Ancestry of Dr.
Vannevar Bush

President, Carnegie Institution of Science

Elkanah Paine

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Vannevar Bush — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 96 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Paine 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Shaw   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Feb 1692/1693 
  • Birth Location:
  • Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Jun 1774 
  • Death Location:
  • Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • North Truro Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Reliance Young
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Mar 1719/1720 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Elisha Paine

  Elkanah Paine (Ahnentafel No:48 )

  Phineas Paine

  Sarah Paine

  Joshua Paine

  Reliance Paine

  • Notes: 

  • Claims that Elkanah Paine mentioned a son Lombard Paine in his will are false.

• Additional marriages for Elkanah Paine

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  • Spouse:
  • Hannah - - - - - -
  • Marriage Date:
  • from 1757 to 1773
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts

• Sources for Elkanah 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, 164-165, 432.
  • 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), 523.