1st wife of William Paine

William Paine / Payne was an early resident of New Haven Colony.[1] Nothing is known of his life before he arrived in New Haven. There were a few William Paynes who migrated to New England on known ships, but none of them were this colonist.

He married twice. The name of his first wife, who was the mother of his children, never occurs in New Haven records. He married in later life, Mary Edwards, the widow of Francis Brown. She died in 1693.[1]

Children with first wife

1. Mercy; m. 9 June 1664 John Frost
2. Elizabeth; m. 11 Oct 1666 Thomas Sanford
3. John b. c. 1649; m. (1) Abigail Brockett; m. (2) Mary LIttle

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• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Unknown_%2824726%29
  • Payne, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974) 6:1379.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/UNKNOWN-41570