Benjamin Payne

Abt 1761 - Abt 1828  (67 years)

• Name	Benjamin Payne  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1761	Fairfax County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1828	Fauquier County, Virginia   [1]
  Notes	Brooke Payne writes (p. 260) "It is possible there were other children."
  Person ID	I4798	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Sanford Payne,   b. Abt 1730, Westmoreland County, Virginia d. 17 Dec 1792 (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Abigail Lay,   b. Abt 1730   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	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.
  Family ID	F1216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susannah Roussau,   b. Bef 1763   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	3 Jan 1781	Fauquier County, Virginia   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Henry Roussau Payne,   b. 22 May 1781, Fauquier County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   2. Priscilla Payne,   b. Aft 1782   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sarah Payne,   b. Bef 1787   d. Yes, date unknown   4. James Roussau Payne,   b. 21 Aug 1788   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Helen Combs,   b. Bef 1778   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1796  [1]
  	Brooks Payne shows them as the parents of Sanford, Elizabeth, Jane, Hetty and William. The Potter Family Genealogy instead shows them as the parents of Henry Roussau Payne, James Roussau Payne, Priscilla Payne and Sarah Payne. http://yeahpot.com/combs/john1724.html Brooks Payne instead shows the later four children as born to Benjamin's first wife, Susannah Roussau.
  Children	1. Sanford Payne,   b. Abt 1796, Fauquier County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elizabeth Payne,   b. Abt 1798   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Jane Payne,   b. Abt 1800   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Hetty Payne,   b. Abt 1802   d. Yes, date unknown   5. William Payne,   b. Aft 1810, Fauquier County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1761 - Fairfax County, Virginia Marriage - 3 Jan 1781 - Fauquier County, Virginia Death - Abt 1828 - Fauquier County, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S272] Payne, Brooke THE PAYNES OF VIRGINIA (Third Printing, C.J. Carrier Company, Harrisonburg, VA 1998). [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence.