Abraham Paine (1722 - 1801)

Born 22 May 1722 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Rebekah (Freeman) Paine — married about 8 Mar 1743 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 21 Apr 1801 at age 78 in Hamilton, Madison, New York, United States

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Biography

Rev Abraham Paine performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

Abraham Paine is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A085933.

Abraham Paine (1722-1801) is honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for patriotic service: 1) Rep to the legislature and committee to provide solders in CL and their families. 2) Member of Assemble and Superintendent of Poor. ^[1]

Married to his first cousin.

Other (liv 1724) Eastham, Mass.

Burial University Hill, Colgate University

http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Abraham was a minuteman at Cornwall in 1776 during the Revolutionary War and in 1778 and 1779 was in the Legislature of the State of Connecticut. The bodies of Abraham and his wife were removed from Hamilton Cemetery and reburied at Colgate University. because of the anger over his relative, Thomas Paine's writings, Abraham changed the family name to Payne. Even though Thomas Pain's writings were in support of the revolution, many people considered him an atheist.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed November 22, 2017), "Record of Abraham Paine", Ancestor # A085933.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 01 February 2017, 21:56), entry for Abraham Payne(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZ23-P7D); contributed by various users.

• Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. See : https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/55940434/person/400014389069/facts

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 November 2018), memorial page for Abraham Payne (2 May 1722–21 Apr 1801), Find A Grave: Memorial #33132811, citing Colgate University Cemetery, Madison County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Tombstone Hunter (contributor 46800333) .

• The Paines of Hamilton

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sandy Culver for creating WikiTree profile Paine-874 through the import of Culver_EA Family Tree (1).ged on Jun 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sandy and others.