Alice UNKNOWN

Alice married John HARVEY before 1739. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: Abt 26 Mar 1738, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

Jenny married John PENDER on 7 Jul 1760 in Madron, Cornwall, England. John (son of John PENDER and Margaret NETTLE) was born before 20 Jan 1733 in Madron, Cornwall, England; died in 1767 in Penzance, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 29 Jun 1761, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Margaret married Francis PAYNTER on 7 Jun 1784 in Madron, Cornwall, England. Francis (son of Francis PAYNTER and Mary GULLY) was born before 1 Dec 1748 in St Buryan, Cornwall, England; died in Mar 1822 in Trekenning, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England; was buried on 16 Mar 1822 in St Columb Major, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 11 Mar 1763, Penzance, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: 10 Apr 1765, Penzance, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: 29 Mar 1785, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Union Square, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Fore St, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England

Notes:

Francis had a large county practice and the business was still being conducted in St Columb Major in 1881 under the name of Paynter & Whitford.

"Bennets of Tresillian" by R. G. Kerswell:
There was a long-running dispute in the 1810s & 1820s between the two brothers of the Bennet family and their Receiver's Accounts ie of Francis Paynter, and following his death, of his son Francis Camborne Paynter, made more complicated by the fact that F.C. married one of their sister’s, Elizabeth. Bennet. Neither of the Paynters and their firm are thought of in a very good light.
Elizabeth and Francis brought up her two young nephews, Richard and John Bennet when their mother Loveday died in 1821.

Will of father Francis Paynter, 9 July 1819.
Francis’ will requests that he be buried “as near as conveniently may be to the remains of my late beloved wife.” Margaret had died only the year before. He asked that his funeral “be private and conducted with as little expense as common decency will admit of.”
Francis states that he has already made liberal provision for his son Francis Camborne Paynter, with which “he has declared himself fully satisfied.” He was to be given a further sum of twenty guineas as a mark of his father’s “affection and regard.” Also to his wife Elizabeth, five guineas, and two guineas for his grandson Edward* “to be laid out in some article of remembrance.”
Francis states that he has spent two thousand pounds on his son Charles Henry Paynter, plus an annual sum of two hundred and fifty pounds for his personal expenses. Francis says that “I cannot consistently with the justice and duty which I owe to my other children, increase his fortune to a further extent.” However, Charles is to be given two hundred pounds by his executor within six months of his decease, but without interest. His wife Fanny is to be given “five guineas as a mark of my regard and affection.”
To his sons John Pender Paynter and Thomas Francis Paynter, he leaves all his shares in Whele Vor [normally spelt Wheal, meaning Mine] in the parish of Breage and near Helston, and also one near Redruth, and another at Polgooth near St Austle [(normally spelt AUSTELL]. After his death they would become tenants in common, not joint tenants of these shares.
John Pender Paynter was bequeathed the house where Francis lived, called Trekenning in the parish of St Columb Major. This also included all the fields and inclosures and crofts. John is also left enclosures called Castalot or Creggoes, and the meadow that faces the front of the house Trekenning called the Mill Meadow. Also the remainder of his farm in the Garden Meadow.
Thomas Francis Paynter was left Dunkans Meadow, now divided into two fields and the inclosure called Bolithos Field, now divided into three fields in the parish of Saint Columb. Thomas was also left the dwelling house and garden in Higher Trekenning which was rented out for three pounds thirteen shillings and six pence annually. Thomas was also given an annuity of 50 pounds which was rent paid annually by the Reverend Pomeroy Gilbert on the tithes of the Parish of St Wennin. Thomas was also given the benefits of an insurance policy from the Westminster Office for Insurance of Lives and Survivorship. Lastly he was to be paid by the executor two hundred pounds within one year of he father’s death.
All the goods, chattels etc. were bequeathed to John Pender Paynter.
*Edward died in June 1821 at age 4.

Legal document between Charles Henry Paynter and Fanny, 16 April 1838:
Charles Henry Paynter late of the parish of St Columb Minor, now of the Island of Jersey, clerk, and Fanny his wife, heretofore Fanny Peter, spinster. Refers to a “certain Indenture bearing the date eighteenth day of September 1818 made between John Peter of the first part, the said Charles Henry Paynter of the second part, the said Fanny Paynter (then Fanny Peter, spinster) of the third part and William Peter* and Robert Bateman Paul** of the fourth part, being the Settlement made previously to and in contemplation of the Marriage then intended and shortly afterwards had and solemnised between the said Charles Henry Paynter and Fanny Paynter his now wife.
It was amongst things in the said Indenture that a certain sum of Two thousand pounds Capital Bank Stock therein stated to be then standing in the name of the said William Peter should be forthwith transferred in the Book or Books kept for that purpose at the Bank of England into the names of the said William Peter and Robert Bateman Paul their executors administrators and assigns and that the said sum of Two thousand pounds Bank Stock” etc.
Not more than half of the Trust Estate or Monies “for the placing out or advancement in the world or otherwise for the preferment or benefit of any Child or Children of the said intended Marriage when and in such manner as the said John Peter, Charles Henry Paynter and Fanny his wife should see fit.”
“And whereas of a certain Indenture bearing date on or about the eleventh day of May 1837 made between the said Charles Henry Paynter and Fanny his wife of the first part and the said William Peter and Robert Bateman Paul of the second part and Francis Camborne Paynter*** Gentleman and William Merifield Gentleman of the third part” this deed replaces William Peter and Robert Bateman Paul with Francis Camborne Paynter and William Merifield as Trustees.
Mentions “John Peter died in or about the year 1830.”
“And whereas the said Charles Henry Paynter and Fanny his wife being desirous of raising the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds for the advancement in the world of John Bateman Paynter their eldest son.”
Charles and Fanny “sold and disposed of the sum of seventy five pounds Capital Bank Stock … which has produced the sum of one hundred and fifty four pounds sterling.
“Francis Camborne Paynter and William Merifield shall fortieth pay John Bateman Paynter their son the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds for and towards his advancement in life.”

Receipt dated 25 April 1838 is pinned to deed. The Deed is in the Cornwall Record Office, part of the Whitford papers (legal firm long associated with the Paynter family in St Columb Major).

* Fanny’s uncle?
** Fanny’s cousin
*** Charles’ brother

Francis married Elizabeth BENNET on 2 Nov 1815 in Newlyn East, Cornwall, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John BENNET and Elizabeth WALLIS) was born on 25 Sep 1792 in Tresillian, Newlyn East, Cornwall, England; died on 5 Nov 1842 in Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 1 Aug 1786, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: 4 Jul 1787, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: 4 Dec 1788, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Witness: 19 Sep 1818, St Columb Minor, Cornwall, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Fore St, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Fair St, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England

Notes:

ROYAL CORNWALL GAZETTE, 2 August 1817
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS The Prince of Wales, REGENT Of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain & Ireland. We, the undersigned NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN. CLERGY, FREEHOLDERS, and other INHABITANTS of the COUNTY of CORNWALL, feel it to be our Duty to repeat to your ROYAL HIGHNESS the assurances of our loyal and unalterable Attachment; and to express our Indignation at, and Abhorrence of, the late treasonable Attack upon the Sacred Person of your Royal Highness. As faithful Subjects, strongly attached to our PRINCE ; as Englishmen, proud in the possession of a glorious CONSTITUTION: we are as eager to shield the one from Insult and Violence, as we are to protect the other from Innovation or Subversion. At the present momentous Crisis of Public Affairs, we feel ourselves imperiously railed upon by what we owe to our Country, and our Prince, to enter a solemn Protest against the whole Tenor and Substance of an address purporting to be an Address of the “Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of the County of Cornwall," which appears by the Public Prints to have been resolved upon at a Meeting held at Bodmin, on the eleventh day of March last, by the Individuals then and there assembled. We are anxious to repel from ourselves the charge of Discontent and Insubordination, to which the spirit of its language must necessarily expose us; and to condemn as groundless and absurd, and to disavow with warmth, that wild and feverish sentiment which declares the temporary and short Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, to be "a part of a Systematic Conspiracy to overthrow the existing Laws and Constitution, and to establish in their stead, and on their ruins, a despotic and military Government." We have witnessed with sorrow, and contemplated with alarm, a spirit of Disaffection and Treason, pervading many parts of the British Empire, owing its birth to the temporary difficulties and distresses which have oppressed the Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce of the Kingdom, and its growth and dissemination, to the artful efforts of designing Traitors, deluded Patriots, and mistaken Reformers. We regard the unanimous Testimony of the Committees of the Lords and Commons as to the existence of these traitorous Conspiracies, as affording to us more than an adequate Proof of their reality, which has been but too well con- firmed by the rash attempts of the Conspirators themselves. Relying, as we do, on the Wisdom and Integrity of the Parliament of this happily united Kingdom, we can neither question the policy, or doubt the necessity, of those measures, which in full and solemn Council, it has thought expedient to adopt ; and which, by a temporary suspension of a part, is intended to ensure the permanent Security of the whole of that fundamental System of Laws, which has so long blessed this happy Land with prosperity, its Government with stability, and its Individuals with a full measure of rational liberty.
Names and Residence.
Francis Paynter, St Columb Major
John P. Paynter, R.N., St Columb Major
Charles H. Paynter, St Columb Major
William Mounsteven, Surgeon, St Columb Major

Will of father Francis Paynter, 9 July 1819.
Francis’ will requests that he be buried “as near as conveniently may be to the remains of my late beloved wife.” Margaret had died only the year before. He asked that his funeral “be private and conducted with as little expense as common decency will admit of.”
Francis states that he has already made liberal provision for his son Francis Camborne Paynter, with which “he has declared himself fully satisfied.” He was to be given a further sum of twenty guineas as a mark of his father’s “affection and regard.” Also to his wife Elizabeth, five guineas, and two guineas for his grandson Edward* “to be laid out in some article of remembrance.”
Francis states that he has spent two thousand pounds on his son Charles Henry Paynter, plus an annual sum of two hundred and fifty pounds for his personal expenses. Francis says that “I cannot consistently with the justice and duty which I owe to my other children, increase his fortune to a further extent.” However, Charles is to be given two hundred pounds by his executor within six months of his decease, but without interest. His wife Fanny is to be given “five guineas as a mark of my regard and affection.”
To his sons John Pender Paynter and Thomas Francis Paynter, he leaves all his shares in Whele Vor [normally spelt Wheal, meaning Mine] in the parish of Breage and near Helston, and also one near Redruth, and another at Polgooth near St Austle [(normally spelt AUSTELL]. After his death they would become tenants in common, not joint tenants of these shares.
John Pender Paynter was bequeathed the house where Francis lived, called Trekenning in the parish of St Columb Major. This also included all the fields and inclosures and crofts. John is also left enclosures called Castalot or Creggoes, and the meadow that faces the front of the house Trekenning called the Mill Meadow. Also the remainder of his farm in the Garden Meadow.
Thomas Francis Paynter was left Dunkans Meadow, now divided into two fields and the inclosure called Bolithos Field, now divided into three fields in the parish of Saint Columb. Thomas was also left the dwelling house and garden in Higher Trekenning which was rented out for three pounds thirteen shillings and six pence annually. Thomas was also given an annuity of 50 pounds which was rent paid annually by the Reverend Pomeroy Gilbert on the tithes of the Parish of St Wennin. Thomas was also given the benefits of an insurance policy from the Westminster Office for Insurance of Lives and Survivorship. Lastly he was to be paid by the executor two hundred pounds within one year of he father’s death.
All the goods, chattels etc. were bequeathed to John Pender Paynter.
*Edward died in June 1821 at age 4.

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*New [OCCU]
O'Byrne's Naval Biographical Dictionary:
Commander 1816.
John Pender Paynter, born 1 November 1788, is a cousin of Lieut. Charles Paynter, R.N. His brother, Edward William Paynter, a Midshipman R.N., diedin 1810 aboard the "Implacable" 74, Captain George Cockburn.
"This Officer entered the Navy, 12 February 1804, as a First-Class Volunteer, on board the "San Josef" 110, Captains John Tremayne Rodd and TristramRobert Ricketts, bearing the flag of Sir Charles Cotton, under whom he attained the rating of Midshipman in August of the same year.
In January 1806, up to which period he had been employed in the blockade of Brest, he rejoined Captain Rodd on board the "Indefatigable" 44, inwhichship, participating, in April 1809, in Lord Cochrane's attack upon the French Fleet in Aix Roads, he was, on the 12th of that month, forupwards of10 hours under fire of the enemies' batteries, and for 50 minutes engaged in close action with the "Vill de Varsouie" 80, which ship had run onshore during the preceding evening.
He continued in the "Indefatigable" until February 1810, and on 1 August, in that year, after having again been employed on board the "SanJosef",was made Lieutenant into the "Euryalus" 36.
He took part in several battery actions on the coast of Calbria, and besides contributing to the capture on 16 May 1813 of "La Fortune" nationalxebec, of 10 guns, 4 swivels and 95 men, together with upwards of 20 sail of merchantmen, lying in the harbour of Cavalarie, he assisted in thefollowing winter in simultaneously driving on shore, in Calvi Bay, the "Balleine" French store ship of 22 guns and 120 men, and compelling a gaberreof 30 guns and 150 men, laden with stores, and a national schooner of the largest class, to seek refuge under the land batteries.
In 1814, Mr Paynter, having accompanied a fleet of transports to North America, was further present at the capture, up the Patuxent River, of FortWashington, and the capitulation of Alexandria.
Becoming Flag-Lieutenant, on 25 March 1815, to Lord Exmouth in the "Boyne" 98, he beheld, in the course of that year, the surrender of Naples, andafterwards visited the Barbary States for the purpose of endeavouring to procure the release of Christian slaves.
At Algiers, being sent on shore to demand the release from custody of the English Consul, Colonel Macdonald, he was himself seized by the Dey, andlodged in the Black Hole.
The menacing aspect subsequently assumed by the British Fleet procured his enlargement; and on his return to England he was advanced to the rankofCommander on 7 November 1816. He has since been on half pay."

Commissioned Sea Officers of Royal Navy 1660-1815:
John Paynter was made a lieutenant on 1 August 1810.

Bibliotheca Cornubiensis 1874:
R.N., Flag Lieutenant to Lord Exmouth at Algiers 1816. 3rd son of Francis Paynter, Solicitor, St Columb.
John was made a Midshipman
John was promoted to Lieutenant
John was promoted to Commander, Royal Navy

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth CURTIS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Jan 1790, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 20 Aug 1815, Trekenning, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 24 Mar 1820, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 25 May 1821, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 29 Sep 1822, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 29 Sep 1823, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 10 Mar 1825, St Columb Minor, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 28 Jun 1827, Crantock, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 17 Dec 1828, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 22 Apr 1831, Newquay, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 30 May 1833, Church Town, St Columb Minor, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 3 Jun 1834, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 16 Feb 1836, Falmouth, Cornwall, England
• Residence: Aug 1838, St Aubin, Jersey, Channel Islands

Notes:

ROYAL CORNWALL GAZETTE, 2 August 1817
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS The Prince of Wales, REGENT Of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain & Ireland. We, the undersigned NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN. CLERGY, FREEHOLDERS, and other INHABITANTS of the COUNTY of CORNWALL, feel it to be our Duty to repeat to your ROYAL HIGHNESS the assurances of our loyal and unalterable Attachment; and to express our Indignation at, and Abhorrence of, the late treasonable Attack upon the Sacred Person of your Royal Highness. As faithful Subjects, strongly attached to our PRINCE ; as Englishmen, proud in the possession of a glorious CONSTITUTION: we are as eager to shield the one from Insult and Violence, as we are to protect the other from Innovation or Subversion. At the present momentous Crisis of Public Affairs, we feel ourselves imperiously railed upon by what we owe to our Country, and our Prince, to enter a solemn Protest against the whole Tenor and Substance of an address purporting to be an Address of the “Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of the County of Cornwall," which appears by the Public Prints to have been resolved upon at a Meeting held at Bodmin, on the eleventh day of March last, by the Individuals then and there assembled. We are anxious to repel from ourselves the charge of Discontent and Insubordination, to which the spirit of its language must necessarily expose us; and to condemn as groundless and absurd, and to disavow with warmth, that wild and feverish sentiment which declares the temporary and short Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, to be "a part of a Systematic Conspiracy to overthrow the existing Laws and Constitution, and to establish in their stead, and on their ruins, a despotic and military Government." We have witnessed with sorrow, and contemplated with alarm, a spirit of Disaffection and Treason, pervading many parts of the British Empire, owing its birth to the temporary difficulties and distresses which have oppressed the Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce of the Kingdom, and its growth and dissemination, to the artful efforts of designing Traitors, deluded Patriots, and mistaken Reformers. We regard the unanimous Testimony of the Committees of the Lords and Commons as to the existence of these traitorous Conspiracies, as affording to us more than an adequate Proof of their reality, which has been but too well con- firmed by the rash attempts of the Conspirators themselves. Relying, as we do, on the Wisdom and Integrity of the Parliament of this happily united Kingdom, we can neither question the policy, or doubt the necessity, of those measures, which in full and solemn Council, it has thought expedient to adopt ; and which, by a temporary suspension of a part, is intended to ensure the permanent Security of the whole of that fundamental System of Laws, which has so long blessed this happy Land with prosperity, its Government with stability, and its Individuals with a full measure of rational liberty.
Names and Residence.
Francis Paynter, St Columb Major
John P. Paynter, R.N., St Columb Major
Charles H. Paynter, St Columb Major
William Mounsteven, Surgeon, St Columb Major


Will of father Francis Paynter, 9 July 1819.
Francis’ will requests that he be buried “as near as conveniently may be to the remains of my late beloved wife.” Margaret had died only the year before. He asked that his funeral “be private and conducted with as little expense as common decency will admit of.”
Francis states that he has already made liberal provision for his son Francis Camborne Paynter, with which “he has declared himself fully satisfied.” He was to be given a further sum of twenty guineas as a mark of his father’s “affection and regard.” Also to his wife Elizabeth, five guineas, and two guineas for his grandson Edward* “to be laid out in some article of remembrance.”
Francis states that he has spent two thousand pounds on his son Charles Henry Paynter, plus an annual sum of two hundred and fifty pounds for his personal expenses. Francis says that “I cannot consistently with the justice and duty which I owe to my other children, increase his fortune to a further extent.” However, Charles is to be given two hundred pounds by his executor within six months of his decease, but without interest. His wife Fanny is to be given “five guineas as a mark of my regard and affection.”
To his sons John Pender Paynter and Thomas Francis Paynter, he leaves all his shares in Whele Vor [normally spelt Wheal, meaning Mine] in the parish of Breage and near Helston, and also one near Redruth, and another at Polgooth near St Austle [(normally spelt AUSTELL]. After his death they would become tenants in common, not joint tenants of these shares.
John Pender Paynter was bequeathed the house where Francis lived, called Trekenning in the parish of St Columb Major. This also included all the fields and inclosures and crofts. John is also left enclosures called Castalot or Creggoes, and the meadow that faces the front of the house Trekenning called the Mill Meadow. Also the remainder of his farm in the Garden Meadow.
Thomas Francis Paynter was left Dunkans Meadow, now divided into two fields and the inclosure called Bolithos Field, now divided into three fields in the parish of Saint Columb. Thomas was also left the dwelling house and garden in Higher Trekenning which was rented out for three pounds thirteen shillings and six pence annually. Thomas was also given an annuity of 50 pounds which was rent paid annually by the Reverend Pomeroy Gilbert on the tithes of the Parish of St Wennin. Thomas was also given the benefits of an insurance policy from the Westminster Office for Insurance of Lives and Survivorship. Lastly he was to be paid by the executor two hundred pounds within one year of he father’s death.
All the goods, chattels etc. were bequeathed to John Pender Paynter.
*Edward died in June 1821 at age 4.

Bishop Carey’s Replies to Queries about Diocese of Exeter, 1821, Volume I, Cornwall. I have paraphrased the questions.
ST COLUMB MINOR.
1. Number of families in the Parish? - 271.
2. Are there any Papists or Dissenters? What kind or denomination? THERE ARE NO PAPISTS, THE ONLY DISSENTERS ARE METHODISTS. What teachers of each are resident in the parish, or occasionally visiting it? Are they licensed? What places do they meet? THEY HAVE ONE RESIDENT PREACHER AND FOURTEEN OTHERS ATTEND IN ROTATION. THERE ARE FOUR PLACES OF PUBLIC MEETING, ALL LICENSED.
3. Do you reside in your Benefice, and in the proper house of residence? If not, for what reason? I DO NOT, THERE BEING NO PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
4. If you do not reside, do you have a Curate resident? I DO NOT HAVE A CURATE.
5. If you have more than one Benefice, what is it? By whom is it served? I HAVE THE PERPETUAL CURACY OF ST CRANTOCK, SERVED BY MYSELF.
6. Do you perform Divine Service at any church besides your own? I PERFORM DIVINE SERVICE AT BOTH CHURCHES.
7. Is Divine Service performed in your church twice every Sunday, with a sermon in the morning? DIVINE SERVICE IS PERFORMED ONCE ONLY EVERY SUNDAY, AT 11 O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND 3 O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ALTERNATELY. I SERVE TWO CHURCHES.
8. What provision is there for religious instruction for the youth, publicly or privately? NONE.
9. How often and what times do you catechise the youth of your parish? FROM TRINITY SUNDAY UNTIL MICHAELMAS AS OFTEN AS DIVINE SERVICE IS PERFORMED IN THE AFTERNOON.
10. How often is the sacrament of communion administered? What number attend? DURING THE YEAR I HAVE ADMINISTERED COMMUNION SIX TIMES, TO GENERALLY 25 TO 30 COMMUNICANTS.
11. Are there any benefactions for the use of the church or the poor? Under what management? Are they properly applied? Are they abused or used fraudulently? THERE IS A BENEFACTION OF 18/6 FOR A SERMON TO BE PREACHED ON ST JOHN BAPTIST’S DAY, WHEN THE SUM OF 2 POUNDS IS ANNUALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE POOR BY TRUSTEES APPOINTED UNDER THE WILL OF THE DONOR. THERE ARE NO ABUSES IN THE DISTRIBUTION.
12. Are there any alms houses, hospitals or charitable endowments? Are they properly managed? Have you a parochial library? NONE.
13. Is you residence in good repair? THERE IS NO HOUSE OF RESIDENCE. Are your church and chapel in good repair? THE CHURCH AND CHANCEL ARE IN GOOD REPAIR. Is your church-yard well kept? YES, BUT IS MUCH TOO SMALL FOR THE POPULATION. Have you all things for Divine Service? I HAVE ALL THINGS I NEED.
14. Have you a terrier of the glebe lands, houses, etc.? I HAVE.
15. Have you any chapel within your parish? NO.
16. Have you met with any difficulties in the discharge of your duty? NO.
MY LETTERS OF PRIEST’S ORDERS ARE DATED EXETER 20 AUGUST 1815. THE DATE OF MY LICENCE IS 12 MARCH 1817. CHARLES H. PAYNTER.
CRANTOCK.
1. Number of families in the Parish? - 73.
2. Are there any Papists or Dissenters? What kind or denomination? What teachers of each are resident in the parish, or occasionally visiting it? Are they licensed? What places do they meet? THE METHODISTS HAVE TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS, NEITHER OF WHICH IS LICENSED. THEY HAVE NO RESIDENT TEACHER.
3. Do you reside in your Benefice, and in the proper house of residence? If not, for what reason? I DO NOT, THERE BEING NO PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
4. If you do not reside, do you have a Curate resident? I DO NOT HAVE A CURATE.
5. If you have more than one Benefice, what is it? By whom is it served? I HAVE THE PERPETUAL CURACY OF ST CRANTOCK, SERVED BY MYSELF.
6. Do you perform Divine Service at any church besides your own? I PERFORM DIVINE SERVICE AT BOTH CHURCHES.
7. Is Divine Service performed in your church twice every Sunday, with a sermon in the morning? If not, state the reason. What are the hours? DIVINE SERVICE IS PERFORMED ONCE ONLY EVERY SUNDAY, AT 11 O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND 3 O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ALTERNATELY. I SERVE TWO CHURCHES.
8. What provision is there for religious instruction for the youth, publicly or privately? THERE IS A SUNDAY SCHOOL KEPT BY THE PARISH CLERK.
9. How often and what times do you catechise the youth of your parish? FROM TRINITY SUNDAY UNTIL MICHAELMAS AS OFTEN AS DIVINE SERVICE IS PERFORMED IN THE AFTERNOON.
10. How often is the sacrament of communion administered? What number attend? THE USUAL NUMBER IS FOUR, BUT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR I HAVE ADMINISTERED COMMUNION SIX TIMES. THE NUMBER IS VERY SMALL, SELDOM EXCEEDING TWELVE.
11. Are there any benefactions for the use of the church or the poor? Under what management? Are they properly applied? Are they abused or used fraudulently? THERE IS A BENEFACTION OF 10/6 TO THE CURATE FOR A SERMON TO BE PREACHED ON 27 DECEMBER, ON WHICH DAY THE SUM OF 1 POUND IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE POOR BY TRUSTEES APPOINTED UNDER THE WILL OF THE DONOR. THERE ARE NO ABUSES IN THE DISTRIBUTION.
12. Are there any alms houses, hospitals or charitable endowments? Are they properly managed? Have you a parochial library? NONE.
13. Is you residence in good repair? THERE IS NO HOUSE OF RESIDENCE. Are your church and chapel in good repair? .Is your church-yard well kept? THE CHURCH, CHANCEL AND CHURCHYARD ARE IN GOOD REPAIR, EXCEPTING THE VESTRY ROOM, WHICH IS REPAIRED BY THE IMPROPRIATOR, TO WHOSE AGENT I HAVE REPEATEDLY, BUT IN VAIN, APPLIED Have you all things for Divine Service? I HAVE ALL THINGS I NEED.
14. Have you a terrier of the glebe lands, houses, etc.? I HAVE.
15. Have you any chapel within your parish? NO.
16. Have you met with any difficulties in the discharge of your duty? NO.
MY LETTERS OF PRIEST’S ORDERS ARE DATED EXETER 20 AUGUST 1815. THE DATE OF MY LICENCE IS 12 MARCH 1817. CHARLES H. PAYNTER.


Deed. 16 April 1838:
Charles Henry Paynter late of the parish of St Columb Minor, now of the Island of Jersey, clerk, and Fanny his wife, heretofore Fanny Peter, spinster. Refers to a “certain Indenture bearing the date eighteenth day of September 1818 made between John Peter of the first part, the said Charles Henry Paynter of the second part, the said Fanny Paynter (then Fanny Peter, spinster) of the third part and William Peter* and Robert Bateman Paul** of the fourth part, being the Settlement made previously to and in contemplation of the Marriage then intended and shortly afterwards had and solemnised between the said Charles Henry Paynter and Fanny Paynter his now wife.
It was amongst things in the said Indenture that a certain sum of Two thousand pounds Capital Bank Stock therein stated to be then standing in the name of the said William Peter should be forthwith transferred in the Book or Books kept for that purpose at the Bank of England into the names of the said William Peter and Robert Bateman Paul their executors administrators and assigns and that the said sum of Two thousand pounds Bank Stock” etc.
Not more than half of the Trust Estate or Monies “for the placing out or advancement in the world or otherwise for the preferment or benefit of any Child or Children of the said intended Marriage when and in such manner as the said John Peter, Charles Henry Paynter and Fanny his wife should see fit.”
“And whereas of a certain Indenture bearing date on or about the eleventh day of May 1837 made between the said Charles Henry Paynter and Fanny his wife of the first part and the said William Peter and Robert Bateman Paul of the second part and Francis Camborne Paynter*** Gentleman and William Merifield Gentleman of the third part” this deed replaces William Peter and Robert Bateman Paul with Francis Camborne Paynter and William Merifield as Trustees.
Mentions “John Peter died in or about the year 1830.”
“And whereas the said Charles Henry Paynter and Fanny his wife being desirous of raising the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds for the advancement in the world of John Bateman Paynter their eldest son.”
Charles and Fanny “sold and disposed of the sum of seventy five pounds Capital Bank Stock … which has produced the sum of one hundred and fifty four pounds sterling.
“Francis Camborne Paynter and William Merifield shall fortieth pay John Bateman Paynter their son the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds for and towards his advancement in life.”
Receipt dated 25 April 1838 is pinned to deed. The Deed is in the Cornwall Record Office, part of the Whitford papers (legal firm long associated with the Paynter family in St Columb Major).
* Fanny’s uncle?
** Fanny’s cousin
*** Charles’ brother

Charles married Fanny PETER on 19 Sep 1818 in St Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. Fanny (daughter of John PETER and Elizabeth BATEMAN) was born about 1793 in St Columb Major, Cornwall, England; died on 13 May 1888 in 4 Alexandra Terrace, Penzance, Cornwall, England; was buried on 16 May 1888 in Madron, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Jul 1793, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England

Notes:

O'Byrne's Naval Biographical Dictionary:
Brother of John Pender Paynter, Commander in the Royal Navy.
He died on board the "Implacable" 74 in 1810, serving as a midshipman.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Jun 1796, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 9 Sep 1823, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 28 Feb 1825, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 16 Jan 1827, Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, Wales
• Residence: 30 Mar 1829, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 13 Apr 1831, Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, Wales
• Residence: 12 Apr 1833, Feock, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 16 May 1833, Harcot (Harcourt), Feock, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 16 Sep 1835, Harcot (Harcourt), Feock, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 18 Nov 1837, Harcot (Harcourt), Feock, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 5 Jan 1838, Harcot (Harcourt), Feock, Cornwall, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Mylor Downs, Mylor, Cornwall, England
• Immigration: 13 Jan 1842, Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1851, Yuroke, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 30 Aug 1852, Kerr St, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 12 Apr 1853, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
• Witness: 27 Nov 1857, Christ Church, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

Will of father Francis Paynter, 9 July 1819.
Francis’ will requests that he be buried “as near as conveniently may be to the remains of my late beloved wife.” Margaret had died only the year before. He asked that his funeral “be private and conducted with as little expense as common decency will admit of.”
Francis states that he has already made liberal provision for his son Francis Camborne Paynter, with which “he has declared himself fully satisfied.” He was to be given a further sum of twenty guineas as a mark of his father’s “affection and regard.” Also to his wife Elizabeth, five guineas, and two guineas for his grandson Edward* “to be laid out in some article of remembrance.”
Francis states that he has spent two thousand pounds on his son Charles Henry Paynter, plus an annual sum of two hundred and fifty pounds for his personal expenses. Francis says that “I cannot consistently with the justice and duty which I owe to my other children, increase his fortune to a further extent.” However, Charles is to be given two hundred pounds by his executor within six months of his decease, but without interest. His wife Fanny is to be given “five guineas as a mark of my regard and affection.”
To his sons John Pender Paynter and Thomas Francis Paynter, he leaves all his shares in Whele Vor [normally spelt Wheal, meaning Mine] in the parish of Breage and near Helston, and also one near Redruth, and another at Polgooth near St Austle [(normally spelt AUSTELL]. After his death they would become tenants in common, not joint tenants of these shares.
John Pender Paynter was bequeathed the house where Francis lived, called Trekenning in the parish of St Columb Major. This also included all the fields and inclosures and crofts. John is also left enclosures called Castalot or Creggoes, and the meadow that faces the front of the house Trekenning called the Mill Meadow. Also the remainder of his farm in the Garden Meadow.
Thomas Francis Paynter was left Dunkans Meadow, now divided into two fields and the inclosure called Bolithos Field, now divided into three fields in the parish of Saint Columb. Thomas was also left the dwelling house and garden in Higher Trekenning which was rented out for three pounds thirteen shillings and six pence annually. Thomas was also given an annuity of 50 pounds which was rent paid annually by the Reverend Pomeroy Gilbert on the tithes of the Parish of St Wennin. Thomas was also given the benefits of an insurance policy from the Westminster Office for Insurance of Lives and Survivorship. Lastly he was to be paid by the executor two hundred pounds within one year of he father’s death.
All the goods, chattels etc. were bequeathed to John Pender Paynter.
*Edward died in June 1821 at age 4.

Immigration 1841.
Thomas and Mary (who was pregnant at the time) sailed on the "Samuel Boddington", which left London on September 1, 1841 for Cork, then sailed from Cork on September 21st. (Perilous Voyages to the New Land - Michael Cannon) The 670 ton ship arrived in Melbourne on January 13, 1842. There were 274 immigrants on board (115 of these from Cork). The ship sailed from the Cape to Melbourne in 38 days. (Biddle Books).

Joseph Wilson's "Voyage to Australia Log Book" in Latrobe Library:
"Wednesday September 1, 1841 - drove to London Bridge Wharf and went on board a steamer for Gravesend, then on the ship's boat which in a few minutes conveyed us to the "Samuel Boddington" and almost immediately we got under weigh."
[All passengers were seasick as they sailed from London to Lands End - approx. 5 days. They arrived in Cork on the 12th September and sailed fromCork on 21st. Irish emigrants had boarded and then the weather was too windy to sail earlier. A school was formed on the ship on 28th October. There were disputes about the rations, quality of beef and soup, and bad fish. One of the sailors was found in bed with one of the young women written about in Perilous Voyages to a New Land].
Thursday 23rd December - much talk about Christmas and Port Phillip.
Friday 24th December - 1/2 lb flour (extra) and 2oz plums for each adult served out for Christmas. A few bottles of wine and spirits being sold (by permission of the Captain). This evening some of the passengers got intoxicated, and quarrelling and fighting followed and the issue of any more was prohibited either for today or tomorrow.
Saturday 25th December, Christmas Day - had plum pudding according to custom but the scarcity of plums called forth many jokes on the occasion. Fine evening. Very cold.
Wednesday 29th December - Mrs Paynter, steerage passenger, confined about 4am with a son.
Saturday 1st January, 1842 - our young men welcomed the New Year at striking 8 bells by rough music, tin pots and singing songs.
Monday 10th January - instead of being ashore 2 or 3 days ago (as expected) we are tacking and turning to no purpose.
Friday 14th January - Cape Otway in sight at 2am. A fine view of the coast at 7am. At length at about 2pm we entered the Harbour of Port Phillip.Soon after a pilot came on board to conduct us up to the Bay where a Surgeon boarded us and on being informed we were all well, gave us permission to enter and anchor in the Bay where we brought up and finished our voyage."

The Samuel Boddington was sponsored by J. B, Were who important immigrants to Melbourne. The Were brothers brought out nearly 2,000 people by free passage in 10 ships from Britain and Ireland. During the summer months of 1841 and 1842, an epidemic of typhoid fever and dysentery broke out in Melbourne. With no sewers an sanitation the town quickly became polluted. (A Portrait of J B Were and his family - Clive Were). The Paynters were on board with the sponsored immigrants but they paid their own way.

Thomas and family were the first of my ancestors to come to Australia. At the time of their arrival in 1842, Melbourne was a settlement of about four and a half thousand people.
"Most of the town's buildings were still of wood, and wattle and daub but amongst them were a number of brick or stone houses, government buildings and commercial structures; a few had two or three storeys. Some of the buildings were in clusters, others were scattered about in ones or twos. The streets were marked out, although many were so rough as to be dangerous in the dry season and impassable in the wet. The people of Melbourne could choose to attend a church service of one of five denominations represented, and carry on their lives in the factories, stores, shops, insurance companies and banks. As well as entertaining at home, Melburnians attended picnics, race meetings, cricket matches, taverns and the theatre, or met at temperance, benefit society and lodge meetings. They could boat on the Yarra, listen to the military band on Flagstaff Hill or read a selection of local and overseas newspapers."
(A Place To Lay My Head - Keith Pescod).

Thomas married Mary Strange MOUNSTEVEN on 9 Sep 1823 in St Columb Major, Cornwall, England. Mary (daughter of William MOUNSTEVEN and Fanny Hicks SMITH) was born on 11 Oct 1804 in St Columb Major, Cornwall, England; died on 11 Oct 1885 in Rosevale, Allansford, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 13 Oct 1885 in Warrnambool Cemetery, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]