Thomas PADDY married Anne BURNETT in Allesley on 1 Jul 1701.
There were 7 children: Thomas Jun. 1702, Katherine 1703, Thomas 1704, Jonathan 1707, John 1709, Anne 1713 born 6 Jun 1713 and Lydia 1716.
One oddity was that the later children's baptismal entries record a birth date "nat." not a baptism date "bapt." unlike every other entry in the register. In Anne PADDY's record "bapt" was erased and replaced by "nat" meaning this was a purposeful entry. My suspicion is that the PADDYs were Catholic, dissenting or had other reasons for not wishing or being refused an Anglican baptism, but were on sufficiently good terms to have their children officially recognised.
A Thomas PADDY senior was buried in Meriden in 1706, probably Thomas' father, and after than Thomas was no longer referred to in the records as Thomas PADDY junior.
Thomas wrote a will, dated 9 Oct 1725, in which he named his wife Anne, son Thomas, daughter Katherine and her husband Thomas BENTLY (who only received a guinea each) and daughters Anne and Lydia (who were to receive £200 each at age 21). No mention was made of Jonathan or John, who presumably had died before the will was written. Thomas' views on the Anglican church may explain why the deaths of these children were not officially recorded.
Thomas died in May 1729, after the birth of his granddaughter Susannah. His 1725 will was probated in 1729 to his wife Anne. The inventory of "Coleshill - Thomas Paddy de Meriden" itemised the content of a dairy/pig/sheep farm including a buttery, brewhouse, dairy, cheese chamber, smith and garret, and was valued at £165 7s 8d.
His burial is recorded in the Meriden parish records, but not where he is buried; only that an affadavit of his burial had been received.
