Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Paine, Byron December 26, 1830 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 February 21, 2009, 9:24 am Author: Hardin & Willard Paine, Seth, Warren, a descendant of a Paine who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, was born in Connecticut about 1750, and settled in Paine's Hollow, on about 1,000 acres, where he died. His wife was a Swift, who bore him five sons, Thomas, William, James, Seth and Chester, and five daughters. Seth Paine, jr., was born and lived and died in Paine's Hollow. His wife was a Miss Filer, who bore him two children, Seth J. and Jane. After Mr. Paine's death, his widow married John Sage, and died in Buffalo in 1858. Seth B. Paine was born in Paine's Hollow in 1805. He was a cabinet maker. He married Loretta Averill, who bore him two children, Charles and Byron. He went to Ohio to look up a location, and died there. Mrs. Paine returned to her parents, Dr. Jonathan and Anna (Watkins) Averill, where Byron Paine now lives, and where Mr. Averill died in 1833. Byron Paine was born in Bridge water, Oneida county, December 26, 1830, and after his father's death came to where he now resides. He learned the carpenter trade, and also carried on wagon making. He and his brother own two farms. He has held several town offices, and is an active Republican. He is unmarried. Chas. Paine was born in Warren; is a wagon maker and farmer. He married Calferna, daughter of John and Hannah (Yule) De Voe, who has borne him two children, John and Frank. Byron Paine is a leading and influential Mason. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/paine943gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb