Here is the Thatcher PAINE and Huldah RICH Paine info we have been looking for and which you may find interesting. We had sent a query to RICH-L list but got no replies; however, we did get a reply on the MAYFLOWER-L list, saying that they had gone to Jay, Maine. We checked at NEHGS this week and, sure enough, we found 'em! I am also including info on Thatcher's ancestors. /FrankJ Thatcher PAINE b. 27 Dec 1742, Truro, MA m. 19 Mar 1767, Truro, MA d. 3 Jul 1828, Jay, ME wife Huldah RICH (Sylvanus (3), Richard (2, 1) b. 4 July 1747, Truro, MA d. 28 Mar 1839, Jay, ME children: 1. Mary b. 21 July 1768, Truro (died young) 2. Thomas b. 18 June 1770, Truro, MA m. (1) Mehitable Bartlett m. (2) Susan _______ d. 23 July 1852, Jay, ME 3. Sarah b. 30 June 1772, Truro, MA m. Thomas Rich (Richard (4), John (3, 2), Richard (1) 25 Sept 1793 d. 12 Aug 1816, Truro, MA 4. Thatcher Jr. b. 6 Apr 1774 Truro, MA m. Rebecca Harding 1797 (of Provincetown) d. 29 March 1855, Jay, ME 5. Mary b. 3 Nov 1776, Truro, MA. Singlewoman d. 12 Dec 1851, Jay, ME. 6. Sylvanus b. 21 June 1778, Truro, MA m. Lucinda Leach of Jay, ME d. 3 July 1857, Jay, ME 7. Solomon b. 21 May 1781, Truro, MA m. Sally Dascomb, 1814, Jay, ME d. 25 March 1861, Jay, ME 8. Elizabeth b. 9 Aug 1783, Truro, MA m. Thomas Fuller d. 9. Betty (Betsey) bapt. 17 July 1785 m. Israel Rich Bean, 1809 at Jay, ME. d. References: Truro Vital Records - 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820 Census Barbara Baker History of Jay, Maine by Virginia Plaised Moulton Jay, Maine Vital Records NEHGR Vol LXXXIV, Descendants of Richard Rich of Cape Cod __________________________ Ancestors of Thatcher Paine According to Paine Family Records, H. D. Paine (1880-1883) and Mayflower Families / Hopkins, Vol. 6 Thomas (1) Paine settled in Yarmouth in 1639. Thomas (2) Paine 2d came to New England at age 10 m. Before April 1651, Mary Snow d. Will dated May 1705 Thomas (3) Paine b. ca. 1656-7 in Eastham, MA m. (1) 5 Aug. 1678 Hannah Shaw m. (2) 8 March 1714/15 Elizabeth (___) Aires d. 23 June 1721, Truro, MA Jonathan (4) Paine b. 1 Feb 1685/6 Eastham, MA m. (1) 27 Oct 1709 Sarah Mayo at Eastham, MA m. (2) 29 June 1719 Mary (Scammon) Purington d. May 1751, Truro, MA Daniel (5) Paine b. 12 May 1716 Truro, MA m. 25 June 1741 Elizabeth Thatcher d. 25 Jan 1785, Truro, MA Thatcher (6) Paine b. 27 Dec 1742 Truro, MA m. 19 March 1767, Huldah Rich at Truro, MA d. 3 July 1828, Jay, ME _____________________________________________