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• m. Rebecca Doane*, on Jan. 20, 1685. She was b. May 12, 1668, Eastham MA; d. Dec. 19, 1758, Canterbury CT. She is the daughter of John Doane* and Hannah Bangs*.
• Elisha and Rebecca had 10 children:
  • Abigail Paine*; (1686-1762)
    • m. Josiah Cleaveland* (1690-1750) on Aug. 7, 1710. Abigail and Josiah had 11 children all born at Canterbury CT.
  • Rebecca Paine; b. c1690; d. prob. Feb., 1784, Canterbury CT.
    • m. Edward Cleveland (1686-1771) of North Kingston RI. They had 8 children all born in Canterbury CT.
  • Abraham Paine; b. bap. 1691, Barnstable MA.
    • m. Ruth Adams; b. Dec. 10, 1691, daughter of John Adams and Michall Bloice. They had 10 children.
  • Elisha Paine; b. Dec. 29, 1693, Eastham MA; d. Aug. 26, 1775, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County NY.
    • m1. Mary Johnson. daughter of William Johnson and Mary Cook. Elisha and Mary had 9 children.
    • m2. Anne ___?
  • Mary Paine; b. Feb. 1, 1695/6, Eastham MA; alive on Feb. 1, 1768.
    • m1. Robert Freeman (1696-1754), on Apr. 5, 1722 at Truro MA, son of Constant Freeman and Jane Treat. Mary and Robert had 9 children.
    • m2. Edward Waldo (1684-1767), after Dec. 13, 1757, son of John Waldo and Rebecca Adams.
  • Solomon Paine; b. May 16, 1698, Eastham MA.
    • m1. Ruth Carver (1701-1731), on Mar. 2, 1720/21, daughter of David Carver and Ruth Whitmarsh. Solomon and Ruth had 6 children.
    • m2. Priscilla Fitch (1702/3-c1784), on May 31, 1732, at Canterbury. She is a daughter of John Fitch and Elizabeth Waterman. Solomon and Priscilla had 3 children.
  • Dorcas Paine; b. Feb. 24, 1699/1700, Eastham MA; d. Mar. 3, 1745, Canterbury CT.
    • m. David Adams (1699-1759), on Aug. 27, 1723, son of Jonathan Adams and Leah Gould. They had 8 children.
  • Constance Paine; b. Feb. 17, 1704/5, Canterbury CT.
    • m1. William Baker (Jr.)(1708/9-1735), on Apr. 27, 1730, at Canterbury. He was the son of William Baker and Rebecca Backus
    • m2. Joshua Paine (1697-1775), on Jan 6, 1736/7, at Canterbury. He was the son of Thomas Paine and Hannah Shaw. Joshua and Constance were 1st. cousins to each other and had 6 children.
  • Hannah Paine; b. ___?; d. ___? received by the Canterbury Church, Aug. 6, 1721 (at age 15?).
    • m. ___? Watts, after Jan. 15, 1729/30 (according to a Paine genealogy)
  • John Paine; b. July 12, 1707, Canterbury CT; d. May 18, 1753, at Southold, Suffolk County NY, by an accidental shooting by Richard Howser who thought he was shooting a deer.
    • m. Sarah Church (1713-a1756) on Feb. 12, 1729/30, at Canterbury. She is the daughter of Samuel Church and Elizabeth (Burr) Clark. They had 5 children.

Brief Biography:

Elisha's father, Thomas Paine* (the younger Thomas) died at Eastham MA on Aug. 16, 1706, as an "aged" man, according to the Hopkins genealogy. The younger Thomas, is thought to be the son of an elder Thomas Paine* who settled in Yarmouth MA in 1639. Evidently both the elder Thomas and his son, the younger Thomas, emigrated from England prior to 1639 when the younger Thomas was 10 years old. The younger Thomas lost the sight of one eye from an arrow. He was made a Freeman of the Plymouth Colony on June 1, 1658. He and Giles Hopkins served as surveyors of highways for Eastham in 1662. Thomas was also Treasurer, Clerk, and a Selectman of Eastham, and in 1671, the younger Thomas was named Water Bailiff of Plymouth Colony.

Thomas Paine* (the younger) was a cooper and builder of mills. In March of 1696 he bought a home in Boston and represented Eastham in the Massuchusetts General Court, until Oct. 13, 1997, when he sold his Boston home and moved back to Eastham.

Elisha's mother, Mary Snow* (c1630-1704) is the daughter of Nicholas Snow*. Nicholas arrived on the ship, Ann, in 1623. Mary's mother, Constance Hopkins*, came to Plymouth with her father, Stephen Hopkins*, on the ship, Mayflower, in 1620.

References:

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 6 - 2nd . Ed. - Stephen Hopkins, pub. by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1995.