The Burial Site
Paine moved into the cottage in 1802 and lived there until 1806. The property is one of many Paine received from the state of New York, and it’s where he spent most of his later years.
Paine passed away in 1809. He originally wanted his remains buried in the Quaker cemetery, but they rejected his request due to his literature. His second choice was to have his remains buried on the idyllic farm at the cottage, and his remaining friends and family fulfilled his wishes.
However, trouble soon came to paradise. A radical Anglophile, William Cobbett, demanded to have the remains removed to make a larger cemetery and had Paine’s remains disinterred in 1819.
Paine’s remains were on-route to England, but they mysteriously disappeared. Because of this, local legend says that Thomas Paine’s spirit still lurks around the property, bemoaning his forever disrupted rest. Some people who visit the Thomas Paine Cottage claim to have seen an entity lurking around the old memorial grounds.
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