Paul, James 1657

 Family Group Sheet

Name:   James Paul

Birth:  7 Apr 1657

Place:  Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Death:  14 Jan 1723/1724

Place:  Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

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Father:  William Paul

Mother:  Mary Richmond

Spouse:  Mary _____

Marriage:  5 Mar 1683

Place:  Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Children:

Name:  James Paul

Birth:  1685

Place:  Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Death:  18 Feb 1725

Place:  Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Spouse:  Mary Phillips

Name:  Mary Paul

Birth:  1687

Place:  Dighton or Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

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Spouse:  Daniel Bartlett

Name:  Hannah Paul

Birth:  1689

Place:  Taunton or Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

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Spouse:  Robert Alexander Pigsley

Name:  William Paul

Birth:  1691

Place:  Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Death:  1732

Place:  Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Spouse:  Mary Whitmarsh

Notes:

There is an interesting article in the latest issue of TAG [Vol. 73, No. 4, pg. 312] concerning the Paul family of Taunton.  The title is "Who was the mother of James Paule [1657 - 1724] of Taunton, MA?"  The author presents a hypothesis that James Paul was born to a Katherine [_____] Innes wife of Alexander Innes, because she and William Paul were charged with adultery two months before James was born.  It is a very interesting article.  I am aware that William Paul was whipped for adultery and eventually bannished from Taunton for distemper of spirits, but the case of adultery that I am aware of the woman was married and her husband was also punished - put in stocks for leaving his wife and putting her in a place of temptation.  I seriously question if a mother in Puritan Massachusetts would give her son the name of a man she wasn't married to.  It will take more evidence than someone making wild guesses to convince me.  However, since I am a descendant of James, I may be prejudiced.

Ed Paul - from GenForum