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(V) Rufus Putnam, son of Elisha (4), mar- ried (first) Persis Rice. Their children were: Eliza- beth, born November 19, 1765; Persis, June 6, 1737; Susannah, August, 1768; Abigail, August 7, 1770; William Rufus, December 12, 1771 ; Franklin, May 27, 1774, died April, 1776; Edwin, January 19, 1776; Patty, November 25, 1777; Catherine, Octo- ber 17, 1780; Agnes.
(IV) Isaac Putnam, the fourth in line of de- scent from John Putnam, the American ancestor, settled in Sutton about 1722 on the farm which in1 later years was owned by Oliver Hall and Robert Luther. He was admitted to the church in Feb- ruary, 1730. His name is not found on the records after 1740. He died in the fifty-ninth year of his age. No one of his posterity is known to be liv- ing in Sutton at the present time. Deacon Palmer Marble, Mrs. James Freeland and the children of John Waters, deceased, are his great-grand children. His children : Phineas, born October 1, 1722; Asaph, September II, 1724; Ann, July 27, 1726; Susannah, August 20, 1728, married John Saddler, of Upton, January, 1746; Nathan, October 24, 1730; Edward, February 5, 1733; Isaac, November 4, 1734; Lydia, October 20, 1736; Daniel, March 28, 1739, married Ann, daughter of Hon. Samuel Chase, removed to Corinth, New Hampshire.
(V) Phineas Putnam, son of Isaac (4), mar- ried and his children were: Levi, who settled at Whittingham. Vermont; Enoch; Daniel; Betty; Huldah; Eunice.
(VI) Daniel Putnam, son of Phineas (5), mar- ried Phebe Walker, of Upton. Their child was: Austin, born March 16, 1796.
(V) Asaph Putnam, son of Isaac (4), mar-
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ried Sarah Park, in 1743. The church records show that they had the following family: Abijah, bap- tized October 21, 1744; Asaph, baptized June 18, 1749; Jonas, baptized August 16, 1752; Ephraim, baptized July 7, 1756; Park, baptized July 7, 1750.
(V) Nathan Putnam, son of Isaac (4), mar-
ried Betty -. Their children were: Zadock, born December 29, 1752; married Abigail Elliot ; Micah, April 8, 1754; James, November 26, 1755, married Betsey Willard; settled in Grafton; Betty, January 12, 1758, married Lieutenant Stephen Mar- ble. November 14, 1776; Lydia, December 31, 1759, married Stephen Fuller, November 7, 1777; Nathan, May 16, 1761; Hannah, March 13, 1763, married John Waters, Jr., December 15, 1796; Abner, March 17, 1765, married Abigail Waters; Sally, February 27, 1767, married Jesse Marble, February 26, 1790; Tamar, October 23, 1768, married John King, Jr., March 17, 1785: Polly April 1, 1770, married Amos Waters, July 4, 1791; John, September 3, 1771 ; Oliver, July 9, 1773, married Betsey Newton, De- cember 15. 1796; George W., died without issue ; . Abigail, married a Mr. Rawson.
(I]) Nathaniel Putnam, son of John (1), mar- ried and was the father of five children: Samuel, John, Joseph, Nathaniel, Benjamin, born July II, 1764.
(III) Benjamin Putnam, grandson of the an- cestor in America, married Sarah Holton, August 25, 1686. They had seven sons and one daughter. Among the sons were: Tarrant, born April 12, 1688: Cornelius, September 3, 1702.
(IV) Tarrant Putnam, son of Benjamin (3), married , and their children were: Tar- rant, born April 3, 1716; Israel, Samuel, Gideon. (V) Tarrant Putnam, son of Tarrant (4), mar- ried Priscilla Baker, December 9, 1742. Their chil- dren were: Tarrant, born April 24, 1744, died December 7, 1770; Elijah, January 23, 1747, gradu- ated at Harvard College in 1766; Elizabeth, May 30, 1749, married Abraham Brown, March 2, 1773; Priscilla, August 22, 1751, married Adam Brown, December 3, 1772; Sarah, August 4, 1753, mar- ried Timothy Merriam, June 21, 1775; Martha, July 15, 1775, married David Copeland, September I, 1778; Rebekah. May 5, 1759, married Aaron Mar- ble, November 16, 1784; Lydia, July 27, 1761 ; Molly, November 15, 1763: Israel May 22, 1767.
(VI) Israel Putnam, son of Tarrant (5), mar- ried Hannah Woodbury, January 30, 1795. She died September, 1795. He married, (second) Hannah Le Baron, April 24, 1796. Their children were: Hannah Le Baron, born March IO, 1797, married Jabez Hull, October 22, 1821; Le Baron. August 19. 1799; Tarrant, May 18, 1801; Mary Le Baron, November 7, 1803, married Dr. Leonard Pierce, November 15, 1831; Israel, December 25, 1805: Edwin, January 9, 1808; Frederick William, August 3. ISIO: Frederick Augustus, May 30, 1813: Theo- dore Elijah, September 12, 1815; Caroline Priscilla, August 3, 1818, married, (first) Dr. N. C. Sibley, November 29, 1838.
(VII) Le Baron Putnam, son of Israel (6), married Ann Braman, daughter of Dr. Amasa Bra- man, of Millbury. Their children were : Henry, born January 3, 1824; George Frederick, August 29, 1826; Edward Francis, December 28, 1828.
(VII) Tarrant Putnam, son of Israel (6), mar- ried Cornelia Titus Van Nortwick, of New York. October 4. 1828. Their children were: William Bruce, born July 29. 1829; Emma Le Baron, March 27, 1831 ; Caroline Monroe, October 7, 1832.
(VII) Israel Putnam, son of Israel (6), mar- ried Sarah Frost, of Maine. He graduated at Brown
University ; he was a physician and practiced his profession in Wales and afterwards at Bath, Maine. One child was born of this union: William Le Baron, 1835.
(IV) Cornelius Putnam, son of Benjamin (3), married Sarah - -. She died June 9, 1741. His second marriage was to Elizabeth Perkins, of Salem, November 12, 1741. His children were: Sarah, born January 3, 1726, died May 30, 1738; Bertha, December 18, 1728; Cornelius, May 23, 1730; mar- ried Elizabeth Perkins, August 1753; Benjamin, May 13, 1732; Nathaniel, May 3, 1734; Tarrant, March 28, 1736; Bartholomew, April 19, 1739, died young; David and Saralı (twins), May 31, 1741; Sarah, March 18, 1743, married Captain Archelaus Putnam, October 16, 1765: Bartholomew, April 21, 1745; David, May 14, 1747; Elizabeth, September 28, 1749; Anna, November 21 1754.
(V) Nathaniel Putnam, son of Cornelius (4), married Deborah Towne, November 23, 1756. Their children were: Moses, born January 23, 1758; Molly, February 25, 1759, married Jennison, Jan- tiary 29, 1778; Hannah, May II. 1761, married Tar- rant Dibley, April 22, 1779; Stephen, January 17, 1764, died July, 1779.
(VI) Moses Putnam, son of Nathaniel (5), mar- ried Mary Allen, June 24, 1779. Their children were : Deborah, born June 26, 1780; Polly, Sep- tember 25, 1781; Stephen, December 24, 1782; Na- thaniel, February 13, 1785; Elijah, October 9, 1786, died December 31, 1788: Moses, August 17, 1788; Elijah, July 16, 1790; Sally, July 14, 1792, married Abraham Howard, April 3, 1811; Stillman, January 15, 1797, died August 17, 1798; Suky, June 13, 1799, died August 22, 1803.
(VII) Stephen Putnam, son of Moses (6), married Mrs. Betsey Goddard, June 27, ISIO. Their children were: Fayette, born March 24, 1811, died August, 1813; Eliza, April 13, 1813; Mary Allen, April 18, 1816; Fayette, July 29, 1819; Marsilla, October 11, 1820; Emila Sarah, July 22, 1824.
(VII) Stephen Putnam, son of Moses (6), married Charlotte, daughter of Joshua Morse. Their children were: Susan, November 18, 1805; Still- man, July 13, 1807 ; Emily R., October 5, 1810, died July 13, 1813; Hannah W., March 7, 1820.
(V) Bartholomew Putnam, son of Cornelius (4), married (first) Mary Putnam, and (second) Hannah Axtell. Their children were: Barthol- omew, born July 13, 1774; Lucy, July IS, 1779; Edward, January 26, 1782; Prudence, November 13, 1784, married Daniel Hathaway ; Phebe, Octo- ber 10, 1787, married Captain Elijah Bigelow ; Lewis, July 15, 1796; Cynthia, August 27, 1804.
(VI) Bartholomew, son of Bartholomew (5). married Hannah Tarrant Sibley, September 4, 1801. Their children were: Russell, born February 3. 1802; Polly. April 4, 1804, married Bethel Leonard, August 8, 1826; Clark, February IS, 1806; Prudence, February 19, 1808; Leonard, April 26, ISI0; Zilpha, April 8, 1812.
(VII) Russell Putnam, son of Bartholomew (6). married Adeline Their children were: Russell Bartholomew, born April 4, 1825; Lucien, July 24, 1827; Silas, July 19, 1830; Leonard, March 27, 1833.
(V) David Putnam, son of Cornelius (4), mar- ried Elizabeth Woodbury, April 12, 1770. Their children were: David, born April 30, 1771, died young ; Betty, April 14, 1773. married Aaron Elliot ; Abner, May 14, 1775, died June 25, 1859; Cyrus, August 21. 1777; Jerusha, December 13, 1779. mar- ried Thomas Bigelow, August 28, 1803: Cornelius, January 28, 1782; Sally, July 28, 1784. married Sam- tel Bigelow, December 27, 1806; Lucy, September
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S, 1787, married, June 1, 1805, Simeon, son of Deacon Aaron Elliott; Joseph, February 23, 1790.
(VI) Abner Putnam, son of David (5), mar- ried Amy, daughter of Captain Archelans Putnam, March 13, 1799. Their children were: Ruth, born June 12, 1800; Sally, April 29, 1802, married ( first ) Darius Putnam (second) Tourtellott Inman ; Harvey, November 29, 1804; Ama, November 3, 1806, mar- ried Charles H. Newton, October 23, 1831; Arche- Jaus, December 3, 1808; Willard, February 7, 1811; Dexter, November 11 1813, married Ruby T. Torrey, March 16, 1840; Louisa, October 14, 1816; Lawson, September 18, 1820.
(VII) Harvey Putnam, son of Abner (6), mar- ried Rebekah Lee, January 7, 1829. Their children were : Elias Merriam, born October 7, 1829; Susan Ann, November 7, 1830, married Salem J. Shaw, February 18, 1851; Ann Janette.
(VII) Archelaus Putnam, son of Abner (6), married Laura Nichols. Their children were : Francis, born February 16, 1833; Gilbert, Willard, Addison, Laura.
(VII) Lawson Putnam, son of Abner (6), first married Martha M. Inman, March 1, 1847. She died July 11, 1858. He married for his second wife Sarah R. S. Johnson, February 29, 1860. Their children were: Milo Herbert, born December 19, 1849, died May 30, 1853; Wilmet S., September 26, 1852; Arthur L., April 18, 1862; Sarah E., August 7, 1864; Effie R., September 27, 1866; Amasa S., De- cember 5, 1870.
( VI) Cyrus Putnam, son of David (5), married Lucinda Hathaway, May 17, 1800. Their children were : Salmon, born December 29, 1800; David, Feb- ruary 6, 1803; Prudence, December 20, 1804, died December 28, 1804; Lucinda, October 5, 1806, mar- ried Merritt Cook, died January 14, 1845; Horace, February 16, 1809; Mary Reid, October 2, 1811, died January 15, 1812; Philander and Leander (twins), March 10, 1815.
(VII) Salmon Putnam, son of Cyrus (6), mar- ried Tryphena Bigelow, February 24, 1824. Their children were: Henry, Otis E., Samuel, Mary Lu- cinda, Persis Jane.
(VII) David Putnam, son of Cyrus (6), mar- ried (first) Polly Titus, 1825; she died 1829. In the latter named year he married Almy Hicks; she died in 1842. In the same year he married Susan Will- jams, who died in 1846. The following year he mar- ried Rebekah Church. His children were: Water- man born October, 1826, died February, 1828; Mary, December 13, 1828; Serentha, June 21, 1832, died July 19, 1842 ; Philander, December 30, 1833; Cyrus, October 5, 1844; Albra, July 28, 1846.
(VII) Horace Putnam, son of Cyrus (6), mar- ried Clarinda Boyce. Their children were: Maria, Jane, Silas, William, Ann, Julia, Emma.
(VII) Philander Putnam, son of Cyrus (6), mar- ried Harriet Prentice, October, 1838. The children by this union were: Marcus, born November 10, 1839; Wheelock, September 9, 1841; Edward, July 14, 1843; Emma Jane, June 28, 1847.
(VII) Leander Putnam, son of Cyrus (6), mar- ried Eunice Lackey, June 1, 1837. She died March, 1852. He married ( secondly) Mrs. Martha A. Bower, March 28, 1853. His children were: Dorcas Ann Lackey, born December 29, 1838, married Reuben A. Usher; Emerlaide, February 6, 1843, married Franklin Howard; Jerome, died March 26, 1852; Franklin L., born March 28, 1853.
(VI) Cornelius Putnana, son of David (5), mar- ried Abigail Bigelow, by whom the following chil- dren were born: Polly, June 1, 1804; Darins, Sep- tember 30, 1806; Lucv, September 3, 1808; Alver Abigail, January 18, 1811, married Nathan Waters,
December 2, 1832; Harrison Bigelow, April IS, 1813.
(VI) Joseph Putnam, son of David (5), mar- ried Polly Putnam, December 26, 1813; lic married for his second wife, Fanny Whittemore. His chil- dren were: Maria Louisa, born January 4, 1815; Palmer, May 1, 1817; Mary Elizabeth, July 3, 1819; Simeon, November 17, 1821; Alexander, June 29, 1824: George Whittemore, August II, 1827; Charles Vernon, July 6, 1829; Porter Franklin, July 21, 1831.
(II) John Putnam, son of John (I), the an- cestor, born about 1630, was a military officer, a rep- resentative of Salem during the years 1680-86-90-91. He was admitted as a freeman in 1665. He married Rebekah Prince, by whom four sons and four daugh- ters were born. The name of only one is given in the records, Ebenezer, born 1665.
(III) Ebenezer Putnam, son of John Putnam (2), married Hannah Brown. They had three sons and two daughters. Among the sons was Jeptha, born August 24, 1699.
(IV) Jeptha Putnam, son of Ebenezer (3), mar- ried (first) Ruth Ray; (second) Mrs. Ruth Hay- ward, of Beverley, January 8, 1746. Their children were : Benjamin, born August 27, 1725; Samuel, May 10, 1727; Hannah, August 13, 1728, married Benjamin Woodbury, May, 1746; Ebenezer, Feb- ruary 22, 1730, died March 5, 1730; Fuller, January 13, 1731; Ruth, October 18, 1732, married Stephen Halman, November 5, 1751; John, July 27, 1738; Mary, October 23, 1741; Benajah, September 7, 1747; Gidcon.
(V) Samuel Putnam, son of Jeptha (4), mar- ried Kezia Hayward, September 22, 1757. They had one son who enlisted in the army of the revolution and was killed in battle.
(V) Fuller Putnam, son of Jeptha (4), mar- ried (first) Mary Cummings, December, 1752; (sec- ond) Eunice Haywood, November 23, 1756. Their children were: David, born January 26, 1753; Eli, September 27, 1754; Ruth, December 4, 1757; John, July 8, 1760; Jeptha, September 24, 1762; Sarah, July 20, 1765, married Nathan Putnam, Jr., March 31, 1785; Lucy, February 16, 1768, married Tyler Marsh, May 9, 1781; Ruby, September 20, 1770; Prudy, July 20, 1774, married Caleb Dibley, Janu- ary 1, 1794.
(VI) David Putnam, son of Fuller (6), married Martha Waters, January 15, 1781. There is no rec- ord of their children, but their names were: Rufus, who married Sally Sibley, 1805; Patty, who married Captain Peter Putnam; Eli, who married Elizabeth Harback.
(VI) John Putnam, son of Fuller (5), married (first) Huldah Waters, August 22, 1781. He mar- ried (second) Anne Powers. He married (third) Dorcas Sylvanus. His children were: John, Syl- vanus, Harry, Ruth, born March, 1820; Esther, born October 28, 1822, married Freeman Sibley.
(VII) John Putnam, son of John (6), married Nancy, daughter of Abner Cummings. Their chil- dren were: Dulceva, born December 12, 1813, died July 20, 1816; Harriet, March 20, 1815, died July 20, 1816; Jane, November 1, 1816, married Waters Putnam; John Perry, March 27, 1818; Ira, Novem- ber 15, 1819, died May 12, 1821; Ephraim Lughton, April 30, 1821, died December 3, 1822.
(VIII) John Perry Putnam, son of John (7), married Harriett M. Ward, January 26, 1850. Their children were: John Walter, born September 13, 1852; Emma Jane, born March 19, 1854.
(IX) John W. Putnam, son of John P. (8), married Adora L. Putnam. One child was born to them, Lucy Harriet, February 12, 1876.
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(VII) Sylvanus Putnam, son of John (6), mar- ried (first) Betsey Elliott; (second) Persia Har- back, July 31, 1839. Their children were: Ira Syl- vanus, born August 14, 1827; Mary Elizabeth, June 8, 1829, died July 26, 1844; Julia Ann, January 12, 1833, married the Rev. Joseph Barber; Sarah Maria, March 24, 1835, married Franklin Sibley.
(V) John Putnam, son of Jeptha (4), married Mary Cumming, April 9, 1761. Their children were: Rebekah, born September 13, 1763; Jacob, November 20, 1764; John, March 8, 1766; Olive, August 28, 1767; Simeon, August 10, 1769, married Martha Batchellor.
(V) Benajalı Putnam, son of Jeptha (4), in 1770, married Mrs. Sarah Fitts. Their children were: Sarah, born July 5, 1771, married Peter Stockwell, September 30, 1803; Phebe, November 26, 1773. married Samuel Dudley, February 15, 1795; Mehitable, April 25, 1775, married Captain Samuel Marble; Anne, May II, 1777; Abijah, July 30, 1779; Eunice, June 17, 1782; Molly, May 2, 1784, married Andrew Sibley; James, November 2, 1786; Sylvester.
(VI) Abijah Putnam, son of Benajah (5), mar- ried Betsey Burdon, May 15, 1803. Their children were: Sally, horn 1803; Melona, June 4, 1805, mar- ried Nicholas Woodward; Vilota, June 26, 1807; Luther, February 16, 1809; Jason, February 14, 1811; Lyman, January 28, 1813; James, February 7, ISI6; Emory, July 16, 1818; Sylvester, September 12, 1821, married Ann M. Lynch, March, 1820; Sally, November 26, 1823; Rufus, November 19, 1827.
(VII) Lyman Putnam son of Abijah (6), mar- ried Eliza J. Brigham. Their children were: Sarah J., born January 4, 1840; Julia M., December 31, 1846; Laura D., April 12, 1848; Orason L., Decem- ber 17, 1850, died September 19, 1870; Emma A., November 27, 1859.
(VII) James Putnam, son of Abijah (6), mar- ried Phebe P. Sloan, November 9, 1836. Their children were: Jane Elizabeth, born November II, 1837; Henry Clinton, July 6, 1839; George Emory, January 9, 1841; Abbie Melissa, December 3, 1844, married Alfred A. Putnam, December 3, 1867.
(VIII) Henry Clinton Putnam, son of James (7), married Harriet M. Fuller. Their children were: Flora L., horn July 20, 1860; George Henry, February II, 1865.
(VII) Emory Putnam, son of Abijah (6), mar- ried (first) Martha E. Muller; (second) Jane Mi- randa Miller. He was the father of one child, Mar- tha Jane, born June 13, 1852, married Lewis Pratt.
(VII) Rufus Putnam, son of Abijah (6), mar- ried Hannah J. Graver. Two children were born to them: Ella Frances, born May 22, 1871; Walter Edwin.
(V) Gideon Putnam, son of Jeptha (4), married Abigail Holton, November 28, 1775. Their chil- dren were: Gideon, born 1776; Nabby, April 23, 1778; Artemas, May 31, 1780. He removed with his family to Calais, Vermont.
(VIII) Otis Earle Putnam, son of Salmon and Tryphena ( Bigelow) Putnam (7), was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, February 20, 1831. After a residence in Boston of some seven years his par- ents came to Worcester, Massachusett, and since he was fourteen years old Mr. Putnam's home has been in that city. He received his education in the common and high schools of Worcester, and in 1847, at the age of sixteen years, began his career as clerk in the store of John B. Wyman, who in 1850 sold his business to II. H. Chamberlain. Mr. Putnam remained in the employ of H. H. Chamberlain & Company and the succeeding firm, Chamberlain,
Barnard & Company, until 1857, when he was ad- mitted to the firm, then Barnard & Sumner, and later Barnard, Sumner & Putnam. In 1892 the business was transferred to a corporation under the laws of Massachusetts. Mr. Putnam was successively treas- urer and vice-president of the company and finally president, the position he still holds. In short, Mr. Putnam has risen from the position of a junior clerk to the head of one of the best known and most prosperous and thoroughly reliable department stores in New England. The business of the Barnard, Sumner & Putnam Company has shown a steady and healthful growth from the beginning, when Wor- cester was a mere village. In 1891 the facilities of the company were enormously increased by the erec- tion of a six story addition to the spacious Main street building, extending to Waldo street in the rear. Many new departments were added to the store.
Mr. Putnam is connected with various social and financial institutions of the city. He is a director of the Worcester Electric Light Company, the Sher- man Envelope Company, the Eastern Bridge and Structural Company, the Worcester & Holden Street Railway Company, and trustee of the Worcester Five Cent Savings Bank, and of the Worcester Music Hall Association. He was a director of the City National Bank and of the Worcester and Marlboro Street Railway Company before the con- solidation. He is a member of the Worcester Club, the Commonwealth Club, the Board of Trade, and honorary member of the Worcester Light Infantry, Battery B, and the Worcester Continentals. Mr. Putnam has been in the front ranks of the mer- cantile men of Worcester. He has always affiliated with the Republican party in politics, but his interest in municipal affairs particularly has not been nar- rowed by partisanship. He has always declined to accept publie office.
Mr. Putnam married (first) Harriet E. Waite, of Worcester, who died in 1863. He married (sec- 'ond) in 1866, Louisa Davis, of Lowell, who died March 25. 1892. They had one son, Arthur Davis; mentioned hereinafter. Mr. Putnam married (third) Florence Mace, of Baltimore, Maryland.
(IX) Davis Putnam, son of Otis Earle and Louisa (Davis) Putnam (8), was born at Worcester, Massa- chusetts, February 16, 1868. He attended the com- mon schools of the city, and for a short period of time prior to attaining his twentieth year was a student in the high school of that city. He then en- tered the employ of Barnard & Sumner, beginning in the position of clerk behind the counter, and learning the business thoroughly in each and every department. Finally, through the exercise of energy and determination, he advanced to the position of assistant treasurer, in which capacity he served the firm until the severance of his connection there- with in 1903. From that time until the early part of 1905 he took no active interest in business, then becoming connected with the Pepperell Card & Paper Company, from which he retired after serving a few months. Mr. Putnam was formerly a director of the Barnard, Sumner & Putnam Company. He is an attendant of Plymouth Congregational Church of Worcester, and served as its assessor for a period of six years. His political inclinations are strongly Republican. He is not affiliated with any orders, but is a strong spirit of good fellowship at the Commonwealth Club where he takes a great in- terest, having served on several committees.
Mr. Putnam married, May 21, 1890, Lou Frances Sartelle, daughter of Francis K. and Deborah ( March) Sartelle, of Worcester. Francis K. Sartelle was master mechanic of Washburn & Moen Manufac-
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turing Company for years and their Canadian repre- sentative until his death. Their children are: Ethel Davis, born April 18, 1891; Otis Francis, January 18. 1893; Arthur Davis, June 21, 1898, died Au- gust 25, 1899; and Louise Davis, May 20, 1903.
PAINE FAMILY. Stephen Paine, the founder of the Paine family in New England, came from Great Ellingham, county Norfolk, England, 1638, with a large company of emigrants from the neigh- borhood of Hingham, bringing his wife, three chil- dren and four servants, in the ship "Diligent." of Ipswich. He settled first in Hingham, Massachu- setts, but about 1643 removed to Rehoboth, of which town he was the founder. He possessed large estates in that and adjoining towns, was prominent in the affairs of the church and colony, and was representative to the general court for many suc- cessive years and until his death in August, 1679. His wife, "Neele," died at Rehoboth, January 20, 1660, after which he married Alice, widow of William Parker, of Taunton; she died December 5, 1682. Of his children, authentic records have been preserved of the sons, Stephen and Nathaniel. The third child mentioned as coming with the family from England probably died young. The first son, Stephen, had a very large family. Nathaniel, the second son, was the progenitor of the Worcester Paines.
(Il) Nathaniel Paine, son of Stephen Paine (I), settled in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, where he be- came a man of much influence and importance. He died in Boston, 1678, leaving a wife, Elizabeth, and one son Nathaniel.
(III) Nathaniel Paine, son of Nathaniel Paine (2), born at Rehoboth, October IS, 1661, married Dorothy, daughter of Jonathan Rainford, of Bos- ton. He was a judge of the court of common pleas, judge of probate, and a councillor of Massa- chusetts Bay. He died February 28, 1723. He had eleven children, Nathaniel, the fourth, being the pro- genitor of the Worcester Paines. There seems but little doubt that this was the Nathaniel Paine who in 1706 was appointed by the council of Massachu- setts Bay as one of a committee to consider the expediency of resettling the town of Worcester, and the building of the fort there, in accordance with the request of owners of land in that settlement. The request was not granted by the general court, as the disturbed condition of the times rendered the enterprise too dangerous to be sanctioned by the legislature. The children of Nathaniel Paine and Dorothy, his wife, were. I. Elizabeth, born Novem- ber 6, 1681, married Samuel Vernon. 2. Mary, born June 8, 1682, married Simeon Drown. 3. Hannah, born April 20, 1685, married Lient. Charles Church. 4. Nathaniel, born March 9, 1688, married Sarah Clark. He was the immediate progenitor of the Worcester Paines. 5. Edward, born October 7, 1690. died young. 6. Jonathan, born April 18, 1695, died young. 7. Alathea, born August 28, 1697, married Timothy Fales. 8. Sarah. born May 5, 1699, died in August same year. 9. Stephen, born 1701, gradu- ated at Harvard College in 1721. He was register of probate for Bristol county in 1721-49, judge of inferior court of common pleas for Bristol county, 1745, and until his death in 1749. 10 and II. Dorothy and Sarah, twins. born March 19. 1706: Dorothy married John Williams of Boston, October 13, 1726. and died in 1774: Sarah married Joseplı Russell, of Barnstable, and died in 1764. Mr. Paine died at Bristol, Rhode Island. February 28, 1723, and his wife, Dorothy (Rainsford) Paine, in Jan- uary. 1755.
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