PAINE Thomas^{[1, 2]}

1613 - 1706  (93 years)

• Name	PAINE Thomas
  Birth	18 Jan 1613	Wrentham, Suffolk, England   [1]
  Baptism	10 Dec 1633	Wrentham, Suffolk, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will	12 May 1705  [1, 3, 4]
  	(left mills, house and housing and specified lands to son Nicholas Paine; ten shillings to daughter Mary, wife of Israel Cole; and the residuary estate equally to Samll Paine (executor), Thomas Paine (executor), Elisha Paine, John Paine, Nicholas Paine, James Paine, Joseph Paine, Dorcas Vickerie (wife of Benjamin), and three oldest children of his daughter Mary (wife of Israel Cole), namely James Rogers, Mary Cole and Abigail Yeats.)
  Death	26 Aug 1706	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 5]
  Burial	Aft 26 Aug 1706	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 5]
  	Address: Cove Burying Ground
  Will (proved)	2 Oct 1706  [4]
  _UID	EA13DAA169F34419AB35D9C45853E8FA3B94
  Notes	Thomas Paine came to New England at the age of ten and lost the sight of an eye by an arrow. He married Mary Snow before April of 1651 at Eastham, Massachusetts. Eastham had been settled but a very few years when Thomas Paine became a resident. He was resident at Eastham in 1653 and served in several ways after being made a freeman. One was as water bailiff of Plymouth Colony Court and served many years in that post, requiring him to regulate fishing at Cape Cod. On March 14, 1696, he purchased a home in Boston and lived there until he sold the same on October 13, 1697, and moved back to Eastham. He was also known as a cooper (builder and repairer of barrels and casks) as well as the builder of mills. In 1662 he was appointed, with Nicholas Snow, Jonathan Sparrow and Giles Hopkins, to view and lay out the meadow between Namskaket and Silver Springs, then within the limits of Eastham; and the same year, with Giles Hopkins, was selected a surveyor of highways. In 1664, for the first time he was chosen deputy to the Plymouth Colony court, and a juryman. In 1667, with eleven others, he was called to investigate the causes of deaths of three men of Captain John Allen's company, who were put ashore at Cape Cod. The same year he was allowed by the Colonial court to select a tract of land for his use, and in June, 1669, he was allowed to purchase land at Namasket, now Middleboro. In 1670, with Jonathan Sparrow, he was appointed an inspector of the ordinaries in town, to see that there was no excessive drinking. He was selectman (an officer) of Eastham in 1671. In 1676, he was one of the committee to collect a debt of Sandwich and to superintend the building of the meetinghouse in Eastham. This meetinghouse was the second one built there and stood near the ancient burying ground. The first one was thatched roof and stood nearby, and had been erected many years. It was now considered unsuitable for the congregation of their minister, Rev. Samuel Treat, who was now regularly settled. Mr. Paine was clerk and treasurer of Eastham as well. Mr. Paine was many years a "rate maker" or assessor. In 1685, with Rev. Samuel Treat, Captain Jonathan Sparrow, John Mayo, Sen., and Jabez Snow, he was chosen by the town "to hear and determine the difference between those called the purchasers of the town," respecting land within the limits of Eastham.
  Person ID	I95673	Noyes Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	PAINE Thomas   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	PUTNEY Margaret   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F41690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SNOW Mary,   b. CA 1630, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, United States d. 28 Apr 1704, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 74 years)
  Marriage	CA 1650  [6, 7]
  Children	1. Ensign PAINE Joseph,   b. Aft Apr 1666, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 1 Oct 1712, Harwichbrewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age < 45 years)   2. PAINE Dorcas,   b. CA 1669, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F38115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S3808] Internet-Find A Grave, Find A Grave Memorial #34166386. [S6656] Book-Paine Family Records, p.13. [S6656] Book-Paine Family Records, p.16. [S6819] Book-Mayflower Families Vol. 24 The Desc of Elder William Brewster, p.317. [S6656] Book-Paine Family Records, p.15. [S1237] Periodical-NEHGR, 143:344. [S262] Book-The Great Migration Begins, Vol. III 1620-33, p.1703.