and Ariche's Mills, near Saltillo, and was commandant of Saltillo. No battle was fought on the line after the arrival of the regiment in Mexico; and returning home at the close of the war, he was discharged from service with the regiment at Smithville, N. C., August, 1848. He was appointed by President Taylor in April, 1849, and served two years on the Board of Commission of Claims against Mexico. The incidents of his service as an officer, during the Mexican war, as reported by his superior officers, and particularly by General Wool, under whose immediate command he was in Mexico, show that he was an officer of superior executive ability. In August, 1855, while residing at Edenton, he was elected a member of the 34th Congressional District of N. C. (To be continued.) THE MOTHER OF OLIVER CROMWELL. The following document, and the subsequent note, are copied from " The Marriage, Baptismal and Burial Registers of Westminster Abbey," collected and published in London, 1876, by Col. Joseph L. Chester, LL.D., the late distinguished American genealogist. THE ROYAL WARRANT FOR THE DISINTERMENT OF CERTAIN COMMONWEALTH PERSONAGES. It is his Maiesties express pleasure & comand, that you cause the bodies of the severall persons undernamed, we have bin unwarrantably interred in Henry the 7th and other Chappels and places whin the Collegiate Church of Westminster since the year 1641, to be forthwith taken up, and buried in some place of the churchyard adioining to ye said church, whereof you may not faile, and for so doing this shall be y' warrant. Dated at y Court at Whitehall Sept. 9, 1661. 66 Henry 7th Chappell." Dr. Isaek Dorislaus, Coll. Richard Dean, Mrs. Elizabeth Cromwell,* Coll. Humphrey Mackworth, Thomas May, and fifteen others. *The mother of Oliver Cromwell. "the Protector," daughter of William Steward, of the City of Ely, Esq., by his second wife, Catharine, daughter of Thomas Paine, of Castle Acre, Co. Norfolk, Esq. She appears to have been a second child of this name, and baptized at Holy Trinity, Ely, 28th October, 1565. She married there 10th Feb. 1588-9, William Lynne, gent., who was buried there 26th July following, and their only child, Catharine, was also buried there 17th March, 1589-90. She married secondly, about a year after her first husband's death, Robert Cromwell, of Huntingdon, Esq., by whom she was mother of the Protector, and who was buried at All Saints', Huntingdon, 24th June, 1617. If the above dates are correct, she had just entered her ninetieth year. She died 18th November, 1654, and was buried in great state, contrary to her express desire. Before the disinterment of her remains, the body of her son, Oliver Cromwell, buried 26th September, 1658, had been exhumed and hung at Tyburn. Page 521. OBITUARIES. MRS. LYDIA PAYNE, who died in Smithville, Chenango County, December 5, 1882, aged 84, left surviving her 13 children, 35 grandchildren. 34 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. One child, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren are dead. Her oldest child is 66 and her youngest 40. DIED, at Newtown, Mass., Jan. 1882, MRS. ESTHER LORING PAINE, widow of Charles F. Paine, late of Winslow, Me., aged 69 years. Her body was interred at Winslow. [See Paine Family Records, vol. I. p. 34, No. 73. Also, Paine Genealogy, by Albert W. Paine, p. 137, No. 259.] DIED, at Marshfield, Mass., Sept. 25, 1882, MRS. RACHEL PAINE, widow of the late Dr. Isaac Paine, of that town, aged 92 years and 2 months. She was of the "Ipswich family" of Paine by birth, as well as by marriage. [Paine Family Records, vol. I, p. 31, No. 42. Also, Paine Genealogy, by A. W. Paine, p. 110, No. 122.] FROM MIDDLETOWN, CONN., RECORDS. JOHN PAYNE and Mary Martine were joyned in marriage covenant' Aug. 1st, 1676. HEBE, daughter to John Payne and Mary his wife, was born May 1st, 1677. PATIENCE, daughter to John Payne and Mary his wife, was born the 19th of August, 1678. JOHN PAYNE departed this life Dec. 10, 1681. JOBE PAYNE and Susannah Eggleston were married Jan. 11, 1699. SUSANNAH, wife of Jobe Payne, died Jan. 4, 1701-2. PATIENCE PAINE married Samuel Eggleston July 8, 1703. Their children were: SUSANNAH, b. Feb. 25, 1704-5. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 2, 1706–7. ABIGAIL, b. March 11, 1708 -9. SARAH, b. Feb. 7, 1710-11. JOHN, b. Aug. 15, 1714; d. Feb. 28, 1718-19. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 24, 1716. PATIENCE, b. Oct. 18, 1719. MERCY, b. June 29, 1723. GLEANINGS FROM GRAVESTONES. From the note-book of Royal Paine, Esq. NEWTOWN, L. I. Epis Cemetery. Charlotte, wife of Dr. Benjamin Paine, died Apr. 6, 1799, æ 33. MONTPELIER, Vt. Old Cemetery. Ruth Jewett, wife of Nathan Jewett, and dau. of Hon. Elisha Payne, died Apr. 28, 1828. POMFRET, Conn. Elisha Paine, died Dec. 27, 1817, in his 38th year. Farewell, my spouse, my children dear, I leave this world of pain; Let virtue be your constant care, Till we do meet again. Jerusha, relict of Elisha Paine, died July 23, 1835, æ 35. NORTH-EAST, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Julia, wife of James R. Paine, died Apr. 14, 1859, æ 30. Jeremiah Paine, died Oct. 3, 1854, æ 80. died Sept. 23, 1846, æ 26. Elijah Paine, died Dec. 23, 1840, æ 44. Wife's name Sarah Thomas B. Payne, died Oct. 29, 1823, æ 51. Sally, wife of Thomas B. Payne, died Apr. 21, 1820, æ 43. Anna L., wife of Luther H. Payne, died Feb. 28, 1841, æ 22. Luther H. Payne, died Oct. 4, 1850, æ 40. BRISTOL, Conn. Old Cemetery. Minerva, wife of Joseph Payne, died Sept. 1, 1856, æ 54. WATERBURY, Conn. Esther, wife of Joseph Payne, died Feb. 23, 1787, æ 37. Abigail, wife of Joseph Payne, died Jan. 29, 1795, æ 31. Suky, dau. of Joseph Payne, died Sept. 13, 1804, æ 14. Elizabeth, wid. of Hermon Paine, died Dec. 13, 1848, æ 77. Alfred, son of Alfred and Elizabeth Paine, died 1815, æ 15. PITTSFIELD, Mass. Rhoda, wife of William Payn, died Jan. 22, 1849, æ 37. WOOSTOCK, Vt. Eliza T., wife of William Paine, died Apr. 23, 1851, æ 38. Also, three children, Julia, William N., and Alanson. MADRID, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Caroline E., dau. of Ansyl and Betsey Paine, died Dec. 26, 1850, æ 16 yrs. 8 mos. Catharine M. (sister of Caroline), died Nov. 11, 1853, æ 22 yrs. 9 mos. (Ansyl Paine was son of Rev. Ebenezer, Universalist.) CHATEAUGAY, Franklin Co., N. Y. David S. Payne, died Apr. 15, 1860, æ 69. "Here memory weeps." Mary M., dau. of S. W. and M. M. Payne, died 1856, æ 15 mos. Lucretia M., dau. of the same, died 1860, æ 16 mos. FORT EDWARD, Washington Co., N. Y. Catharine, wife of Charles R. Payn, died March 1, 1846, æ 23 yrs. 7 mos. WHITEHALL, Washington Co., N. Y. Old Cemetery. Captain Samuel Paine was drowned Oct. 11, 1804. EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS. A remarkable interest in the history of the poet, John Howard Payne (most widely known as the author of "Home, Sweet Home "), has been lately awakened by the generally accepted report that his remains are about to be removed from Tunis to this country, and an appropriate monument erected at the place of their re-inter ment. For this act of magnanimity, credit will be due to the liberality and patriotism of Mr. W. W. Corcoran, of Washington, D. C., who has assumed the entire charge of this praise-worthy undertaking, which is already in course of accomplishment. As appropriate to the approaching event, it is intended to present to the readers of the "Records," in the April number, some particulars of the poet's life, with a tracing of his pedigree (which has been but recently ascertained with certainty), compiled by Josiah Paine, Esq., of Harwich, Mass. On another page of this number is recorded the decease of the venerable Robert Paine, D.D., for many years the Senior Bishop of the Methodist Church South. Eminent for piety and learning, and remarkable for devotion to the arduous duties of his office, he has departed at a ripe old age, universally beloved and honored for his examplary life and the lovliness of his character. Commemoratíve notices of him have appeared in very many southern journals, and numerous sermons have emanated from the pulpits of his denomination. A genealogical history of his family has been promised for this magazine. Published quarterly, at one dollar a year. Address H. D. PAINE, M.D. 26 West 30th Street, New York. Printed by Stephen Angell, 354 Fourth Ave., New York. PAINE FAMILY RECORDS. VOL. 2. No. 10.] APRIL, 1883. [WHOLE NO. XVIII. EASTHAM BRANCH. JOHN HOWARD PAYNE, AUTHOR OF "HOME, SWEET HOME." By JOSIAH PAINE, OF HARWICH, MASS. JOHN HOWARD PAYNE, actor, dramatist and poet, was born in New York City on Broad Street, near Pearl Street, June 9, 1792, not long after his father's removal from Easthampton, L. I. His father was William Payne, a distinguished school teacher, who taught with good success in Boston, Easthampton and New York. His paternal grandfather was William Paine, Esq., a highly respected citizen of Eastham, Barnstable Co., Mass., whose father, Dea. John Paine, was for thirty-four years Clerk of that town, also Selectman and Representative, and whose father, Thomas Paine, was a settler as early as 1653,—an account of whom may be seen in a former number of the "Records." * His mother was Sarah Isaacs, daughter of Aaron Isaacs, a highly respected citizen of Easthampton, who came from Hamburg. He was a man of means and of Jewish origin. She was a woman of great beauty and highly esteemed. She fell a victim to a pulmonary complaint, in 1807, when in her fiftieth year, and was interred in Boston, while her precocious son was in Union College. Her death was deeply lamented by her family and by all who intimately knew her. In 1799, when John Howard was in his eighth year, his father, having received an invitation to establish an academical institution in Boston, removed thither with his family. At school he showed a great fondness for elocution, of which branch of education his father was * (Vid. pp. 12 et se7. of this vol.) **། |