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 Thomas Paine Esq, son of Thomas Paine and Mary Snow.Born 1657 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, died 23 Jun 1721 at Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, age 63 or 64 years !New England Historical And Genealogical Register Vol. 47 page 186/187. & vol. 22, page 62. !Genealogies of Signers of the Declaration of Independence. !Adventures Of Purse And Person Virginia 1607-1625 Pueblo library 975. !His was the first known grave in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts " Here lies ye body of Thomas Paine, Esql, of Truro, died January 23, 1721, in ye 65 year of his age." iii. THOMAS, b. at Eastham, about 1657 d. at Truro, in the Colony oi Massachusetts, June 23, 1721, He m. ( 1st) at Eastham, Aug. 5, 1678, Hannah, daughter of Jonathan Shaw. She d. at Truro, July 24, 1713, aged 52. Judge Paine m. (2d) Mrs. Elizabeth Eairs of Boston, March 8, 1714-15. She d. very aged at Bellingham in the Colony of Massachtlsetts, in 1754. Judge Thomas Paine was admitted a freeman at Eastham, June 6, 1684. Having bought from his father the tracts of land at Pamet, later Truro ,which the elder Paine bought from Governor Prence and Jabez Howland, he became a proprietor there and established himself as a resident. He was Clerk of the Proprietors and of the Town many years, selectman for six years, and a Representative of the Provincial Legislature at Boston for five years. He was clerk, Selectman and Representative of Eastham before the incorporation of Truro. Besides being a Captain of the Military Company and a Justice of the Peace, he was a Special Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Barnstable County and held that office at his death. Thomas Paine the son "the lad who had lost sight of one of his eyes"-- about 1650 married mary, daughter of Nicholas and Constance Snow of Eastham, and granddaughter of Stephen Hopkins the Pilgrim, who came over in the Mayflower, 1612, and settled in that part of Eastham now included in the town of Orleans, on the place at the head of the Cove, called by the Indians "Kesscayogansett" and now owned and occupied by James Percival. At the time of his settlement here the township was in its infancy-having been settled but a few years, and the whole number of families did not exceed nineteen. He soon became a leading man in the settlement, and was shortly called into public service. He was propounded at Plymouth, and admitted a freeman, June 1, 1658. In 1662, with Giles Hopkins, he was chosen surveyor of highways, and in 1664 a Juror; and June 8, a deputy to the Old Colony Court, an officer for which he was chosen in 1671, '72, '73, '76, '78, '80, '81 and 1690. In 1667, with several others of his townsmen, he was chosen to investigate the cause of the death of Robert Chappell, James Nichols and James Pidell, of the company of Capt. John Allen, who were put ashore at cape Cod. In 1667, he was allowed liberty to look out some land for his accommodation, and in June, 1669, he was allowed a tract at Namassakett by the Court, with Experience Michell, Henry Sampson and Thomas Little. The tract was conveyed to these gentleman by Tuscapin or Black Sachem, and his son William, July 20, 1669, in consideration of ten pound sterling. This tract adjoined the land of John Alden, and bordered on Assowamsett Pond. During the following year he was, with Jonathan Sparrow, appointed to visit the ordinaries in town, and see that there was no excessive drinking; and the same year was one of the Grand Inquest. On the 5th of June, 1761, he was chosen to the office of Water Bailiff for the Colony, and sworn. This office was created for the purpose of regulating fishing at Cape Cod, and places adjacent, which at that time was carried on quite successfully by the people of this and other Colonies, without any regard to the interest of the old Colony, and to recover such sums as the Court should order from those who fished here; and also to seize all fish that were taken unlawfully. In this office he served many years to the acceptance of the Court. The same year he was chosen one of the Selectmen of Eastham, and re-elected for a great number of years. Having on the 2nd of May, 1620, purchased of Thomas Prince of Plymouth, for L20, his share of land at Pamett, lying about "Lovell's Creek" or "Eastern Harbour," he again, June 1, 1673, for fifteen pounds, purchased all the right that Jabez Howland had to upland and meadow in the same vicinity. The following year, 1674, he was chosen Constable of eastham, and in 1676 was chosen a committee by the town to superintend the building of the Meeting House. On the 13th of July 1677, with Mr. Huckins of Barnstable, Mr. Gray of Plymouth, and the Treasure of the Colony, Mr. Southworth, he hired the fishing privileges and profits at the Cape for seven years-- paying the sum of thirty pounds a year. From 1674 to 1694, he was Treasure of the town, and for severalyears during the time was Clerk. In 1696 he represented Eastham in the General Court at Boston; and on the fourteenth of March the same year, he purchased of Thomas Stableford, a joiner, who had taken up his residence in Philadelphia, his house and land at Boston, at the South End, paying one hundred and thirty-five pounds, and took up his residence. But selling out for the same sum to Eleazer Darby, a mariner, Oct. 13, 1697, he removed to Eastham, where he had for so many years of his life resided, and retired from public service in which he had been employed for nearly a half centry, and died August 16, 1706, at the supposed age of 94 years. His death is thus noticed by his son John in his Journal which is still extant:--"On this 16 day of August, 1706, my aged father Thomas Paine departed this life. I am now left Fatherless and Motherless, as to my natural parents, but my God is a father of the fatherless upon whose Providence I cast myself. O! God my Father do not cast me off. Though my father and mother have forsaken me my hope is in Thee " "The Payne's of Hamilton" A Genealogy and Biographical Record by Augusta Francelia Payne White, Tobias A. Wright Publisher, dated 1912
Married 05 Aug 1678 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, age 20 or 21 years (married 34 years) to:  Hannah Shaw, age by marriage 16 or 17 yearsBorn 1661 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, died 24 Jul 1713 at Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, age 51 or 52 years
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Abigail PaineBorn 10 Nov 1689 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, died 15 Jul 1731 at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, age 41 years | |||