John Payne

1661 - 1731  (70 years)

• Name	John Payne
  Born	14 Mar 1660/1661	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Oct 1731	Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
  Notes	http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/a/m/Bill-Campbell-AB/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1205.html "Deacon John Paine was admitted a freeman at Eastham, June, 1690. He was Selectman for five years, and Clerk from 1703 to 1729. Deacon Paine was Treasurer of Eastham from 1709 to 1730, and a Representative to the General Court at Boston in 1703, 1709, 1714, 1716, 1718, 1724 and 1725. He was often chosen as agent by the Town to transact important business, and was frequently called upon as arbitrator to settle land and other disputes throughout the county. He was a deacon of the church in Eastham. His famous diary, extending over a period from 1695 to 1717, is still extant. John Paine took the freeman's oath at Barnstable, June, 1689, and in 1697 was chosen one of the Selectmen of Eastham, and was re-elected several years. In 1702 he was chosen Clerk of the town, and was re-elected for twenty-seven consecutive years. The year following he was chosen a Representative to the General Court, and was re-elected in 1709, 1714, 1716, 1718, 1724 and in 1725. For more than twenty years he was the Treasurer of the town. Upon important committees he was oftenchosen, and oftentimes was selected as an agent to transact important business of the town. By trade, it is, said, he was a "whale boat builder." Many of his spare moments were given to the muses, andsome of his poetic effusions have reached our time. His Journal, which was penned by him between the yearn 1695 and 1717, is still extant, and is held as a valuable relic by his descendant. Few men of his time bore a better reputation, or were more capable as public-servants, or enjoyed the confidence of their fellow townsmen more than he. In the Church he took an active part, and for his sincere devotion to its interest, and for his humble and exemplary course as a christian, he was in early life selected a deacon. John Paine was buried in the burying ground in the South Precinct of Eastham, now included in the town of Orleans, where stones now mark the spot. His wife survived him many years, and died Oct.12, 1748, aged 62 years, and lies buried by the side of her husband, stones marking the place." "Mayflower Society #25469 v. John, b. at Eastham, March 14, 1660-1 d. at Eastham, October 26, 1731. He m. (1st) Bennet Freeman, at Eastham, March 14, 1698. She was b. March 5, 1671, and d. May 30, 1716 the daughter of Major John and Mercy (Prence) Freeman, and a sister of the wife of Samuel Paine (supra). Mr. Paine m. (2d) at Eastham, March 3, 1719-20, Alice Mayo, daughter of Nathaniel Mayo, and great granddaughter of Rev. Samuel Mayo, and Governor Thomas Prence. She was b. in 1686, and d. at Eastham, October 12, 1748. Deacon John Paine was admitted a freeman at Eastham, June, 1690. He was Selectman for five years, and Clerk from 1703 to 1729. Deacon Paine was Treasurer of Eastham from 1709 to 1730, and a Representative to the General Court at Boston in 1703, 1709, 1714, 1716, 1718, 1724 and 1725. He was often chosen as agent by the Town to transact important business, and was frequently called upon as arbitrator to settle land and other disputes throughout the county. He was a deacon of the church in Eastham."
  Person ID	I39910	Complete
  Last Modified	15 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Thomas Paine,   b. 18 Jan 1613, Kent, England ,   d. 16 Aug 1706, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Mary Snow,   b. 14 Dec 1630, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 28 Apr 1704, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	Abt 1650	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Beanit Freeman,   b. 14 Mar 1688, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
  Married	14 Mar 1688/1689	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	+ 1. William Paine,   b. 6 Jun 1695, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Abt. 1746, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	15 May 2012
  Family ID	F18043584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 14 Mar 1660/1661 - Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Married - 14 Mar 1688/1689 - Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Died - 26 Oct 1731 - Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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