John Painter, Jr.

John and his wife Susannah Stratton were Quakers.

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Harold Painter gives dob as March 5, 1736. I believe the confusion comes from the calendar changes.

John Painter, Jr. was an American Planter, living south of Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia. He was born in Burlington Co., N.J. where his father was known as "John Painter, the imigrant." Sometime after his marriage, he moved to Virginia. by 1760 he was affiliated with the Hopewell Meeting. On November 30, 1786, he was granted certificate at Hopewell to Crooked Run. His will is dated July 22, 1799 [Frederick Co Will Book, Vol 6, p. 590] and was proven April 6, 1801. In part it read: 'I John Painter of Frederick Co. in the State of Virginia being indisposed in body but of sound and perfect mind do make and publish this my last will and testament in the manner and form following. 'First it is my will and desire that all my just debts and funeral charges [be] paid and fully discharged. 'Secondly, I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Susannah Painter one third part of my moveable estate also the dwelling house and plantation whereon I now live whilst she remains my widow, and after her marriage or decease I will that her mart of the moveables shall be equally divided amongst all my children and the said plantation and dwelling house to my son Robert Painter his heirs and assigns forever. Likewise I will unto my said son Robert Painter the grist mill and saw mill now erected on the above said plantation with the full privileges and advantages of all the water thereunto...' [Here the text stops abruptly. It probably was not photocopied from the original document by Harold Painter.]

John Painter, junior, eldest son of Quakers Hannah (née Braddock) and John Painter, senior, was born 5 June 1736, in Haddonfield, Province of New Jersey. Haddonfield was then a Quaker community.

John Painter, junior, and Susannah Stratton were married in November 1759 in Haddonfield, and on 10 December 1759 the couple were admitted into membership in Haddonfield Monthly Meeting.* The couple soon afterwards moved to Frederick County, Colony of Virginia, and there on 4 January 1760 were received into membership of the Hopewell Monthly Meeting.† The couple's nine children were born in Frederick County.

Notes

Dates of birth for John and Susannah Painter and their children from: Iona Lupton, A Record of Birth and Burials for Crooked Run Monthly Meeting 1785 (manuscript), p. 15. Written above the years of birth for John and Susanna Painter are the letters "O. S."—Old Style—referring to the Julian calendar, in which the new year began on 25 March. It was used through 1751 in England, Wales, Ireland, and the British colonies. Thus, in 1736, the 5th day of the 3rd month was 5 June 1736. Their children's years of birth are marked "N. S."—New Style—the current Gregorian calendar in which the new year begins on 1 January.

• "John Painter Son of John Painter & Susanah Strat ton Daughter of David Stratten appeared & declared their intentions of marriage with each other Therefore Thomas Wilkins & James Cattel are app't to make ye usual Enquiery and report to the next meeting ye young man produced his parents consent in writing her parents being present Consented." (Minutes, Haddonfield Monthly Meeting Camden, New Jersey, p. 414.)

† At a 4 January 1760 meeting of the Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Frederick County, "John Painer juner produced a Certificate for him self & wife from Hatenfield Monthly Meeting in West New Jersey which being Read here was received." (Minutes of Hopewell Monthly Meeting, 1759-1776 (manuscript), p. 26.)

On 4 January 1773, "John Painter by his own Request is Relees'd from being Overseer of Crook Run Meeting." The Hopewell MM recorded on 1 March 1773 that John Painter, by his own confession, was guilty of adultery. (Minutes of Hopewell Monthly Meeting, 1759-1776 (manuscript), pp. 285 and 287.)

John Painter, junior, and Susannah Stratton were half second cousins; Timothy Hancock (1653 - c. 1713) was a great-grandfather to both.

The will of John Painter, junior, (dated 22 Jul 1799, proved 6 Apr 1801) identifies as heirs his "wife Susannah Painter," and "my eight children." The six children named in the will are: David, Jacob, Mary, John, Robert, and Susannah. (Robert and Susannah were then unmarried.) Not named in the will are daughters Sarah (who married Jesse Holloway in 1780) and Phebe (who married Isaiah Oglesbee in 1785). A ninth child, daughter Elizabeth (who married Robert Faulkner in 1784), predeceased her father. (Executors were wife Susannah, and sons Jacob and John. Witnesses were nephews Abraham and Isaac Painter, and a niece's husband Benjamin Remy.)

Great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of submitter.

Reviewed 30 June 2021.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 1 2021, 19:29:54 UTC