Charles PAYNTER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Jan 1791, Penzance, Cornwall, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Boskenna, St Buryan, Cornwall, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Penzance, Cornwall, England
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, 18 Morrab Place, Penzance, Cornwall, England
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, 18 Morrab Place, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Notes:

Bibliotheca Cornubiensis 1874:
Paynter, Commander Charles R.N. (son of Charles paynter). b. Penzance Jan. 1791. d. 18 Morrab Place, Penzance, 18 March 1873.
O'Byrne's Naval Biog. Dict.
"Instinct and Mind" by Philaletheia (pseud. of Charles Paynter). Published in 1868 by Plymouth Herald Office. 22 pages.
Charles was promoted to Lieutenant
Reserve Half-pay Lieutenant

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O'BYRNE"S NAVAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY:
Lieutenant 1814.
Charles Paynter, born in January 1791, is second son of the late Charles Paynter, Esquire, of Penzance, himself the son of Francis Paynter,Esquire,of Boskenna, near that place. An heiress of the house of Paynter, Margaret Paynter of Trelissick, become the wife of John Hearle, Esquire,and wasthe mother of three daughters, co-heiresses, who allied themselves to families of eminence, one espousing Commissioner Wallis, thecircumnavigator,another Henry Hawkins Tremayne of Heligan, and the third Col. Fras. Rodd of Trebartha. Lieutenant Paynter is cousin of CommanderJohn Pender PaynterRN [brother of Charles Henry & Thomas Francis], and a distant relation of Captain William Pender Roberts RN.
He entered the Navy on 12 July 1803, as First-Class Volunteer on board the "San Josef" 110, Captains John Tremayne Rodd and Tristam RobertRicketts,bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Charles Cotton.
On leaving that ship, of which he had been nominated Midshipman in October 1803, he was again, in January 1806, placed under the orders ofCaptainRodd on board the "Indefatigable" 44. Uniting on the 15 July 1806, with the boats of a squadron under Sir Samuel Hood, he assisted atthecutting-out, in the face of a desperate and well-concerted resistance, at the entrance of the River Gironde, of the French corvette "LeCesar",mounting 16 guns, with a complement of 86 men, who, with a loss to themselves of 14 killed and wounded, occasioned one to the British of 9killedand 39 wounded.
In April 1809 the "Indefatigable" formed part of the force employed in Lord Cochrane's operations against the French Fleet in Aix Roads, where onthe12 April, she was for upwards of 10 hours exposed to the fire of the enemy's batteries, and was for 50 minutes engaged in close action with "LaVillede Varsouie" of 80 guns, which ship during the previous night had run ashore. The only injury sustained by the "Indefatigable" on the occasionwasthe loss of her main topmast.
On 13 January 1810, having been placed in charge of a schooner captured on the coast of Spain, Mr Paynter had the misfortune to be wrecked onthePenmarck rocks and taken prisoner. The hardships he at first experienced were such as to throw him on a bed of sickness. In the course oftime,however, he recovered; but it was not until December 1813 that he was restored to liberty.
He then, having effected his escape, made the best of his way to Holland, whence he embarked for England.
On his arrival in February 1814, he was ordered on board the "Prince" 98, flagship of Sir Richard Bickerton, at Portsmouth, where in the courseofthe following month he passed his examination.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 27 June in the same year; and was lastly, from the ensuing November until paid off in September1815,employed with Captain Rodd on board the "Warrior" 74.
During the passage home of that ship from the West Indies, in the summer of the latter year, she was caught in a violent hurricane, wastotallydismasted, received 11 feet of water in her hold, and all but foundered., Occupation

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Nov 1757, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

Charles married Judith TYETH on 15 May 1784 in St Mary Magdalene, Launceston, Cornwall, England. Judith was born about 1761; died in 1849 in Penzance, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Boskenna, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: Abt 21 Apr 1715, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

Notes:

Francis became Registrar of Court of Peculiar, St Buryan in 1744.

He inherited Boskenna but wasted much of the family fortune. It is said that he threatened John Wesley with a whip when he was preaching at StBuryanin 1766.
"Boskenna and the Paynters" page 21-22.
"The Wesleys in Cornwall" page 15 and 146.
'Methodism in St Buryan" introduction and page 3 below:-
Extract from John Wesley's diary, Saturday September 6th, 1766:
"At eight I preached at Mousehole, a large village south-west from Newlyn. Thence I went to Buryan church, and, as soon as the service wasended,preached near the churchyard to a numerous congregation. Just after I saw a gentleman before me, shaking his whip and vehemently striving tosaysomething. But he was abundantly too warm to say anything intelligibly; so, after walking a while to and fro, he wisely took a horse and rodeaway."

Francis married Mary GULLY about 1739. Mary (daughter of Samuel GULLY and Mary BATTIN) was born about 1719 in Tresillian, Newlyn East, Cornwall, England; died in Jan 1782 in Boskenna, St Buryan, Cornwall, England; was buried on 10 Jan 1782 in St Buryan, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Abt 17 Feb 1719, Newlyn East, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: Abt 21 Sep 1675, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

Notes:

In Visitations of County of Cornwall, Francis is described as "of Boskenna, named in the will of his brother-in- law Francis PAYNTER and inhisfather's will (1723)."

Francis and Mary moved into Boskenna when they married in 1713. Francis was appointed Solicitor of the Court of Chancery in 1730.

Francis married Mary HAWKEY about 20 Aug 1712 in Colan, Cornwall, England. Mary was born about 1675; died in Oct 1764 in Boskenna, St Buryan, Cornwall, England; was buried on 21 Oct 1764 in St Buryan, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary's husband Francis died

Notes:

St Newlyn East: a history of the parish"
The Manor of Tresillian is situated in the north-east of the parish, about one mile east of Trerice.
In 1694 Samuel Gully acquired the freehold together with the nearby farm of Trevarthian. It was passed to his son Samuel, who married PhillipaPraterin 1738.
"The Bennets of Tresillian" has the full story of the property.

Samuel married Mary BATTIN about 25 Oct 1714 in Ladock, Cornwall, England. Mary died in Nov 1728 in Newlyn East, Cornwall, England; was buried on 11 Nov 1728 in Newlyn East, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]