John Paine (1776 - 1846)

Born 13 Sep 1776 in West Woodstock, Connecticut

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Died 10 Jul 1846 at age 69 in East Woodstock, Connecticut

Biography

JOHN PAINE, son of Daniel Paine and Elizabeth Williams was born in West Woodstock Sept. 13, 1776. His father died the following April, and his mother a little later. He went to live with his Aunt Anna Paine Chandler, who was childless, and grew to maturity under her care. Capt. Samuel Chandler had a large farm in the north eastern part of Woodstock which he gave to his widow upon his death in 1790 and which she gave to her nephew three years before her death in 1811. This farm was purchased by Capt. Chandler from Isaac Fellows and his wife Leah the sister of Mrs. Anna Paine Chandler. After the death of Capt. Chandler and probably because of the marriage of "Aunt Anna" to the Rev. Josiah Whitney of Brooklyn, Conn., he returned to W. Woodstock. Josiah Whitney was born in Plainfield, Conn., Aug. 11, 1731, was graduated at Yale College in 1752 and joined, with his wife Anna, in the deed to her nephew, John Paine, in consideration of love and affection, dated Oct. 9, 1807, acknowledged Nov. 5, 1807, and recorded Aug. 15, 1808 by Jedidiah Morse, Register. This deed is still kept in the old home. When the Rev. Alvan Underwood was ordained and installed in W. Woodstock May 21, 1801, John Paine was on the corn. of society "to attend on and see to seating people and to keeping order and regularity in the assembly of spectators". He married, Nov. 23, 1805, Betsey, dau. of Ebenezer Smith and Margaret Bowen. He kept a store in West Woodstock a few year. There his first child, Samuel Chandler, was born. In 1808 he moved to the house given him by his Aunt Anna, where three generations of his descendants live since been born. He added to the farm, in later years, the Brock lot on the south and the Phipps lot on the north. In 1815 he was one of the incorporators of the Muddy Brook Cotton Mfg. Co. Squire Paine, was a portly man of imposing appearance. He was Justice of the Peace, Judge of Probate, and Representative to the Legislature, and an active and influential man in town affairs. He was a strong abolitionist, and his house was a station on the Underground Railroad running from Dixie to Canada. My mother used to say that she never saw a nobler sight than Squire Paine starting off in the evening or early morning towards the north, with his horse and carriage, and with a poor black slave by his side on the road to freedom. Betsey Paine died Nov. 22, 1826, and he married second, Lucy Smith, her sister, Jan. 24, 1828. Lucy had no children. She was, however, a devoted mother to her sister 's children, and an ideal grandmother to the next generation. John Paine died from sunstroke or apoplexy July 10, 1846, and lies buried beside his two wives in East Woodstock. Lucy continued to live in the same house, together with her two unmarried sisters, Dolly and Hannah, until a few months before her death which occurred April 9, 1872. Reference: Paine, Lyman May. My Ancestors: A Memorial of John Paine and Mary Ann May. Chicago: Printed for Private Circulation, 1914

The Record of the Marriage of John Paine Esqr to Betsey Smith the Daughtor of Ebenr Smith Esqr, the sd John & Betsey were married November 13th 1805 and the Names of their Children as follows:^[1]

1. Samuel C Son of John Paine By Betsey his wife Born Febr 21 1807
2. William son of John Paine By Betsey his wife Born April 8 1809
3. John Junr son of John Paine By Betsey his wife Born Janry 12 1812
4. George A son of John Paine By Betsey his wife Born August 6 1814
5. Nancy S Daughter of John Paine By Betsey his wife Born March 6 1817
6. Albert Son of John Paine By Betsey his wife Born July 21 1819
7. Elizabeth Daug. of John Paine By Betsey his wife Born March 5 1822
8. Ellen Daug. of John Paine By Betsey his wife Born Oct' 31 1824

John The Father of the above Childrens born Sept. 13 1776 taken from Book No 1^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Vital Records of Woodstock 1686-1854." (Hartford: The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co., 1914) p. 512

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Joshua Allen for creating Paine-907 on 19 Aug 13.