Joseph Paine

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Paine was born about 1667, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Thomas Paine, was 54 and his mother, Mary Snow, was 39. He married Patience Sparrow on 27 May 1691, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States in 1700. He registered for military service in 1700. In 1706, at the age of 40, his occupation is listed as town clerk in Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 1 October 1712, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Paine
1667–1712
Patience Sparrow
1675–1745
Marriage: 27 May 1691
Hannah Paine
1694–1783
Joseph Paine
1697–1771
Richard Paine
1699–1775
Dorcas Paine
1701–1748
Phebe Paine
1703–1774
Reliance Paine
1706–1742
Mary Paine
1708–1708
Thomas Paine
1708–1718
Jonathan Paine
1710–1762
Experience Paine
1713–1736

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  • Ebenezer Paine - birth
  • Joseph Paine and Patience Sparrow - marriage
  • Ens Joseph Paine Sr, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

English: variant of Payne .

History: The author of the republican treatise The Rights of Man, Thomas Paine (1737–1809), left England for North America in the mid 1770s, where he became involved in the movement that led to independence. His pamphlet of 1776, Common Sense, influenced the Declaration of Independence and furnished some of the arguments justifying it.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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