The family of Nathan Paine 1741-1818

 By now, the Paine family in America, the ones descended from Stephen and Ann Chickering Paine, is quite a large family indeed.  In this post, we will follow Nathan, a great great grandson of Stephen and Ann.  His parents are Stephen and Sarah Thornton Paine, and he was born in Glocester, Rhode Island.  He didn't stay there, though.  He married Lillis Winsor, the daughter of Joseph and Deborah Mathewson Winsor, about 1765, and it appears that all of their children were born in Glocester.

"All", in this case encompasses at least 11 children and perhaps as many as 17.  Again, there are a lot of Paines born in the right time period and with "family" names that would support a possibility that they are part of Nathan and Lillis's family, but I'm lacking corroborating information for several, and in some cases, the information on line is clearly erroneous.  I have possibly contributed to the incorrect information, as in my last blog post I attributed Artemesia to this family.  I now believe she would have been a daughter in law, not a daughter, as there is an Artemesia Payne buried with son Nathan Payne in Albion, Orleans County, New York.  And incidentally, any reference you find to Nathaniel Payne is likely not this man, nor any of his immediate family.

So, with trepidation, I'll list his family as best I can, hoping as always for additions and corrections to this post.

The first child may have been Zattu/Zather/Zatto, born in 1767.  (The name, it turns out, is Biblical.  Zattu returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Zerubabbel, in Old Testament times.)  His wife is Abigail Eddy, the daughter of Jesse and Lydia Brown Eddy.  Since we have both Brown and Eddy lines in our tree, I'm guessing that we are somehow related to these two people also, but they are not entered on my software.  Their children are Eddy Brown, Winsor, Mary, Phebe, Arnold, Laura, Mathewson, and Peter.  Zattu had gone to New York with most of the rest of his siblings, but apparently died in Rhode Island in either 1840 or 1847.  I notice that none of the children were given his name! 

The next child born seems to be Nathan, about 1769.  He was married to someone named Artemisia, but apparently not until 1809.  He is also said to have married Mary Carpenter, but I believe that marriage may apply to a different Nathan, later in the 19th century.  His children are said to be Potter, Eli, Joseph, Daniel, Rebecca, Augustus, Sarah, and possibly Nathan and Lydia, but I've not found good records for this.  Nathan died in Barre, Orleans County, New York in 1853.

Deborah is their first daughter, born in 1772.  She married Enos Eddy, the son of Enos and Sarah Brown Eddy.  Their children are Chloe, Lydia, Enos, Deborah, Joseph, Nathan, Lillis, Sarah, George, John, and Almira.  She died in 1849 in Byron, Genessee County, New York.  

Olive was born in 1774 and died in 1853 in Rome Center, Lenawee County, Michigan.  She married Levi Hawley, the son of Stephen and Patience (maiden name not yet found) Hawley.  (Please note that this name is also seen as Holley.) Their children are Henry, Eliza, William, Emeline, Levi, Betsey, Olive, Nelson, Thankful, and Nathan.  

Stephen was born in 1776 and died in 1849 in Cattaragus County, New York.  He married Sally/Sarah Angell, the daughter of Jesse and Amy Hammond Angell.  Angell is another of our family names in Rhode Island, so there is a strong possibility that this Jesse is a distant relative, also.  Their children are Harrison, Amy, Olive, Dorus (male, if you're wondering), Sally, Minerva, Maria, Marcy or Mercy, Stephen, and Mary Anne. 

Samuel was born in 1778 and died in 1800, 1821. or 1868, either in New York or somewhere else.  I  am using the 1821 date in my notes because 1800 would be too young for him to have had as many children as he has, and 1868 would be a very long life.  There is a Samuel Paine who died in 1868 in Yates, Orleans County, New York, but I am not yet convinced that it was this Samuel Paine.  He married Lillis Cole, the daughter of Sisson and Elizabeth Hunter Cole.  Their children are Winsor, Caroline, Samuel, Amos, Cynthia, Lizzie, Lyman, Lillis, Charlotte, Damon, and Jackson-unless, of course, some of these names belong to the son Samuel.  Based on birth dates, either could be correct.  More research is called for!

I actually have two candidates for daughters born in 1780, with no mention that there were twins born to this couple.  I am fairly confident that Thankful is their daughter, born in 1780 and died in 1864 in Seneca,  Ontario County, New York.  She married Daniel Colwell, the son of Daniel and Mercy Hopkins Colwell, and then married Nathan Whitney, the son of Jonathan and Esther Parkhurst Whitney.  Her children were all with Daniel Colwell.  They are David, John, Daniel, Elvira, Minerva, Angelina, Nathan, Christopher, Oliver, and William.  

The other possibility is Lydia, and there is very little reliable information about her.  She is reported to have died in 1811 in Seneca, Ontario County, New York, and is buried in the Whitney Cemetery (see above).  She died "in her 38th year" which would likely mean her birth year is 1774 or possibly 1775.  She had a daughter, Relief, and another infant who is buried with her.  Her husband is Joseph Gibbs but he is still a mystery.

Asa was born in 1782 and died in 1868 in (possibly Barre), Orleans County, New York.  He married Amy Angell, who was also a daughter of Jesse and Amy Hammond Angell (see above; siblings married siblings).  Their children are Valorus, Cordelia, Sophronia, Veeder, Asa, James, Christopher, Amy and possibly Maria and Sarah. Amy died in 1845, and he then married married Jane Rosabella, maiden name unknown, and they had three children, Rosabella, Elva, and Ellen.  He may have also married Mrs. Zilpha Burch, after Jane's death in 1849.  

Sally, possibly Sarah, was born in 1784 and died in 1822, possibly in Orleans County, New York.  (She is not the Sallie Paine who died in Vermont in 1868.) She married William Parker, the son of Cornelius and Sarah (maiden name not yet found) Parker.  Their children are Lydia, Savilla, Lovina, Daniel, Isaac, Adeline, William, and Olive.

Christopher was born in 1787 and died in 1855 at Albion, Orleans County, New York. He married Laura Paine, the daughter of Zattu and Abigail Eddy Paine.  Laura was a niece to Christopher, which seems unusual but perhaps there is something here that I am not understanding.  Their children are Martin, Oville, Celinda, Albert, Christopher, William, and John.  

I have names for three more potential children of Nathan and Lillis, but very little is to be found about them and so I will mention them only briefly, as possibilities.  There may have been a son John, born in 1767 and died in 1821.  He may have married Hannah.  Joseph was born about 1774 and died in 1862 in Ontario, New York.  Finally, Israel was born about 1784 and died in 1813. He may have married Lovica.  That is all that I have about those three men, and I am not at all sure that they belong in this family.  

As we have seen, there are a lot of Paines in Rhode Island and New York, especially, and it is hard to differentiate between one Stephen and another, one John and another, one Nathan and another.  I have three genealogy wishes for this family.  First, I'd like to know for sure whether the three "possibles" actually belong to this couple.  And of course I'd like to have the information I'm missing as to dates and places.  The last question I have is "Why?" Why did Nathan and his family move from Glocester, Rhode Island to New York.  Generally there is a push-pull when a family pulls up stakes and moves on.  What pushed them from Rhode Island?  And what pulled them to New York, which is not the safest of places until after the War of 1812?  

This is the last of the posts on the Paine families who are our ancestors, as we "daughtered out" with Deborah who married Enos Eddy.  It's been both fun and frustrating, and I'd sure love to learn more about all of them. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

The family of Stephen Paine 1716-1797

 For reasons I don't understand, this Stephen is usually seen in trees, but not records that I could find, as "Stephen Christopher" Paine.  Middle names were highly unusual in this time period (except in some aristocratic families, which the Paines were not part of) so I'm skeptical of the middle name.  Nevertheless, if you see him with the two names, don't dismiss the information out of hand.  Consider it carefully; there could very well be something I've missed.

Stephen is the son of Stephen and Sarah Vallette Paine, born in 1716 in Providence, Rhode Island and died in 1797 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island.  He married Sarah Thornton, the daughter of Benjamin and (possibly Mary, but perhaps not) Gurney Thornton.  He may have served in the Revolutionary War.  If he did, he was 60 years old when he became a lieutenant.  It seems possible to me that it was his son Stephen who served at that time, but I've not seen anything that firmly establishes one man or the other as the lieutenant.  

Stephen and Sarah had at least 6 children together, although by confusing one Stephen's children with another,  I've seen as many as 17 names.  I have also seen several names mentioned as a second wife for Stephen, after Sarah died in 1772.  A Stephen Paine certainly married Jemima Martin, but I believe it is just as likely to be the son Stephen who married her.   

Stephen and Sarah's first son is Nathan, born in 1741 and died in 1818 in Castleton, Ontario, New York.  He married Lillis Winsor, the daughter of Joseph and Deborah Mathewson Winsor.  Their children are Deborah, Artemesia, Lydia, Nathan, Olive, Stephen, Thankful, Samuel, Asa, Christopher, Sally, and Zattie.  There maybe more children, and if so, I will identify them in my next post when I try to follow this family.

Stephen was born next, in 1742, The death date I have for him is one day prior to his father's death, which seems a bit suspicious.  Perhaps the two men did actually die one day apart, or perhaps the records are confused.  I've not done a reasonably complete search, but from what I can tell, perhaps we should leave his death date/location as unknown, at least for now.  He may be the Stephen Paine who married Jemima Martin, daughter of William and Jemima Martin Martin (yes, she was a Martin by birth), or/and he may be the Stephen Paine who married Elethea or Eleutheria Sanders, the daughter of Robert and Naomi Paine Sanders.  I've not found children for Stephen.  

Sarah was born next, in 1743.  Again, the number of Sarah Paines to be found in and about Glocester, Rhode Island is large.  Her proposed husbands are Stephen Saunders, with whom she may have had a child Oliver, Asa Franklin, and Royal Inman.  Royal Inman is credited with several children, but as this marriage would not have taken place until Sarah was 44, most if not all of his children were not likely to be Sarah's.  I will leave Sarah to another researcher, if one will step forward, or if someone already knows the answers to the questions about her life, I'd love to hear from you.

Mary was born in 1746 and died before 11 March 1791 in Bristol, Providence, Rhode Island.  She may have married a man with the surname of Page, but that is as much as I could learn about her.  

Benjamin was born in 1749 and died in 1831 in Glocester, Rhode Island.  He served in the Revolutionary War, and married Anna Aldrich, who is likely but not proven the daughter of Noah and Tabitha Inman Aldrich.  Tabitha is most likely related to Edward Inman, who is another of our ancestors.  Benjamin and Anna's children are Dorcas, Hazael, Lydia, Benjamin, Drusilla, Caleb, Phebe, Ransom, Abigail, Noah, and Aldrich.  

Stephen Paine deserves to have more of his family documented than this.  Since most family historians think he was the lieutenant of the Revolutionary War, he should be honored by every family that is descended from him.  (There is also the possibility that he participated in the French and Indian War, perhaps giving an explanation as to why he was made a lieutenant in the Revolution.)     

The family of Stephen Paine 1686-1745

 We are now in the fourth generation of Paines who helped build America, and particularly Massachusetts and then Rhode Island.  Three of the men I've written about, including this one, are named Stephen, and following tradition, there are several men who are siblings, cousins, etc who are also named Stephen, which makes it rather difficult to keep them all straight.  I believe that some of the trees our there have confused the various men named Stephen, particularly in the lists I've seen of children of these men.

This particular Stephen Paine, the son of John (!) and Elizabeth Belcher Paine, was born in 1686 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts and died in 1745 in Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.  He married Sarah Vallett or Vallette, who may or may not be the daughter of Jonathan Vallette of Glocester.  I have seen three other wives for Stephen.  One, Sarah Thornton, is definitely not correct because she was married to Stephen's son named (what else?) Stephen.  That leaves Sarah Leach, who did marry a Stephen Paine in 1727, and Martha Smith, who married a Stephen Paine in 1737.  The marriage to Martha was in Glocester, and the one to Sarah Leach was in Pomfret, Connecticut.  I think the Stephen who married Sarah Leave was not this Stephen Paine, but I believe that Martha Smith was indeed his second wife, although no children were born to this marriage.  I don't know who Martha's parents are.

Three children are usually attributed to Stephen Paine and Sarah Vallette.   There may be a fourth.

The first child, Stephen, was born in 1716 and died in 1797 in Glocester, Rhode Island.  He married Sarah Thornton, the daughter of Benjamin and (possibly Mary)Gurney Thornton.  Their children are Nathan, Stephen, Sarah, Mary, Benjamin, and Moses.  I will write more of this family in my next blog post.

Naomi (Neomy) was born in 1718 and died in 1763.  She married Robert Saunders, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Howland Saunders.  (Don't get excited about the Howland name; it doesn't appear to be part of the Mayflower Howland family.) Their children are Sarah, Othniel, Robert, Abiah, and Jeremiah.

Then there seems to be about an eleven year gap between children.  Was Sarah ill, or were there unsuccessful pregnancies and infant deaths we know nothing about?  Perhaps Dorcas was a bit of a surprise.  She was born in 1729 abd died in 1810 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island.  She married Captain Stephen Keech, the son of Jeremiah and (spouse unknown) Keech.  Their children are Rhoba (Rhoda?), Urana, Jeremiah, Stephen, Freelove, David, Martha, and Nicholas.   

Some family historians think that Rebecca, born about 1716, is also the child of Stephen Paine, and perhaps an unknown person who could be a spouse, or a one night stand, or something in between.  Since her records are of Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, I am leaning fairly strongly to the idea that she is not the child of this Stephen Paine, but perhaps someone has seen records that would prove or disprove this.  As of now, I am not pursuing Rebecca but I wanted to bring her to your attention.

I'd like to know more about Stephen, and about his life.  How many wives did he have, really? Is Rebecca actually his child? Did he serve in any military actions (he died before the French and Indian War began)? But mostly, I'd like to acknowledge him as another part of our family, and as a builder of America.     

 

The family of John Paine 1658-1718

The good news is that there is a lot of information about John and his family.  The bad news is that much of the "information" is conflicting and some is clearly incorrect.  First clue is that John was born in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts to Stephen and Anne Chickering Paine in 1658.  He spent some time in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, and died in Providence , Rhode Island in 1718.  Any attempt to locate him elsewhere, I believe, is likely to end up a dead end.  His wife, the mother of his children, is Elizabeth Belcher, the daughter of Josiah and Urania Rainsford (various spellings) Belcher.  Elizabeth died in 1709.  As far as I can tell, he did not remarry.  Our John is not the John Paine of Eastham, Massachusetts, who has ties to the Mayflower.  (Rats!)

Our John Paine has a lot going for him, though.  He was a respected member of each town that he lived in, and he and Elizabeth have a very large family of 10 children and I'm not sure how many grandchildren.  Once again, there are a lot of John and Stephen Paines in the list of grandchildren.  There are also a lot of connections to others in our family lines, which is to be expected when the towns they lived in were so small.  

John and Elizabeth were married in 1680 and their first son, John, was born in 1682. He married Martha, who may or may not be Martha Smith, who may or may not be a widow Smith.  Their children are William, Abijah, Ezekiel, and Lemuel or Samuel.  (Distinguishing Le from Sa in handwriting of the time can be quite challenging.) John seems to have died about 1704, but I'm not sure of the location.

Elizabeth was born in 1683 and died in 1727 in Tiverton, in what was then Massachusestts but is now Rhode Island.  (All of the towns mentioned in this post are quite close together.) She married Thomas Waite, the son of Thomas and Sarah Cooke Waite.  They had at least four children-Sarah, Thomas, John, and Mary.

Stephen was born in 1686 and died in 1745 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island.  He married Sarah Vallett, who was likely the daughter of Johnathan and possibly Mary Vallett.  Their children are Stephen, Naomi, Dorcas, and Rebecca.  He may or may not have married a second time, to Martha who may or may not be Martha Smith, who may or may not be a widow.  So many dates are assigned to Martha that at this point I am throwing up my hands, as I'm pretty sure she was not eleven years old when she was married.  I'll be writing more or Stephen's family in my next blog post.

Josiah was born in 1687 and died in 1763.  He has two potential wives.  I lean toward Elizabeth Chaffee or Chaffe, the daughter of Joseph and Annis Martin Chaffe.  Others are convinced that he married Sarah Leach.  It's possible that both women were his wives, but I'm not sure of the order.  I find no record of children for him.   

Joseph was born in 1693 and died in 1717/1718 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.  I don't knows if he married, but he apparently had a son, "Jon".  Was this a John, or a Jonathan?   I'd love to hear from someone who knows this family!

Rebecca was born in 1694 and died in 1718.  She married Abel Potter, the son of Abel and Rachel Warner Potter.  There children include Benjamin, Anne, and Mary.  

Solomon was born in 1696 and died in 1752 in Providence, Rhode Island.  He married Abigail Owen, the daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah Belcher Owen.  (Elizabeth Belcher Paine and Hannah Belcher Owen appear to be first cousins). Their children include Hannah, Ebenezer, and William.   

And then there's Benjamin.  He really deserves a whole post to himself, probably, but he's not our direct ancestor so this will have to do, at least for now.   Benjamin was born in 1699 and died in 1784 (or possibly 1752?) in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island.  He is reported to have been married four times.  His first wife is Elizabeth Owen, also a daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah Belcher Owen (see above; siblings married siblings).  Their children are Priscilla, Dorcas, Nathan, Benjamin, and John.  His second wife is Ann Arnold, the daughter of John and Hannah Packard Arnold.  they seem to have had just one child, Arnold or Arnie.  Next he married Amie Mowry, the daughter of John and Mary (or possibly Margery Whipple) Mowry.  Amie traces back to our Nathaniel and Johanna Inman Mowry.)  Benjamin and Amie's chldren are Anne, Amie, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, John, Abigail, Margery, Joseph, and Benoni.  After losing three wives, Benjamin still wanted another, or at least he needed another to help with the younger children.  His final wife is Jemima Esten, the daughter of Henry and Jemima Salisbury Esten, and their children are Abi, Abel, Jemima, and Bela.  Another list, less well documented, also includes Jonathan, Abraham, Obedience, Bealey, Abel, Ladon, Bezaleel, Abdon, Zeriah, and Cyrus.  This gives Benjamin at least 21 and perhaps as many as 30 children.  I believe 30 would be a record for any one man that I've reviewed in 20 years of research!

Gideon was born next, about 1703.  He died in 1756 in either Smithfield, Rhode Island or Swansea, Massachusetts.  His wife is Rebecca Corser, the daughter of John Corser and a so far unknown mother.  Their dhildren are Freelove, Gideon, Sabine, and William.

Finally, Urania was born, in 1706.  She died in 1772 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island.  Her husband is Uriah Mowry, the son of Henry and Mary Bull Mowry (yes, Henry also traces back to Nathaniel and Johanna Inman Mowry).  Their children are Martha, Nathan, Stephen, Philip, Gideon, Wanton, Jonathan and Mary.  

I have seen other names attached as children of John and Elizabeth, but either the dates or the locations, or both, make it highly unlikely.  Elizabeth died in 1709, at 45 or 46 years of age.  John may or may not have married Martha, who may or may not have later married Abel Potter, the widower of John and Elizabeth's daughter Rebecca.  The birth dates I have seen for Martha don't work, so I leave that question to others.  You wouldn't want me to give you ALL the answers, would you?

The family of Stephen Paine 1629-1678

 We are going to be talking about or at least mentioning several men by the name of Stephen Paine in this series of posts about the Paine families.  I am not 100% convinced that the facts are necessarily attached to the correct Stephen Paine.  For instance, Stephen Paine was involved in King Philip's War.  Generally, I see that service attributed to the Stephen Paine born about 1600, the subject of my last blog post.  However, that Stephen would have been roughly 75 years old at the time.  Perhaps it is this Stephen that should be credited with that service.  He would have been 46 or 47, a much more likely age for service.  Or perhaps it was even the second Stephen's son Stephen, would was have been 21 years old or older.  So there are reasons to tread lightly when filling out the details of the lives of these men, but we do have records that at least give us the vital information for most of this particular family.  

Stephen was born in 1629 in Great Ellingham, England, and came to America with his parents, Stephen and Neele Adcocke Pain, in 1638.  He settled in Rehoboth, Massachusetts and married Anne or Ann Chickering, the daughter of Francis and Anne Fiske Chickering.  Stephen died in early 1678 in Rehoboth.  His father and an uncle died within months of that date, but I don't know whether this is coincidence or whether there was an epidemic going on.  I do know that the years 1678-1680 have been associated with a smallpox outbreak but I don't know whether it affected Rehoboth, so at this point, the cause of death(s) is undetermined.

Stephen and Anne had at least nine children.  Some of the children were married more than once, and several of the children also had what we would consider large families.  So there were a lot of Paines in the general area of Rehoboth by the time that Stephen and Anne's grandchildren became adults.  

Their first son was named Stephen, born in 1654 and died before April, 1710 in Rehoboth.  He married twice.  His first wife is Elizabeth Williams, the daughter of Samuel and Theoda Parke Williams.  There seem to have been no children born to this couple.  After Elizabeth's death, Stephen married Mary Brintnell, the daughter of Thomas and Esther (maiden name not yet found) Brintnell.  Stephen would have been at least 54 when his first son, another Stephen (!) was born, and older yet at the birth of Edward.  I can only imagine his joy at the birth of two sons.

Rebecca was born in 1656 and died in 1699 in Rehoboth.  She also married twice.  Her first husband is Peter Hunt, the son of Peter and Elizabeth Smith Hunt.  I find no record of children for them, and he died young.  Her second husband is Samuel Peck, the son of Joseph and (unknown) Peck.  Their children are Noah, Jael, and Rebecca.  

John was born in 1658 and died in 1718 in Providence, Rhode Island.  He married Elizabeth Belcher, the daughter of Josiah and Urania Rainsford Belcher.  (Urania leads back to royalty; her father is one of our gateway ancestors.)  Their children are John, Elizabeth, Stephen (!), Josiah, Joseph, Rebecca, Solomon, Benjamin, Nathaniel, Gideon, and Urania.  I'll follow this family in my next blog post.

Mary was born in 1660 and died in 1707 in Rehoboth.  She married Enoch Hunt, the son of Peter and Elizabeth Smith Hunt.  Their children are Enoch, Peter, Elizabeth, a second Elizabeth, Stephen, Ann, and Nathaniel.   

Samuel was born in 1662 and died in 1735 in Woodstock, which was then in Worcester County, Massachusetts but is now in Connecticut.  His first marriage is to Annie Peck, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Hunt Peck.  Their children are Samuel, Anne, Seth, Sarah, Judith, Noah, and Stephen (!).  After Anne died, Samuel married Abigail Bartholomew, the daughter of William and Mary Johnson Bartholomew.  (Mary Johnson is our relative through another line.)   They had two children together, Rebecca and Ebenezer.  Abigail has a fascinating side story.  As a four year old, she was kidnapped (apparently with at least some others) by natives, and taken to Canada, where she was held until 200 pounds ransom was paid for her and other captives eight months later.  

Elizabeth was born in 1664 and died before August, 1714.  I'm not sure where she was living at the time of her death.  She married Jacob Pepper, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Johnson Pepper. (Elizabeth and Mary Johnson, mentioned above, are sisters.)  Their children are Jacob, Robert, another Robert, Elizabeth, Joseph, John, Stephen, Rebecca, Anna, Mary, Stephen, and Benjamin.  

Sarah was born in 1666 and died in 1711 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  She married Daniel Aldis, the son of John and Sarah Eliot Aldis.  Their known children are Sarah, Daniel, Ann, and Sarah.

Nathaniel was born in 1667 and died in 1718 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.  He married Dorothy Chaffee, the daughter of Nathaniel and Experience Bliss Chaffee. Their children are Dorothy, Abigail, Nathaniel, Jonathan, Rachel, and Elizabeth.  

Finally, Benjamin was born in 1670 and died in 1698.  I have been unable to locate much information about him.  He may have married Anne or Annie Aldrich, and possibly died soon after his marriage.  If someone has further information about Benjamin, I'd love to hear it.  

Stephen died in 1678 and Ann in 1679.  Perhaps the older children helped care for the younger ones, as at least the four youngest would have needed guardians.  Although the Paines did not live long enough to know many of their grandchildren, nevertheless, the family continued to grow, with deep roots in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

 

 

Holbrook line: The family of Stephen Paine 1602ish to 1678

 Tracing people who immigrated to North American almost 400 years ago is tricky.  So I can only say with confidence that Stephen, our immigrant ancestor, was born likely between 1599 and 1603, most likely 1602, if I had to place a bet, and likely born in or near Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England.  His parents are given as Dann and Margaret (possibly Williams) Payne, unless his father is Thomas, or maybe Thomas Daniel, or...you see the difficulties here.  Plus, there are numerous spellings of Pain/Paine/Payne to work through.  So I'm not totally confident until we see him arriving in 1638 on the ship Diligent, along with his wife, recently identified as Neele Adcock, and four children.  Except, we don't know that all four children arrived.  It's possible that one or two did not arrive in America, or perished so soon after arrival that there are no records for them.

Stephen and Neele, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Eldred Adcocke, were married probably by 1627, when their first son, John, was born.  Or maybe John was not born until 1633.  John died in September of 1638, at Hingham, Massachusetts, where his parents had first settled.  He was no more than 11 years old at the time of his death.

Their next child, or possibly their first child, was Stephen, born in 1629.  He died in 1678 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.  He married Ann Chickering, the daughter of Francis and Anne Fiske Chickering.  Their children are Stephen, Rebecca, John, Mary, Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Nathaniel, and Benjamin.   I will write more of this family in my next post.

Next was Nathaniel, born in 1631 and died in 1678 in Boston, Massachusetts.  He married Elizabeth, not yet further identified, and they had at least one child, Nathaniel.  Unlike his brother Stephen, Nathaniel seems to have not left much of a paper trail and this is as much as I can relate about Nathaniel.  

Finally, there is Rebecca, a daughter born in 1637 who is thought to have died on the voyage to America.  What sadness there would have been on that ship!

Stephen was apparently somewhat well to do, as he brought four servants, not yet identified, to Massachusetts with him.  After Neele died in 1660, Stephen married Alice Parker, a widow.  His will mentions wife Elizabeth, which some genealogists think is Alice, but my mind is not made up on that yet.  Might he have had a third wife named Elizabeth?  His estate was valued at 535 pounds so he did have assets, which I haven't yet traced.   It looks like Stephen and possibly Nathaniel had preceded him in death, although all three died within months of each other.

This once again is a short post, with lots of questions and not many answers.  There is more to be learned of our immigrant ancestors, and I hope additional information is still out there, somewhere.   

 

 

 

Harshbarger line: The family of Johann Peter Bene

I've decided to change the spelling of Peter's last name in my tree and in future posts, if any, because it is the spelling I'm finding most frequently.  I had previously used Behney, and there are records with that spelling, as well as at least 7 other spellings.  He was born in 1715, the son of Melchior and Anna Barbara Mallo Bene, in Alsace.  He married Anna Barbara, whose maiden name is not yet verified, and they had 6 children in Alsace.  They then came to Pennsylvania in 1750, and settled there, adding four more children to the family.  Anna Barbara had died by 1777, when Peter married Maria Christina Feuerbach, the daughter of Johann Heinrich and Maria Catherina Kern Feurbach.  Peter died in early 1784, in Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania.  

If you are researching any of the Bene children, good luck.  The variations in spelling of their names is probably more numerous than any other family I've written about, to date.  For convenience and to keep them straight in my own mind, I am listing them all as Bene.  Be sure to look for surnames with the first vowel of "o", also, as well as "e".  And some variations end in "y".  Again, good luck.  

Anna Barbara was born in 1740 but that is all that I know of her.  She has a sister Barbara born in 1756 (see below) so it seems possible that she did not live to see the year 1756.

 Johann Jacob was the next born, in 1741.  He may have had an early marriage that left him with a son Johannes, but I've not found records to indicate that.  Johannes was born several years before Jacob married Anna Maria Diehl, who is possibly the daughter of Peter Diehl and an unknown spouse.  Jacob and Maria's children are Jacob, Elisabeth, Anna Maria, Barbara, Anna Catherine, and Abraham.  I have also found mention of six "unnamed".  I don't know whether they died as infants or whether the records for them have been lost.  

Anna Margaretha was born in 1743, just ten months after Jacob.  She likely died before 1784, as she is not mentioned in her father's will.  

Hans Melchior was born in 1744 and died in 1822 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.  He married Ana Barbara Bender, daughter of Leonhardt and Ana  Bender.  Their children are Johannes, Molly, Christina, another Christina, Barbara, Martin, Peter, Elisabeth, Catherine, Margreta, Jacob, Eve, Melchior, and David.  

Anna Eva was born in 1746 and died in 1818 in Union City, Berks County, Pennsylvania.  She married John Jacob Fehler, the son of Jacob and Anna Margaretha Lowenguth Fehler.  Their children are Barbara, George, Eva, Christina Elizabeth, Johannes, George, Magdalena, Anna Marie, Peter, Elizabeth, Leonard, Adam, and Christian.  This is the line that goes to the Harshbargers, as Christina Elizabeth married Johannes/John Harshbarger.

Maria Elizabeth was born in 1746 and that is all that I know about her.  She may or may not be mentioned in her father's will.  There is mention of "Elizabeth" but that may well be his last daughter, named Elizabeth, whose information will follow.  

Christina Elizabeth was apparently the first child born after Peter and Anna Barbara arrived in Pennsylvania.  She was born in 1752 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County.   I have two death dates for her, one "about 1790", and one of November 21, 1818 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.  So far I have not been able to prove or disprove either date.  She married Johann Adam Bender, the son of Johan Valentine and Christina Gernsslinger Bender.  Their children are Jacob, George Valentine, Elizabeth, Madeline, Christina, John, Adam, Elizabeth and George.  

Barbara was born about 1756 and died in 1837 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.  She married Peter Sattazahn, so son of Adam  and Anna Maria Jorg Sattazahn.  Their children are Adam, Peter, John, Jacob, Catherine, and Christina.  

Mary or Maria Magdelena was born in 1760 and died in 1840 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.  She married Johannes Kempel, the son of Johannes Kempel and an unknown spouse.  Their children are Catherina Elizabeth, Maria Catherine, and Maria Magdalena.  

Finally, another son was born.  George Peter was born in 1761 and died in 1838 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.  He married Anna Maria Deck, probably the daughter of Frederick and Maria Seirer Deck.  They are said to have had 18 children.  I can name Margaret, Christopher, John, Valentine, Abraham, Jacob, Catherine, Henry, Michael, Magdelena, Eva, and Elizabeth, but I am missing several names.  Peter was a Revolutionary War veteran.  

Anna Barbara, Peter's wife, died sometime between 1761 and 1777, when Peter remarried.  His second wife is Maria Christina Feuerbach, the daughter of Johann Heinrich and Maria Catherine Kern Feuerbach.  Peter is the father of at least two children with Christina.  

Johannes David was born in 1779 and died in 1851 in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania.  He married Margaret Koch, whose parents I have not yet identified.  Their children are Sarah, Henry, Isaac, Catherine, Lydia, Elias, and David.  

Finally, Elisabeth was born in 1781 in Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  I have not been able to locate further reliable information about her, unless she is the Elisabeth mentioned in her father's will.  

As always, I have more questions after finding some answers while researching and writing this post.  I suspect that I am missing some grandchildren.  I'd like to know who Margaret Koch is, and who Johannes Kempel Senior's wife is.  I'd like to know how many of the men served during the Revolutionary War. What prompted Peter to move from Berks County to Lancaster County?  These are questions to ponder and continue researching.