James Edward PAYNTER

Abt 1823 - Aft 1863  (~ 41 years)

• Name	James Edward PAYNTER
  Birth	Abt 1823	St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	29 Sep 1823	St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
  Witness	15 Feb 1849	St Mary’s, Lambeth, Surrey, England
  Arrival	3 Sep 1849	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  Departure	6 Oct 1849	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  Immigration	12 Oct 1849	Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1856	Creswick, Victoria, Australia
  Witness	4 Mar 1863	Burrumbeet, Victoria, Australia
  Death	Aft 1863
  Person ID	I3	FHC006 - White Tree
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles Henry PAYNTER,   b. Abt 1790, Trekenning, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England d. 31 Dec 1838, St Aubin, Jersey, Channel Islands (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	Fanny PETER,   b. Abt 1793, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England d. 13 May 1888, 4 Alexandra Terrace, Penzance, Cornwall, England (Age ~ 95 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1818	St Columb Minor, Cornwall, England
  Family ID	F502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  INQUEST into Death of Henry Paynter, 4 March 1863 Evidence of James Edward Paynter of Burrumbeet: I am a labourer residing at Burrumbeet and a cousin of deceased. I remember the 26th day of February last. I went down to Lake Burrumbeet about 8 of the clock in the morning, when I saw deceased go out in a boat by himself, which he had got from Mr Miller of the Burrumbeet Hotel, to visit his brother who lives at the other side of the Lake. Deceased appeared to be [in] good health when he started. The boat is generally termed a small gig boat, capable of holding 7 persons. It appeared in good condition on starting. It was rigged with a jib, mainsail and jigspar. After she sailed I went up to the hut of the deceased about 400 yards from the edge of the Lake, where I remained for a few minutes, and then went down to the watering place of the Lake. I saw the boat. The deceased was in it and I thought all was right. In the afternoon of the same day between two and three of the clock, I went down to that part of the Lake Burrumbeet where a boat race was to take place that day. I found that the boat deceased went out in was not there. I then came back to see if the deceased had returned and found that he had not. Shortly afterwards I met two brothers of deceased named James and Francis Paynter, who told me they had seen the boat deceased went out in, bottom upwards in Lake Burrumbeet. In company with James and Francis Paynter I got a boat and went in to the Lake Burrumbeet and brought the boat which was bottom upwards on shore. On the evening of the same day I found the rudder washed on shore. I found the masts and sails of the boat were gone and both gunwales were broken.There were two oars at the bottom of the boat and some loose boards. I have been searching for the body daily since the occurrence took place. I was walking round the corner of the Lake Burrumbeet this morning. I saw a dead body floating on the water back upwards about a yard from the land. I have seen the body this day and identify it to be the body of Henry Paynter. It was blowing a very stiff breeze at the time deceased went out in the boat. He had on a shirt, trousers, shoes, sou’wester hat and a bit of flannel round his neck. When I found deceased this morning he had on trousers, waistbelt and flannel round his neck that he had on went he went out, but the shirt and boots and hat were missing. The verdict of the Coroner: The Deceased Henry Paynter was Found Dead in Lake Burrumbeet on the 4th March 1863 and that his death was caused by drowning on the 26th February last.?1 1 VPRS 24, P0, Unit 124, Item 1863/202. Public Record Office of Victoria.