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William Paine (abt. 1615 - 1683)

William Paine aka Payne
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married about 1679 in New Haven, New Haven, CTmap [uncertain]
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Died at about age 68 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticutmap
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Biography

LNAB = Paine. No early records for William are known to exist. The early colony records spell his name Paine more often than Payne. Paine is also the first occurrences in those records.

William Paine / Payne was an early resident of New Haven Colony.[1] Nothing is known of his life before he arrived in New Haven. There were a few William Paynes who migrated to New England on known ships, but none of them were this colonist.

He married twice. The name of his first wife, who was the mother of his children, never occurs in New Haven records. He married in later life, Mary Edwards, the widow of Francis Brown. She died in 1693.[1]

William Paine died in 1684.[1] His inventory was taken 11 Jan 1685.[2][3] His inventory lists shoemakers' tools and quite a bit of land. His inventory was valued at £417.[2]

On 18 November 1679,[2] William signed, and Mary Browne made her mark on an Articles of agreement before they got married. This agreement is recorded in Wiliams' probate after his inventory. They agreed that "whatever estate each of them stands to possess of at their marriage both real and personal, it shall be for their mutual comfort and subsistence during their natural life". If William died first, Mary would only have the dwelling house, barn, and homestead together with one-third part of the upland, both arable and woodland, and one-third part of the meadow during her natural life". It then divided the estate between all their children.

New Haven

  • William Paine took the Oath of Fidelity in New Haven 1 July 1644[4]
  • He is mentioned in the records concerning land, fences down, neglecting arms, coming late lords day, testifying, being relieved from training on various matters, meeting house seat assignments (he and wife), 1661 & 62 Townsman, fence viewer, 1669-70 Juryman, 1670 constable, 1679 surveyor of roads[4]
  • 4 Nov 1645 "Banfield Bell being reproved by Wm Paine for singing profane songs, answrd and said, you are one of the holy brethren that will lye for advantage. Joseph Brewster testified to it. Bell frequently reproaches those who walk in the way of the Lord said Mr Evans. " Bell was whipped.[4]
  • 25 May 1646 "Wm Payne freed from Court to help Mr. Malbon get goods ashore."[4]
  • 1 Feb 1647 " Wm Paine had 3 duchmen wch were prisoners staying at his house."[4]
  • He refused to pay his fine for lateness one Lord's Day, because he said others were late and not complained of. This started a complaint against Sgt Munson for favoritism. Eventually William apologized, because he should have spoken first to Sgt Munson. Sgt Munson was warned, although the court found him faithful in his trust.[4]
  • 12 Nov 1649 "Wm Paine propounded ye court to free him from carrying armes on the Lords & Lecture days because he lives far has 3 small children and a lame wife who cannot help to bring ye children. Court voted as long as wife remaines lame he be freed."[4]
  • 17 June 1650 Wm Paine propounded for himself and some others of his neighbors that the Town grant them some meadow at the hither end of Great Island.[5]
  • 4 Aug 1651 William and two others were appointed to stake out the wasy where men use to ride over at Dragon Point.[5] (The area between Mill River and the Quinnipiac.)
  • 31 Dec 1651. It was decided to keep a good bull with each herd in town, and that bull calves were to be raised for this purpose. William was chosen to see to this for his herd.[5]
  • 23 Feb 1652 Wm Paine desired court to grant him a peece of meddow neare ferry place as his owne. He will make & maintain a substantiall fence where it should be. Court granted on condition he keep the fence and the piece return to the town if he leaves town.[5]
  • Feb 1655/6 He and Goodwife Paine were assigned their respective men's and women's long seats, both in the 9th row. In the 1661 seating they were moved to the sides, but closer to the front. [5] This was the First Church of Christ.[6]
  • 7 Dec 1658 Gov. Mr. Francis Newman passed over to William a large quantity of property that he had bought of Samuel Eaton.[5]
  • 20 April 1661 William was chosen Townsmen for the following year. He was chosen Townsman again 28 Apr 1662.[5]
  • 15 Oct 1662. William Payne made a serious complaint against John Frost for "sinful miscarriages" against his children and others. John Frost was whipped and fined. Mercy Paine was to be whipped publicly for her compliance. William begged off his daughters whipping, saying she had some weakness upon her and paid a 50s fine instead. William's son John was to be whipped at home.[7]
  • 27 April 1663. William was appointed a fence viewer. He asked what fence viewer's did and was referred to the record. The duties of the fence viewer can be found on page 154 of the record.[8]
  • 1 Dec 1663 Wm Payne made a complaint against Thomas Adams for throwing stones at his house (William lived on Elm St at the N.W. corner of State St., on a piece of what had been Samuel Eaton's lot.) He had made an earlier complaint about this also.[8]
  • 23 Nov 1663. William Payne asked the court for permission to have his son (only known son, John, was about 14) sit at his seat end. There is no reply in the record.[8]
  • Apr 28 1674 Wm Payne was desired to looke after the boyes in the meeting house before the 1st seat & the Deacons seat.[8]
  • 7 Feb 1664. William Payne testified in court and mentioned his son Frost. John Frost had married William's daughter Mercy.[8]
  • 16 Dec 1678 Boys acting up in Meetinghouse...& Wm Payne appt to take some care and pane in ye business, to keep a stick for smiting the unruly and to inform parents.[8]
  • 20 Dec 1680 William was listed in the third division with 2 persons, an estate fo £47 and 20 acres.[8]

Note: There is more information and detail in the cited sources.

Children[1]

  1. Mercy; m. 9 June 1664 John Frost
  2. Elizabeth; m. 11 Oct 1666 Thomas Sanford
  3. John b. c. 1649; m. (1) Abigail Brockett; m. (2) Mary LIttle

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. (Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932).p. 1379.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9NK-G : 7 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 117-118. New Haven Probate Record, 1647-1687, Vol. 1, Part 1, page 195-197.
  3. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. (Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862). Corrections and additions.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Hoadly, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. (Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857.) pp 94, 139, 156, 173, 188, 225, 242, 309, 310, 321, 358, 363, 364, 371, 378, 397, 415, 458, 501,
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) Ancient Town Records Vol 1. New Haven Town Records 1649-1662. (New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1917.)
  6. ↑ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (compiler). Historical catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Christ in New Haven, Connecticut (Center church) A. D. 1639-1914. (New Haven, 1914.) [URL p#]
  7. ↑ Hoadly, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony or Jurisdiction of New Haven, From May 1653 to the Union. (Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1858.) pp 466, 467
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) [Ancient Town Records Vol II. New Haven Town Records 1662-1684. (New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1919.) Index beginning at page 445. pp 8, 22, 60, 62, 64, 131, 220, 222, 256, 296-7, 302, 319, 369, 379-80, 385, land - 174, 243, 302, 407; constable, 267, 276; fence viewer 41, 141, 202, 335




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Johnson-18438 Kay (Johnson) Wilson
All three of his children, Mercy Paine-547, Elizabeth Payne-1994, and John Payne-3010 were born long before he married Mary Edwards in 1679. But they all show Mary Edwards-245 as their mother (born while she was married to Francis Brown). Shouldn't she be detached as their mother?
posted by Kay (Johnson) Wilson
Simpson-13373 Dennis Simpson
What you wrote is correct, and Mary Edwards is not the mother of his three children. The name of their mother is not known. Several researchers in Ancestry.com have Alice Cary as the first wife, but there is absolutely no proof that she was the wife or mother of Mercy, Elizabeth and John Payne New England marriages give the year 1668 as the marriage between William Payne and his second wife Mary Edwards. Mary was the widow of Francis Brown.
posted by Dennis Simpson
B-404 Anne B
I disconnected his alleged father rather precipitously. Sorry. Does anyone object? I can put him back if there are adequate sources to support him.
posted by Anne B
B-404 Anne B
Payne-5788 and Paine-548 appear to represent the same person because: I believe under current Wikitree name guidelines that Paine should be the spelling of the LNAB.
posted by Anne B
B-404 Anne B
There is no evidence to indicate who the father of William was or where he came from. The William son of Paine-340 died without issue, and is not this William.
posted by Anne B
Johnson-18438 Kay (Johnson) Wilson
He couldn't have been born in 1615 in New Haven. It was founded in 1637.
posted by Kay (Johnson) Wilson
Culver-519 Sandy Culver
Payne-2968 and Paine-548 appear to represent the same person because: Since these profiles are already aligned to the same spouse, it only remains to resolve the birth year, or put the alternate date in the merged Bio.
posted by Sandy Culver

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