Mary Lambert
(1740-1761)
BIRTH
1740
PLACE
England
DEATH
November 1761
PLACE
Kent, England
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Thomas Paine
(1737-1809)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Mary Lambert was Thomas Paine’s first wife, marrying him in Kent in 1759 while he worked as a staymaker. Their brief marriage ended before Paine’s move to America and the publication of Common Sense. Later biographers often say she died in childbirth, but research using parish registers challenges that account and identifies a daughter, Sarah, who died in infancy. Mary’s own death date and the circumstances of the marriage remain uncertain.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Mary Lambert’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Mary Lambert is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Mary Lambert died on Nov 1761, in Kent, England. Mary Lambert was Thomas Paine’s first wife, marrying him in Kent in 1759 while he worked as a staymaker. Their brief marriage ended before Paine’s move to America and the publication of Common Sense. Later biographers often say she died in childbirth, but research using parish registers challenges that account and identifies a daughter, Sarah, who died in infancy. Mary’s own death date and the circumstances of the marriage remain uncertain. The available account does not establish a detailed sequence of final symptoms, treatment, or bedside attendance.
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