Abigail Lay: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Abigail Lay was born about 1730 (daughter of Abraham Lay and Sarah Grymes); and died.

Notes:

"The inventory of the estate of Abigail Payne, deceased, was recorded May 1822 in Fx. Co. (Fairfax County, Virginia) Her administrator was her son Sanford Payne, Jr. He was allowed payment for her board from 1808 to 1820." (Payne, p 239)

Family/Spouse: Sanford Payne. Sanford (son of William Payne and Alicia Jones) was born about 1730 in Westmoreland County, Virginia; died on 17 Dec 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Kentucky Historical Society, "Genealogies of Kentucky Families: Vol. O-Y" (Baltimore Gen. Publ.-1981) makes the errorneous statement that "their daughter Dolly, married James Madison, President of the United States; another daughter married John G. Jackson, from who descended Stonewall Jackson, the famous Confederate General."

Dolly Madison was a Payne by birth, but not a daughter of Sanford and Abigail (Lay) Payne. As is noted below:

"She always called herself Dolley, and by that name the New Garden Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends, in Piedmont, North Carolina, recorded her birth to John and Mary Coles Payne, settlers from Virginia. In 1769 John Payne took his family back to his home colony, and in 1783 he moved them to Philadelphia, city of the Quakers. Dolley grew up in the strict discipline of the Society, but nothing muted her happy personality and her warm heart."

From Clinton Dillard's PRESIDENTS-PIONEERS-PILGRIMS tree. He cites

- Presidents Database: Genealogy of the US Presidents; Brian Tompsett, Computer Science Dept, University of Hull (England); based on book "The Presidents", pub. by Funk & Wagnall's; University of Hull, Hull, UK UK1HU6 7RX http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/presidents/

NOTE: WEBSITE: RootsWEB: U.S. Presidential Ancestor Tables; Contact; Gary Boyd Roberts ; New England Historic Geneological Society; from 'Ancestors of American Presidents', a 456-page book http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/presidents/prez3.htm

NOTE: WEBSITE: BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES MADISON: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html

In searching various internet biographies of Gen. Stonewall Jackson, I was not able to find evidence to support this either.

Children:

Benjamin Payne was born about 1761 in Fairfax County, Virginia; died about 1828 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
George Payne was born about 1763 in Fairfax County, Virginia; died about 1799 in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Sarah Payne was born about 1765; and died.
Alicia Payne was born about 1767; and died.
Ann Payne was born about 1769; and died.
Helen Payne was born about 1771; and died.
Sanford Payne, Jr. was born before 1775 in Fairfax County, Virginia; died in in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Jane Payne was born after 1775; and died.

Generation: 2

Abraham Lay was born before 1710; and died.

Notes:

"Abigail Lay was one of 11 children of Abraham Lay of Cameron Parish, Ld. Co., and w. Sarah Grymes, dau. of Nicholas Grymes, Sr. of Ld. Co.. The will of Abraham Lay, naming his dau. Abigail, wife of Sanford Payne, is dated 1784 (1785) Ld. Co. The will of his w. Sarah Lay, dated 1798 (1799) Fx. Co., bequethes to her dau. Abigail Payne "one country cloth petticoat and one Barcelona handkerchief." (Payne, p 239)

Abraham married Sarah Grymes. Sarah (daughter of Nicholas (The Elder) Grymes) was born before 1710; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.
Sarah Grymes was born before 1710 (daughter of Nicholas (The Elder) Grymes); and died.
Children:

1. Abigail Lay was born about 1730; and died.

Generation: 3

Nicholas (The Elder) Grymes was born before 1690; and died.

Notes:

"The will of Nicholas Grymes, recorded 1766 in Ld. Co., names his dau. Sarah Lay." (Payne, p. 239)

Children:

3. Sarah Grymes was born before 1710; and died.
Nicholas Grymes, Sr. was born before 1736; and died.
Philip Grymes was born after 1736; and died.