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Nancy Boston Paine

first name
Nancy
last name
Boston Paine
gender
female
birth, death year
1768 , 1838
first, last year in records
1820, 1820
confidence level
confirmed identity
freed status (year freed)
unknown
enslaver(s)
location(s)
Deerfield, MA   Hadley, MA  
place of origin

Bio

Nancy married Charles Paine, Jr. of Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1820. She died on October 30, 1838, at the age of 69.

Sources Consulted

A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Vol. II, George Sheldon, 1895-96, p. 258 in genealogy section

Primary Source Entries for Nancy Boston Paine

Entry Source Vol Name Date entry id
• Boston, Nancy of Hadley and Charles Pain, int. Oct. 5, 1820 Deerfield Vital Records to 1850 Marriages 1820 Oct 5 1488
• Among the first documented free black families in Deerfield, the Paines moved here in 1786 and stayed until at least 1830. Leavitt, Sarah A., The African American Presence in 19th Century Deerfield Single 1786 2063

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