Edmund Paine (1470 - aft. 1540)

Born 1470 in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Walton — married about 1480 in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Descendants

Died after 1540 after age 70 in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

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Biography

Birth

Edmund Paine was alive in 1540 (an adult) and had a grandson at that time, so born guessed at 1460.

Edmund Payne born about 1475 in Bosworth, Leicestershire, England. ^[1]

Edmund, youngest son of Sir Thomas Payne, was alive in 1540, the thirty-second year of the reign of Henry VIII, at which time he had a grandson, then a rich and active man. His place of residence was undoubtedly at his place of birth, Bosworth. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Walton, of Leicester County, and had several sons. ^[2]

The dates of their births are neither of them given, but the record shows the younger of the three alive in the 32d year of Henry VIII., or A. D. 1540, at which time he had a grandson, then a rich and active man, as will be more apparent in what follows. This fact would seem to establish the birth of Sir Thomas, the great-grandfather of a wealthy business man, according to the usual average of life and birth, at, or nearly as early as, the year 1400. ^[3]

Parents

Sir Thomas Payne, Knight, of Market Bosworth, Leistershire, had three sons, Robert, William and Edmund. ^[2]

Edmund Paine the youngest son of Sir Thomas Paine and Margaret Pultney, was alive in the 32 year of the reign of Henry VIII, or A.D., 1540.^[4]

Marriage

He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Walton, of Leicester County, and had several sons.^[4]

Residence

His place of residence was undoubtedly that of his birth, at Bosworth.^[4]

Issue

Among his sons were: William Paine, the eldest of them all and his heir.^[4]

1. William, eldest son and heir of Edmund Paine, removed to Suffolk county, and took up his residence at Hengrave, in that shire. ^[2]

Siblings

1. Robert. In the "Visitation of Huntingdonshire," an adjoining county, the genealogy of a "Robert Payne" is given, the particulars of which would seem to establish identity with Robert, the son of Thomas, except that his Coat of Arms was not identical. As different sons often did adopt different coats from their father, this fact alone does not disprove the identity. This family was generally settled at St. Neot's, a place but little remote from the place where Edmund's family resided, in and about St. Edmundsbury and Nowton in the County of Suffolk. ^[3]
2. William. What became of the two elder sons of Sir Thomas is not recorded, which shows conclusively that neither of them removed to Suffolk County, and as no mention is made of them in the "Visitation of Leicestershire," it is equally clear that they did not remain there and have progeny. ^[3]
3. Edward, son of Sir Thomas Payne, living in 1540, married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Walton. They had among other sons William Payne, who had a seat in Hengrave County, Suffolk, and was in the Service of the Duke of Buckingham. He married Margery Ash, daughter of Thomas Ash, of Thurlow, in Suffolk….The Paynes of Nowton and of Worlington are both offshoots from Payne of Hengrave. ^[5]

Just here it may be appropriate to call attention to the peculiar naming of these three sons, as the names used often afford a most important clew to the family genealogy. The frequent recurrence of the names of William and Robert in the line, and the reason of it, have already been spoken of. The name of Edmund thus found in the first family of which we have mention, most naturally carries us back to Edmund, the son of Pagen, whom we have ventured to credit as the elder brother of Hugh, and also the ancestor of the family in question. The proof is not conclusive, but for those days it was a coincidence of no small force as evidence. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ LeAnn. Blodgett and Watson Families Old File Thomas Payne Updated 10/10/2019. Accessed March 10, 2023, archived at Wayback Machine Mar 10, 2023
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine. George Thomas Little, ed. Paine New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1909, Volume I, page 74 Accessed October 18, 2018 jhd
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Albert Ware Paine. Paine Genealogy, 1881. Cited July 2019 by LeAnn. Blodgett and Watson Families Old File Thomas Payne Updated Feb 121, 2017. Accessed Oct 18, 2018 jhd
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Paine, Henry Delaven. Paine family records; a journal of genealogical and biographical information respecting the American families of Payne, Paine, Payn &c New York, [Albany, J. Munsell, printer], 1880. Vol 1. p. 154
5. ↑ Augusta Francelia Payne White and Mary Lovering Holman. The Paynes of Hamilton: A Genealogical and Biographical Record pages 5-6 New York: Tobias A. Wright, Publisher, 1912. Accessed October 18, 2018 [[Day-1904}jhd]]