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Jon Meacham

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Thomas Paine

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Jon Meacham — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1262 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Paine 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Shaw   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Feb 1681/1682 
  • Birth Location:
  • Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Apr 1745 
  • Death Location:
  • Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Thankful Cobb
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 May 1705 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Thankful Paine (Ahnentafel No:631 )

  Thomas Paine

  James Paine

  Hannah Paine

  Hugh Paine

  Samuel Paine

  Mary Paine

  Abner Paine

  Ephraim Paine

  Mercy Paine

  Paine

  Sarah Paine

• Sources for Thomas Paine

  • ¹ Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 6, 3rd ed., Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001), 40, 159-160, 273, 444.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 801.

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