Individual Details
Thomas PAINE
( - )
History of Samuel Paine, Jr.
Published 1923
Tradition has assigned to Thomas Paine, whose name appears as deputy from Yarmouth, to the first general court of the colony of Plymouth in 1639, the distinction of having been the earliest known voyager of our name [Paine] to the New England shores. It is not known when he came over. Some think as early as 1621; perhaps not until 1632 or 1634. A William Paine is spoken of in colonial records in 1634, but no more is known of him. This Thomas Paine had a wife and son, and moved from Plymouth to Yarmouth, and the son, whose name was also Thomas, about 1653 settled in Eastham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and became progenitor of one of the extensive divisions of the American race of this name.
Published 1923
Tradition has assigned to Thomas Paine, whose name appears as deputy from Yarmouth, to the first general court of the colony of Plymouth in 1639, the distinction of having been the earliest known voyager of our name [Paine] to the New England shores. It is not known when he came over. Some think as early as 1621; perhaps not until 1632 or 1634. A William Paine is spoken of in colonial records in 1634, but no more is known of him. This Thomas Paine had a wife and son, and moved from Plymouth to Yarmouth, and the son, whose name was also Thomas, about 1653 settled in Eastham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and became progenitor of one of the extensive divisions of the American race of this name.
Families
| Child | Thomas PAINE (1613 - 1706) |
| Child | Robert Payne |
| Child | William Payne |