Paine Notes ─ Generation 2 ─ Samuel and Sarah Cook Paine
Summary
Samuel Paine's place and date of birth and death are unknown. Sarah Cook was born in 1775 in Kent, England. They married in 1793 and had at least 7 children. The family lived in Biddenden, Kent, England. Sarah died in Kent in 1850.
Records
These are the principal records for Samuel and Sarah Paine:
- Sarah Cook was born 15 Jan 1775 [family register] [record]
- Samuel Paine and Sarah Cook married 16 Dec 1793 at Biddenden, Kent, England [Mid-Kent Marriages
Index 1754-1911,
http://woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/index.php]
- Sarah Paine had the following children [family register]
[record]:
Mary, born 3 Jun 1795
Samuel, born 8 Jul 1797
Jemima, born 24 Oct 1801
David, born 27 Jul 1808
Elisha, born 18 Jan 1811
Joseph, born 16 Jan 1813
Zechariah, born 14 Mar 1816 - Sarah Pain appeared in the 1841 Census of Kent, England, in the household of
William Jeffery, in the parish of Biddenden [record]
[1841 Census of Kent, England, Parish of Biddenden, HO 107 / 471 / 7, page 57 (back)]
Names Males Age Females Age Occupation Wm Jeffery 45 Ag Lab Mary ditto 40? John ditto 20 Ag Lab George ditto 13 Susannah ditto 11 Mary ditto 10 Jane ditto 8 Elizabeth ditto 5 Henry ditto 2 Elizabeth ditto 65 Sarah Pain 65 Elisha Pain and family are on the next page.
- "Sarah PAINE widow of this parish, died 2nd July 1850 aged 75. Late of Bateman's Wood" [near Biddenden]
[Monumental Inscriptions in The Church and Churchyard of All Saints Biddenden, Kent,
http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsBiddenden/MIsBiddenden.htm]
Sarah Paine's death was registered in the quarter Jul-Sep 1850 [record]
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Discussion of Records
What can one learn from these records?
Birth
The date and place of Samuel Paine's birth are unknown. His youngest child Zechariah was born 14 Mar 1816, so Samuel lived to at least 1815.
Family
Undocumented Public Member Trees on Ancestry.com say that Samuel's parents were Richard and Mary Paine. I've found no supporting records thus far, except that Richard Paine and Mary Towne married 11 Oct 1765 at Biddenden, Kent. However, there were several Paine marriages in Biddenden about this time (see Other Paines).
Marriage
Samuel Paine and Sarah Cook married 16 Dec 1793 at Biddenden, Kent, England (record 2).
Wife's Family
I haven't identified Sarah Cook's parents. She was born 15 Jan 1775 (record 1) in Kent (record 4).
Children
Samuel and Sarah Paine had at least 7 children (see record 3 for names).
Residences
Samuel and Sarah Paine seem to have lived in Biddenden, Kent, England, at least from the time they married. Sarah died there (record 5).
Death
Samuel Paine's date and place of death are unknown. He probably was born and died in Biddenden.
Wife's death
Sarah Paine, age 75, died 2 Jul 1850 at Biddenden, Kent, England (record 5).
Land
[to be added]
Other Paines
Several Paines married at Biddenden Parish, Tenterden District, Kent:
| Year | Day/Month | Name | Spouse |
| 1763 | 09 Jul | Paine, Sarah | William Cook |
| 1765 | 08 Apr | Paine, James | Mary Musgrove |
| 1765 | 11 Oct | Paine, Richard | Mary Towne |
| 1765 | 29 Apr | Paine, Susannah | Edward Button |
| 1770 | 18 Nov | Pain (sic), Susanna | John Bates |
| 1774 | 11 Oct | Paine, Robert | Sarah Hedgecock |
| 1776 | 30 Dec | Paine, Robert (sic) | Elizabeth Henman |
| 1776 | 15 Jan | Paine, Stephen | Jane Weller |
| 1793 | 16 Dec | Paine, Samuel | Sarah Cook |
| 1794 | 31 Oct | Paine, John | Ann Harman |
| 1799 | 06 Apr | Paine, Leah | Thomas Summers |
| 1800 | 28 Jan | Paine, Stephen | Ann Gravett |
| 1834 | 18 Aug | Paine, Elisha | Mary Watts |
| 1837 | 01 Oct | Pain (sic), Thomas | Caroline Waterman |
[Mid-Kent Marriages Index 1754-1911, http://woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/index.php]
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