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I'm not sure that this will help, but I noted that at the same time as one of John's children was christened a William & Sarah PAYNE also had a child christened and that a William PAIN [sic] witnessed his second marriage. Perhaps he was a brother?  When William married in Compton Bishop to Sarah BATHE he was said to have been "of Bleadon".   William appears to have died in 1835, aged 70 which suggest a birth in about 1765.  

Why so few queries? Personal thoughts - 

1) I love family history, but have other interests, jobs to do, family, and less energy!

2) My research follows the four grandparents' lines, and only one line involves Weston-s-Mare. I would guess I'm in a majority in being a member of at least one other family history society. It depends which line is taking my time as to who I ask help from.

3) My research goes back to the generation who moved to Weston. Investigation further back moves elsewhere.

Thank you WsM FHS officials for help received so far. Having written this, I'm still wondering why you have so few comments and queries!

In 2017 I gave a talk about Hutton and Oldmixon and included this slide.  Unfortunately I haven't a note of where that picture of the original  farm came from.

Thanks, Richard.

I got back to that same prior connection with the BATTs last night too, before going to bed. It remains to be seen how the 2 lines are connected.

I don't have a sister Sara(h) for Mary. I've checked a few sources and haven't found a likely birth in Yatton, so it looks as if this is a different family. 

The last thing I was going to ask was if you knew Mary Payne/Pain (née Batt) had a sister called Sarah? I noticed this on page 2 of the Thursday 24 December 1829 edition of the Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette:

"Sarah Batt, housemaid to Dr. Robertson, of Long Acre, was committed to Newgate, Saturday, from Bow street, for robbing her master of 14 silver table spoons. She acknowledged her guilt, and said she did it to raise a sum of money to pay for nursing an illegitimate child!" [The paper added the exclamation mark]

I was wondering if Mary had "adopted" Sarah Luffman for a family member. I think Sarah got 4 years (ludicrous) and may even have been transported to Australia (it may be the same person - I cannot work it out).