Mary HAWKEY

Notes:

Mary's husband Francis died

Mary married Francis PAYNTER about 20 Aug 1712 in Colan, Cornwall, England. Francis (son of Francis PAYNTER and Margaret PAWLETT) was born before 21 Sep 1675 in St Buryan, Cornwall, England; died in Mar 1762 in Boskenna, St Buryan, Cornwall, England; was buried on 21 Mar 1762 in St Buryan, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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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]

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• Baptism: Abt 10 Mar 1717, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: Abt 2 May 1718, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

Family/Spouse: Samuel THOMAS. Samuel was born in Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: Abt 23 Mar 1720, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: Abt 26 Mar 1721, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: Abt 29 Apr 1722, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

Margaret married Benjamin PENDER about 12 Aug 1740 in St Levan, Cornwall, England. Benjamin (son of Peter PENDER and Wife of Peter PENDER) was born before 14 Aug 1715 in St Gluvias, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: Abt 6 Apr 1745

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• Baptism: Abt 17 Jun 1746, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

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She and her brother John Paulet were buried in 3 days of each other. Mary was 7 and John was aged 3.

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• Baptism: Abt 12 Aug 1747, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

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In Visitations of County of Cornwall, James is described as "of Boskenna".

References in Bibliotheca Cornubiensis 1874 as being mentioned in:
"A true outline & sketch of the life of Samuel Eyles Pierce" (1825) p 59-98
"Memoirs of the Rev Thomas Wills" (1804) p 47-50, 60, 281

Boskenna is one of the principal country houses in the vicinity of Penzance.

James inherited Boskenna on the death of his genial but dissolute father in 1775.
He also inherited Boskennal Farm and Bosliven from his grandfather, who had left it to James and not his own son Francis, hoping that theestatewould survive.
This fact is mentioned in Francis' own will "my said children are provided for by their grandfather's marriage settlement".

"In and Around Penzance"
The ministry of the Octagon Tabernacle of the Congregational Church in Penzance was continued by the Rev. Owen Morris, who married MissHarrietpaynter of Boskenna in 1798. Harriet came from a strongly Calvanistic background. Her brother and his wife, James and Betty paynter, weredeeplyinvolved in the Calvinistic movement.
At Boskenna, where the Paynters lived, a hall was made available for religious services to be held whenevr they could get a "shining light" tostayin the house. Boskenna was one of the earliest nonconformist private chapels."

James married Elizabeth WETHERED in 1787. Elizabeth (daughter of James WETHERED and Sarah UNKNOWN) died on 26 Oct 1828 in Boskenna, St Buryan, Cornwall, England; was buried on 28 Oct 1828 in St Buryan, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1746, Trekenning, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Baptism: Abt 1 Dec 1748, St Buryan, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 1792, Trekenning, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 1795, Trekenning, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 1798, Trekenning, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
• Residence: 1800, Trekenning, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England

Notes:

Francis was a lawyer at St Columb and distinguished for his wit and humour. He wrote a poem ridiculing the Dean of St Buryan which prevented him from obtaining a valuable stewardship.

"Bennets of Tresillian" by R. G. Kerswell:
There was a long-running dispute in the 1810's & 1820's between the two brothers of the Bennet family and their Receiver's Accounts ie of FrancisPaynter, 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.

"Parochial History of the County of Cornwall", 1876.
Boskenna is the property, and was for some time, the residence of the Paynter family. There is a tradition of its having been purchased of one whose family had long possessed it, but who had ultimately become the huntsman of a pack of hounds kept originally as his own.
Mr Francis Paynter of Boskenna, was distinguished for his wit and humour. He was either the sole or joint author of a poem ridiculing the then dean of Buryan, called "The Consultation". He practised as a lawyer at St Columb, and married Miss Pender of Penzance, by whom he had several sons.The exercise of wit is seldom associated with pecuniary gain; and Mr Paynter has been heard to declare that "The Consultation" prevented his obtaining available stewardship from the family of which the dean was a member.
Boskenna is now held of the Paynters by Charles Dacres Bevan, the judge of the district county court, who has considerably improved and beautified it.

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, 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 enclosures 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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Extracts from his will:
Last will and testament of Francis Paynter of Trekenning.
"See that my body be interred in the Churchyard of St Columb Major as near as conveniently to the remains of my late beloved wife and that myfuneralmay be private and conducted with as little expense as possible.
Also whereas I have already made a liberal provision for my son Francis Camborne Paynter with which he has declared himself fully satisfied, Ionlygive him now in addition thereto the further sum of Twenty Guineas as an unequal mark of my affection and regard, also to his wife Elizabeth,FiveGuineas, and Two Guineas to be laid out in some little article of remembrance for their child Edward, my grandson.
And whereas I have laid out and expended to the use of my son Charles Henry Paynter the full sum of Two Thousand Pounds over and above the annualsumof Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds allowed yearly for his own personal expenses, I cannot consistently with the justice and duty which I owe to myother children, increase his fortune to a further extent. I therefore bequeath to him the sum of Two Hundred Pounds to be paid to him by my Executorwithin six months after my decease but without interest, and I give to Fanny his wife Five Guineas as a mark of my regard and affection.
Also to my sons John Pender Paynter and Thomas Francis Paynter, I give, devise and bequeath all my Tin Bounds and parts and shares of Tin Bounds inWheal Vor in the Parish of Breage and near Helston. Also all those Tin Bounds and parts and shares of Tin Bounds in or near Redruth. And alsoallthose Tin Bounds and parts and shares of Tin Boundsin the description of Polgooth Bounds in or near St Austell or wheresoever the same or anyother Tin Bounds to which I am entitled are situate in the County of Cornwall.
It is my intention that the same shall on my decease ascend to and become the property of my said sons John Pender Paynter and Thomas FrancisPaynterto hold to them their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns according to the custom of the Stannaries of Cornwall as tenants incommon and notas joint tenants.
Also I give and bequeath to my son John Pender Paynter all that my messuage or dwelling house wherein I reside at Trekenning in the Parish of StColumb Major which I purchased of John Oliver Wellyams, Esq. deceased. To hold to him the said John Pender Paynter to his heirs and assigns for evertogether with all and singular the Fields and Inclosures which I now occupy. Also all those Crofts and Inclosures part of the said Tenement ofTrekenning which is now in the occupation of George Lovering of the Town of Saint Columb Majjor, victualler..
Also I give, devise and bequeath to my son John Pender Paynter the moiety of all those Inclosures called Castalot, otherwise the Creggoes and thewayDown which I purchased from Sir John St Aubyn, Baronet, for the remainder of a certain term of Five Hundred Years together also with alltheleasehold Interest for lives which I now have of and in the moiety of the same and I give and bequeath to John Pender Paynter all that Meadowfacingthe front of my house at Trekenning and commonly called the Mill Meadow, together with the remainder of my farm in the Garden Meadow both ofwhich Ihold of Richard Rouse, Esq., by virtue of two leases, the first for the remainder of a term of Ninety Nine Years determinable on lives andthe cashfor a Rack lease.
Also I give to my son Thomas Francis Paynter his executors, administrators and assigns all that moiety of the same. Also I give and bequeathtoThomas Francis Paynter all the remainder of my interest of and in the Dwelling House and Garden in Higher Trekenning now occupied by WilliamClemew at the yearly rent of Three Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Sixpence.
Also I give to my said son Thomas Francis Paynter one annuity or yearly Rentcharge of Fifty Pounds charged by the Rev John Pomeroy Gilbert ontheTithes of the Parish of St Wennin and issuing out of the same Tithes during the life time of him the said John Pomeroy Gilbert.
Also I give to my son Thomas Francis Paynter a certain Policy of Insurance under the Hands and Seals of three of the directors of the society ofWestminster Office for Insurance of Lives and Survivorship together with all benefit and advantage whatsoever arising out of the same and inadditionI give him the sum of Two Hundred Pounds to be paid out of my effects by my within one year after my decease.
Lastly all my other goods, chattels, rights, credits and effects not herein before given, devised or bequeathed, I give, devise and bequeath to myson John Pender Paynter whom I nominate as my sole Executor.", Will

Francis married Margaret PENDER on 7 Jun 1784 in Madron, Cornwall, England. Margaret (daughter of John PENDER and Jenny HARVEY) was born about 1761 in Penzance, Cornwall, England; died on 15 Apr 1818 in Trekenning, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England; was buried on 22 Apr 1818 in St Columb Major, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: Abt 2 Jan 1750, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

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He and his sister Mary Paulet were buried in 3 days of each other. Mary was 7 and John was aged 3.

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• Baptism: 19 Jan 1753

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Lieutenant in Royal Navy, died young.

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• Baptism: 24 Aug 1755

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• Baptism: 22 Aug 1755, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

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• 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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• Baptism: 24 Aug 1759

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• Baptism: 7 Sep 1761, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: 14 Aug 1764

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Bibliotheca Cornubiensis 1874:
Harriet has an entry that refers to a mention of her in the "Evangelical Magazine" vi, 289-92 (1828)

"In and Around Penzance"
The ministry of the Octagon Tabernacle of the Congregational Church in Penzance was continued by the Rev. Owen Morris, who married MissHarrietpaynter of Boskenna in 1798. Harriet came from a strongly Calvanistic background. Her brother and his wife, James and Betty paynter, weredeeplyinvolved in the Calvinistic movement.
At Boskenna, where the Paynters lived, a hall was made available for religious services to be held whenevr they could get a "shining light" tostayin the house. Boskenna was one of the earliest nonconformist private chapels."

Harriet married Owen MORRIS on 7 Jan 1802 in Madron, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: Abt May 1741, St Gluvias, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: Abt 30 Mar 1743, St Gluvias, Cornwall, England

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Mary is mentioned in her grandfather's will (Francis Paynter) with one hundred pounds to be paid to her after her grandfather's death.

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• Baptism: Abt 2 Apr 1745, St Gluvias, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: Abt 19 May 1747, St Gluvias, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: Abt 23 Jul 1748, St Gluvias, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: Abt 22 Dec 1750, St Gluvias, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: 14 Jun 1754, St Gluvias, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: 19 Jun 1756, St Gluvias, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: 22 Feb 1761, St Gluvias, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: 12 Dec 1784, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: 12 Dec 1788, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

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• Baptism: 11 Mar 1791, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

Notes:

John inherited Boskenna when his father James died in 1800. He remained unmarried. He lived, together with his mother at the home from 1800onwards.He was a magistrate and much respected, very learned and engrossed in his books.

Bibliotheca Cornubiensis:
Reference to Gentleman's Magazine, xxvii, 206 (1847) - see below.
Author of "On the Employment of Gas Water as Manure" in Journal of Royal Agricultural Society of England, i, 45-46 (1840).

Obituary in "Gentleman"s Magazine" 1847:
Died Jan 2 at his seat, Boskenna, near Penzance, in his 56th year, John Paynter, Esq., an active magistrate for Cornwall.
He was educated at Oxford. For many years after quitting the University he prosecuted his studies in retirement. This may have increased thenaturalshyness and reserve of his character - a disposition which often deprives the world of superior talent. But a strong sense of duty impelledhim tobreak through this restraint, and for the last twenty years engaged him in the bustle of active life, and in the promotion of the publicwelfare,until his physical powers sank beneath the generous exertion.
He had been for many years an indefatigable magistrate - fulfilling the duties of his office with the highest credit to himself and great benefittothe community.
In politics he was a consistent Whig, and on several important occasions zealously promoted the cause which he conscientiously espoused - butwithsuch good feeling that he never lost the respect of those from whom he differed.
He was indeed so much and so generally valued for his thorough knowledge of Cornish interests, and his devotion to public business - which seemedtobe his ruling passion - that we have frequently heard men of all parties concur in regarding him as one who would worthily represent hisnativeCounty in Parliament. On this subject it is now sufficient to say, that whatever measure promised substantial advantages to Cornwall, was suretoobtain his energetic support.
In his own district, he was President of the Natural History and Antiquarian Society, which rising Institution was much indebted to hisfosteringcare. He was frequently also the Chairman at the meetings of agricultural and horticultural societies, and delighted and instructed theirmemberswith those rich stores of information relating to their pursuits which he had diligently collected during a long residence on the Continent.
He was a considerate landlord and always accessible to the poor of his parish. He was not only their liberal benefactor in distress, but the kindandChristian reconciler to whom they were always ready to submit the arrangement of their disputes - whilst the more opulent often gladyavailedthemselves of his judicious arbitration in questions of property.
His health, it seems, had been declining for some time, but even his most intimate friends were not apprehensive of any immediate danger.
On New Years Day, according to a good old usage of his family, he entertained at his house about thirty of his poorer Neighbours, who, whilsttheyrepaid his bounty with grateful wishes of good health, long life and every blessing, little thought how soon they should be deprived of theirkindfriend and patron.
When these guests had left, the servants who went to apprise their master found him insensible and almost lifeless, sitting in his study nearthegrate, in which the fire had gone out. He was partially revived with their care, before a messenger, who had been dispatched to Penzance,returnedwith his cousin, Mr Francis Paynter, and two medical men. They found him still below stairs, but in a very exhausted state, and aconsiderable timeelapsed before he was able to reach his bedroom with their assistance. Afterwards he expressed his feeling that he was feelingbetter and warmlyacknowledged the kindness of those around him - but in a few hours he sank into a slumber from which he never awoke.
Mr Paynter was unmarried. He has left a brother, Thomas Paynter, Esq., sometime Recorder of Penzance, and now one of the Police MagistratesatKensington near London. He married Anne, daughter of W. Moody, Esq., of Kingsdon, Somersetshire, and has issue.

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John inherited Boskenna when his father James died in 1800. He remained unmarried. He lived, together with his mother at the home from 1800 onwards.He was a magistrate and much respected, very learned and engrossed in his books.

Bibliotheca Cornubiensis:
Reference to Gentleman's Magazine, xxvii, 206 (1847) - see below.
Author of "On the Employment of Gas Water as Manure" in Journal of Royal Agricultural Society of England, i, 45-46 (1840).

Obituary in "Gentleman"s Magazine" 1847:
Died Jan 2 at his seat, Boskenna, near Penzance, in his 56th year, John Paynter, Esq., an active magistrate for Cornwall.
He was educated at Oxford. For many years after quitting the University he prosecuted his studies in retirement. This may have increased the naturalshyness and reserve of his character - a disposition which often deprives the world of superior talent. But a strong sense of duty impelled him tobreak through this restraint, and for the last twenty years engaged him in the bustle of active life, and in the promotion of the public welfare,until his physical powers sank beneath the generous exertion.
He had been for many years an indefatigable magistrate - fulfilling the duties of his office with the highest credit to himself and great benefit tothe community.
In politics he was a consistent Whig, and on several important occasions zealously promoted the cause which he conscientiously espoused - but withsuch good feeling that he never lost the respect of those from whom he differed.
He was indeed so much and so generally valued for his thorough knowledge of Cornish interests, and his devotion to public business - which seemed tobe his ruling passion - that we have frequently heard men of all parties concur in regarding him as one who would worthily represent his nativeCounty in Parliament. On this subject it is now sufficient to say, that whatever measure promised substantial advantages to Cornwall, was sure toobtain his energetic support.
In his own district, he was President of the Natural History and Antiquarian Society, which rising Institution was much indebted to his fosteringcare. He was frequently also the Chairman at the meetings of agricultural and horticultural societies, and delighted and instructed their memberswith those rich stores of information relating to their pursuits which he had diligently collected during a long residence on the Continent.
He was a considerate landlord and always accessible to the poor of his parish. He was not only their liberal benefactor in distress, but the kindand Christian reconciler to whom they were always ready to submit the arrangement of their disputes - whilst the more opulent often glady availedthemselves of his judicious arbitration in questions of property.
His health, it seems, had been declining for some time, but even his most intimate friends were not apprehensive of any immediate danger.
On New Years Day, according to a good old usage of his family, he entertained at his house about thirty of his poorer Neighbours, who, whilst theyrepaid his bounty with grateful wishes of good health, long life and every blessing, little thought how soon they should be deprived of their kindfriend and patron.
When these guests had left, the servants who went to apprise their master found him insensible and almost lifeless, sitting in his study near thegrate, in which the fire had gone out. He was partially revived with their care, before a messenger, who had been dispatched to Penzance, returnedwith his cousin, Mr Francis Paynter, and two medical men. They found him still below stairs, but in a very exhausted state, and a considerable timeelapsed before he was able to reach his bedroom with their assistance. Afterwards he expressed his feeling that he was feeling better and warmlyacknowledged the kindness of those around him - but in a few hours he sank into a slumber from which he never awoke.
Mr Paynter was unmarried. He has left a brother, Thomas Paynter, Esq., sometime Recorder of Penzance, and now one of the Police Magistrates atKensington near London. He married Anne, daughter of W. Moody, Esq., of Kingsdon, Somersetshire, and has issue.

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• Baptism: 25 Dec 1794, St Buryan, Cornwall, England

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Bibliotheca Cornubiensis 1874:
Educated at Tiverton School; of Trinity College Cambridge, B.A. 1816; M.A. 1824. Barrister-at-Law 1823; Revising Barrister for Suffolk andNorfolk1833; Recorder of Falmouth, Helston and Penzance 18-- to 1841; Magistrate of Hammersmith and Wandsworth Police Court 17 Feb. to 15 Jan.1856;Magistrate of Westminster Police Court 1856, resigned 5 March 1863.
References in:
Diary of H.C. Robinson (1869).
Gentleman's Magazine, xiv (1863).
Law Times, xxxviii (1863).

Alumni Cantabrigiensis:
"Admitted pensioner (age 17) at Trinity, July 4, 1811. 2nd son of James and Elizabeth, daughter of James Wethered. Born July 24, 1794 atBoskennaHouse, Cornwall. School - Blundell's, Tiverton, Devon. Matriculated Lent, 1812; scholar, 1815; B.A. 1816; M.A. 1824. Admitted at Lincoln'sInn,April 23, 1817. Called to the Bar, Nov 23, 1824. Revising barrister for Norfolk and Suffolk, 1833. Recorder of falmouth, Helston andPenzance,1838-41. Police Magistrate at Kensington and Wandsworth, 1841-55; at Westminster, 1855-63. One of the founders of Redhill ReformationSchool.Married Oct 21, 1828, Anne, only daughter of Aaron Moody of Kingsdon, Somerset, and had issue. Author of "The practice of elections,instructionsfor sheriffs and other returning officers". Died April 20, 1863, at 53 Thurloe Square, London. Grandfather of Camborne H. Paynter.

He wrote a book called "The Practice at Elections" in 1835, being plain instructions for the guidance of Sherriffs and other returning officersandtheir poll clerks. It was anonymously published at first in 1835 and then reprinted under his own name in 1837, 1847 and 1852. He also printedforprivate circulation a pamphlet entitled "Considerations on the Office and Duties a Metropolitan Police Magistrate".

Thomas inherited Boskenna when his brother John died, unmarried, in 1847, however he and Ann did not live in Cornwall.

He leased Lamorna quarry to Captain Owens and the stone quarried there was taken to London for building.

Thomas married Anne MOODY on 21 Oct 1828. Anne (daughter of Aaron MOODY and Wife of Aaron MOODY) was born in Kingsdon, Somerset, England; died on 19 May 1876 in 13 Upper Phillimore Gardens, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Jun 1785, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Dec 1787, Penzance, Cornwall, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Boskenna, St Buryan, Cornwall, England
• Census: 1851, 1 South Parade, Madron, Cornwall, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Sep 1789, Penzance, Cornwall, England
• Census: 1841, Clarence St, Penzance, Cornwall, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Clarence St, Madron, Cornwall, England
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, 24 Clarence St, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Notes:

Francis became an attorney in 1812 and a Judge of the Hundred Court of Penwith. Also Registrar of the Peculiar of St Buryan in 1846; RegistrarofCounty Court, Penzance until his decease; Steward for his relative John Paynter of Boskenna; Registrar of County Court at Redruth in 1847. HebuiltClarence House where he died in 1863.

Francis married Catherine Augusta COLEMAN on 15 Apr 1839 in Martock, Somerset, England. Catherine (daughter of Thomas Bernard COLEMAN and Wife of Thomas Bernard COLEMAN) was born about 1812 in Church Stretton, Shropshire, England; died on 11 Sep 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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: 2 Sep 1799, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Notes:

Henry died unmarried.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Sep 1799, Penzance, Cornwall, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Chapel St, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Sep 1799, Penzance, Cornwall, England