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Thomas Paine 1520 – 1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Boxsted, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 17 Nov 1587

Death Location: Lavenham, Suffolk, England

Father: Lord Payne

Mother: Lady Chichester

Spouse(s): Jane Haiwarde

Children(s): Thomasine Harssant

The story of Thomas Paine began in 1520 in Boxsted, Suffolk, England. Thomas Paine married Jane Joann Haiwarde, and had children including Thomasine Lady of Cransford Harssant. Thomas Paine passed away in 1587 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Thomas Paine began in 1520 in Boxsted, Suffolk, England.
  • Thomas Paine married Jane Joann Haiwarde, and had children including Thomasine Lady of Cransford Harssant.
  • Thomas Paine passed away in 1587 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Payne
1483 – 1526
Birth Location: Frittenden, Kent, England
LP
Lady Chichester
1500 – 1548
Birth Location: Frittenden, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Sandwih Kent, England
LC

Spouses(s)

Jane Haiwarde
1506 – 1594
Birth Location: Boxsted, Suffolkshire, Canterbury, England
JH

Children(s)

Thomasine Harssant
1535 – 1579
Birth Location: Cransford,,Suffolk,England
TH

Thomas Paine's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Paine
1520 – 1587
Birth Place: Boxsted, Suffolk, England
Parents
Lord John Payne
1483 – 1526
Frittenden, Kent, England
Lady (Katherine Elizabeth) Chichester
1500 – 1548
Frittenden, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Sandwih Kent, England
Grandparents
John (Sir) Chichester
1474 – 1536
Raleigh, Barnstaple, Devon, England
Countess (Cecily) Daubeney
1474 – 1507
Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Paine's Descendants

1.
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Thomas Paine (1520 – 17 Nov 1587) m. Jane (Joann) Haiwarde (1506 – 1594)
  1. 1. Thomasine (Lady of Cransford) Harssant (1535 – 10 April 1579) m. Thomas (Harasant de) Cransford (1525 – 10 Apr 1579)
    1. 1. Catherine (Payne) Harssant (1550 – 18 May 1620) m. Lord (Robert de) Stacy (1547 – 23 Feb 1588)
      1. 1. Lady (Sarah Elizabeth) Stacy (18 Jun 1573 – 1628) m. William (Giles) Dickinson (1570 – 1628)
        1. 1. Nathaniel ((arrived 1634)) Dickinson (3 May 1601 – 16 Jun 1676) m. Anna ((Annis Bench or Bincks ) Ward (Widow Gull)) Binckes (23 Feb 1605 – 23 Feb 1679)

Thomas Paine's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Thomas Paine in Boxsted, Suffolk, England
Boxsted, Suffolk, England
1587
17 Nov 1587
Age 67
Death of Thomas Paine in Lavenham, Suffolk, England
Lavenham, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Boxsted, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Nov 1587
    Event Place: Lavenham, Suffolk, England
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