John Paine

Brief Life History of John

When John Paine was born on 13 September 1776, in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Daniel Paine Jr, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Williams, was 43. He married Betsy Smith on 13 November 1804, in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Smith, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Johnson, Illinois, United States in 1840. He died on 10 July 1846, in East Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 69, and was buried in East Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

John Paine
1776–1846
Betsy Smith
1781–1826
Marriage: 13 November 1804
Dr. Samuel Chandler Paine M D
1807–1888
William Paine
1809–1870
John Paine
1812–1889
George A. Paine
1812–
Nancy Smith Paine
1817–1843
Albert Paine
1819–1901
Elizabeth Paine
1822–1840
Ellen Paine
1824–1904

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  • John Paine, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • John Pane, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • John Paine, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"

World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

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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