242. Mary Freeman (Married
John Payne (#241) on 30 September 1758) (1758) (Source: LDS submitter: Earl C. Downey Jr., 10333 Bonnie Lane, La Mesa, California.) (Source: Ancestry.com link to reference Captain John Pain page 63.)
Born: December
21, 1742 an LDS source says 19 November 1742 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey)(December 21, 1743) (19 November 1742) of Samuel Freeman (#483)
and Mary Stone (#484) (The date is based
on tombstone information. Her father's name is documented on page 269 of The
Wroe and Chancellor Families Compiled by William C. Wroe). (Source: Ancestry.com link to reference Captain John Pain page 63.) (Source: Will of James Payne)
Died: 26 September,
1819 (26 September, 1819) in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey. She is buried with her husband at the
Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Rahway, New Jersey. (Source:
The
Wroe and Chancellor Families Compiled by William C. Wroe, p. 269).
[Her siblings, if any, are unknown.]
Miscellaneous: One of her children
with John was Moses Payne (#121).
Tombstones of Captain and Mrs. Payne, which are in the Presbyterian Church at Rahway, New Jersey. Mary's stone reads:
"In memory of
Mary, Widow of Capt John
Payne
who died Sept 26, 1819
aged
76 years, 10 months and
7 days
Farewell, sister, children,
friends,
My glass has now run out
its sand,
I trust I've walked that
narrow road
Which direction leads
to God
Heaven is a biding place"
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