PAINESVILLE, city, seat (1840) of Lake County,
northeastern Ohio, U.S., near the mouth of the Grand River and
Lake Erie, 30 mi northeast of Cleveland. The site, first settled
permanently by Gen. Edward Paine with a party of 66, was laid
out around 1805; it was known variously as The Opening, Oak Openings,
and Champion (for Henry Champion, original owner of the plot).
In 1816 the community was renamed to honour Paine and was incorporated
as a village in 1832. Jonathan Goldsmith, an architect of the
Western Reserve period, built many elegant homes there in the
1820s, some of which survive. The Cleveland, Painesville and
Ashtabula (now Penn Central) Railroad came through in 1853, and
the nursery business, now extensive, began in 1854. Lake Erie
College (founded as Willoughby Seminary for women in 1847) was
moved to Painesville in 1856. The village remained mainly residential
and became a city in 1902. Since 1940 it has developed industrially
as part of Lake Erie's "Chemical Shore." Pop. (1980)
16,391.
General Edward Paine (1745-1841)
He entered the patriot army in 1775. from
Bolton, Connecticut and was comissioned an ensign on May 1, in
Captain Parson's Company, Colonel Waterbury's Regiment of the
Connecticut militia and served until Dec. 1. His company was
discharged at the end of seven month's enlistment. He again entered
the service, in June 1776, and was comissioned first lieutenant
in Captain Briggs' company, Colonel Comfort Sage's Connecticut
Regiment, was ordered to New York and was in the army at the
time of the retreat to White Plains. On March 21, 1777 he was
comissioned lieutenant of the 5th Company of the Alarm List,
19th regiment of the Connecticut militia and on May 23, 1777,
he was comissioned captain of the same organization and served
as captain for two years to the close of the year. After the
war, he moved to Amenia, Dutchess County, New York and later
settled at Aurora, New York. While living in Aurora New York,
1792 to 1794, he was appointed lieutenant colonel commandment
of one of the militia regiments in Onondaga County. In 1798,
the militia was formed into a brigade and Edward was appointed
Brigadier general. He represented his district in the legislature
in 1798 and 1799. His son came to Ohio and talked his father
into moving to Ohio. The John Walworth family had settled here
and they were good friends of the Paines. He conceived the project
of making an excursion into Ohio for the purpose of trading with
the Indians. With this in view, he and his oldest son, Edward
Paine, Jr., started on their perilous journey and reached the
mouth of the Cuyahoga, now the site of Cleveland, and selected
a place at which to establish themselves. In October of 1800,
he was elected to the Territorial Legislature and was instrumental
in settling the town of Painesville in 1805. One of the things
that he also did in Ohio was lay out the Old Chilicothe Road
under the authority of the state in 1802. He was allowed a pension
on his application executed Aug 11, 1832, while a resident of
Painesville. Obituary: The Telegraph, Painesville, OH, Vol. Vii,
No. 83, Wed., Sept. 1, 1841.
Stephen Paine IV (1708-~1797)
Father
Born in April, 1708 in Rehoboth, MA. His father
died when he was two years old and his brother Edward, was a
few months old. He and his mother and brother moved to Preston,
CT. He eventually moved to North Bolton (later Vernon) and acquired
a large estate. He married Deborah Skinner of Bolton, farmed
his land and raised ten children. He was reputed to be a religious
man, a patriot, public spirited and devoted to the cause of independence
for the colonies. He was a soldier in the French and Indian War.
Because he was approaching the age of seventy when the Revolution
began, he was too old to volunteer himself, but he encouraged
all of his sons to fight for the cause. All seven responded and
served. He died in Ellington, CT at the age of eighty nine, at
the home of his youngest son.
Stephen Paine III
(1654-1710)
Grandfather
He was twice representative in Colonial Parliament.
Stephen Paine II (1629-1677)
Great Grandfather
He was one of the three children who came
from England with his parents,when about four years of age, in
1638. He was married in 1652 to Ann, daughter of Francis Chickering
of Dedham, MA, and admitted Freeman in 1657, taking the oath
of Fidelity and becoming a prominent citizen of Swansey and Rehoboth,
MA. He became a landowner and operated a tannery. He died in
Rehoboth a few months before his father. He had nine children,
six boys, three girls. Stephen Paine II, along with his father,
extended his holdings and acquired lands from Wamsutta, son of
Massasoit. He and his father built houses in Swansea, and Stephen
II acquired additional land in what is now Attleboro. Wamsutta
died and his brother Metacomet succeeded him as Sachem or Chieftan,
of the Wampanoag Tribe. The name King Philip was bestowed on
Metacomet by the English as a flattering title because the relationship
between the Indians and the Puritans had been friendly, and Metacomet
had been generous in their dealing. However, as the immigration
increased by large numbers and the settlers began to encroach
without any treaty or compensation to the tribes, it is understandable
that King Philip took exception to these attitudes. He foresaw
doom for his people unless they unified and resisted. He was
successful in organizing the Confederation of the Narangassett
tribes. By 1675 there was repeated meddling in Indian affairs
by the settlers and this arrogance at length provoked savage
attacks on the settlements. Belatedly, the English succeeded
in forming a limited Confederation of their own, comprising several
of the Colonies. Stephen II was an active participent in the
King Phillips War in 1675, contributing money and his personal
services to carry it on and fought in the English ranks under
Major William Bradford. By uniting, and with superior weapons,
they managed to defeat the Indians after several months. It was
the end of the Narangassett Confederation, although fighting
continued along the northeast frontier. Indian women and children,
including King Philip's wife and son, were sold into slavery
in the West Indies. King Philip was captured and killed. His
head was sent to Plymouth and set on a pole in a public place.
It remained there in ghoulish display for twenty five years.
The pious Puritans had made their point. Murder of their own
was intolerable.
Stephen Paine (1602-1679)
Great-Great Grandfather
He came from Great Ellingham, County of Norfolk,
England in 1638 and was a miller by trade. He evidently financed
his move to New England by selling "Heynons", his home
in Great Ellingham, to his father-in-law, John Adcocke, and seven
rods of land and other properity to his mother and stepfather,
Margaret & Francis Stacye. Steven was among one of eleven
"shippers of wheat & malt bound from Yarmouth to New
England. He arrived on the ship "Diligent" from Ipswich
with a large company of emigrants. He brought his wife Rose,
three children and four servants. They settled in Hingham, Plymouth
Co., Massachusetts, named after the home town and already established
since 1635. In 1643 the family moved to a new area, and Stephen
Paine was one of the founders and first proprietors of Rehoboth,
MA, on the borders of Rhode Island. Records show that he became
one of the grantees of an eight-square mile plot of land which
was then purchased from Massasoit, Sachem of the Wampanoag Indians.
In 1642 he became one of the original proprietors. In 1647 he
was elected a deputy to the court at Plymouth and then continuously
until 1660 and at various times thereafter until 1671. Stephen
owned and operated a sawmill. He continued to aquire property
both in Rehoboth and in nearby areas. On December 25, 1660 he
became one of the orginal proprietors of Swansea and also of
Sowams, now Warren, RI. In 1661 he was one of a group which pyrchased
from Wamsutta, son of Massasoit, Sachem of Pokanoket, land later
named Attleboro, MA. He also owned much land in what is now Barrington
& Warren, RI. He was prominent in the affairs of the Church
and colony. He was representative to the General Court for many
successive years until his death in 1679. He was an ancestor
of the Rehoboth branch of the most extensive divisions of the
Paine family of this country. His wife, Nellie (sometimes called
Rose), died in Rehoboth, January 20, 1660, after which he married
Alice, the widow of William Parker of Taunton, MA. She died in
December, 1682. Of the children of Stephen I, authentic records
have been preserved of two, Stephen and Nathaniel. His will and
the inventory of his estate are on file in the Boston State House.
Taken from the Extensive Payne/Paine Family
Website, by Steven L. Payne,
http://stevepayne.home.mindspring.com/
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