Jonathan Paine (1686 - 1752)

Born 1 Feb 1686 in Eastham, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Mayo) Paine — married 7 Oct 1709 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Mary (Scammon) Paine — married 29 Jun 1719 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 23 May 1752 at age 66 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Birth

Jonathan Paine was born on 1 February 1686 in Eastham, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony to Thomas Paine Jr. (1656-1721) and Hannah Shaw (1661-1713).

Marriages and Families

He married twice.

1. Sarah Mayo (1689-1719) on 7 October 1709 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[1]
2. Mary Scammon (1681-1760), widow of Hezekiah Purrington (c. 1676-1717), on 29 June 1719 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[2]

Legislative Office

He served three one-year terms as Representative to the Great and General Court of Massachusetts for Truro.^[3]

Children of the Paine-Mayo Marriage

1. John Paine was born on 3 September 1710 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay. He died on 15 September 1710 in the same place at 12 days old.
2. Jonathan Paine Jr. was born on 20 September 1711 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay. He married Hannah Lombard on 8 March 1739 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Jonathan died on 5 April 1761 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
3. Sarah Paine was born on 17 June 1714 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay. She married Deacon Anthony Snow (1709-1796) on 2 March 1732 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Sarah died on 4 June 1769 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.
4. Daniel Paine was born on 12 May 1716 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Thatcher (1725-c. 1801) on 25 June 1741 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Daniel died on 25 January 1785 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
5. Elizabeth Paine was born on 14 December 1718 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay. She married 1) Thomas Smith Jr. (1720-1752) on 16 February 1741 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts and 2) John Snow (1700-1766) on 21 July 1764 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts and 3) in 1771 to Samuel Doane (1697-1778). Elizabeth died on 3 April 1780 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of the Paine-Scammon Marriage

1. Hannah Paine was born on 9 February 1722 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay. Banns were posted on 3 December 1743 and she married Isaac Crowell (c. 1722-1820) on 19 January 1743/44 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Hannah died in 1812.
2. Phebe Paine was born on 2 December 1724 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay. She married Constant Hopkins (1720-1800) on 21 December 1743 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Phebe died on 6 May 1798 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Death and Burial

Jonathan died on 23 May 1752 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts at the age of 66. He was buried in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Find A Grave: Memorial #31113639

Will

Barnstable, Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records. Vol. 8-11, 1745-1781 for Jonathan Paine will. Probated 28 January 1752/3. Will written 8 January 1752 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay. Will: Will states he is a yeoman, very sick. (Difficult to read.) He does talk about his sons Daniel and Jonathan, and his wife Mary, 4 daughters. He later clearly says his "2 sons and 4 daughters". He gives his sons the grist mill and there seems to be quite a lot of land. He also gives to his wife his Negro Woman, named Cata and a Little Mulatto Servant, named Fr.... a child. Daughters are Hannah Crowell, Phebee Hopkins, Sarah Snow, Elizabeth Smith. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-9XC3 : 1 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 138, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 73a.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-RKMG?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D7-3TT%3A353349701%2C353431001%2C353431002 : 30 October 2019), Barnstable > Truro > Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1709-1771 vol 1 > image 58 of 163; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
3. ↑ Deyo, Simeon L., History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts: 1620-1637-1686-1890, page 935
4. ↑ Barnstable, Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records. Vol. 8-11, 1745-1781

See also:

• John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Stephen Hopkins, Vol. 6 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition]), pp. 40, 161-162.
• New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. Volume 151, page 419 for birth date.
• Treat, John Harvey. The Treat Family: A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat for Fifteen Generations, and Four Hundred and Fifty Years in England and America. Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem Press Publishing & Printing Company, 1893. P. 261, Family member 270 is Constant Hopkins (1720-1800), son of Caleb Hopkins (d. c. 1741) and Mercy Freeman (1702-1786). Mentions daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Purrington) Paine, Phebe whom Constant married. Accessed on line at [[1]]
• Records from Old North Cemetery, Truro. The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XII.
• Dana, Harold Ward, A.B., M.D., of Brookline, Norfolk MA. John Billings of Deer Isle, Maine. Published in The New England Historical Genealogical and Genealogical Register , October 1943, Vol. 97.Dana, H.W.: Originally from Genealogy of William Billings which was published by Frank Billings, M.D. c. 1931.
• Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992. John Paine, page 36. 3 Sep 1710-15 Sep 1710 child of Jonathan Paine and Sarah Mayo.
• Roser, Susan E.. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992. Jonathan Paine child of Jonathan Paine and Sarah Mayo. Jonathan Paine, b. 20 Sept. 1711-d. 5 Apr. 1761, Truro.
• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, 1858 publication. Jonathan Paine Jr. and Hannah Lombard married 1740 USA.
• Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Sarah Paine, 17 June 1714.
• Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Daniel Paine, 12 May 1716-25 Jan 1785.
• Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Birth of Elizabeth Paine, 14 Dec 1718.
• Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Births of Hannah (9 Feb 1722) and Phebe Paine (2 Dec 1724) to Mary Purrington and Jonathan Paine.
• Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987. Old North Cemetery.
• Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Deeds and Probates: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1994. Probate of Jonathan Paine in 1752 in Barnstable County Probate list.