Thomas Paine
BIRTH
Feb 9, 1737
Norfolk, England
DEATH
June 8, 1809
New York City, New York
FAMILY
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Paine, Thomas
(1737-1809)
Thomas Paine was an English-born political writer whose pamphlet Common Sense made a powerful case for American independence in 1776. His American Crisis essays encouraged the Patriot cause during the war and became some of the Revolution's most influential writings.
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WIFE
Mary Lambert
(1740-1761)
WIFE
Elizabeth Ollive
(c. 1750-1808)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Washington's Crossing Historic Park | 1112 River Rd, Washington Crossing, PA 18977 | MUSEUM | ||
Bailey's Printshop Marker | 15 W King St, Lancaster, PA 17603 | MARKER | ||
Common Sense Print Shop Marker | 225 S 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 | MARKER | ||
Thomas Paine Death House Marker | 61 Grove St, New York, NY 10014 | MARKER | ||
Thomas Paine House Marker | 154 Farnsworth Avenue Bordentown Falls Township, NJ 08505 | MARKER |
DIED:
New York City, New York
Jun 8, 1809
Thomas Paine was born on Feb 9, 1737 in Norfolk, England. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies Thomas Paine with work or public activity as a writer. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Thomas Paine died on Jun 8, 1809 in New York City, New York. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.