Mary Paine was born about 1616 in England. She died 12 February 1687, probably at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.[1]
Mary was the daughter of Anthony Paine, one of the founders of Portsmouth. She had the unique experience, for a young woman of that time, of owning a piece of land. Mary had purchased the land before her marriage to John Tripp, giving in payment a small quantity of wine. Although the man who conveyed the land, neglected to give her a deed, the colony confirmed her title more than twenty-five years later.[2]
Mary married John Tripp about 1639, probably in Portsmouth.[2][3] John was another one of the founders of Portsmouth.[2]
“and after a while I married a wife whose maden name was Mary Paine I being about thirty or twenty eight years old or thereabouts and the Lord hath given us Eleven Children”[4]
Origins
The Relation of John the Founder allowed for the discovery and subsequent publishing of the English ancestry of this Tripp family.[4] In this document, John Tripp himself gives details of his family and immigration to New England. This research corrects and supersedes much incorrect speculation from the past.[5]
Children of John Tripp and Mary Paine
John Tripp married about 1639 Mary Paine, probably in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.[6] She was the daughter of Anthony Paine and Rose Potter. John Tripp and Mary Paine had the following children: [2]
John was born 1640, and died 20 November 1719. He married Susanna Anthony 7 September 1665, daughter of John Anthony and Frances. She died after 1716.
Peleg was born about 1642 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island and died 13 January 1713/14. He married Anne Sisson. She died after 1713.
Joseph was born 1644, and died 27 November 1718 in Dartmouth, MA. He married Mehitable Fish 6 August 1667, daughter of Thomas Fish and Mary Soule. She was born 1650 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and died unknown.
Maryabeth was born 1646, and died after 1716. She married Gershom Wodell, son of Willim Wodell and Mary. He was born 14 July 1642, and died unknown. She married Jonanthan Gatchell 5 March 1682/83. He died unknown.
Elizabeth was born 1648 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, and died 1701 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. She married Zuriel Hall, son of William Hall and Mary Thomas. He was born 13 July 1642, and died 5 September 1691 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.
Alice was born 1650, and died unknown. She married William Hall 26 January 1670/71, son of William Hall and Mary Thomas. He was born 1645 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, and died 1698.
Isabel Tripp was born 1651, and died before 1716. She married Samson Shearman (Sherman) 4 March 1674/75. He was born 1642, and died 27 June 1718.
Abiel was born 1653, and died 10 September 1684. He married Deliverance Hall 30 January 1678/79, daughter of William Hall and Mary Thomas. She was born 1655 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, and died 1721.
James was born 1656, and died 30 May 1730 in Dartmouth, MA. He married Lydia. She died unknown. He married Mercy Lawton 1 January 1681/82, daughter of George Lawton. She died before 1685. He married Elizabeth Cudworth 12 August 1720. She died after 1729.
Martha was born 1658, and died after 1717. She married Samuel Shearman (Sherman). He was born 1648, and died 9 October 1717.
Note: Sylvanus Tripp of Maine (b abt 1662, and who may also have been of Lincolnshire) was not one of John and Mary’s children.
In 1649 Mary was mentioned in her father’s will:[7]
I Anthony Paine in my perfect memory doe manifest my minde and Last will is to giue & bequeath vnto my daughter Alee one Anthony Cow shee or hur husband painge vnto my daughter Mary tripp so Paine his much as y c Cow is Judged to be more worth, then the heffer, and to be made vp Equall out of y e Cow, And further my minde and will is, to make my wife Rose Paine wholl & Soull Executrex to see my y e former Couinant, and my last will performed, and my debts paide, and m' Porter and wflliam Baulston to see my Estate Equaly deuided
my hand this 5 th of may 1649
william freeborn The Marmot
Anthony Paine
the marke of Thomas wait William Baulston
This is a trew Copie of y e last will of Anthony paine deceassed
philep Sherman Genorall Recorder
Taken out of y e Genorall Recorders office and Entred in to y e
Records of y e towne of portsmoth
By me Richard Bulgar
Towne Clarke
Mary and John Tripp gave her stepmother, Rose Weeden, executrix of Anthony Paine’s will, a receipt:[7]
where as by y e Last will, and first Couinant of Anthony Paine Deceassed there wos a legacye dew ynto mary the wife of John Tripp this writinge witneseth that I the said John Tripp and Mary my wife, haue Receued of Rose weeden Executrex to Anthony Paine Deceaste full Satisfaction for whot so Euer wos dew to vs, Either by last will or first Couinante, wee say Receued full Satisfaction
in witnes here of we haue here vnto sett our hands this 18 th day of march 1650
John Tripp
. ,_ . , James weden . , ,, ,
A trew Copie by thtmrkc U
me Richard Bulgar Mary Tripp
towne Clarke Richard Hart
Mary married, secondly, 4 Apr 1682, Benjamin Engell. All her children were grown and married by that time.[2]
Events
Event:
Date: 1641
Place: Purchase of land
Note: Mary purchased a three-acre lot from Richard Searl in 1641 for a pint of wine; the sale took place at the home of Richard Baulstone, where Mary was evidently a barmaid (RIHSC 25:71). This site later served as the base for the ferry operation. (The court made good the sale 25 years later in 1666).[2][8]
Richard Searl, a seaman in the early 1600's sold his three acre tract of land to Mary Paine for one pint of wine. She married John Tripp and later, on part of this land, they lived in a house and operated a ferry to Bristol. Their home is now the present address of the Pocasett Country Club." John Tripp also had a ferry here and the first mention made is in 1676 when Captain Church of Tiverton, the famous Indian fighter, crossed to Bristol on Tripp's ferry. John Tripp died in 1677 and his wife Mary, continued the business probably with male help. She received a license in 1679 to sell food, drink and entertainment. In 1722 Abiel Tripp now calls himself a ferryman of Portsmouth."[4]
Event:
Date: 1679
Place: License to Sell Victuals and drink — In April of the year 1679, "the widow Mary Tripp" receives from the Town Council" a License for one year to Sell Victuals and drink to Travelers and to afford them entertainment as may bee needful and Conveient.[4]
Event:
Date: 15 January 1685 Stephen Manchester and Elizabeth gave receipt for #10, legacy from will of John Tripp to his grandaughter Elizabeth Wodell, who Stephen had married; the said John Tripp's widow and executrix Mary, having married Benjamin Engell and these two last named having delivered the #10 to Peleg Tripp, uncle to Elizabeth, for her use. Receipt was now given for same by Elizabeth, to both her uncle Peleg and Benjamin Engell and Mary."[9]
Sources
↑ Sumner, Edith Bartlett, comp. Ancestry and Descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsey Baldwin. Los Angeles, California. 1954.
↑ Neil D. Thompson, "Some Observations on the Ancestry of John Tripp, Emigrant to Portsmouth, Rhode Island," in ‘’The Genealogist,’’ Volume 10, Number 2 (Fall 1998), Page 195-199.
↑ The Genealogist, vol. 10 no 2. (Fall 1989):195-199. Some Observations on the Ancestry of John Tripp, Emigrant to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, by Neil D. Thompson.
↑ Neil D. Thompson, "Some Observations on the Ancestry of John Tripp, Emigrant to Portsmouth, Rhode Island," in ‘’The Genealogist,’’ Volume 10, Number 2 (Fall 1998), Page 195-199.
↑ 7.07.1 Portsmouth (R.I.); Perry, Amos, 1812-1899; Brigham, Clarence Saunders, 1877-1963. The early records of the town of Portsmouth. E.L. Freeman & Sons, state printers. Providence, R.I. 1901. pp 384-5
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