My Mom's Mayflower line from William Brewster

For years, I had felt bad that I had numerous Mayflower connections on my Dad's side of the family.  It was through my work on the Maine 1790 Families series on my ancestor, Thomas Paine, I uncovered his baptism in Portland, then Falmouth, Maine in 1755 to make my first connection to the Pilgrims on my Mother's side.  It would be the first of several.

1) WILLIAM BREWSTER was born about 1566 in England. Scrooby England is commonly believe to be the place, but no direct proof of this has been found.  William was an early religious reformer in England and like many of the Pilgrims who went to Leiden, Holland where they were free to practice their reformed religion. In 1619, William and Edward Winslow published a book critical of King James and his bishops and an order for his arrest was issued.  William went into hiding until passage on the Mayflower in 1620 was secured.  Once in Plymouth, William became the senior elder and religious leader of the Colony.  William died April 10, 1644 in Duxbury, Massachusetts.  His wife's name was Mary, her exact surname has not been found in records.

2) PATIENCE BREWSTER was born about 1603, probably in Scrooby, England.  She arrived in New England on the ship "Anne" in 1623.  She married THOMAS PENCE on August 5, 1624 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Thomas would become Governor the Plymouth Colony.  Patience had only 4 children before her death in 1634.

3) HANNAH PRENCE was born before 1633 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  She married NATHANIEL MAYO on February 13, 1649 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  His will dated December 19, 1661 and proved March 4, 1662 named his surviving children and his wife Hannah.  Hannah remarried to JONATHAN SPARROW before 1669.  She had 6 children with her first husband and three with her second husband. [My mother is a descendant of both of Hannah's husbands]

4) PATIENCE SPARROW was born October 25, 1675 in Eastham, Massachusetts.  She married JOSEPH PAINE on May 27, 1671 in Eastham, Massachusetts.  They would eleven children together.  She died on October 28, 1745 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

5) JONATHAN PAINE was on December 10, 1710 in Harwich, Massachusetts.  He married MARCY DOANE on February 1, 1733 in Eastham, Massachusetts.  The births of five of their children were recorded in Eastham.  Jonathan and Mercy Paine were admitted to the First Church of Falmouth, Maine (now Portland) in 1750.  Jonathan drowned in Casco Bay in Maine in 1762.  His widow and children remained in Falmouth.  The death notice for Marcy Paine appeared in the Portland Gazette, issue of April 18, 1803.

6) THOMAS PAINE was baptized in 1755 at the First Church of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).  He appears the Maine 1790 Families, vol. 10, pp 443-8.  I also submitted the biographies for his mother Marcy and any of his children who appear on the 1790 census of Maine.  Thomas married ANNA HASKELL on December 6, 1781 in Portland, Maine.  Thomas was a Revolutionary War soldier.  He died July 11, 1747 in Pownal, Maine.

Gravestone of Thomas Paine
Warren Cemetery, Pownal, Maine

7) THOMAS PAINE Jr. was born January 19, 1791 in Gorham, Maine.  He married ANNA MARSTON on February 18, 1813 in Pownal, Maine.  He lived in Pownal until 1830 when he was living in Guilford, Maine.  He died at age 47 years on March 21, 1838 in Guilford, Maine.  His widow remarried to William M. Robinson on March 12 1843.

8) JACOB PAINE was born Aug 20, 1823 in Pownal, Maine.  He married 1) HANNAH ROBINSON on November 22, 1846 in Guildford.  She would die less than a year after the birth of her 4th child.  Jacob married 2) Elizabeth Smith January 9, 1858 in Guilford, Maine.  Jacob was a farmer in Guilford and moved to Atkinson, Maine before 1870. He died in Atkinson on October 18, 1908.

Jacob Paine, his 2nd wife Elizabeth,
and 4 of their children

9) HENRY BRAGG PAINE was born November 10, 1848 in Guilford, Maine. He married 1) ELSIE LEONA WOODWARD on November 8, 1885 in Atkinson, Maine.  She was the niece of his best friend David Woodward.  They had two children together before Elsie's death in 1891.  Henry then married Iva Moulton on May 27, 1894 in Atkinson, Maine.  They had four children together before Iva's death in 1910.  Henry never remarried and died July 26, 1933 in Atkinson, Maine.

Henry Paine 1885

10) EMMA LEONA PAINE was born September 20, 1886 in Atkinson, Maine.   She married her step-mother's younger brother, CHARLES PRESCOTT MOULTON on April 11, 1904 in Atkinson, Maine.  For more on Emma see my blog 13 Generations of Mothers and Daughters.

Emma Paine in 1887

Walden and Emma Paine
Children of Henry and Elsie Paine

Emma (Paine) Moulton

11) Children of Charles and Emma (Paine) Moulton

Back: Reggie, Bob, Clarence
Front: Myrtle, George, Gladys

Reggie, Gladys, Clarence,Llewellyn, Bob and Ruth

To my cousins who descend from Charles and Emma Moulton, you can determine your descent from William Brewster and are  eligible to join the Mayflower Society.