Leah (Smith) Paine (1710 - 1790)

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Biography

Leah was born in about 1710 probably at Barrington, Rhode Island, the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Holbrook) Smith.^[1][2]

Leah married Daniel Paine at Barrington in 1729.^[3] She is named "Leah Paine" in her father's will written 1740 at Barrington.^[1]

Research Notes

This profile was initially connected to father Nathaniel Smith, whose profile was created solely to be a placeholder for her father. His name was given as Nathaniel based on an unsourced website.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} L. M. Paine, page 46
2. ↑ R. F. W. Paine, Page 30
3. ↑ Arnold: Vol. 10, [https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofrh02arno/page/232 Page 233

• Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891)

• Paine, Lyman May. My ancestors: a memorial of John Paine and Mary Ann May of East Woodstock, Conn, privately published, Chicago(?), 1914.

• Paine, Ruth Felton Ward. Paine genealogy and allied lines, ancestors of William Alfred Paine, The Tuttle Publishing Company Inc., Rutland, VT 1936.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Joshua Allen for starting this profile.