Daniel Paine Sr. (ca. 1633-1677)

Daniel Paine first appeared in Northampton County, Virginia, on December 4, 1653, when William Whittington interviewed him for a court case against Robert Foster. The court estimated that he was about twenty years old, making his birth year around 1633.[1] In 1653, Northampton, Virginia, was a small but growing community on the Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore, primarily settled by English colonists. The region's economy was largely agricultural, with tobacco as the dominant crop. Northampton was significant for its fertile soil and strategic location for trade.

Daniel’s Country of Origin

It is unclear when Daniel arrived in Northampton County or from where he migrated. While Daniel may have traveled to the Virginia Colonies as a teenager, there is no teenage Daniel Paine on any manifests for ships that sailed to the colonies in the 1650s. This does not exclude this possibility since many early passenger lists were not preserved.

Daniel’s Parents

There is no evidence of Daniel’s parents. While three men with Paine surnames were shareholders in the Virginia Company,[2] no Paines appear to have been among the early settlers of Jamestown. No Paine appears on the list of original settlers compiled in 1607, but this list did not include the names of all settlers.[3]

The lists of settlers in the First and Second Supplies in 1608 do not include any Paines, but the list does not include all individuals.[4] In 1624, the Virginia General Assembly imposed a tax of ten pounds of tobacco for every male head above sixteen years of age.[5] The 1624 tax list for Jamestown colonists does not list any Paines.[6] A 1625 census of the 51 colonists living on the Eastern Shore does not include any Paines.[7]

The only Daniel Paine who appears on a ship manifest is the son of William Paine, who founded the village of Ipswich, Massachusetts. On April 15, 1635, at the age of 37, William left England on the ship Increase with his wife Anna (age 40) and their children: William (age 10), Anna (age 5), John (age 3), and Daniel (age 8 weeks).[8] In early 2025, William Paine’s ninth great-grandson took a Y-DNA test, and the results exclude William Paine of Ipswich as a common ancestor. Therefore, William Paine would not have been Daniel’s father.

In reviewing available records, the following individuals could have been Daniel Paine’s parents, but there is insufficient evidence to reach any conclusion:

  • James Paine: On November 13, 1688, John Wicks gave a deposition in the Accomack County Court and referred to a James Paine.[9] There are no further records of this James Paine.

  • Daniell and Margaret Pane: On June 21, 1629, “Daniell Pane”, born to Daniell and Margaret Pane, was christened in Saint Botolph Bishopsgate, London, England.[10] There are no further records of this family. 

  • Florentine and Marian Payne: Florentine Payne (b.ca. 1601) appeared in many court proceedings in Accomack/Northampton County, Virginia, from 1637 to 1647. A court on March 27, 1637, estimated him to be approximately 36 years old.[11] From the court proceedings, he appears to have been a trader. In 1642, Florentine transferred his right of assignment of land for the transportation of persons to Richard Lee, who was granted 1,000 acres of land on the north side of the Charles River in Poropotanck Creek.[12] He also served as a Virginia House of Burgesses member that same year, representing Elizabeth City, located at the mouth of the James River where it meets with the Chesapeake Bay.[13] He represented Elizabeth City again in the 1658-59 Virginia Assembly.[14]

  • John Paine: In 1623, John Paine was among the list of people living in Neck O’Land, Virginia after the 1622 Indian massacre.[15] He appeared in the 1624 tax list living in the Bermuda Hundred, aka Neck O’Land.[16] He did not appear in the 1624/5 Virginia Muster. There are no records indicating he married and had children, and no records of his birth or death.

  • Richard Paine: On December 31, 1619, a prisoner named Richard Paine was sent to Virginia.[17] There are no records indicating he married and had children, and no records of his death.

  • Thomas and Mary Payne: On December 11, 1636, a Daniel Paine was christened in England. He was born to “Thomas and Mary Paine” in Great Missenden, Buckingham, England.[18] On July 4, 1635, a Thomas Payne age 23 embarked from London to Virginia on board the Transport.[19] On June 30, 1646, John Stringer was given land in Northampton County for transporting a Thomas Paine to the colony[20], and in 1664, Thomas Payne appeared on the Virginia tithables list under Colonel John Stringer.[21] That same year, Thomas witnessed the sale of land by Thomas Dimmer to John Stringer.[22] There are no further records of Thomas and Mary Paine, their son Daniel, or any other children.

  • William Payne: A carpenter named William Payne appeared in several court cases in Accomack County. He may be the William Payne who was a stockholder in the Virginia Company. [23] In 1632, the court ordered William Whithart to pay William Payne two shillings for one day of work since he did not appear in court to testify in a case filed against Edward Drew.[24] On February 19, 1634, William Payne, aged 27, testified in court about a wager made by George Scovell that William Burdette would not marry the widow Sanders.[25] On November 3, 1634, Lewes Whyte testified that William Payne slept with Edward Drew’s wife while he was away.[26] On January 1, 1636, John Foster, aged 20, was ordered to pay W. Payne for W. Wattington one hogshead of tobacco.[27] On May 20, 1634, Captain William Claiborne paid carpenter William Paine to build a pinnace (boat) called the Longtail and shallop and for other boat works.[28] On January 6, 1645, the Northampton County Court ordered Thomas Cole to pay William Payne 638 pounds of tobacco.[29] The deposition of William Payne was taken in open court regarding another case involving Mr. Wallis, Mr. Spenser, and Henry Weathers.[30] There are no records indicating he married and had children, and no records of his death.

  • William Payne: A different William Payne who purchased a gown from Hugh Hayes. [31]  After he died, the court, meeting on February 19, 1634, ordered his administrators to pay the debt owed. There are no records indicating he married and had children, and no records of his death.

Daniel’s Wives

Around 1665, Daniel married Ann (Cozier) Burrell, the widow of Robert Burrell, who died before June 1665. [32] The marriage may have been why, on Jun 15, 1665, Daniel bought several household items from the estate of James Petti-John.[33]

After Ann died, Daniel married a woman named Elizabeth, whose surname is unknown.[34]

Daniel’s Life in Northampton County, Virginia

Daniel did not appear on a tax list anywhere in the Virginia colony until 1664, when he appeared on the Northampton County list in the household of William Satchell.[35] Daniel’s connection to William Satchell is unclear. A “William Satchill,” age 22, sailed for the Virginia Colony in 1635 on the Globe of London.[36] William Satchell wrote his will in 1679 and left his estate to his son John and two daughters, Ellen and Grace.[37]

In 1665, Daniel again appeared on the tax list, but this time with Richard Patrick and William Satchill was on his own.[38] In 1666, Daniel appeared on the tax list under Province Nelson[39]; in 1667, he appeared on his own.[40] He was on the tax list until 1671 when he stopped appearing even though he probably continued living in Northampton County.

Daniel was probably a trader since there were several court cases in Northampton County in which Daniel was ordered to pay bills due for tobacco and casks,[41]and others were ordered to pay him debts owed.[42] He must have been well respected in the county since he was appointed to sit on juries in 1667,[43] 1670,[44] and 1671.[45]  On August 28, 1668, he registered his cattle mark along with his stepson, Provost Burrell.[46]

Daniel’s Children

Daniel and Ann had three daughters and one son.[47] Daniel must have been a difficult man since, on her deathbed, Ann told her friend Elizabeth Denise that if Daniel remarried and her son Provost was in any way abused, she wanted Provost to be placed in the care of Charles Parker. On June 28, 1675, the court, based on Elizabeth’s testimony, ordered Daniel to deliver Provost to Charles Parker with the estate that belonged to him.[48]

Daniel’s Death

Daniel died sometime before September 22, 1677, presumably in Northampton County since this is where his estate was probated.[49] His widow, Elizabeth, relinquished administration of the estate to Colonel William Kendall, Daniel’s principal creditor.[50] The court ordered Kendall, as executor of Daniel’s estate, to pay Daniel’s debts.[51] After debts and court fees were paid, the court allowed Elizabeth to take several items from the estate, and the estate balance was divided among Daniel’s children.[52]

Since Daniel’s children were underage when he died, the Northampton Orphan Court placed them with guardians. His daughter Anne was placed with Thomas Harmanson,[53] Margaret with Walter Mathews,[54] and Isabel with Joseph Warren.[55] His only son, Daniel, was placed with Thomas Thompson, Daniel’s wife Ann’s half-brother.[56]

Footnotes

[1] Virginia, Northampton County. Deeds Wills Etc. No. 4 1651-1654. FamilySearch, Film #007645515, image 3 of 425 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-Y7WT?i=2&cat=372292, p. 189, image 195 of 425

 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-Y7J3?i=194&cat=372292.

[2] Kingsbury, Susan M. Records of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-26, Vol. III. (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1906-1935) 86-87. https://www.loc.gov/item/06035006/.

[3] Virtual Jamestown. Original Settlers (May 14, 1607) at Jamestown, listed by occupation. https://www.virtualjamestown.org/census2a.html.

[4] Virtual Jamestown. First Supply (January 1608): List of settlers by occupation. https://www.virtualjamestown.org/census3a.html. Virtual Jamestown. Second Supply (September 1608): List of settlers by occupation. https://www.virtualjamestown.org/census4a.html.

[5] Library of Virginia. Guide to colonial-era tithable lists in Virginia. https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/tithables.

[6] Jamestown City, VA Census 1624. http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/jamestown/census/jameship.txt.

[7] Turman, Nora Miller. The Eastern Shore of Virginia 1603-1964. (Onancock VA: The Eastern Shore News, Inc., 1964) 11.

[8] Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volume 5. (Boston MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999) 340.

[9] Virginia, Accomack County. Wills & C Orders 1682-1697. FamilySearch, Film #007643836, image 2 of 603 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9P4-NH25?i=1, p. 25, image 84 of 603 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9P4-NHJ1?i=83.

[10] England: Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch, 2014.) p. 64802692 of 6724997 https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/england-births-and-christenings-1538-1975/RecordDisplay?pageName=&rId=401219786.

[11] Virginia, Accomack County. Records 1632-1640. FamilySearch, Film #007643791, image 4 of 477 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P7-SW17?i=3, image 53 of 477, p. 66 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P7-S4WD.

[12] Library of Virginia. Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys Patents No. 1 1623-1643 vol. 1&2. Richmond VA: State of Virginia) 797 https://image.lva.virginia.gov/LONN/LO-1/001/701-800.html

[13] A History of the Virginia House of Delegates, Burgesses & Delegates. https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/1124.

[14] Standard, William Glover. The colonial Virginia register: a list of governors, councillors and other higher officials, and also of members of the House of Burgesses and revolutionary conventions of the colony of Virginia. (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publication Co., 1965) 74.

[15] Jamestowne Society. Lists of the livinge & dead in Virginia – February 16th, 1623 and the list of those killed during the uprising March 22, 1622. https://www.jamestowne.org/1623-lists-of-living--dead.html

[16] Coldham, Peter W. The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987) 35.

[17] Ibid, p. 15.

[18] England: Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch, 2014.) p. 59774220 of 6724997 https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/england-births-and-christenings-1538-1975/RecordDisplay?pageName=&rId=396191314.

[19] Coldham, Peter W. The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660, p. 153-54.

[20] Mackey, Howard and Marlene A. Groves eds. Northampton County Virginia Record Book Court Cases 1664-1674. Vol 9. (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2003) 9.

[21] Virginia, Northampton County. Tithables 1662-1664 1675-1677. FamilySearch, Film #007645516, image 3 of 547 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P6-B3YD?i=2&cat=372158, p. 97, image 9 of 547 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P6-BQ7B?i=8&cat=372158.

[22] Mackey, Howard and Marlene A. Groves eds. Northampton County Virginia Record Book Court Cases 1664-1674. Vol 8. (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2003) 341.

[23] Kingsbury, Susan M. Records of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-26, Vol. III. (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1906-1935) 86-87. https://www.loc.gov/item/06035006/.

[24] Virginia, Accomack County. Records 1632-1640. FamilySearch, Film #007643791, image 4 of 477 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P7-SW17?i=3, p. 3, image 21 of 477 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P7-SWTX?i=20.

[25] Virginia, Accomack County. Records 1632-1640, p. 12, image 26 of 477 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P7-SWRK?i=25.

[26] Virginia, Northampton County. Order Book No. 1 1632-1640. FamilySearch, Film #007645603, image 5 of 224 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9P6-BHN7?i=4&cat=370362, p. 24, image 32 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P7-S4MS?i=31.

[27] Virginia, Accomack County. Records 1632-1640, p. 64, image 52 of 477 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P7-S49N?i=51.

[28] "Claiborne vs Clobery et als. In the High Court of Admiralty," Maryland Historical Magazine 28, (1933): 40. https://mdhs.msa.maryland.gov/pages/Viewer.aspx?speccol=5881&Series=1&Item=109.

[29] Mackey, Howard and Marlene A. Groves eds. Northampton County Virginia Record Book Court Cases 1645-1651. Vol 3. (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2000) 12.

[30] Ibid. p. 37.

[31] Virginia, Accomack County. Records 1632-1640, p. 23, image 33 of 477 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P7-SWY9?i=32.

[32] Virginia, Northampton County. Order Book No. 10 1674-1679. FamilySearch, Film #007645503, image 237 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YWLT?i=236&cat=399930, p. 48, image 279 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y7VT.

[33] Virginia, Northampton County. Order Book No. 9 1664-1674. FamilySearch, Film #007645511, image 4 of 495 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XWCQ?i=3&cat=372292, p. 9, image 21 of 495 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XWH3?i=20&cat=372292.

[34] Ibid.

[35] Virginia, Northampton County. Tithables 1662-1664 1675-1677. FamilySearch, Film #007645516, image 3 of 547 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P6-B3YD?i=2&cat=372158, p. 97, image 9 of 547 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P6-BQ7B?i=8&cat=372158.

[36] Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 4. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014) 261. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/rd/21068/261/1426553880.

[37] Virginia, Northampton County. Order Book No. 11 1678-83. FamilySearch, Film #007645503, Image 435 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YWZB?i=434&cat=372292, p. 71, image 480 of 1136,

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y71B.

[38] Virginia, Northampton County. Order Book No. 9, p. 14, image 26 of 495 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XWCT?i=25&cat=372292.

[39] Ibid, p. 29, image 44 of 495 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XWQ2?i=43&cat=372292.

[40] Ibid, p. 42, image 58 of 495 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XWW6?i=57&cat=372292.

[41] Ibid, p. [unreadable], image 37 of 495 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XW44?i=36&cat=372292 and p. 27, image 42 of 495 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XWD6?i=41&cat=372292.

[42] Ibid, p. 92, image 108 of 495 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XWSV?i=107&cat=399930.

[43] Ibid, p. 37, image 53 of 495 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XWZ8?i=52&cat=372292 and p. 44, image 60 of 495 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XWH5?i=59&cat=372292.

[44] Ibid, p. 91, image 107 of 495

 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XWWP?i=106&cat=399930.

[45] Ibid, p. 112, image 128 of 495 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XW3G?i=127&cat=399930.

[46] Walczyk, Frank V. Cattle Marks of Northampton County, Va 1665-1742. (Coram NY: Peter’s Row, 1999) 10.

[47] Virginia, Northampton County. Order Book No. 10, p. 208, image 359 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y766?i=358&cat=399930.

[48] Ibid, p. 48, image 279 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y7VT.

[49] Ibid, p. 208, image 359 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y766?i=358&cat=399930.

[50] Ibid, p. 201, image 355 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y7X1?i=354&cat=399930.

[51] Ibid, p. 223, image 367 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YWDT?i=366&cat=399930 and Northampton County, Virginia. "Order Book No. 11, p. 18, image 454 of 1136. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y4M7?i=453&cat=372292.

[52] Virginia, Northampton County. Order Book No. 10, p. 251, image 381 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YW8S?i=380&cat=399930.

[53] Ibid, p. 317, image 409 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y7ZX?i=408&cat=399930.

[54] Ibid, p. 221, image 366 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YW6H?i=365&cat=399930.

[55] Ibid, p. 160, image 335 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YWXV?i=334&cat=399930.

[56] Ibid, p. 158, image 334 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y76R?i=333&cat=399930.