Mary "Polly" Bradburn

1796 - 1872  (76 years)

• Name	Mary "Polly" Bradburn
  Birth	6 Aug 1796	Burke Co., NC
  Gender	Female
  _UID	5679DAF2EC0FD511B568BD47275DDA4E4953
  Death	22 Aug 1872	Buncombe Co., NC
  Burial	North Turkey Creek Cemetery, Buncombe Co., NC
  Person ID	I172	sorrells
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2010

  
  

  Father	Thomas Bradburn,   b. Abt 1765   d. 1821, Burke Co., NC (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ann Elledge,   b. Abt 1775, Wilkes Co., NC d. Aft 1811, Burke Co., NC (Age > 37 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1790
  Family ID	F144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Paine,   b. 11 Feb 1789, Fairfax, Culpepper Co., VA d. 28 Mar 1866, Leicester, Buncombe Co., NC (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	12 Apr 1810	Burke Co., NC   [1]
  Children	1. Thomas Paine,   b. 7 Jan 1812, Buncombe Co., NC d. 1817, Buncombe Co., NC (Age 4 years)   2. Robert Wesley Paine,   b. 29 Jul 1813, Buncombe Co., NC d. 6 May 1896, Gaston Co., NC (Age 82 years)   3. Rachel Paine,   b. Jan 1815, Buncombe Co., NC d. Abt 1877, Spring Creek, Madison Co., NC (Age 61 years)   4. Rebecca Paine,   b. Jan 1815, Buncombe Co.   5. Isaac Elledge Paine,   b. 28 Jan 1816, Buncombe Co., NC d. 23 May 1894, Lincoln Co., NC (Age 78 years)   6. Mary Paine,   b. 7 Nov 1819, Buncombe Co., NC d. 15 Oct 1867, Buncombe Co., NC (Age 47 years)   7. John Franklin Paine, Jr.,   b. 10 Nov 1821, Buncombe Co., NC d. 2 Feb 1881, Catawba Co., NC (Age 59 years)   8. Joseph Allen Payne,   b. 19 Sep 1822, High Point, Guilford Co., NC   9. Anderson Lord Paine,   b. 13 May 1824   d. Aft 1870 (Age > 47 years)   10. Frances E. Paine,   b. 22 Oct 1826, Buncombe Co., NC d. Bef 1900, Madison Co., NC (Age < 73 years)   11. William Paine,   b. 17 Nov 1829, Buncombe Co., NC d. 1884, Fresno Co., CA (Age 54 years)   12. Female Paine,   b. 1830   13. Male Paine,   b. 1830   14. Daniel Alexander Paine,   b. 8 Nov 1831, Buncombe Co., NC d. 21 May 1891, Madison Co., NC (Age 59 years)   15. Ambrose Martin Paine,   b. 10 Jul 1833, Buncombe Co., NC d. 1912, AZ (Age 78 years)   16. Smith Ferguson "S. F." Paine,   b. 22 Apr 1837, Buncombe Co., NC d. 20 Aug 1932, Sevier Co., TN (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Photos		John Paine and Mary Bradburn Marriage Record
  		Mary Bradburn Paine tombstone

  
  

• Notes

  Mary (Bradburn) Paine, my mother, was rather above medium size, tall, erect. And well built, very stout, weighing from 130 to 135 lbs. She had dark complexion, long straight black hair, black eyes, deep and thoughtful. She was kind, tender and affectionate. She was of Swiss descent. Her great grandmother emigrated from Switzerland during the early settlement of this country. She was a flax spinner by trade. Mother loved her home and her family. She was always interested in her children and was always doing something for their comfort. She was happiest when working for them or helping my father. She inherited her industrious nature from her ancestors. She was always busy, never idle. She worked much at night, carding, spinning, sewing, or knitting. She was a good cook and delighted in cooking a good meal and having a full table. Mother was not very talkative, abominated laziness, was of good moral character, very high toned, adverse to vice or low society. She was very religious, humble, sincere and devoted to her Christian duty. She was a member of the Baptist Church which she attended regularly. Mother was never ill very much, had some biliousness and sick headaches. Those were her greatest troubles. She had a good appetite and enjoyed her meals. She outlived my father six years and five months. During the summer of 1872 she gave away, grew more feeble each day, and some days she could hardly go. On August 21st the Doctor came and said the end was near, her system was worn out. That night she was restless and I sent for the children that were within reach. Rachel came at once. On the 22nd she sat up part of the day, carded some cotton rolls, ate as usual, but on lying down she suddenly took bad again and about 10 o'clock she passed away. Next morning her sons, Anderson and Daniel, came for the burial. They started at dark one day and arrived there about 10 o'clock the next day. Turkey Creek is in Buncombe County, N.C. Her coffin was made by Martin White. We laid her to rest by her companion in life. Thomas Bradburn, my grandfather, was a merchant farmer. He owned sixteen slaves and a considerable land. The Bradburns were of English descent. My grandfather gave my mother a slave but my father did not like negroes and returned the slave to Grandfather Bradburn.

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] Burke Co., NC Marriage Records.