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Benjamin Payne

Male Abt 1761 - Abt 1828  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Payne  [1
    Born Abt 1761  Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1828  Fauquier County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1792  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Mother Abigail Lay,   b. Abt 1730,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    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.
    Family ID F1216  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susannah Roussau,   b. Bef 1763,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 3 Jan 1781  Fauquier County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Henry Roussau Payne,   b. 22 May 1781, Fauquier County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   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
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F2577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Helen Combs,   b. Bef 1778,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 24 Oct 2012 
    Family ID F2578  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1761 - Fairfax County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Jan 1781 - Fauquier County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Abt 1828 - Fauquier County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S272] Payne, Brooke THE PAYNES OF VIRGINIA (Third Printing, C.J. Carrier Company, Harrisonburg, VA 1998).

    2. [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence.