Benoit, Elizabeth Jane

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Charles and brothers John and Harry came to Bonne Bay with their parents. Charles and John married and stayed, the rest of the family returned to Bay St. George.

Charles married Payne, Rebecca about 1852 in Unknown Location. Rebecca (daughter of Gifford, Elias and Payne, Mary Ann) was born on 9 Jan 1836; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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«b»Rebecca«i»«sup»3«/i»«/sup» PAYNE«/b» (Mary Ann«i»«sup»2«/i»«/sup», Charles«i»«sup»1«/i»«/sup») was born at an unknown location January 9, 1836. Rebecca died at an unknown location, at age unknown.

She married «b»Charles«/b» «b»BENOIT«/b» 1852 at an unknown location. Charles was born circa 1833 at an unknown location. Charles was the son of Sebastian BENOIT and Theotiste JESSEAU. Charles died at an unknown location, at age unknown.

Elias married Payne, Mary Ann about 1835. Mary (daughter of Payne, Charles and Brooks, Mary) was born in 1821 in Cow Head, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland; died on 13 Apr 1893 in Cow Head, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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«b»Mary Ann«sup»«i»2«/sup»«/i» PAYNE«/b» (Charles«sup»«i»1«/sup»«/i») was born at Cow Head, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland 1821. Mary died April 13, 1893 at Cow Head, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland, at age 71. Her body was interred after April 13, 1893 at Cow Head, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland.

She married «b»William«/b» «b»HUTCHINGS«/b» estimate 1839 at an unknown location. William was born 1816 at Sturminister, Newton, Dorset, England. William was the son of William HUTCHINGS and Ann HODDINOTT. William died May 23, 1890 at Cow Head, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland, at age 73. His body was interred May 25, 1890 at Cow Head, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland.

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Married:
Mary was a liaison partner of Elias GIFFORD at an unknown location circa 1835. When Mary was age 14 and Elias GIFFORD was age 38 they became the parents of Rebecca PAYNE January 9, 1836 at an unknown location.

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«b»Charles«sup»«i»1«/sup»«/i» PAYNE«/b» was born at England estimate 1790. Charles died estimate 1865 at Cow Head, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland, at age unknown. His body was interred estimate 1865 at Cow Head, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland.

He married «b»Mary«/b» «b»PARK«/b» circa 1810 at Newfoundland. Mary was born 1792 at Newfoundland. Mary was the daughter of Robert PARK and Mary UNKNOWN. Mary died March 30, 1862 at Cow Head, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland, at age 69. Her body was interred after March 30, 1862 at Cow Head, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland. Mary has a tombstone in a feild at Cow Head along with two other graves without markers, it reads Mary PAYNE died March 30, 1862 age 69 years. The other two are beleived to that of her husband Charles and son James. Origins of Mary PAYNE of Cow Head, Newfoundland. By John G. EDGAR, 2005
«tab»According to statements in local histories some researchers have concluded that Mary, wife of Charles PAYNE Senior, early resident of Cow Head, was born Mary BROOKS. This conclusion may not be correct and was likely based on the incomplete or biased reading of a notation in Bishop FIELD's 1849 List of Inhabitants. The conclusion is also questionable in light of a more recently discovered document, The Last Will and Testament of John BROOK, 1823.
«tab»As a footnote to Robert WHELLER, inhabitant # 11 residing at Brook's Cove, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland Feild (1849) noted (all words exact quote):

Charles married Brooks, Mary about 1810. Mary (daughter of Brooks, Robert and Park, Mary) was born in 1792 in New Harbour Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada; died on 30 Mar 1862 in Cow Head, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Brooks (daughter of Robert Brooks and Mary (Park) Brooks) was born 1793 in Born with Indian name, She went to England and came back with the name Brooks, and died March 30, 1862 in Cow Head, NL, Canada. She married Charles Payne on 1810.

According to statements in local histories some researchers have concluded that Mary, wife of Charles Payne Senior early resident of Cow Head, was born Mary Brooks. This conclusion may not be correct and was likely based on the incomplete or biased reading of a notation in Bishop Field's 1849 List of Inhabitants. The conclusion is also questionable in light of a more recently discovered document, The Last Will and Testament of John Brook(s),1823.