Robert Paine, of Ipswich

Birth: Oct. 14,1601 - Lavenham, Newtown Parish, Suffolk, England.
Death: Oct. 10,1684 - Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Parents: William Paine, Agnes Ann Paine (born Neves Payne).
Siblings: Anne Nevel (born Payne Paine), Susan Payne Paine, Jane Payne (born Paine), Frances Payne, and Phoebe Page (born Paine),
Wife: Ann Paine (born Whiting).
Children: Deliverence Hawes (born Paine), Robert Whiting Paine & John Paine.

Evidence needed to support as son of William Paine, of Lavenham and Agnes Payne.

“William Paine of Lavenham did not have a son Robert, at least there is no record of a baptism for him and Robert Charles Anderson doesn't seem to have his [sic] as a brother either.” See Note 6 at bottom for link.

Biography

Robert Paine, of Ipswich was born in 1601 in Suffolk, England.

Robert married Ann Payne in 1625 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England (United Kingdom). He married Ann Whiting in 1625 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England, daughter of Whiting and Ruby Jolly.

Together they had the following children:

• Robert Paine, Jr.;
• John Paine.

Robert married Dorcas Paine.

He died in 1684 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.

Biography

https://minerdescent.com/2013/02/12/william-payne/ (parents listed without support)

Robert’s wife Ann Whiting was born in 1603 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England. Her parents were John Whiting (1577 – ) and Ruby Jolly (1581 – ) Anne died in 1641 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass.

Robert Payne emigrated to America with his wife, Ann, in 1640. He settled in Ipswich, and was one of the persons to whom the Legislature made a grant of land “with leave to settle a village there.” He was admitted freeman 2 June 1641, and continued to live there until his death. His wife Ann having died, he married a second wife, Dorcas______, whom he survived two or three years.

He was a man of much usefulness and importance in his day, and one who was almost constantly called to the performance of public and private trusts. Being a man of good estate, he was liberal in its use, and thus made himself to be regarded as a public benefactor as well as a useful citizen. To such an extent was this the case, that the local historial of the time wrote of him as a “right Godly man, and one whose estate hath helpen on well the work of this little Commonwealth.” He sustained the principal offices of the town, was one of its original corporators, and feoffee of the Free or Grammer school, towards the establishment and endowment of which he was a most liberal and active party. He was the ruling elder in the first church of the place, and as the historian of Ipswich relates, “his profession and office were adorned by a life of active, exemplary usefulness.”

In 1647, 48 and 49, he was deputy to the General Court, was on the committee of trade in 1655, and held the office of county treasurer from 1665 until he resigned just before his death in 1683

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_Farm_(Ipswich,_Massachusetts)

Greenwood Farm is a historic property and nature reserve located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, which is owned by The Trustees of Reservations. The farm is 216 acres of gardens, pastures, meadows, woodlands and salt marsh and it features the Paine (or Paine-Dodge) House, a First Period farmhouse constructed in 1694.

By 1639, Robert Paine Sr. (1601 - 1684) was in Ipswich and in 1640 he received a grant to the farmland. Robert Sr. was the founder of the town's grammar school, a preacher, and Ruling Elder of the First Church.[9][10][11][12]

The farm was conveyed to his son, Robert Paine Jr. (1627 - aft. 1703), who built the Paine House in 1694 which still stands. Robert Jr. graduated from Harvard in 1656 and served as foreman of the Salem witch trial jury in 1692.[13][14][15][12]

Genealogy

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Payne-1543

According to Anderson, 2015 (The Great Migration Directory, page 250), Robert Paine came from Suffolk, England, to Ipswich, Massachusetts, by 1639. There is apparently a reference to Robert Paine in the Ipswich Town Records, page 67. Another reference listed by Anderson is in NEHGR 4: 180 and 31:161. Several other references are also cited by Anderson.

The NEHGR Vol 4 entry is an article detailing several family trees graphically, without specific source. For the "Whiting of Boxford" family, it shows Ann as the daughter of John Whiting and Rose Fisher, daughter of William of "Buers". The entry simply says "Ann married Robert Payne; then went into New England"[1]

The marriage of Ann Whiting and Robert Paine and the birth of their two sons John and Robert Jr. is well-proved by the will of Ann's father, John Whiting in which he bequeaths to his son-in-law Robert Paine/Payne and lists Robert's two sons, John and Robert. The will was written 2 Apr 1637 at Hadleigh, Suffolk (England) before Robert emigrated to New England and gives John's house and land at Newton called "Saracen Head" to Robert. The language of the will strongly implies that Ann Whiting Paine was dead by this date as it does NOT mention Ann at all but bequeaths to Robert (jr) and John, "the two sons that he (i.e. Robert) had by my daughter".[2] John Whiting was evidently fairly wealthy as he bequeathed gifts of 500 and 700 pounds along with land and other items. John Whiting Sr. also required that Robert "seal a release to my son John Whiting for all former promises" which seems to meen that John Jr. must have owed Robert money. The will of John Whiting Jr on the next page of the source written 16 Jan 1643 at Hadleigh, Suffolk (England) then goes on to forgive a 100 pound debt from "my brother Payne in New England"

The NEHGR Vol 31 entry comes from a letter from a Susan Redington to Robert Lord of Ipswich. She references a "Mr. Paine, having been so long at Ipswich" and the author speculates that it was the Robert Paine who married Ann Whiting and cites Savage (presumably his Genealogical Dictionary). The author further notes that Paine was treasurer of Essex County, supposedly came from Suffolk, England and supposedly married Anne in Suffolk Co.[3]

He appears as a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony on 2 Jun 1641.[4] (this is Robert's only appearance in this book).

Robert witnessed the will of John Dane in 1643 and, with John Whipple, recorded the inventory of Dane's estate in 1644.[5]

Savage's entry confirms the above information and also notes that he was a representative (to the legislature?) 1647-49, was a ruling elder, had a second wife Dorcas who died 23 Feb 1681 and says "he had a good estate and was liberal in distributing it" implying that a will exists.[6]

This would be the Dorcas Paine who appears in Ipswich vital records as widow of elder Robert[7]

Two sons of Robert Senior also appears in this death list of Ipswich, Robert Jr in 1693 (documented on his profile) and John at Nantasket on 13 Jul 1677.

Torrey lists this second marriage, saying:

PAINE, Robert (±1601-1684) & 2/wf Dorcas ____ (-1681); ca 1630?, by 1637?, ca 1640?; Ipswich[8]

Death

Death: 1684, at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts[9

References

1. https://minerdescent.com/2013/02/12/william-payne/ has errors
2. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/9SCC-SKH no parents listed, cites
   1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH5P-JQD : 20 May 2022), Rober Paine in entry for Dorcas Paine, 23 Feb 1681; citing Death, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010724.
   2. "A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register," by Savage, James, 1784-1873
3. Paine Genealogy: Ipswich Branch by Albert W. Paine, Bangor, ME (1881) “ In 1639‐40 William Paine came to Ipswich. He was preceded by his brother Robert, and his sister Phebe, wife of John Page.”
4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Payne-1543 cites
   1. "Extracts from the Candler Manuscript in the British Museum" communicated by Mr. H.G. Somerby, The New England historical and genealogical register by Waters, Henry F. (Henry Fritz-Gilbert). Genealogical gleanings in England; New England Historic Genealogical Society; New England Historic Genealogical Society. Proceedings Publication date 1847 Vol. 4 p. 180
   2. Genealogical gleanings in England by Waters, Henry F. (Henry Fitz-Gilbert), 1833-1913 Publication date 1901 Vol 2. p. 1117, 1778 (note a typo in Great Migration Directory numbering the page as 1171)
   3. The New England historical and genealogical register by Waters, Henry F. (Henry Fritz-Gilbert). Genealogical gleanings in England; New England Historic Genealogical Society; New England Historic Genealogical Society. Proceedings Publication date 1847 Vol 31 p. 131
   4. Records of the governor and company of the Massachusetts bay in New England. Printed by order of the legislature by Massachusetts (Colony); Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet, 1810-1874. ed; Massachusetts. General Court Publication date 1853 p. 379
   5. The Probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts by Dow, George Francis, 1868-1936; Massachusetts. Probate Court (Essex County) Publication date 1916 Vol. 1 p. 31
   6. A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register by Savage, James, 1784-1873; Making of America Project; Farmer, John, 1789-1838; Dexter, O. P. (Orrando Perry), 1854-1903 Publication date 1860-62 Vol. 3 pp. 334, 335
   7. Vital Records of Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Paine Deaths
   8. New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. marriage of Robert Paine and Dorcas Unknown Vol. 2 p. 1126
   9. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Robert Paine death 1684 Ipswich Church Records, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths, $subscription and free image courtesy of ancestry.com See also:
5. Anderson, 2015 (The Great Migration Directory, page 250).
6. http://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2013/05/english-ancestry-of-william... for a comparison of Paine families.

(Birth: Oct. 14, 1601 - Lavenham, Newtown Parish, Suffolk, England, Death: Oct. 10, 1684 - Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Parents: Lord William Payne, of Lavenham, Agnes Ann Payne, of Lavenham (born Neves Payne). Siblings: Hanna Anna Nevel (born Payne Paine), Judith Hull (born Payne), Susan Payne Paine (Neves), Susan Paine Payne, & Jane Payne)