John Payne (1743 - bef. 1823)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

JOHN PAINE was the son of John Paine 2nd and Phillippa Strange.^[1]

JOHN PAINE was born at Freetown on 3 October 1743 (his parents' "second son & fifth child"),^[2] and died after August 1820 (date of the census) and before 14 April 1823 (his wife's death). His marriage intentions were published at Freetown on 2 December 1763 to BARBARA RICE, a daughter of Major Henry Rice of Warwick Rhode Island and his 1st wife Martha. ^[3] Barbara died in Freetown on 14 April 1823 in her 83rd year.^[4] No Warwick marriage record has been found.

This is the John who served on various local militia expeditions during the Revolution. ^[5] Service details at DAR Genealogy Service.^[6]

John farmed a part of original family property - the 19th Lot of the original 1660s division bought by his great-grandfather Ralph Paine. John’s grandfather, also named John, left him a quarter of his homestead farm in Freetown and made him executor of his will, dated 5 February 1763 when John was 19 years old, and proved 6 May 1766 when John was 22. (Older kinsman Ralph Pain was instructed to make sure that headstones were erected if young John failed to do so.) ^[7]

In the 1790 census, John’s household consisted of three Free, White Males 16 years and over (father John and sons John and Ebenezer), and four Free, White Females (mother Barbara and daughters Avis, Abigail and Elizabeth). Daughter Martha had married the year before.^[8]

In the 1800 census, John’s household consisted of “0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 1 // 1 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 1 – 0”. The under-five female may have been one of Martha’s children, while the older females were either Avis or Elizabeth and certainly mother Barbara. The male was John.^[9]

In the 1810 census, John’s household consisted of “0 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 1 // 0 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 1”. The younger male was likely eldest son John who never married, while the younger female was likely Elizabeth.^[10]

In the 1820 census, the household was just John and Barbara: “0-0-0-0-0-1 // 0-0-0-0-1-0”.^[11]

There is no will nor probate for either John or Barbara.

Children

Children (PAINE) born in Freetown:^[12]

1. JOHN PAINE, b. 25 December 1765.
2. EBENEZER PAINE, b. 25 September 1767.
3. MARTHA (PAINE) WINSLOW (1769-abt.1851), b. 27 September 1769.
4. AVIS (PAINE) ENNIS (1771-1856), b. 19 October 1771.^[13]
5. ABIGAIL (PAINE) VALENTINE, b. 12 May 1773.
6. AMY PAINE, b. 25 September 1780, d. before 1790 Census.
7. ELIZABETH (PAINE) GREGORY, b. 25 May 1783.

Sources

1. ↑ Gerrity, Robert M., Ralph Pain and Descendants: Four Generations (A Work in Progress) 1992. [Under revision by author, 2020-2022.] Personal copy in the files of DLG; and at the Old Colony Historical Society Library, Taunton MA and at the NEHGS, Boston, MA
2. ↑ Ebenezer W. Peirce, “Genealogical Notes” on various Freetown families, filed under Freetown Vital Records, Misc. at the Old Colony Historical Society Library, Taunton MA.
3. ↑ Arnold, RIVR, 1:1:198 and Rice Bible-2 as cited by Cheryl Bamberg, “Major Henry Rice of Warwick and His Family,” Rhode Island Roots 24(March-June 1998), 1-63 with Barbara’s birth at 9. Hereinafter Bamberg, “Henry Rice”.
4. ↑ Helen Thomas, The Vital Records of Freetown, Massachusetts (Heritage Books: 1988) - Deaths. Mrs. Thomas' book is unpaginated but divided into three sections, Birth, Marriage and Deaths.
5. ↑ D.A.R. Centennial Index (1966), III.
6. ↑ ↑ DAR Online Index, Ancestor #: A086031, at https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A086031]
7. ↑ Bristol County, MA, Probate Records, 19:410-412. Hereinafter Bristol County Probate. Originally consulted at the Courthouse in Taunton, MA (and now housed at the Massachusetts Archives, Columbia Point, Boston), these are available for review at AmericanAncestors.org as the database named Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Subscription required.
8. ↑ 1790 Census – Massachusetts 46
9. ↑ U.S. Census,1800, Freetown, Bristol Co., MASS. GroupM32, Roll19 p. 290.
10. ↑ U.S. Census 1810, Freetown, Bristol Co., Mass., M252-Roll 17 p. 234.
11. ↑ U.S. Census 1810, Freetown, Bristol Co., Mass., M33-Roll 47 p. 218.
12. ↑ Thomas, Helen Gurney. 1988. ‘’Vital records of the town of Freetown, Massachusetts, 1686 through 1890.’’ Bowie, Md: Heritage Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=G4UlAQAAMAAJ.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6V-4MP : 10 February 2018), John Payne in entry for Avis Payne, 19 Oct 1771; citing FREETOWN, BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 904,380, 904,381.