From: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MZ72-5FD child 1: Peter PAIN (AFN: 1T52-5KW ) gender: Male BIRTH Abt 1722 Of Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
child 2: Hannah PAIN (AFN: 1T52-5MB ) gender: Female BIRTH Abt 1731 Of Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
child 3: Abraham PAIN (AFN: 1T52-5PQ ) gender: Male BIRTH Abt 1735 Of Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
child 4: Rachel PAIN (AFN: 1T52-5QX ) gender: Female BIRTH Abt 1737 Of Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
child 5: Mary PAIN (AFN: 1T52-5L4 ) gender: Female BIRTH Abt 1727 Of Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
child 6: Elizabeth PAIN (AFN: 1T52-5R5 ) gender: Female BIRTH Abt 1739 Of Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
child 7: Alpheus PAIN (AFN: 1T52-5NJ ) gender: Male BIRTH Abt 1733 Of Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
child 8: John PAIN (AFN: 1T52-5SC ) gender: Male BIRTH Abt 1741 Of Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
child 9: Zeruiah PAINE (AFN: RKN0-8D ) gender: Female BIRTH Abt 1730 Of Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
"On Mar 4, 1756, Peter Pain wrote his will. It was proved Jul 26, 1756, and recorded in Lib. F. p. 370. (New Jersey Calendar of Wills, Vol III, 1750-1760)
It is recorded, "Pain, Peter, of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, husbandman; will of. Wife, Mary. Children - John (youngest son and under age), Peter (eldest son), Mary (wife of John McCarter), Zeruiah (wife of John Sharp), Hannah (wife of John Bush), Alpheus, Abraham, Rachel, and Elizabeth. Real and personal estate. Executors - the wife, sons Peter and Abraham, and Jonathan Frazee. Witnesses - Samuel Freeman, David Stuard, Jr., and Timothee Frazee."
Peter and Mary Pain (Paine, Payne) were buried in the Woodbridge Presbyterian Church yard in Middlesex County, New Jersey. His tombstone reads, "HERE LIETH Mr. Peter Pain who departed this life July the 10th A. D. 1756 71 years of his Age."" - Larry Cornwell, FindAGrave.com
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Note the birth place needs review. FAG just gives the year date for his birth