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George Paine/Payne was born in 1535 in Great Ellingham Norfolk , England and died between August 3, 1597 when he made his wil l and Sept. 16, 1597 when his inventory was taken. (Norfolk Con sistory Court wills 214 Eade) George may have had a second wif e Elizabeth who was named as his wife in his will. If so, they w ere married after about 1583, the birth of his son Caleb who wa s named in the will of his uncle, Thomas Clarke. This may howev er, have been a case in which the names Elizabeth and Alice wer e used interchangeable, as the sometimes were at that time-the s ame was true of the second wife of Stephen of Rehoboth. In leav ing a bequest to her children, Thomas Clarke in his will dated 1 590 mentioned his sister Alice (Clarke) Payne but he did not sa te whether she was living or deceased. It is clear from the wil l that Dann, Caleb and their older siblings were children of Ali ce, but not whether John and the younger girls were also. Georg e in his own will makes no distinction that would indicate tha t Elizabeth was a second wife. In his will dated August 3, 159 7 and proved September 17, 1597, witnessed by William Carter, Jo hn Mussett the elder and John Mussett the younger, George Payn e of Great Ellingham, yeoman, sick of body, directed that he b e buried within the parish churchyard of Great Ellingham, He lef t to "Elizabeth my wife my howse and all my grounds there to bel onginge for te space of fower yeare next following after my deat h, and after the end of the said term to Alexander Payne my elde st sonne." If Alexander died without male heirs before inheritin g, the property was to go to son John, and in case of his deat h without heirs, to son Thomas, Whoever was to inherit the lan d was to pay to George's daughter Elizabeth L10 within a year o f inheriting (five years after their father's decease), to son T homas L10 the following year to son Caleb L5 the eighth year af ter his father's decease , and to daughter Pleasance :10 over th e ninth and tenth years. Daughter Alice was to have L5 to be pa id at the rate of 20 shillings per year by the widow Elizabeth d uring her term in the house and land, and the rest by Alexande r in the seventh year after George's death. John, my youngest s on was to have L5 paid in the twelfth year after his father's de ath. George left the rest of the moveable goods to his wife Eli zabeth and son Alexander, naming them executors. His son Dann wa s not mentioned, probably because he had been well provided fo r in the will of his uncle Thomas Clarke, Jr, as described below .
The inventory, not including the real estate, was taken by Jame s Harvye, John Newman, Edward Payne and Phillip Turnor and total ed L68 8s. 4d, of which the largest items were 52 sheep, three w eaning calves, two bullocks, four horses and a colt, four pigs , an unspecified amount of poultry, carious household and farmin g utensils and a bow and shear of arrows. Also valued were "A B ible and other books," four bedsteads, two old chests, three cof fers, a cupboard and chair, three tablecloths and ten napkins.
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1535 - 1597 (62 years)
