140. Children of Walter (VI.), and his first wife, Lydia Snow, all born in Providence. Erratum.-On page 160, Vol. 1, WALTER (VI.) is erroneously numbered 148. 169. WALTER (VII.), born September 14, 1801; married Sept. 23, 1823, Sophia Field Taylor, who was born January 14, 1805, daughter of Andrew W. Taylor, and his wife, Elizabeth Field, of Providence, who was the daughter of John, who was the son of John, who was the son of Zachary, the son of John Field, the first, of Providence. Andrew W. Taylor was the son of Gideon, of Little Compton, who was the son of Robert, the son of John, and, I think, the son of Robert Taylor, of Newport, R. I. Mr. Paine received as good an education as the best schools in Providence could give, in days when it was not deemed necessary to pursue any scientific branch of study by going through a regular collegiate course. He was by nature a close and practical observer, with a very retentive memory, and having a taste for reading, he acquired information rapidly on any subject to which his attention was directed, and thus he had a good general acquaintance, during his life-long study, with many things that are seldom sought or acquired by business men. Upon leaving school, he passed one or two winters as a clerk in Savannah, Ga., and then went into the countingroom of his father, who was a cotton manufacturer, and whose sign for about thirty years indicated his office and storehouse on the south side of Market Square, near the east end of the bridge. He afterwards engaged in the wholesale grocery business with Chester Pratt, then with the late Asa Pierce, which business yielded him a reasonable profit; but the depression of the manufacturing business in 1835, 1836, and 1837, reduced his father to bankruptcy, whose paper was liberally endorsed by his son, obliging him, in order to sustain himself, to take the manufacturing business into his own hands, which caused him also to succumb, with many others, in 1837. In 1838 Mr. Paine was elected Clerk of the Supreme Court for the County of Providence, which position he held about thirteen years, he being the only person who was not bred a lawyer, that has ever occupied that position-and a book of legal forms compiled and arranged by him is yet the recognized standard of the Court. In 1851, in conjunction with Capt. William Comstock, he organized the Merchants Insurance Company, of Providence, becoming its first Secretary, and subsequently its President, which office he held until his sudden death, which occurred May 14, 1879, in his 78th year. Mrs. Paine is living-January, 1881. Mr. Paine held many political offices: was a member of the Common Council of Providence, was an Alderman from the Fourth Ward, and was several times solicited. to allow his name to be used as a candidate for Mayor, which honor he did not covet. He identified himself with the anti-Masonic party, was a delegate to their conventions, and when that party was at the zenith of its power, he was offered the nomination as Governor of the State, which he declined. In his habits Mr. Paine was methodical and persistent; in fact, so regular that his acquaintances could safely set their time-pieces when he passed a certain corner on his way to dinner. He was a tenant of Market Square for nearly sixty years, and a customer of one boot-maker for more than half a century. His judgment was so correct in making investments that they were rarely changed, except by additions to them. He was positive, yet yielding to convictions, clear-headed and upright, faithful to all duties put upon him or assumed by him, and never found wanting when called upon to render an account of his work. In his family he was very kind; an affectionate husband and father; willing to allow his children any reasonable indulgence that would promote their happiness, but requiring a positive compliance with all commands that he believed would be for their welfare. The children of Walter and Sophia were: I. HARRIET MARIA. 2. WALTER. 3. JOSEPHINE. 4. GEORGE TAYLOR. 7. FREDERICK HOWARD. 170. AMOS (VII.), born October 28, 1803; died June 14, 1805. 171. AMOS SNOW (VII.), born July 26, 1805; died August 17, 1806. 172. DANIEL SNOW (VII.), born June 16, 1807; married about 1834, Lozana Bacon, of Woodstock, Ct. Daniel Snow Paine died June 11, 1848, in Providence, and his widow married, 2d, Charles D. Mowry, of Worcester, Mass. He left no children. 173. JOHN (VII.), born August 14, 1809; died Sept. 14, 1809. 174. JOHN JENCKES (VII.), born August 10, 1811; married Sept. 7, 1835, Mary Cook Osborn, daughter of William Osborn and Mary Lang, of Salem, Mass. She died August 18, 1872. Mr. Paine has passed the greater part of his life in Providence, having there a very extensive acquaintance and hosts of friends, made and retained by his kind and generous disposition and friendly manners, and his readiness always to sacrifice his own convenience and interests to the comfort of others. His wife and himself were members of the Baptist Church. I. CHARLES EDWARD. 2. EUGENE COURTLAND. Their children were: 3. ELIZABETH SUTTON. 4. JOHN COURTLAND. 5. FREDERICK EUGENE, 140. Children of Walter (VI.) and his second wife, Abigail Bacon, all born in Providence. 175. ABIGAIL BACON (VII.), born July 8, 1819; died April 20, 1820. 176. SARAH MAY (VII.), born November 11, 1821. Resides in Providence; unmarried. Is a worthy member of the Congregational Church, and much interested in works of benevolence. 177. ASA BACON (VII.), born, and died, Sept., 1822. 141. Children of Royal (VI.), and Anna Vinson, all born in Providence. 178. ROYAL (VII.), born July 2, 1806; married May 14, 1838, in Seneca Falls, N. Y., Elizabeth McLean, who was born April 25, 1813, daughter of Truman McLean and Sally Wadsworth, of Hartford, Ct. Dr. Neil McLean, the great-grandfather of Truman McLean, came from the Isle of Mull, in Scotland, about the year 1720, and settled in Hartford, where he married, first, Mrs. Hannah Caldwell; she died in 1755; and he married, second, Mrs. Hannah Knowles, who died in 1766. Dr. Neil died January 17, 1784, aged 82 years. Sally Wadsworth was the daughter of Henry Wadsworth and Elizabeth Bidwell, and the great-great-grand-daughter of the renowned Capt. Joseph Wadsworth, who, in 1687, secreted the Charter of Connecticut in the celebrated oak in Hartford, to prevent its being taken by Sir Edmund Andros, who, with his body-guard of sixty soldiers, stood ready to seize and carry it to King James the Second, in England. Mr. Paine's father's father was a twin, and his mother's mother was a twin. His father and mother were married July 2d, he was born July 2d, and his father died July 2d. He graduated from Brown University in 1827, in the first class under the presidency of Dr. Francis Wayland, and after a clerkship of two years in New York, he visi ted the State of Colombia in South America, where he traveled several months among the Andes, on the Magdalena river, and suffered much from the malarial fevers of that inhospitable climate. After his return he was engaged in the survey and construction of the Western Rail Road of Massachusetts from Boston to Albany, and the Michigan Southern Rail Road, and on the construction of the New York and Erie Railway. He was subsequently a deputy collector of Internal Revenue in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he now resides. His wife and himself are members of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, and have no children. 179. JAMES (VII,), born Oct. 16, 1807; and on the death of his father he was placed with an uncle in East Woodstock, Conn., in which town he still resides. He there married first, April 11, 1833, Phebe P. Palmer, daughter of Hezekiah Palmer; and she died. Feb. 2, 1861, aged 52 years and 6 months, having the Christian's hope of life beyond the tomb. They had three children, viz.: 1. ROYAL VINSON. 2. HENRY FRANKLIN. 3. CHARLES HEALY. who all volunteered as soldiers during the late war for the Union. Mr. Paine married second, Sept. 12, 1866, Mrs. Lydia Ann (Burchard) Tabor, born June 1, 1818, in Lebanon, Conn., whose first husband, Edwin S. Tabor, was a volunteer during the late war, and wounded at the battle of Winchester, Va. They have no children. James is a farmer and his wife and himself are members of the Congregational Church. 180. EDWARD (VII.), born Sept. 10, 1811, and died Sept. 12, 1813. He lies reburied by the side of his parents near the centre of Elmwood Cemetery, south of Roger Williams Park, Providence, with many that were removed from the Beneficent burial ground. 145. Children of Betsey (VI.) and Aldis Penniman, all born in North Woodstock. 181. NANCY PENNIMAN (VII.), born Sept. 11, 1820. Married Thompson Richmond of Ashford, Conn., where she died March 26, 1847, leaving son T. P. Richmond. 182. GEORGE ALDIS PENNIMAN (VII.), born Oct. 20, 1821. Married Nov. 4, 1846, Mary Jane Flynn, daughter of William Flynn of Woodstock. George A. is a prosperous farmer, has held several important town offices, and he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church. They have a daughter Clara, who married a Congregational minister by the name of Blake, and is settled at Athol, Mass.; and a son William, who is acquiring a musical education in Boston. 183. JESSE LYON PENNIMAN (VII.), born August 1, 1824, and died about 1855. in Charleston, S. C. 147. Children of Mary (VI.), and Stephen Williams, all born in Woodstock. 184. STEPHEN WILLIAMS (VII.), born 1790; (?) died aged 17 years. 185. BETSEY WILLIAMS (VII.), born 1791; (?) married Benajah Bugbee, of Woodstock, and died Sept. 5, 1856, in Woodstock, aged 65, leaving several children. 186. MARIA WILLIAMS (VII.), born married first, March 1, 1820, Charles Chandler of Woodstock, who died in Southbridge, Mass. They had two children. Maria married second, April 7, 1834, Charles D. May of North Woodstock. 187. LUCY WILLIAMS (VII.), born March 22, 1796; married March 20, 1831, Perley Chandler, who was born January 12, 1797, in Stratford, Vt. No children. Lucy died Dec. 22d, 1850, and Perley Chandler married second, Feb. 3d, 1852, Mary May, daughter of Capt. Ephraim May and Abigail his wife, of East Woodstock. [To be continued.] |
