William Payne

Notes:

He was said to be married twice, first to Mary Jones and second to Mary Ball.

He left a Will dated 18 Nov 1769 (3 May 1770) in which he desired that his estate be kept together in order to raise his children by his "now present wife Mary." The will neames his dau. Lettice and his youngest son Lewis, and appoints his wife Mary and son William as executors. It was witnessed by George CURTIS and Thomas PAYNE. On presentation of the will, the son WIlliam refused to take part in its execution. 1711 his father's will did not name him nor leave him any part of his land. 1713 Thomas PACE stated to the Court that Thomas, William and Jane PAYNE, orphans of GEORGE PAYNE, had been under his care since the death of their father and that profits of their part of his estate were so small that they would not maintain them; whereupon the Court ordered them to serve Mr. PACE--Thomas and William until they were 21, and Jane until she attained the age usual for girls in such a case; that Mr. PACE teach them to read and write and some handicraft; and that at the expiration of their service said PACE pay them as required by law of indentured servants. 1715 he was bound to William JENNINGS until 21 to be taught the trade of carpenter and to read the Bible through; and at expiration of his time he was to be paid what the law allowed indentured servants. 1727 he was paid by the Court for capturing a runaway negro. 1732 he signed a statement that he had married Mary JONES and had received full share of her father's estate. (Payne, pp. 373-374).

It has not been possible to discover that number and names of all of William PAYNE's children; his lease and his will name only five of them, while the latter implies that there were several unnamed minors. For correspondence, and Court records, and private family histories it has been determined that he had a least 8 sons and 4 daughters. (Payne, p 375).

William married Mary Jones before 1732 in King George County, Virginia. Mary was born before 1712; died before 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Payne was born about 1736 in King George County, Virginia; died about 1811 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
2. William Payne was born after 1738 in King George County, Virginia; died before 1780 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
3. Thomas Payne was born before 1750 in King George County, Virginia; died after 1830 in Fauquier County, Virginia.

Notes:

In 1675, George witnessed a deed in Rappahannock County by Margaret Warren of land on Pepetick Creek adjacent to John Payne. In 1694, he served on a grand jury, and in 1696 he was involved in a case wherein two of his servants were ordered to work overtime, having been away without leave. In the same year, his brother, Richard Payne of Richmond County deede to him 60 acres on the north side of the of Pepetick Creek. In that same year he was witness and attorney for his nephew William Payne of Lancaster county,

George's will and subsequent court records show that he had five children, George, John, Thomas, William and Jane. It made no reference to his wife; leaving all his land to be divided between his two oldest sons George and John. Should either die, his part was to go to his son Thomas, who was also left a negro named Ginnie. His "father Thomas Pace" and his "brothers George White and Daniel White" were named as executors.

Thomas Pace, Gentleman of Rappahonock County was married to Jane, the widow of Thomas White. It was a daughter of Thomas and Jane White, name unknown, who married George Payne. Therefore, Thomas Pace is actually his stepfather-in-law, and George and Daniel White were his brother-in-laws.

George married ??? White. ??? was born before 1674; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See pages 44-51 of "The Paynes of Virginia" for more information on John Payne, Sr. He appeared to be a ship owner, as he was paid for provisioning and transporting Burgesses from Lancaster to James Town. He may also have been a carpenter, as in 1656 the county court ordered him to make for the county one pair of stocks and a whipping post.

His date of birth is approximate and is based on an affidavit concerning delivery of pork to Jamestown which states his age as "44 years or thereabouts". This was probably a visual estimate of a Clerk of the Court rather than based on his own oral evidence.

As suggested by the comparatively late date of the Court records relating to his two younger sons, it is not improbable that he was married twice, and that Margaret was his second wife. John Payne had the following children--Richard, John, William and George. It is believed that he had also one or more daughters; but since his will cannot be found, although it is recorded that he made one, it is practically impossible to identify any such daughters.

(Medical):Y DNA Results, FTDNA Haplogroup:

R1b1

A direct male descendant volunteered to have his DNA tested. The results can be found at www.ysearch.org, under the user ID #B3C9R, and the FamilyTreeDNA Kit number is 48173.

More information can be found at the following website, part of the PAYNE DNA, which can be found at the following URL:

http://papayne.rootsweb.com/dna-project/

The kit was #48173, and this Payne group was assigned to lineage 16.

The members of R1b are believed to be the descendants of the first modern humans who entered Europe about 35,000-40,000 years ago. Those R1b forebearers were the people who painted the beautiful art in the caves in Spain and France. They were the contemporaries (and perhaps exterminators) of the European Neanderthals. R1b is the most common Y haplogroup in Europe - more than half of men of European descent belong to R1b. Fourteen of the 30 most common haplotypes in the YSTR.org database are typical of R1b.

John married Margaret ???. Margaret was born about 1619; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]