William Paine (physician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Paine (physician)

Massachusetts physician and politician

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1750

Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1833

Profession: physician, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About William Paine (physician)

  • William Paine (June 5, 1750 – April 19, 1833) was a physician and political figure in New Brunswick.
  • He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1786 to 1787.
  • Paine was unusual in that he was a United Empire Loyalist who chose to return to the United States. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Timothy Paine and Sarah Chandler.
  • He was educated at Harvard College, then studied medicine with Doctor Edward Augustus Holyoke and set up practice in Worcester in 1771.
  • In 1773, he married Lois Orne.
  • In 1774, he signed a protest against the activities of the pre-revolutionary committees of correspondence.
  • He was censured for his protest and, later that year, travelled to England to continue his medical studies.
  • Paine received an M.D.
  • from Marischal College in Scotland.
  • He returned to North America and served as apothecary for the British forces.
  • In 1782, he was sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • Paine was granted land near Passamaquoddy Bay in New Brunswick.
  • He first settled on Letete Island (later Frye's Island) but later moved to Saint John.
  • He served on the city council in 1785 and was elected to the legislative assembly later that year.
  • He returned to Massachusetts to settle his financial affairs there and decided to remain there, despite having been proscribed in the Massachusetts Banishment Act of 1778.
  • He settled first at Salem and then Worcester.
  • He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1791.
  • In 1812, he became an American citizen.
  • Paine became an honorary member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and was a founding member of the American Antiquarian Society.
  • He died at Worcester at the age of 82. He was a direct maternal ancestor to Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

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