Yep, Robert Treat Paine was my cousin. I descend from the Paines who went to Minot and and Oxford Maine. This lineage is correct. BTW, my Paine lineage has been accepted by the GSMD. all the best, Father John >From: "Dianne B. Kenny" <d_kenny@enteract.com> >To: MAYFLOWER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MFLR] question - Declaration of Independence >Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 14:30:19 -0600 > >According to the Stephen Hopkins Silver Book, Hopkins descendant Robert >Treat Paine signed the Declaration of Independence. He was a delegate to >the Continental Congress, the first Massachusetts attorney general, and a >Massachusetts supreme court judge. His lineage: > >Stephen Hopkins & first wife > Constance Hopkins & Nicholas Snow > Mary >Snow >& Thomas Paine > James Paine & Bethiah Thacher > Thomas Paine & Eunice >Treat > > Robert Treat Paine > >Dianne Kenny > > > >> Does anyone know if the Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower is related to >the > >> Stephen Hopkins who signed the Declaration of Independence? Thanks > >> > > > > I recall that, according to "Notable Kin" by Gary Boyd Roberts, there is >no > > relation. However, I think that there was a signer of either the >Declaration > > of Independence or the Constitution that was a descendant of Stephen >Hopkins. > > Perhaps someone who has the Stephen Hopkins Silver Book may be able to >shed > > further light on this. > > > > Rick in AZ (a descendant of Chilton, Cooke, Hopkins, Soule and Warren) > > > > >==== MAYFLOWER Mailing List ==== >Check out the web page of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants at >http://www.mayflower.org/ _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail