We received the following Family Tree from:
Robert Paine rpfla@flatoday.infi.net
PAINE FAMILY TREE
BENJAMIN PAINE (1700- )
Came to Holbrok,Ma. from what is now Braintree, Ma. He purchased
a piece of land in Holbrook containing about 37 1/2 acres,
east of the Cochato river, from John Thayer about the year 1725.
His house was situated on the present corner of Union and Water
Streets where the Greenhatch >residence is now located.
It is said that Benjamin Paine was impressed into His Majesty's
Service in an expedition against Cape Breton, Canada, in 1745.
He and his wife Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Copeland) had six
children.
LIEUT. NATHANIEL PAINE (1727-1781)
Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth, resided on the homestead of his
father to which he made considerable additions by purchases of
land.
He was a soldier for a short time in the French and Indian War
and was a lieutanant in a minute man company at the start of the
Revolutionary War.
He and his wife Hannah (daughter of Joseph Wales) hade five
children.
BENJAMIN PAINE (1759-1823)
Son of Nathanial and Hannah, was a farmer and mill owner, and
resided in a house destroyed by fire in1876.
He saw considerable service in the Revolutionary war, part of
which was as an artillerist in the Continental Army.
Later he received a cut on one of his limbs which made amputation
neccessary, after which his occupation was shoe making.
He and his wife Mary (daughter of Micah Thayer) had six children.
One of these was:
BENJAMIN PAINE (1785-1867)
Benjamin was a cordwainer by trade and was an ensign in the East
Randolf militia company.
He lived in a house which still stands opposite the Union
Cemetary at 180 Union Street, Holbrook, Ma.
He was the father of the following:
WILLIAM (1810-1867).
GEORGE W. (1814-1894).
BENJAMIN (1816-1885)
ROYAL (1821-1893) who fathered:
ROYAL W. (1865-1938) who fathered:
ROYAL LELAND (1899-1966) who fathered me:
ROBERT LELAND (1924- )
I seek the 1st Benjamin. I wonder if he went to Canada or to the
French-Indian wars.
He never returned to Holbrook, Ma.
If you can help, please contact: Robert Paine at rpfla@flatoday.infi.net