Elizabeth (Owen) Paine (abt. 1700 - 1730)

Born about 1700 in Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Paine — married 14 Aug 1719 in Smithfield, RI

Descendants

Died 1730 at about age 30 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

They had 5 children, Priscilla, Dorcas, Nathan, Benjamin and John.

Benjamin's 2nd, 3rd and 4th wives are listed with him in the marriage records of Smithfield, showing that they were married in the Puritan church there. Benjamin and Elizabeth, his first wife, were married in the Friends church in Smithfield. This suggests that the Owens family was Quaker (Friends).

Some secondary sources do list Elizabeth as the daughter of Josiah Owen. But there have been disputes over who her parents were. Here's how it was resolved:

1. In her marriage record, Elizabeth is said to come from Providence. There were very few people with the last name Owen in the 1700's in Providence.

2. Also in her marriage record, Elizabeth's father is listed as being Josiah. there were 2 men named Josiah Owens in Providence in the early 1700's - an uncle and nephew.

3. There is a lack of birth / baptism records for most members of the family. Both Josiahs are known to have been Friends (Quakers), explaining the lack of records.

4. Josiah Owen the uncle and Hannah Belcher moved from Braintree to Providence sometime before 1695. They had a daughter Marjory in Braintree in 1694 and a son John in Providence in 1703. Other children would have been born between those years. Josiah Owen Junior (the nephew) and Mary Estance would have been married around 1706.

5. Elizabeth was married in 1719. She could have been born as early as 1703, making her 16 at marriage, but she was likely born at least 2 or 3 years before that. This would put her birth in range of years Josiah Owen and Hannah Belcher had children. Thus it would make the most sense that they were her parents. In this case, Elizabeth would have been named after her father's mother instead of her great grandmother.

Five children are listed to Benjamin Pain and Elizabeth, 1st wife, in the Smithfield records between 1722 and 1730, showing that they joined the Puritan church by 1722. They may have had more children born Quakers before 1722, but it's doubtful. They probably would have been baptized in the Puritan church in 1722.

Name

Elizabeth /Owen/^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Birth

19 Nov 1684

Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA^[6][7]

Sources

• Find a Grave Index as found at [1]

• Marriages of Benjamin Paine to his 2nd, 3rd and 4th wives (but not Elizabeth): Vital Record of Rhode Island, Volume 3, page 56 in the last section as found at [2]

• Marriage of Benjamin and Elizabeth: Vital Record of Rhode Island: 1636-1850 : First Series : Births ..., Volume 7 By James Newell Arnold as found at [3]

• Children of Benjamin Pain and Elizabeth, 1st wife: Vital Record of Rhode Island, Volume 3, page 109 in the last section as found at [4]

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• Repository: R-1671645852 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
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• Source: S-1514724416 Repository: #R-1671645852 Title: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Note:
• Source: S-1514724422 Repository: #R-1671645852 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.
• Source: S-1514724438 Repository: #R-1671645852 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. 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.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 February 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Owen Paine (1702–1730), Find A Grave: Memorial #53749520, ; Maintained by Charles Dunford (contributor 47187019) Unknown.

1. ↑ Source: #S-1514724438 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=8746904&pid=810
2. ↑ Source: #S-1514724183 APID: 1,3599::900045
3. ↑ Source: #S-1514724438 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=8746904&pid=793
4. ↑ Source: #S-1514724416 APID: 1,5769::3342741
5. ↑ Source: #S-1514724422 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
6. ↑ Source: #S-1514724183 APID: 1,3599::900045
7. ↑ Source: #S-1514724416 APID: 1,5769::3342741

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Rena Donze for creating WikiTree profile Owen-2040 through the import of Donze Family Tree(1).ged on Apr 20, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Rena and others.