston Mass., 1902) pgs. 38-39.
6. ↑ Connecticut Probate Court (Windham District) FHL film 5930 image 505, Vol. 2, p. 127
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Canterbury CT Vital Records FHL film 1378163 image 427 Vol. 1, p. 284
8. ↑ H. D. Paine, ed., Paine Family Records Volume 2, (New York, 1883)

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