Person:Thomas Paine (57)

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Thomas Paine
 
m. Bef 23 Apr 1641
  1. Rebecca Paine1642 - 1680
  2. Thomas Paine1643/44 -
  3. John Paine1646 -
  4. Elizabeth Paine1647/48 -
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Name Thomas Paine
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Mar 1643/44 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[2] 24 Mar 1643/44 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936)
    Vol. 1, p. 2.

    1644
    Thomas, the Son of Thomas & Rebecca Paine, was born the 29 of the 1 m'o.
    [Note: a birth on the 29th is not possible if the baptism occurred on the 24th (see next source). Online (here) the record does say 29, but it appears to be a copy, since the writing is so consistent and regular, unusual if a collection of records collected at different times over years. Also, the context suggests they are arranged chronologically in which case 29 would be out of order. For these reasons, it seems very likely the birth was actually the 20th and mistranscribed when the copy was made.]

  2. Hill, Don Gleason, Editor. The Record of Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, and Admissions to the Church and Dismassals Therefrom: Transcribed from the Church Records of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1638-1845. Also all the Epitaphs in the Ancient Burial Place in Dedham, Together with the Other Inscriptions before 1845 in the Three Parish Cemeteries. (Dedham, Mass.: Town of Dedham, 1888)
    Vol. 2 (of Dedham Early Records), p. 28.

    Thomas ye sone of o'r brother Thomas Paine & his wife Rebecka was baptised 24'd 1'm 1644.
    [Note: In old-styles dates, the first month is March. More info may be found here.]