Sarah (Cobb) Paine (1744 - 1816)

Born 15 May 1744 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Treat Paine — married 15 Mar 1770 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 6 Jun 1816 at age 72 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Paul Leonard [send private message]

Biography

Sally Cobb Paine was born and reared in Taunton, Mass., where her father, Captain Thomas Cobb, was a prominent citizen, magistrate, and member of the legislature, who in 1754 had commanded a Taunton company in the French and Indian War. Her mother was Lydia Leonard, whose father and grandfather, both, of whom were called Captain James Leonard, had been prominent in the early history of Bristol County. Her brother, Gen. David Cobb, served all through the Revolution, three years of that time being an aide on the staff of Washington.

Sarah married Thomas Treat Paine at Attleborough on March 8, 1770.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-YX5N : 25 February 2020), Robert Treat Paine and Sally Cobb, 8 Mar 1770; citing Marriage, Town of Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009342.

• "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVK-KZF9 : accessed 7 May 2015), Sarah Cobb Paine, 1816; Burial, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America, Granary Burying Ground; citing record ID 21653990, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.