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Children of EBENEZAR and HANNAH PAINE, of Eastham 100. I. EBENEZAR, born Nov. 26, 1722.

101. II. ELIZABETH, born July 7, 1724; probably died

young.

102. III. NATHANIEL, born Aug. 15, 1727.

103. IV. ABIGAIL, born July 29, 1729; was living as late as 1750, unmarried.

104. V. HANNAH, born about 1732.

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JOSHUA PAINE, son of Samuel and Patience, married Phebe Snow, of Eastham, March 19, 1729, and settled in the town of Eastham, near the place recently occupied by his descendant, Joshua Paine. There is no record of the settlement of his estate upon the records of the Court of Probate.

Children of JOSHUA and PHEBE PAINE, of Eastham :105. I. SAMUEL, born January 29, 1730. 106. II. ISAAC, born January 13, 1737. 107. III. SETH, born June 12, 1740. 108. IV. JOSHUA, born May 10, 1743.

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ISAAC PAINE, son of Samuel and Patience Paine, of Eastham, probably died unmarried. Letters of administration were granted to Thomas Gray, of Harwich, to settle the estate of Isaac Paine, late of Eastham, mariner, Dec. 7, 1762; but no record of settlement made.

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THOMAS PAINE, son of Thomas and Hannah, of Truro, married Thankful Cobb, daughter of James Cobb, of Barnstable, May 12, 1705. At the time of her marriage, her mother was the wife of Jonathan Sparrow, Esq., of Eastham. Thomas Paine settled in Truro, where he was highly respected. He was many years Clerk and Selectman of the town, and a Justice of the Peace. He died at Truro, April 15, 1745. Letters to settle his estate were granted to son Thomas, July 9, 1745. His widow, Thankful, died April 7, 1771, in her 84th year. They lie buried in the old cemetery at that place. The following is the inscription on the slate stone marking his resting place: HERE LYES INTERRED THE BODY OF MAJOR THOMAS PAINE, ESQ., ONE OF THE ELDERS OF CHURCH OF CHRIST IN TRURO, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, APRIL YE 15, 1745, IN YE 64 YEAR OF HIS AGE.

The children of THOMAS and THANKFUL PAINE, of Truro:

109. I. THANKFUL, born June 9, 1707.

10. II. THOMAS, born May 23, 1710.

III. III. JAMES, born April 15, 1712; died April 2, 1734, "aged 21 years, II months and 18 days.'

112. IV. HANNAH, born Dec. 20, 1713. 113. V. HUGH, born April 14, 1716. 114. VI. SAMUEL, born May 2, 1718. 115. VII. MARY, born March 20, 171-. 116. VIII. ABNER, born Jan. 11, 1721. 117. IX. EPHRIAM, born May 10, 1723. 118. X. MERCY, born Oct. 17, 1725. 119. XI. A SON, born Oct. 13, 1728.

120. XII. SARAH, born May 20, 1730; died unmarried Oct. 12, 1758, in her 29th year.

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JONATHAN PAINE, son of Thomas and Hannah Paine, of Truro, settled in that town where he was a noted citizen. He represented Truro three years in the Legislature, and was a great number of years a Selectman. He died May 23, 1752. His will bears date, Jan. 28, 1752, and was presented for Probate, June 23, 1752, when letters were granted to Daniel and Jonathan Paine, the Executors named. He mentions in his will: Jonathan and Daniel, sons; Sarah Snow, Elizabeth Smith, Hannah Crowell and Phebe Hopkins, daughters, and Mary, wife.

His first wife was Sarah, daughter of Daniel Mayo, of that part of Eastham, now Wellfleet, (and great granddaughter of Rev. John Mayo,) to whom married Oct. 7, 1709. She died Feb. 11, 1718-19. For his second wife, he married Mary Purrington, of Truro, June 29, 1719. She died at Truro, May 17, 1760, aged 78 years. They all lie buried in the old cemetery at that place.

Children of JONATHAN PAINE, by wives SARAH and MARY:

121. I. JOHN, born Sept. 3, 1710; died Sept. 15, 1710. 122. II. JONATHAN, born Sept. 20, 1711.

123. III. SARAH, born June 17, 1714; married Anthony

Snow, March 2, 1731-2.

124. IV. DANIEL, born May 12, 1716.

125. V. ELIZABETH, born Dec. 14, 1718; mar. Thomas Smith, jr., Feb. 16, 1741-2.

126. VI. HANNAH, born Feb. 9, 1721-2; mar. Isaac Crowell, of Yarmouth, Jan. 14, 1743-4. 127. VII. PHEBE, born Dec. 2, 1724; mar. Constant Hopkins, Dec. 1, 1743.

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ELKANAH PAINE, son of Thomas and Hannah Paine, of Truro, for his first wife married Reliance Young, of Eastham, March 10, 1719-20. He settled in Truro, where he was a highly respected citizen. He was more than ten years a Selectman of the town. He made his will Nov. 12, 1773. It was presented for Probate, June 28, 1774. He mentions wife, Hannah, and children, Reliance, Elisha, Sarah, Lombard, Joshua, Phineas and Elkanah.

Children according to Truro Records, of ELKANAH and RELIANCE PAINE:

128. I. ELISHA, born August 21, 1721.
129. II. ELKANAH, born April 14, 1724.
130. III. PHINEAS, born Feb. 20, 1727-8.
131. IV. SARAH, born April 15, 1730.
132. V. JOSHUA, born Nov. 10, 1732.
133. VII. RELIANCE.

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MOSES PAINE, son of Thomas and Hannah Paine, of Truro, was a prominent man in Truro, where he spent his days. He was Clerk of Truro from 1745 to his death, which occurred Oct. 4, 1764, in the 69th year of his age. He was an exemplary member of the Church, and many years a deacon. He was received into full communion with ye church," he says in his journal, May 27, 1716. His wife was Margary Mayo, of Yarmouth, to whom he was married April 14, 1720, at that place. She died July 10th, in the year 1749, about the fiftythird year of her age.' They lie buried at Truro; stones marking the spots. A portion of a journal kept by him has been preserved. Most of the entries were made during the years 1716 and 1717. The last entry by him was in 1749, noticing the death of his "beloved wife." Many items of family history are found scattered through it. He made his will Sept. 8, 1764, and it was presented for Probate, Dec. 4, 1764. His only son, Moses, was Executor. He mentions son Moses; dau. Abigail Higgins, Margary Collins, Hannah Lombard, Lydia Gross and Sarah Paine.

Children of MOSES and MARGARY PAINE, of Truro, according to his journal :

134. I. ABIGAIL, born Sunday, March 12, 1720–1, married Barnabas Higgins, March 2, 1748-9.

135. II. SARAH, born Monday, March 11, 1722-3; died April 23, 1733..

136. III. MARGARY, born Thursday, Dec. 10, 1724, mar. Andrew Collins, Oct. 16, 1746.

137. IV. HANNAH, born Sunday, Jan. 1, 1726–7, mar. Lombard.

138. V. SUSANAH, born Monday, Jan. 20, 1728-9; died March 8, 1748-9.

139. VI. LYDIA, born Thursday, April 8, 1731, mar.

Gross.

140. VII. SARAHI, born Saturday, Dec. 22, 1733.

141. VIII. Stillborn, born Sunday, Dec. 23, 1733.

142. IX. ELIZABETH, born Sunday, June 15, 1735; died July 12, 1741.

143. X. MOSES, born Sunday, Sept. 11, 1737.

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JOSHUA PAINE, son of Thomas and Hannah Paine, of Truro, was by trade a blacksmith, and followed the business for a number of years in Truro, his native town. Sometime after 1725, he moved to Canterbury, Conn., where his uncle, Elisha Paine, had been a resident a great number of years. Here he united with the Church, and was a member, together with his wife, Rebecca, as early as 1730. In 1741, it appears, he was a member of the Church in Mortlake Parish, now included in the town of Brooklyn, Conn., over which the Rev. Ephriam Avery, a native of Truro, had the pastoral care. He was a member up to 1742, when, with his wife, Constance, and twenty-seven other members withdrew to unite with the "Separates," whose views he now endorsed. In 1749 he removed to the tract of the "Nine Partners," in the section now Amenia, Dutchess Co., N. Y., where he engaged in farming and blacksmithing. He died March 10, 1775, "and was buried," says the late Dr. L. C. Paine, of Albion, N. Y., who visited the place of his burial in 1856, "in the old cemetery near where the old red Meeting House stood, a little to northeast of Amenia village. There is no stone or other monument denoting the spot where his ashes repose; but an open spot was pointed.

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out to me by Barnabas Paine, Esq., where, he said Joshua and Constance Paine, his grand-parents, were buried." He made his will June 16, 1774. He mentions wife, Constance; sons, Ephriam and Barnabas, living; daughters, Rebecca Dyer and Phebe Monro; and Rebecca, Joshua and Ichabod Sparrow Paine, children of his son, Ichabod Sparrow Paine, deceased. Wife Constance and son Barnabas, Executors. Will presented Oct. 6, 1775. Joshua Paine left in manuscript a journal in which are entries as early as 1719, when he was a resident of Truro. In the summer of 1856, when Dr. Paine visited Amenia, it was in the possession of Barnabas Paine, Esq., a grandson, and he copied much from it relating to the family.

Joshua Paine was twice married. He married for his first wife, Rebecca, daughter of Jonathon Sparrow, of Eastham, Oct. 20, 1720. She died at Canterbury, Sept. 15, 1736. For his second wife he married, Constance, daughter of his uncle Elisha Paine, and widow of William Baker, January 6, 1736-7. She was a zealous member of "Separate" Church, and died at Amenia, May 15, 1787. He was a man of means and note. He had three sons that were physicians. His son, Ephriam, was a distinguished man-a physician, lawyer and legislator.

Children of JOSHUA PAINE by wives, REBECCA and CONSTANCE:

144. I. JOSHUA, born in Truro, Sept. 11, 1721. 145. II. RUTH, born April 22, 1723; died April 3, 1740. 146. III. ABIJAH, born March 10, 1725, went to sea in 1745, and never heard of afterwards.

147. IV. ELIJAH, born March 10, 1725; died Nov. 7, 1749. 148. V. SPARROW, born Aug. 11, 1726; died Nov. 15, 1734. 149. VI. BENAJAH, born Oct. 10, 1728, went to sea in 1745, and never heard of after.

150. VII. EPHRIAM, born August 19, 1730.
151. VIII. REBECCA, born June 19, 1732, mar.

son of Col. Dyer.

152. IX. ICHABOD SPARROW, born Sept. 11, 1736. 153. X. BARNABAS, born Nov. 28, 1737.

Dyer,

154. XI. ABIGAIL, born Aug. 1, 1739; died Aug. 1, 1749. 155. XII. URIAH, born June 5, 1741; died July 19, 1749. 156. XIII. MOSES, born April 2, 1744; died July 24, 1749. 157. XIV. PHEBE, born Oct. 21, 1746.

158. XV. ANNA, born Sept. 23, 1748; died Jan. 8, 1748.

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