William Paine, of Lavenham

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Paine-470

William Payne (Paine) of Laveham was the son of William and Joane Payne, also of Lavenham, Suffolkshire, England. His birth was not recorded in either Boxted or Lavenham. The Lavenham parish registers do not start until 1558. The marriages of William and his siblings, Thomas and Agnes are all recorded in Lavenham in the parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul. All of William's children were baptized in St. Peter and St. Paul in Lavenham. William died in 1621 and his wife Agnes (Ann) (Neves) Payne died in 1645, ten years after her son William and his family left England for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. William and Ann were buried in Lavenham and their deaths were recorded in the St. Peter and St. Paul church records. [1] [2]

William married Agnes (Ann) Neves in Lavenham in the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul on 28 December 1584. [3] William did not leave a will, but he was buried in the church yard of St. Peter and St. Paul on June 9, 1621. [3] Agnes (Ann) Payne wrote her will in 1635, it was not proved until April 1646. She left her property and goods to her daughter Susan and son Richard.[4]

Research Notes

Please do not confuse this William Payne with the William Payne, son of Anthony and Martha Castell, who was baptized in the church of St. Mary, Bury St. Edmunds on 2 Dec 1565. [5]

William Paine of Lavenham, husband of Agnes Neves and father of multiple immigrants to New England was not the son of William Payne of Bury St. Edmunds and Nowton. In 1881 and 1883, books were published on the ancestry of the Paine siblings who immigrated to Massachusetts. The authors of these books believed that they had found the ancestors in the Paynes of Nowton. In a 1915 article published in the Register, the Paine family was proved to be from Lavenham, their births, marriages and deaths were recorded in the Parish registers of St. Peter and St. Paul in Lavenham. They were a distinct family from the Bury Paynes. Despite this information being available since 1915 the incorrect ancestry has been perpetuated. [1]

Roberts blog article gives a nice explanation of these two families. [6]

In 1634 court case, Richard Paine of Lavenham, son of William and Agnes, was arrested in Bury St. Edmunds, a place he said was "far off" and where "he was a stranger." The Paynes of Nowton and Bury were well known in Bury St. Edmunds, having been part of the Feoffees who ran the town for many years. [7] [8]It has also been shown that the Payne family of Bury was considered "conservative" in their religion, meaning they were more "catholic" in their beliefs. The majority of the feoffees of Bury were anti-Puritan until a 1606 shakeup of the town government. [9]

Family

http://sites.rootsweb.com/~blenderman/Blenderman/fg05/fg05_451.html

“The Will of Ann Payne of Lavenham, co. Suffolk, widow, dated 8 December 1635. To be buried in Lavenham churchyard. To my son Richard Payne 10s. To my daughter Susan Payne my capital messuage in the market place in Lavenham, in the tenure of one Thomas Dister and myself. Executrix and residuary legatee: my daughter Susan Payne. Proved 25 April 1646. (Archdeaconry of Sudbury, book 55, fo. 291.)

[The testatrix Ann (or Agnes) (Neves) Payne, was the widow of William Payne of Lavenham and the mother of William Payne and his married sisters who emigrated to New England. She was buried at Lavenham 8 Oct. 1645.]”451, p. 83

Children

1. 1 F Elizabeth Paine Birth 1586, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England Baptism 11 Sep 1586, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England446, p. 251. Spouse: William Hammond. (m. 1631 in Watertown) Emigrated to America.
2. 2 F Anne Paine Birth 1587, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England Baptism 17 Dec 1587, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England446, p. 251. Married Richard Nevel. Did not emigrate.
3. 3 F Judith Paine Birth 1589, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England Baptism 22 Jun 1589, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England446, p. 251
4. 4 F Susan Paine (Died as Infant) Birth 1591, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England Death 1591, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England Baptism 1 Jan 1591, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England446, p. 251 Bapt Memo 1590/91 Burial. 9 Oct 1591, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England446, p. 251. Died young.
5. 5 F Susan Paine Birth 1592, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England Baptism 9 Apr 1592, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England446, p. 251. Died after 1646. Unmarried. Did not emigrate.
6. 6 F Phebe Paine Birth ca Mar 1594, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England Birth Memo 1593/94 Death 25 Sep 1677, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts444, p. 242 Death Memo Watertown VR says aged 87 Baptism 1 Apr 1594, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England444, p. 242 Spouse John Page Marriage 5 Jun 1621, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England444, p. 242,446, p. 252. Emigrated to America.
7. 7 M Richard Paine (Twin) Birth 1597, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England Baptism 20 Feb 1597, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England446, p. 251, Bapt Memo 1596/97. Did not emigrate.
8. 8 M William Paine (Twin) Birth 1597, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England Baptism 20 Feb 1597, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England446, p. 251 Bapt Memo 1596/97. Married Ann (1621 in Lavenham) Emigrated to America.
9. 9 F Dorothy Paine Birth ca 1598, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England Death 11 Aug 1650, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts450, p. 486. Married Simon Eyre (Aires) abt 1616-17. Emigrated to America.
10. 10 F Francis Paine Birth 1600, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England Death 1600, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England Baptism 20 Jul 1600, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England446, p. 251 Burial 12 Aug 1600, Lavenham, Co. Suffolk, England446, p. 251. Died young.

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Notes

http://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2013/05/english-ancestry-of-william...

William Payne was born 2 Dec 1565 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England. Some say his parents were Anthony PAYNE and Martha CASTELL,but I have been told it has been proven that William Paine of Lavenham was not the son of Anthony Paine of Nowton in both the 1915 Register article as well as the 1925 Register article on the family. The William son of Antony married Elizabeth Sparrow and in 1612 they had only one child, a daughter Ann. Our William married Agnes NEVES 28 Dec 1584 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England. William died 21 Nov 1648 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England.

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William Jr. and his wife, possibly the Widow Joane Payne who died in 1594 had at least two sons, the Thomas born in 1559 and a son William III. This William is the one who married Agnes Neves of Lavenham in 1584. The births of their children are recorded in the Lavenham parish records beginning with Elizabeth, my ancestor, who was born in 1586. William Jr. died the following year in 1587. William III, called William Payne the Elder in the records, died in 1621. His son William and daughters Dorothy, Phoebe and Elizabeth are the siblings who immigrated to Massachusetts. When Agnes died she left her home in Lavenham Market to her daughter Susan and left money to her son Richard, both of whom remained in England. Agnes was buried in the Lavenham churchyard. [8]

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http://sites.rootsweb.com/~blenderman/Blenderman/fg05/fg05_451.html

The Lavenham parish registers show the following (partial):

• 1559 Thomas son of William Payne bap. 25 January
• 1561 Thomas Payne and Agnes Wyat married 16 November
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• 1587 William Payne senior buried 17 November
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• 1596 Richard and William sons of William Payne bap. 20 February [1596/97; perhaps twins?]
• These entries would be consistent with William Payne senior being the father of William Payne married to Agnes Neves in 1584. William “junior” was probably born before 1559 when the records start. Thomas Payne born in 1559 could be William junior’s brother. The Thomas Payne married in 1561 could be a brother of William senior.

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References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Paine-470 cites
   1. G. Andrews Moriarity, "Genealogical Gleanings in England V," in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol.79 (The New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston, 1925) pp. 82-84; digital images American Ancestors.
   2. Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. V, M-P, Boston, MA, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007, 2; digital image, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigran... : accessed 4 Oct 2015).
   3. Scott, Henry Edwards. The New England Hostorical and Genealogical Register 1915, Vol LXIX (N.E. Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1915) "Payne; From the Parish Registers of Lavenham, co. Suffolk, 1558-1653," pp. 251-2.
   4. G. Andrews Moriarity, Genealogical Gleanings in England, 85.
   5. William Harvey, Robert Cook, John Earl Raven and Walter Charles Metcalf, "The Visitation of Suffolk Made by Hervey, Clarenceaux, 1561, Cooke, Clarenceaux, 1577, and Raven, Richmond, Herald 1613, with notes and an appendix of additional Suffolk Pedigrees, Exeter, William Pollard, 1882, 157; digital image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/visitationsofsuf00harvuoft#page/156/mode... : accessed 8 October 2015).
   6. Roberts, Jeanie. (2013) The Family Connection.
   7. "Gleanings from English Records," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 103 (1949) 183-185, digital images, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 5 February 2016).
   8. J. S. Craig, "The Bury Stirs Revisited, An Anlysis of the Townsmen," Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaelogy and History37 (1991), pp. 208-224
   9. Margaret Statham, Accounts of the Feoffees of the Town Lands of Bury St. Edmunds, 1569-1622, (Woodbridge, England : Boydell Press, 2003).
2. https://minerdescent.com/2013/02/12/william-payne/ son of Anthony became the Lord of the Manor Norton. Wrong parents.
3. http://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2013/05/english-ancestry-of-william... Cites
   1. [1] Albert W. Paine, Paine Genealogy, Ipswich Branch, (Bangor, Maine: O. F. Knowles, 1881), 51, digital images, Hatitrust (babel.hatitrust.org : accessed 5 February 2016).
   2. [2] Henry D. Paine, Paine Family Records, a journal of genealogy and biographical information respecting the American families of Payne, Paine, and Payn, (Albany : J. Murrell, 1883), 177, digital images, Hatitrust (babel.hathitrust.org : accessed 5 February 2016).
   3. [3] William Harvey, Robert Cook, John Earl Raven and Walter Charles Metcalf, "The Visitation of Suffolk Made by Hervey, Clarenceaux, 1561, Cooke, Clarenceaux, 1577, and Raven, Richmond, Herald 1613, with notes and an appendix of additional Suffolk Pedigrees, (Exeter, William Pollard, 1882), 157; digital image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/visitationsofsuf00harvuoft#page/156/mode... : accessed 8 October 2015).
   4. [4] Henry D. Paine, Paine Family Records, 177.
   5. [5] Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, MA,The New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1915, 69, pgs. 251-252; digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new_england_genealogical... : accessed 4 Oct 2015).[ Contains the Payne births, deaths and marriages from the parish records of Lavenham.]
   6. [6] G. Andrews Moriarity, "Genealogical Gleanings in England V," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, MA, The New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1925, 79, pgs. 82-84; digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new_england_genealogical... : accessed 4 Oct 2015).
   7. [7] G. Andrews Moriarity, "Genealogical Gleanings," 84.
   8. [8] G. Andrews Moriarity, "Genealogical Gleanings," 84.
   9. [9] Author unnamed, "Gleanings from English Records," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register," 103 (1949) 183-185, digital images, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 5 February 2016). [court case involving Richard Paine and his brother William Paine, both of Lavenham.] other sources:
   10. Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. V, M-P, Boston, MA, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007, 2; digital image, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigran... : accessed 4 Oct 2015)
   11. http://www.stedmundsburychronicle.co.uk/Chronicle/1539-1699.htm (according to this website on St. Edmundsbury, Henry Paine purchased Nowton in 1545 not 1546)
4. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~blenderman/Blenderman/fg05/fg05_451.html cites
   1. 446. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, “Genealogical Research in England: PAYNE,” Elizabeth French, V69, 250-53, 1915, NEHGS: http://www.americanancestors.org/, online database, PDF File: Page-Paine NEHGR 69 250.jpg and Page-Paine - NEHGR V69 251-53.pdf, 20 January 2015. page 252.
   2. 451. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, “Genealogical Gleanings in England: PAYNE,” G. Andrews Moriarty, V79, 82-84, 1925, NEHGS: http://www.americanancestors.org/, online database, PDF File: Paine - NEHGR V79 82-84.pdf, 22 January 2015.
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavenham Lavenham is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is noted for its Guildhall, Little Hall, 15th-century church, half-timbered medieval cottages and circular walks. In the medieval period it was among the twenty wealthiest settlements in England.[2]
6. “The History of Lavenham.” < link >
   1. Why is Lavenham so well preserved? What followed was a two hundred year period of impoverishment. Many of the former Merchant's houses were divided up to provide small homes for large families. The Guildhall building was used as a workhouse. By a twist of fortune it was the extreme poverty and neglect that preserved the Lavenham we can enjoy today.