Robert Treat Paine was born in Boston Massachusetts on March 11, 1731. He was then baptized by Reverend Thomas Prince. Thomas Prince was a pastor of the Congregational church at Weymouth, Massachusetts. Robert was a statesman, patriot, judge, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was a representative of Massachusetts when he signed the Declaration of Independence. The signers of the Declaration were not a group of heartless, morally inactive people. They were smart people with more virtuous