." I have some Painters in my Townsend lineage: Samuel Painter, will proved 1804, married Esther Gilpin ( I don't have dates of birth on either of them). They had 1) Hannah b. 1751 in Chester, PA, she married Joseph Townsend b. 1756 in Chester, PA., in 1782 in the Birmingham Monthly Meeting 2)Samuel and 3) George. I was wondering how Thomas Painter and Samuel Painter were related." I may have found what you're looking for; a Samuel Painter is suppose to have come from the part of England bordering onWales, and his name is found as a lot owner in Philly, in 1705. His son Samuel purchased land in Birmingham in 1707. He was married 4, 7, 1716, at the Concord meeting to Elizabeth Buxcey, a sister to the wife of John Passmore, of Kennett. Their children were Mary, m to Isaac Gilpin;. Samuel; John, m to Agnes Coebourn and Sarah Yeatman; Thomas m to Grace Cloud; Ann m to Robert Chamberlin; and Lydia. Samuel m 6-5 1741 to Esther, dau of Joseph and Hannah Gilpin, of Birmingham. Their children were James m to Jane Carter' George; Lydia m Isaac Baily; Joseph; Thomas; Hannah m to Joseph Townsend, of Baltimore; and Samuel. from the Concord MM records; Samuel Painter, son of Samuel Painter and Elizabeth his wife of Burmingham m Esther Gilpin, dau of Joseph Gilpin...deceased... and his widdow Hannah....m at the concord MH 5 6m 1741 Joseph Townsend, s of John and Joanna Townsend of East Bradford, m Hannah Painter, dau of Samuel and Esther Painter, 6, 6m 1782 at Birmingham MH. Sandra