Moses Paine (1581 - 1643)

Born 23 Apr 1581 in Frittenden, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Benison) Paine — married 2 Nov 1615 in Frittenden, Kent, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Sheafe) Paine — married 1619 in Tenterden, Kent, England

Husband of Judith (Pares) Hull — married 1638 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 21 Apr 1643 at age 61 in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Moses Paine migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 250) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Moses Paine was a son of Nicholas Paine and Agnes Crofton, baptized April 23, 1581, at Frittenden, County Kent, England. ^[1]

He immigrated to New England in 1638 on the ship The Castle, traveling with his three surviving children. He settled at Braintree, Massachusetts.^[1]

He was buried June 21, 1643, at Braintree, Mass., married (1) Nov. 2, 1615, at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, England, to Mary Benison, buried. March 6, 1617, at Tenterden, England; marriage (2) about 1618 or 1619, to Elizabeth buried Oct. 11, 1632, at Tenterden, England; marriage (3) about 1642, at Braintree, Mass., to Judith Quincy (widow of Edmund Quincy) born in England, died Mar. 29, 1654, at Boston, Massachusetts.

Activities in Massachusetts Bay Colony

• “Moses Paine, 1643, contributed largely toward expenses of earlier Indian Wars.” (Society of Colonial Wars, 1899-1902, P. 723).
• “Moses Paine was proprietor of Cambridge before 1638, (and made) Freeman, June 2, 1641.” (Pope’s Pioneers of Massachusetts.)

The activities of this Moses Paine and his son Moses Paine were confused by at least one genealogist, as corrected by another:^[2]

• It was his son, Ensign Moses Paine, who with Peter Brackett bought of the Indians in 1662 a tract of land eight miles square, at what is now called Mendon.
• It was his son, Ensign Moses Paine who with Peter Brackett were grantees in 1670 of the Township of Mendon. (N. E. H. and G. Register, Vol. 22, p. 43).”

Marriages

1. Mary (Benison) Samford on Nov. 2, 1615, at St. Mildred’s Church, Tenterden, England, she was buried, March 6, 1617, at Tenterden, England.^[3]
2. Elizabeth Sheafe on 1619. She was buried Oct. 11, 1632, at Tenterden, England.^[3]
3. Judith (Pares) Quincy on1642, at Braintree, Mass., She was the widow of Edmund Quincy) she was born in England, and died Mar. 29, 1654, at Boston, Massachusetts. After Moses died, Judith married for a third time, Robert Hull, whose son John had already married her daughter, Judith Quincy. ^[3]

Children of Moses and Mary Bension Paine

1. John, bapt. Nov. 3, 1616 ^[3], likely died young

Children of Moses and Elizabeth Paine

1. Elizabeth, bapt. at Tenterden, England, July 23, 1620. ^[3]
2. Margaret, bapt. at Tenterden, England, Nov. 4, 1621. ^[3], likely died young
3. Moses, bapt. at Tenterden, England, Nov. 16, 1623. ^[3]
4. Stephen, bapt. at Tenterden, England, May 7, 1626. ^[3]

Will

Moses Paine of Braintree in New England, Gent. Son Moses Paine, exe. To son Steven Paine. second son, one quarter of the goods, land in Braintree, Cambridge, Concord and Pascataway in New England, also one quarter of good and debts in England if they maybe recovered. To daughter Elizabeth Paine one quarter of that maybe recovered in England. He divides personal goods and makes plans for the children's tuition. 14 (7) 1643. Then 20 (4) 1643 he bestows 20 shillings to wife Judith Paine to be paid over 10 years. ^[4]

Research Notes

Moses Paine entry in the Great Migration Directory: Paine, Moses: Tenterden, Kent; 1638; Cambridge, Braintree [CaTR 40; BTR 1:37; NEHGR 3:247, 65:290-91; SPR 1:26, 2:17; MBCR 1:378; TAG 21:181-89, 83:267-77]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Holman, Mary Lovering, "Moses Paine of Braintree, Massachusetts, and his Ancestry in England", in The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Viewed in Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol. 21 (1944), page 187.
2. ↑ Montgomery, Robert H., "Paine Corrections", in The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - Vol. 23 (1946} , pp. 190-192
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Clara May (Paine) Ohler, Ancestors and descendants of David Paine and Abigail Shepard of Ludlow, Mass., 1463-1913. Lima, Ohio 1913. An Archive.org book CMPOhler p. 23, 35-38
4. ↑ MA, Plymouth wills by subscription at: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9069/007705454_00016?pid=630331 accessed 3 Feb 2020.

• Ancestry Family Trees: Olin LaVern
• Ohler, Clara May (Paine). Ancestors and descendants of David Paine and Abigail Shepard of Ludlow, Mass., 1463-1913. Lima, Ohio 1913. Pages 23 and 35-38. ( not in copyright)

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to David Moore for creating WikiTree profile Paine-783 through the import of The Moore Family Tree and then.ged on Mar 8, 2013.
• This person was created through the import of Olin LaVern and Darlene Thomas.ged on 14 April 2011.