Ellen Paine

Brief Life History of Ellen

When Ellen Paine was born on 31 October 1824, in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, John Paine, was 48 and her mother, Betsy Smith, was 43. She married Jonathan May Carpenter on 29 January 1851. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, United States in 1900. She died on 8 April 1904, at the age of 79, and was buried in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States.

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Jonathan May Carpenter
1815–1854
Ellen Paine
1824–1904
Marriage: 29 January 1851
Elizabeth Paine Carpenter
1852–1869

Sources (10)

  • Ellen Carpenter, "United States, Census, 1880"
  • Ellen Paine, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Ellen Paine, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"

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World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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