Daniel Paine Jr. (ca. 1670-1709)

Daniel and Ann Paine’s son, Daniel, was born around 1665, most likely in Northampton County, Virginia, where Daniel and Anne lived. There are no records of his birth, but we know that Daniel and Ann had a son named Daniel from a guardianship petition that mentions Daniel as the son of Daniel Paine.[1]

After Daniel’s father died, the Northampton County Court on May 15, 1677, appointed his maternal uncle, Thomas Thompson, as his guardian.[2] Two years later, The court ordered William Kendall, a local attorney, to pay 600 pounds of tobacco owed to Daniel Paine’s estate to Thomas as Daniel’s guardian.[3] On July 28, 1680, Thomas confirmed to the court that he delivered a cow and yearling heifer for Daniel to use for his tuition.[4]

Daniel presumably studied to become a cordwainer since there are several references to this as his profession in court cases. In 1698, Daniel posted a notice that he would give a pair of shoes to anyone who found his runaway horse.[5] When Daniel purchased the property from William Willett in 1702, he was referred to in the deed as a cordwainer.[6]

In Colonial Virginia, cordwainers were men who created shoes from new leather, as opposed to cobblers, who created shoes from used leather and repaired shoes. Cordwainers were highly valued in the colonies since sturdy shoes were essential to the colonists’ survival.[7] Captain John Smith, leader of the Virginia Colony in the early 17th century, wrote a letter to the Master Wardens and Society of the Cordwayners in London encouraging members to join the Virginia Company. He described that for want of shoes, they tied tree bark to their feet to keep them from being cut by the shells.[8]

In May 1689, Daniel was presented to a Grand Jury for having a child out of wedlock.[9] He appeared in court on October 1, 1689, to answer the allegations and paid a security to the court.[10] Nothing is known about his child or the child’s mother. In July 1695, he agreed, along with three other men, including Thomas Thompson, to pay a fine of 5,000 pounds of tobacco for the widow Anne Smith for having a child out of wedlock.[11] This was probably Daniel’s sister, Anne.

Daniel’s legal issues do not appear to have lowered his status in the community since he was appointed to serve on the Grand Jury six years later, in May 1695.[12] He was appointed to the Grand Jury again in 1701.[13]

On September 28, 1697, Daniel purchased 150 acres of land from his uncle and former guardian, Thomas Thompson, for 8,000 pounds of tobacco.[14] This may have been in anticipation of his marriage to Hannah Scarborough, which occurred sometime before October 1702 when Hannah’s father Matthew gave her land in Somerset County, Maryland, and identified her as Daniel Paine’s wife.[15] Hannah Scarborough was the great-granddaughter of Captain Edmund Scarborough, who, as Justice of the Peace, opened the first court of what was then called Accawmacke Shire on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.[16] Her great uncle, Colonel Edmund Scarborough, was one of the most prominent and ruthless politicians in Accomack County.[17]

According to Daniel’s will, he and Hannah had three children – John, Daniel, and Esther.[18] In 1705, he took on a new apprentice named George Thompson to learn the trade of shoemaker.[19] It is unclear whether George was related to Daniel’s guardian, Thomas Thompson, who passed away in 1702.[20] In 1707, the Northampton County Court summoned Daniel to explain why he had not submitted a bond for George as his apprentice.[21]

Daniel died sometime after signing his will on May 9, 1709,[22] and July 28, 1709, when his widow Hannah entered the will into probate.[23] On May 19, 1710, the court accepted the inventory of his estate and the distribution of his assets to his heirs.[24]

Footnotes

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

[2] Ibid.

[3] Northampton County, Virginia." Order Book No. 9 1764-1774," database, FamilySearch, Film #007645511, Image 4 of495.  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XWCQ?i=3&cat=372292.  Pg. 17, Image 453 of 1136 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y4M9?i=452).

[4] Virginia, Northampton County. Order Book No. 11 1678-83. FamilySearch, Film #007645503, Image 435 of 113. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YWZB?i=434&cat=372292 p. 85, image 487 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y49C?i=486&cat=372292

[5] Virginia, Northampton County. Orders, Wills & C No. 13 1689-1698. FamilySearch, Film #007645503, image 852 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y7YS?i=851&cat=372292, p. 492, Image 1114 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y76P.

[6] Virginia, Northampton County. Deeds Wills Etc. No. 12 1692-1707. FamilySearch, Film #007645510, Image 572 of 1047 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89PX-68M7?i=571&cat=370362, pp. 302-304, images 730 & 731 of 1,044 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TC-NWHM?i=729.

[7] The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, Text (https://cordwainers.org/timeline/ : accessed 19 December 2024), Timeline.

[8] Smith, John. Writings with other narratives of Roanoke, Jamestown, and the first English settlement of America. (New York: Library of America, 2007) 201.

[9] Virginia, Northampton County. Order Book & Wills No. 12 1683-1689, p. 460, image 844 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y7Y7?i=843&cat=399930.

[10] Ibid, p. 429, Image 828 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YWBD?i=827&cat=399930.

[11] Virginia, Northampton County. Orders, Wills & C No. 13 1689-1698, p. 320-321, image 1028 of 1136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YW24?i=1027&cat=372292.

[12] Ibid, p. 315, image 1025 of 1136, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YWK1?i=1024&cat=372292.

[13] Virginia, Northampton County. Orders, Wills & C No. 14 1698-1710. FamilySearch, Film #007645502, image 4 of 1,174 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YCMV?i=3&cat=372292, p. 63, image 56 of 1174 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YHBS.

[14] Virginia, Northampton County. Deeds & Wills No. 12 1692-1701, pp. 164-166, image 660 of 1,044 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TC-NWCC?i=659.

[15] Maryland, Somerset County. Land records, 1665-1850, Liber F-H 1773-1790. FamilySearch, Liber F at Image 33 of 820.

[16] Wise, Jennings C. Ye kingdome of Accawmacke; or, the Eastern Shore of Virginia in the seventeenth century. (Richmond, Virginia: The Bell Book and Stationery Co., 1911) 81. https://archive.org/details/cu31924076360118/page/n93/mode/2up.

[17] Wikipedia, Text (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Scarborough : accessed 19 December 2024), Entry for Colonel Edmund Scarborough.

[18] Virginia, Northampton County. Wills Deeds Etc. 1708-1717. FamilySearch, Film 007645514, image 170 of 570 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TC-NSQT-1?i=169, pp. 79-80, images 215-216 of 570 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TC-NSQY-9.

[19] Virginia, Northampton County. Orders, Wills & C No. 14 1698-1710, p. 267, image 159 of 1174 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YHRX.

[20] Ibid, p. 94, image 73 of 1174 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YHYJ.

[21] Ibid, p. 335, image 183 of 1174 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YHPT?i=181&cat=372292.

[22] Virginia, Northampton County. Wills Deeds Etc. No. 19 1708-1717. FamilySearch, Film 007645514, image 170 of 570 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TC-NSQT-1?i=169, pp. 79-80, images 215-216 of 570 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TC-NSQY-9.

[23] Virginia, Northampton County. Orders, Wills & C No. 14 1698-1710. FamilySearch, Film #007645502, image 4 of 1,174. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-YCMV?i=3&cat=372292, p. 483, Image 256 of 1174 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y4DZ?i=255&cat=372292.

[24] Virginia, Northampton County. Deeds Wills Etc. No. 19 1708-1717, p. 171, image 261 of 570 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-67XM?i=260&cat=370362.