Benjamin Payne: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

1. Benjamin Payne was born on 31 Oct 1823 in Bourbon County, Kentucky (son of Henry Roussau Payne and Talitha Cumi Wyatt); died on 2 Jan 1856 in Daviess County, Missouri.

Generation: 2

Henry Roussau Payne was born on 22 May 1781 in Fauquier County, Virginia (son of Benjamin Payne and Susannah Roussau); and died.

Notes:

Took the oath of office as Ensign, 89th Regt., P.W. Co. Militia, and served as Lieutenant in Capt. Benjamin Tyler's Co., under Lt. Col. Gerrard Alexander, during the last part of the War of 1812. About 1820 he moved to the area of Bourbon County, Kentucky, where he owned a saw-mill and a large number of slaves. He later moved to Daviess Co., Mo.. He married Talitha Cumi WYATT, and they had eleven children.

Henry married Talitha Cumi Wyatt on 25 Dec 1806 in Fairfax County, Virginia. Talitha was born on 29 Oct 1790 in Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia; died on 3 Aug 1846 in Daviess County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Talitha Cumi Wyatt was born on 29 Oct 1790 in Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia; died on 3 Aug 1846 in Daviess County, Missouri.

Children:

Elizabeth Payne was born on 1 Feb 1808 in Prince William County, Virginia; and died.
Edward Henry Payne was born on 4 Jan 1810 in Prince William County, Virginia; and died.
William J. Payne was born on 17 Nov 1812 in Prince William County, Virginia; died about 1813 in Prince William County, Virginia.
William Payne was born on 20 Apr 1814 in Prince William County, Virginia; and died.
James Payne was born on 2 Oct 1816 in Prince William County, Virginia; and died.
Susannah Payne was born on 8 Jan 1819 in Kentucky; died in Jan 1822 in Kentucky.
Henry Payne was born on 13 May 1821 in Bourbon County, Kentucky; and died.
1. Benjamin Payne was born on 31 Oct 1823 in Bourbon County, Kentucky; died on 2 Jan 1856 in Daviess County, Missouri.
Priscilla Payne was born on 29 Apr 1826 in Bourbon County, Kentucky; died on 24 Sep 1845 in Daviess County, Missouri.
Wyatt Francis Payne was born on 13 Jun 1829 in Bourbon County, Kentucky; died on 22 Mar 1866 in Iowa.
Sarah Ann Francis Payne was born on 10 Dec 1823 in Bourbon County, Kentucky; died on 2 Nov 1914 in Missouri.

Generation: 3

Benjamin Payne was born about 1761 in Fairfax County, Virginia (son of Sanford Payne and Abigail Lay); died about 1828 in Fauquier County, Virginia.

Notes:

Brooke Payne writes (p. 260) "It is possible there were other children."

Benjamin married Susannah Roussau on 3 Jan 1781 in Fauquier County, Virginia. Susannah was born before 1763; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah Roussau was born before 1763; and died.

Notes:

The daughter of William Roussau.

Children:

2. Henry Roussau Payne was born on 22 May 1781 in Fauquier County, Virginia; and died.
Priscilla Payne was born after 1782; and died.
Sarah Payne was born before 1787; and died.
James Roussau Payne was born on 21 Aug 1788; and died.

Generation: 4

Sanford Payne was born about 1730 in Westmoreland County, Virginia (son of William Payne and Alicia Jones); died on 17 Dec 1792.

Notes:

His will was dated 7 April 1787 (17 Dec 1792) Fairfax County, Virginia and named his wife and 8 children. (Payne, The PAYNES OF VIRGINIA).

Sanford married Abigail Lay. Abigail (daughter of Abraham Lay and Sarah Grymes) was born about 1730; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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)

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:

4. 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.