Life History

8th Oct 1795	Born in Witham, Essex.
7th Oct 1835	Married Peter Painter.
14th Jan1876	Died in Rye.

Notes

The marriage of Maria Ann Drewry to Peter Painter, 1835, took place at St Pancras.

The witnesses were:

Henry R Drewry (uncle)
Elizabeth E Robe (daughter of the Robe mentioned in the letter that her father sent to her brother Samuel in 1815.)
James Painter (brother-in-law)

Maria had been a witness to the marriage of her younger sister, Louisa, to James Painter in 1824.

In the 1841 census in 'Castle Office', Mereworth, Kent

Peter, 59, is a steward on the estate in Mereworth (pronounced Merryworth), in Kent. The picture of Mereworth Castle on the right is borrowed from Wikipedia.
("In 1801 Mereworth's total population was 597. In 1901 it was 727.")

In the census:
Maria is shown as aged 45.
Wm. Houghton, 50, steward, is also in 'Castle Office'
and perhaps others on the next page of the census.

In the 1851 census at Lime Court, Beckley

Peter Painter	62	Landed Proprietor	b. Scotland
Mary A Painter	55	Landed Proprietor's Wife	b. Essex, Wickham
Harriet Bates	18	House Servant

Lime Court, in Beckley Sussex, is a listed Grade 2 building and still exists. It can be seen in Google Street View.

In the 1861 census at Lime Court, Beckley

Mary A Painter	Head	65	Retired Lady
Henry Wickes(?)	Servant	64(?)	Useful Person
Joan Oliver	Servant	20	House Servant

In the 1871 census at 'Private House', Beckley, Chichester

Maria Painter	Head	Widow	75	Independant	b. Essex, Witham
Eliza Smith	Servant	Unm	21		b. London
George Butler	Servant	Unm	21	Groom and Gardener	b. Sussex, Rye

Probate

From FreeBMD

Death: Mar 1876; Painter, Maria Ann, 80, Rye, 2b 5

Burial Inscriptions, All Saints Church, Beckley, Sussex

From the Kentish Gazette 9th August, 1836 when Peter was Steward on the Mereworth Estate.

From the Morning Chronicle, November, 1856 Death announcement