This web site is dedicated to compiling the vast number of descendants of Ralph Pain, b. abt. 1650/1660 (place unknown) and d. December 1727. If you have ancestors from the area of Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts who bore the Pain/Paine/Payne name, chances are you are one of us. Please join us on this web page! (And bookmark this site.)
Note that some of the information on the attached pages is fairly reliable, while some other parts are quite wrong. We strive to compile the truth, but please do not rely on this data exclusively. Where possible, we always quote the origins of the data to provide you with your own research opportunities.
Please email me to be added to the Ralph Pain Researchers List. Copy and paste the following text into your email:
Researcher's name: (Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss)
Email address:
Researching the following descendents: Ralph & Dorithea ...(fill in the blanks) [me] b. 19xx in [birth place]
What genealogy software do you use, if any?
Can you provide a gedcom file or an .rtf (word processing) file of your line?
(.rtf is preferred. Please omit the vital information about living relatives. If you would like to attach your file at this time, feel free to do so. All files may be copied to the Internet, or appended to our master database, unless you direct me not to.)
Reference Materials:
Ralph Pain and His Descendants: The First Four Generations, by Robert Gerrity, [email protected]
Ralph Pain and His Descendants: Generations 5 through 10, by Robert Gerrity, [email protected]
Descendants of Joseph Pain, by Robert Gerrity, [email protected]
Ralph Pain, E.W. Peirce's original article in NEHGS Register vol. 15
