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THE 
 PAYNES OF HAMILTON 
 
 A 
 
 GENEALOGICAL 
 
 AND 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL 
 RECORD 
 
 BY 
 
 AUGUSTA FRANCELIA PAYNE WHITE 
 
 ILLUSTRATED 
 
 M CM XII 
 
 TOBIAS A. WRIGHT 
 
 PUBLISHER 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 Portrait of Judge Elisha Payne . 
 
 Map ...... 
 
 Arms of Payne of Market Bosworth . 
 Payne of Chilham , Kent 
 Payn of Wallingf ord 
 
 Portrait of Betsey (Stower) Payne 
 The First Baptist Church of Hamilton 
 Colgate University, Hamilton . 
 Country residence of Judge Elisha Payne 
 
 Portrait of Mary Payne I,athrop 
 Samuel 7 Payne . 
 John Payne 
 
 Elisha Payne, Jr. 
 Joseph Colwell Payne 
 Mansfield Payne 
 
 Thomas Hubbard Payne 
 Charles Clark Payne 
 Nelson Payne . 
 
 Maria Payne Chollar 
 Henry B. Payne 
 William Wallace Payne 
 Edwin Douglas Payne 
 
 " Polly Ann (Smith) Payne 
 
 Elisha Payne, Jr. 
 
 Sophronia (Sanford) Payne 
 
 Mansfield Payne 
 
 Mary (Swan) Payne . 
 " Charles Clark Payne 
 " Maria (Payne) Chollar 
 " Thomas Dresser Chollar 
 " Betsey (Sears) Payne 
 ' ' William Wallace Payne 
 " Phoebe (Crawford) Payne 
 ' ' Edwin Douglas Payne 
 
 Frontispiece 
 
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 Facing page 
 
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PREFACE 
 
 This book is a genealogy and history of the Payne 
 family of Hamilton, New York. A brief statement con- 
 cerning families of the name in England and Normandy 
 is followed by biographies of the ancestors of this family 
 in the male line as far back as the immigration from 
 England to Plymouth Colony. All the descendants of 
 Elisha Payne, the founder of Hamilton, in male and 
 female lines are given. There are also chapters in the form 
 of appendices giving information about the families of 
 the wives of each of the ancestors of Elisha Payne in 
 the male line. 
 
 It is necessary to chronicle the withdrawal of the 
 editor, Augusta Payne White, from her labor of love 
 on this book in April, 1910, on account of illness, and 
 her death in June, 1911, after much suffering. Before 
 her death she enlisted the co-operation of her cousin 
 Linda May Clatworthy, and with Miss Clatworthy's 
 help the book so long delayed has been completed. 
 
 This family is typically American and typically Puri- 
 tan. It has been pre-eminently a pioneer family. In 
 the westward development of the United States each 
 generation has had a share. 
 
 In the moral and spiritual life of the American branch 
 of the English race, the men and women of this family 
 have taken energetic part. They have been in the past 
 Puritans of the sternest and most uncompromising sort. 
 They are now, as a rule, active in the life and works of 
 the Protestant Christian Churches. 
 
Preface 
 
 The interest of the members of this family in edu- 
 cation and public affairs is perhaps unusual. 
 
 There is no family known to the writer of this 
 preface in which family likenesses are so persistent. 
 Members of the family only remotely related are some- 
 times startlingly alike. Resemblance has been noticed 
 even among descendants now living of different sons of 
 Thomas Paine of Eastham, who was the immigrant an- 
 cestor in the seventeenth century. 
 
 Biographical data has been sought from every member 
 of the family mentioned in this book or from their de- 
 scendants. Correspondence on that subject has covered 
 a period of several years. It is regretted that a number 
 of biographies are not complete. In many cases modesty 
 or destruction of records has prevented such complete- 
 ness as could be wished. To every member of the family 
 who has contributed to make this book possible, many 
 thanks are given. Obligation should also be expressed 
 to Mr. Josiah Paine of Harwich, Massachusetts, the 
 historian of the Paine Family of Eastham, of which we 
 are a branch, for his assistance. 
 
 C. T. P. 
 
THE PAYNES OF ENGLAND AND 
 NORMANDY 
 
 By Mary Lovering Holman. 
 
 The name of Payne or Paine is derived from "Paganus," 
 which was from the Latin and doubtless came into England by 
 the way of Normandy. The history of this surname is really 
 remarkable. The original Greek word tray vs meant a foun- 
 tain and the neighborhood about a fountain gradually came to 
 have the same name applied to it. From this use it was only 
 a step to apply the word to the inhabitants of the neighborhood 
 and call them "Pagans." Thus the word meaning a fountain 
 gradually applied to rural things in general and we see it in 
 one modern form as "peasant." 
 
 At a time when so large a proportion of men were soldiers, 
 and the people who were not were largely countrymen, the 
 name "Pagan" was applied rather contemptuously to all those 
 who did not serve their King in a military fashion. After the 
 Christian era began, the followers of Christ were always con- 
 sidered the "soldiers" of Christ and to those not of His re- 
 ligious army the word pagan was applied as it had been used to 
 signify those not in the civil army. From this application there 
 was read into the word, the meaning of "non-Christian" which 
 the word "pagan" bears to-day. In this sense it was applied 
 widely. The early Church called the Mohammedans "Pagans" 
 and so did the Romans call those Norsemen that swept over 
 Rome and her provinces. There is some question whether as 
 a personal appellation it was first applied to one who rejected 
 Christ or to one who was a countryman. 
 
 The Norman Paynes are generally believed to be descended 
 from one or several men who at the time that Rollo of Nor- 
 mandy became a Christian refused to be baptised, and were hence 
 distinguished from the rest of the followers of Rollo as "le 
 Pagan," or "le Payen." Wherever the name occurs it was un- 
 
2 The Paynes of England and Normandy 
 
 doubtedly first applied as a soubriquet like Le Sauvage and 
 Wildman. 
 
 The names of Paganel and Paynell are considered by Ellis 
 and others to be diminutives of Pagan; and one famous man 
 having this form of the name, Ralph Pagenel, was a headman of 
 William the Conqueror. Recent research has proven the iden- 
 tity of the various forms of the name as well as its appearance 
 in many countries. France has its Payen, Paen and Payn. 
 Italy has its Pagana and Portugal its Payana. After the Nor- 
 man Conquest, there were various settlements of men bearing 
 the name in England besides those present there before 1066. 
 During the Norman Dynasty, Paganus or Payne was one of the 
 most usual names in England and on this account is now very 
 widely found in all the counties. A family of Paynes settled 
 in Norfolk in the fifteenth century, who claim descent from the 
 Ancient House of Paynell of Hambie in the arrondissement of 
 Coutances. The change from Paynel to Payne may well have 
 been made to evade the vexatious English laws against aliens. 
 Another branch of the Paynells of Hambie settled in Yorkshire 
 and in this family it appears that the same individual was fre- 
 quently called both Paynell and Payne. 
 
 In studying the Arms of any English family it is fre- 
 quently found that there is a parent coat and that many of the 
 other coats ascribed to the same name belong to offshoots of 
 the same family with just enough difference to distinguish them. 
 This is not true of the Paynes. Of the thirty-four Coats of 
 Arms ascribed to the name in Burke's Armory almost all are 
 entirely unlike. This points to the probability that the families 
 are not from one parent stock but that each has arisen into 
 prominence separately, and tends to contradict the assertion that 
 all the Paynes are descendants from the Norman followers of 
 Rollo. It seems much more probable that the several families 
 of the name are descended from unrelated progenitors each of 
 whom was called "Pagan" either because he was a countryman 
 or because he was not a Christian. 
 
 There are a few coats of arms, however, that tie families 
 of the name together. In Bedford and Middlesex we find fam- 
 ilies bearing Arms "Gules, a fess between two lions passing, or." 
 In Dorset and Denbigh we find again the same Arms "Per bend 
 
The Paynes of England and Normandy 3 
 
 or and azure, six roundels counterchanged, two and two." There 
 is also found in Dorset another coat of arms which is borne by 
 a Leicester Payne family, namely, "Paly of six or and azure, a 
 chief Ermine," and closely allied to this is a Hereford coat "Paly 
 of eight or and azure, a chief Ermine." 
 
 The Arms of Payne of Market Bosworth, Leicester, and 
 Payne of Suffolk are "Argent, on a fess engrailed gules between 
 three martlets sable, as many mascles or, all within a bordure 
 engrailed of the second bezantee." A variation of this coat is 
 found in Norfolk. 
 
 In the list of people holding land in the time of Edward the 
 Confessor and after the Conquest but previous to the Domesday 
 Survey are found Paganes in Norfolk and Pagens in Gloucester. 
 William was assisted in his Conquest by several of the name. 
 One of his chiefs, Ralph Pagenel, previously mentioned, was 
 Sheriff of Yorkshire. He was probably a member of the Nor- 
 man family which held land at Montiers Hubert in Lieuvin. In 
 1086 Ralph Paganel held ten Lordships in Devon, five in Somer- 
 set, fifteen in Lincoln, fifteen in Yorkshire, and others in Glou- 
 cester and Northampton. In 1088 as Sheriff of Yorkshire he 
 seized the lands of the Bishop of Durham at the command of 
 William II, whose cause he defended at the meeting at Salis- 
 bury in November, 1088. He left four sons, William, Jordan, 
 Elias and Alan and from them has descended a numerous family. 
 
 In the Domesday book among those who held land directly 
 of the King was Pagen of Hampshire; and among landholders 
 of lesser station were men named Paganus in Sussex, Berks, 
 Herts, Bucks, Worcester, Cambridge, Essex, and Suffolk; men 
 called Pagen in Wilts, Dorset, Oxford, Northampton, Leicester 
 and Stafford. In Nottingham land was held by Pagen and Sas- 
 frid, men of William Peverel. 
 
 Dr. T. O. Paine searched the records of the family in the 
 Domesday book and quotes them in his article on the Paines in 
 the "Paine Family Records." He states that all those records 
 referred to one man; that he had a son Edmund and a daughter 
 called "daughter of Paine" who also held land. He traces this 
 Paine in fifteen counties which adjoin and gives the following 
 sketch showing the position of this man's holdings in England. 
 
The Paynes of England and Normandy 
 
 
 From the time of the Domesday Book to the time of the 
 Visitations of the Heralds there is not much in print of the 
 records that time has left. These Visitations were records 
 made by the Heralds of the King during the 16th and early 
 17th centuries to show the families entitled to the use of Coat 
 Armor. The Heralds were first organized in 1484 and from 
 1530 to 1686 these Visitations were made every twenty to thirty 
 years. Many of them are now in print. In order to prove his 
 right to arms, a man had to show that they had been borne by 
 his family for at least three generations, and in support of his 
 claim he filed with the Heralds a pedigree of his family at least 
 three generations in length and oftentimes longer. Doubtless 
 many families failed ever to be recorded and as time went on, 
 and the office of the Heralds became less important the Visita- 
 tions ceased. 
 
 During the time between the date of the Domesday book 
 and the Visitations, however, there was at least one Payne whose 
 name and deeds have come down to .us. In the year 11 19, the 
 first Crusade being ended, two comrades of Godfrey de Bouillon, 
 Hugues de Payen and Geffroi de Saint-Adhemar, bound them- 
 
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 selves with seven French Knights to guard pilgrims to the 
 Holy Sepulchre from the attack of Saracens. They took before 
 the Patriarch of Jerusalem vows of chastity, poverty and obedi- 
 ence. Baldwin II gave them quarters in his palace, built on 
 the sight of the Temple of Solomon, from which they took 
 their name of Knights of the Temple, or Templars. The 
 order consisted first of Knights alone and the discipline 
 was severe. Hugues de Payen was the First Grandmaster. 
 He died in 1136. History tells us little of him. He was 
 probably a younger son of the Norman house of Payen and he 
 was evidently a knight. Whether he was a man of property or 
 not does not appear, as in accordance with the vow of poverty, he 
 would relinquish all he had either to the order or to the Church. 
 
 Examination of the Records of Visitations that have been 
 printed reveal the following Payne families: 
 
 In the Visitation of Suffolk is found a family beginning 
 with Sir Thomas Payne of Market Bosworth, Leicester, who 
 married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Pultney, Knight. 
 His son Edward, living in 1540, married Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Robert Walton. They had among other sons, William Payne, 
 
 Arms of Payne of Market Bosworth. 
 
6 The Paynes of England and Normandy 
 
 who had a seat in Hengrave County, Suffolk, and was in the 
 Service of the Duke of Buckingham. He married Margery 
 Ash, daughter of Thomas Ash, of Thurlow, in Suffolk. The 
 Arms of Payne of Hengrave were "Argent on a fess engrailed 
 Gules between three martlets Sable, as many mascles or, within 
 a bordure engrailed of the second, charged with fourteen bezants. 
 Crest : a Wolf's head erased bezantee." This differs in two slight 
 particulars from the Arms credited by Burke to this family. 
 The Paynes of Nowton and of Worlington are both offshoots 
 from Payne of Hengrave. 
 
 The Visitation of Leicester, 1619, gives a William Payne of 
 Metbourne as early as 1500. 
 
 The Visitation of Bedfordshire has a family beginning with 
 William Payne of Bedley, in County Worcester, whose son 
 Daniel of Bedford had William, Margaret and Francis. Mar- 
 garet married William Child of Wrington in Somerset, and 
 their son Richard was living in 1634. Her arms as quartered 
 with her husband's were "Sa. on a chevron between three be- 
 zants or as many fleurs de lys of the field." 
 
 A Visitation of Gloucester gives a Payne pedigree begin- 
 ning with William Payne of Rodborough, who married Mar- 
 garet, daughter of Thomas Spilman. They had a son, William 
 Payne of Rodborough, who used his seal on a deed in the year 
 40 Edward IV, on which the arms were "Argent, a Chevron 
 azure, between three mullets pierced Gules." 
 
 A later Visitation of Gloucester in 1682-3 gives a Payne of 
 Gloucester with arms "3 roundles and on a chief 3 roundles" 
 which is stated to have been "taken from a seal and nothing 
 further to be found." The pedigree begins with Robert Payne 
 of Coldthrop, County Gloucester, who died about 1620. He 
 had sons William, Robert, Richard and Henry. His son Rob- 
 ert by wife Elizabeth had Edward, John, Elizabeth, Joan, Mary 
 and Hannah and their descendants are traced down still farther. 
 
 A volume of Visitations of Norfolk, 1563-89-1613, gives 
 the descendants of John Payne of Louth, County Lincoln, whose 
 son was John Payne of Ittringham, County Norfolk. Thomas, 
 the son of this latter John Payne, married Agnes, daughter of 
 John Jermy of Metfield, Suffolk, and had a son Thomas, who 
 by wife Elizabeth had Christopher, Edmund, James, Thomas, 
 
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 Richard, Edward, Frances, James, Mary and Elizabeth. The 
 arms of this family are quartered, "i & 4-Ar. a chevron vaire 
 between 3 lions rampant Az. 2 & 3 — Ar. a lion rampant guard- 
 ant gules." 
 
 In another volume of Norfolk Visitations, appear some in- 
 teresting facts as 
 
 "1553 Edward Lumner Esq. and Thomas Paine, Gent, 
 were appointed Trustees for the Lady Elizabeth (afterwards 
 Queen) by licence from Queen Mary." 
 
 "Sybilla d. and h. of Will m Hethersell . . . m 2nd 
 John Pain, Gent." They had a son Robert Payne, living 24 
 Nov. 1479. This is the date of Sybill Payne's will, in which 
 she speaks of "son Robert." 
 
 Anne, daughter of William Reymes of Overstrand, Nor- 
 folk, Esq., by Mary, daughter of Thomas Payne of Ittringham, 
 married Thomas Hobart of Thwayte, Esq., whose will was proved 
 in 1626. 
 
 The Visitation of Kent in 1619 gives a pedigree from John 
 Payne of Shotenton in Chilham, whose son and heir was John 
 and whose grandson John was one month old at the time of the 
 Visitation. The arms given in this pedigree are quartered, the 
 Payne arms being: "Per Saltire Sa. and Ar. a lion rampant 
 counter changed ." 
 
 Another Visitation of Kent in 1663 gives the family of 
 Roger Payne of Clepstow, in Monmouth, whose son, John Payne, 
 was of Wittam Priory, in Somerset, and whose grandson, Roger 
 Payne, settled in Kent and had a son Christian, who was an in- 
 fant at that date. 
 
 Arms of Payne of Chilham, Kent. 
 
 The Visitation of Sussex, completed in 1634-5, gives a fam- 
 ily beginning with John Payne of Patenswike, Sussex, who had 
 
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 a son William Payne, who died without issue, and a son, Thomas 
 Payne of Petworth, who married Elizabeth, a daughter of An- 
 thony Walker, Clarke of the Wardrop in London. The children 
 of the latter were : first, John Payne of Garton, York, who mar- 
 ried Eleanor, daughter of Edward Savage of Bradley and had 
 William and Catharine; second, Thomas Payne of Petworth, 
 who married Margaret, daughter of Robert Wheatley in York 
 and had John, Thomas, Walter and Margaret. Among London 
 Marriage Licenses is the License of Thomas Payn of Lincoln's 
 Inn and Elizabeth Walker of St. Andrew in the Wardrobe, 28 
 May, 1577. 
 
 A Visitation of Berkshire gives the Pedigree of Payne of 
 Wallingford, beginning with John Payne of Hawton in Staf- 
 fordshire, whose son Nicholas Payne was of Wallingford. Nich- 
 olas Payne married Anna Read of Buckingham and had issue. 
 His son and heir, John Payne of Wallingford, married Anne 
 Winchcombe and had a son, Thomas Payne, living in 1623, with 
 son Richard, aged 16 and son Philip aged 2. Nicholas had an- 
 other son Griffith, whose son Richard was aged 1 1 in 1623. The 
 arms of this family, confirmed in 1586, were "Or, on a bend en- 
 grailed between two cotises Sa., three roses of the first. Crest: 
 a demi ostrich wings endorsed arg., in the beak a key or.'' 
 
 Arms of Payn of Wallingford. 
 
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 The Visitation of Surrey in 1662-8 gives the pedigree of 
 Payne of Milford beginning with John Payne, Gent., whose 
 grandson, John Payne, Gent., was living at the time of the Visi- 
 tation. Arms: "Gu. two crescents in chief or." 
 
 This Visitation says also in a Bromfield pedigree that Sir 
 Edward Bromfield of Suffolk Place, Surrey, Knight, Lord Mayor 
 of London in 1637, married Margaret Payne, daughter and co- 
 heiress of John Payne of Southwark in Surrey. Her arms ap- 
 pear quartered on a shield of twelve quarterings. They are, "Per 
 bend or and Azure, 6 roundles counterchanged." 
 
 This Visitation also mentions the marriage of Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Sir Robert Payne, of Huntingdon, to Dr. John Rog- 
 ers of Bermondsey, Surrey, and their sons, John Rogers and 
 "Prisonborne" Rogers, both born before 1662. 
 
 The Visitation of Herefordshire, 1569, gives no Paine pedi- 
 grees but mentions the following marriages among others : John 
 Bromwyche and Anne Payne ; Richard Scudamore (son of John 
 who died 25 Sept., 1571), and Joan, daughter of Edmunde Payn 
 of Founehope. 
 
 Robert Chabnor of Norfolk married Anne, daughter and co- 
 heiress of Thomas Payne. They had Payne Chabnor before 1569. 
 These items prove that there was an early family of Paynes in 
 the County of Norfolk. 
 
 The Visitation of Huntingdonshire in 1613 also has its 
 Payne pedigree, beginning with .Robert Payne of St. Neots. His 
 wife was Agnes, daughter of William Scott. The pedigree 
 traces the descendants of his sons Edward Payne with wife 
 Dorothy and Robert Payne with wife Mary. Edward had seven 
 children and amongst them a son Thomas living in 1613. 
 
 Visitations of Somerset, prepared in 1531, 1573 and 1591, 
 contain the pedigree of Payne of Hulton, near Weston-super- 
 Mare, with Arms: "Gu. three crosses botonne arg. on a chief 
 Az., two escallps or." It begins with John Payne and his wife, 
 Lady Jane Kelloway, and is brought down to his grandson, 
 Thomas Payne, with wife Margaret, living 1573. There is also 
 given the marriage of Mary, daughter of John Payne of Hulton 
 to John Dodington of Dodington; of Catharine, daughter of 
 Robert Payne of Wiltshire to Richard Claveshey; of Joane de 
 Ramsay, daughter of Sir Thomas Ramsay (8 Hen. II) to 
 
10 The Paynes of England and Normandy 
 
 Thomas Payne, and of William, son of Sir John Wadham of 
 Catherston, in Dorset, and Merrifield-in-Ilton, Somerset, to Joan, 
 daughter and heiress of William Payne of Catherston. 
 
 This research into such of the Visitations as are in print 
 shows plainly that in many counties the families of Payne were 
 among the Gentry in the sixteenth century. Of course, there 
 were many gentle families not important enough to be enrolled 
 by the Heralds and doubtless some that failed to be included 
 although they were as important as those whose pedigrees have 
 survived the hand of time. 
 
 An examination of such will indices as are printed reveals 
 a multitudinous collection of Paynes. In Northampton and Rut- 
 land between 1537 and 1650 there were thirty-five wills recorded 
 and among them a Thomas Payne in 1622, two Thomas Paynes 
 between 1549-57, both of Rothersthorpe, another Thomas of 
 Rothersthorpe, between 1578-89, a Thomas in 1602-3, and an- 
 other of Wykeham in 1560-66. There was evidently a large 
 family of Paynes in Rothersthorpe very early who were not of 
 the Gentry. 
 
 In Lichfield wills there are fourteen of Paynes, among them 
 a Thomas, in 1615, and another in 1619. 
 
 In Berkshire, between 1 508-1652, there are forty-six Payne 
 wills, four of them being Thomas Paynes. 
 
 In Gloucester, between 1 541- 1650, there are fifty-one Payne 
 wills. 
 
 In Sussex, from 1541-1652, there are one hundred and fifty 
 Payne wills recorded and nineteen of the testators are named 
 Thomas Payne. 
 
 In Leicester, from 1495-1649, there are fifty-eight Paine 
 wills, seven being Thomas Paynes. There are similar records in 
 other counties. 
 
 In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, where wills from 
 all over England are recorded, there are one hundred and three 
 Payne wills. 
 
 There were also many Paynes in London as shown by such 
 church registers as are available. In St. Dionis Backchurch a 
 Thomas Paine had his children baptised between 1604 and 1620, 
 the last child being Thomas, baptized March 25, 1620. 
 
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 The size of the Payne Family shows how almost impossible 
 it is to find the ancestry of any early emigrant of that name to 
 this country. However, during the past year the home of Moses 
 Paine of Braintree has been located in Kent and his direct an- 
 cestry traced back to 1463. Another early emigrant, Thomas 
 Paine of Salem and Dedham, is believed to have come from 
 Wrentham, Suffolk, England, from a family record which has 
 come down through the centuries; but so far as I know it has 
 never been verified in England. The descendants of Thomas 
 Paine of Eastham, while they may regret that nothing has as 
 yet been found pertaining to his birthplace or ancestry, can 
 still assure themselves that he was doubtless of good blood in 
 England. His education, and his career in this country all go 
 to show that he must have had advantages superior to most of 
 the men with whom he was associated in the founding of 
 Eastham. 
 
 The fact that the name of the emigrant ancestor of the 
 Paynes of Hamilton spelled his name Paine has no significance. 
 In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries men spelled their 
 surnames as suited their individual taste. Brothers often 
 spelled their surname differently. 
 
THE PAYNL5 OF HAMILTON 
 
 FIRST GENERATION 
 
 i. Thomas 1 Paine, the first ancestor of the family in the new 
 world, came to its shores from England. This fact, and 
 the fact that his son was Thomas 2 Paine of Eastham, are 
 the only definite facts we possess concerning him. The 
 destruction of the land records of Barnstable County, and 
 the conflict of traditions serve to shroud him in mystery, 
 which no research so far made has been able thoroughly to 
 dispel. 
 
 SECOND GENERATION 
 
 2. Thomas 2 Paine (Thomas 1 ) was born in England, probably 
 about 1612, and died at Eastham in the Colony of Massa- 
 chusetts, Aug. 16, 1706. He married Mary Snow, 
 daughter of Colonel Nicholas and Constance (Hopkins) 
 Snow. (See Snow Family. Appendix.) She was born 
 at Plymouth, in the Colony of Massachusetts, and died at 
 Eastham, April 28, 1704. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Mary, 3 b. and d. at Eastham; m. (1st) at Eastham, 
 Jan. 11, 1670, James Rogers, son of Lieutenant 
 Joseph Rogers of the Mayflower Company. James 
 Rogers d. April 13, 1678. She m. (2d) at Eastham, 
 April 24, 1679, Israel Cole, son of Daniel Cole, of 
 Eastham. 
 
 ii. Samuel, b. at Eastham; d. at Eastham, Oct. 13, 1712. 
 He m. at Eastham, Jan. 31, 1682, Patience Freeman, 
 daughter of Major John arid Mercy (Prence) 
 Freeman. Major Freeman was "one of the fathers 
 of Eastham" and an assistant to the Governor for 
 many years. His wife was a daughter of Thomas 
 Prence, Governor of Plymouth Colony, and a 
 granddaughter of Elder William Brewster of the 
 Mayflower Company. 
 
14 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Samuel Paine took the freeman's oath at East- 
 ham, where he was a life-long resident, June 6, 
 1684. He was a selectman of Eastham in 1697, 
 1700, 1701, 1702 and 1705, a Lieutenant in the 
 militia, and was otherwise prominent. 
 
 iii. Thomas, b. at Eastham, about 1657; d. at Truro, in 
 the Colony of Massachusetts, June 23, 1721. He 
 m. (1st) at Eastham, Aug. 5, 1678, Hannah, 
 daughter of Jonathan Shaw. She d. at Truro, 
 July 24, 1 71 3, aged 52. Judge Paine m. (2d) 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Eairs of Boston, March 8, 1714-15. 
 She d. very aged at Bellingham in the Colony of 
 Massachusetts, in 1754. 
 
 Judge Thomas Paine was admitted a freeman 
 at Eastham, June 6, 1684. Having bought from 
 his father the tracts of land at Pamet, later Truro, 
 which the elder Paine bought from Governor 
 Prence and Jabez Howland, he became a proprietor 
 there and established himself as a resident. He 
 was Clerk of the Proprietors and of the Town 
 many years, selectman for six years, and a Repre- 
 sentative of the Provincial Legislature at Boston 
 for five years. He was Clerk, Selectman and Rep- 
 resentative of Eastham before the incorporation of 
 Truro. Besides being a Captain of the Military 
 Company and a Justice of the Peace, he was a Spe- 
 cial Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for 
 Barnstable County and held that office at his death. 
 
 3 iv. Elisha, b. at Eastham, probably, March 10, 1658. 
 
 v. John, b. at Eastham, March 14, 1660-1 ; d. at East- 
 ham, October 26, 1731. He m. (1st) Bennet Free- 
 man, at Eastham, March 14, 1689. She was b. 
 March 5, 1671, and d. May 30, 1716, the daughter 
 of Major John and Mercy (Prence) Freeman, and 
 a sister of the wife of Samuel Paine (supra). Mr. 
 Paine m. (2d) at Eastham, March 3, 1719-20, Alice 
 Mayo, daughter of Nathaniel Mayo, and great- 
 granddaughter of Rev. Samuel Mayo, and Gov- 
 
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 ernor Thomas Prence. She was b. in 1686, and 
 d. at Eastham, October 12, 1748. 
 
 Deacon John Paine was admitted a freeman 
 at Eastham, June, 1690. He was Selectman for 
 five years, and Clerk from 1703 to 1729. Deacon 
 Paine was Treasurer of Eastham from 1709 to 
 1730, and a Representative to the General Court 
 at Boston in 1703, 1709, 1714, 1716, 1718, 1724 
 and 1725. He was often chosen as agent by the 
 Town to transact important business, and was fre- 
 quently called upon as arbitrator to settle land and 
 other disputes throughout the county. He was a 
 deacon of the church in Eastham. 
 
 His famous diary, extending over a period 
 from 1695 to 1717, is still extant. 
 
 John Howard Payne, playwright and poet, and 
 author of "Home, Sweet Home," was a great- 
 grandson of Deacon Paine. 
 vi. Nicholas, b. in Eastham ; d. there in the autumn of 
 1733. His wife Hannah, daughter of Jonathan 
 and Elizabeth Higgins, died in Eastham, Jan. 24, 
 1731-2. 
 
 Nicholas Paine seems to have been a man of 
 some property, but not to have been in public life, 
 vii. James, b. in Eastham, July 6, 1665 ; d. in Barnstable, 
 where he resided most of his life, Nov. 12, 1728. 
 He m. Bethiah Thacher of Yarmouth, April 9, 
 1691. She was a daughter of Colonel John Thacher, 
 for many years Councillor of the Colony of Massa- 
 chusetts. She d. at Barnstable, July 7, 1734. 
 
 James Paine was admitted a townsman at 
 Barnstable, May 29, 1689. He was in the expedi- 
 tion against Canada in 1691, led by Sir William 
 Phipps, in Capt. John Gorham's Company, and is 
 mentioned as "clerk." For his services on this ex- 
 pedition, his heirs received a grant of lands in 
 Maine in 1736. He was the first clerk of the East 
 Parish of Barnstable, and served many years. 
 
16 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Mr. Paine's eldest son, Rev. Thomas Paine, 
 graduated from Harvard, 1717, and married Eunice, 
 daughter of Rev. Samuel Treat, who was a son of 
 Governor Robert Treat of Connecticut. Rev. Sam- 
 uel Treat's wife was Abigail, daughter of Rev. 
 Samuel Willard, President of Harvard College. 
 The eldest surviving son of Thomas and Eunice 
 (Treat) Paine was Robert Treat Paine, LL.D., 
 who graduated from Harvard in 1749, became a 
 member of the Continental Congress at Philadel- 
 phia in 1776 and a Signer of the Declaration of 
 Independence. He was afterwards Attorney-Gen- 
 eral of the State of Massachusetts and a Justice 
 of the Supreme Court of that State, 
 viii. Joseph, b. at Eastham; d. there Oct. 1, 1712. He m. 
 Patience Sparrow at Eastham, May 27, 1691. She 
 was a daughter of Jonathan Sparrow, Esq., of East- 
 ham, and his wife Hannah, who was a daughter of 
 Governor Thomas Prence. Mrs. Joseph Paine d. 
 at Barnstable, Oct. 28, 1745. 
 
 Joseph Paine settled in that part of Harwich, 
 which is now Brewster, before 1700, and was one 
 of the eight who formed the first church there, 
 October 17, 1700. He was a Selectman of Har- 
 wich from 1 70 1 until 171 1, and succeeded Thomas 
 Freeman as Town Clerk in 1706 and held that 
 office until his death. Joshua Paine, his nephew, 
 says of Joseph Paine, in his journal: — "He was 
 very stout and fflung Coll. Thacher, the Champion 
 of the Bay State, at Commencement." 
 
 ix. Dorcas, b. at Eastham, and d. at Hull, in the 
 Colony of Massachusetts, Oct. 30, 1707. She m. 
 Benjamin Vickery of Hull, and by him had seven 
 children. 
 
 Thomas 2 Paine is first identified on the existing records of 
 either town or colony in 1653, when it appears he was acting in 
 the capacity of a constable at Eastham. In 1655 he was one of 
 the nineteen mentioned as among the townsmen of Eastham. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 17 
 
 Mr. Paine was propounded at the Colony Court at Ply- 
 mouth and admitted a freeman June I, 1658. In 1662 he was 
 appointed, together with Nicholas Snow, Jonathan Sparrow and 
 Giles Hopkins, all leading men of Eastham, to view and lay out 
 the great meadow between Namskaket and Silver Spring, with- 
 in the limits of Eastham, to those of the inhabitants entitled to 
 the same; and in the same year, with Giles Hopkins, was ap- 
 pointed a surveyor of highways. In 1664, he was appointed 
 one of the Deputies to the Colony Court, and one of the jury. 
 In 1667, he was one of a committee of twelve called to investi- 
 gate the causes that led to the deaths of Robert Chappell, James 
 Nichols and James Pidell, of Captain John Allen's Company, 
 who were put ashore at Cape Cod. 
 
 The same year he was granted leave by the Colony Court to 
 select a tract of land for his own use ; and in June, 1669, he and 
 Experience Mitchell, Henry Sampson and Thomas Little were 
 given leave to buy land from the Indians at Namskaket, now 
 Middleborough, Massachusetts. Mr. Paine and the other per- 
 sons last named thereupon purchased a tract of land for ten 
 pounds sterling from Tuscaquin, the Black Sachem, and his son 
 William. This land adjoins the tract which belonged to John 
 Alden at the famous Assowamsett Pond. 
 
 In 1670, with Jonathan Sparrow, he was appointed an In- 
 spector of the Ordinaries in Eastham, and to see that there was 
 no excessive drinking. The same year he became one of the 
 Grand Inquest. 
 
 That year, also, he became interested in the purchase of 
 land in what is now Truro. On May 2, 1670, he bought of Gov- 
 ernor Thomas Prence of Plymouth his "half share," lying be- 
 tween "Bound Brook" and "Eastern Harbor" or "Lovell's Creek," 
 for which he paid the sum of twenty pounds. This tract he sold 
 to his son Thomas, March 30, 1690, for the same sum. On the 
 first day of June, 1673, he bought of Jabez Howland, for fifteen 
 pounds, all the right of the latter to land purchased and un- 
 purchased in the same vicinity, which he also sold to his son 
 Thomas, March 30, 1690. 
 
 For many years prior to 1670, the head of Cape Cod, where 
 Provincetown now stands, had been the resort of fishermen from 
 many parts, and because it was within the geographical limits 
 
18 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 of Plymouth Colony, the Colony Court, that year listened to com- 
 plaints that were made of careless persons "casting their ballast 
 near the shore," where seines were drawn, and "leaving the gar- 
 bidge of ffish or dead ffish to lye there." The result was a decree 
 made in June, 1670, that for every offence a penalty of forty 
 shillings should be imposed; also that whoever within the limits 
 of the Colony should "draw mackerall on shore there" should 
 pay sixpence for every barrell taken; further that all "fforaign- 
 ers" should pay for every barrell so taken one shilling and six- 
 pence, and give "sufficient cecuritie" unto the bailiff for the 
 fulfillment of every promise made, before "entrance on the voy- 
 age." Thomas Paine was appointed "bayley by land and water 
 to demand and receive for the Colonie's use the above men- 
 sioned sums." Mr. Paine served the Colony in this office many 
 years. 
 
 The following year, 1671, he represented Eastham in the 
 Colony Court. He was also a Deputy to that Court in 1672, 
 1673, 1676, 1678, 1680, 1681 and in 1690. Mr. Paine was a 
 Selectman of Eastham in 167 1 and was re-elected for several 
 terms thereafter. He was Treasurer of Eastham from 1674 
 to 1694. 
 
 In 1676, Mr. Paine was one of a committee appointed to col- 
 lect a debt due to the Town of Eastham from the Town of Sand- 
 wich ; and the same year one of the committee chosen to undertake 
 and superintend the building of the new church edifice at East- 
 ham. In 1677, in partnership with Constant Southworth, the 
 Colonial Treasurer, and two other persons, he hired the fishing 
 privileges at the head of Cape Cod for a period of seven years, 
 for the yearly sum of thirty pounds. In 1685 Mr. Paine and the 
 Reverend Samuel Treat, Jonathan Sparrow, John Mayo, Senior, 
 and Jabez Snow were chosen by the Town of Eastham as a com- 
 mission to hear and "determine the differences between those 
 called Purchasers and the town," respecting certain lands within 
 the limits of Eastham. 
 
 About 1694 Mr. Paine changed his residence to Boston, 
 where it appears of record that he bought of Thomas Stableford 
 of Philadelphia, March 14, 1694, the latter's homestead, situated 
 at the South End. For this estate he paid the sum of one hun- 
 dred and thirty pounds. His residence in Boston appears to have 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 19 
 
 terminated about 1697. On June 7 of that year he sold to 
 Ephraim Little of Plymouth his share of certain land at Showa- 
 met in Bristol County, "it being his thirtieth part of that whole 
 tract of land which Constant Southworth, Esquire, the late Treas- 
 urer of the Colony of New Plymouth, on the twelfth of Novem- 
 ber, Ano Dom. 1677, by ye order of the General Court * * * 
 did grant, sell and confirm unto sundry persons whose names are 
 particularly expressed," of whom "the said Thomas Paine" was 
 one. On October 13, 1697, still being a resident of Boston, he 
 sold the house and land he had bought of Stableford to one 
 Eleazer Darby. Soon afterward he was again in Eastham, where 
 he then remained until his death. 
 
 Mr. Paine appears to have been a man of more than ordi- 
 nary education, and was an unusually good penman. From the 
 records it appears that he was skilled in the art of mill building, 
 and under his supervision a number were erected in various parts 
 of Barnstable County. For the great expense he was at "in 
 building two Grist Mills in Eastham for the use of the town," 
 he was granted in 1683, a large tract of land on the northerly 
 side of "Kescayogansett Cove," which is now included within 
 the limits of the town of Orleans. 
 
 Mary Snow, the wife of Thomas Paine, was a woman of 
 whom much has been said in praise. She was a "faithful wife," 
 "a careful mother," a good and "quiet neighbor," a "diligent 
 reader of God's Holy Word," and a lover of and an attendant 
 at "God's house of worship." Deacon John Paine, her son, thus 
 speaks of her last hours and death in his diary: "On the 28th 
 day of April, 1704, my honoured mother, Mary Paine, departed 
 this life, being suddenly taken and struck with death, she having 
 been in reasonable health all day, was taken ill about sunset so 
 she never after spoke reasonable; but decaying gradually gave 
 up the Ghost about the dawning of the day." 
 
 The will of Thomas Paine is on record at Barnstable. Fol- 
 lowing is a copy verbatim: 
 
 In the Name of God, Amen. The twelvth day of May, 
 1705, I, Thomas Paine of Eastham, in ye County of Barnstable, 
 in ye Province of Massachusetts Bay, being aged and weak in 
 body, but of sufficient mind and memory— shanks be given to 
 
20 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 God — therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body, and 
 knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make 
 and ordain this my last Will and Testament ; that is to say, prin- 
 cipally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into ye 
 hands of God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth 
 to be buried in decent Christian burial at ye disposition of my 
 Executors, nothing doubting but at ye general ressurection I 
 shall receive ye same again by the mighty power of God. And 
 as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God 
 to bless me in this life, I give, demise and dispose of the same in 
 ye following manner and form. Imp. I give and bequeath my 
 son Nicholas Paine, his heirs & assigns forever all my lands, 
 mills, house and housing at Keaskokagansett in the town of 
 Eastham, with all my right title to all town's privileges, and my 
 two shares in ye land purchased of Mr. Samuel Smith, called 
 the ten pound purchase; also all my meadow lying on or by 
 Sampson's Island, and between Sampson's Island and Hog Isl- 
 and in sd Eastham ; as also my upland at both ends of Sampson's 
 Island ; and my share of meadow which lies to the southward of 
 Porchy Island, which was granted me by ye town in ye year of 
 our Lord, 1703. Imp. I give to my daughter, Mary, the wife 
 of Israel Cole, ten shillings in money; all the rest and residue 
 of my estate, both real and personal, goods & chattels whatsoever, 
 I give and bequeath to be equally divided to and among my chil- 
 dren, viz: — Samuel Paine, Thomas Paine, Elisha Paine, John 
 Paine, Nicholas Paine, James Paine, Joseph Paine, Dorcas Vick- 
 ery, the wife of Benj., and three eldest children of Mary, my 
 daughter, the wife of Israel Cole, viz: — James Rogers, Mary 
 Cole and Abigail Yates; (that is to say). the sd. children of my 
 sd. daughter shall have (with the ten shillings which she is to 
 have) one share or equal portion with ye rest of my sd. children, 
 which shall be equally divided among them. And I do also 
 hereby constitute, make and ordain my two sons Samuel Paine 
 & Thomas Paine, to be ye Executors of this my last Will and 
 Testament, & I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul 
 all and every other former Testament & Will, land bequest & 
 executors, by me in any way before named willed & bequeathed. 
 
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 Ratifying & confirming this, and no other, to be my last 
 Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
 hand and seal, ye day and year above written. 
 
 THOMAS PAINE (L. S.) 
 
 Signed, sealed, published, pronounced 
 
 and declared by the said Thomas Paine 
 as his last Will and Testament, in ye 
 presence of us, the subscribers, 
 his 
 JOHN x ROGERS, 
 
 mark. 
 JOHN ROGERS, JR., 
 ELEAZAR ROGERS. 
 
 Mr. Paine's will was presented for probate and proved upon 
 Oct. 2, 1706, and letters testamentary were then granted to the 
 executors named therein. 
 
 It is supposed that Mr. Paine conveyed much of his real 
 estate by deeds to his children before his death; but it is now 
 impossible to tell to what extent he made such gifts because all 
 the record books of deeds in Barnstable County were destroyed 
 by fire in 1827. A deed of gift of meadow from him to his son 
 Thomas, written in his own handwriting, and made in 1684, 
 witnessed by his sons James and Nicholas, is still extant. 
 
 There is no list of the children of Thomas and Mary Paine 
 in the Eastham book of records. Records of vital statistics were 
 not required by law in those days. The Plymouth Colony rec- 
 ords give them one child, named on the books "Eliezar," born 
 March 10, 1658. Nothing further appears of such a child on any 
 record, and it is probable that Elisha was the one intended, and 
 that the Colonial Secretary or the Clerk of Eastham erred in 
 writing out the name. 
 
22 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 THIRD GENERATION 
 
 Elisha 3 Paine (Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), was born at Eastham, 
 in the Colony of Massachusetts, probably, March 10, 1658, 
 and died at Canterbury in the Colony of Connecticut, Feb. 
 7> I 735"6. He married at Eastham, Jan. 5, 1685, Re- 
 bekah Doane, who was born at Eastham, May 12, 1668, 
 and died at Canterbury, Dec. 19, 1758. She was a daugh- 
 ter of John and Hannah (Bangs) Doane of Eastham. 
 (See Doane Family. Appendix.) 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Abigail, 4 b. at Eastham, Jan. 5, 1686, and d. at 
 Canterbury, Aug. 26, 1762 ; m., at Canterbury, Oct. 
 7, 1 7 10, Josiah Cleveland of Canterbury. He was 
 son of Josiah and Mary (Bates) Cleveland, and 
 was b. at Chelmsford, Mass., Oct. 7, 1690, and d. 
 at Canterbury, Feb. 9, (20, o. s.), 1762. They 
 united with the first church there in 1713, and after- 
 wards became Separatists. When Mr. Cleveland 
 died he left funds to the Separate Church. Among 
 their children was Colonel Aaron Cleveland, who 
 married Thankful, daughter of Rev. Elisha Paine, 
 (post), and rendered distinguished service in the 
 Revolution. One of the sons of Colonel Aaron and 
 Thankful (Paine) Cleveland, was Moses Cleve- 
 land, founder of Cleveland, Ohio. 
 4 ii. Abraham, b. and bap. at Barnstable in the Colony 
 of Massachusetts, 1691. 
 
 iii. Elisha, b. at Eastham, Dec. 29, 1693; d. at Bridge- 
 hampton, Long Island, Aug. 26, 1775. 
 
 Elisha Paine (junior) became a lawyer and 
 rose to distinction, in his time being considered "one 
 of the greatest in Connecticut." He was always 
 interested in religious matters, and when about 
 fifty years of age offered himself for examination 
 to become ordained as a clergyman. The commit- 
 tee to whom he was referred were satisfied with 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 23 
 
 his preparation and directed him to apply for a 
 license to the "Committee of the Association." The 
 latter did not meet at the time appointed, and 
 Paine waited no longer, but began preaching as an 
 itinerant. He was arrested for preaching without 
 a license, refused to give bond and was thrown into 
 prison. After his release from incarceration, which 
 was held unlawful, he entered upon a series of ex- 
 tended tours of Connecticut and Massachusetts, in- 
 cluding Eastham and the Cape towns. He founded 
 a Separate Church at Harwich in 1749, which after- 
 wards became a Baptist Church. He and his 
 brother Solomon became leaders of the Separatist 
 movement in New England. Finally he became 
 settled as pastor of the church at Bridgehampton, 
 Long Island, in May, 1752, where he continued in 
 that office until his death. 
 
 Mr. Paine married Mary Johnson of Canter- 
 bury, Nov. 24, 1720, and had a number of chil- 
 dren, among whom was Major-General Elisha 
 Payne, who graduated at Yale in 1750, practiced 
 law in Canterbury, became an original proprietor of 
 Orange, New Hampshire, and went to the first 
 Continental Congress as counsel to the delegates 
 from New Hampshire. He afterwards served as 
 Lieutenant-Governor of New Hampshire, Chief 
 Justice of the Supreme Court of that state, trustee 
 of Dartmouth College, 1774 to 1801, and treasurer 
 of the college, 1779 and 1780. 
 
 iv. Mary, b. in Eastham, Feb. 1, 1695-6; m. at Canter- 
 bury, April 5, 1722, Robert Freeman, son of Con- 
 stant and Jane (Treat) Freeman of Truro in the 
 Colony of Massachusetts. (See Freeman Family. 
 Appendix.) Their daughter Rebekah became the 
 wife of her first cousin, Rev. Abraham 6 Paine 
 (Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ). 
 
 v. Solomon, b. in Eastham, May 16, 1698, and d. in 
 Canterbury, Oct. 25, 1754. He m. at Canterbury, 
 March 2, 1720, Mary Carver. She d. Aug. 9, 1731, 
 
24 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 at Canterbury. He m. (2d) at Canterbury, May 
 31, 1732, Priscilla Fitch. She d. May 6, 1782, at 
 Canterbury. 
 
 Mr. Paine joined the First Church in Canter- 
 bury in 1721. He became deeply interested in the 
 great religious movement in Windham County 
 which took place about 1741 and took a prominent 
 part therein. Upon the organization of the Sep- 
 arate Church in Canterbury, he accepted the call 
 to become the pastor, and was ordained Sept. 10, 
 1746. His ministry was very satisfactory, and he 
 was held in high esteem by all the Separate clergy 
 of his time. He was equally as determined and un- 
 yielding as his brother Elisha, but not so able a 
 preacher. He published "A short view of the Con- 
 stitution of the Church of Christ, and the difference 
 between it and the Church Established in Connecti- 
 cut." There is much concerning the religious lead- 
 ership of Reverend Solomon Paine and his brother 
 Elisha in Miss Larned's History of Windham 
 County. 
 
 vi. Dorcas, b. in Eastham, Feb. 20, 1699-1700, and d. 
 at Canterbury, March 3, 1745-6. She m. David 
 Adams at Canterbury, Aug. 27, 1723, and had a 
 number of children. 
 
 vii. Constance, b. at Canterbury, Feb. 17, 1704-5; d. 
 at Amenia, N. Y., May 15, 1787. She m. (1st) 
 William Baker; (2d) her cousin, Joshua Paine, at 
 Canterbury, Jan. 6, 1736-7. Mr. Paine was a son 
 of Thomas 3 and Hannah (Shaw) Paine of Truro 
 in the Colony of Massachusetts, and was b. at 
 that place, Aug. 28, 1697. He d. at Amenia, N. Y., 
 March 10, 1775. Mr. Paine was a man of note, 
 and both he and his wife Constance were zealous 
 Separatists. 
 
 viii. Rebekah, b. in Canterbury, and died there, Feb., 
 1784. She m. at Kingston, in the Colony of Rhode 
 Island, April 17, 1716, Edward Cleveland. Mr. 
 Cleveland was b. at North Kingston in the Colony 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 25 
 
 of Rhode Island, Feb., 1686, son of Edward and 
 Deliverance (Palmer) Cleveland, and d. at Canter- 
 bury, Nov. 3, 1 77 1. He was a cousin of Josiah 
 Cleveland, who m. his wife's sister Abigail. 
 
 ix. Hannah, b. in Canterbury; m. a Watts. 
 
 x. John, b. in Canterbury, July, 1707; m. at Canter- 
 bury, Feb. 12, 1730, Sarah Church of that place. 
 He united with the Canterbury Church in 1731. 
 When the New Light or Separatist movement came, 
 Mr. Paine sided with the Separatists and finally 
 became pastor of the Separate Church in that 
 part of Rehoboth which is now Seekonk, Rhode 
 Island. He was ordained Aug. 3, 1748. Later he 
 was a member of the Council convened at Harwich 
 in the Colony of Massachusetts to ordain Joshua 
 Nickerson, pastor of the Separate Church there, 
 and gave the "right hand of fellowship." The same 
 year with the Separatists he petitioned the Pro- 
 vincial Legislature of Massachusetts to allow no 
 distinction between any classes of Christians in 
 supporting public worship. He and one Samuel 
 Peck took lead in the matter, but were unsuccess- 
 ful. He was a rigid disciplinarian, and had trouble 
 with members of his congregation on that ground. 
 
 Elisha Paine lived in Eastham until about 1688, when he 
 went to Barnstable. In 1689 he and ten citizens of that town 
 were granted a number of acres of land at Goodspeed's River, 
 and the benefit of the stream forever, on condition of "setting 
 up a fulling mill on that river," and maintaining "the same 
 twenty years, and full and dress the town's cloth on reasonable 
 terms." His residence in Barnstable was not long, for he was 
 back in Eastham in 1693. 
 
 About the year 1699 his attention was turned to new lands 
 being settled within the boundaries of the Colony of Connecticut. 
 The "Quinebaug Country" was the name given to the region 
 on both sides of the Quinebaug River in the County of Wind- 
 ham, where the famous Major James Fitch settled in 1697, 
 erecting the first permanent habitation in what is now Canter- 
 
26 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 bury. The Indian name of the place was Peaqscomswek. Major 
 Fitch had bought vast tracts in this region from the Indians, 
 and was famous for his land operations. He named his planta- 
 tion "Kent." Here came Elisha Paine and his family about the 
 spring of 1700, he having purchased two thousand acres from 
 Major Fitch. The Adamses, Clevelands and Johnsons were 
 other early settlers, all of them families afterwards related in 
 marriage with the Paines. Here Mr. Paine established himself 
 as a planter, becoming a man of affluence and prominence in the 
 Colony. 
 
 Agitation immediately began for the creation of a separate 
 town for the inhabitants on the west side of the Quinebaug, 
 where Paine and Fitch were living. An agreement was drawn 
 to that effect with those living on the east side of the river, 
 dated Dec. 24, 1702, and pursuant thereto a committee consist- 
 ing of Elisha Paine and five others petitioned the General As- 
 sembly of Connecticut on May 13, 1703, for the erection of a 
 separate town. In October of the same year, the legislature 
 created the town and bestowed the name Canterbury upon it. 
 Miss Larned, in her history of Windham County, says of Can- 
 terbury at this period: 
 
 "Canterbury, when endowed with town privileges, October, 
 1703, had but few inhabitants — only ten west-side residents sign- 
 ing the Articles of Separation — but their character and circum- 
 stance made amends for the smallness of their number. Most 
 of them were men of means and position, accustomed to the 
 management of public affairs and well fitted to initiate and carry 
 on the settlement of the new township. Major Fitch, as 'lord- 
 proprietor' of much of the land, had probably the sole sway for 
 a time, but Elisha Paine, the Adamses, Clevelands and John- 
 sons were men of energy and public spirit and soon assumed the 
 reins of government. Their residences were in the east of the 
 town overlooking the Quinebaug Valley." 
 
 From this time until his death, Elisha Paine was constantly 
 in public life. He was the first town clerk, and as such exer- 
 cised the powers of a justice of the peace. Mr. Paine and Major 
 Fitch appeared before the General Assembly in 1705 on the 
 boundary disputes, which Canterbury had with its neighbors 
 and again in 1706. Elisha Paine was selectman during many 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 27 
 
 terms, and with a colleague represented his town in the General 
 Assembly of the Colony almost continuously from 171 1 until 
 1734- 
 
 Upon the establishment of the church in Canterbury on 
 June 13, 171 1, the Reverend Samuel Estabrook, Harvard, 1696, 
 who had been preaching there several years, Elisha Paine and 
 five others signed the Covenant and were recognized as the 
 "seven pillars" or constituent members of the church. 
 
 Elisha Paine and Samuel Adams, while representatives of 
 Canterbury in the General Assembly in 171 1, secured the ap- 
 pointment of a committee to settle division of lands. This was 
 not completed, however, for several years. When it was done, 
 those heading the list to receive one and one-half shares as "first 
 settlers and planters" were Major James Fitch and Mr. Elisha 
 Paine. 
 
 There was much border warfare between the neighboring 
 towns of Plainfield and Canterbury. Miss Lamed also notes in 
 her History of Windham County: 
 
 "Nor were her (Canterbury's) settlers always at peace 
 among themselves or obedient to the wholesome laws of the 
 Colony. Even such prominent men and active church members 
 as Elisha Paine and Obadiah Johnson were not exemplary in 
 behavior, the latter complaining 'that Paine had struck him with 
 a club, knocked him down and thrown a hatchet at him.' The 
 complaint was not sustained and Paine recovered cost of prose- 
 cution." 
 
 An interesting commentary on the life of the times is the 
 record that one Jabez Utter, the first white inhabitant of the 
 neighboring town of Mortlake, was convicted of horse-stealing, 
 and after lying in prison for a time was allowed to work out his 
 fine in service of Elisha Paine at the rate of eight pounds a 
 year. 
 
28 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 FOURTH GENERATION 
 
 4. Abraham* Paine (Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born 
 and baptized at Barnstable, in the Colony of Massa- 
 chusetts in 1691, and died at Amenia, in the Colony of New 
 York, March 20, 1770. He married at Canterbury, in the 
 Colony of Connecticut, Dec. 19, 1718, Ruth Adams, who 
 was born at Medfield, in the Colony of Massachusetts, 
 Dec. 10, 1691, and died at Amenia, in the Colony of New 
 York. She was a daughter of John and Michal (Bloyse) 
 Adams of Canterbury. (See Adams Family. Appendix.) 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Bethiah, b. at Canterbury, Aug. 5, 1719; d. there 
 May 25, 1720. 
 
 ii. Abigail, b. at Canterbury, Dec. 27, 1720. 
 5 iii. Abraham, b. at Canterbury, May 2, 1722. 
 
 iv. Thomas, b. at Canterbury in 1724; d. at Cutchogue, 
 Long Island, Oct. 15, 1766; m. Abigail, widow of 
 Daniel Hull, and daughter of Joseph and Abigail 
 (Parker) Wickham, Oct. 25, 1750 (o. s.). She 
 d. March 12, 1791. 
 
 The Rev. Thomas Paine graduated at Yale 
 College in 1748, and was licensed to preach by the 
 Suffolk, L. I., Presbytery, Dec. 20, 1748. He at 
 once commenced preaching at Cutchogue, L. I., 
 and so continued until Oct. 15, 1750, when he was 
 ordained and regularly installed pastor of the 
 church. He remained pastor of the church until 
 his death. 
 
 v. Benjamin, b. at Canterbury, March 29, 1726. 
 
 vi. Ruth, b. at Canterbury, April 4, 1728. 
 
 vii. Samuel, b. at Canterbury, Oct. 4, 1729. 
 
 viii. James, b. at Canterbury, Nov. 11, 1737. 
 
 Abraham Paine went to the Colony of Connecticut with 
 his father, and was therefore among the pioneers who settled 
 Canterbury. He became a planter. At the time when final dis- 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 29 
 
 tribution of the public lands was made, Abraham Paine received 
 one share,, as a "proprietor under the patent" given by the Gen- 
 eral Assembly of Connecticut for the establishment of the Town 
 of Canterbury. This distribution appears to have taken place 
 about -1720. Mr. Paine and his wife became members of the 
 Canterbury church in 1739. They very soon afterwards emi- 
 grated to Dutchess County in the Colony of New York, being 
 the earliest settlers from New England in the region afterwards 
 named Amenia, where they were residents about 1741. 
 
 One of the oldest deeds on the records of Amenia is one 
 of 230 acres of land conveyed from Joel Gillet to Abraham 
 Paine, "for one Hundred Pounds currant by Abraham Paine of 
 Crum Elbow Precinct in Dutchess County," executed on the 
 "21st day April in the nineteenth year of the Reign of our 
 gracious Sovering George the Second of Great Britain france 
 and Ireland King * * * Anno Domini 1746." This deed 
 was not recorded, however, until May 23, 1769. Crum Elbow 
 Precinct is one of the precincts into which Dutchess County was 
 divided in the early part of the eighteenth century, when the 
 region first began to be settled. It later became part of the town 
 of Amenia. 
 
 Mr. Paine's settlement attracted many other people from 
 New England, among them his cousin, Joshua Paine, who had 
 married his sister Constance, his nephews, Elisha Cleveland and 
 Ichabod Paine, the latter a son of Mr. Paine's brother, the Rev. 
 Solomon Paine. 
 
 The territory afterwards included in the town of Amenia 
 is geographically divided into three valleys; and in the course 
 of time after the settlement in each valley a church was organ- 
 ized. They were all of the same order as the established churches 
 in New England, and were called indifferently Presbyterian or 
 Congregational. There appear to have been preaching and 
 church services conducted in the region by a hired preacher "be- 
 fore any organization was attempted, but the church first begun 
 was started near the center of the town and was at first known 
 as the Church of Christ in Carmel in the Nine Partners. It is 
 now the Presbyterian Church of Amenia. It may be instructive 
 to state that the "Nine Partners" was a name loosely applied 
 to a large area including Amenia which at a previous time had 
 
30 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 been claimed or owned by a syndicate known as the "Nine Part- 
 ners." 
 
 Mr. Abraham Paine was the founder of this church in the 
 year 1748. Doubtless it was through his influence that his son, 
 the Reverend Abraham Paine, Jr., became its first pastor. The 
 elder Paine was a Separatist, in sympathy with his brothers, the 
 Reverend Elisha Paine and the Reverend Solomon Paine, who 
 at the time of which we write, were the leaders of the Separatist 
 movement in Connecticut. 
 
 Under Whitfield and William Tennant there had been a 
 great revival of spiritual religion in New England, and the men 
 most keenly and permanently affected claimed to have arrived 
 at a new and higher spiritual plane. They were known as "New 
 Lights," and later as "Separatists." Their religious passions were 
 intense. Their zeal has been described as the "fiery zeal of the 
 New Lights." They became critical of those who did not exhibit 
 the same spiritual and dogmatic strenuosity as themselves, and 
 critical of those whom they condemned as "dead formalists," and 
 finally in many places, withdrew from their less zealous brethren 
 to form separate congregations of their own. It was in part 
 this same spirit in Abraham Paine and his followers that led to 
 the establishment of a definite church organization "separate" 
 from the unorganized body of settlers of varying religious con- 
 victions. 
 
 The following quaint account of the organization of the 
 church, in Mr. Paine's own handwriting, is to be found in the 
 treasured records of the Presbyterian Church of Amenia: 
 
 "For the Benefit of the Church not only for this present age 
 but after Generations that god's Glory and Honour might be ad- 
 vanced we write the following Relation — 
 
 Abraham Paine Son of Elisha Paine of Canterbury in the 
 Colony of Connecticut in New England Declareth as follows 
 that Ever Since he pretended to know anything about the Re- 
 ligion of Jesus Christ and the order of the Gospel that his 
 Judgment was Settled in this Particular that no unbeliever ought 
 to be Admitted to the ordinance of the Lord's Supper and some 
 time since he Removed to this place by the providence of god 
 Conversing upon that Particular and meeting with great oppo- 
 sition, it Brought a great Trial of mind upon him and he was 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 31 
 
 Brought to this Conclusion that he would not open his mouth 
 in a way of Dispute till he Could Come with a thus Saith the 
 Lord and after that he was Brought to Commit it to god and to 
 wait upon him to bring forth the truth let it Cut where it would 
 and so Resting of it with god and waiting upon him for light 
 by Searching the Scriptures and by Suplication he Received an 
 answer of prayer in the 6 Chap, of the Second Epistle to the 
 Corrinthians beginning at the 14 verse to the end of the chap- 
 ter. Be ye not Unequally yoked together with Unbelievers &c. ; 
 this Scripture was so opened to his understanding by the Spirit 
 of God that he see in that plan Believers were forbid to Yoke 
 or Joyn together with unbelievers in Building the Church of 
 Christ and then Secondly by the Questions following god shewed 
 him the Disagreeableness of such a Yoking or Joyning together 
 and then Shewed him the form of the House or the Church of 
 Christ and in the 17 Verse which is wherefore come out from 
 among them and be ye Separate Saith the Lord and touch not 
 the unclean thing and I will Receive you In this verse he was 
 Commanded to come out from all Antichristian Schemes and 
 traditions and follow the lord Jesus in the line of the Gospel 
 according to his written word and in order so to do he was 
 taught from the 13 Chapter of Pauls Epistle to the Hebrews 
 12 13 14 Verses (wherefore Jesus also that he might Sanctifie 
 the People with his own blood Suffered without the gate let us 
 go fourth therefore unto him without the Camp Bearing his 
 Reproach for here we have no Continuing City but we seek 
 one to come:) to give up his Life and his all to the great God 
 and to go fourth to Jesus without the Camp Bearing his Re- 
 proach the which his Soul freely Consents : this being about the 
 Begining of may in the Year one thousand seven hundred and 
 fourty seven there being at this time a Considerable number 
 of Christians Called New lights we all Continued still to meet 
 together to worship on the Sabbath till sum time in the fall 
 after Notwithstanding with a great Deal of opposition for when 
 it Pleased the Lord to breathe on any of his children the Holy 
 Spirit so that they were moved to give glory to god or Exhort 
 one another or to Invite Sinners to except of Salvation &c. we 
 found that it Stired the enmity of the People with whom we 
 met and made a Tumult So it Continued from time to time un- 
 
32 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 till at length there was some Exhorting in the intermition Sea- 
 son whereupon the then Hired Preacher Did in the Afternoon 
 when he Attended to pray signifie that some of us had a false' 
 Religion and were Deluded by the Divel when prayer was Ended 
 he asked him what he meant and who he meant by Such and 
 Such Exprestions he said I meant you and the rest of your com- 
 pany or words to that purpose and said you are a Deceived Crue 
 and are Deluded by the Divel and he Could not worship with us 
 &c: we then being Convinced that we Could not worship our 
 god with them without Sacrificing the Abomination of the Egip- 
 tians Before there Eyes thus we were Drove out from among 
 them and a little Number of us Agreeing to meet together and 
 so Continuing untill February following, and the Lord was with 
 us Now at this time he met with a great trial by one that he 
 looked upon to be a Servant of god he telling of him that he 
 was Deluded by the Devil and lead by him to Separate which 
 Brought a great tryal upon him and was a means to make him 
 Cry to god for help and the lord Heard and Spake to him in 
 the 8th Chapter of Isaiah beginning at the n Verse to the end 
 of the Chapter for the lord Spake thus to me with a strong hand 
 &c. he knew it was the Voice of the lord to him putting him in 
 mind of the former Command 2 Corrn 6 Chap 17 verse : Come 
 out from among them &c: and in the 16 verse saying unto him 
 bind up the testimony Seal the law among my Diciples where- 
 upon he acquainted the little Number of Diciples that were 
 agreed to meet together with what the Lord had Shewed him 
 and Desired that they would Joyn with him and keep a day of 
 fasting and prayer to god telling of them his Purpose to De- 
 clare his faith and Covenant the which he Did before many 
 Witnesses and thus the lord founded Zion in Carmel in the 
 Nine partners and the poor of the people trusted in it and in 
 the latter end of May in the year 1748 Gardner Gillett joyned 
 in covenant with him and the Lord having thus began to build 
 his Church here we Continue to meet together on the Lord's 
 Day and other Days and the Lord was with us by his Holy 
 Spirit opening the Scriptures to us and Helping of us in Edi- 
 fying one another in Psalms and Himns and Spirittual Songs 
 and in opening and Expounding the Scriptures thus we Con- 
 tinued Some Months before there was any Additions Where- 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 33 
 
 fore the Soul of this brother that first Declared faith and Cove- 
 nant began to mourn before the Lord in the language of god's 
 zion as in Isaiah 49 Chap 14 verse Saying the lord hath for- 
 saken me and my lord hath forgotten me and the lord answered 
 him in the Next verse Can a woman forget her sucking child 
 that she should not Have Compation on the son of her womb 
 yea they may forget yet will I not forget thee Behold I have 
 Graven the upon the palms of my hands thy wals are Continually 
 before me the : lord shewed him that he had set him in the place 
 of zion and told him in the verses following saying thy Chil- 
 dren shall make hast &c: all these Shall Come unto the &c. and 
 then confirmed it with an oath saying as I live Saith the Lord 
 thou Shalt Surely Clothe the with them all as with an orna- 
 ment and bind them on the as a bride Doth and so along to the 
 22 verse &c. 
 
 Now upon the 16 of July in the year 1749 the lord began 
 to fulfill his gracious promises it being upon the Lord's Day 
 the lord Gathered Sixteen Souls more into the Church fellow- 
 ship and we had the lords Supper Administered to us by a Ser- 
 vent of Jesus Christ who had been set apart to the work of the 
 ministry in another place and it was a blessed and glorious Day 
 to our Souls Jesus Christ manifested his Power and love and 
 made the pice Sweet and awfull Glorious and Lovely &c: 
 
 Lords Day August 15 1749 the Church Came together and 
 the Sacrament was Administered and there was more added to 
 the Church. 
 
 December 13 1749 at a Church Meeting warnd in the fel- 
 lowship of the Gospel after Solemn Renewing Covenant before 
 god and with one another Brother Abraham Paine made a ten- 
 der of himself to the Church Solemnly to be their Pastor and 
 then the Meeting was adjourned by a Vote to the 21 Day and 
 when come together there was nothing acted as a church Ex- 
 cept Adjourning the Meeting to the 28 Day and when come 
 together Brother Abraham Paine by the power of the Holy 
 Ghost again made a fresh dedication Tending of himself to the 
 church and in the name of god Demanded an answer that he 
 might turn to the Right-hand or to the left whereupon the 
 Church of god did witness for the Lord of Hosts and Re- 
 
34 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 ceived our Brother Abraham Paine to be our pastor under Christ 
 and so the Meeting was Dismist. 
 
 May 31 1750 at a Church Meeting Warned and come to- 
 gether in the fellowship of the gospel the church Voted and set 
 apart 14 Day of June for the Solemn work of the ordination 
 of the Pastor of this Church and also voted to Send to the church 
 of Christ in Canterbury also to the Church of Christ in Scot- 
 land Booth in New england the Day to be attended by Solemn 
 fasting June 14th 1750 this Day being a day of solemnity Set 
 apart in the fellowship of the Gospel the Church set apart 
 Abraham Paine to the work of the Ministry by solemn ordina- 
 tion by Laying on the hands of the Presbitery in the name of the 
 Lord Jesus Christ and by the Power of the Holy Ghost as an 
 under Shepherd under Christ the Great Shepherd and King & 
 Head of the Church." 
 
 The Abraham Paine referred to in the foregoing account as 
 pastor of the church is Abraham Paine, Junior, son of the writer 
 of the account. His biography appears hereafter, together with 
 the story of the building of the church accomplished under his 
 energetic leadership. 
 
 Abraham Paine (Senior) lies buried in the old cemetery at 
 Amenia near the site of the church he founded. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 35 
 
 FIFTH GENERATION 
 
 5. Abraham 5 Paine (Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) 
 was born at Canterbury, in the Colony of Connecticut, 
 May 2, 1722, and died at Hamilton, N. Y., April 21, 1801. 
 He married at Canterbury, on March 8, 1743-4, Rebekah 
 Freeman, his first cousin, who was born at Truro in the 
 Colony of Massachusetts, Sept. 23, 1724, and died at Ham- 
 ilton, N. Y., on Dec. 25, 1810. She was a daughter of 
 Robert and Mary (Paine) Freeman of Truro. (See Free- 
 man Family. Appendix.) 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Elisha, 6 b. at Canterbury, Dec. 9, 1744; d. in early 
 infancy at Canterbury. 
 
 ii. Elijah/ bap. at Amenia, in the Colony of New 
 York, Aug. 12, 1749. 
 
 iii. Barnabas, 6 bap. at Amenia, July 13, 1851. He 
 served in the American Revolution, having been 
 a Sergeant in the Continental Army in the cam- 
 paign of 1776. He was furloughed thence to Corn- 
 wall, where his father then lived. Barnabas Paine 
 was granted a permit by the State on Sept. 5, 1777, 
 to transport flour from Connecticut to Massa- 
 chusetts to exchange for salt. 
 
 iv. Anne, 6 b. at Amenia, 1752 ; bap. there Aug. 11, 1754; 
 d. at Stafford, Genesee County, New York, 1825; 
 m. Uriah Cross, b. at Coventry, Tolland County, 
 Conn., April 3, 1750; d. at Georgetown, Madison 
 County, N. Y., April 4, 1835. Mr. Cross served in 
 the Revolution and was a son of Noah and Mary 
 (Chamberlain) Cross (La Crosse). Children: 
 
 1. Moulton, b. at Sanderland, Bennington Co., Vt, 
 Sept. 8, 1777; d. at Richland, Oswego Co., 
 N. Y., July, 1853; m., first, Martha Hartson, 
 Jan. 29, 1806, and had: (1) Charles Hartson, 
 b. Jan. 1, 1807; d. Nov. 2, 1883; m. Melissa 
 Lane, Oct. 11, 1842. (2) Irene Hartson, b. 
 
36 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Feb. 13, 1808; d. in infancy. (3) Electa, b. 
 Feb. 20, 1813; m. Thomas Bumpus. (4) 
 Horace Malcolm, b. May 12, 1811; d. May 2, 
 1880; m. his cousin, Elizabeth Ann Cross, 1832. 
 (5) David W., b. Nov. 17, 1814; resided Cleve- 
 land, Ohio. (6) Jessie, b. July 31, 1816. (7) 
 Wealthy, b. Richland, N. Y., July 5, 1818; d. 
 Herman, Neb., April 3, 1891 ; m- her cousin, 
 Rev. Charles Cross, Oct. 22, 1842; Martha 
 Hartson Cross ; d. Aug. 15, 1821 ; Moulton then 
 m. Wealthy Dart at Richland, N. Y., April 4, 
 1822 ; she was b. Feb. 10, 1797 ; they had : (8) 
 Samuel, b. Jan. 12, 1823; d. in infancy. (9) 
 John Dart, b. July 11, 1824; was lost at sea. 
 (10) Louisa Irma, b. May 17, 1826; m. James 
 McCarty, Lawyer. (11) Minerva, b. Sept. 4, 
 1828. (12) William, b. Sept. 12, 1830. (13) 
 Harriet C, b. March 17, 1833. (14) Alonzo 
 M., b. at Pulaski, N. Y., April 6, 1835; m. 
 Rachel Perkins, April 27, 1856; resides (191 2) 
 St. Joseph, Mo. ; Wealthy Dart Cross d. April 
 9, 1835; Mr. Cross then m. Lucy Comstock, a 
 widow, at Albion, Oswego Co., N- Y., Sept. 
 20, 1835; they had: (15) Moulton, b. June 10, 
 1837. (16) George, b. May 29, 1842. (17) 
 Henry Clay, b. July 24, 1844. 
 2. Lucy, b. at Cornwall, Conn., in 1778; d. at Otse- 
 lic, Chenango Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 1861 ; m. at 
 Hamilton, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1797, Selah Way, b. 
 April 11, 1764; d. Georgetown, Madison Co., 
 N. Y., Nov. 15, 1835; they had: (1) Betsey, 
 b. Hamilton, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1797; d. Pulaski, 
 N. Y., Jan. 31, 1888; m. John Jones, Feb. 9, 
 1825. (2) Polly, b. Hamilton, N. Y, Sept. 24, 
 1799; d. Jackson, Mich., Jan. 7, 1895; m. Bar- 
 nett Dixon. (3) Julius, b. Georgetown, N. Y., 
 May 31, 1801 ; m. Daphne Andrus. (4) Jessie, 
 b. Georgetown, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1803; d. George- 
 town, N. Y, Feb. 3, 1805. (5) Harvey Moul- 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 37 
 
 ton, b. Georgetown, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1804; d. 
 Georgetown, N. Y., June 26, 1871 ; m. Patty 
 A. Griffin. (6) Asa, b. Georgetown, N. Y., 
 Jan. 1, 1807; d. Republic, O., Feb. 27, 1891 ; 
 m. Arabella Corey. (7) Hannah Anna, b. 
 Georgetown, N. Y., March 31, 1809; d. Otse- 
 lic, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1862; m. Elizur Goodrich. 
 (8) Charlotte Theresa Sye, b. Georgetown, N. 
 Y., Sept. 22, 1810; d. De Ruyter, N. Y., Oct. 
 24, 1896; m. William Pierce. (9) Uriah, b. 
 Georgetown, N. Y., Jan. 7, 181 3 ; d. Iowa, Sept. 
 17, 1867; m. Fanny McBride. (10) Samuel 
 Payne, b. Georgetown, N. Y., May 26, 1815; 
 d. Georgetown, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1896; m. 
 Wealthy Brown. (11) William, b. George- 
 town, N. Y., April 14, 1818; d. Georgetown, 
 N. Y., Aug. 30, 1889; m. Adelina Westgate. 
 (12) Infant son, b. Georgetown, N. Y., June 
 3, 1820; d. Georgetown, N. Y., June 4, 1820; 
 Selah Way was a Revolutionary soldier in the 
 Connecticut Line. 
 Calvin, b. Bennington, Vt., Jan. 2, 1781 ; d. 
 Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y, Feb. 23, 1868; 
 m. at Hamilton, N. Y., April 11, 1805, Mary, 
 daughter of Rev. Ashbel and Mary (Belden) 
 Hosmer, b. Canaan, Conn., Aug. 8, 1784; d. 
 Georgetown, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1818; they had: 
 (1) Ashbel Hosmer, b. Hamilton, N. Y., Feb. 
 28, 1806; d. March 14, 1827, at Georgetown, 
 N. Y. (2) Lydia Mathewson, b. Hamilton, 
 N. Y, March 28, 1807; d. Nelson, N. Y, Nov. 
 27, 1866; m. Sept. 28, 1826, Davis Norton. 
 (3) Mary, b. Georgetown, N. Y., April 12, 
 1808; m., first, Malvin Stiles, Jan. 17, 1833; 
 m., second, Davis Norton. (4) Ambrose Gil- 
 more, b. Georgetown, N. Y, Dec. 15, 1809; 
 d. 1874, at Garretsville, Portage Co., O. ; m. 
 Dec. 24, 1833, Adeline Bliss. (5) Orin Belden, 
 b. Hamilton, N. Y., Nov. 3, 181 1 ; d. Hamilton, 
 
38 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 N. Y., Feb. 6, 1834. (6) Amanda Malvina, 
 b. Georgetown, N. Y., April 17, 1813; d. Mill 
 Village, Pa.; m. Jan. 30, 1844, Rev. Aaron 
 Gates. (7) Edmund Burke, b. Georgetown, 
 N. Y., June 11, 1814; d. Toungro, Burmah, 
 1906; m., first, Julia Putnam, Aug. 27, 1843; 
 m., second, Clara L. Baldwin; Mr. E. B. Cross 
 was a pioneer missionary. (8) Charles Uriah, 
 b. Georgetown, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1815; d. Ban- 
 gor, Mich., May 9, 1872; m. Sept. 6, 1836, 
 Mary Serepta West. (9) Calvin (junior), b. 
 Georgetown, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1817; d. Grand 
 Rapids, Mich., Nov. 20, 1894; m. Feb. 13, 
 1837, Emily Eliza Robin. (10) Frances Cor- 
 delia, b. Georgetown, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1818; d. 
 Georgetown, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1867; m. Oct. 20, 
 1841, Henry Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
 Brown were the parents of Mrs. Albert Lyn- 
 don Blair (Mary Millicent Brown), of Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y., who has generously given this in- 
 formation as to the Cross family and as to 
 other descendants of Rev. Abraham Payne, 
 through female lines. Mr. Calvin Cross (sen- 
 ior) was a soldier in the War of 1812. 
 
 4. Electa, b. 1782; d. Pulaski, N. Y. ; m. Jeremiah 
 
 Angell Matthewson, Dec. 31, 1801, at Hamilton, 
 N. Y., son of Philip and Lydia (Angell) 
 Matthewson, b. Dec. 7, 1769; d. Pulaski, N. 
 Y., Nov. 30, 1 841; they had: (1) Lydia, b. 
 1802; d. 1805. (2) Jeremiah Angell (junior), 
 b. Sept. 17, 1805; d. April 13, 1890; m. Eliza- 
 beth Howard, in 1831. (3) Andrew Angell, 
 b. Pulaski, N. Y, 1814; d. Aug. 8, 1882; m. 
 Ann Elizabeth Moore. (4) Arthur Fenner, b. 
 Pulaski, N. Y., 181 1 ; m. Charlotte Bills. (5) 
 Charles Angell, b. Pulaski, N. Y., 1816; d. 
 1 901 ; m. Feb. 14, 1841, Ruth Torrey. 
 
 5. Anna, b. Rutland, Vt, Feb. 2, 1785; d. Park- 
 
 man, O., Jan. 23, 1872; m. Noah Cross, 1805; 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 39 
 
 he was a cousin, and a son of Joel Cross, b. 
 Vermont, 1782; d. Parkman, O., 1846. They 
 had: (1) Minerva, b. Stafford, N. Y., Nov., 
 1806; d. Carrollton, 111., July 1, 185 1; m. Wil- 
 liam Guthrie, 1823. (2) Philetus S., b. Staf- 
 ford, N. Y., Nov., 1808; d. Oshkosh, Wis., 
 1885; m. 1830, Katherine Pearl. (3) Electa 
 M., b. Stafford, N. Y., 1810; d. Stafford, N. Y., 
 1815. (4) Abel, b. Stafford, N. Y., Aug. 22, 
 1812; d. Cheyboygan, Mich.; m. Jan. 21, 1834, 
 Anna Winger. (5) Wealthy, b. Stafford, N. 
 Y., May, 1814; m. Johnson Moore. (6) Wil- 
 liam Hurlbut, b. Stafford, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1816; 
 d. March 29, 1895; m. Fannie Johnson. (7) 
 Helen Electa, b. Stafford, N. Y. ; m. Allen T. 
 Borroughs, living (1912), Syracuse, N. Y. (8) 
 Norman Bartlett, b. Stafford, N. Y., April 21, 
 1820; d. 1868, Grand Haven, Mich.; m. 1838, 
 Emeline Atwater. (9) Charles, b. Stafford, 
 N. Y. ; m. Oct. 22, 1842, Wealthy Cross, his 
 cousin; Rev. Charles Cross was living (1900), 
 Herman, Neb. (10) Noah A., b. Stafford, N. 
 Y.; d. Stafford, N. Y. (11) Albert T., b. 
 Stafford, N. Y. ; m. 1852, Lydia Ainsly, liv- 
 ing (1900), Grand Rapids, Mich. (12) Uriah, 
 b. Stafford, N. Y., April, 1831 ; d. Stafford, 
 N. Y., Nov., 1832. 
 
 6. Orilla, m. James Shannon. 
 
 7. Myraba, b. Hamilton, N. Y., m. Sprague. 
 
 8. Rebecca, b. Hamilton, N. Y., June 28, 1791 ; d. 
 
 Pulaski, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1876; m. April 19, 
 1809, at Pulaski, N. Y., James Harmon; he 
 was b. Aug. 27, 1788, at Pawlet, Vt, and d. 
 May 31, 1871, at Pulaski, N. Y.; they had: 
 (1) Phoebe G, b. Pulaski, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1810; 
 d. Pulaski, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1887, unm. (2) 
 Anna, b. Pulaski, N. Y., May 26, 1812; d. 
 Fernwood, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1881 ; m. Hiram 
 B. Dunbar, Feb. 4, 1840. (3) Eunice, b. Pu- 
 
40 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 laski, N. Y., April 5, 1814; d. Loraine, N. Y., 
 May 10, 1888; m. Daniel Wise, Oct. 25, 1849. 
 (4) James, b. Pulaski, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1816; m. 
 Anna Doan, March 10, 1842. (5) Cyrus, b. 
 Pulaski, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1817; d. in Kansas, 
 May 20, 1887; m. Esther Albro, Jan. 1, 1844. 
 (6) Calvin, b. Pulaski, N. Y, Sept. 14, 1819; 
 d. Pulaski, N. Y, Jan. 10, 1882; m. Ruth L. 
 Bliss, April 11, 1855. (7) Hiram, b. Pulaski, 
 N. Y., Feb. 25, 1821 ; d. Pulaski, N. Y., Nov. 
 9, 1821. (8) Nancy, b. Pulaski, N. Y., July 22, 
 1822; m. Roswell B. Boynton, Sept. 2, 1845; 
 living- (1912) Syracuse, N. Y. (9) Ambrose, 
 b. Pulaski, N. Y., May 14, 1824; unm., living 
 (1912) in California. (10) Jacob Ellis, b. Pu- 
 laski, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1826; d. Watertown, N. 
 Y.; Aug. 20, 1 881 ; m. Lavina J. Allison, Feb. 
 21, 1850. (11) Lydia A., b. Pulaski, N. Y., 
 Nov. 6, 1827; d. Loraine, N. Y., May 20, 1888; 
 m. Henry B. Cross, May 15, 1857. (12) Asa 
 C, b. Pulaski, N. Y, Oct. 3, 1829; m. Anna 
 J. Tyler, Sept. 10, 1854. (13) Charles J., b. 
 Pulaski, N. Y, July 15, 1831 ; d. Pt. Huron, 
 N. Y., Oct. 16, 1858. (14) Proserpina E., b. 
 Pulaski, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1835; m. John Pit- 
 kin, Dec. 15, 1855. 
 9. Wealthy, b. Hamilton, N. Y., 1797; d. Harding 
 Co., O., 1881 ; m. William Hurlburt. 
 
 10. Abram. 
 
 11. William, b. Hamilton, N. Y., 1800; d. Hanover, 
 
 Jackson Co., Mich., 1856; m. first, Harriet 
 Vollard; second, Eliza Bigelow; third, Mary 
 Williams; fourth, Sarah Burrell. 
 
 v. Ruth/ b. at Amenia, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1756; bap. 
 there March 26, 1764; m. Oct. 15, 1778, at Corn- 
 wall, Conn., Thomas Hart. He was born March 
 3, 1757, at Farmingdale, Conn., and was a son of 
 John and Huldah (Gould) Hart. Mr. Hart was a 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 41 
 
 soldier in the Revolutionary War and died at Bel- 
 videre, 111. Children: 
 
 1. Hulda, b. Aug. 11, 1779. 
 
 2. Lucinda, b. Feb. 8, 1781. 
 
 3. John, b. Aug. 12, 1782; m. Hannah Benjamin, 
 
 and had: (1) George; Mr. John Hart was a 
 soldier in the War of 1812. 
 1 4. Abraham, b. 1784; m., first, Nancy Gillette, and 
 
 had: (1) Lysander; m. Emily Smith, and d. 
 1838. (2) Caroline, b. 1813; m., 1836, Ros- 
 well W. Richmond. (3) Henry Payne, m., 
 first, Mary Bunker; second, Harriet Gardner. 
 (4) Nancy Gillette, b. 1823; m. Nathan Ack- 
 l ev - (5) Harvey; Abraham Hart m., second, 
 Lydia Fisk, and had: (6) Adeline Morse. (7) 
 Francis Granger; Abraham Hart m., third, 
 Laura Morse. 
 
 5. Pamelia, b. Jan. 25, 1786. 
 
 6. Serissa, b. Nov. 16, 1787; m. Levy Shepard. 
 
 7. Ruth, b. May 26, 1789. 
 
 8. Thomas, b. May 16, 1791. 
 
 9. Silas, b. March 11, 1793; m. Esther Lacy. 
 
 10. Seth Payne, b. May 29, 1795. 
 
 11. Harvey, b. Feb. 18, 1797. 
 
 12. John, b. Feb. 3, i8or. 
 
 vi. Rebekah/ b. at Amenia, N. Y. ; bap. there March 
 26, 1764; m. Solomon Johnson of Cornwall, Conn. 
 
 6 vii. Samuel/ b. at Amenia, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1760. 
 
 7 viii. Elisha/ b. at Amenia, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1762. 
 
 ix. Mary, 6 b. at Amenia, N. Y. ; bap. there Oct. 20, 1765 ; 
 m. Sharon, Conn., May 17, 1785, Nathan Holmes. 
 He was b. at Amenia, N. Y., in 1753, a son of 
 Jehoshophat and Sarah (Brewster) Holmes. 
 
 The life of the Rev. Abraham Paine seems to typify both 
 the time in which he lived and the race from which he sprang. 
 
42 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Before his twenty-second birthday, he had married, and in a few 
 years journeyed with his bride from Canterbury in the Colony 
 of Connecticut to the settlement which his father was building 
 up in Amenia, N. Y. His first child, Elisha, was born and died 
 in Canterbury. All of the other children were born in Amenia. 
 
 Mr. Paine came into prominence in Amenia in 1749, when 
 on December 13 of that year, he offered himself as pastor of 
 the church his father had founded. He repeated the offer on 
 December 28, as appears in his father's account, which has pre- 
 viously been given. Mr. Paine's account states that then "the 
 church of god by a vote did witness for the Lord of Hosts and 
 Received our Brother Abraham Paine to be our Pastor under 
 Christ." 
 
 On the fourteenth of the following June, 1750, Abraham 
 Paine was ordained, his uncle, the Reverend Solomon Paine, 
 and other clergymen from New England officiating- The ac- 
 count kept by the senior Paine reads as follows in regard to 
 this occasion : 
 
 "June 14th, 1750, this Day being a day of solemnity Set 
 apart in the fellowship of the Gospel the Church set apart 
 Abraham Paine to the work of the Ministry by solemn ordi- 
 nation by Laying on the hands of the Presbitery in the name of 
 the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Power of the Holy Ghost as 
 an under Shepherd under Christ the Great Shepherd and King 
 & Head of the Church." 
 
 Thus Abraham Paine became first pastor of the first church 
 in Amenia, founded by his father. This position he occupied 
 for twenty-five years. However, his experience as pastor of 
 a church, founded on the extreme beliefs of such men as the 
 elder Paine, was not free from trouble. The next year the 
 church, feeling that a high moral tone was not being kept up, 
 called in assistance from other churches. The facts are quaintly 
 told by the elder Abraham Paine in his account and attested by 
 his brother, the Rev. Solomon Paine. This part of the account 
 is as follows : 
 
 "in February 27, 175 1, the church in this place finding them- 
 selves so disjointed that they needed the help of Sister churches 
 to Search under the conduct of the Holy Ghost by the word of 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 43 
 
 God & witness taken according to the Gospel to see and De- 
 clare in the name & Power of the lord Jesus in this church 
 against what had troubled & Defiled them & had sent letters to 
 Canterbury, Plainfield, and Newfearfield, the church at Can- 
 terbury Received it as a Call of god & sent Solomon Paine, 
 pastor & John Adams in the fellowship of the Gospel in like 
 manner the church at Plainfield sent Thomas Stephens & Joseph 
 Warren Deacons & the church at Newfearfield sent Elihu Moses, 
 pastor, John Marsh & Nathan Galor Breathren and on the Day 
 above so the sd Elders & breathren with this church met & by 
 solemn fasting & prayer put their Case before the omnitient 
 god. they Received sd Elders & Breathren as the Mefsingers 
 of the lord Jesus in his church — the Lord granted such a con- 
 viction to some & faith to others that his Eyes were as flames 
 of fire and his feet as fine braf s, &c. : that it was a very solemn 
 Afsembly and great searching of heart for the Divition (?) of 
 the Church Solomon Paine was appoynted by god and the voice 
 of sd solemn afsembly to stand moderator under Christ and 
 after he had solemnly charged every one in the name of the 
 Lord Jesus Not to say anything but what they could appeal to 
 god to seal them in etirnally & to speak and to act in that spirit 
 that they would be sealed in to the Judgment Seat of Jesus 
 Christ & to speak the whole truth in the spirit of meekness 
 then that Abraham Paine Rehearsed how he had travailed in 
 his lot till the lord had provided a pastor to take the oversite 
 of the Church then Abraham Paine Junr Declared his travel his 
 call Internal and External by god & this flock & his ordination 
 to the office of a Pastor & confessed that he had been unfaithful 
 in that he had seen the enemy a fals spirit & fals Doctrine 
 Come against this flock & had Neglected to give Warning &c. ; 
 & asked forgiveness and renewed Covenant with God & the 
 Church & was Received Solemnly Charged & the Right hand of 
 fellowship Given in the pastoral office. * * * * 
 
 This solemn Afsembly Continued from Wednesday Morn- 
 ing in Solemn fasting lamentation & prayer Confefsion &c; as 
 above sd from the Rising of the Morning till the Stars appeared 
 in the Skye till Saturday Night. 
 
 Test. Solomon Paine Moderator." 
 
44 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 In 1758, under Mr. Paine's pastorate, a substantial meeting 
 house was built for the church. Whether there had been any 
 church building previously does not appear. On the church 
 records under date of February 6, 1758, appears the following 
 covenant of subscription: 
 
 "Nine partners february 6 1758. 
 
 'Whereas there is great need of a Meeting House on the 
 East side of the mountains in this place for the publick Wor- 
 ship of god we whose Names are hereunder written being 
 members of the Church of Christ in this place and also the 
 Congregation Aforesaid are willing to advance part of our 
 estates for so sacred a use therefore we do covenant and 
 agree to Oblidge our Selves to Each other in the following 
 manner (viz) after having agreed upon the place where to 
 Build and also the Dementions of the House and materials 
 to build withall that we will go and build with as much Expedi- 
 tion as we Can. Ferthermore we do covenant and agree that all 
 the subscribers shall have Equal Right of voting in Respect of 
 Building Seating and Maintaining or Repairing said House and 
 now in witness of our Agreement and Submission to the above 
 written Article we have hereunto subscribed our Names and also 
 what we will give to the Above said Building." 
 
 Abraham Paine, junior, the pastor, subscribed the compara- 
 tively large sum of £3. 
 
 This building was afterwards always known as the "Red 
 Meeting House." It was built on a triangle of land near what 
 is now known as the old cemetery, where the senior Abraham 
 Paine is buried. The church was square, two stories in height, 
 with a gallery on three sides. The pews were square, in the 
 orthodox New England fashion. It stood unchanged for many 
 years. Its successor, the First Presbyterian Church of Amenia, 
 is a handsome stone edifice embowered in trees. 
 
 Mr. Paine appears to have retired from the ministry before 
 the beginning of the Revolutionary war. In 1767 he had pur- 
 chased a tract of land in Cornwall, Connecticut, known as White 
 Rock Hill, in partnership with one William Roberts. From 
 time to time he bought other tracts of land in Cornwall, and 
 just after the Revolution began he and his family went to Corn- 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 45 
 
 wall to live. Here all his daughters but the youngest one, Mary, 
 found husbands and were married. 
 
 In July of 1775 there was made up and entered upon the 
 records of the town of Amenia a "Roll of Honor" bearing the 
 names of those men of the town who were Revolutionists. The 
 name of Abraham Paine was among them. In 1776 he appears 
 as a member of the Minutemen at Cornwall, heading the list of 
 the civilians comprised in it. In 1778 and 1779 he represented 
 Cornwall in the legislature of the new State of Connecticut; 
 journeying alternately to Hartford and New Haven for sessions 
 of that body. Both of these cities were "capitals" of the State 
 as they had been of the Colony, and this curious arrangement 
 continued for many years after the Revolution. It had devel- 
 oped from the union of the separate Colonies of Connecticut, 
 comprising the settlements along the Connecticut River, and 
 New Haven, comprising the settlements along the Sound. 
 
 Just at this time occurred the change in the spelling of the 
 family name. 
 
 During the Revolution, Thomas Paine, Englishman, and 
 author of the "Age of Reason," came into prominence. He was 
 deemed an atheist by most of the good people of his day, and 
 in spite of his services to the new nation, was abhorred as a 
 limb of the evil one. The Reverend Abraham was deeply an- 
 noyed because people assumed a relationship between him and 
 the great free thinker. So, acting in concert with the family of 
 his brother, the Reverend Thomas Paine, who had died in Long 
 Island in 1765, changed the spelling of the name from Paine to 
 Payne, thus reviving the ancient English spelling. It is interest- 
 ing to note that, while the tomb of the Reverend Thomas Paine 
 at Cutchogue bears his name spelled in the old way, that of his 
 widow, beside his, bears the name spelled Payne. The Reverend 
 Abraham Payne was particular to see that his name was spelled 
 Payne on the records of the Connecticut legislature, and on all 
 records which were made thereafter. 
 
 About 1780 Mr. Payne and his family went back to Amenia 
 to live. Mr. Payne was appointed a deacon in his old church. 
 In 1781 and 1782 he represented Amenia in the New York 
 Assembly, where he seems to have been active in matters 
 relating to the Revolutionary War. The Assembly met, while 
 
46 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Mr. Payne was a member, at Poughkeepsie. Mr. Payne held 
 various offices in the town government of Amenia from time 
 to time. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Payne now lived quietly in Amenia for some 
 years. Soon after 1795, however, they went to Hamilton, N. Y., 
 which had been founded by their son, Judge Elisha Payne. 
 There they ended their days. 
 
 In 1899 the Trustees of Colgate University, with the per- 
 mission of the family, removed the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Abraham Payne from the Hamilton Cemetery and had them 
 reinterred on University Hill, in the grounds of the University, 
 besides the remains of their son Judge Samuel Payne and his 
 wife Betsey. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 47 
 
 SIXTH GENERATION 
 
 6. Samuel 6 Payne (Abraham, 5 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 
 Thomas 1 ) was born at Amenia, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1760; bap- 
 tized there March 26, 1764, and died at Hamilton, N. Y., 
 August 19, 1843. He married Betsey Stower, who was 
 born in Connecticut, October 27, 1763, and died at Ham- 
 ilton, N. Y., January 1, 1850. 
 
 No children. 
 
 Samuel Payne was a man of powerful physique; not tall, 
 but strongly built. Both in mind and body he seemed to be fitted 
 for the vigorous pioneer life he led. 
 
 In 1794 Mr. Payne bought a large tract of land south of 
 what is now the village of Hamilton, N. Y. It included the 
 present site of Colgate University at Hamilton. He immediately 
 began the preparation of a home there, in what was then an un- 
 broken wilderness. The next year his brother Elisha bought a 
 tract of land adjoining on the north. It included most of the 
 present village of Hamilton. Judge Elisha Payne's settlement 
 of the village will be described in his own biography. The lives 
 of these two brothers can hardly be described separately, how- 
 ever, so thoroughly were they united in their lives and works. 
 
 The tract of land which Samuel Payne bought and settled 
 upon was at the time of his purchase, in 1794, within the very 
 extensive limits of the township of Paris in Herkimer County, 
 N. Y. The country was fertile, well-wooded and free from the 
 stoniness that hampers agriculture in New England. But, on 
 the other hand, there were Indians and wild beasts to contend 
 with. It was no uncommon thing to shoot a bear or a deer near 
 Mr. Payne's pioneer dwelling. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Payne were devout Christians. Their religion 
 encompassed them as with a garment. It is recorded of Sam- 
 uel Payne that at the beginning of his settlement, when he felled 
 the first large tree on his farm, where the buildings of Colgate 
 University now stand, he knelt in the solitude of the wilderness 
 and consecrated himself and all he had to the service of God. 
 
 By 1796 "Payne's Settlement," as Hamilton was first called, 
 founded by Elisha Payne, had so far prospered that Samuel 
 
48 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Payne undertook the formation of a church. He sent out a 
 call for a meeting at his house, and the new settlers from far 
 and near responded. At this meeting on Nov. 16, 1796, the 
 church was organized. It is now the First Baptist Church of 
 Hamilton. Samuel Payne and Jonathan Olmstead were the 
 first deacons of the church, and remained so to the ends of their 
 days. Elisha Payne entered the church in 1799, and these three 
 men were for nearly half a century regarded as the "pillars of 
 the church." The life of this church has always been one of 
 vigorous Christian growth and progress. 
 
 The present church structure, a substantial one of brick, 
 was built about the time of Samuel Payne's death. Architec- 
 turally, it is a good example of the late New England develop- 
 ment of the Georgian style. Alterations in recent years have, 
 fortunately, not injured its beauty of outline. The picture of 
 the church shown in this volume is of the building as it was 
 originally. 
 
 Mr. Payne took few positions in public life, although a man 
 of wide influence throughout his career. After Chenango County 
 had been created out of Herkimer, Mr. Payne represented the 
 new county in the State Assembly in 1804. In 1806 he was 
 the first member of the Assembly from Madison County, which 
 had just been "set off" from Chenango. 
 
 Samuel Payne was later appointed one of the Judges of 
 the Court of Common Pleas for Madison County, and served in 
 that capacity a number of years. In 1832 he was a Presidential 
 Elector. 
 
 The chief claim which Judge Payne and his wife have upon 
 posterity is in connection with the founding and early history 
 of Colgate University. Samuel Payne was one of the thirteen 
 founders of that institution in 1818, and as it grew, Samuel and 
 Betsey Payne really made it their protege. They gave freely 
 of their bountiful means, and on March 11, 1826, Judge Payne 
 deeded his farm to the "Hamilton Literary and Theological In- 
 stitute," as the institution was then called. This tract of land, 
 containing several hundred acres, is the present site of Colgate 
 University. Some idea of its great natural beauty can be had 
 from the view given in this book of the university grounds as they 
 appear at the present time. A more extended description of the 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 49 
 
 founding and history of Colgate will be given in the biography 
 of Elisha 6 Payne. 
 
 The first buildings of the University to be built on Univer- 
 sity Hill were built under Judge Samuel Payne's personal su- 
 pervision by students working for him. The stone came from 
 a nearby quarry on the same property. 
 
 Mrs. L. M. Hammond says of Judge Samuel Payne, in her 
 History of Madison County, New York: 
 
 "He delighted in doing good and in spending his means 
 for the advancement of right. He was beloved by everybody 
 for his social, genial disposition. His cheerfulness was con- 
 tagious. He loved children, and a group of half a dozen boys 
 (he used to hire boys for the sake of having them with him) 
 engaged in labor with him, grew so merry as to forget that labor 
 was anything but a pastime." 
 
 Betsey Payne was an unusual woman. She was the daugh- 
 ter of a physician, and a woman of independent means. The 
 histories state that for fifty years she was the most highly edu- 
 cated woman in the Chenango Valley. Her portrait, hanging 
 in the chapel at Colgate University, reveals a face of keen in- 
 telligence, and the expression of a mind of great observation. 
 A copy of this portrait is inserted in this volume. 
 
 Mrs. Payne and her husband worked hand in hand for the 
 good of those around them. After the founding of the "Ham- 
 ilton Literary and Theological Institute," their home became 
 the social center of student life there. Judge and Mrs. Payne 
 gave financial aid to the students as they did to the institution. 
 Mrs. Hammond says of Mrs. Payne in her history: 
 
 "Her proverbial kindness to the students in sickness, or in 
 need, gave her the title of 'The Students' Mother.' " 
 
 Mrs. Payne was a leading member of the Hamilton Female 
 Missionary Society founded in 1812; and she with Freedom 
 Olmstead as a committee representing the Society, presented 
 the Hamilton Baptist Missionary Society with " twenty yards 
 of frilled cloth" for the purposes of the latter Society. For 
 many years they raised funds and worked faithfully for their 
 cause. 
 
 Betsey Payne lived to be the last survivor of the original 
 members of the First Baptist Church of Hamilton. In 1846 
 
50 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 she presented the church with money to buy a silver communion 
 service. In the letter that conveyed the gift she said she was 
 the last survivor of the original members. This communion ser- 
 vice has been in constant use until within a few years. 
 
 Judge and Mrs. Samuel Payne were originally buried in 
 the cemetery at Hamilton, which had been presented to the 
 town by Elisha Payne. In 1899 their remains ' were reinterred 
 on University Hill in the grounds of Colgate University, with 
 respectful ceremony. The inscription on the monument 
 erected to Judge Payne's memory is as follows: 
 
 "In memory of Dea. 
 
 Samuel Payne: 
 
 born 
 
 Sept. 26, 1760, died 
 
 Aug. 19, 1843, in the 
 
 83 year of his as:e: 
 
 A man full of faith 
 
 & of the Holy Ghost 
 
 He was born in Amenia, 
 Dutchess County, N. Y., and 
 removed in 1794 to Hamilton, 
 Madison County, N. Y., being 
 the first settler in what was 
 then a wilderness. 
 In 1796 
 he aided in organizing 
 the first Baptist Church 
 of Hamilton, which he 
 served as Deacon until his death. 
 He was a good man; a patri- 
 otic citizen, an uncorrupt 
 Legislator and Magistrate 
 and an exemplary and 
 devoted Christian. 
 His judgment was sound, 
 his views were comprehen- 
 sive; and he zealously coop- 
 erated in all efforts to spread 
 the Gospel both at home and abroad." 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 51 
 
 Elisha 6 Payne (Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 
 Thomas 1 ) was born at Amenia, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1762, and 
 died Feb. 4, 1843, at Hamilton, N. Y. He married, first, 
 Mary (Polly) Brooks, on Sept. 17, 1787. She was a 
 daughter of Samuel and Rhoda (Beckwith) Brooks of 
 Lyme, Conn., and was born at Lyme, Jan. 12, 1766, and 
 died at Hamilton, N. Y., May 4, 1796. Judge Payne mar- 
 ried, second, Esther Douglass, at Whitestown, N. Y., Aug. 
 r 7> I 797- She was a daughter of the Rev. Caleb and 
 Bethiah (Chapel) Douglas, and was born at New London, 
 Conn., July 25, 1778, and died at Hamilton, N. Y., Sept. 
 12, 1853. (See Douglass Family, Appendix.) 
 
 Children of Elisha and Polly Payne : 
 
 8 i. Abraham, 7 b. at Northeast, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1789. 
 
 9 ii. John, b. at Northeast, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1790. 
 
 10 iii. Mary (Polly), b. at Northeast, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1792. 
 iv. Samuel, b. at Northeast, N. Y., April 23, 1794; d. 
 
 at Galveston, Texas., Oct. 2, 1843. Mr. Samuel 
 Payne never married. He was an exceedingly 
 handsome man and bore a strong resemblance to 
 his father. 
 
 Children of Elisha and Esther Payne: 
 
 11 v. Elijah, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., April 3, 1799. 
 
 12 vi. Elisha, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1800. 
 
 13 vii. Mansfield, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1801. 
 
 14 viii. Joseph Colwell, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., May 26, 
 
 1803. 
 
 15 ix. Nelson, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1804. 
 
 16 x. Charles Clark, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., April 4, 
 
 1806. 
 
 17 xi. Thomas Hubbard, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., Dec. 9, 
 
 1807. 
 
 18 xii. Mariah, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., March 3, 1809. 
 
 19 xiii. Henry B., b. at Hamilton, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1810. 
 xiv. William Wallace, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., May 17, 
 
 1812; d. at Hamilton, July 1, 1813. 
 
52 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 20 xv. William Wallace, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., Jan. 22, 
 
 1814. 
 xvi. Douglas, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1814; d. 
 there the same day. 
 
 21 xvii. Esther Douglas, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., March 22, 
 
 1816. 
 
 22 xviii. Edwin Douglas, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., May 24, 
 
 1818. 
 xix. Douglas, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., July 7, 1822; d. 
 at Hamilton, March 3, 1823. 
 
 Elisha Payne was, like his brother Samuel, a powerful man 
 physically. He was not tall, but compact in build. When the 
 Revolutionary War broke out he was living, of course, in his 
 father's family in Amenia, New York. He was twelve years 
 old. The war closed before he became of age and yet, in his 
 teens, he saw service as a soldier in the Revolution. He was an 
 enlisted man in the Dutchess County Militia, and belonged to the 
 Sixth Regiment. 
 
 After the Revolution he lived at Northeast, N. Y., which 
 was originally a part of Amenia. Before 1795 he had purchased 
 a great tract of land in what was then the unbroken wilderness 
 of the extensive town of Paris in Herkimer County, and went 
 there with his family, consisting of wife, three sons and a daugh- 
 ter. This tract adjoined on its southern boundary a tract his 
 brother Samuel had bought the year before, where Colgate 
 University now stands. Mr. Payne's settlement in this new 
 fertile region attracted many new settlers immediately. His 
 brother-in-law, Thomas Hart, and other relatives came. Elisha 
 Payne thereupon set about organizing civic affairs, and a new 
 town was formed from Paris, March 5, 1795. Its territory 
 originally embraced four townships of the so-called "Chenango 
 Twenty Towns." Eaton, Lebanon and Madison were "set off" 
 from it in 1807. Mr. Payne named the new township Hamilton, 
 in honor of Alexander Hamilton, whom he greatly admired, but 
 it was called "Payne's Settlement" for a number of years. The 
 first town meeting was held at the house of Elisha Payne on 
 the first Tuesday in April, 1795. Mr. Payne's purchase included 
 a great part of the present site of the village of Hamilton, and 
 he bent all his energies toward creating a thriving community. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 53 
 
 By an act of the Legislature, passed March 15, 1798, Her- 
 kimer County was divided so as to form two new counties, the 
 one including Payne's Settlement being named Chenango. The 
 first Court of Common Pleas for Chenango County was held in 
 a log school house near Elisha Payne's house, in June, 1798. 
 Elisha Payne was an Associate Justice. This court held sessions 
 alternately at Payne's Settlement and at Oxford, until 1806. 
 
 Madison County was formed from Chenango County by 
 an Act of the Legislature, passed March 21, 1806. Elisha Payne 
 was immediately appointed a Judge of the Court of General Ses- 
 sion for Common Pleas in the County, and the court's first ses- 
 sion was at Sullivan, on Tuesday, the 6th day of June, 1806. 
 The October term of the same court was held at the school house, 
 near Judge Payne's residence in Hamilton. The first Court of 
 Oyer and Terminer for Madison County was convened July 3, 
 1807. Of this court also Elisha Payne was an Associate Jus- 
 tice. Judge Payne was also appointed a Justice of the Peace at 
 the same time, and he held the office many years. He appears 
 to have been a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for about 
 nine years. 
 
 The development of the settlement at Hamilton was steady. 
 The first public building erected was a school house and here 
 at first many public meetings were held, including sessions of 
 courts and church services. On April 12, 1812, a charter for 
 the village of Hamilton was obtained. Judge Payne felt from 
 the first that there were great possibilities of development in 
 the place. He gave the land, for the park in the center of the 
 village and here the first church was built. He also gave the 
 land for the first cemetery. It was his custom to give from 
 time to time plots of land as inducements for mechanics to come 
 to Hamilton and build homes for themselves. The result of 
 Judge Payne's labors, aided by those of a number of the other 
 early settlers, was very satisfactory. It was not many years 
 before Hamilton was a thriving community in the midst of a 
 rich farming country. 
 
 The next field to which Judge Payne and his confreres 
 turned their energies was that of education. Before 18 16' Elisha 
 Payne and a number of other men founded what was afterwards 
 known as the Hamilton Academy, and they became its first 
 
54 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 trustees. In that year they built a three-story brick structure, 
 and General Nathaniel King became the first principal. It soon 
 became a school of high rank, and was incorporated under the 
 Regents of the University of the State of New York, February 
 23, 1824. Professor Zenas Morse succeeded General King as 
 principal and soon the Academy ranked second in the state, next 
 to the Albany Academy. 
 
 Not content with this enterprise, Payne and the other promi- 
 nent men of Hamilton turned their attention to wider fields of 
 endeavor in education. 
 
 Many of the clergy and itinerant preachers who worked 
 among the pioneer settlments were men of inferior schooling. 
 This unfortunate defect was the one they first set out to remedy. 
 In the month of May, 1817, Samuel and Elisha Payne and five 
 other men of like thought came together in the north room of 
 Deacon Samuel Payne's house to discuss the subject of the want 
 of a "more enlightened ministry." They issued a call for a meet- 
 ing to be had on the 24th of the following September, and pub- 
 lished it in the Western Baptist Magazine. Only thirteen re- 
 sponded to the call, meeting at the house of Deacon Jonathan 
 Olmstead. These thirteen men were: Rev. Daniel Hascall, Rev. 
 Nathaniel Kendrick, Rev. P. P. Roots, Rev. John Bostwick, Rev. 
 Joel W. Clark, Rev. Robert Powell, Rev. Amos Kingsley,:, Deacon 
 Samuel Payne, Deacon Samuel Osgood, Elisha Payne, Thomas 
 Cox and Dr. Charles W. Hull. At this meeting these men formed 
 the "Baptist Education Society of the State of New York." 
 Each paid one dollar into the treasury. The object of the So- 
 ciety was "to furnish means for the education of young men 
 who shall give evidence of a call to the ministry." 
 
 They set at their work with great energy. An appeal for 
 ministerial education was widely circulated. Many agents to 
 collect subscriptions, were appointed throughout the State, and 
 a considerable sum of money was raised. 
 
 The committee chosen to select a site for the school were 
 chosen from widely separated places, so that the question might 
 be fairly settled. Elisha Payne was the sole member of this 
 committee from Hamilton. A decision was at length had at a 
 meeting at Peterboro, held November 3, 1819, and Hamilton 
 was selected as the location for the proposed institution, pro- 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 55 
 
 vided its people raise six thousand dollars in four years and pro- 
 vide a place for the school by May 1, 1820. These conditions 
 were accepted, and fulfilled over a year before the specified time. 
 
 The name of the new school was the "Hamilton Literary 
 and Theological Institute." It was formed and opened formally 
 on May I, 1820, in the third story of the Hamilton Academy. 
 
 It remained solely a ministerial school until 1839. Its growth 
 during the period ending that year was rapid. In 1823 a new 
 large building was erected. Soon the school outgrew that. Dea- 
 con Samuel Payne deeded his farm to the institution in 1826, 
 and soon new buildings were erected there, on what is now 
 University Hill. These buildings are used to the present day. 
 At first the course was three years, mostly theological study. In 
 1829 the course was extended to four years, in 1832 to six and 
 in 1834 to eight years for the whole period of study, both classi- 
 cal and theological. The course now became divided into three 
 distinct departments, Academic, Collegiate and Theological. In 
 1839 the doors of the institution were thrown open to students 
 of good moral character, not having the ministry in mind. 
 
 The charges for tuition were so low that the institution had 
 to depend largely on the devoted men who founded it and be- 
 came interested in ■ it from time to time, for financial support. 
 Elisha Payne and others gave of their means as liberally as they 
 could. About the time of the financial crisis of 1837, the treasury 
 of the institution was at a very low ebb. It is said that at this 
 time Judge Elisha Payne succeeded in securing the particular 
 interest of the Colgate family in the school. Old man though 
 he was, he packed his saddlebags, mounted his horse and de- 
 parted for New York City. There he saw Mr. William Col- 
 gate and obtained from him funds to carry on the work of the 
 institution. 
 
 After Elisha Payne's death, the institution was incorporated 
 as "Madison University." The date of the charter was March 
 26, 1846. In more recent years the Trustees changed the name 
 again to Colgate University, because of the munificent gifts of 
 the Colgate family. Elisha Payne was one of the first trustees 
 of the institution. His portrait, painted by an artist now un- 
 known, hung for many years in the chapel. It was burned in 
 New York City while an engraving was being made from it. 
 
56 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 The photogravure in this volume was made from a copy of this 
 portrait painted by Miss Laura Birge, a great granddaughter 
 of Judge Payne, for Mr. Edwin Douglas Payne, of Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 Judge Payne's interest in religious work seems to have been 
 very active also. He entered the First Baptist Church at Ham- 
 ilton in 1799, and was ever thereafter classed as one of its 
 "pillars." During the first decade of the nineteenth century 
 western New York rapidly filled with settlers. There was great 
 need of missionary work among them. In August, 1807, at a 
 meeting of Baptist clergy and laymen held at Pompey, a society 
 was formed to undertake this work. It was called "The Lake 
 Missionary Society," from the lake region of western New York, 
 where it was to do its work. Judge Payne was greatly in- 
 terested in this society. Two months after its organization, the 
 new association met at Judge Payne's house in Hamilton and 
 elected officers. Elisha Payne become its Secretary. The next 
 year the society changed its name to "The Hamilton Missionary 
 Society." It prospered and enlarged its work. In 1817 it ob- 
 tained a charter and in 1825 the name was again changed to 
 "The Baptist Missionary Convention of the State of New York." 
 Under this title the association has pursued its work since that 
 day. 
 
 The domestic arrangements of Elisha Payne's household 
 are not without interest. During the childhood of the younger 
 children of his large family, Judge Payne had two houses : one 
 a house facing on the park, in the center of Hamilton village, 
 the other a farm house a little way from the village, on what is 
 now Payne Street. Judge Payne's son, the Hon. Henry B. 
 Payne of Cleveland, Ohio, once told the writer that the children 
 were allowed very great freedom at the country house, but at 
 the house in town quite another rule prevailed. All the boys 
 of the family were supposed to take off their boots and put on 
 slippers or house shoes when they came in, and these house 
 shoes always stood in a long row in the entry when not in use. 
 No child who was not of age was allowed to speak in the town 
 house unless addressed by one of his elders. Promptness at 
 meals was a virtue which it was necessary to practice in order to 
 get food at all. The rule was inflexible that the child who was 
 late went without. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 57 
 
 A picture of Judge Payne's farm house is given as it stands 
 at the present time. Formerly there was a wing at the right- 
 hand side which greatly increased its capacity. Judge Payne's 
 house facing the park in the village has not been standing for 
 many years. 
 
 Elisha Payne appears to have been a man of great resource. 
 Mrs. L. M. Hammond, in her History of Madison County, re- 
 lates the following anecdote of him to illustrate this point : 
 
 "Judge Piatt came to Payne's Settlement to consult with 
 Judge Payne on some official matters, and seeing several men 
 at work, some of them bare-footed, clearing up logs after a 
 'burning,' their clothes sooty, and their countenances begrimed 
 beyond recognition, he thus addressed the eldest man of the 
 party: 'Can you tell me where I can find Judge Payne?' He 
 was answered modestly, 'I am called by that name, sir'; for it 
 was no other than Judge Payne and his sons clearing land. 'Is 
 it possible?' said Judge Piatt in amazement, and yet with great 
 courtesy, for the Judge was a true gentleman. Mr. Payne led 
 the way to his house, and after bathing and change of apparel, 
 the two sat down to official business, when Judge Piatt ex- 
 pressed himself as delighted with the transformation wrought 
 by so easy a process. 
 
 With the same ease and ingenuity, Elisha Payne operated 
 all his concerns, from the clearing up of his large farm, and 
 attending to official matters, to the engineering of his plans in 
 making a village in this pretty valley." 
 
 It is said of him that he was prominent in every enterprise 
 from the beginning of his settlement to his death. His life 
 was crowded with many deeds. The building of the Cherry 
 Valley and other turnpikes are enterprises to which only passing 
 reference can be made. 
 
 Judge Payne may be said to have been by occupation a 
 planter. His wheat and cattle were marketed in the cities of 
 the East — Boston, New York and Philadelphia. 
 
 Elisha Payne's first wife, Polly, died at so early an age that 
 little is known of her characteristics, except that she was an ex- 
 tremely gracious and lovable woman. Judge Payne's second 
 wife, Esther Douglass, was a woman of great mental and phys- 
 ical endurance. Elisha Payne first met her when she came, a 
 
58 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 girl of eighteen, with her father, the Rev. Caleb Douglass, to 
 Hamilton. Mr. Douglass preached in Hamilton occasionally. 
 Mrs. Payne had remarkable executive ability and was deeply in- 
 terested in the educational and religious activities of her hus- 
 band. She was a very high-tempered woman. This trait is 
 occasionally seen in her descendants. A few years after her 
 marriage, it is said, she went to Whitestown to visit her father, 
 and refusing escort, rode thirty-odd miles alone through the 
 forest from Hamilton to Whitestown, guided only by the blazed 
 trees to show the way. Before 1830 she was stricken with the 
 same blindness from which her father suffered in his later 
 years. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 59 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 Abraham 7 Payne (Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abraham,* Elisha, 8 
 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Jan. 7, 1789, at North East, 
 Dutchess Co., N. Y.; died May 7, 1854, at Winchester, 
 Indiana. He married, March 2, 1820, Polly Betsy Bar- 
 num, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Doane) Barnum. 
 She was born July 8, 1799, in Dutchess Co., N. Y., and 
 died March 4, 1886, at Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 Children : 
 
 23 i. Laura Eliza/ b. Feb. 26, 1821, at DeRuyter, N. Y. 
 ii. Fanny Frances, b. Sept. 4, 1823, at DeRuyter, N. 
 Y. ; d. Feb. 11, 1909, at Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 Miss Fanny Payne attended the Academy in 
 Seneca Falls, N. Y. Several times in her young 
 womanhood she visited in Cleveland, Ohio, her 
 uncle, Henry B. Payne, and his young wife. Mrs. 
 Payne having no sister, longed for a congenial com-, 
 panion. After Mr. Abraham Payne's removal to 
 Dayton, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Payne asked her 
 parents to let Fanny come and live with them. The 
 parents only consented to her making a long visit. 
 But it finally ended in her making her home per- 
 manently with them. She and her aunt were very 
 congenial. 
 
 Miss Fanny Payne spent three years in Europe 
 with her niece, Miss Laura Birge, and Mrs. H. B. 
 Payne was with them for two years, returning be- 
 fore they returned, to go with her husband to Wash- 
 ington, he having been elected to Congress. Miss 
 Payne was also with her uncle's family during part 
 of their sojourn in Washington. 
 
 After the death of her uncle and aunt, Fanny 
 returned to Dayton to live with her brother Howard 
 and her invalid sister. After their deaths, her 
 niece, Miss Laura Birge, cared for her until she 
 died. 
 
60 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Miss Fanny Payne was a woman of charming 
 personality and a great lover of books. She had 
 an independent mind and was interested in all the 
 affairs of her time. Only the day before her death, 
 she read and discussed the life of Carl Schurz. 
 Her sweet, high-bred face, framed in the quaint 
 bonnet of silk and lace which she wore regardless 
 of changing fashion, will long be remembered by 
 the residents of her neighborhood in Dayton. 
 
 24 iii. Stephen Barnum, b. July 18, 1826, at Seneca Falls, 
 N. Y. 
 
 iv. Reuben Doane, b. Oct. 20, 1828, at Seneca Falls, 
 N. Y. ; d. Sept. 26, 1830, at Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
 
 v. Abraham Howard, b. May 9, 1831, at Seneca Falls, 
 N. Y; d. Feb. 9, 1906, at Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 Mr. Howard Payne was a big-hearted dia- 
 mond-in-the-rough, kind and gentle as a woman, 
 yet so afraid of being considered effeminate that he 
 tried to cover his gentleness by a manner often 
 brusque. He had a hard struggle financially for 
 some years. Finally, he became interested in the 
 first artificial ice and cold storage plant of the City 
 of Dayton. He became a stockholder, director and 
 superintendent of the Dayton Ice Company. In 
 this latter enterprise, he was exceedingly success- 
 ful. 
 
 Mr. Payne was a friend to every one, even to 
 animals. After his death, the family learned 
 through some of those who had been the recipients, 
 of the many beautiful and generous things he had 
 done for others in a quiet way. 
 
 vi. Mary Melenia, b. Oct. 14, 1833, at Seneca Falls, 
 N. Y. ; d. July 8, 1896, at Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 Miss Melenia Payne graduated at Cooper Semi- 
 nary in Dayton and taught in her sister's private 
 school; also in Cooper Seminary for a time. She 
 was also a private tutor for a few years in Dayton 
 and St. Paul, Minn. She had a bright mind and an 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 61 
 
 attractive character. For much of her life, she was 
 
 an asthmatic invalid. 
 
 vii. Sarah Martha, b. April 30, 1836; d. March 8, 1837. 
 
 viii. Samuel Doane, b. March 4, 1838 ; d. March 8, 1839. 
 
 ix. Adah Cornelia, b. April 5, 1840, at DeRuyter, N. 
 
 Y.; d. May 30, 1841, at DeRuyter, N. Y. 
 x. Samuel Brooks, b. Jan. 1, 1843, at Seneca Falls, 
 N. Y. ; killed in battle before Nashville, Dec. 16, 
 1864. 
 
 Samuel B. Payne graduated from the Dayton 
 High School in June, 1862, as the valedictorian of 
 his class. He had been eager to go into the War 
 from its beginning and only through the entreaties 
 of his mother had his enlistment been postponed 
 until graduation. In 1862, when Cincinnati was 
 menaced, Governor Tod called on the Minute Men 
 of the State and the "Squirrel Hunters" came in by 
 thousands. Samuel was one of these. He at once 
 received a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 
 regiment commanded by his cousin, Colonel Oliver 
 H. Payne, of Cleveland, the 124th Ohio Volunteer 
 Infantry. He was sent to Tennessee during the 
 severe winter of 1862-3 w i tri a squad of men. They 
 suffered severely with cold and from smallpox 
 breaking out among them. Mr. Payne served two 
 years and was promoted to a first lieutenancy. 
 When killed, he was gallantly leading his men in 
 the last charge at Nashville. His body was brought 
 to Dayton for burial by Colonel Oliver Payne. 
 Abraham Payne, the eldest child of Judge Elisha and Polly 
 (Brooks) Payne, came with his parents from North East, 
 Dutchess County, N. Y., to Hamilton, N. Y., in 1795, when about 
 six years of age. He graduated from Union College at Schen- 
 ectady, N. Y., in 1 8 10, with the degree of A. B. Then he studied 
 law with General Nathaniel King at Hamilton. In 13 13 he 
 was licensed as an attorney-at-law in the State of New York, 
 and in 1823, was admitted to the Court of Chancery and author- 
 ized to practise as a solicitor by James Kent, then Chief Justice 
 of the Supreme Court of Judicature of New York. He prac- 
 
62 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 tised law at DeRuyter, N. Y., where he was also Postmaster and 
 an officer in the militia. He sometimes delivered the Fourth 
 of July Address in the village. One of these addresses is now 
 in the possession of his granddaughter, Miss Laura Birge. He 
 was a great lover of books, a fine conversationalist and fluent 
 writer. He was greatly interested in his church, his town and 
 his country, and was said by his friends to be one hundred years 
 ahead of his time in ideas and views. He was a deacon in the 
 Baptist Church at Seneca Falls, and a strong abolitionist, it be- 
 ing reported that his home was a so-called station of the "under- 
 ground railroad." 
 
 Mr. Payne was very fond of Robert Burns and could re- 
 peat his poems so perfectly that at one time while traveling in a 
 stage-coach he was taken by a Scotchman opposite him to be a 
 fellow-countryman. The confinement of an office told upon his 
 health, so with his family, he removed to Seneca Falls, N. Y., 
 some time between 1823 and 1826. About this time also he 
 made a fishing trip of long duration to the coast of Newfound- 
 land. In Seneca Falls, he owned and operated large flour and 
 oil mills and greatly prospered. His brother John was asso- 
 ciated with him in this business. The financial crash of 1837 
 broke up the business. About 1847, he decided to go West 
 and stopped in Dayton, Ohio, where his youngest brother Edwin 
 was located. There he lived for several years and later, with 
 the assistance of his brother, opened a book-store in Winchester, 
 Indiana. Here ill-health overtook him again and he passed away 
 in his sixty-fifth year. 
 
 Mrs. Abraham Payne, with her six remaining children, con- 
 tinued to live in Dayton after her husband's death as her per- 
 manent home. She was a daughter of Stephen Barnum, who had 
 been a member of the New York Legislature, and with his 
 father had served in the Revolutionary War. The latter as- 
 sisted DeWitt Clinton in putting through the Erie Canal. Her 
 mother, Sarah (Doane) Barnum, born Aug. 16, 1768, was a 
 daughter of Reuben and Ruth Doane. Mrs. Payne was a sister 
 of Adah Barnum, wife of Joseph C. Payne. She was a quiet 
 woman but one of sterling Yankee character who made friends 
 with all who knew her. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 63 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 23. Laura Eliza 8 Payne (Abraham, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 
 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born Feb. 
 26, 1821, at DeRuyter, N. Y., and died Aug. 14, 1881, 
 at Dayton, Ohio. She married, Nov. 10, 1841, Daniel 
 Olds Birge, born Aug. 24, 1814, at Underhill, Vermont, 
 and died July 28, 1846, at Greenville, Illinois. He was a 
 son of Elijah B. and Mary (Olds) Birge. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Laura C., 9 b. Aug. 22, 1843, at Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
 Living (1912) in the old home at Dayton. 
 
 Miss Laura Birge received her education at 
 her mother's private school and at Cooper Semi- 
 nary. She early showed artistic gifts, beginning 
 to draw at the age of nine. Her art education 
 began as a private pupil of Clara Soule, a daugh- 
 ter of a well-known Dayton artist of that time. 
 Later she had one year at Cooper School of De- 
 sign, in New York City, studying from life. She 
 was the youngest pupil in this large school. After- 
 wards, she studied in Cincinnati, Ohio. Then 
 followed three years of study in Europe, espe- 
 cially in the art centers — London, Paris and Mu- 
 nich. At the latter city she had a studio and was 
 a pupil of Otto von Rupert. At this time, Kaul- 
 back was the leader of art in Germany and was 
 the head of the Art Academy in Munich, a gov- 
 ernment school admitting only men. The gov- 
 ernment, however, gave women studying in Mu- 
 nich the use of a lecture room at the Art Academy 
 where they could come. Miss Birge took advan- 
 tage of this privilege and found it very helpful. 
 Her Aunt Fanny Payne was her constant com- 
 panion while abroad and Mrs. Henry B. Payne 
 was also with them two years of their stay. Miss 
 Birge remembers with pleasure an interview with 
 
64 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Kaulback in his studio, her aunt accompanying 
 her, his natural kindly manner, his interest in her 
 and the studies she so timidly carried with her, 
 his patience with her poor German. The recom- 
 mendation he gave her to an artist in Paris she 
 still treasures. The next year she studied in Paris 
 with Evariste Luminaris, an artist of high stand- 
 ing. 
 
 Miss Birge became an artist of note, espe- 
 cially in the field of portraiture. While she never 
 exhibited her work in the Paris Salon or in New 
 York, as she was asked to do, a number of her 
 portraits were of importance. She was particu- 
 larly successful in painting elderly people and 
 children. Her portrait of Ex-Governor Joseph 
 Vance of Ohio hangs in the rotunda of the Cap- 
 itol at Columbus. Her portrait of Miss Jenny 
 Chamberlain of Cleveland, called the "American 
 Beauty" in England, was considered better by 
 the Chamberlain family than any other. She also 
 painted Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Zimmerman of 
 Cincinnati, parents of the present Duchess of 
 Manchester, and the grandparents of that lady. 
 These portraits now hang in the Irish castle of 
 the Manchesters. The portrait of Judge Elisha 
 Payne, a copy of which forms the frontispiece of 
 this volume, was copied by Miss Birge from a 
 portrait made for Mary Payne Lathrop by an 
 artist now unknown, and which afterwards be- 
 longed to Colgate University. The original was 
 later destroyed by fire. Miss Birge made two 
 copies of this painting, one for her cousin, Oliver 
 H. Payne, which is now in Cleveland, the other 
 for her uncle, Edwin D. Payne, now in Dayton. 
 From the latter, this reproduction is made, 
 ii. Edwin D., b. Aug. 15, 1845, at Seneca Falls, N. Y.; 
 d. April 15, 1846, at Seneca Falls. 
 Laura Eliza (Payne) Birge was educated at private schools 
 and in the Academy at Seneca Falls, N. Y. One winter was 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 65 
 
 spent at school in Hamilton, N. Y., where she lived at her grand- 
 father Payne's home, under the care of her Aunt Esther. Upon 
 a visit to relatives, Dr. and Mrs. Dunning, in Buffalo, she met 
 Daniel O. Birge, a young merchant of that city. The following 
 year, 1841, they were married. They became members of the 
 First Presbyterian Church while in Buffalo. Mr. Birge's busi- 
 ness was completely destroyd by fire during the first year of 
 their married life. As there were no insurance companies, it 
 was a difficult matter for him to re-establish himself. They 
 left Buffalo for Seneca Falls, where he became interested in 
 other business until 1846, when through failure of health he 
 was forced to seek another climate, and went west to Southern 
 Illinois. Their younger child, Edwin, being ill at the time, 
 their home was broken up, Eliza and her children staying in 
 her father's home until Edwin died. Her father then accom- 
 panied her and her little daughter to her husband in Illinois. 
 Six weeks after reaching Greenville, the husband died, and 
 was buried there. The next year, 1847, Eliza and her daughter 
 removed permanently to Dayton, Ohio, where her father and 
 his family had already settled. Here she opened a private 
 school for girls, which for fifteen years was very successful. 
 At length she allowed her school to become merged with Cooper 
 Seminary. She and her sister Melenia, who had been her assist- 
 ant, became teachers in the latter school. Mrs. Birge was a 
 little woman of great energy and cheerfulness. For years, she 
 had charge of the Infant Department in the Third .Street Pres- 
 byterian Church at Dayton. During the later years of her life, 
 she had entire care of her mother's household. Her quiet, 
 neighborly life made her many friends. 
 
 Daniel Olds Birge was born on a farm in Vermont. When 
 he grew to manhood, he followed an older brother to Buffalo. 
 This brother, M. H. Birge, was the first wall paper merchant in 
 that city and was later a manufacturer of wall paper at the same 
 place. Another brother was a Presbyterian minister. Mr. Birge's 
 ancestors came to America on the Mary and John, a ship which 
 soon followed the Mayflower, landing at Dorchester, Mass., 
 which was settled before Boston. Their ship was 70 days on 
 the ocean and brought over 60 passengers. 
 
66 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 24. Stephen Barnum 8 Payne (Abraham, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born July 
 18, 1826, at Seneca Falls, N. Y., and died Sept. 2, 1906, 
 at Urbana, Ohio. He married Dec. 22, 1853, at Urbana, 
 Harriet Ward, who was born Nov. 20, 183 1, at Urbana, 
 and died May 19, 1891, at the same place. She was the 
 daughter of Col. William and Elizabeth (Hughes) Ward. 
 
 Child: 
 
 i. Howard Ward/ b. Oct. 8, 1854; d. Aug. 14, 1855. 
 
 Stephen B. Payne was educated at the Academy in Seneca 
 Falls, N. Y., and while still a lad was employed by the Silsby 
 Manufacturing Company in Seneca Falls. In 1849, he followed 
 his father to Dayton, Ohio. About 1850 he settled in Urbana, 
 Ohio, beginning with the hardware business and later operating 
 flour mills. Later he engaged in the grain business, first with 
 partners, but for the last twenty years of his life, alone. Although 
 in his 81 st year when he died, he was a remarkably well pre- 
 served man. In the business world, his word was as good as 
 his bond. Socially he was delightful to meet, a gentleman of 
 the old school, courtly but genial, modest and unassuming. He 
 was a life-long and consistent member of the First Presbyterian 
 Church in Urbana. His benevolences constituted a part of his 
 life of which few knew but the recipients. 
 
 Harriet (Ward) Payne was the youngest daughter of one 
 of the founders of Urbana, Ohio. She was always a devout 
 church member. Her home — especially during her long years 
 of invalidism — was an attractive social and church center. 
 
MARY PAYNL LATHROP 
 
 SAMUEL PAYNL 
 
 JOHN PAYNL 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 67 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 9. John Payne 7 (Elisha, 9 Abraham, 8 Abraham, 4 EHsha, 8 
 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born Nov. 5, 1790, at Northeast, 
 Dutchess County", N. Y., and died Aug. 12, 1844, at Hunts- 
 ville, Montgomery County, Texas. He married Sept. 26, 
 1813, in New York State, Elizabeth H. Leavitt, born in 
 New York Sept. 5, 1790, and died at Summit, Wis., Feb. 
 8, 1845. She was a daughter of Roger and Lydia (Chese- 
 brough) Leavitt. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Henry C., 8 b. May 22, 181 5, in the State of New 
 York; d. Jan. 20, 1816, in the State of New York. 
 
 25 ii. Maria Leavitt, b. Dec. 28, 1816, in the State of New 
 
 York. 
 iii. Amos C, b. Aug. 12, 1818, in the State of New York; 
 
 d. Sept. 1, 1821, in the State of New York, 
 iv. Elizabeth C, b. Oct. 4, 1820, in the State of New 
 
 York; d. Aug. 21, 1821, in the State of New York. 
 v. Twins, son and daughter, b. July 3, 1822, in the State 
 
 of New York ; son d. July 23, 1822, in the State of 
 
 New York; daughter d. Sept. 27, 1822, in the State 
 
 of New York. 
 
 26 vii. Lydia E., b. Dec. 5, 1825, at Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
 
 27 viii. Mary Elizabeth, b. March 11, 1830, at Taburg, 
 
 N. Y. 
 John Payne was for some time associated with his brother 
 Abraham in a milling business in Seneca Falls, N. Y., and for 
 another period was a farmer in Wisconsin. He died of yellow 
 fever in Texas, where he had gone to look after the interests of 
 his brother Samuel, who had died there the previous year. 
 
68 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 25. Maria Leavitt 8 Payne (John/ Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abra- 
 ham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Dec. 28, 1816, 
 in New York State, and died July 2, 1847, at Summit, 
 Waukesha County, Wisconsin. She married Feb. 17, 
 1840, at Summit, Wis., Rev. Hiram W. Frink, son of 
 Theophilus and Mary (Brown) Frink. He was born 
 July 11, 1810, at Rome, Oneida County, N. Y., and died 
 Oct. 1, 1891, at Burnett, Dodge County, Wis. 
 
 Children: 
 
 67 i. Mary Elizabeth, 9 b. Jan. 11, 1841, at Summit, Wis. 
 ii. John Emery, b. Sept. 21, 1842, at Summit, Wis. ; 
 
 d. Sept. 30, 1842, at Summit, Wis. 
 iii. Helen Maria, b. Sept. 15, 1844, at Summit, Wis.; 
 
 d. June 10, 1845, at Summit, Wis. 
 iv. John Emery, b. May 7, 1847, at Summit, Wis. ; d. 
 April 9, 1864, at Cairo, 111. 
 
 John Emery Frink enlisted in the 32nd Wis- 
 consin Regiment and served during the Civil War 
 in the Union Army. He was in the Vicksburg 
 campaign, was taken sick and removed, first, to 
 the hospital at Vicksburg, then to Cairo, 111., 
 where he died. 
 Maria (Payne) Frink was educated at Fulton Female Semi- 
 nary in New York, and taught school until her marriage. 
 
 Rev. Hiram W. Frink's ancestors were Hollanders, who 
 were among the first settlers in New Amsterdam. His grand- 
 father was an officer in the Revolution. He was early impressed 
 with the reality of religion and was the first of his father's 
 family to become a Christian. His educational advantages were 
 good. He was licensed by the Methodist Episcopal Church at 
 Green Bay, Wis., in 1837, and was received on trial and admitted 
 into full connection by the Illinois Conference in 1837 and 1839. 
 He was ordained deacon on Sept. 15, 1839, and elder in 1841, 
 by Bishop Morris. Mr. Frink was engaged as an itinerant 
 minister of his church in Wisconsin and covered a wide range 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 69 
 
 of wild territory known as the Rock River Conference, some- 
 times traveling for days without finding a settler and having to 
 ford large streams. The first year he traveled 4,249 miles, or 
 an average of twelve miles a day for every day in the year. In 
 later years he was engaged as a regular minister. For the last 
 ten years of his service he was a Bible agent. His preaching 
 was practical and helpful and he was the means of bringing 
 more than 500 persons into his church. 
 
 After the death of his wife, Maria Payne, he married a 
 second time, in 1848, Miss Jane E. Eddy of Milwaukee, Wis. 
 Their children were Nellie, who married Herbert Van Brunt 
 of Langford, South Dakota* and Jennie E., who married Mr. 
 Hollingsworth. 
 
 26. Lydia E. 8 Payne (John, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 
 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Dec. 5, 1825, at Seneca 
 Falls, N. Y. ; died May 27, 1902, at Sturgis, St. Joseph 
 County, Mich. She married April 4, 1867, at Burr Oak, 
 Mich., Thaddeus Wilson, a farmer. He lived only three 
 years after their marriage. They had no children. 
 
 27. Mary Elizabeth 8 Payne (John, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abra- 
 
 ham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born March 11, 1830, 
 at Taburg, N. Y. ; died July 28, 1910, at Richland, Oregon. 
 She married Aug. 21, 1850, at Fulton, N. Y., Dr. Denison 
 Howard, son of Joseph and Cynthia (Millard) Howard. 
 He was born Jan. 3, 1830, at North Adams, Mass., and 
 died Jan. 3, 1905, at Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich. 
 
 Children : 
 
 68 i. Erwin Payne, 9 b. Sept. 19, 1852, near Oswego, 
 N. Y. 
 ii. Ralph Fremont, b. Nov. 4, 1856, at Sherman, 
 Mich.; d. Nov. 15, 1862, at Mendon, Mich. 
 Dr. Howard was for thirty years a successful practicing 
 physician. 
 
70 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 67. Mary Elizabeth 9 Frink (Maria, 8 John, 7 Elisha, Abra- 
 
 ham, 6 Abraham, 6 Elisha, 4 - Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born 
 Jan. 11, 1841, at Taburg, N. Y. She married Dec. 1, 
 1859, at Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wis., Evan 
 Jones, born Jan. 13, 1829, near Utica, N. Y. They are 
 living (1912) at Everly, Iowa. 
 
 Children : 
 
 121 i. John Emery/ b. Dec. 25, 1861. 
 
 122 ii. Hiram Eddy, b. Dec. 18, 1863. 
 
 123 iii. Theodore Arthur, b. Aug. 30, 1866. 
 
 Mary Frink Jones attended Milton Academy and taught 
 school before her marriage. She has been an active worker in 
 the Methodist Church, a charter member of the church at Spen- 
 cer, Iowa. 
 
 Evan Jones was a farmer. He went to Wisconsin in 1856. 
 In 1867 he built his pioneer home near Spencer, Iowa, where 
 the family lived for many years. They moved to Everly about 
 1902. Mr. Jones retired from active life in 1880, 
 
 68. Erwin Payne 9 Howard (Mary Elizabeth, 8 John, 7 Elisha,® 
 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 Sept. 19, 1852, near Oswego, N. Y., married Sept. 28, 
 1876, at Emporia, Kansas, Louisa Belle Gill, born Aug. 
 27, 1857, in Center County, Penna. She was a daughter 
 of Samuel and Mary (Spencer) Gill. 
 
 Children : 
 
 124 i. Guello Payne, 10 b. Oct. 2, 1877, at Emporia, Kansas. 
 ii. May Belle, b. May 30, 1879, at Emporia, Kansas. 
 
 Educated at Lewis Academy, Wichita, and the 
 Kansas State Normal School, from which she 
 was graduated in 1909. Is now (1912) teacher 
 of mathematics in the Emporia High School. She 
 is also a violinist. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton j\ 
 
 Dr. Erwin Payne Howard was reared by his aunt Lydia 
 Payne Wilson, his mother being in delicate health. At the age 
 of fifteen he began to care for himself and at nineteen was a 
 teacher in New Jersey. He studied medicine with his father. 
 Afterward he attended the Bennett Medical College, in Chicago, 
 where he was graduated in 1881. In 1882-4 he was surgeon for 
 the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad with headquarters at Den- 
 ver. He is at present (1912) continuing his practice of medicine 
 in Richland, Oregon, and is interested in mines in Oregon. 
 
 Louisa (Gill) Howard is of colonial and revolutionary stock. 
 She is descended from the Langborns of Devonshire, England, 
 and from the Spencers. She is also descended from William the 
 Conqueror. She was graduated from the Kansas State Normal 
 School, and taught school for a number of years. For two 
 years she had a successful experience as a lecturer. A sketch 
 of her life may be found in A Woman of the Century, a work 
 on a thousand notable women, edited by Charles Wells Moulton. 
 She is now interested in civic rights for women. 
 
72 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 TENTH GENERATION 
 
 121. John Emery 10 Jones (Mary, 9 Maria, 8 John, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 
 ham, 5 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born 
 Dec. 25, 1861, at Stoughton, Dane County, Wis. He 
 married March 28, 1888, at Dickens, Clay County, Iowa, 
 Lottie Jones, born April 15, 1868, at Green Lake, Wis. 
 She is a daughter of George and Charlotte Jane (Rowley) 
 Jones. 
 
 Child: 
 
 i. Blanche Eleanor, 11 b. Oct. 6, 1898, at Dickens, 
 Clay County, Iowa. 
 
 John Emery Jones is a farmer. He bought his father's old 
 homestead near Spencer, Iowa, and resides there. 
 
 Lottie Jones was educated at Fayette University, Iowa. 
 
 122. Hiram Eddy 10 Jones (Mary, 9 Maria, 8 John, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 
 ham, 5 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born 
 Dec. 18, 1863, at Beaverdam, Dodge County, Wis. He 
 married March 24, 1887, at Spencer, Iowa, Iva Bell 
 McCabe, born in 1862, at Baldwinsville, N. Y., and died 
 June 12, 1910. She was the daughter of Jefferson and 
 Mary J. McCabe. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Edith Mary/ 1 b. Dec. 8, 1888, at Spencer, Iowa. 
 
 Attended State Normal School at Cedar Falls. 
 
 Married in 1910 P. S. Long, and lives now in 
 
 Brookings, South Dakota, 
 ii. Emma Hazel, b. April 20, 1894, at Everly, Iowa; 
 
 d. March 31, 1903, at Everly, Iowa, 
 iii. Ella Esther, b. April 15, 1896, at Everly, Iowa. 
 
 Attended school at Baldwinsville Academy, New 
 
 York State, 
 iv. Ruth Elizabeth, b. March 28, 1900, and lives with 
 
 her grandparents at Everly, Iowa. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 73 
 
 123. Theodore Arthur 10 Jones (Mary, 9 Maria, 8 John, 7 Elisha, 6 
 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 Aug. 30, 1866, at Stoughton, Wis.; married March 14, 
 1888, at Spencer, Iowa, Edith Maye Harvey, born April 
 20, 1866. She is a daughter of William and Juliana 
 (Gould) Harvey. Mr. and Mrs. Jones reside (1912) at 
 Everly, Iowa. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Theodore Frink, 11 b. June 20, 1889, at Spencer, 
 
 Iowa. Student at Morningside College, at Sioux 
 
 City, Iowa, class of 1912. 
 ii. Leslie Harvey, b. July 27, 1891. Graduated from 
 
 Everly High School 1909. 
 iii. Grace Lilian, b. Aug. 21, 1893, at Everly, Iowa. 
 
 Graduated from High School 1910. 
 iv. Edith Maye, b. Jan. 15, 1896. 
 
 Theodore Arthur Jones is a prominent stock buyer and 
 shipper in Everly, Iowa. He is a Mason and a Republican 
 in politics. He has been Mayor of Everly for two years and "gave 
 to the town a public-spirited, businesslike and progressive admin- 
 istration, working for needed reform and improvement." 
 
 Edith Harvey Jones is a member of the Methodist Church. 
 
 124. Guello Payne 10 Howard (Erwin Payne, 9 Mary Elizabeth, 8 
 
 John, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abraham,* Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 
 Thomas 1 ), born Oct. 2, 1877, at Vermont, Fulton County, 
 111.; married Feb. 1, 1906, at Boise, Idaho, Mary Kitrell 
 Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. Howard reside (1912) at Placer- 
 ville, Idaho. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Ellena May, 11 b. Oct. 30, 1906. 
 ii. May Belle, b. Dec. 12, 1910. 
 
 Guello Payne Howard was educated at the Kansas State 
 Normal School and at Waitsburg Academy, Waitsburg, Wash- 
 ington. He is now an electrical and mining engineer. 
 
74 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 10. Mary 7 (Polly) Payne (Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born Sept. 17, 1792, at 
 Northeast, Dutchess County, N. Y., and died May 2, 1854, 
 at Hamilton, N. Y. She married at Hamilton, N. Y., 
 Daniel Lathrop, son of Simeon and Esther (Branch) 
 Lathrop. He was born March 18, 1773, at Lisbon, Conn., 
 and died Feb. 18, 1858, at Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 28 i. Sophia Mary, b. Aug. 31, 1828, at Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 29 ii. Maria E., b. about 1833, at Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 Mary Payne Lathrop lived on a farm near Cazenovia, N. Y., 
 most of her married life, retiring to Hamilton in January, 1852. 
 Little is known of her early life save that an old letter pre- 
 served since 1808 indicates that at sixteen years of age she was 
 a pupil at a private school in Cazenovia, where she studied dili- 
 gently and wrote prim little letters to her "Honored Parents," 
 thanking them for their great kindness to her and regretting 
 her unworthiness as daughter. A letter, also, to her brother 
 Abraham, at Union College, in 1808, informs him that she has 
 no special item of news to tell him, having written chiefly for 
 practice in forming her letters. This practice sheet she asks 
 him kindly to preserve for her. She taught school for a time 
 before her marriage. 
 
 In a letter to her brother Abraham's wife, written in 1848, 
 she states a curiously modern doctrine on the power of mind 
 over body, and one which suggests a woman of unusual mental 
 ability. "Oh, what a blessing is health," she says, ''yet we must 
 take care of it. We must be cheerful and hopeful to retain it! 
 Nothing so much impairs it as gloom and despondency. If we 
 could exercise a calm and cheerful resignation under all our 
 trials, how it would lighten the burthens and sorrows of life. 
 How it would invigorate our feeble frames. I am convinced 
 that a great deal of poor health proceeds from a gloomy state 
 of mind which we give way to and which undermines the con- 
 stitution and induces real disease." 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 75 
 
 She was a member of the Baptist Church, and had a deeply 
 religious nature. Because of non church attendance at one time, 
 resulting from lack of sympathy with certain modern and worldly 
 ways into which she thought her church had fallen, she was 
 deprived of her church membership and left "free to worship 
 God as she chose." She was a strong abolitionist. 
 
 Daniel Lathrop was seventh in descent from Rev. John 
 Lathrop, who came from England in the ship Griffen, and settled 
 in Scituate, Mass., as the first regularly settled pastor there. 
 Polly Payne was Daniel Lathrop's second wife. 
 
76 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 28. Sophia Mary 8 Lathrop (Mary, 7 Elisha,* Abraham, 6 Abra- 
 ham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Aug. 31. 1828, 
 at Cazenovia, N. Y. ; married Aug. 24, 1858, at Skaneatles, 
 N. Y., Putnam Peter Bishop, son of Peter and Polly 
 (Hovey) Bishop. He was born March 2, 1824, at Panton, 
 Vt, and died Dec. 11, 1896, at Citra, Florida. Mrs. 
 Bishop is living (1912) in New York City. 
 
 Children : 
 
 69 i. Mary Sophia, 9 b. Dec. 11, 1863, in Auburn, N. Y. 
 ii. Eliza Maria, b. Aug. 13, 1865, in Auburn, N. Y. ; 
 d. Aug. 20, 1870, in San Mateo, Florida. 
 
 Sophia (Lathrop) Bishop taught, 1848-49, in Friendship, 
 Alleghany County, N. Y. ; later she was a teacher in New York 
 Central College, at McGranville, Courtland County, N. Y., re- 
 turning to Friendship as preceptress in 1850-51. Afterward 
 she was principal of the Young Ladies' Seminary at Hamilton, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Peter P. Bishop's ancestry has been traced back to Richard 
 Bishop, a Revolutionary soldier. He is supposed to be of the 
 same line as Governor Bishop of Connecticut. Mr. Bishop 
 went to Ohio, when quite a youth, studied and practiced law in 
 that State, and afterwards in Minnesota, until he became con- 
 vinced that he was called to preach the Gospel. He then entered 
 Madison (now Colgate) University, and graduated from the 
 Theological Department of that institution. His first pastorate 
 was at Burlington, Iowa. From there he was called to Auburn, 
 N. Y., in which place he remained as pastor for eight years, 
 until his health failed. His physical condition induced him to 
 seek a residence in Florida, and in 1868 he was appointed gen- 
 eral missionary of the Home Mission Society. After leaving 
 the employment of this society Dr. Bishop engaged in orange 
 culture, and was one of the pioneers in that business. He was 
 closely identified with the growth and development of Florida. 
 In 1876 he was elected to the State Legislature. In 1880 the 
 degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by Furman University 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 77 
 
 of South Carolina. He was the author of The Psychologist, a 
 novel, and of American Patriotism, and many articles of social, 
 political and religious interest. 
 
 29. Maria E. 8 Lathrop (Mary, 7 Elisha, 8 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born about 1833, at Hamilton, 
 N. Y., and died in New York in July, 1908. She married 
 Oct. 23, 185 1, at Cazenovia, N. Y., Eben Bean. He died 
 in Oct., 1903, at Jacksonville, Florida. 
 
 Children: 
 
 i. Fannie, 9 d. at age of 7. 
 
 ii. Henry Willard, b. March 22, 1865, at Skaneatles, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Henry Willard Bean graduated from Harvard, 
 with degree of A. B., in 1887, and from Harvard 
 Law School in 1890, with degrees of LL. B. and 
 A. M. During the conflict between foreign 
 interests in Venezuela and President Castro, 
 Mr. Bean spent three years there representing 
 American investors in mining. After the Spanish- 
 American War he went to Cuba and organized 
 the tobacco interests in that island. Mr. Bean 
 now (1912) practices law in New York City. 
 
 iii. Charles Lathrop, b. Jan. 17, 1868, at Skaneatles, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Charles Lathrop Bean graduated from Phil- 
 lips Exeter Academy in 1887 and from Harvard, 
 with degree of A. B., in 1890. He became asso- 
 ciated with his father in the business of supplies 
 for fruit growers, under the firm name of E. Bean 
 & Son, until his father's death in 1903. Since 
 1904 Mr. Bean has been engaged in the wholesale 
 paper business in Jacksonville, Fla. He is presi- 
 dent of the Florida Paper Co. 
 
 iv. Frederick, d. at age of 3, about 1872. 
 Maria (Lathrop) Bean attended school at New York Cen- 
 tral College, at McGranville, N. Y., and later taught painting 
 there. 
 
78 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Mr. Eben Bean was engaged in the rolling mill business in 
 Skaneatles, N. Y. He was for some years a trustee of Madison 
 (now Colgate) University. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bean moved to Florida in 1876 and settled 
 first in San Mateo, and in 1881 in Jacksonville, where they 
 remained. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 79 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 69. Mary Sophia 9 Bishop (Sophia, 8 Mary, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham," 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born Dec. 11, 
 1863, at Auburn, N. Y., and married Sept. 6, 1893, at 
 Oconomanac, Wis., L. Jesse P. Bishop, son of Judge 
 Jesse Phelps and Eliza ('White) Bishop of Cleveland, 
 Ohio. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bishop have for years been leaders in church, 
 Sunday School and mission work in New York City, and have 
 been connected with the great movements of the Baptist denomi- 
 nation. 
 
 Mr. Bishop is engaged in the fruit commission business in 
 New York City. They are living (1912) in New York City. 
 
80 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 ii. Elijah 5 Payne (Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 
 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born April 13, 1799, at Hamilton, 
 N. Y., and died July 29, 1839, at Depauville, N. Y. He 
 married, at Symoina, N. Y., Margaret Wallace, who was 
 born Jan. 19, 1798, at Ebbington, Tolland County, Conn., 
 and died Sept. 25, 1874, at Clayton, Jefferson County, 
 N. Y. She was a daughter of William and (Put- 
 nam) Wallace. (Putnam) Wallace was a niece of 
 
 General Israel Putnam. 
 
 Children : 
 
 30 i. Cordelia, 8 b. May 21, 1822, at DeRuyter, N. Y. 
 
 31 ii. Harriet C, b. Aug. 4, 1824, at Clayton, N. Y. 
 
 32 iii. Helen M., b. May 8, 1827, at Clayton, N. Y.; d. 
 
 April 17, 1908. 
 
 She married Milo McComber, a well-to-do 
 farmer. They had no children. Mr. McComber 
 is now dead. 
 
 33 iv. Mary, b. July 29, 183 1, at Clayton, N. Y. ; d. June 
 
 18, 1870, at Malone, N. Y. 
 
 She married Addison Weeks who is now dead. 
 
 They had three children, all of whom died in 
 
 infancy, except Nellie May, who lived for eight 
 
 or nine years. 
 
 v. Albert Elijah, b. Feb. 24, 1837; d. April 1, 1846. 
 
 Elijah Payne, the oldest child of Judge Elisha and Esther 
 (Douglass) Payne, was a farmer and lived at Depauville, N. Y. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 81 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 30. Cordelia 8 Payne (Elijah, 7 Elisha, 8 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 
 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born May 21, 1822, at De 
 Ruyter, N. Y., and died June 11, 1894, at Watertown, 
 N. Y. She married April 29, 1846, at Clayton, N. Y., 
 Austin Nichols, son of Elihu and Amelia (Bradley) 
 Nichols. He was born May 31, 1809, in Connecticut; 
 died Feb. 9, 1879, at Pamelia, Jefferson County, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Albert Elihu, 9 b. March 17, 1847, at Clayton, N. 
 
 Y; d. Dec. 11, 1873. 
 ii. Marcellus B., b. March 26, 1849, at Clayton, N. Y. ; 
 
 d. Dec. 15, 1849. 
 
 70 iii. Edward Bradley, b. Oct. 10, 1850, at Clayton, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 71 iv. Lura Cordelia, b. Sept. 27, 1852 at Clayton, N. Y. 
 
 Cordelia (Payne) Nichols was a devoted wife and mother. 
 Austin Nichols was a farmer. Both were church members. 
 
 31. Harriet C. 8 Payne (Elijah, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 
 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Aug. 4, 1824, at Clay- 
 ton, N. Y. ; died March 12, 1901, at Watertown, N. Y.; 
 married, first, Abram Low, 1856, who died Dec. 18, 1856; 
 married, second, Rev. Elijah Smith, who died in 1870; 
 married, third, Wilson Isham, Sept. 16, 1874, who died 
 May 30, 1907. 
 
 Children, by first husband: 
 
 i. Wallace, 9 b. Aug. 20, 1857; d. Oct. 10, 1861. 
 By second husband: 
 
 72 ii. Helen May, 9 b. Aug. 26, 1863. 
 
 Harriet C. Payne was a teacher before her marriage. 
 
 Rev. Elijah Smith, her second husband, by whom she has 
 living descendants, was a Methodist minister, always connected 
 with the Black River Conference, and was very successful in 
 bringing many into the church, a man upright and true and 
 very aggressive in those early years of Methodism. 
 
82 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 70. Edward Bradley 9 Nichols (Cordelia, 8 Elijah, 7 Elisha, 6 
 
 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomasi), born 
 Oct. 10, 1850, at Clayton, Jefferson County, N. Y. ; mar- 
 ried June 1, 1879, at Canajoharie, N. Y., Charlotte 
 Mosher, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Snell) Mosher. 
 She was born Dec. 29, 1858, at St. Johnsville, N. Y. 
 Both living (1912) in Watertown, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Mary C., 10 b. July 15, 1880, at Pamelia, N. Y.; d. 
 
 Jan. 20, 1881, at Pamelia, N. Y. 
 ii. Florence M., 10 b. Feb. 23, 1883, at Pamelia, N. Y. ; 
 
 d. Nov. 20, 1884, at Pamelia, N. Y. 
 
 Edward B. Nichols has always lived at Pamelia, N. Y., 
 with the exception of about ten years. He has represented 
 his town on the Board of Supervisors of the County 
 for five years ; was Justice of the Peace for several terms. He 
 was appointed County Superintendent of the Poor and held 
 that position for five years, resigning Jan. 1, 1908. Since that 
 time he has lived a quiet, retired life at his pleasant home in 
 Watertown, N. Y., with his wife. 
 
 Charlotte (Mosher) Nichols spent her entire life at her 
 native town, graduating from the village seminary and teach- 
 ing in the local schools. 
 
 71. Lura Cordelia" Nichols (Cordelia, 8 Elijah, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 
 ham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Sept. 
 27, 1852, at Clayton, N. Y. ; married March 29, 1882, at 
 Adams,' Jefferson County, N. Y., Merritt Gifford Palmer, 
 son of Almon Gardner and Mary (Gifford) Palmer. He 
 was born May 23, 1843, at Cape Vincent, Jefferson 
 County, N. Y. Both are living (1912) at Watertown, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Child: 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 83 
 
 i. Helen Nichols, 10 b. Nov. 3, 1887, at Watertown, 
 N. Y. She has graduated from the Watertown 
 High School. 
 
 Merritt Palmer received his education in Watertown schools, 
 taught school very successfully for several years, then settled 
 on his farm and has engaged in market gardening. 
 
 72. Helen May" Smith (Harriet C., 8 Elijah, 7 Elisha," Abra- 
 ham, 5 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Aug. 
 26, 1863, in Jefferson County, N. Y. ; married June 14, 
 1882, at Watertown, N. Y., Edward Warren Remington, 
 son of Hiram and Margaret (Tanner) Remington. He 
 was born Aug. 19, 1858, at Manlius, Onondaga County, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 125 i. Harold, 10 b. March 3, 1884, at Watertown, N. Y. 
 ii. Arthur Elijah, b. May 3, 1886, at Watertown, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Arthur Remington graduated from the 
 Watertown High School and is now (1912) a 
 Junior at Leland Stanford University, 
 iii. Margaret, b. June 13, 1890, at Watertown, N. Y.; 
 
 d. Jan. 29, 1893, at Watertown, N. Y. 
 iv. Ruth, b. Dec. 4, 1892, at Watertown, N. Y. ; d. 
 
 Jan. 19, 1893, at Watertown, N. Y. 
 v. Robert Hiram, b. March 2, 1895, at Watertown, 
 N. Y. 
 
 A student in Palo Alto High School. 
 
 Helen (Smith) Remington is living (1912) at Palo Alto, 
 Cal., where her two younger sons are in school. 
 
84 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 TENTH GENERATION 
 
 125. Harold 10 Remington (Helen 9 , Harriet, 8 Elijah, 7 Elisha, 6 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 March 3, 1884, at Watertown, N. Y. ; married Oct. 20, 
 1910, at Newton Centre, Mass., Margaret Remington 
 Havens, daughter of Herbert Remington and Louise 
 (Heimerdinger) Havens. She was born May 2, 1887, 
 at Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 Child: 
 
 i. Peter Havens, b. Nov. 4, 191 1, at Watertown, N. Y. 
 
 Harold Remington graduated from Watertown High 
 School, 1906. Student later at Amherst College. Member Delta 
 Upsilon fraternity. Is now (1912) secretary Kamargo Supply 
 Co., at Watertown, N. Y. Member Jefferson County Golf 
 Club and Black River Valley Club. Member Company C, 1st 
 Regiment, N. Y. National Guard, retiring in 1912. 
 
LL1SHA PAYNL, JR. 
 
 JOSLPH COLWLLL PAYNL 
 
 MANSFILLD PAYNL 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 85 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 12. Eusha 7 Payne (Junior) (Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Aug. 9, 1800, at Ham- 
 ilton, N. Y.; died Oct. 28, 1883, at Bartlett, Oneida 
 County, N. Y. He married Jan. 17, 1831, at Hector, 
 Schuyler County, N. Y, Polly Ann Smith, daughter of 
 Richard and Patience (daughter Judge Hinman) Smith. 
 She was born Jan. 9, 1808, at Hector, N. Y., and died 
 Sept. 9, 1880, at Bartlett, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 34 i. Edward Payson, b. Oct. 2, 1833, at Hector, N. Y. 
 
 35 ii. Mary Louisa, b. Oct. 17, 1835, at Hector, N. Y. 
 
 36 iii. Esther Maria, b. Sept. 12, 1839, at Hector, N. Y. 
 
 37 iv. Emily Stoyles, b. Jan. 15, 1842, at Hector, N. Y. 
 
 Elisha Payne, Jr., was the second son of Elisha and Esther 
 (Douglass) Payne. From his surroundings, which at that early 
 date were decidedly intellectual, and from his natural inclina- 
 tion in that direction, he became very well educated. 
 
 As his four children grew up his most intense desire was 
 to give them good education. To that end he sold his home on 
 the shore of beautiful Seneca Lake and removed to Hamilton. 
 
86 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 34. Edward Payson 8 Payne (Elisha, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 
 
 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Oct. 2, 1833, 
 at Hector, Schuyler County, N. Y. ; died Sept. 10, 1867, 
 at Tabor, Freemont County, Iowa. He married Mary 
 Helen Slaught, daughter of Abram and Helen (Hanby) 
 Slaught. She was born May 9, 1839, at Hector, N. Y., 
 and is living (1912) at DeLand, Fla. 
 
 Children : 
 
 73 i. Ella, b. Dec. 24, 1859, at Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 74 ii. Flora, b. May 14, 1863, at Hector, N. Y. 
 
 Edward Payson Payne was educated at Madison University 
 (now Colgate) and belonged to the AKE fraternity. He en- 
 gaged in business, first in Hamilton, N. Y., later in Hector, 
 N. Y. In 1866 he removed to Tabor, Iowa, where at the time 
 of his death he was engaged in the drug business. 
 
 Mary (Slaught) Payne was educated at Hamilton Female 
 Seminary, Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 35. Mary Louisa 8 Payne (Elisha, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abra- 
 
 ham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Oct. 17, 1835, 
 at Hector, Schuyler County, N. Y. ; married Aug. 20, 
 1857, at Hamilton, N. Y., Eli Blakeslee Law, son of 
 George Washington and Harriet (Blakeslee) Law. He 
 was born April 18, 1830, at Westmoreland, Oneida 
 County, N. Y., and died July 16, 1910, at Fort Ann, N. 
 Y. Mrs. Law is living (1912) with her daughter in 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 75 i. Clara Louisa, 9 b. Sept. 23, 1858, at Hampton Falls, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 76 ii. George Elisha, b. May 12, i860, at Burlington, 
 
 Wis. 
 iii. A Son, unnamed, b. June 2, 1863, at Burlington, 
 Wis.; d. June 23, 1863, at Burlington, Wis. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 87 
 
 iv. Willy, b. Jan. 15, 1865, at Burlington, Wis. ; d. Oct. 
 
 4, 1865, at Bloomington, Wis. 
 v. Edward Payne, b. Jan. 11, 1869, at Hannibal, N. 
 
 Y. ; d. Aug. 28, 1879, at Bartlett, N. Y. 
 
 77 vi. Charles Blakeslee, b. Feb. 5, 1872, at Hannibal, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 Mary (Payne) Law was graduated from Hamilton Female 
 Seminary, Hamilton, N. Y., in the Class of 1855. Her husband, 
 Eli Blakeslee Law, was graduated from Madison (now Col- 
 gate) University in the Class of 1856, and after spending one 
 year in Hamilton Theological Seminary entered the ministry and 
 served as pastor for twenty years. He then went to his family 
 home in Bartlett, N. Y., where he lived quietly until 1908, when 
 he removed to Brooklyn to be near his children. 
 
 36. Esther Maria 8 (Hettie) Payne (Elisha 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 ham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Sept. 
 12, 1839, at Hector, N. Y. ; married Aug. 16, 1865, at 
 Hamilton, N. Y., Augustus C. Winters, son of Daniel and 
 Mary (Rapelje) Winters. He was born Sept. 20, 1835, 
 at Barrington, Yates County, N. Y., and died July 3, 1887, 
 at Griffin, Ga. Mrs. Winters is living (1912) at San 
 Diego, California. 
 
 Children : 
 
 78 i. Walter Payne," b. Sept. 11, 1870, at Wellsboro, 
 
 Pa. 
 
 79 ii. Harry Sunderland, b. Nov. 13, 1871, at Wellsboro, 
 
 Pa. 
 
 80 iii. George Payne, b. Jan. 19, 1879, at Geneva, N. Y. 
 
 Hettie (Payne) Winters was graduated from the Hamilton 
 Female Seminary, New York State, and immediately began the 
 work of teaching which, with few intervals, she continued until 
 she was over fifty-two years of age. After her marriage she 
 was always associated with her husband in his work as well 
 as in his years of travel abroad. His death left her with three 
 young sons — the youngest eight years old — to care for and edu- 
 cate, with very little available means. She then took a position 
 
88 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 as Lady Principal in John B. Stetson University, De Land, 
 Florida, where she remained until failing health necessitated 
 retirement. In 1907-08 she took the Mediterranean cruise, visit- 
 ing Spain, Turkey, Syria and Egypt. Since then she has lived 
 in Jacksonville, Fla., Denver and San Diego, California. 
 
 Augustus C. Winters was in the strictest sense a self-edu- 
 cated man, receiving neither help nor encouragement from home. 
 By teaching from time to time, earning funds and then attending 
 school, he was not only able to graduate from Rochester Uni- 
 versity at the age of twenty-eight but had made possible a lib- 
 eral education for his four younger sisters. Immediately upon 
 graduation, in 1865, he struck out for the South, going to Nash- 
 ville, where Thomas' army was still in occupation. By his per- 
 sonal efforts he got the Board of Education together (for they 
 had not yet thought of schools), and they organized sufficiently 
 to offer a good position to himself and his wife. At the end 
 of two years Andy Johnson had so far "swung around the circle" 
 that northern teachers were generally dismissed. As it was too 
 late to receive a good position elsewhere, Mr. Winters decided 
 to carry out a long-cherished plan to go abroad for study. Soon 
 after he sailed, the Nashville Board of Education wrote offering 
 him the position of City Superintendent. Two years were spent 
 in Germany, Wales and France learning the languages and study- 
 ing in the universities. On their return he spent two years in 
 Wellsboro, Pa., organizing the graded school system and estab- 
 lishing the High School. He then took a position in Cook Acad- 
 emy, Mountain Falls, New York State, just opening. Here he 
 spent six years doing what he always considered his best work. 
 He not only was an enthusiastic teacher but was particularly suc- 
 cessful as an organizer. His highest aim was to induce young 
 people in country homes who had never thought further than 
 to follow in the steps of their fathers, to receive an education 
 and make the most of themselves. Singularly retiring and self- 
 deprecating he never strove for any higher position, fie often 
 said he would yield his opportunity for molding young life and 
 doing good to no man, not even to the clergy. His chapel talks 
 will never be forgotten by his students. He also gave many 
 lectures in adjacent places. In 1879-80, broken in health, he 
 took his second trip abroad, visiting Egypt and Palestine. At 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 89 
 
 the time of his death he was President of Griffin Female Col- 
 lege, Georgia. 
 
 37. Emily Stoyles 8 Payne (Elisha, 7 Elisha, 8 Abraham, 5 Abra- 
 ham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Jan. 15, 1842, 
 at Hector, Schuyler County, N. Y. ; married Aug. 12, 
 1863, at Hamilton, N. Y., Egbert Ralph Middlebrook, son 
 of Ralph and Harriet (Betts) Middlebrook. He was born 
 Feb. 15, 1834, at Ballston Springs, N. Y, and died Nov. 
 4, 1909, at San Diego, California. Mrs. Middlebrook is 
 living (1912) at San Diego. 
 
 Children : 
 
 81 i. Ralph Payne, 9 b. Nov. 13, 1865, at Watkins, Schuy- 
 ler County, N. Y. 
 
 ii. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Nov. 20, 1868, at Brooklyn, 
 N. Y.; d. April 21, 1869, at Brooklyn, N. Y 
 
 iii. Egbert Betts, b. July 14, 1872, at Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 
 d. July 9, 1873, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 iv. Bessie, b. March 23, 1876, at Ballston Spa, N. Y. ; 
 d. Jan. 23, 1877, at Ballston Spa, N. Y 
 
 v. Helen Caroline, b. June 21, 1884, at Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. Graduated from Peddie Institute, New 
 Jersey, in 1905. 
 
 Emily (Payne) Middlebrook was educated at Hamilton Fe- 
 male Seminary, Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 Egbert Ralph Middlebrook was graduated from Colgate 
 (or Madison) University in 1859. During the war he went out 
 with the Brunswick Expedition as chief clerk to the Quarter- 
 master and remained in that and similar positions until the war 
 closed. 
 
90 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 73. Ella 9 Payne (Edward Payson, 8 Elisha, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 
 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Dec. 24, 
 1859, at Hamilton, N. Y. ; married Oct. 18, 1883, at 
 Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., Arthur George 
 Hamlin, son of George and Maria Smith (Eaton) 
 Hamlin. He was born Jan. 28, 1855, at Gouverneur, St. 
 Lawrence County, N. Y. They are living (1912) in 
 Jacksonville, Fla. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Royal Payne, 10 b. Aug. 26, 1884, at DeLand, Fla. 
 Graduated from John B. Stetson University 
 
 and from John B. Stetson Law School, at De 
 
 Land, in 1907. He is now (1912) an attorney 
 
 in De Land, Fla. 
 ii. Lillian, b. Dec. 24, 1885, at De Land, Fla. 
 iii. Ethel, b. Nov. 4, 1887, at De Land, Fla. 
 iv. Arthur George, Jr., b. July 19, 1889, at De Land. 
 
 Fla. ; d. Jan. "25, 1894, at De Land, Fla. 
 
 Ella (Payne) Hamlin is a graduate of Cook Academy, New 
 York State, 1879, and of Smith College, in 1883. 
 
 Arthur George Hamlin was graduated from Colgate Acad- 
 emy in 1875, and from Colgate University in 1879. Member 
 Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He was admitted to the bar 
 of Massachusetts in 1881 and removed to De Land, Fla., in 
 1883, where he established a large law practice and was exten- 
 sively engaged in orange culture. In 1898 he became general 
 attorney for the Florida East Coast Railway. He is a member 
 of the law firm of Parrott & Hamlin, Jacksonville, Fla. 
 
 74. Flora 9 Payne (Edward, 8 Elisha, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abra- 
 
 ham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born May 14, 1863, 
 at Hector, Schuyler County, N. Y. ; married March 15, 
 191 1, at DeLand, Fla., Charles Fremot Spaulding, son 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 91 
 
 of Phineas and Fanny (Chamberlin) Spaulding. He 
 was born Oct. 28, 1858, at Chickopee Falls, N. Y. They 
 are living (1912) at De Land, Fla., where Mr. Spaulding 
 is a fruit grower. 
 
 75. Clara Louisa 9 Law (Mary, 8 Elisha, 7 Elisha, 8 Abraham, 6 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Sept. 23, 
 1858, at Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, N. Y. ; 
 married Sept. 19, 1894, at Bartlett, N. Y., Eugene P. 
 Hickok, son of Frank K. and Elizabeth (McCaslin) 
 Hickok. He was born June 28, 1858, at Havana, Steele 
 County, Minn., and died Jan. 19, 191 1, at Lake George, 
 N. Y. Mrs. Hickok is living (1912) in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Children; 
 
 i. A son, 10 unnamed, born and died July 1, 1895, at 
 
 Bartlett, N. Y. 
 Adopted children: 
 ii. Florence Mabel, b. July 15, 1893, at Brooklyn, N. 
 
 Y. ; adopted June 15, 1899. 
 iii. Jessie Elizabeth, b. July 17, 1894, at Brooklyn, 
 
 N. Y. ; adopted March 6, 1901. 
 
 Clara (Law) Hickok was graduated from Houghton Semi- 
 nary, Clinton, N. Y., in 1880, and after teaching a few years, 
 spent over a year in Germany and France before her marriage. 
 
 Eugene P. Hickok was graduated from Pillsbury Acad- 
 emy, Owatonna, Minn., in 1882, and from Carleton College, 
 Northfield, Minn., in 1886, and after two years in Ann Arbor 
 Medical College and one year in Long Island College Hospital, 
 Brooklyn, was graduated from the latter institution in 1900. 
 
 He remained in the hospital as interne for one year and 
 then settled for the practice of medicine in the Twenty-sixth 
 ward of Brooklyn. He was a member of the Medical Society 
 of the County of Kings, visiting physician at the Kings County 
 Hospital, medical examiner for the Royal Arcanum, member 
 Brooklyn Medical Association, Brooklyn Neurological Society, 
 New York State Medical Association and American Medical 
 Association. 
 
92 The Paynes of Hamilton , 
 
 76. George Elisha Law (Mary, 8 Elisha, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham," 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas, 1 ), born May 12, 
 i860, at Burlington, Racine County, Wis. ; died May 
 25, 1895, at Brooklyn, N. Y. He married May 19, 1886, 
 at Fort Ann, N. Y., Julia Ann Hull, daughter of George 
 Woodin and Julia (Axtell) Hull. She was born Feb. 
 17, 1859, at Fort Ann, N. Y., and is living (1912) at 
 Fort Ann. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Georgia Louisa, 10 b. March 10, 1887, at Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y. 
 
 Graduated from Vassar College in 1909. 
 Is (1912) a teacher in the High School at White- 
 hall, N. Y. 
 ii. Helen Hull, b. Feb. 26, 1890, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Graduated from Vassar College in 191 1; 
 graduate student in Latin Department at Vassar 
 in 1911-12. 
 iii. Dorothy Payne ) twins, b. July 15, 1892, at 
 iv. Donald Edward j Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Dorothy a student at Simmons College, 
 1911-12. 
 
 Donald a freshman at Dartmouth College, 
 1911-12. 
 v. Julia Axtell, b. Oct. 5, 1894, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 Graduates from High School 1912. 
 George Elisha Law was graduated from Cook Academy, 
 New York State, in 1879, an d from Jefferson Medical College, 
 Philadelphia, in 1883. In 1884 began the practice of medicine in 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. He was very successful and built up a large 
 practice, but his professional career was cut short by his early 
 death at the age of thirty-five. His pastor said of him: "Dr. 
 Law was much as man, but he was pre-eminent as a Christian 
 gentleman. A more conscientious man never treated a patient, 
 a more gentle and considerate physician never entered a sick 
 room." 
 
 Julia Ann (Hull) Law was a graduate of Cook Academy, 
 1878. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 93 
 
 77 '. Charles Blakeslee 9 Law (Mary, 8 Elisha, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 ham, 6 Abraham, 1 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Feb. 
 5, 1872, at Hannibal, N. Y. ; married Nov. 20, 1901, lima 
 Jennie Best, born Dec. 5, 1874, at Jordan, Onondaga 
 County, N. Y., daughter of Charles Edwards and Caro- 
 line (Law) Best. They are living (1912) in Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Norman Hickok, 10 b. July 21, 1902, at Brooklyn, 
 
 N. Y. ; d. July 25, 1902, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 ii. Margaret Louise, b. Nov. 18, 1908, at Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Charles Blakeslee Law was graduated from Colgate Acad- 
 emy in 1891, and from Amherst College in 1895. Upon gradua- 
 tion from college he immediately began the study of law at Rome, 
 N. Y., in the law offices of Bliss & Briggs, attorneys of that 
 city. He later continued his studies at the Cornell Law School, 
 and was admitted to the bar in 1897, at Rochester, N. Y. He 
 began practice as clerk in the law office of a firm in Brooklyn, 
 and at the end of three years became junior member of the firm 
 of Kiendl, Kapp & Law. He afterwards withdrew from this 
 firm and is now senior member of the law firm of Law & Holtz- 
 mann. 
 
 While advancing rapidly in the profession of law he was 
 devoting much time and attention to politics, in which field of 
 activity he soon attracted widespread attention in Brooklyn. In 
 1904, the rivalry for the Republican nomination for Congress 
 in the Fourth New York district was spirited, with at least half 
 a dozen candidates in the field. Mr. Law's name was not men- 
 tioned until about ten days before the nominating convention. 
 It was then suddenly discovered that he held a safe majority of 
 the delegates. His opponents sought through newspaper attacks 
 and otherwise to break his hold on the delegates, but to no 
 avail. On the convention night all his opponents withdrew and 
 he was nominated unanimously. His election to Congress fol- 
 lowed and he was re-elected in 1906 and again in 1908. During 
 his first term he was one of the youngest members of Congress. 
 His election came after a residence of only six years in Brooklyn. 
 
94 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 78. Walter Payne 9 Winters (Esther, 8 Elisha, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 
 ham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Sept. 
 11, 1870, at Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa.; married Dec. 
 24, 1907, at Geneva, N. Y., Lulu Elizabeth Reynolds, 
 born Feb. 25, 1881, at Union Springs, Cayuga County, 
 N. Y. She is a daughter of Hamlin Wesley and Ella 
 Jane (Van Etten) Reynolds. They are living (1912) in 
 San Diego, Cal. 
 
 No children. 
 
 Walter Payne Winters received his preparatory education 
 at Doylestown Seminary, John B. Stetson University Prepara- 
 tory Department and Peddie Institute, graduating from the 
 latter in 1891. He entered Colgate University in 1891, receiv- 
 ing the degree of A. B. in 1895. At Colgate he was a member 
 of Phi Kappa Psi, Theta Nu Epsilon and Beta Delta Beta fra- 
 ternities. Later he studied medicine at the New York Homeo- 
 pathic Medical College, receiving the degree of M. D. in 1906. 
 There he became a member of the Phi Alpha Gamma fraternity. 
 He became physician at the Geneva Sanitarium, Geneva, N. Y., 
 and in December, 1909, was promoted to be head of the medi- 
 cal department. He was a member while in Geneva of the 
 town, county and state medical societies. Later he removed 
 to San Diego, Cal., where he is (1912) engaged in the practice 
 of electro-therapy. 
 
 Lulu (Reynolds) Winters was graduated from the High 
 School at Geneva, N. Y., in 1902, and from the Genessee Wes- 
 leyan Seminary, in New York State, in 1904. She took the 
 nurse's training at the Paterson General Hospital, at Paterson, 
 N. J., graduating in 1907, and was visiting nurse of the city 
 of Geneva, N. Y., 1908-09. 
 
 79. Harry Sunderland 9 Winters (Esther, 8 Elisha, 7 Elisha, 6 
 
 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 Nov. 13, 1871, at Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa.; married 
 May 23, 1901, at De Land, Fla., Mabel Winifred Allen, 
 born July 30, 1873, at Eau Claire, Wis. She is a daugh- 
 ter of James Frederick and Calista Doble (Norton) 
 Allen. They are living (191 2) at Jacksonville, Fla. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 95 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Allen Charles, 10 b. March 28, 1907, at Jackson- 
 ville, Fla. 
 
 Harry Sunderland Winters received his preparatory edu- 
 cation in the John B. Stetson University preparatory depart- 
 ment, graduating in 1890 with the highest standing in the class. 
 The same year he entered Colgate University, having taken 
 the fourth Dodge entrance prize, and also the competitive schol- 
 arship, which gave him free tuition during his college course. 
 He there became a member of the Phi Kappa Psi, Beta Delta 
 Beta and Theta Nu Epsilon fraternities. He was class president 
 during the spring term of freshman year. In his Junior year 
 he was compelled by illness to return to Florida, where he lost 
 two years in regaining his health. In 1896 he was graduated 
 from John B. Stetson University with degree of A. B. He was 
 principal of the High School at Melbourne, Fla., 1896-99, during 
 which period he took graduate work in the University of Chi- 
 cago. He was vice-president of the Old Dominion College, 
 Richlands, Va., 1899-1900. He became Deputy Collector of 
 Internal Revenue at Jacksonville, Fla., in 1900. Since 1910 
 has been in partnership with his cousin Charles Bean in the 
 Florida Paper Company, in Jacksonville. Mr. Winter has been 
 superintendent of the First Baptist Sunday School in Jackson- 
 ville for over eight years. 
 
 Mabel (Allen) Winters belongs to one of the pioneer fami- 
 lies of De Land, Fla. She was educated at John B. Stetson 
 University, but did not graduate. In 1893-95 she pursued spe- 
 cial musical study in Boston at the New England Conservatory 
 and with private teachers. 
 
 80. George Payne 9 Winters (Esther, 8 Elisha, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 ham," Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Jan. 
 19, 1879, at Geneva, N. Y.; married Aug. 15, 1907, at 
 Binghamton, N. Y., Lora Edith Leonard, born Jan. 30, 
 1881, at Philadelphia, Pa. She is a daughter of Dr. 
 Harsey King and Ada C. (Starkweather) Leonard. They 
 are living (1912) in Denver, Colo. 
 
 Children : 
 
96 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 i. Leonard Payne, 10 b. Nov. 7, 1908, at Denver, Col. 
 ii. John Burroughs, b. Dec. 3, 1910, at Denver, Col. 
 iii. Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1912, at Denver, Col. 
 
 George Payne Winters spent his early years in Florida, pre- 
 paring for college at John B. Stetson University, in De Land, 
 and at Cook Academy, in New York. He graduated from Cor- 
 nell University in 1902. There he was a member of Phi Delta 
 Phi fraternity. During his college course Mr. Winters was iden- 
 tified especially with the debating societies, being a member of 
 the winning team in a debate with Columbia University. His 
 professional training was received at the Columbia Law School, 
 New York City, and at the Denver School of Law, where he 
 was graduated. At the present time (1912) he is practicing 
 law in Denver and also has charge of the Legal Aid Dispensary 
 in connection with Denver University Law School, where he 
 gives a course of lectures each year. 
 
 Lora (Leonard) Winters prepared for college at Cook 
 Academy, New York, and entered Vassar College in 1900, grad- 
 uating in the class of 1904. She taught, for three years previous 
 to her marriage, in Peddie Institute, New Jersey. She is a 
 sister of Mabel (Leonard) Clatworthy, wife of Fred Payne" Clat- 
 worthy, under whose name her ancestry is given. 
 
 81. Ralph Payne 9 Middlebrook (Emily, 8 Elisha, 7 Elisha, 8 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 Nov. 13, 1865, at Watkins, N. Y. ; married April, 1890, at 
 National City, Cal., Luella B. Reed, born May 4, 1867, at 
 Hightstown, N. J. She is a daughter of Olmstead and 
 Mary Reed. They are living (1912) at San Diego, Cal. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Bert Reed, 10 b. May 31, 1891, at National City, Cal. 
 ii. Russell Phillip, b. Sept. 21, 1894, at Hightstown, 
 
 N.J. 
 iii. Mary Emily, b. Jan. 11, 1902, at San Diego, Cal. 
 Ralph Payne Middlebrook attended school in Brooklyn, N. 
 Y., also Peddie Institute, New Jersey. He first went into orange 
 growing at San Diego, Cal. Later he became a building con- 
 tractor in that city. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 97 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 13. Mansfield 7 Payne (Elisha, 6 Abraham, Abraham,* Elisha, 8 
 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Oct. 11, 1801, at Hamilton, N. 
 Y., and died Sept. 26, 1864, at Hamilton, N. Y. He mar- 
 ried Feb. 27, 1833, Sophronia, daughter of John and Amy 
 (Bennett) Sanford. She was born Aug. 29, 1810, and died 
 Aug., 1886, at Chicago, 111. 
 
 Children : 
 
 38 i. Sanford Douglas, 8 b. Feb. 26, 1835, at Hamilton, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 39 ii. Josephine Victoria, b. May 31, 1837, at Hamilton, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 40 iii. Cornelia Ella, b. Aug. 20, 1839, at Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 41 iv. Helen Amelia, b. Feb. 10, 1842, at Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 42 v. Winfield Scott, b. July 1, 1848, at Hamilton, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 43 vi. Augusta Francelia, b. March 31, 185 1, at Hamil- 
 
 ton, N. Y. 
 
 The head of this family received his name in a unique way. 
 Court was in session in his father's house, when he was born. 
 Judge Payne asked the lawyers to name the child. They there- 
 upon gave him the name of the famous Chief Justice of Eng- 
 land, Mansfield. 
 
 Mansfield Payne's boyhood differed little from that of other 
 lads of his day. With the exception of a few years, he always 
 lived in Hamilton. After his marriage he took possession of 
 the old Sanford homestead, near Hamilton, and managed the 
 large estate with great success. In a few years he purchased 
 a town house in Hamilton, on Payne Street, and for the rest 
 of his days lived at either place, as fancy suggested. After 1850 
 a new wing was added to the town house for the use of his 
 mother, Mrs. Elisha Payne, who lived there several years before 
 her death. 
 
 Mr. Payne took an active interest in all the affairs of the 
 town, and was an ardent politician of the old Whig party. In 
 middle life he had a stroke of paralysis which partially disabled 
 
98 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 him, and after a number of years a second stroke came. So he 
 was obliged to use a cane ever after, until the third stroke caused 
 his death at the early age of sixty-three years. 
 
 Sophronia (Sanford) Payne was the daughter of John and 
 Amy (Bennett) Sanford, who came to Madison, N. Y., from 
 Rhode Island in 1797, arid established their home near Hamilton, 
 where all their children, Sally, John, Abbey and Sophronia, were 
 born. John Sanford was born in Rhode Island Dec. 3, 1751, and 
 died Aug. 29, 1814, at Madison, N. Y. Amy (Bennet) Sanford 
 was born Nov. 28, 1770, and died in 1850. They were married 
 about 1792. Amy Bennett was an orphan, her father having 
 died from drinking from a well the British had poisoned during 
 the Revolution. 
 
 The Sanford family came from England in 1631. John, 
 the son of Samuel and Eleanor Sanford, of Alford, Lincoln- 
 shire, England, sailed for America in the ship Lyon, in com- 
 pany with John Eliot, the missionary to the Indians, and John 
 Winthrop, Jr., afterwards Governor of Connecticut. They 
 arrived at Boston Harbor on Nov. 3 and landed after two days. 
 Before the close of the year John Sanford is recorded as a church 
 member. In 1633, he was chosen to oversee buildings. In 1634 
 he was appointed to examine condition of ordnance, later can- 
 noner for Port of Boston. In 1637 he, with others, went to 
 Portsmouth, R. I. He became Constable, Freeman, Lieutenant 
 Assistant, and in 1653 President of Portsmouth and Newport. 
 
 Sophronia (Sanford) Payne had a very strong constitution 
 and great vitality. After her husband's health failed she under- 
 took the management of his affairs. She was a member of the 
 Episcopal Church in Hamilton. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 99 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 38. Sanford Douglas 8 Payne (Mansfield, 7 Elisha, 9 Abraham, 6 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Feb. 26, 
 1835, at Hamilton, N. Y. ; married Jan. 1, 1867, at China, 
 St. Clair County, Mich., Eliza, daughter of George C. 
 and Abigail E. (Jones) Clarke. She was born April 9, 
 185 1, at China, Mich., and died Jan. 22, 1905, at Topeka, 
 Kan. Mr. Payne is living (1912) at Kasota, Minn. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Dio Clarke, 9 b. Feb. 20, 1875, at Kasota, Le Sueur 
 County, Minn.; d. Sept. 6, 1876, at Kasota, Le 
 Sueur County, Minn. 
 
 82 ii. Dio Claire, b. March 4, 1878, at Kasota, Le Sueur 
 
 County, Minn. 
 
 83 iii. Claude Clarke, b. June 18, 1880, at Kasota, Le 
 
 Sueur County, Minn. 
 
 84 iv. Georgia, b. April 7, 1884, at Kasota, Le Sueur 
 
 County, Minn. 
 v. Sanford Clyde, b. Oct. 6, 1886, at Kasota, Le Sueur 
 County, Minn.; d. Dec. 19, 1886, at Kasota, Le 
 Sueur County, Minn. 
 Sanford Douglas Payne was born and reared at Hamilton, 
 N. Y., and educated in the Academy at Hamilton. Arriving at 
 maturity, he went to Michigan, where he became a teacher. 
 During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company H, Eighth Regi- 
 ment, Michigan Cavalry Volunteers, as Quartermaster Sergeant, 
 Nov. 1, 1862, at China, Mich., for three years. 
 
 He was mustered in Feb. 3, 1863. Commissioned Second 
 Lieutenant, Company E, Dec. 31, 1864, mustered in Feb. 2, 1865. 
 Reported as of Company H, April, 1865. Commissioned First 
 Lieutenant Company G, April 25, 1865, mustered in May 12, 
 1865. Reported as of Company E, July, 1865. Mustered out 
 at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1865, and honorably discharged. 
 
 The Eighth Regiment was assigned to the First Brigade, 
 Second Cavalry Corps, and participated in the Morgan raid in 
 Ohio; the East Tennessee campaign; the Atlanta campaign; the 
 
100 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Stoneman raid in Georgia; and the siege at Nashville, Tenn. 
 This regiment accompanied Gen. Burnside on his expedition 
 into Eastern Tennessee. It was on this expedition near the 
 state line of Georgia, just after the first battle of Chickamauga, 
 that Mr. Payne received his first injury by the bursting of a 
 shell overhead. For an instant it seemed as though the heavens 
 and the earth had collapsed. For a small radius, every man 
 was unhorsed and many mortally wounded. 
 
 In the siege of Knoxville, all were obliged to live on half 
 rations some twenty days. In this memorable siege their 
 fine horses nearly starved and were unfitted for further service. 
 The saddest sight witnessed by Mr. Payne during his whole 
 experience in the war was the attack on Fort Sanders. Three 
 nights in succession the rebels charged that fort with a determina- 
 tion to take it or die. Three times they were repulsed with 
 great slaughter. The "rebel yell" while on the charge was turned 
 to groans and death. The ditch surrounding the fort was 
 literally a river of blood. 
 
 In the next campaign the Eighth Regiment started with 
 General Sherman on his march to Atlanta. Later the military 
 authorities conceived the idea of releasing our prisoners at An- 
 dersonville and escorting them safely to our lines. All the 
 cavalry with General Sherman were detailed for that purpose. 
 The Eighth was in command of General Stoneman. This under- 
 taking was afterwards called "the Stoneman raid." When 
 within a few miles of Andersonville, a two days' battle was 
 fought with the rebel cavalry. This battle was the largest cavalry 
 battle of the whole war. No ordnance was used on either side. 
 General Stoneman surrendered his whole command, prisoners of 
 war. After the surrender, a group of these "prisoners of war," 
 still on their horses, were in earnest consultation, one of them 
 Douglas Payne. There was a wide gap in the line of gray. Mr. 
 Payne called out: "Comrades, Andersonville or liberty!" A 
 break was made without a command or a commander. They 
 were closely pursued. The chase was exciting. On the third 
 day they ran into a company of rebel cavalry with fresh horses, 
 and were obliged to abandon their tired and hungry mounts 
 and seek protection and shelter in the woods. They could hear 
 cannon booming near Atlanta. That sound was their "lone 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 101 
 
 star." After subsisting eleven days on blackberries, they re- 
 ported for duty in their own camp. Instead of being censured 
 or court martialled, Mr. Payne was commissioned second lieu- 
 tenant a short time after. 
 
 After the fall of Atlanta, the Eighth Regiment was sent to 
 Kentucky for horses and were then assigned to duty under 
 General Thomas at Nashville. The cavalry was sent to watch 
 the movements of General Hood and report. Their duty was 
 to hold in check his advancing columns. It was fight and retreat 
 until the bloody battle of Franklin was fought. Then followed 
 the siege and battle of Nashville. This ended the great battles 
 in the West. 
 
 After this campaign Mr. Payne was commissioned first 
 lieutenant. The Eighth Regiment, while in the field, covered 
 over twelve thousand miles and participated in fifty-two engage- 
 ments. One-third of the men who left the State never returned. 
 During his three years of active service, Mr. Payne was never 
 absent from his command and never had a hospital record, — 
 was always detailed to take the place of the adjutant whenever 
 he was absent. He was a prisoner three times. 
 
 After the war Mr. Payne went to Minnesota, where he 
 purchased a farm and became a leading farmer and horticul- 
 turist. He has been honored with the gift of many public offices. 
 He is a Mason and a Unitarian. 
 
 Mr. Payne is now the male head of the entire family of 
 the Paynes of Hamilton. 
 
 39. Josephine Victoria 8 Payne (Mansfield, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 ham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born May 
 31, 1837, at Hamilton, N. Y., and died Oct. 8, 1906, 
 at Sawtelle, Cal. She married May 16, i860, at Hamil- 
 ton, N. Y., Jerome Paine Bates, son of William and 
 Delinda (Grow) Bates. He was born May 6, 1837, at 
 Dudley, Worcester County, Mass., and is still living 
 (1912) at Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 Children : 
 
 85 i. Herbert Payne, 9 b. March 26, 1861, at Woodstock, 
 Conn. 
 
102 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 86 iii Edward Jerome, b. July i, 1871, at Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Josephine (Payne) Bates was educated at the best schools 
 of the day, finishing at Hamilton Female Seminary. Her schol- 
 arly attainments and social qualities peculiarly fitted her to fill 
 the position she took as a clergyman's wife. She early united 
 with the Baptist Church. She was married to Mr. Bates when 
 he was a student at Madison University, at Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 Jerome Paine Bates graduated from the University of Roch- 
 ester in 1873. Both before and after graduation, he filled several 
 Baptist pulpits. Mr. Bates entered the army in 1862 as private 
 in Twenty-second Connecticut Regiment and was transferred 
 and promoted to second lieutenant in Eleventh Regiment, Con- 
 necticut Volunteers. 
 
 After the war he entered the profession of journalism in 
 Chicago, and for ten years was associated with the Chicago 
 Evening Journal. Later, edited three weekly papers. His pub- 
 lished works are The Imperial Highway, Tariff and Protection, 
 and Mother in Heaven, the last a poem. 
 
 After being disabled for newspaper work, he served in the 
 U. S. Customs service for four years. Soon after this he retired 
 from active life and moved to California. 
 
 40. Cornelia Ella 8 Payne (Mansfield, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Aug. 20, 
 1839, at Hamilton, N. Y., and died April 5, 1908, at 
 Chicago, 111. She married Jan. 30, 1878, at Chicago, 
 John Edgerly, son of Stephen and Lucy (Kingsley) Edg- 
 erly. He was born Sept. 29, 1833, at Glendale, Berk- 
 shire County, Mass., and died Nov. 15, 1905. 
 
 No children. 
 
 Cornelia (Payne) Edgerly attended the Hamilton Female 
 Seminary, was bright in her studies and popular with the 
 young people. As a young woman, she joined the First Baptist 
 Church at Hamilton. After her marriage she made her home 
 for a few years in Iowa, then in Chicago, where she lived until 
 her death. She was very cheerful in her nature, always finding 
 the bright and happy side of everything. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 103 
 
 Her husband, John Edgerly, enlisted in the Union Army in 
 the Civil War Aug. i, 1862, and was honorably discharged July 
 26, 1865. He belonged to Company D, Eighty-third Illinois 
 Infantry. Was a member of General George A. Custer Post 
 No. 40, in Chicago. 
 
 After the war he was with the Adams Express Company 
 for many years, holding various positions in their Chicago offices. 
 Honesty, integrity and faithfulness were his characteristics, both 
 in his war record and in civil life. 
 
 41. Helen Amelia 8 (Mansfield, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abraham,* 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Feb. 10, 1842, at Ham- 
 ilton, N. Y. ; married May 23, 1878, at Hamilton, N. Y., 
 Eugene Stark Gardiner, son of Edwin Brown and Emily 
 (Stark) Gardiner. He was born March 20, 1849, at Nor- 
 wich, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner are living (1912) at 
 McMinnville, Oregon. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Grace Vivian, 9 b. Aug. 10, 1879, at Hamilton, N. 
 Y. ; d. May 18, 1902, at Franklin, Ind. 
 
 Miss Gardiner was a sophomore in Franklin 
 College at the time of her death. 
 87 ii. Helen Eugenie, b. Dec. 22, 1886, at Medfield, 
 Mass. 
 Helen (Payne) Gardiner attended Hamilton Female Semi- 
 nary, at Hamilton, N. Y. Then she went to Cazenovia Seminary 
 for a musical 'course. She taught music in Cedar Falls, Iowa. 
 The year after the close of the war she went to Nashville, Tenn., 
 and taught music. From there she went to Atlanta, Ga., to 
 teach for three years in what is now known as Atlanta Uni- 
 versity. She then returned to Hamilton to live with her mother, 
 who was then quite alone. Mrs. Gardiner has had great social 
 success, being especially gifted in the art of entertaining. She 
 is a member of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Eugene Stark Gardiner is descended, on his father's side, 
 from George Gardiner, who was a corporal under General Put- 
 nam and who fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. Through 
 his mother, on her mother's side, the family is traced back to 
 
104 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 King Alfred (see Jewett family history), and on her father's 
 side the ancestry goes back to the founding of the Stark family 
 by King James of Scotland, who surnamed a man then called 
 Muirhead with the name of Stark, meaning strong, because he 
 had saved the King's life. 
 
 Mr. Gardiner has had a very eventful life. He was first a 
 student and instructor at Mystic Valley Institute, Mystic Bridge, 
 Conn., 1870-71. He took the degree of A. B. at Colgate Uni- 
 versity, Hamilton, N. Y., in 1876, and was salutitorian with 
 German oration. He belonged to the Delta Kappa Epsilon 
 fraternity and to Phi Beta Kappa. Then he was a student at 
 Crozer Theological Seminary, 1876-77; teacher of Natural 
 Sciences, Colgate Academy, 1877-79; A. M. Colgate University, 
 1879; pastor, Baptist Church at Morrisville, N. Y., 1879-83; 
 student at Crozer Theological Seminary, 1883-84; pastor, Bap- 
 tist Churches at Plantsville, Conn., 1884-86; Medford, Mass., 
 1886-88, and Franklin, Ind., 1889-97. Head of Department of 
 English Language and Literature, Franklin College, 1897-1905, 
 and Librarian, Franklin College, 1899-1905 ; secretary of Indiana 
 Philological Society two years. 
 
 Mr. Gardiner spent the summer of 1890 in Europe, and 
 part of 1892 traveling in Mexico. He was assistant editor of 
 the Indiana Baptist, 1889-96 ; vice-president and head of depart- 
 ment of Greek and Latin since 1905 in California College, Oak- 
 land, Cal. He was raised a Master Mason in Franklin Lodge 
 No. 107; was Most Excellent High Priest of Franklin Chapter 
 of Royal Arch Masons, 1904; Thrice Illustrious Commander 
 of Franklin Council for 1905; took the degrees in Franklin 
 Commandery No. 23; Knights Templar in July, 1905. 
 
 42. Winfield Scott 8 Payne (Mansfield, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham,* 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born July 1, 
 1848, at Hamilton, N. Y., and died Sept. 28, 1907, at 
 Chicago, 111. He married July 10, 1880, at Kenosha, Wis., 
 Emma Turrell, daughter of Myron and Mary (Sheka) 
 Turrell. She was born Sept. 15, i860, at Milwaukee, 
 Wis. Mrs. Payne resides (1912) in Chicago, 111. 
 
 Children : 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 105 
 
 i. Lillian Grace, b. May 20, 188 1, at Milwaukee, 
 Wis. 
 
 Miss Lillian Payne graduated from South 
 Division High School, Chicago, class of 1899. 
 Attended Franklin College and afterwards 
 Northwestern University. She is a member of 
 Pi Beta Phi Sorority and the Daughters of the 
 American Revolution. She has made music her 
 speciality and is interested in church work. 
 ii. Thomas Myron, b. Sept. 28, 1882, at Chicago, 111. 
 Mr. Thomas Payne attended the public 
 schools, afterwards St. Viatus College. He is an 
 electrician. 
 88 iii. Josephine Emma, b. May 1, 1887, at Chicago, 111. 
 iv. Winfield Scott (Junior), b. March 22, 1889, at 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 Winfield Scott Payne, Junior, was educated 
 
 at Culver Military Academy. Since 1907 he has 
 
 been in the Federal postal service at Chicago. 
 
 Winfield Scott Payne went to school in Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 After his high school course, he was urged to go to college, 
 
 but he preferred to go into business. So he went West, at 
 
 eighteen years of age, visiting several cities. Chicago attracted 
 
 him most, and after trying several kinds of work he became 
 
 superintendent of the stamping department in the Chicago Post 
 
 Office. After the great Chicago fire, he took a position with the 
 
 Lake Shore Railroad, where he served for fourteen years as 
 
 superintendent of the freight department. 
 
 Mr. Payne retired from his active business interests at the 
 age of fifty-six, but lived only three years to enjoy the comforts 
 of a quiet life. 
 
 In boyhood he joined the Baptist Church, but in later life 
 went with his wife and children into the Methodist Church. 
 For twenty years he was Judge of Elections, but steadfastly 
 refused other political offices. 
 
 43. Augusta Francelia 8 Payne (Mansfield, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 ham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born March 
 31, 1851, at Hamilton, N. Y., and died June 5, 1911, at 
 
106 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Indianapolis, Ind. She was married Aug. n, 1875, at 
 Chicago, 111., to Jacob LeRoy White, son of George Boyd 
 and Rachael I. (Lane) White. He was born Dec. 15, 
 1849, at Nineveh, Johnson County, Ind., and died May 
 13, 1889, at Franklin, Ind. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Walter Payne, 9 b. July 19, 1878, at Franklin, Ind., 
 and died at Lincoln, Neb., on June 24, 1904. 
 
 Walter Payne White was exceptionally bright 
 as a child, and when his father was Chairman of 
 the Assembly Committee on Benevolent Institu- 
 tions went with him on visits of inspection to the 
 various state charitable institutions of Indiana. 
 Walter wrote descriptions of these visits which 
 were published in the Franklin papers. He was 
 at this time ten years old. Walter White gradu- 
 ated at Franklin College with the degree of A. B. 
 at the age of 18. He was a member of the Phi 
 Delta Theta fraternity. 
 
 After his college course Mr. White taught 
 for three years. Then he became Deputy County 
 Recorder. About this time his health began to 
 fail, and he went to Lincoln, Neb. The change of 
 climate prolonged his life, but did not effect a cure. 
 He was a member of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Augusta (Payne) White spent her girlhood in Hamilton, 
 N. Y., where she went to the Union School and the Ladies' 
 Seminary, the old finishing school of so many of her family. 
 She spent one year in the Academy at Groton, N. Y., and two 
 years at Oswego Normal School, graduating from the classical 
 department. She then taught at Scranton, Pa., in a private 
 school, where she remained a year and a half. Then she went 
 to Franklin, Ind., in 1874, as principal of the High School. 
 While in Franklin she was married to Mr. White. 
 
 After her husband's death in 1889 she was immediately 
 reinstated in the schools and at her own solicitation was given 
 the first primary or "baby" room, which she held for twelve 
 successive years, resigning because she wished to be near her 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 107 
 
 son, who had gone to Nebraska for his health. In Lincoln, 
 Neb., she taught four years, when she permanently gave up the 
 work. Early in life she joined the Baptist Church and was 
 always identified with church work, the missionary circles, and 
 the Sunday School. In Franklin she was superintendent of the 
 Home Department. She was a member of the Daughters of the 
 American Revolution and of the Order of the Eastern Star, 
 and in 1910 was elected to the New York State Society of May- 
 flower Descendants. 
 
 In the spring of 1909, Mrs. White went to Boston to pursue 
 her genealogical research for this book, The Paynes of Hamilton, 
 in which she had been deeply interested. In February, 1910, 
 she had completed preparations for an extensive trip abroad 
 with her cousin, Miss Linda Clatworthy, and had gone so far as 
 to purchase her steamer tickets, when she was suddenly attacked 
 by a disease which not only kept her at home, but in fifteen 
 months had taken her life. Through all her keen disappointment 
 and long continued suffering she maintained her cheery, brave 
 disposition. When the hopelessness of her case and constant 
 pain almost overcame her, as a diversion she wrote and thought 
 of "the Book," and it is for her sake that her relatives have 
 completed her work for her. Before their return from Europe 
 in September, 1910, her cousins from Dayton brought her part 
 way home to Franklin. She died in a hospital in Indianapolis 
 on June 5, 191 1. She was a most attractive, bright and brave 
 woman, always winning the love and confidence of young people, 
 as well as old. By her sympathy and tact she held a large circle 
 of friends wherever she went. 
 
 Jacob LeRoy White was reared on a large farm. He was 
 never robust, but early developed a love for study, attending 
 regularly the home school, then a private academy, later finish- 
 ing his training at the hands of school masters in Ohio. He 
 never ceased to be a student as long as life was within him. 
 He was, for two years, principal of the Edinburg High School, 
 devoting his vacations to the study of law. In 1872 he entered 
 the office of Wollen & Byfield, of Franklin, Ind., as a law stu- 
 dent, and was admitted to the bar a year and a half later. He 
 was first in partnership with Judge Wollen, one of his former 
 preceptors — afterwards with R. M. Johnson, an old schoolmate. 
 
108 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 In 1880, he and Judge Buckingham entered into practice together, 
 which relation continued until dissolved by death. He was 
 Deputy State's Attorney and attorney for the Sixteenth Circuit 
 of Indiana. These positions he filled with ability and fidelity. 
 In 1886 he was elected to the Indiana State Legislature, and 
 with such general approval did his acts as legislator meet, that 
 on being renominated in 1888, he was elected without even a 
 party opposition. As a member of the General Assembly he 
 was an acknowledged Democratic leader, and was one of the 
 leading lawyers in that body. In 1889 he took part in enacting 
 some of the most important legislation that the State of Indiana 
 has known. He was Chairman of the Committee on Benevolent 
 Institutions and a member of various other committees. He 
 returned from his last legislative term broken in health, and 
 was an easy victim of typhoid fever, to which he succumbed 
 at the early age of forty. 
 
 Not only was Mr. White versed in law, but in all that 
 makes a liberal, well rounded, educated man. As a lawyer 
 he was combative, forcible and vigorous, and yet as a man 
 gentle and lovable. Early in life he became a communi- 
 cant of the Baptist Church. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 109 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 82. Dio Claire 9 Payne (Sanford, 8 Mansfield, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 
 ham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 March 4, 1878, at Kasota, Minn. ; married March 22, 1904, 
 at Hudson, Wis., Alcesta Morrow, daughter of George 
 and Ella (Goodadyle) Morrow. She was born March 
 28, 1884, at Shippensburg, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Payne are 
 now living (1912) in Great Falls, Mont. 
 
 Child: 
 
 i. Beulah Cecil, 10 b. Aug. 29, 1909, at Great Falls, 
 Mont. 
 
 Dio Claire Payne attended the schools of Kasota, and grad- 
 uated in 1900 from the University of Minnesota, in the Mechan- 
 ical and Agricultural Departments. Returning to the farm, he 
 was a progressive agriculturist and a practical engineer. He is 
 now (191 2) a traveling salesman for the J. J. Case Threshing 
 Machine Company, having the State of Montana for his terri- 
 tory. Mr. Payne is a Methodist. 
 
 Alcesta (Morrow) Payne is a member of the Methodist 
 Church. 
 
 83. Claude Clark 9 Payne (Sanford, 8 Mansfield, 7 Elisha, 6 
 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 June 18, 1880, at Kasota, Minn.; married Nov. 24, 1903, 
 at Le Sueur Center, Minn., Susia Mae Menten, daughter 
 of Peter William and Ella (Davis) Menten. She was 
 born Aug. 7, 1884, at Jamestown, Blue Earth County, 
 Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Payne are now living (1912) at 
 Kasota, Minn. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Virginia Ella/ b. Aug. 16, 1905, at Kasota, Minn, 
 ii. Burnell Claude, b. Nov. 5, 1906, at Kasota, Minn. 
 Hi. Mildred Augusta, b. Oct. 17, 1908, at Kasota, 
 Minn.; d. Sept. 15, 1909, at Kasota, Minn. 
 
110 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 iv. Arvid Sanford, b. Nov. i, 1909, at Kasota, Minn, 
 v. Norma, b. March 1, 1912, at Kasota, Minn. 
 
 Claude Clark Payne was born on his father's farm, which 
 was a mile from the village of Kasota and near the big bend of 
 the Minnesota River, in what was known as the Big Woods. 
 He attended the public schools in Kasota, and had two years at 
 the High School at St. Peter. He then entered the University 
 of Minnesota, graduating from the Agricultural Department of 
 that Institution in 1902. Returning home he assumed the en- 
 tire management of his father's farm and is an advanced agri- 
 culturist. Mr. Payne is a Methodist. He has been Town Clerk 
 of Kasota. 
 
 84. Georgia 9 Payne (Sanford, 8 Mansfield, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 
 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born April 7, 
 1884, at Kasota, Minn. ; married, Nov. 1, 1905, at Topeka, 
 Kansas, Thomas Russell Wilson, son of Andrew and 
 Georgia (Watts) Wilson. He was born Jan. 21, 1880, 
 at Kingsville, Shawnee County, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Wilson are now living (1912) at Pleasant Plains, 111. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Thomas Payne/ b. Oct. 19, 1907, at Reno, Nevada, 
 ii. Mary Jane, b. Feb. 18, 191 1, at Pleasant Plains, 111. 
 
 Georgia (Payne) Wilson graduated from the Topeka, Kan- 
 sas, High School in 1903. Then she entered Washburn College 
 in Topeka, making a specialty of music. At this time she met 
 the son of the late so-called "Cattle King" of Kansas and be- 
 came his wife. They made their first home in Nevada. Mrs. 
 Wilson is a Methodist, also a Daughter of the American Revolu- 
 tion. 
 
 Thomas Russell Wilson is a stock farmer. 
 
 He is a great, great-grandson of the Hon. Thomas Elder 
 of Knock Castle, near Largo in Ayrshire, Scotland, who was 
 Lord Provost of Edinburg about 1788. 
 
 85. Herbert Payne 9 Bates (Josephine, 8 Mansfield, 7 Elisha, 8 
 
 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton m 
 
 born March 26, 1861, at Woodstock, Conn. ; married, May 
 1, 1904, at Waukegan, 111., Louise Magdalene Brewer, 
 daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Thielman) Brewer. 
 She was born Nov. 4, 1858, at Waukegan, 111. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Bates are now living (1912) at Waukegan, 111. 
 
 No children. 
 
 Herbert Payne Bates was for years in the Postal Service at 
 Minneapolis, Minn. He then traveled extensively in foreign 
 lands. 
 
 86. Edward Jerome 9 Bates (Josephine, 8 Mansfield, 7 Elisha, 8 
 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas J ), born 
 July 1, 1871, at Rochester, N. Y. ; married Aug. 14, 1902, 
 at Chicago, 111., Wilhelmina Louise Zerull, daughter of 
 John and Christina (Brown) Zerull. She was born April 
 13, 1876, at Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind. They now 
 reside (1912) at San Bernardino, Cal. 
 
 No children. 
 
 Edward Jerome Bates was a business man in Chicago until 
 two years after his marriage, when his health failed, and he went 
 to California. He purchased a home in San Bernardino, where 
 he and his wife now live. He is a member of the Brotherhood 
 of American Yeomen. 
 
 87. Helen Eugenia 9 Gardiner (Helen, 8 Mansfield, 7 Elisha, 6 
 
 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 1 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was 
 born December 22, 1886, at Medfield, Mass. She mar- 
 ried, April 19, 191 1, at Denver, Col., Charles Theodore 
 Rathburn, son of John and Elizabeth (Page) Rathburn. 
 He was born in Flint, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Rathburn 
 are now living (1912) in Denver, Col. 
 Helen .(Gardiner) Rathburn graduated from the High 
 School at Franklin, Indiana. She finished freshman year at 
 Franklin College, and then went to California College, grad- 
 uating in 1908. 
 
 Charles Theodore Rathburn lived most of his life prior to 
 his marriage in Oakland, Cal. His parents died when he was a 
 child. 
 
112 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 88. Josephine Emma 9 Payne (Winfield Scott, 8 Mansfield, 7 
 Elisha, 8 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) 
 was born May i, 1887, at Chicago, 111. She married at 
 Chicago, Jan. 4, 191 1, Alfred William Mills, of Chicago. 
 They are living (1912) in that City. 
 
 Josephine (Payne) Mills was educated at Chicago schools 
 and spent two years in the Columbia School of Expression, 
 where she graduated in 1909. She is Superintendent of the 
 Primary Department of Trinity Methodist Sunday School at 
 Chicago. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 113 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 14. Joseph Colwell 7 Payne (Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abraham,* 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born May 26, 1803, at Ham- 
 ilton, N. Y.; died Dec. 31, 1887, at Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
 He married, Oct. 10, 1827, at Southeast, Putnam County, 
 N. Y., Adah Barnum, born Aug. 7, 1802, at Danbury, 
 Fairfield County, Conn.; died Nov. 29, 1840, at Seneca 
 Falls, N. Y. She was a daughter of Stephen and Sarah 
 (Doane) Barnum and sister of Polly Betsy Barnum, wife 
 of Abraham 7 Payne. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Amelia Acton, 8 b. Jan. 6, 1829, at Hector, N. Y. ; 
 d. April 8, 1903, at Cayuga, N. Y. Miss Amelia 
 Payne was educated at Seneca Falls Academy, 
 N. Y. 
 
 ii. Henry Wilson, b. Nov. 2, 1831, at Seneca Falls, 
 N. Y. ; d. Feb. 29, i860, at Geneva, N. Y. Henry 
 Wilson Payne was educated at Seneca Falls 
 Academy. He spent a few years in California 
 and returned home, where he soon died. 
 
 44 iii. Augustus Barnum, b. July 19, 1833, at Seneca Falls, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 45 iv. Sarah Ann, b. May 20, 1835, at Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
 
 ^ Joseph Colwell Payne went to Seneca Falls, when about 
 twenty-one years of age, and lived there the rest of his life, 
 except for a few years spent in the West. He was a merchant 
 for many years and held various positions of trust and respon- 
 sibility, one of these being the office of Sheriff of the county. 
 At one time four of the Payne brothers were engaged in busi- 
 ness in this place. Joseph lived in Seneca Falls the longest. He 
 was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church and a vestryman 
 for many years. His health was not good for a number of 
 years previous to his death and during that time he was cared 
 for by his daughter, Miss Amelia Payne, who spared herself no 
 effort that would contribute to his comfort. 
 
114 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 44. Augustus Barnum 8 Payne (Joseph, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 
 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born July 19, 
 1833, at Seneca Falls, N. Y.; died March 13, 1902, at 
 Clinton, Louisiana. He married Sept. 21, 1871, at Clinton, 
 Parish of East Feliciana, Louisiana, Sarah Clemintine 
 Montgomery, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Sarah 
 (Walker) Montgomery. She was born March 11, 1848, 
 at Clinton, Louisiana, anl is living (191 2) with her daugh- 
 ter on the Wheelock Plantation, near Ethel, Louisiana. 
 
 Children : 
 
 90 i. Ada, 9 b. Aug. 7, 1872, at Clinton, La. 
 
 91 ii. Eugene Hunter, b. June 10, 1875, at Clinton, La. 
 
 Augustus Barnum Payne was prepared for college at the 
 academies of Seneca Falls and Waterloo. He entered Hamilton 
 College, Sophomore class, and was graduated in 1854. He was 
 a member of the Chi Psi fraternity. He remained as a law stu- 
 dent another year, was graduated and admitted to the bar of 
 New York State in 1855. He never practiced law, but went 
 South and taught school in Natchez, Miss., and Baton Rouge, 
 La., until the Civil War broke out. He enlisted in Pelican Rifles, 
 Co. K, 3rd La. Infantry, and served in that regiment until after 
 the fall of Vicksburg, Miss. The regiment was organized in 
 May, 1861, with Louis Herbert as Colonel, and took part in the 
 campaigns in Arkansas and Missouri in the battles of Oak Hills, 
 Elk Horn, Luka, Corinth, the Siege of Vicksburgh and in other 
 engagements. When the garrison was exchanged he was as- 
 signed to duty in the 27th La. Heavy Artillery, where he was 
 appointed Lieutenant, May 8, 1862. Mr. Payne served with 
 gallantry throughout the entire war and was frequently detailed 
 on important missions. At the time of the surrender he had 
 been promoted to the rank of Captain. 
 
 Returning to Baton Rouge after the war Mr. Payne be- 
 came Principal of the High School there and later he occupied 
 the same position in Clinton, La. During over thirty years 
 residence in Clinton he was identified with every progressive 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 115 
 
 movement in the community. Mr. Payne rendered important 
 public service ministering to the sick in the terrible visitations 
 of yellow fever in 1867 and 1878. He was a member of the 
 Episcopal Church; was a mason. At the time of his death he 
 had been for twelve years Parish Treasurer. For several years 
 he was blind and his daughter acted as his deputy and companion. 
 Sarah (Montgomery) Payne was educated in Silliman Col- 
 lege, at Clinton, La. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania 
 and married in 1847 Mrs. Sarah (Walker) Hunter, who was 
 born in Chester, S. C, and had come to Louisiana in the early 
 forties. 
 
 45. Sarah Ann 8 Payne (Joseph, 7 Elisha, 8 Abraham, 5 Abra- 
 ham,* Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born May 20, 1835, 
 at Seneca Falls, N. Y. ; married Sept. 10, 1862, at Seneca 
 Falls, N. Y., William Bacon Goodwin, son of Daniel and 
 Catherine (Bacon) Goodwin. He was born April 23, 
 1838, at Madison, N. Y, and died in April, 1900, at Sea 
 Breeze, Fla. Mrs. Goodwin now resides (1912) at 
 Waterville, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 92 i. Ada Catherine, 9 b. July 19, 1863, at Waterville, 
 
 N. Y 
 
 93 ii. May Amelia, b. May 6, 1866, at Waterville, N. Y. 
 
 Sarah (Payne) Goodwin was educated at American schools, 
 and afterward travelled extensively at home and abroad. After 
 her marriage she and her husband took their daughters abroad 
 and gave them the benefits of schools in Europe. Mrs. Goodwin 
 has spent much of her life in the British Isles, and has travelled 
 in Egypt, Palestine, Turkey and Greece. She has also been 
 around the world. 
 
 William Bacon Goodwin resided in Waterville, N. Y., from 
 his childhood. He was educated at Cazenovia Seminary and 
 Hamilton College, graduating from the latter institution in 1859. 
 There he was a member of Alpha Delta Fraternity. After grad- 
 uation he spent a year in a bank in Geneva, N. Y. There he was 
 successively clerk, cashier and president of the Waterville Na- 
 tional Bank of which his father had been president before him. 
 
116 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 111 health compelled his removal to Florida about 1889, where 
 he bought and conducted the gas plant at Gainsville. Mr. Good- 
 win left his imprint upon Waterville in many ways — in the 
 church, in educational matters and in business affairs. Mr. 
 Goodwin was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a 
 trustee, as well as superintendent of the Sunday School. He 
 was one of those instrumental in the organization of the Water- 
 ville Union School and was a member of the Board of Educa- 
 tion. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 117 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 90. Ada 9 Payne (Augustus, 8 Joseph, 7 Elisha, Abraham, 5 Abra- 
 
 ham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Aug. 7, 1872, 
 at Clinton, La.; married Jan. 23, 1908, Corydon Cham- 
 berlin Brown, son of Benjamin Mosley and Weinah 
 (Keel) Brown. He was born Oct. 11, 1858, at Wheelock, 
 Plantation, La. They are living (1912) at Wheelock 
 Plantation, near Ethel, La. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Sarah Payne Goodwin, 10 b. July 20, 1909, at 
 Wheelock Plantation, Ethel, La. 
 
 Ada (Payne) Brown was educated at Silliman College, 
 Clinton, La. She has held an unusual position for a woman. After 
 her father lost his sight he taught her his business as Parish 
 Treasurer and she attended to it for him until his death, when 
 she succeeded him. As it was feared it might not be legal for 
 a woman to hold office, at least in Louisiana, it was arranged 
 for her to hold it in the name of Thomas Sadler, for her father's 
 unexpired term, ending July 5, 1904. At that time a new Parish 
 Board was formed. She was unanimously elected Treasurer in 
 her own name and held the position until her marriage. At the 
 reunion of Confederate Veterans held at Charleston in 1899, she 
 was chosen Chief Maid of Honor for Louisiana by the com- 
 mander of the Louisiana Division, who had been a member of 
 the Pelican Rifles. 
 
 Corydon Chamberlin Brown is a cotton planter and takes 
 an active part in all the affairs of the Parish. 
 
 91. Eugene Hunter 9 Payne (Augustus, 8 Joseph, 7 Elisha, 6 
 
 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 June 10, 1875, at Clinton, La.; married Nov. 27, 1905, 
 at New Orleans, La., Annie Abbess Babin, born Feb. 2, 
 1885, at Raceland, Lafourche Parish, La. She is a daugh- 
 ter of Joseph David and Mary Celeste (Field) Babin. 
 They are living (1912) at Bowie, La. 
 
118 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Eugene Anthony, 10 b. Aug. 14, 1906, at New Or- 
 leans, La. 
 
 ii. Madeline Annie, b. Sept. 5, 1908, at Bowie, La. 
 
 iii. Augustus Hamilton, b. Aug. 26, 1910, at Bowie, 
 La. 
 
 Eugene Hunter Payne is manager of the Mercantile De- 
 partment of the Bowie Lumber Co. at Bowie, La. He is an 
 Episcopalian and a Mason. 
 
 Annie (Babin) Payne was born and educated in Lafourche 
 Parish, La. Her paternal great great-grandfathers were John 
 J. Babin of Paris, and Louis Brand of Canada. Her maternal 
 great grandfather was William Nathaniel Field of Providence, 
 R. I. 
 
 92. Ada Catherine 9 Goodwin (Sarah Ann, 8 Joseph, 7 Elisha, 6 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 July 19, 1863, at Waterville, N. Y. ; married July 27, 1892, 
 at Waterville, N. Y., Louis Wellesley Dean, born Dec. 
 30, 1858, at Courtland, Ontario, Canada. He is a son of 
 Perez and Sarah Ann (Anderson) Dean. They are living 
 (1912) in Utica, N. Y. 
 
 Child : 
 i. Dorothy, 10 b. July 13, 1893, at Waterville, N. Y. 
 
 Ada (Goodwin) Dean received her early education in the 
 schools of Waterville. She spent two years at Ogontz School 
 near Philadelphia, followed by two years in Europe. 
 
 Dr. Louis Wellesley Dean is of New England Loyalist stock, 
 born in Canada. He was educated in the public schools of 
 Canada and then taught for five years. He matriculated in 
 medicine in Canada and studied for three years, 1887-90, in 
 New York City, where he graduated. After ten years of gen- 
 eral practice in Waterville, he made special study of diseases 
 of the eye, ear, nose and throat in New York City, 1900-1902, 
 and until 1909 was a specialist in Waterville. Since 1909 he 
 has practiced in Utica, N. Y. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 119 
 
 93. May Amelia 9 Goodwin (Sarah Ann, 8 Joseph, 7 Elisha, 9 
 Abraham," Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 May 6, 1866, at Waterville, N. Y. ; married May 22, 1894, 
 at Jacksonville, Fla., Philip Williams Avirett, son of 
 James Battle and Mary Louise Dunbar (Williams) 
 Avirett. He was born Jan. 4, 1867, at Winchester, Va., 
 and died July 31, 1902, at Cumberland, Md. Mrs. Avirett 
 is living (1912) in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 : Child: 
 
 i. William Goodwin/ b. Feb. 5, 1895, at Kittrell, 
 Vance County, N. C. ; graduates from Brooklyn 
 High School in June, 1912, and expects to go to 
 college in September. 
 
 May (Goodwin) Avirett graduated as valedictorian from 
 the Waterville High School. She is also a graduate of Smith 
 College, and had study with private tutors abroad. She is a good 
 linguist and a successful teacher of German in the Brooklyn 
 High School since her husband's death. 
 
 Philip William Avirett was a journalist and lawyer. 
 
120 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 15. Nelson 7 Payne (Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 
 
 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Oct. 15, 1804, at Hamilton, 
 
 N. Y. ; died Nov. 3, 1883, at Sennett, N. Y. He married 
 
 Aug. 1, 1833, at Sennett, Cayuga County, N. Y., Pennina 
 
 Sears, daughter of David Sherman and Thankful (Irish) 
 
 Sears. She was born Sept. 24, 1814, at Sennett, N. Y., 
 
 and died May 24, 1891, at Auburn, N. Y. 
 
 § 
 Children : 
 
 1. 
 
 46 i. Robert Treat, 8 b. Aug. 19, 1834, at Sennett, Ca- 
 
 yuga County, N. Y. 
 ii. Myron Sears, b. April 9, 1836, at Sennett, Cayuga 
 County, N. Y ; d. Feb. 7, 1837, at Auburn, Ca- 
 yuga County, N. Y. 
 
 47 iii. Francis Wayland, b. Nov. 19, 1837, at Sennett, 
 
 Cayuga County, N. Y. 
 
 48 iv. Lydia Elizabeth, b. Oct. 3, 1839, at Sennett, Ca- 
 
 yuga County, N. Y. 
 
 v. Henrietta, b. Oct. 20, 1843, at Sennett, Cayuga 
 County, N. Y. ; d. Nov. 30, 1843, at Sennett, Ca- 
 yuga County, N. Y. 
 
 vi. Salina Augusta, b. Aug. 8, 1847, at Sennett, Ca- 
 yuga County, N. Y. Miss Selina Payne grad- 
 uated from the Elm City Institute in 1864. She 
 has resided since 1891 in New Bedford, Mass., 
 with her sister, Lydia. 
 
 Nelson Payne was one of the best beloved of the sons of 
 Elisha Payne. He went to school in Hamilton and worked on 
 his father's farms. He was a shy man, and had a love for books 
 and a wonderful memory. He would walk long distances in 
 search of new books to read. He used to store up pitch pine 
 knots, and burn them as he lay stretched before the fire, devour- 
 ing these books by the flickering light, oblivious to all else. It 
 became the family custom to ask him to repeat what he had read 
 and in this way he read and told to the household the travels of 
 Marco Polo, the Waverly Novels and other tales of the day. 
 
THOMAS HUBBARD PAYNE. 
 
 CHARLES CLARK PAYNE 
 
 NELSON PAYNE 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 121 
 
 Mr. Payne was deeply religious by nature. When he lived 
 in Seneca Falls he was active in the building of the Baptist 
 Church there and later during his residence in Sennett, N. Y., 
 both he and his wife made great sacrifices to promote the re- 
 ligious life of the community. Upon the death of his father-in- 
 law, Mr. Sears, in 1850, he took his family to his wife's old 
 home on a farm near Auburn, N. Y., where they lived for thirty 
 years. On August 1, 1883, Nelson and Pennina Payne cele- 
 brated their golden wedding in the beautiful old farmhouse in 
 which they had been married. Five of the seven brothers then 
 living were able to be present at this famous anniversary, Nelson, 
 Thomas, Elisha, Charles and Joseph. Their ages averaged 80 
 years. Nelson and Elisha died about three months later within 
 one week of each other. The other brothers living at this time 
 were Henry and Edwin. Nelson Payne held important town 
 offices. He was deacon in the First Baptist Church at Au- 
 burn, N. Y. 
 
 Pennina (Sears) Payne was a granddaughter of the Rev. 
 David Irish, an early preacher in central New York, who, it is 
 said, baptized during his long ministry 1,200 converts. He died 
 in 1815. She was a woman of great force of character. 
 
122 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 46. Robert Treat 8 Payne (Nelson/ Elisha, 8 Abraham, 5 Abra- 
 
 ham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Aug. 19, 1834, 
 at Sennett, N. Y.; died March 31, 1876, at Sennett, N. 
 Y. ; he married Sept. 1, 1859, at Auburn, N. Y., Albertine 
 Elizabeth Greenough, daughter of David Pratt and Ke- 
 ziah (Clark) Greenough. She was born April 24, 1840, 
 at Schenectady, N. Y., and died Sept. 7, 1906, at the resi- 
 dence of her son at Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Fannie Allaine, 9 b. Feb. 3, 1861, at Auburn, N. 
 Y. ; d. April 8, 1866, at Auburn, N. Y. 
 
 94 ii. Harry Greenough, b. Nov. 2, 1862, at Auburn, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 Robert Treat Payne went to Dayton, Ohio, with his cousin, 
 Augustus F. Payne, when twenty years old, to take employment 
 in his Uncle Edwin's bookstore. He remained only a short time. 
 He served, during the Civil War, in the 131st Regiment, New 
 York Volunteers. 
 
 47. Francis Wayland 8 Payne (Nelson, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 
 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Nov. 19, 
 1837, at Sennett, N. Y., and died June 17, 1899, at Sen- 
 nett. He married March 16, 1864, at Sennett, Elizabeth 
 Gardener Crocker, daughter of Capt. George and Eliza 
 Huntington (Luce) Crocker. She was born March 1, 
 1841, at Sennett, Cayuga County, N. Y., and is living 
 (1912) at Auburn, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 95 i. Mary Agnes, 9 b. March 31, 1865, at Sennett, N. Y. 
 ii. Lily Elizabeth, b. Dec. 3, 1866, at Sennett, N. Y. 
 
 Now teaching in public schools of Auburn, N. Y. 
 iii. Alice Hall, b. Oct. 28, 1868, at Sennett, N. Y.; 
 living (1912) in Auburn, N. Y. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 123 
 
 iv. Fannie Wayland, b. May 28, 1871, at Sennett, 
 N. Y. 
 96 v. Frederic Bishop, b. Jan. 25, 1875, at Sennett, N. Y. 
 
 Francis Wayland Payne attended the local schools at Sen- 
 nett and Auburn, N. Y. In May, 1861, he enlisted as private 
 to serve two years, in the 19th New York Volunteers, later the 
 3rd Artillery. He was appointed Corporal March 1, 1862, and 
 was mustered out with the battery, June 2, 1863, at Auburn, N. 
 Y. While in service he and a few other young men held re- 
 ligious services in their tent, and his Christian example did 
 great good. Mr. Payne led a very busy life. He was overtaken 
 by misfortune many times but in spite of fires and failure of 
 crops, he was successful. About the year 1884, he was made a 
 deacon in the First Baptist Church of Auburn, which office he 
 held at the time of his death. His advice on church matters 
 was much sought. He was the teacher of a large Bible class for 
 men and women for many years. 
 
 Elizabeth (Crocker) Payne's family came from South Yar- 
 mouth, Mass. 
 
 48. Lydia Elizabeth 8 Payne (Nelson, 7 Elisha,* Abraham, 5 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Oct. 3, 
 1839, at Savannah, Wayne County, N. Y. ; died Dec. 4, 
 1911, at New Bedford, Mass.; married Nov. 17, 1880, 
 at Sennett, N. Y., Captain Thomas Luce. He was born 
 Jan. 6, 1827, at Island of Flores, in the Azores Islands, 
 and died Dec. 24, 191 1, at New Bedford, Mass. 
 
 No children. 
 
 Lydia (Payne) Luce graduated from the Normal School 
 in Albany, N. Y., and taught for twelve years, before her mar- 
 riage, in the Young Ladies' Institute at Auburn, N. Y. 
 
 Thomas Luce came when a boy to New Bedford, Mass., 
 in a whaling ship commanded by Cap't. Edward Luce. He mar- 
 ried, first, May 2, 1852, Hannah B. Luce, the Captain's daughter, 
 who died in 1879. In 1844 he sailed for a voyage to the north- 
 west coast on the ship Roman. In 1894 Capt. Luce entertained 
 at his home the eight surviving members of that crew. In 1849 
 
124 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 he went to California, seeking gold, and was fairly successful. 
 On his return from California he started a cooperage business 
 in New Bedford. In the early eighties he became interested in 
 the whaling interests, finally owning eleven whaling ships. He 
 retired from business when eighty years of age, and for the last 
 few years travelled with his wife extensively in Europe, spend- 
 ing winters in Florida and California. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 125 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 94. Harry Greenough 9 Payne (Robert, 8 Nelson, 7 Elisha, 6 
 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 Nov. 2, 1862, at Auburn, N. Y., and died May 16, 1910, 
 at Dorchester, Mass.; buried Mt. Wallaston Cemetery, 
 Quincy, Mass. He married, April 5, 1903, at Boston, 
 Mass., Minnie Irene Smith, daughter of Capt. John Os- 
 born and Lydia Sophia (Reynolds) Smith. She was born 
 Jan. 16, 1866, at Provincetown, Mass., and is living (1912) 
 at Dorchester Center, Mass. 
 
 No children. 
 
 Harry Greenough Payne was educated in the public schools 
 of Auburn, N. Y. After several years of preliminary training 
 with the city and county treasurers in that city, he was em- 
 ployed by the banking firm of W. J. 'Winegar & Co., of Palatka, 
 Fla. This bank was merged into the First National Bank in 
 July, 1884, and Mr. Payne was elected cashier, probably the 
 youngest national bank cashier on record, as he was not then 
 of age. He was among the developers of Florida during the 
 boom of that state in the early eighties and held many positions 
 of trust in gas, water and lumber developments. He was a 
 charter member and high official in the local Lodge of Knights 
 of Pythias at Palatka, Fla., the only fraternal organization he 
 ever joined. In 1891 he started in the lumber business in Chi- 
 cago, being then the Vice-President of his bank at Palatka. 
 While he was in Chicago the bank failed and his fortune was 
 wiped out. He had to adbandon his lumber business. His health 
 suffered greatly. After some years, he went to Boston, where 
 he married and lived the rest of his life. 
 
 Minnie Irene (Smith) Payne is the daughter of Capt. John 
 Osborn Smith, who was born at Cape Sable Island, N. S., in 
 1824 or '25, of old Massachusetts stock. He made his home in 
 Provincetown, Mass., from which place he sailed as Mate and 
 Captain, on long whaling voyages. During the Civil War he 
 was captured in the brig Panama, a whaling vessel, which was 
 burned, and with the crew was taken to England as prisoner 
 
126 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 of war. The log of the brig was saved and proved of value to 
 his family. Capt. Smith died Aug. 4, 1872, on board the Quick 
 Step and was buried at sea. 
 
 95. Mary Agnes 9 Payne (Francis, 8 Nelson, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 
 ham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 .), born 
 March 31, 1865, at Sennett, N. Y.; married June 12, 1889, 
 Henry Powell Reese. They are living (1912) in Port- 
 land, Oregon. 
 
 Children : 
 
 130 i. Helen Payne, 10 b. Oct. 18, 1892. 
 ii. Frederic Harold, b. Aug. 5, 1896. 
 
 96. Frederic Bishop 9 Payne (Francis Way land, 8 Nelson, 7 
 
 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 
 Thomas 1 ), born Jan. 25, 1875, at Auburn, N. Y. ; married 
 Sept. 6, 191 1, Gladys Alice Roberson, daughter of Win- 
 field Scott and Helena (Daniels) Roberson. She was born 
 Jan. 24, 1890. They are living (1912) in Auburn, N. Y. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 127 
 
 TENTH GENERATION 
 
 130 Helen Payne 10 Reese (Mary Agnes 9 , Francis, 8 Nelson, 7 
 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 
 Thomas 1 ), born Oct. 18, 1892; married June 21, 1911, 
 Bruce Elton Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens are living 
 now (1912) at Portland, Oregon. 
 
128 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 16. Charles Clark 7 Payne (Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born April 16, 1806, at 
 Hamilton, N. Y. ; died June 14, 1888, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 He married Nov., 1833, Mary Esther Swan, daughter of 
 Jacob and Esther (Smith) Swan. She was born in June, 
 1813, at Stonington, Conn., and died May 19, 1873, at 
 Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 49 i. Augustus Freeman, 8 b. Jan. 20, 1835, at Hamilton, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 50 ii. Charles Raymond, b. March 21, 1839, at Hamilton, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 51 iii. Emma Mary, b. Jan. 28, 1843, at Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 Charles Clark Payne was a man of great decision of char- 
 acter, tenacity of purpose, and good executive ability. An emi- 
 nently public spirited citizen, he took a deep interest in the ad- 
 vancement of Hamilton, his life-long home. To him the town 
 is chiefly indebted for the Union School, which has been an 
 important factor in its life. He was chairman of its Board of 
 Trustees at the time of its organization and for some time after. 
 He brought about the building of the former Baptist parsonage 
 on Payne street, and of the old Baptist conference room. He was 
 a member of the building committee of the Baptist Church and 
 was chairman of the committee for building the present parson- 
 age (1888). For many years he was a member of the Board 
 of Trustees of Madison (now Colgate) University and of the 
 Education Society ; and was an efficient member of the executive 
 committees of these bodies. At the time of his death he was 
 one of the vice-presidents of the Education Society of the State 
 of New York. 
 
 Deacon and Mrs. Payne were very hospitable. Their home 
 was open to every student at Madison University, and there was 
 no house in Hamilton which could more truly be called the stu- 
 dents' home. There was no house for years where Faculty, stu- 
 dents and citizens more frequently met in social intercourse. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 129 
 
 Mr. Payne united with the church in 1830 and soon became 
 a leader. He was made Deacon about 1840, serving in that ca- 
 pacity until his death — nearly half a century. For many years 
 he led a large Bible class. In the revivals which formed marked 
 epochs in the religious history of the community, he was always 
 an active worker. 
 
 His last days were spent chiefly at the home of his daughter 
 and her husband, in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Mary (Swan) Payne was a sister of the Rev. Jabez Swan, 
 the evangelist. She was prominent among the women of Hamil- 
 ton, who have always taken the deepest practical interest in the 
 welfare of the students at Colgate University. She was a deeply 
 religious woman. 
 
130 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 49. Augustus Freeman 8 Payne (Charles, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 
 
 Abraham/ Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Jan. 20, 
 1835, at Hamilton, N. Y. ; died March 19, 1909, at Hamil- 
 ton. He married in 1862, Mary Isabelle Gardner of Troy, 
 Ohio. She is living (1912) with her daughters. 
 
 Children : 
 
 97 i. Mary Katherine, 9 b. Dec. 3, 1862, at Dayton, Ohio, 
 ii. Philip, b. Dec. 14, 1867, at Dayton, Ohio. Grad- 
 uated from Cornell, A. B., in 1888; Columbia 
 University, A. M., in 1889. Psi Upsilon fratern- 
 ity; admitted to New York bar in 1890 and to 
 Ohio bar in 1894. Journalist; latterly editorial 
 writer for Minneapolis Journal. Author: Mills 
 of Man (1903) ; Duchess of Few Clothes (1904) ; 
 The Furnace (1907) ; Saviours of Society (MSS. 
 1912). Living (1912) in Chicago. 
 
 98 iii. Edith, b. May 12, 1870, at Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 Augustus Freeman Payne spent his boyhood and youth at 
 Hamilton, N. Y., where he went to the local schools. In early 
 manhood he went to Dayton, Ohio, entering into the book busi- 
 ness with his uncle, Edwin D. Payne, which for many years was 
 a prosperous and important house. He was a generous and pub- 
 lic-spirited man. and an elder in the First Presbyterian Church 
 of Dayton. 
 
 In 1864 George Holden purchased Mr. Edwin Payne's in- 
 terest in the book business and the firm continued as Payne & 
 Holden until this partnership was dissolved in 1878. 
 
 In 1880 Augustus Payne returned with his family to Hamil- 
 ton, N. Y., where he resided until his death. 
 
 50. Charles Raymond 8 Payne (Charles, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 
 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born March 21, 
 1839, at Hamilton, N. Y., and died Dec. 25, 1897, at Al- 
 bany, N. Y. He married Nov. 14, 1866, at Hamilton, N. 
 Y., Minnie Slade Park, daughter of Elisha and Roxhana 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 131 
 
 Gear (Slade) Park. She was born Sept. 7, 1838, and is 
 now living (1912) at Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 Child: 
 
 99 i. Bertha Louisa/ b. July 4, 1869, at Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 Charles Raymond Payne spent his entire life at Hamilton. 
 He owned and managed a large farm nearby. He was aggressive 
 in business matters and interested in public, political and relig- 
 ious affairs. He was for many years a member of the Board of 
 Managers of the Education Society of the State of New York, 
 and also a member of its executive committee. He was trustee 
 of the First Baptist Church for many terms. He was long 
 closely associated with the agricultural interests of the country 
 and was Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture of the State. 
 In 1896 he was elected President of the Holstein-Friesian Asso- 
 ciation of America, one of the largest cattle associations in the 
 world, and in 1897 presided over its annual meeting. 
 
 His fund of anecdote, his ready wit and genial nature made 
 him a delightful companion, while under the sunny surface lay 
 a nature so true and a character so strong that men felt the power 
 of his presence and were influenced by his action. 
 
 51. Emma Mary 8 Payne (Charles, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abra- 
 ham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Jan. 28, 1843, 
 at Hamilton, N. Y. ; married Jan. 8, 1868, at Hamilton, 
 N. Y., George Cone Elliott, son of Milton and Elizabeth 
 (Cone) Elliott. He was born Oct. 14, 1839, at Exeter, 
 N. H., and died April 5, 1893, at Jamaica, L. I., N. Y. 
 
 Child : 
 
 i. Arthur Searles, b. May 2, 1871, at Hamilton, N. 
 Y. ; d. Feb. 28, 1896, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Arthur Searles Elliott graduated from the pub- 
 lic schools of Brooklyn, then attended the Adel- 
 phia Academy two years and Peddie Institute one 
 year. In 1891 he was employed in the office of 
 the New York World. Overwork brought on a 
 dangerous illness and left him delicate and he be- 
 came an easy victim of pulmonary trouble. He 
 
132 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 had a very active mind and was deeply interested 
 in scientific subjects. 
 
 Emma (Payne) Elliott was educated at the Young Ladies' 
 Seminary at Hamilton, N. Y. After completing her studies 
 there in 1864 she entered the Senior Class of Troy Female Semi- 
 nary, graduating in 1865. She taught in the latter school, 1865 
 and 1866. Soon after her marriage she and her husband united 
 with the Marcy Ave. Baptist Church in Brooklyn as constituent 
 members. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott became active workers in this 
 church and with the exception of one year in Norwich, N. Y., 
 and six years in Hamilton, after her mother's death, Mrs. Elliott 
 has continued a member of this church. For twelve years she 
 was President of a Young Ladies' Missionary Circle and almost 
 all her life taught a Bible Class of young ladies. 
 
 About the close of the Spanish War she became interested 
 in a mission for United States seamen which has been carried 
 on for over twenty years at the U. S. Marine Hospital in 
 Brooklyn. For about thirteen years she has had entire charge 
 of the work as County Superintendent under the auspices of 
 the W. C. T. U. In 1912 the work was made to include soldiers 
 as well as sailors. Great good has been accomplished in the 
 Christian work at the Hospital, in the conversion and reforma- 
 tion of many sailors, its influence being felt wherever our bat- 
 tleships sail. It is purely benevolent and non-sectarian. Mrs. 
 Elliott still continues in charge (1912), giving her time, her 
 strength and her means to the cause. 
 
 George Cone Elliott came from New Hampshire to Brook- 
 lyn, engaging in business in New York. He was first a mem- 
 ber of the Tabernacle Baptist Church and taught two large 
 Bible classes of young men. He was also President of the 
 Young Men's Association. When the Sunday School at Marcy 
 Ave. and Monroe St., in Brooklyn, was established he and Mrs. 
 Elliott threw their interests into its work. Mr. Elliott lived and 
 worked until his death at the beautiful home he had built in 
 Jamaica, Long Island. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 133 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 97. Mary Katheeine 9 Payne (Augustus, 8 Charles, 7 Elis'ha, 8 
 Abraham, 5 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 Dec. 3, 1862, at Dayton, Ohio; married Sept. 12, 1882, 
 at Hamilton, N. Y., Warren Graham Partridge, son of 
 Jeremiah J. and Hannah L. (Graham) Partridge. He 
 was born May 27, 1854, at Portland, Me. They are now 
 living (1912) at Troy, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Philip Payne, 10 b. July 2, 1883, at Cooperstown, 
 N. Y. ; d. Aug. 14, 1907, at Kennebunk, Me. 
 
 Philip Payne Partridge graduated from Wood- 
 ward High School in Cincinnati. Then he took 
 one year of his college course in the University 
 of Cincinnati, later graduating from the Pennsyl- 
 vania State College as a mechanical engineer. He 
 was athletic, an excellent speaker and took a lead- 
 ing part in several college plays. He was expect- 
 ing to take a position with the Carnegie Steel Co. 
 in Sept., 1907, when he was killed in a railroad 
 crossing accident while on a summer's vacation 
 with his family, at Kennebunk Beach, Me. 
 
 ii. Margaret, b. Aug., 1885, at Cooperstown, N. Y. ; 
 d. Sept., 1885, at Cooperstown, N. Y. 
 
 iii. Warren, b. April 1, 1892, at Scranton, Pa. ; d. Feb., 
 1893, at Scranton, Pa. 
 
 iv. Donald, b. Feb. 3, 1900, at Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 Mary (Payne) Partridge attended Smith College, 1879-80, 
 and Colgate University, 1880-82. She acted as President of the 
 Women's Club of Cincinnati and was President of the College 
 Club of Pittsburgh. She has been trustee of the Juvenile Court 
 and Association in Pittsburgh. 
 
 Dr. Warren Graham Partridge graduated from Colgate Uni- 
 versity with the degree of A. B., in 1878 ; Hamilton Theological 
 Seminary in 1882; Colgate conferred the degree of M. A. on 
 
134 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 him in 1882, and he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity 
 in 1892. 
 
 His pastorates have been the Baptist churches at Coopers- 
 town, N. Y. (1882-86); Norwich, N. Y. (1886-90); Scranton, 
 Pa. (1890-95); 9th St. Church in Cincinnati, Ohio (1895-03); 
 1st Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, Pa. (1903-11), and 5th Bap- 
 tist Church at Troy, N. Y. (since 191 1). In Pittsburgh a mag- 
 nificent new edifice was built during his pastorate. 
 
 The family have travelled several times in Europe, and Dr. 
 Partridge has preached and lectured in many cities in the United 
 States and Great Britain. He has also been a contributor to 
 magazines. 
 
 98. Edith 9 Payne (Augustus, 8 Charles, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham,* 
 
 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born May 12, 
 1870, at Dayton, Ohio; married Dec. 20, 1895, at Hamil- 
 ton, N. Y., John Hopkin .Leete, born Nov. 6, 1868, at De- 
 troit, Mich. He is a son of Thomas S. and Jean (Hop- 
 kins) Leete. Mr. and Mrs. Leete are living (1912) in 
 Pittsburgh, Pa. 
 
 Child: 
 
 i. Alexander Payne, 10 b. March 4, 1903, at State 
 College, Pa. 
 Prof. John Hopkin Leete graduated from Colgate Univer- 
 sity in 1894, and from Harvard in 1895, with the degree of A. B. 
 He was Professor of Mathematics for two years and Secretary 
 and Registrar for nine years in Pennsylvania State College. 
 Since 1906 has been Dean of the School of Applied Science of 
 the Carnegie Technical Schools at Pittsburgh. He is a member 
 of Delta Upsilon fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa. He has re- 
 ceived the degree of Doctor of Science from Colgate University. 
 
 99. Bertha Louisa 9 Payne (Charles, 8 Charles, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 
 ham, 5 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born July 
 4, 1869, at Hamilton, N. Y., and died Oct. 18, 1904. She 
 married Sept. 1, 1891, Edward Ellery, born July 24, 1869, 
 at Albany, N. Y. He is now living (1912) at Schenec- 
 tady, N. Y. 
 No children. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 135 
 
 Bertha (Payne) Ellery was a woman of much culture and 
 charm, and entered heartily into her husband's work and life. 
 
 Dr. Edward Ellery graduated from Colgate University in 
 1890 with the degree of A. B. He taught chemistry at Colgate 
 in 1890 and 1891 ; was instructor in science at Vermont Academy, 
 1891-93. Then he spent two years (1894-96) in study and travel 
 abroad. In 1895 he received the degree of Ph.D. from Heidel- 
 burg University. Then he taught two years at Worcester Acad- 
 emy and became Principal of Vermont Academy in 1897. Dr. 
 Ellery is now Professor of Chemistry in Union College at Schen- 
 ectady, N. Y. He married, second, Adelaide True, Feb. 20, 1909. 
 
136 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 17. Thomas Hubbard 7 Payne (Elisha, 8 Abraham, 6 Abraham,* 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at Hamilton, N. Y., 
 Dec. 7, 1807; died at Fremont, Lake County, 111., June 14, 
 1892. He married at Seneca Falls, N. Y., April 25, 1834, 
 Susannah Newcomb Smith, born at Mentz, Cayuga 
 County, N. Y., March 5, 1814; died at Fremont, 111., Oct. 
 18, 1886. She was a daughter of the Hon. Isaac and 
 Susannah Polly (Shaw) Smith of Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 52 i. Eugene Beauharnais, 8 b. at Seneca Falls, N. Y., 
 April 15, 1835. 
 
 ii. Isaac Smith, b. at Fremont, 111., March 4, 1837; 
 d. at Fremont, III, Nov. 5, 1856. 
 
 iii. William Anthony, b. at Fremont, 111., July 25, 
 1838; d. at Chicago, 111., Jan. 4, 1862. He en- 
 listed in the Volunteer Union Army in the Civil 
 War, Oct. 22, 1861, and was immediately elected 
 Sergeant in Company G of the 51st Illinois Vol- 
 unteer Infantry. He died of illness contracted in 
 the service, at Camp Douglas in Chicago. 
 
 iv. Mary Eliza, b. at Fremont, 111., Feb. 24, 1840; edu- 
 cated at private schools. Resides (1911) at Ivan- 
 hoe, Rockefeller, 111. 
 
 v. Frederic Alexander, b. at Fremont, 111., Sept. 26, 
 1841. Killed in battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, 
 March 7, 1862. He enlisted in Company C of 
 the 37th 111. Volunteer Infantry, under his elder 
 brother Eugene, who was then Captain of the 
 Company, Aug. 1, 186 1. He was elected Corporal, 
 and was killed in the battle of Pea Ridge under 
 particularly tragic circumstances. He was shot 
 through the left thigh, and lay helpless but alive 
 on the battlefield when the Union forces had 
 passed by. Later in the battle, three thousand 
 Indians, serving on the Confederate side, under 
 
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 The Paynes of Hamilton 137 
 
 General Pike, swept over the portion of the field 
 where Corporal Payne lay, killing the wounded 
 and scalping all, among them Frederic Payne. 
 53 vi. Edward Gustavus, b. at Fremont, 111., April 10, 
 
 1843- 
 vii. Esther Maria, b. at Fremont, 111., Sept. 2, 1845; 
 
 died in infancy at Fremont. 
 Emma Estelle, b. at Fremont, 111., April 19, 1848. 
 Frank Howard, b. at Fremont, 111., Oct. 30, 1850. 
 Thomas Nelson, b. at Fremont, 111., July 14, 1853 ; 
 
 died in infancy at Fremont. 
 Harry Clay, b. at Fremont, 111., Nov. 16', 1855. 
 Agnes Susan, b. at Fremont, 111., Oct. 25, 1858; 
 
 educated at private schools; resides (1911) at 
 
 Ivanhoe, Rockefeller, 111. 
 
 Thomas Hubbard Payne was educated in the schools of 
 Hamilton, N. Y. After his marriage he went to Chicago, ar- 
 riving there at the time of its incorporation in 1836. Not being 
 favorably impressed with the settlement, he bought from the 
 government a tract of land in what is now Lake County, 111., 
 and settled there with his family in 1837, embarking upon the 
 tree importation and nursery business, in which he continued. 
 
 Mr. Payne was at once appointed by the Governor of Illi- 
 nois one of the three commissioners to govern McHenry County, 
 which then included what was later set off into Lake County. 
 After the creation of Lake County Mr. Payne was elected County 
 Commissioner for many terms, and was one of the three County 
 Commissioners to locate the county seat at Waukegan. 
 
 In politics Mr. Payne was a Whig, and after the organiza- 
 tion of the Republican Party was always a member of that party. 
 He aided in the organization and building of several churches. 
 
 Mrs. Payne's father, the Honorable Isaac Smith, was a 
 merchant of Seneca Falls, and was born at Morristown, N. J.; 
 a descendant of Richard Smith, who emigrated to New York 
 City about 1700. Her mother, Susannah Polly Shaw, was a 
 daughter of Captain Jacob Shaw and his wife Susannah (New- 
 comb) Shaw of Taunton, Mass., and a descendant of Major Jo- 
 seph Hodges of the French and Indian War. 
 
138 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 52. Eugene Beauharnais 8 Payne (Thomas 7 , Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 ham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 at Seneca Falls, N. Y., on April 15, 1835; died at Wash- 
 ington, D. C, on April 6, 1910. He married at Osage, 
 Mitchell County, Iowa, on January 26, 1862, Adelia 
 Teressa Wright, born at Litchfield, Conn., Nov. 5, 1837; 
 died at Washington, D. C, April 14, 1909, daughter of 
 Captain Jonathan Wright, third, and his wife Betsey 
 (Griswold) Wright. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Mary/ b. at Waukegan, 111., Jan. 15, 1869; d. at 
 
 Waukegan, Jan. 16, 1869. 
 ii. Daniel, b. at Chicago, 111., Oct. 13, 1872; d. at 
 
 Waukegan, 111., Nov. 13, 1873. 
 iii. Charles Thomas, b. at Evanston, 111., Dec. 1, 
 
 1875; now resides (1912) at New York City. 
 
 Mr. Charles Thomas Payne prepared for col- 
 lege at the Central High School in Cleveland, 
 Ohio, and entered Yale in 1894, graduating in 
 1898 with the degree of A. B. Thereupon he took 
 the regular course at the Harvard Law School, 
 graduating in 1901 with the degree of LL.B. In 
 the fall of 1 901, Mr. Payne went to New York 
 City, and entered the law office of Winthrop and 
 Stimson, with whom he remained for several 
 years. He was admitted to the Bar of New York 
 in 1902, and to practice before the United States 
 Supreme Court in 1909. He is now (1912) en- 
 gaged in the general practice of the law. 
 
 In 1908 Mr. Payne organized the Marshepaug 
 Forest, a forest, hunting and fishing preserve, 
 near Litchfield, Conn. He is a member of the 
 Yale Club, the Loyal Legion, the Society of 
 Mayflower Descendants, the Sanctum of Litch- 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 139 
 
 field, and other clubs. Country home, Sunny- 
 field, Litchfield, Conn. 
 
 Eugene Beauharnais Payne was a year old when, in 1836, 
 his father, Mr. Thomas Hubbard Payne, with his wife and child, 
 went to Chicago and bought a large tract of land in what is now- 
 Fremont, Lake County, 111. In this region the family became 
 pioneer settlers, and in the schools soon organized, General 
 Payne had his early education. Later he graduated from the 
 High School at Waukegan, 111., and entered the first class of 
 the Law Department of Northwestern University, graduating in 
 i860 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted 
 to the Bar the same year. 
 
 General Payne's military career in the War of the Rebellion 
 began in April, 1861, when he and two other men of Waukegan 
 raised the first full company of volunteers from Lake County. 
 Payne was elected Second Lieutenant. After a month's service 
 at Springfield, it appeared that the quota of Illinois for the three 
 months' service was full, and that the company would be un- 
 able to muster in the United States Service under the first call. 
 So the men returned to their homes, only to re-enlist under the 
 next call for volunteers, forming Company C of the 37th Illinois 
 Volunteer Infantry. Payne was chosen Captain. With this com- 
 mand he participated in the battles of Pea Ridge and Prairie 
 Grove. In the first named battle, General Payne was wounded, 
 and his beloved younger brother Frederic was struck down by 
 his side and afterwards killed by the Indians under General Pike. 
 
 Throughout the Siege of Vicksburgh, Payne was in com- 
 mand, under General Herron, of the rifle pits on the south of 
 the besieged city, and entered Vicksburgh with General Grant 
 only to fall desperately ill as a result of the strain of the pre- 
 ceding months and the malaria he had contracted from the ex- 
 posure. 
 
 He 'had been promoted to the rank of Major prior to the 
 Battle of Prairie Grove and the Vicksburgh campaign, and was 
 frequently in command of the regiment. After his illness, which 
 lasted many weeks, he returned to duty promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant Colonel. 
 
 With General John C. Black, his long time companion in 
 arms, General Payne commanded an expedition up the Rio 
 
140 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Grande River which was of international importance. At the 
 close of the war he was brevetted Colonel and Brigadier General 
 by the President for brave and meritorious conduct, thus be- 
 coming the first soldier of Lake County, 111., to become a Briga- 
 dier General. 
 
 From 1866 to 1870 General Payne represented Lake County 
 in the Lower House of the Illinois Legislature, and during his 
 second term served as chairman of the Finance Committee of 
 his Chamber. For several years he resided at Waukegan, and 
 later at Evanston, being actively engaged in the practice of law 
 in Chicago until 1887, when failing health ended his professional 
 career. He and his family then made their home in Cleveland, 
 Ohio, for some time. 
 
 The last years of his life were spent in Washington, D. C, 
 where in 1905 he compiled a "Digest of Decisions of the De- 
 partment of the Interior in Appealed Pension and Bounty-Land 
 Claims; with Annotations," which was published by the Gov- 
 ernment and is now in use in the Pension Bureau. He was at 
 work on a comprehensive text-book of Pension Law for the 
 profession when he died. 
 
 Mrs. Payne finished her education at Miss Brinsmade's 
 School for Girls at Washington, Conn., and shortly before the 
 Civil War went with her mother and brothers to Iowa. After 
 her marriage to General Payne in 1862, Mrs. Payne accom- 
 panied her husband to the front when he rejoined his regiment. 
 After the close of the war, she was elected a "daughter of the 
 regiment" by the 37th. Mrs. Payne was a woman of unusual 
 ability, wide culture and high Christian character. 
 
 53. Edward Gustavus 8 Payne (Thomas, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 ham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas, 1 ), born 
 at Fremont, 111., April 10, 1843; resides (1912) at Rocke- 
 feller, 111. He married at Antioch, Lake County, 111., 
 Oct. 17, 1865, Elvira Ethelinda Butrick, born at Antioch, 
 Lake County, 111., Jan. 12, 1846. She was a daughter of 
 William Parker and Ethelinda (Warner) Butrick. 
 
 Children : 
 
j The Paynes of Hamilton 141 
 
 i. Frederick William/ b. at Fremont, 111., July 3, 
 1872; d. at Oak Park, 111., April 1, 1896. 
 
 100 ii. Irving Ellsworth, b. at Fremont, 111., Aug. 27, 
 
 1874. 
 iii. Ethel Genevieve, b. at Fremont, 111., May 2, 1878; 
 d. at Ivanhoe, 111., Jan. 20, 1881. 
 
 Mr. Edward Gustavus Payne is a merchant in Chicago, 111. 
 
 54. Emma Estelle 8 Payne (Thomas, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 8 
 Abraham,* Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at Fre- 
 mont, Lake County, 111., April 19, 1846; died at Ivan- 
 hoe, 111., Feb. 2, 1884. She married at Fremont, 111., Oct. 
 2, 1872, Arthur Abbott Payne, born at Ivanhoe, III, July 
 20, 1847; died at Ivanhoe, Feb. 28, 1903, son of Alfred 
 and Martha Stedman (Barry) Payne of Ivanhoe, 111. 
 
 Children : 
 
 101 i. William Henry, 9 b. at Ivanhoe, 111., Dec. 31, 1873. 
 
 102 ii. Alice Aileen, b. at Ivanhoe, 111., March 29, 1875. 
 iii. Lillian Mabel, b. at Ivanhoe, 111., May 5, 1876; 
 
 resides (1912) at Beloit, Wis. 
 
 103 iv. Hattie Lee, b. at Ivanhoe, 111., Oct. 8, 1878. 
 
 104 v. Susan Pauline, b. at Ivanhoe, 111., Jan. 8, 1882. 
 
 105 vi. Marion Estelle, b. at Ivanhoe, 111., Nov. 19, 1883. 
 
 Mr. Arthur Abbott Payne received his education in the 
 Ivanhoe schools and in the High School at Waukegan, 111., fol- 
 lowed by a business course at Barnes' , Business College in Chi T 
 cago. He enlisted on Feb. 25, 1865, when seventeen years old, 
 in Company H, 153rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, and was taken 
 ill in Tennessee on the way to the front. He was mustered out 
 Aug. 7, 1865, but remained in Nashville Hospital for a year. 
 Two years later he became the pioneer merchant in Ivanhoe, and 
 continued in business there, retiring after twenty-eight years, 
 on account of ill health. 
 
 Mr. Payne was married, secondly, at Wauconda, 111., on 
 May 20, 1889, to Miss Mary Ann Simpson, who was born at 
 Jacksonville, III, Oct. 7, 1863, daughter of William and Eliza- 
 beth Ann (Shipley) Simpson. Mrs. Payne now resides (1912) 
 
142 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 at Claremont, Cal. By this marriage Mr. Payne had Arthur 
 Raymond Payne, born at Ivanhoe, 111., Feb. 21, 1891, now (1912) 
 a Senior in Pomona College at Claremont, Cal. 
 
 Emma Estelle Payne received her education at local schools 
 in Fremont, 111., and at the High School in Wauconda, 111. 
 
 55. Frank Howard 8 Payne (Thomas, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 
 
 Abraham,* Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 (, born at Fre- 
 mont, 111., Oct. 30, 1850; died at Berkeley, Cal., Aug. 
 8, 1904. He married at Berkeley, Cal., October 30, 1884, 
 Mary Orella Earle, born at Fremont, Lake County, 111., 
 April 3, 18 — , daughter of Moses L. and Maria (Brecken- 
 ridge) Earle. Mrs. Payne now resides (1912) at Berke- 
 ley, Cal. 
 
 No children. 
 
 Dr. Frank Howard Payne was educated at Beloit College, 
 and received his degree in medicine at Rush Medical College at 
 Chicago, 111., in 1874. He began to practice his profession in 
 Berkeley, Cal., in 1880, and there he continued throughout his 
 life, becoming very eminent. In 1887 Dr. Payne was made Di- 
 rector of Physical Culture in the University of California, which 
 office he held until 1894. In 1896 he was elected Professor of 
 Hygiene and Dietetics in the College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons of San Francisco. 
 
 In fraternal societies Dr. Payne was prominent, being a 
 member of Durant Lodge of Masons, Oakland Chapter Royal 
 Arch Masons, Oakland Commandery Knights Templar and Uni- 
 versity Lodge Knights of Pythias. He was also a member of the 
 Bohemian Club of San Francisco and the Union Club of Berke- 
 ley. 
 
 56. Harry Clay 8 Payne (Thomas, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abra- 
 
 ham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born at Frement, Lake 
 County, 111., Nov. 16, 1855. He married at McHenry, 
 111., Dec. 24, 1879, Fannie Elizabeth Bates, born at Wau- 
 conda, Lake County, 111., Dec. 7, 1858, daughter of George 
 and Mary (Apps) Bates of McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Payne now reside (1912) at Ivanhoe, 111. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 143 
 
 Children : 
 
 106 i. Myrtle Genevieve, 9 b. at Fremont, Aug. 26, 1881. 
 ii. Avis Medora, b. at Fremont, Nov. 3, 1884; resides 
 
 (1912) at Ivanhoe. 
 iii. Gladys Estelle, b. at Ivanhoe, Feb. 25, 1896; re- 
 sides (1912) at Ivanhoe. 
 
 Mr. Harry Clay Payne was educated in the schools of Fre- 
 mont and Ivanhoe and at the Jefferson High School, Chicago- 
 He is engaged in a mercantile career. In the course of his life 
 he has been school director, township clerk and treasurer in 
 Ivanhoe. 
 
144 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 ioo. Irving Ellsworth 9 Payne (Edward G., 8 Thomas 
 H., 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 
 Thomas 1 ), born at Fremont, Lake County, 111., Aug. 27, 
 1874, and now resides (1912) at Rockefeller, 111. He 
 married at Rockefeller, 111., Jan. 17, 1900, Mary Delora 
 Norton, born Dec. 1, 1877, at Liberty ville, Lake County, 
 111., daughter of James Payne and Emma Frances 
 (Payne) Norton of Rockefeller, 111. 
 
 Child: 
 
 i. Elinor Grace/ b. at Rockefeller, 111., Sept. 1, 1908; 
 d. at Tavareo Lake, Fla., Feb. 2, 1909. 
 
 Mr. Irving Ellsworth Payne is engaged in the real estate 
 business. His winter residence is Tavareo Lake, Fla. 
 
 101. William Henry 9 Payne (Emma Estelle 8 , Thomas, 7 
 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 
 Thomas 1 ), born at Fremont, Lake County, 111., 
 December 31, 1873, now resides (1912) at North Ya- 
 kima, Washington. He married at North Yakima, 
 Washington, May 20, 1909, Sadie Elizabeth Stevens, 
 born at Cheboygan, Mich., June 12, 1874, daughter of 
 James Buck and Arvilla Rosamond (Hilton) Stevens. 
 
 Dr. William Henry Payne went to the public schools at 
 Ivanhoe, 111., until his eighteenth birthday. In the fall of 1894 
 he entered Beloit College and there continued until the end of 
 Sophomore year. In 1898 Dr. Payne began the study of medi- 
 cine at the Medical School of Northwestern University, grad- 
 uating in 1902 with the degree of M. D. He then received an 
 appointment as interne at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company 
 Hospital at Pueblo, Colo. After completing his service there, 
 he spent some time in travel and then began the practice of medi- 
 cine at Beloit, Wis., where he continued until 1905. He there- 
 upon took a year in post-graduate study in the hospitals of 
 Vienna, Berlin and London, returning to America to become as- 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 145 
 
 sistant surgeon for the Northwestern Improvement Company at 
 Roslyn, Washington. Dr. Payne is now engaged in private prac- 
 tice at North Yakima. 
 
 Sadie Stevens Payne was educated in the high school at 
 Duluth, where her family went soon after her birth, and at the 
 Yale School, a young ladies' finishing school at that place. She 
 was first married to Burdette Sylvester Riddle at Duluth, Minn., 
 Oct. 7, 1896, and by that marriage has two children: Florence, 
 born at Duluth, Aug. 1, 1897, and Harold, born at Duluth, Feb. 
 6, 1899. 
 
 102. Alice Aileen 6 Payne (Emma Estelle 8 , Thomas, 7 Elisha 6 , 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), 
 born at Fremont, Lake County, 111., March 29, 1875, 
 now resides (1912) at Carlisle, Arkansas. She married 
 at Ivanhoe, 111., Aug. 16, 1904, Paul Benton Hubbard, 
 born at Sheldon, 111., Jan. 29, 1874, son of Abner Gerard 
 and Rhoda Frances (Anderson) Hubbard of Sheldon, 111. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Cecil Harold, 10 b. at Carlisle, Prairie County, 
 
 Ark., Jan. 12, 1906. 
 ii. Helen Francis, b. at Carlisle, Prairie County, 
 
 Ark., Nov. 29, 1908. 
 
 Mr. Paul Benton Hubbard spent most of his boyhood at 
 Benton, Ind., where he went to school until he was sixteen. 
 Subsequently he went to school at Attica, Ind., for two years, 
 and then entered the Normal School at Danville, Ind. 
 After teaching for a time at Benton he entered the University 
 of Indiana, where he remained two years. He then taught 
 school again for three years. Mr. Hubbard then went to 
 Carlisle, Ark., where he went into rice growing and real estate, 
 in which occupation he continues. 
 
 Alice Payne Hubbard went to school at Ivanhoe, and took 
 the regular course at Dixon Normal College at Dixon, 111. 
 Mrs. Hubbard then spent several years in teaching in the graded 
 schools of Boswell and Fowler, Ind. During several summers 
 she took music and other courses in the Marion Normal School 
 at Marion, Ind. 
 
146 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 103. Hattie Lee 9 Payne (Emma Estelle 8 , Thomas, 7 Elisha, 6 
 
 Abraham 6 , Abraham 4 , Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 at Ivanhoe, 111., Oct. 8, 1878, died at Chicago, 111., 
 on Dec. 9, 1906. She married at Ivanhoe, 111., May 
 6, 1903, Harry Hibbard Ames, born at Ivanhoe, 111., Aug. 
 21, 1879, son of Delos and Melmore (Price) Ames of 
 Ivanhoe. 
 
 Child: 
 i. Vera Estelle, 10 b. at Chicago, 111., Feb. 23, 1904. 
 Mr. Harry Hibbard Ames is (1912) manager of the Chi- 
 cago branch of the Lansing Wheelbarrow Company, and re- 
 sides in Chicago. 
 
 Hattie Payne Ames finished her education at Marion Nor- 
 mal College, at Marion, Ind. 
 
 104. Susan Paulina 9 Payne (Emma Estelle, 8 Thomas, 7 Elisha, 6 
 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 at Fremont, Lake County, 111., Jan. 8, 1882, now resides 
 (191 2) at Rockefeller, 111. She married at Waukegan, 
 Lake County, 111., March 7, 1906, Roy George Jones, born 
 at Fremont, Lake County, 111., Jan. 2, 1883, son of 
 George Edward and Alma Sarah (Kellogg) Jones. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Verne Payne, 10 b. at Fremont, 111., Nov. 22, 1906 ; 
 
 d. at Fremont, 111., March 15, 1907. 
 ii. Harry Payne, b. at Fremont, III, July 23, 1908. 
 
 Mr. Roy George Jones completed his education at fhe 
 High School in Elgin, 111. He is a successful farmer. 
 
 Susan Payne Jones went to school at Ivanhoe and later 
 took the regular course at the Indiana Normal School, where 
 she became fitted as a teacher. This occupation she followed 
 after graduation until her marriage. 
 
 105. Marion Estelle 9 Payne (Emma Estelle 8 , Thomas, 7 
 
 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 Abraham,* Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 
 Thomas 1 ), born at Ivanhoe, 111., November 19, 1883, 
 now resides (1912) at North Yakima, Wash. She mar- 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 147 
 
 ried at Ivanhoe, 111., Nov. 25, 1907, Edwin Albert Hewes, 
 born at Bushnell, McDonough County, 111., on March 
 17, 1885, son of Albert Irwin and Georgia (Manly) 
 Hewes. 
 
 Child: 
 
 i. Ross Payne, 10 b. at Chicago, 111., on Sept. 18, 1908. 
 
 Mr. Edwin Albert Hewes was educated in the schools of 
 Bushnell, 111., and after leaving the High School there became 
 an accountant. This occupation he followed until his appoint- 
 ment as manager of the Roslyn- Yakima Fruit Company in 1909. 
 Mr. Hewes was first married to Miss Nellie Gray Ralston of 
 Kansas City, Mo., at that place, Feb. 22, 1905. She died at 
 Gardner, Kan., April 25, 1906, leaving no children. 
 
 Marion Payne Hewes' mother, Emma Estelle Payne, died 
 when her daughter was eleven weeks old, and the child was 
 thereupon adopted and educated by her aunt, Miss Mary Eliza 
 Payne of Ivanhoe, with whom she lived until her marriage. 
 Mrs. Hewes graduated from Knox Academy, at Galesburg, 111., 
 in 1903, and entered Knox College. She was compelled to give 
 up her studies on account of ill health at the end of sophomore 
 year. 
 
 106. Myrtle Genevieve Payne 9 (Harry C., 8 Thomas H.J 
 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 8 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas,* 
 Thomas 1 ), born at Fremont, Lake County, 111., Aug. 26, 
 1881, now resides (1912) at Terry, Montana. She mar- 
 ried at Ivanhoe, Lake County, 111., Aug. 14, 1906, Ar- 
 thur Obed Gullidge, born at Gurnee, Lake County, 111., 
 March 8, 1879, son of Obed and Elizabeth (Gullidge) 
 Bawdon of Gurnee. Mr. Gullidge assumed his mother's 
 surname at the request of his maternal grandparents, by 
 whom he was educated. 
 
 Child: 
 i. Mildred Genevieve, 10 b. at Grayslake, 111., Nov. 
 21, 1907. 
 Mr. Arthur Obed Gullidge was educated in the schools of 
 Gurnee and in the Waukegan (111.) High School, afterwards at 
 
148 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Valparaiso University, graduating there with the degree of 
 B. S. in 1902. After eight years spent in teaching, during four 
 of which he was principal of the High School of Grayslake, 111., 
 he gave up that profession on account of ill health, and has be- 
 come a merchant at Terry, Montana. 
 
 Myrtle Payne Gullidge was educated at Northwestern 
 Academy at Evanston, 111., and at Valparaiso University. 
 
MARIA PAYNE CHOLLAR 
 
 HENRY B. PAYNE 
 
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 WILLIAM WALLACE PAYNE 
 
 EDWIN DOUGLAS PAYNE 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 149 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 18. Maria 7 Payne (Elisha, 9 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, s 
 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born March 3, 1809, at Hamilton, 
 N. Y., and died Oct. 2, 1861, at Homer, N. Y. She mar- 
 ried Jan. 20, 1841, at Hamilton, N. Y., Thomas Dresser 
 Chollar, son of Thomas and Sally Bow en (Dresser) 
 Chollar. He was born April 28, 1808, at Pomfret, Conn., 
 and died June 10, 1889, at Homer, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 57 i. Sophia Maria, 8 b. Jan. 24, 1842, at Homer, N. Y. 
 ii. Thomas Payne, b. Jan. 22, 1845, at Cortlandville, 
 
 N. Y. ; d. April 22, 1848, at Cortlandville, N. Y. 
 
 58 iii. Henry Douglas, b. Aug. 25, 1846, at Cortlandville, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 59 iv. Mary Esther, b. June 1, 1849, at Cortlandville, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 The school days of Maria (Payne) Chollar were ended when 
 she was fifteen by the blindness of her mother; but so well had 
 she studied that a few years later she was able to teach school 
 in Gorham, N. Y., where some of her mother's relatives lived. 
 She was one of the two girls who were first allowed to study 
 arithmetic in Hamilton. Her unselfishness, so marked in later 
 years, had a chance for development in those early times when 
 she was obliged to give up the education she longed for and 
 take upon herself many of the burdens of the large family in 
 which she was the eldest daughter at home. 
 
 Her life after her marriage was spent in Homer and Cort- 
 landville, N. Y. She possessed a particularly cheerful disposi- 
 tion, having very practical judgment. She was the adviser of 
 a large circle of acquaintances. Mrs. Chollar was also promi- 
 nent in church work. 
 
 She died at the early age of 52, after a very brief illness 
 following the preparation of her daughter Sophia for Mt. Hol- 
 
 yoke. 
 
 Thomas Dresser Chollar was a merchant in Homer, N. Y., 
 all of his life with the exception of the years 1843-49, spent in 
 
150 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Cortlandville, N. Y., where he owned a pottery. His business 
 life can be measured by the words of a prominent fellow citizen, 
 "I have known Mr. Chollar for forty years as the most honor- 
 able business man in this town." For nearly fifty years he served 
 on the local school boards and for many years on the Board of 
 Trustees of Madison University. He was a deacon in the Bap- 
 tist Church for forty-five years and for more than twenty years 
 was Superintendent of the Sunday School. Though his early 
 school advantages were few, his remarkable memory and exten- 
 sive reading made him an intelligent man. 
 
 He was married to Sophia Sumner in 1834, to Maria Payne 
 in 1841, and to Mrs. Susan Vorhees Burr in 1862. There were 
 two children by this last marriage. 
 
 Sarah Vorhees, born Nov. 24, 1863, in Homer, N. Y. 
 
 Harvey, born May 4, 1868, in Homer, N. Y. 
 
 The latter has been Pastor of the Baptist Church in Still- 
 water, N. Y., and the former a teacher in the Normal School at 
 Potsdam, N. Y. (1898). 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 151 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 57. Sophia Maria 8 Chollar (Maria, 7 Elisha, 8 Abraham, Abra- 
 ham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Jan. 24, 1842, at 
 Homer, N. Y. ; married Dec. 18, 1866, at Homer, N. Y., 
 Benjamin Franklin Walter, born Nov. 16, 1840, at Newark 
 Valley, N. Y. He was a son of Joseph and Hannah 
 (Schoonover) Walter. Both are living (1912) at Whit- 
 ney Point, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 107 i. Harry Joseph, 9 b. June 21, 1869, at Nanticoke, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 ii. Edward Thomas, b. Sept. 10, 1871, at Nanticoke, 
 N. Y. ; d. March 27, 1887, at Nanticoke, N. Y. 
 
 iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 3, 1873, at Nanticoke, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Walter graduated from Whit- 
 ney Point High School in 1891, and studied at 
 Mt. Holyoke College, 1892-93. She was a teacher 
 in Whitney Point High School, 1895-97. She 
 graduated from Oneonta Normal School in 1899. 
 Then she was a teacher of Science in Deposit, 
 N. Y., 1899-1903, and has been a teacher of 
 Science in Hammonton, N. J., since 1905. 
 
 iv. John Franklin, b. Nov. 15, 1874, at Nanticoke, 
 N. Y. 
 
 John Franklin Walter graduated from Whit- 
 ney Point High School in 1894, and from Albany 
 Business College in 1895. He was bookkeeper in 
 Albany Engineering Company, 1895-97; book- 
 keeper and assistant editor of Whitney Point 
 Reporter, and an editor of the Practical Poultry- 
 man, 1897-1900. Since 1900 he has been auditor 
 of the Lake Placid Club, at Lake Placid, N. Y. 
 
 108 v. Richard Oliver, b. Oct. 16, 1877, at Nanticoke, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
152 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Sophia (Chollar) Walter graduated from Cortland Acad- 
 emy, in Homer, in 1859, and studied, 1861 to 1863, at Mt. Holy- 
 oke Seminary. She taught for three years before her marriage 
 and then removed from Homer, N. Y., to a farm in Nanticoke, 
 N. Y., where she and her family resided for twenty-two years. 
 At Mr. Walter's retirement from farming they moved to Whit- 
 ney Point, N. Y, where they are now living (1912). 
 
 Benjamin Franklin Walter was educated in the academies 
 at Whitney Point and Homer. After his retirement from the 
 farm he became a dealer in farm implements. He was a soldier 
 of the Civil War, serving as a non-commissioned officer in the 
 First New York Veteran Cavalry. His grandfather, Elijah 
 Walter, enlisted in March, 1777, in Captain Giles Pettibone's 
 company of Connecticut State troops. Later he served under 
 Captain Isaac Holt in Litchfield County, Conn., troops. Mr. 
 Benjamin Walter's grandmother's father, Ebenezer Field, en- 
 listed July 28, 1775, in Captain Eli Leavenworth's company at 
 New Haven, in the Seventh Regiment, under Colonel Charles 
 Webb. 
 
 58. Henry Douglas 8 Chollar (Maria, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born Aug. 
 25, 1846, at Cortland, and died Sept. 26, 1887, at Redwood 
 Falls, Minn. He married June 25, 1868, at La Fayette, 
 N. Y., Ella Callista Hall, daughter of Perry Smith and 
 Rhoda Lavilla (Marshall) Hall. She was born Jan. 10, 
 1847, at La Fayette, N. Y., and died Nov. 24, 191 1, at 
 Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 Children : 
 
 109 i. Charles Carroll, b. Sept. 13, 1869, at La Fayette, 
 
 N. Y. 
 no ii. Wilbur Thomas, b. July 26, 1873, at Winona, Minn, 
 iii. Bessie Lavilla, b. Aug. 31, 1875, at Winona, Minn., 
 and d. Nov. 12, 1895, at Minneapolis, Minn., while 
 preparing for graduation at Pillsbury College. 
 
 Miss Bessie Chollar was a brilliant and pop- 
 ular student and a musician. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 153 
 
 Henry Douglas Chollar graduated from Cortland Academy 
 in 1866. At the time of his marriage he went to Winona, Minn., 
 where he engaged in the wholesale shoe business. In 1878 he 
 moved with his family to Redwood Falls, Minn., where he en- 
 gaged in the lumber business as junior member of the firm of 
 Laird, Norton & Chollar. In this work Mr. Chollar was very 
 successful. Notwithstanding a busy business life, Mr. Chollar 
 found time also to act as president of the City Council, vice- 
 president of the Citizens' Bank of Redwood Falls, and president 
 of the Board of Education. He was also active in church work. 
 Mr. Chollar was mayor of Redwood Falls at the time he died. 
 His death was caused by an accidental fall from the new bridge 
 over the Redwood River, while he was examining it in his capacity 
 as mayor, to learn if it was safe for heavy traffic. 
 
 Ella (Hall) Chollar was educated in the public schools of 
 La Fayette and Syracuse, N. Y. Then followed one year in 
 Miss Clara Hall's school in Syracuse. Then she spent one and 
 one-half years in Cortland Academy, in Homer, N. Y. In 1894, 
 after her husband's death, she moved to Arcadia, Fla., and made 
 herself a home there, spending her winters in the South and her 
 summers with her sons in the North. 
 
 59. Mary Esther 8 Chollar (Maria, 7 Elisha, 8 Abraham, 5 Abra- 
 ham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born June 1, 1849, 
 at Cortland, N. Y., and married Oct. 8, 1873, at Homer, 
 N. Y., Willis Wayland Pattengill, son of Alanson and 
 Adelia (Bennett) Pattengill. He was born Dec. 21, 1845, 
 at New Lisbon, Otsego County, N. Y., and died Dec. 6, 
 1905, at Osage, Iowa. Mrs. Pattengill is living (1912) 
 in Swathmore, Pa. 
 
 Children : 
 
 in i. Bertha Adelia, 9 b. June 19, 1875, at Saginaw, 
 Mich, 
 ii. Florence Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1876, at Saginaw, 
 Mich.; d. Nov. 7, 1906, at Osage, Iowa. 
 
 Miss Florence Pattengill studied at Wayland 
 Academy, Wisconsin. She was an invalid for fif- 
 teen years before her death. Her suffering devel- 
 
154 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 oped a strong, unselfish character which has been 
 an inspiration and an example to her family. 
 iii. Robert Wayland, b. May 24, 1880, at Saginaw, 
 Mich. 
 
 Graduated from Wayland Academy, Beaver 
 Dam., Wis., 1898, winning a scholarship in the 
 University of Chicago for the highest standing 
 in his class. He spent four years in the University 
 of Chicago, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1902. 
 He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After gradu- 
 ation he became principal of the High School at 
 Glendive, Mont., where he remained 1902 and 
 1903. Later he entered business in Chicago and 
 is now (1912) in business at Portland, Ore. 
 112 iv. Edith Grace, b. May 1, 1883, at Marshall, Mich. 
 
 Mary (Chollar) Pattengill graduated from Cortland Acad- 
 emy, Homer, N. Y., in the classical course, in 1868, and in the 
 scientific course in 1870. She taught in the public schools of 
 Winona, Minn., 1872-73. 
 
 Willis Wayland Pattengill was a student in Cortland Acad- 
 emy, Homer, N. Y., 1864-65. He entered Madison University 
 (now Colgate) in 1865, taking three years' work. Then he 
 studied one year at the University of Rochester, graduating 
 in 1870. He then spent three years in Rochester Theological 
 Seminary, graduating in 1873. He was ordained to the Baptist 
 ministry July 1, 1873, at Saginaw, Mich. His pastorates were 
 as follows: Saginaw, Mich., 1873-81; Marshall, Mich., 1881-84; 
 Fon-du-Lac, Wis., 1884-90; Beaver Dam, Wis., 1890-97; At- 
 lanta, 111., 1899-1902; Hampton, Iowa, 1902-Aug., 1905. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 155 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 107. Harry Joseph 9 Walter (Sophia, 8 Maria, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 ham, 5 Abraham,* Elisha, s Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born 
 June 21, 1869, at Nanticoke, Broome County, N. Y. He 
 married June 27, 1894, at Ithaca, N. Y., Maud Daisy 
 Miller, born March 8, 1871, at Toledo, Ohio, daughter 
 of George William and Sarah Charlotte (Watts) Miller. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Walter are living (1912) at Whitney 
 Point, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Paul Miller/ b. July 7, 1896, at Rushford, N. Y. 
 ii. Charlotte Sophia, b. March 4, 1901, at Waverly, 
 
 N. Y. 
 iii. Harry Joseph, Jr., b. May 12, 1903, at Waverly, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 Harry Joseph Walter graduated from the Union School at 
 Whitney Point, N. Y., in 1885, as valedictorian. His college 
 preparation was completed by two terms at Homer Academy, 
 from which he was graduated with honors in 1887. He entered 
 Cornell University in 1888 having received a scholarship through 
 competitive examination. He was graduated from Cornell in 
 1892 with the degree of Ph.B. There he was a member of Delta 
 Phi fraternity. He was also identified with the Christian Asso- 
 ciation, the Historical Association, and the Cornell Congress. 
 In junior year was Associate Editor of the Cornell Era and the 
 Alumni Weekly. He won a Fellowship in American history at 
 Cornell, 1893-94, receiving the degree of Ph.M. Then he was 
 Principal of Union School at Rushfield, N. Y., 1894-96; occu- 
 pied same position in Wolcott, N. Y., 1896-98; and was Super- 
 intendent of Schools at Waverly, N. Y., 1898-1903. Mr. Walter 
 spent the next two years travelling for an American publishing 
 house, half the time in England and Wales. In 1905 he organ- 
 ized the First National Bank of Whitney Point, N. Y., becoming 
 its cashier and a director. These positions he still holds. He 
 is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, a past master of both 
 
156 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Waverly and Whitney Point Lodges of Masons and a member 
 of the Board of Education of Whitney Point. 
 
 Maud (Miller) Walter is a musician. She graduated from 
 the Ithaca High School in 1889 and taught school for two years 
 previous to her marriage. 
 
 108. Richard Oliver 9 Walter (Sophia, 8 Maria, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 ham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 Oct. 16, 1877, at Nanticoke, Broome County, N. Y. ; mar- 
 ried April 5, 1904, at Peterborough, England, Helena 
 Annie Maude Jones, born Feb. 20, 1876, in Peterborough, 
 England. She was a daughter of David Darby and 
 Blanche Alexive McLeod (Oswell) Jones. They are 
 living (1912) at Newton, Mass. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Richard Franklin, 10 b. Jan. 19, 1906, at Boston, 
 
 Mass. 
 ii. Blanche Helena, b. Dec. 9, 1909, at Newton, 
 
 Mass. 
 iii. David Oswell, b. June 25, 191 1, at Newton, Mass. 
 
 Richard Oliver Walter graduated from Whitney Point High 
 School in 1894. Then he graduated from Binghamton, N. Y., 
 High School in 1897. He won the state scholarship from Broome 
 County for four years at Cornell University and received the 
 degree of A. B. from this institution in 1901. While in college 
 he was assistant to the general secretary of the Christian Asso- 
 ciation, 1899-1901 ; an officer of the Association, a member of 
 his class Debating Club, and a member of Senior Class Day 
 Committee. 
 
 Mr. Walter became assistant manager of the European 
 Department of the Scarborough Company, map publishers, and 
 was located at the London office. He spent two years in Eng- 
 land and on the Continent. In 1904 he went into insurance, 
 allying himself with the Equitable Life Assurance Society. He 
 located in Boston, where he now (1912) remains. 
 
 For several years Mr. Walter has been leader of the Young 
 Men's Bible Class of the First Presbyterian Church of Boston. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 157 
 
 Helena (Jones) Walter was baptized, confirmed and married 
 in Peterborough Cathedral, by the Bishop of Peterborough. Her 
 father, D. D. Jones, was lay clerk of Litchfield, York and Peter- 
 borough Cathedrals. Her maternal line of ancestry contains 
 many names of military and naval importance in England and 
 runs back to Oswald, King of Mercia. 
 
 109. Charles Carroll" Chollar (Henry, 8 Maria, 7 Elisha, 6 
 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 1 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 Sept. 13, 1869, at La Fayette, N. Y. ; married Dec. 27, 
 1893, at Minneapolis, Minn., Louise Conklin, daughter 
 of Theodore F. and Alice Gertrude (Wood) Conklin, 
 born Sept. 23, 1871, at Fon-du-Lac, Wis. They are 
 living (1912) in Minneapolis. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Margaret Elizabeth, 10 b. April 8, 1895, at Avon 
 
 Park, Fla. 
 ii. Sherwood Thomas, b. Sept. 18, 1897, at Avon 
 
 Park, Fla. 
 
 Charles Carroll Chollar graduated from the High School 
 at Redwood Falls, Minn., in 1891. He studied at Pillsbury 
 Academy, Owatonna, Minn., 1891-92. He then went into the 
 bank at Redwood Falls for two years, and then to Avon Park, 
 Fla., as cashier of the Banking Department of the Florida Devel- 
 opment Company. In 1898 he removed to Arcadia, Fla., and 
 opened a bank in partnership with Judge Ziba King, under the 
 firm name of King & Chollar. In 1900 the name was changed 
 to First National Bank of Arcadia, with Ziba King as president 
 and Charles Chollar, cashier. Since 1908 Mr. Chollar has been 
 business manager in the large dry goods establishment of J. W. 
 Thomas Company, in Minneapolis. 
 
 Louise (Conklin) Chollar was educated in Fon-du-Lac, 
 Wis., and at Pillsbury Academy during 1891-92. 
 
 1 10. Wilbur Thomas 8 Chollar (Henry, 8 Maria, 7 Elisha, 6 
 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was 
 born July 26, 1873, at Winona, Minn. He married Dec. 
 
158 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 15, 1906, at Brookline, Mass., Lula Lund, born Jan. 14, 
 1873, at Somerville, Mass. She is the daughter of 
 Samuel Chase and Emily Jane (Bowler) Lund. They 
 are living (1912) at Chicago, 111. 
 
 No children. 
 
 Wilbur Thomas Chollar graduated from the High School at 
 Redwood Falls, Minn., in 1891, and prepared for college at 
 Pillsbury Academy, Owatonna, Minn. He entered the University 
 of Chicago in 1893, having received the Pillsbury scholarship. 
 He graduated in 1896 and was vice-president of his class. He 
 was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. 
 
 After graduation he engaged in newspaper work, 1896-99, 
 in Chicago. Later he went into business. In 1905 he removed 
 to Brookline, Mass., where he has resided until quite recently. 
 
 Lula (Lund) Chollar graduated from Dean Academy, 
 Franklin, Mass., in 1891. 
 
 in. Bertha Adelia 9 Patten gill (Mary, 8 Maria, 7 Elisha, 6 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 June 19, 1875, at Saginaw, Mich. ; married Sept. 6, 1904, 
 at Hampton, Iowa, Roy Bennett Pace, born May 2, 1877, 
 at Richmond, Va. He is the son of George Richard 
 and Mary Frances (Smith) Pace. They are living 
 (191 2) at Swarthmore, Pa. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Mary Frances, 10 b. Dec. 3, 1905, at Arkadel- 
 
 phia, Ark. 
 ii. Lillian Edith, b. July 18, 1907, at Swarthmore, 
 
 Pa. 
 
 Bertha (Pattengill) Pace was educated at Fon-du-Lac, 
 Wis., and at Wayland Academy, Beaver Dam, Wis., graduating 
 from the latter in three courses in 1896 and winning a three 
 years' scholarship in the University of Chicago for the highest 
 standing in the class. She spent three years in the University 
 of Chicago, receiving honorable mention in October, 1898, win- 
 ning the Greek scholarship in competitive examination, May, 
 1899, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in May, 1899. She 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 159 
 
 received the degree of A. B. in 1900. She became Professor 
 
 of Latin in Hardin College, Missouri, 1901-03, Professor of 
 
 Greek and Latin in Milwaukee-Downer College, in Wisconsin, 
 1903-04. 
 
 Professor Roy Bennett Pace graduated from the High 
 School at Richmond, Va., in 1893; received degree of A. B. 
 from Richmond College in 1897; was a graduate student in 
 English, French and German, George Washington University, 
 1897-98, and received the degree of A. M. there in 1898. He 
 was a graduate student in English at Harvard, 1898-99, and in 
 1900-01, receiving the degree of A. M. from that university in 
 1901. During 1901 and 1902, Professor Pace was professor of 
 English at the Women's College at Richmond, Va. He held 
 the same position in Ouachita College, Arkansas, from 1904 to 
 1907, and has held a chair of English at Swarthmore College 
 since 1907. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of the 
 Modern Language Association of America. 
 
 Professor and Mrs. Pace are members of the Baptist Church. 
 
 112. Edith Grace 9 Pattengill (Mary, 8 Maria, 7 Elisha, 6 Abra- 
 ham, 5 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born May 
 1, 1883, at Marshall, Mich.; married Aug. 24, 1910, in 
 New York City, Heber Howard Gibson, born at Gibson, 
 Ohio. They are living (1912) in New York City. 
 
 Edith (Pattengill) Gibson was for a time a student in Way- 
 land Academy, Wisconsin, and then attended the High School 
 in Atlanta, 111. She graduated from the Art Institute, Chicago, 
 in 1905. She taught drawing in Cedar Valley Seminary, Osage, 
 Iowa, 1905-07.- She graduated from Denison University, Gran- 
 ville, Ohio, 1909. Here she won first prize for senior essay. 
 She then became teacher of drawing in the High School at 
 West Chester, Pa., from 1909 until her marriage. 
 
 Heber Howard Gibson was graduated from Denison Uni- 
 versity, Granville, Ohio, 1909, with degree of A. B. He was 
 secretary of the Young Men's League of Madison Avenue Bap- 
 tist Church, New York City, 1909-11. He did graduate work 
 at Columbia University, 1909-12, and received the degree of 
 M. A. 
 
160 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 19. Henry B. 7 Payne (Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 
 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born at Hamilton, N. Y., Nov. 
 30, 1810, and died at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 9, i8q6. He 
 married at Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1836 , Mary Perry , 
 who was born at Cleveland Sept. 26, 1818, and died at 
 Cleveland, March 12, 1895. She was the only daughter 
 of Nathan and Paulina (Skinner) Perry of Cleveland. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Nathan Perry, 8 b. at Cleveland, Aug. 17, 1837; 
 d. at Cleveland, May 11. 1885. He attended the 
 Cleveland schools, and completed his education in 
 a private academy at Middlebury, Mass. When 
 the Civil War of 1861-5 broke out he served 
 with the Cleveland^ Grays. Mr. Payne also 
 assisted the Union cause in other ways during the 
 war. In business he was engaged in many enter- 
 prises, but devoted his attention largely to the coal 
 trade. He was first associated with his cousin, 
 Mr. D. W. Cross, in the firm of Cross, Payne & 
 Co. Upon the retirement of Mr. Cross, the firm 
 became Payne, Newton & Co., and so continued 
 until Mr. Payne's death. The firm mined exten- 
 sively in Mahoning and Summit Counties, Ohio. 
 
 As to his political career, the Cleveland Leader 
 and Herald (Republican) of May 12, 1885, says of 
 him: 
 
 "He was always a great factor of strength 
 among the workingmen, whom he could always 
 heartily greet. In 1862 he was elected Council- 
 man from the Fifth Ward, and re-elected the fol- 
 lowing year. He was again elected in 1868 and 
 served continuously until 1872. As a member of 
 the Council he was the leader of the Democratic 
 faction. He was always ready in debate, quick 
 in perception, fertile in expedient, and an unwav-r 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 161 
 
 ering and active partisan. His popularity made 
 him the unanimous choice of the Democracy for 
 Mayor in 1875, and he was elected and served 
 until 1877. As the executive officer of the city, he 
 was fearless and popular. He declined a renomi- 
 nation and retired to private life." 
 
 Mr. Payne was one of the Park Commissioners 
 of Cleveland at the time of his death, and was 
 active in that office, 
 ii. Oliver Hazard, b. at Cleveland, July 21, 1839; 
 living (1912) New York City. Colonel Payne 
 was educated at Phillips' Academy, Andover, 
 Mass., and at Yale, where he was a member of the 
 Class of 1863. He left college in Oct., 1861, to 
 enter the Union Army in the Civil War. He was 
 commissioned Lieutenant in the first Battalion of 
 Yates, 111., Sharpshooters, which participated in 
 the engagements of New Madrid, Corinth, Farm- 
 ingham and Boonesville. Mr. Payne was later 
 commissioned Colonel of the 124th Ohio Volun- 
 teer Infantry, and served with distinction. 
 
 After his retirement from the Union Army, he 
 went into business in Cleveland, and was success- 
 ful. In 1878 Yale conferred the degree of A. B. 
 upon him. 
 
 Colonel Payne has had a residence in New 
 York since 1884. He has extensive interests in 
 many enterprises, including the Standard Oil 
 Company, of which he has been Treasurer and Di- 
 rector, and in the American Tobacco Company. 
 
 He has contributed largely to educational in- 
 stitutions, and upon his donations the Cornell Med- 
 ical School in New York City was founded. 
 60 iii. Flora, b. at Cleveland, Jan. 25, 1842. 
 
 iv. Henry Willson, b. at Cleveland, March 7, 1845; 
 d. at Mentone, France, Feb. 8, 1878. He fitted 
 for college at the Cleveland Central High School, 
 and graduated from Yale in 1867, with the de- 
 gree of Bachelor of Arts, and from the Columbia 
 
162 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Law School in 1870 with the degree of Bachelor 
 of Laws. After 1870 he was admitted to the Bar 
 of Ohio at Cleveland, and practiced law there for 
 several years. He was never in good health after 
 graduation from college, where he had been in- 
 jured internally in rowing. This injury eventually 
 caused his death. 
 
 The Cleveland Leader of Sunday, Feb. 10, 
 1878, said of him: 
 
 "Henry W. Payne * * *'■ widely known 
 in this community by the familiar name of 'Harry,' 
 died on Friday evening at Mentone in the South 
 of France. * * * He was a young man of 
 fine personal qualities, manly, generous and hos- 
 pitable. He was a true friend and a liberal bene- 
 factor." 
 v. Elisha Howard, b. at Cleveland, June 29, 185 1; d. 
 at Cleveland, Sept. 1, 1852. 
 61 vi. Mary, b. at Cleveland, July 9, 1854. 
 
 Henry B. Payne was educated in the schools of Hamilton, N. 
 Y., and at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., where he graduated 
 in 1832, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He later received 
 the degree of Master of Arts from the same college. Upon 
 graduation he undertook the study of law, and it is said that in 
 the office where he studied, his cousin, Stephen A. Douglas, was 
 also a student, and that thus originated the close political friend- 
 ship between the two men, which became so striking in later years. 
 
 Some time in 1833 Mr. Payne went to Cleveland, Ohio, and 
 in 1834 was admitted to the Bar, and formed a partnership with 
 Henry V. Willson, which continued for 12 years. Then he re- 
 tired from the firm on account of illness. When Cleveland be- 
 came a city in 1836, Mr. Payne was elected Clerk, but served 1 
 only part of a year. Subsequently he served two years in the 
 City Council. His hobbies were the City's finances, credit and 
 fire department, all of which he reformed. 
 
 In 1849 Mr. Payne became interested in railroad building, 
 and he and others began building the Cleveland and Columbus 
 Railroad, later a part of the Big Four System. He was presi- 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 163 
 
 dent of that company from 1851 to 1854, when he resigned and 
 took up the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad. In 
 1855 Mr. Payne became a member of the first water works com- 
 mission of Cleveland which built the municipal water works. In 
 1862, he became interested in the City finances, being elected to 
 the Sinking Fund Commission of the City, which was created 
 in that year. That office he held until his death. 
 
 It was in 1849, a l so » that Mr. Payne was elected to the State 
 Senate of Ohio and served two terms. Two years later he was 
 the Democratic candidate for United States Senator, but after 
 a prolonged balloting he was defeated by bluff Ben Wade, by a 
 majority of one. That was an exciting episode in the politics 
 of that day. In 1857, when the Lecompton Constitution was the 
 chief political issue of the day, Mr. Payne was the Democratic 
 candidate for Governor. Salmon P. Chase defeated him by a few 
 hundred votes. 
 
 In national politics Mr. Payne's career began early. In 1848 
 he was an elector on the Lewis Cass Presidential ticket. In 1856 
 he helped nominate James Buchanan. In i860, occurred one of 
 the chief events in Mr. Payne's career. At the National Demo- 
 cratic convention in Charleston, North Carolina, in i860, Henry 
 B. Payne was the man selected by the anti-slavery Democrats 
 to report the minority platform. That minority report was adopt- 
 ed, and that act caused the radical pro-slavery men of the South 
 to put into execution their plan to withdraw from the Demo- 
 cratic Party and to form one which recognized slavery as a na- 
 tional and indestructible institution. The anti-slavery faction, 
 of which Stephen A. Douglas was the idol, chose Mr. Payne to 
 present its ideas, which were that the limit of concession to the 
 Southern politicians had been reached. . It is evident that Mr. 
 Payne presented their ideas strongly and plainly, for as soon as 
 the vote was taken whereby the Payne report was adopted, the 
 secession took place. 
 
 The opposition on the part of Mr. Payne to the demands 
 of the slaveholders was plainly foreshadowed by what he had 
 done in previous years. He was a Democrat before the modern 
 Republican Party was organized, but he was what was after- 
 wards known as a Union or Douglas Democrat. He was not an 
 abolitionist, but he was opposed to the extension of slavery, or 
 
164 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 the ascendancy of the slave power in the government of the 
 United States. In 1857, he joined with Stephen A. Douglas in 
 denunciation of the Lecompton Constitution of Kansas framed 
 by the pro-slavery party. He bitterly denounced it in speeches 
 made at Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Although the 
 adoption of a state constitution is presumably a local affair, in 
 the case of Kansas it became a national issue, for with two pro- 
 slavery Senators from that new state the anti-slavery party in 
 Congress would have been put at a great disadvantage. 
 
 When Mr. Payne advocated the report of the Douglas mi- 
 nority in the Charleston convention of i860, he used again his 
 arguments concerning the Lecompton Constitution. A biogra- 
 pher says of that occasion : "He advocated the report in a speech 
 remarkable for its perspicuity, brilliancy and power, condemn- 
 ing incipient secession and uttering kindly but earnest warning 
 to the men of the South. The speech won for him the gratitude 
 and applause of the Northern delegates, and the personal ad- 
 miration of the Southern members and gave him a national repu- 
 tation as a sagacious and able statesman." 
 
 On the same subject, S. S. Cox, who served with Mr. Payne 
 in the National House of Representatives, wrote: "He made a 
 strong impression at Charleston, and endeavored to reconcile the 
 party with a view to avert disunion and war." 
 
 During the Civil War Mr. Payne was an ardent Union man. 
 Too old to enter active service, he lent his aid to the cause of 
 the Union by uniting with wealthy men to guarantee the cost of 
 equipping regiments of Ohio troops which were being hurried 
 to the front. 
 
 In 1872 Mr. Payne was chairman of the Ohio delegation 
 to the National Democratic convention which nominated Horace 
 Greeley. He heartily endorsed what was known as the Greeley 
 idea, and two years later won an election to Congress through 
 the efforts of the liberal Republicans and Democrats such as 
 Greeley was. 
 
 Mr. Payne was talked of as a Presidential possibility before 
 the convention which nominated Tilden, but no effort was made 
 to nominate him. He enjoyed much national popularity at that 
 time, because during his service in Congress he had reported 
 a specie resumption bill in which a distinctive feature was the 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 165 
 
 retention of the greenback as a party of the money of the 
 country. 
 
 In Congress Mr. Payne was a member of the committees 
 on banking and civil service reform. Later, at the time of the 
 disputed election between Tilden and Hayes, he was appointed 
 chairman of a committee to confer with a similar one from the 
 Senate and to provide for a settlement of the disputed Presi- 
 dential election. As chairman he reported the bill creating the 
 Electoral Commission, and had charge of it during its pendency 
 before the house. 
 
 Some persons not familiar with the chain of circumstances 
 which made it possible to constitute the committee as a decidedly 
 partisan body have by insinuation tried to criticise Mr. Payne's 
 course in the whole affair; but Cox, in his Three Decades of 
 Federal Legislation, which contains the most caustic arraign- 
 ment of the Electoral Commission, makes frequent reference to 
 Mr. Payne's watchfulness to prevent miscarriage of the desire 
 to have the dispute settled according to the rules of justice and 
 constitutional procedure. Mr. Payne framed the act creating 
 the Commission, and was also chosen as one of its members, to- 
 gether with James A. Garfield. He voted to count the votes of 
 the disputed States for Tilden. 
 
 After the termination of his Congressional term, Mr. Payne 
 was not very active in politics until the winter of 1884-5 when 
 he was elected to the United States Senate from Ohio, serving 
 one term. 
 
 When Mr. Payne's death was announced, Mayor McKisson 
 of the City of Cleveland had the flags of the city placed at half- 
 mast. At a meeting of the Cleveland Bar called to take action 
 on Senator Payne's death, Judge Franklin J. Dickman spoke in 
 part as follows : 
 
 "I have often heard the characteristics of Mr. Payne as a 
 lawyer, when he was in the full tide of a large practice, de- 
 scribed by contemporaries who knew him well and who had seen 
 him and heard him at his best before court and jury. He was 
 a logical thinker, skilled in the diatetics of the law, withering in 
 sarcasm when occasion required the use of that weapon, pos- 
 sessing a rich fund of humor, a perfect acquaintance with the 
 English tongue, a familiar knowledge of human nature, courage 
 
166 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 in every emergency and the most consummate prudence and 
 address." 
 
 Mary Perry Payne was for years actively identified with 
 the charitable and philanthropic work of the City of Cleveland. 
 She took much interest in the School of Design and aided its 
 career in many ways. 
 
 Mrs. Payne's father, Mr. Nathan Perry, was one of the 
 pioneer merchants of the Western Reserve, and came to Cleve- 
 land in 1804. He was a competitor of John Jacob Astor in fur 
 trade with the Indians. His father, Judge Nathan Perry, was 
 elected a Judge of Cuyahoga County in 1809. Mr. Nathan 
 Perry's wife, Pauline, was a daughter of Captain Abram Skinner 
 of Painesville, Ohio. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 167 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 60. Flora 8 Payne (Henry B., 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abraham,* 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born at Cleveland, Ohio, 
 Jan. 25, 1842, and died in New York City, Feb. 5, 1893. 
 She married at Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 20, 1869, William 
 Collins Whitney, who was born at Conway, Mass., July 
 5, 1841, and died in New York City, Feb. 2, 1904. Mr. 
 Whitney was a son of' General James Scollay and 
 Laurinda (Collins) Whitney of Conway, Mass. 
 
 Children : 
 
 113 i. Harry Payne, 9 b. at New York City, April 29, 1872. 
 
 114 ii. Pauline Payne, b. at New York City, March 21, 
 
 1874. 
 
 115 iii. Payne, b. at New York City, March 21, 1876. 
 
 iv. Olive, b. in 1878 ; d. at Paris, France, Feb. 3, 1883. 
 
 116 v. Dorothy Payne, b. at Washington, D. C, Jan. 23, 
 
 1887. 
 
 Flora Payne Whitney was educated at private schools in 
 America and Europe. She took a special course of study in 
 science at Cambridge, Mass., under the late Professor Louis 
 Agassiz. During her residence abroad she was a constant 
 correspondent of her father, and though written only for his 
 eye, her letters were of such merit Senator Payne had them 
 privately printed. 
 
 Mrs. Whitney was remarkable as a social leader. Her great- 
 est success came during the first administration of President 
 Cleveland, when Mr. Whitney was Secretary of the Navy. 
 
 William Collins Whitney prepared for college at Williston 
 Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and entered Yale in 1859, grad- 
 uating with honors in the Class of 1863. Among his classmates 
 was William Graham Sumner, afterwards Professor of So- 
 cietology at Yale. Whitney and Sumner shared the prize for 
 English essays between them. Whitney, however, won out over 
 Sumner in the election for class orator. He graduated from the 
 Harvard Law School in 1865 and then entered the law office of 
 Judge Abraham R. Lawrence in New York City. In his pro- 
 
168 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 fession he was very successful, soon acquiring a large practice. 
 Shortly he became interested in politics and was the chief organ- 
 izer of the Young Men's Democratic Club, an organization in 
 opposition to Tweed and his ring. He soon became known to 
 Samuel J. Tilden, and became one of his lieutenants. Mr. Tilden 
 is said to have regarded him as the ablest political protege he 
 ever had. Mr. Whitney then organized what was known as the 
 Appollo Hall, and became the unsuccessful candidate of that 
 body for District-Attorney in 1872. 
 
 Becoming prominent as a leader of the County Democracy, 
 he was appointed inspector of schools. He was active in the 
 campaign of 1874 when Mr. Tilden was elected Governor of 
 New York State, and Wickham Mayor of the City. The latter 
 appointed Whitney Corporation Counsel of the City, a position 
 which he held until 1882, when he returned to private practice. 
 His complete reform of the office of Corporation Counsel won 
 him much renown. He saved the City many millions of dollars 
 and corrected many abuses of the Tweed regime. He so sys- 
 tematized the work of his office that he saved the City nearly 
 two millions of dollars in his £rst year. 
 
 During the Presidential campaign of 1884, Mr. Whitney 
 did much in the way of organization to secure the election of Mr. 
 Cleveland. In March, 1885, the latter appointed him Secretary 
 of the Navy. In that office he ably carried on the creation of the 
 new American Navy, begun under the Naval Advisory Board 
 appointed in 1881. His greatest achievement in this position 
 was the negotiation of contracts for armor plate, which made pos- 
 sible the establishment of a domestic armor plate plant at South 
 Bethlehem, Pa. 
 
 After his retirement from the Cabinet, Mr. Whitney de- 
 voted himself to financial enterprises with very great success. 
 
 In the Presidential campaign of 1892 Whitney's political 
 abilities were brought into fullest exercise. He was himself the 
 choice for the office of President of many prominent Democrats, 
 and it is quite possible that he might have been the candidate of 
 the party had he been willing to accept the nomination. Two 
 factions were found to exist in the party ranks, one desiring 
 Mr. Cleveland's re-nomination, the other organized against him. 
 At once, Whitney laid aside all personal ambition and devoted 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 169 
 
 himself completely to the cause of his old chief. Delegates in- 
 structed against Cleveland had been chosen in New York, and 
 the movement was growing elsewhere. Whitney promptly in- 
 vited Democratic leaders from New York and other States to 
 a conference at his house in New York. No report of what 
 passed at this conference ever reached the public, yet it is known 
 that at this meeting the entire work of the coming Chicago con- 
 vention was carefully planned, and each man's part assigned him. 
 As a result, at the convention everything fell out as it had been 
 planned, and Cleveland was nominated on the first ballot. 
 
 The close of this campaign marks the retirement of Mr. 
 Whitney from political life. He refused all offices and continued 
 to be absorbed in his varied business interests. Yet in 1896 he 
 consented to be a delegate to the National Democratic Conven- 
 tion at Chicago, and exerted every influence at his command to 
 stem the free silver tide and prevent the nomination of Mr. 
 Bryan. In 1900, in spite of the importunities of his friends he 
 utterly refused to have his name considered as a Presidential 
 nominee. 
 
 Mr. Whitney's interests were very wide. His holdings of 
 forest land on Long Island, in the Berkshires and in the Adiron- 
 dacks attest his interest in the preservation of the forests. His 
 stable included many of the best-known racing horses in America 
 and England. 
 
 Mr. Whitney's classmate and friend, Professor William 
 Graham Sumner, says of him, as he was when he graduated from 
 Yale :— 
 
 "The kind of vanity which develops ambition he seemed to 
 lack. He had the qualities which constitute the power to lead 
 men. In part these were good sense and judgment and in part 
 they were graces of character. He was magnanimous, unselfish 
 and generous. He was generous with money, but his generosity 
 of mind was far more worthy. He was not at all easily offended. 
 He made large allowances, or he paid no attention to those aspects 
 of occurrences which might have been expected to touch his 
 personal feeling. In fact, one characteristic which goes far to 
 account for his popularity and his personal influence was that he 
 put little personal feeling into his relations with other men, even 
 when they were antagonistic. * * * The fact was that he 
 
170 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 did not care enough for power to put forth the exertion. We 
 all agreed, when we graduated that his success would depend on 
 whether anything would stimulate him to a full development of 
 his powers." 
 
 Mr. Whitney was a descendant of General Josiah Whitney 
 of the Revolution, who in turn was a descendant of Sir Robert 
 Whitney of Whitney, Herefordshire, England. Mr. Whitney 
 was also a descendant of William Bradford of the Mayflower, 
 Governor of Plymouth Colony. 
 
 Mr. Whitney married, a second time, in 1896, Edith Sibyl 
 May, widow of Colonel Arthur Randolph of East Court, Wilt- 
 shire, England. She died May 6, 1899. 
 
 61. Mary 8 Payne (Henry B., 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abraham/ 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born at Cleveland, Ohio, 
 July 9, 1854, and died at West Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 20, 
 1898. She married at Cleveland, Ohio, June 8, 1876, 
 Charles William Bingham, who was born at Cleveland, 
 Ohio, May 22, 1846, and now resides (1911) in Cleveland, 
 Ohio. He was a son of William and Elizabeth (Beards- 
 ley) Bingham of Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Oliver Perry, 8 b. at Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1877 ; 
 
 d. at Cleveland, Feb. n, 1900. 
 ii. William, b. at Cleveland, July 31, 1879; educated 
 
 at private schools; resides (1912) at Cleveland, 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 117 iii. Elizabeth Beardsley, b. at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 
 
 29, 1881. 
 
 118 iv. Frances Payne, b. at Cleveland, Ohio, March 29, 
 
 1885. 
 
 119 v. Henry Payne, b. at Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1887. 
 
 Mary Payne Bingham was educated at private schools and 
 studied in Europe. She was a member of the First Presbyterian 
 Church in Cleveland and was active in philanthropic work. 
 
 Mr. Charles William Bingham was prepared for college at 
 the Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven, Conn., and grad- 
 uated from Yale in 1868 with the degree of A. B. He was one 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 171 
 
 of the "Wooden Spoon" men in college. After graduation he 
 spent about two years in Europe and studied for a time at a 
 German university. 
 
 Mr. Bingham is identified with the business interests of 
 Cleveland and is the head of the William Bingham Company, 
 manufacturers and distributors of hardware, founded by Mr. 
 William Bingham, his father. 
 
172 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 113. Harry Payne 9 Whitney (Flora, 8 Henry B., 7 Elisha, 6 
 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) 
 was born in New York City, April 29, 1872. He mar- 
 ried at Newport, R. I., Aug. 25, 1896, Gertrude, daughter 
 of Cornelius and Alice (Gwynne) Vanderbilt. They 
 reside (1912) in New York City. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Flora Payne, 10 b. July 29, 1897. 
 
 ii. Cornelius Vanderbilt, b. Feb. 20, 1899. 
 
 iii. Barbara, b. March 20, 1903. 
 
 Harry Payne Whitney prepared for college at Groton School, 
 at Groton, Mass. He graduated from Yale in 1894, with the 
 degree of B. A., taking honors in scholarship. After graduation 
 he spent two years in study at the Columbia Law School. Since 
 that time he has been engaged in financial enterprises, many 
 of which were organized by his father, the Hon. William Collins 
 Whitney. Mr. Whitney belongs to the Knickerbocker, Union, 
 Racquet and Tennis and other clubs. He has been a member 
 of the American Polo Team in a number of international con- 
 tests, both in England and America. His large stable of racing 
 horses has been very successful. Country house, Wheatley Hills, 
 Westbury, L. I. 
 
 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was educated at American 
 schools. Since her marriage to Mr. Whitney she has spent much 
 time in the study and pursuit of sculpture and has done a number 
 of notable works. The fountain in the patio of the Pan-American 
 building at Washington is one of her best known pieces. 
 
 Mrs. Whitney's father was Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt of 
 New York City, the well-known financier, railroad man and 
 philanthropist. 
 
 114. Pauline Payne 9 Whitney (Flora, 8 Henry B., 7 Elisha, 6 
 
 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) 
 was born at New York City, March 21, 1874. She 
 married at New York City, Nov. 15, 1895, Almeric 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 173 
 
 Hugh Paget, who was born at London, Eng., March 14, 
 1 861. He was a son of General Lord Alfred Henry 
 Paget and his wife, Lady Cecelia (Wyndham) Paget. 
 They reside (1911) in London, Eng. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Olive Cecilia, 10 b. at New York City, Sept. 24, 
 
 1899. 
 ii. Dorothy Wyndham, b. at London, Eng., Feb. 21, 
 1905- 
 
 Pauline (Payne) Paget was educated in American schools. 
 She devotes herself to charitable interests of many kinds. 
 
 Almeric Hugh Paget was educated at Harrow. After- 
 wards he worked in the shops of the Midland Railway, at Derby, 
 Eng. In 1 881 he went to America and engaged in farming 
 and ranching in the Western States for several years. He then 
 undertook commercial life in St. Paul, Minn., and New York 
 City, becoming very successful. He was a founder of the 
 Dominion Iron and Steel Company of Canada. 
 
 In 1902 Mr. Paget returned to England and since then 
 has been, much engaged in politics. He stood as Unionist can- 
 didate for Parliament for Cambridge in the general election of 
 1908, but was defeated. In 1910 he defeated his former oppo- 
 nent, and still (1911) remains a member of Parliament for 
 Cambridge Borough. He was High Sheriff for the County of 
 Suffolk in 1909. He is identified with the Central Land Asso- 
 ciation and the Tariff Reform League, being on the Executive 
 Committee of both organizations, and he is president of the 
 Eastern Provincial Division of the National Union of Conserva- 
 tive Associations. 
 
 Following the example of his father, Mr. Paget makes 
 yachting his principal diversion. For several years he raced 
 with considerable success the Herreshoff 30-footer one-design 
 Pollywog at Newport, and since his return to England he 
 has successively owned and raced both in English and Medi- 
 terranean waters, the South Coast one-design boats Caprice, 
 Cuckoo II, Grade, and the 15-metre Ma'oona, carrying off 
 the first prize in the open handicap race from Cannes to 
 Monte Carlo in 1902, and the Czar's prize at Cowes, in 1909. 
 
174 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 He is a member of the Carlton, Turf, Garrick and other 
 London clubs and is Rear-Commodore of the Royal Thames 
 Yacht Club, of which his father was Commodore for many 
 years. 
 
 The Paget family was founded by William Paget (1505- 
 I 563), who was created first Baron Paget of Beaudesert in 
 Staffordshire. Beaudesert has ever since been the principal seat 
 of the family. The first Baron Paget was a Secretary of State 
 under Henry VIII, and in the later years of his reign one of 
 the most trusted advisers of that monarch, who made him a 
 trustee of his will and guardian of the young prince who 
 afterwards reigned as Edward VI. 
 
 Many members of the family have won distinction in the 
 military, naval and diplomatic service of the Crown. The best 
 known of the family was the grandfather of Mr. Almeric Hugh 
 Paget, Henry William, second Earl of Uxbridge (1768-1854), 
 who was a famous leader of cavalry under Sir John Moore in 
 the Peninsula War, and commanded with brilliant success the 
 combined forces of cavalry and horse artillery under the Duke 
 of Wellington at Waterloo. For his services he was created 
 the first Marquis of Anglesey. He was afterwards twice Lord 
 Lieutenant of Ireland, in 1828 and 1830. His son, General Lord 
 Alfred Paget, C. B., who was Mr. Almeric Paget's father, was 
 for many years Equerry and Clerk Marshall to the late Queen 
 Victoria. He was also for some thirty years a member of Par- 
 liament for Lichfield. 
 
 115. Payne 9 Whitney (Flora, 8 Henry B., T Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born at New 
 York City March 21, 1876. He married at Washing- 
 ton, D. C, Feb. 6, 1902, Helen, daughter of the Hon. 
 John and Clara (Stone) Hay. She was born at Cleve- 
 land, Ohio. They reside (1912) in New York City. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Joan, 10 b. Feb. 5, 1903. 
 
 ii. John Hay, b. Aug. 17, 1905. 
 
 Payne Whitney was prepared for college at Groton School, 
 at Groton, Mass., and graduated from Yale in 1898 with the 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 175 
 
 degree of B. A. He was captain of the Yale crew in senior 
 year at college. He then took the regular course at the Har- 
 vard Law School, graduating in 1901 with the degree of LL. B. 
 He had previously, in the same year, been admitted to the bar 
 in New York. 
 
 Since his graduation Mr. Whitney has been engaged in 
 financial enterprises. He belongs to the University, Knicker- 
 bocker, Racquet and Tennis and other clubs. His country house 
 is "Greentree," at Manhasset, L. I. 
 
 Helen Hay Whitney was educated at the Miss Masters' 
 school for girls at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. She has published a 
 number of books, among them Some Verses, brought out in 1898; 
 Beasts and Birds, 1899 ; The Little Boy Book, 1900 ; Sonnets and 
 Songs, 1905; Verses for Jack and Joan, 1906; The Punch and 
 Judy Book, 1906; Gypsy Verses, 1907, and The Bed-time Book. 
 
 Her father was the Hon. John Hay, Secretary of State of 
 the United States and Ambassador to England. 
 
 116. Dorothy Payne 9 Whitney (Flora, 8 Henry B., 7 Elisha,* 
 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) 
 was born at Washington, D. C, Jan. 23, 1887. She mar- 
 ried at Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 6, 191 1, Willard 
 DiCkerman Straight, who was born at Oswego, N. Y., 
 Jan. 31, 1880. He was son of Professor Willard and 
 Emma (Dickerman) Straight of Oswego, N. Y. Their 
 residence (1912) is Westbury, L. I. 
 Dorothy Payne Straight was educated at private schools, 
 and has spent a great part of her life abroad. She is deeply in- 
 terested in the charitable and philanthropic work carried on in 
 New York City. 
 
 Willard Dickerman Straight was educated at the Borden- 
 town (N. J.) Military Institute, and at Cornell University, 
 where he graduated in 1901 with the degree of Bachelor of 
 Architecture. After his graduation he was appointed to a posi- 
 tion in the Chinese Customs Service under Sir Robert Hart, 
 in which position he served at Nanking and Pekin for two 
 years. When the Russian war with Japan broke out he became 
 a war correspondent for Reuter's, and later an assistant war 
 correspondent for the Associated Press. In April, 1905, Mr. 
 
176 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Straight was appointed Vice-Consul General at Seoul, and in 
 1906 was promoted to be Consul General at Mukden. In 1908 
 he was detailed for about six months as Acting Chief of the 
 Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs in the State Department. 
 
 Resigning from the State Department in June of 1909, Mr. 
 Straight went to China as the representative of J. P. Morgan & 
 Co., Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and other American financiers, in the 
 negotiations respecting the Chinese loans finally taken equally 
 by the United States, England, Germany and France. In this 
 difficult business he has been amazingly successful. 
 
 117. Elizabeth Beardsley* Bingham (Mary, 8 Henry B., T 
 
 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 
 Thomas 1 ) was born at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 29, 1881. 
 She married at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 29, 1910, Dudley 
 Stuart Blossom, who was born at Cleveland March 10, 
 1879. Mr. Blossom is a son of Henry Sheldon and 
 Leila (Stocking) Blossom. They reside (1912) at 
 Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 Children: 
 
 i. Dudley Stuart (Junior), 10 b. Nov. 11, 1911, at 
 Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 Elizabeth (Bingham) Blossom was educated at private 
 schools, finishing at the Miss Masters' School, at Dobbs Ferry, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Dudley Stuart Blossom prepared for college at the Uni- 
 versity School, in Cleveland, entered Yale in 1897, and gradu- 
 ated there in 1901 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Since 
 graduation from college Mr. Blossom has been engaged in the 
 wholesale hardware business with the W. Bingham Company in 
 Cleveland. 
 
 118. Frances Payne" Bingham (Mary, 8 Henry B., 7 Elisha, 8 
 
 Abraham, 5 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) 
 was born at Cleveland, Ohio, March 29, 1885. She 
 married at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1907, Chester 
 Castle Bolton, who was born at Cleveland in 1882. Mr. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 177 
 
 Bolton is a son of Charles Chester and Julia (Castle) 
 Bolton. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bolton reside (1912) at 
 Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Charles Bingham, 10 b. at Bratenahl, Ohio, on 
 June 20, 1909. 
 
 Chester Castle Bolton entered Harvard in 1901, graduating 
 in 1905 with the degree of A. B. Since graduation he has been 
 engaged in the steel business at Cleveland. 
 
 119. Henry Payne 9 Bingham (Mary, 8 Henry B., T Elisha, 8 
 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 Dec. 9, 1887, at Cleveland, Ohio; married Jan. 13, 1912, 
 at Cleveland, Harrietta Gowen, daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Caleb Emery Gowen. 
 
 Henry P. Bingham graduated from Yale in 1910 with the 
 degree of B. A. Mr. and Mrs. Bingham reside (1912) in Cleve- 
 land, Ohio. 
 
178 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 20. William Wallace 7 Payne (Elisha, 6 Abraham, 5 Abraham, 4 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Jan. 22, 18 14, at Ham- 
 ilton, N. Y. ; died June 11, 1863, at Sennett, N. Y. ; mar- 
 ried Sept. 14, 1840, at Sennett, N. Y., Betsey Sears, daugh- 
 ter of David Sherman and Thankful (Irish) Sears. She 
 was born May 27, 1819, at Sennett, N. Y., and died Sept. 
 5, 1866, at Auburn, N. Y. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Marsaille Maria/ b. July 14, 1841, at Hamilton, 
 N. Y. ; d. Feb. 26, 1864, at Sennett, N. Y. 
 
 62 ii. Sereno Elisha, b. June 26, 1843, at Hamilton, 
 
 N. Y. 
 iii. Eugene Sears, b. April 14, 1846, at Sennett, N. Y. ; 
 d. April 8, 1870, at Auburn, N. Y. Attended 
 school at Hamilton, N. Y. 
 
 63 iv. William Henry, b. Nov. 7, 1849, at Sennett, N. Y. 
 v. Marion Holmes, b. Oct. 21, 1851, at Sennett; liv- 
 ing (1912) in Auburn, N. Y. 
 
 vi. Edward G., b. Nov. 29, 1853, at Sennett, N. Y. 
 vii. Ida Amelia, b. June 1, 1855, at Sennett, N. Y. ; liv- 
 ing (1912) at Auburn, N. Y. 
 viii. Edward Albert, b. June 1, 1855, at Sennett, N. Y. ; 
 
 d. June 15, 1870, at Auburn, N. Y. 
 ix. Clara Albertine, b. Nov. 16, 1856, at Sennett, 
 N. Y. ; living (1912) at Auburn, N. Y. 
 William Wallace Payne passed his early life in Hamilton, 
 N. Y., receiving a good common school education. He became 
 a merchant in Hamilton, and being of an enterprising disposition, 
 extended his operations to Louisiana. He would descend the 
 Ohio and Mississippi in a flat boat carrying a large cargo of 
 goods which he readily sold to the planters of the Red River. 
 It was during one of these ventures that he contracted yellow 
 fever, from which he recovered only through the unremitting 
 and careful nursing of an old slave. On his recovery he promptly 
 purchased the freedom of this faithful soul, and provided him a 
 comfortable home for life. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 179 
 
 Mr. Payne commenced farming near Auburn, N. Y., in 1844 
 and pursued this vocation successfully until his death in 1863. 
 
 William Wallace Payne was a great reader, an intelligent 
 observer and consequently well posted on all current affairs. In 
 politics he was a Whig until 1855, when he became a member of 
 the Republican Party. He never sought office but was for many 
 years Justice of the Peace, and in '59 and '60 was a member of 
 the New York Legislature. 
 
 He was a consistent member of the Baptist Church from his 
 boyhood. While he was not an orator, he was most brilliant and 
 entertaining, stating his views with clearness and precision, with 
 a wealth of information, the result of wide reading and a reten- 
 tive memory. 
 
 He was particularly helpful to younger men, aiding them 
 not only with sound advice, but with loans of substantial sums 
 from his own slender fortune. He performed well his part in 
 all the relations of life, and passing away at an early age left 
 his children the priceless heritage of a worthy example and an 
 honored name. 
 
180 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 62. Sereno Elisha 8 Payne (William W., 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, 6 
 Abraham,* Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born June 26, 
 1843, at Hamilton, N. Y. ; married April 23, 1873, at 
 Auburn, N. Y., Gertrude Knapp, daughter of Oscar Fitz- 
 land and Arietta (Terry) Knapp. She was born March 
 12, 1845, at Aurelius, Cayuga County, N. Y., and died 
 April 22, 191 1, in Washington, D. C. 
 
 Child: 
 
 120 i. William Knapp, 9 b. June 3, 1874, at Auburn, Ca- 
 yuga County, N. Y. 
 
 Sereno E. Payne graduated at Rochester University in 1864; 
 read law with Cox and Avery at Auburn; was admitted to the 
 Bar in Rochester in 1866, and opened a law office in Auburn, 
 where he has ever since continued to practice. He has received 
 the degree of LL.D. both from Colgate and Rochester Uni- 
 versities. 
 
 Mr. Payne early attracted attention in his profession and 
 as a supporter of the principles of the Republican Party. He 
 was City Clerk of Auburn, 1867-1871 ; Supervisor, 1869-72; 
 District-Attorney, 1873-79. From 1879 to 1881, he was a mem- 
 ber and President of the Auburn Board of Education. In 1882 
 he was elected to the 48th Congress and has been elected to 
 every succeeding Congress except one, when he failed to return 
 as the result of a gerrymander. 
 
 As District-Attorney, the number and variety of actions he 
 was called upon to conduct for the people were unlimited, and 
 as he was generally without the assistance of even a clerk, he 
 early learned the necessity of self-reliance and thorough prep- 
 aration. He was fortunately the possessor of a robust constitu- 
 tion, often a source of great advantage to him. 
 
 The late Judge David Rumsey used to relate how Mr. Payne 
 tried five capital cases before him during an extraordinary term, 
 continuing six weeks, in each of which a conviction of murder 
 was had, and three of them murder in the first degree. He con- 
 ducted these cases single-handed and alone, against the ablest 
 members of the Cayuga County Bar. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 181 
 
 For many years prior to his Congressional service, he was 
 retained in nearly every important action tried in Cayuga County, 
 and since that time his employment has been limited only to 
 the time he was able to give from his public duties. 
 
 Mr. Payne has always taken a lively interest in the affairs 
 of his own city and has never feared to espouse the unpopular 
 side of a question when he believed it was right. In January, 
 1888, at the time of a bank failure in Auburn he braved a riot, 
 in taking a stand at a public meeting and later had the satisfac- 
 tion of seeing his own views adopted. 
 
 When Mr. Payne entered Congress it was under Democratic 
 control and his committee appointments were unimportant. Late 
 in the session he was sent on a special committee to make an in- 
 vestigation in Arkansas and conducted it in such a way as to 
 advance him to better appointments in the next Congress. In 
 the 49th Congress he easily took the lead of his Republican col- 
 leagues in the Committee on Elections. Although frequently 
 heard in debate, he accomplished little in legislation in this Demo- 
 cratic body. 
 
 In the 51st Congress he was appointed on the Ways and 
 Means Committee and has ever since been a member of that com- 
 mittee. He occupied the second place on the committee in the 
 54th Congress, was appointed Chairman in 55th and continued 
 as such to the close of the 61 st Congress. During the last-men- 
 tioned Congress the Payne Tariff Law was enacted. 
 
 His committee labors in the 51st Congress in connection 
 with the preparation of the McKinley bill, were onerous and ex- 
 acting. He was the only member from the State of New York, 
 and the entire interests of that great State were intrusted to him. 
 There was not a schedule and scarcely an item of the four thou- 
 sand contained in the bill in which the rate did not directly af- 
 fect some New York interest. He performed his full share of 
 the work in the framing of the McKinley bill, and many of its 
 important features were due directly to his influence. He de- 
 livered his maiden tariff speech in the House in defence of that 
 measure, and although he has made many tariff speeches there 
 since, none of them have been more able or vigorous in defence 
 of the protective principle. 
 
182 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 In 1894, Mr. Payne took a leading part in the debate on 
 the Wilson bill, both in general debate and when that measure 
 was considered by paragraphs. But his most important work, 
 up to that time, on the tariff was in connection with the prep- 
 aration and passage of the so-called Dingley bill of 1897. He 
 was the second member on the Ways and Means Committee. He 
 had been a member of that committee longer than any of his 
 Republican colleagues and had acquired a wide range of informa- 
 tion, which they found very valuable upon all parts of the bill. 
 Many of the principal schedules were committed almost entirely 
 to his care and preparation, and there was no portion of the law 
 that did not bear the impress of his work. He was never absent 
 from any meeting of the Committee on Ways and Means or of 
 the Committee of Conference, while he patiently listened to hun- 
 dreds of his fellow-citizens from every state, as to the provisions 
 and effects of the bill. He not only took a conspicuous part in 
 the debates during the whole progress of the measure through 
 the House, but he had the honor of closing the last debate amid 
 an ovation. 
 
 Mr. Payne was made chairman of the Committee on Mer- 
 chant Marine and Fisheries in the 54th Congress. Under his 
 leadership a dozen or more bills were put through the House, 
 all designed to aid our American Merchant Marine, some of them 
 of great importance. 
 
 He was appointed a member of the American and British 
 Joint High Commission in January, 1899, by President McKinley. 
 He was chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and leader 
 of the House of Representatives from January, 1899, to March 
 4th, 191 1. He was the author of the Porto Rican Tariff Act, 
 which he carried through the House against the most intense op- 
 position. After the treaty for reciprocal trade with Cuba was 
 ratified, Mr. Payne framed the act, putting into effect the pro- 
 visions of the treaty which subsequently became a law. He also 
 framed the present law regulating the administration of the cus- 
 toms service which has resulted in immense benefit to the gov- 
 ernment in connection with the revenues. 
 
 The greatest work accomplished by Sereno E. Payne during 
 his thirty years' service in Congress, was in connection with the 
 Payne tariff of 1909. One book of 1,000 pages testifies to the 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 183 
 
 work accomplished with reference to foreign laws and rates. An- 
 other 1,000-page book is taken up with customs service and laws. 
 Ten volumes cover the hearings held by the committee during 
 eight days continuous session. Mr. Payne's speech on the floor 
 of the House upon the introduction of the bill from committee 
 took six hours to deliver. The bill passed the House much as 
 it came from the committee, but the Senate made such changes 
 as to impair the trend to lower rates, which Mr. Payne advo- 
 cated. 
 
 Mr. Payne has been on the stump in every important cam- 
 paign since 1864, speaking in nearly every northern State and 
 in some southern States. He was a member of the Republican 
 National Conventions in 1896, 1900, 1904 and 1908. In 1900 
 he was chairman of the Committee on Credentials. 
 
 Following is an extract from the Washington Herald of 
 May 9, 1909, written by James B. Morrow : 
 
 "There are two Sereno E. Paynes. Both of them are large- 
 headed and big-bodied men. Their faces, however, are notice- 
 ably dissimilar. The one sits in his room at a long table like 
 an austere judge, heavy-faced, silent, enigmatic and yet shrewdly 
 skeptical, while importers and manufacturers tell him what is 
 for the country's good. 
 
 "The other Payne has a resistless twinkle in his round, 
 gray eyes, and a hearty greeting for his friends. He has been 
 known to sit under the trees on the banks of the Potomac 
 with Thomas B. Reed and John Dalzell listening to Robert G. 
 Cousins of Iowa read summer poetry from an azure-colored 
 book. 
 
 "Sometimes the two Paynes come together for oratorical 
 purposes. The peculiarity of the dualistic Payne is that his 
 eyes invariably twinkle, though his voice may boom with indig- 
 nation and his robust gestures indicate a carnival of fury within. 
 The twinkle, however, does not fool the old men on the other 
 side. When they hear the outburst and view the revolving 
 fists they scramble up the steps and take refuge in their handy 
 redoubts." 
 
 Gertrude (Knapp) Payne was descended on her mother's 
 side from the Terrys, who came early in the country and settled 
 in Connecticut. Samuel Terry, an ancestor, was in the Revo- 
 
184 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 lution. The Howells of New Jersey were also ancestors on 
 her mother's side. Mrs. Payne's father was one of the pub- 
 lishers of the Auburn Daily Advertiser and the Weekly Journal. 
 She was educated at the Young Ladies' Institute at Auburn 
 and from girlhood was a member of the First Baptist Church 
 at Auburn. 
 
 63. William Henry 8 Payne (William, 7 Elisha,® Abraham," 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, s Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Nov. 7, 
 1849, at Sennett, Cayuga County, N. Y., and died April 
 24, 1884, at San Mateo, Fla. He married Dec. 22, 1880, 
 at Auburn, N. Y., Lilla Augusta Fleetwood, daughter of 
 Horatio Nelson and Eliza (Warren) Fleetwood. She 
 was born June 1, 1855, and is living (1912) at Auburn, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Child: 
 
 i. Josephine Gertrude, 9 b. Feb. 20, 1883, at Auburn, 
 N. Y. ; d. Feb. 27, 1884. 
 
 William Henry Payne was in the hardware business in 
 Auburn, N. Y. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 185 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 120. William Knapp 9 Payne (Sereno, 8 William, 7 Elisha,* 
 Abraham, 5 Abraham/ Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 June 3, 1874, at Auburn, Cayuga County, 1ST. Y. ; mar- 
 ried June 8, 1904, at Owasco, N. Y., Frances McCutcheon 
 Nye, born Sept. 10, 1883, at Auburn, N. Y. She is a 
 daughter of George H. and Mollie (Wilson) Nye. Both 
 are living (19 12) in New York City. 
 
 Child: 
 
 i. Mollie Nye, 10 b. Oct. 3, 1906, at Owasco, N. Y.; 
 d. Sept. 14, 1907, at Owasco, N. Y. 
 
 William Knapp Payne was graduated from Yale in 1895 
 with the degree of A. B., and from New York University Law 
 School in 1897. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon 
 fraternity. Mr. Payne was admitted to the bar in 1898, and 
 became a member, with his father, of the law firm of Payne, 
 Payne & Clark, at Auburn, N. Y. He was clerk of the Com- 
 mittee on Ways and Means of the National House of Repre- 
 sentatives during the preparation of the Payne tariff bill. He 
 was appointed by President Taft Deputy, Attorney General in 
 Customs Cases at New York, one of four positions of Deputy 
 Attorney General created by the new tariff act. For this posi- 
 tion he was indorsed by all the members of the Ways and 
 Means Committee and many other members of the House. 
 Mr. Payne has held this position since his appointment, Aug. 
 14, 1909. 
 
 Frances (Nye) Payne was educated at Black Hall, Lyme, 
 Cpnn. Her father and grandfather have been connected with 
 the manufacturing interests of Auburn for many years. 
 
186 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION 
 
 21. Esther Douglas Payne 7 (Elisha, 8 Abraham, 5 Abraham,* 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ) was born March 22, 18 16, 
 at Hamilton, N. Y., and died Jan. 18, 1846, at Hills- 
 borough, Ohio. She married in 1840, Isaac Kellogg 
 Brownson, born July 6, 1810, at Fenner, Madison County, 
 N. Y., and died in 1899 at Fayetteville, N. Y. 
 
 Child: 
 
 i. Edward Payne 8 Brownson, b. Aug. 9, 1841, in 
 Ohio; d. Aug. 10, 1862, at Georgetown, N. Y. 
 
 Edward Payne Brownson received his early 
 education in Ohio. Then he studied at Colgate 
 University and at Homer, N. Y. He began a 
 business career in the office of a wholesale dry 
 goods firm in New York City. He was drowned 
 while on his summer vacation, the day after his 
 twenty-first birthday. 
 
 Esther (Payne) Brownson was well educated. She had a 
 year or more in Homer Academy, which stood above all others 
 in Central New York at the time, then a year in Troy Female 
 Seminary. 
 
 Rev. Isaac Kellogg Brownson was graduated from Madison 
 (now Colgate) University in 1838, and spent the following 
 year in the Theological Department of the same university. 
 He was ordained at Peterboro, N. Y., and received an appoint- 
 ment from the American Baptist Home Missionary Society for 
 Central Ohio, which was then the far West. He began his 
 labors at Circleville, Ohio. Then he went to Brush Creek, which 
 was pioneer work; then to Greenfield and Hillsboro, Ohio. At 
 the latter place Mrs. Brownson died. His settled pastorates 
 were as follows : New Woodstock, N. Y., 1849-52 ; Saline, Mich., 
 1852-53 ; Chittenango, N. Y., 1853-55 ; Greenfield, Ohio, 1855-61 ; 
 Georgetown, N. Y., and Sherburne, N. Y., two years. This was 
 his last pastorate. He married the second time May 13, 1850, 
 at Cambridge, Mass., Mercy W. Wetherbee, who died in 1890. 
 For some years Mr. and Mrs. Brownson kept a private school at 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 187 
 
 New Woodstock, N. Y. Mr. Brownson was a man of large 
 stature, dignified bearing and strong opinions. He was a man 
 of considerable poetic fancy, and often contributed to the pleasure 
 and profit of an occasion by an original poem. He was a scholar, 
 a keen thinker and an able defender of the Christian faith. 
 
 22. Edwin Douglas 7 Payne (Elisha,* Abraham, 6 Abraham,* 
 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born May 24, 1818, at Ham- 
 ilton, N. Y., and died March 5, 1884, at Dayton, Ohio. 
 He married Nov. 1, 1849, at Dayton, Ohio, Phoebe Mel- 
 vina Crawford, daughter of Jonathan and Betsy (Wait) 
 Crawford. She was born June 3, 1822, at Saratoga 
 Springs, N. Y., and died Aug. 25, 1886, at Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 Children : 
 
 64 i. Emma Crawford, 8 b. April 12, 1853, at Dayton, 
 
 Ohio, 
 ii. Edward Douglas, b. Feb. 22, 1855, at Dayton, Ohio. 
 Edward Douglas Payne graduated from 
 Central High School in 1873, with high honors; 
 attended Denison University, at Granville, Ohio, 
 and Wilt's Commercial College, at Dayton. He 
 read law with Warren Munger in 1876 and was 
 admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1878. After his 
 father's death, in 1884, he was associated with his 
 brother for several years in the firm of Payne & 
 Co., and afterward for seven years held a position 
 in the Federal Post Office at Dayton. Later he 
 was treasurer for a lumber plant in North Georgia. 
 He has a versatile mind and a remarkable memory, 
 with a strong mathematical bent. Taking up the 
 game of chess as a recreation, he has been known 
 as one of the strongest amateur players in Amer- 
 ica. Mr. Payne is a member of the Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 65 iii. William Henry, b. July 6, 1865, at Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 66 iv. Bessie Luella, b. Aug. 21, 1868, at Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 Edwin Douglas Payne was the youngest, who grew to man- 
 hood, of the many sons of Judge Elisha and Esther (Douglas) 
 
188 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 Payne. He left his father's home, in Hamilton, N. Y., at the 
 age of twenty-one, with no other possession than a horse, a 
 change of clothes, and as a special send-off, a long military 
 coat with brass buttons at the points of the scissors tails. He 
 accompanied a government surveyor who was on his way to 
 Iowa, to make an original federal survey of that State. On 
 account of the death of President Harrison, the surveyor was 
 recalled, and young Payne turned aside to settle in the new and 
 thriving town of Dayton, Ohio. Securing a position as teacher 
 in a country school in the vicinity for two years, and later a 
 clerkship in the town, he was able, after four years of thrift and 
 economy, to establish himself, in 1844, in a retail book business. 
 Years later he had as a partner, for a number of years, his 
 nephew, Augustus F. Payne. Having had limited school advan- 
 tages as a younger son, he took the opportunity afforded by 
 his business of securing an education through books. So well 
 did he use his privileges that in later life he was notably well 
 read and well informed on any subject which might be brought 
 up. His annual book-buying trips to New York City were 
 great events in his early life, the journey by canal and river 
 consuming many weeks. While in New York, he was frequently 
 a guest in the home of the elder Harper brothers, the publishers. 
 His store in Dayton was a club for the cultured residents of 
 the town. He was an easy, entertaining talker, well informed 
 and genial. Men used to say their most interesting and in- 
 structive hours were spent in his store. Mr. Payne was a strong 
 temperance advocate and a member of the Washingtonians, the 
 notable temperance society of his time. He was also one of 
 the agents of the famous "underground railway." The run- 
 away slaves were brought to town at night from the next station 
 south, and secreted by him in a cellar under the sidewalk, in 
 front of his store, being let down through the coal hole. They 
 would sleep there, being fed by him personally, during the suc- 
 ceeding day, and start on their way toward freedom the follow- 
 ing night. 
 
 In 1864, being in impaired health, Mr. Payne sold his in- 
 terest in his prosperous book business to Mr. George Holden, 
 and built himself a country home on Huffman Hill, overlooking 
 the city. He took great pleasure, in the later years of his life, 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 189 
 
 in fruit culture Oh this country place and in driving the two 
 miles, back and forth to business in the city, each day. In 
 1865 he engaged in the manufacture of flax tow, in which busi- 
 ness he remained Until his death, with the exception of the 
 years 1875-77, when he was secretary of the Woodsum Machine 
 Company. By reason of his known integrity and sound judg- 
 ment, he was much sought after as counselor and director in 
 business corporations. Among other interests, he was one of 
 the organizers and a director of the Merchants' National Bank 
 and President of the Union Insurance Company, both of Dayton. 
 
 Edwin Payne was a man of extremely retiring disposition, 
 but of strong character and convictions. He had a great fund 
 of humor and his conversation was often aptly illustrated to 
 fix a point. He was unusually fond of children, but was a 
 strict disciplinarian with his own, standing strongly for principle, 
 though a kindly geniality and comradeship tempered all his 
 association with them. 
 
 He was thoughtful of others and thoroughly humane in 
 his regard for the comfort of animals. From early life he 
 was a member of the First Baptist Church of Dayton, in which 
 he was an officer. He was also a member of the building com- 
 mittee. In 1872, Mr. Payne was one of a group that left the 
 mother church to help form the new Linden Avenue Baptist 
 Church, in which he was one of the first deacons and which 
 all his family joined. In church and other beneficent work he 
 was always active. He was a solid, substantial, high principled 
 citizen of Dayton for forty-four years. Although he never 
 sought public office or prominent position, it was said of him 
 in later days, "He was the man who passed up ammunition, 
 rather than the man who fired the gun." 
 
 Phoebe (Crawford) Payne was a member of an early 
 Dayton family. Her father, Jonathan Crawford, came in 1838 
 from Saratoga Springs, N. Y. He was descended from John 
 and Jane Crawford, who came from County Tyrone, North 
 Ireland, in 1733, and settled at Stamford, Conn. Their ancestry 
 is Scotch, the Crawford name having figured prominently in 
 early Scotch history. Mrs. Payne's mother, Betsy Wait, was 
 born at Balston Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Payne stood nobly by 
 the side of her husband in church life, in the home and in the 
 
190 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 community. She was an active member of the Baptist Church. 
 With her sister, Linda (Crawford) Wheaton, and her two 
 brothers, Charles and William Crawford, she sang, for years, 
 in the quartet choir of the First Church. She was a woman of 
 fine character and lovable disposition. Mr. and Mrs. Payne's 
 beautiful home, "Rockdale," on Huffman Hill, was noted for its 
 hospitality. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 191 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION 
 
 64. Emma Crawford 8 Payne (Edwin, 7 Elisha, 8 Abraham, 5 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 8 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born April 12, 
 1853, at Dayton, Ohio; married Dec. 17, 1874, at Dayton, 
 Ohio, Rev. Frederick Clatworthy, son of Charles and 
 Charlotte (Warren) Clatworthy. He was born May 14, 
 1846, at North Petherton, Somerset, England, and died 
 May 29, 1905, at Evanston, 111. Mrs. Clatworthy is liv- 
 ing (1912) in Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 Children : 
 
 121 i. Fred Payne, 9 b. Aug. 30, 1875, at Dayton, Ohio, 
 ii. Linda May, b. Dec. 17, 1876, at Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 Miss Linda Clatworthy's education was re- 
 ceived in private schools and at Shepardson Col- 
 lege in Ohio. She completed full Freshman year 
 at Vassar College, Class of 1899, when called home 
 because of her father's illness. Sophomore year 
 was spent at Northwestern University, at Evans- 
 ton, 111. There she was a member of Delta Delta 
 Delta Sorority. She graduated from the Library 
 School of the University of Illinois in 1900, with 
 the degree of B. L. S. Miss Clatworthy began 
 professional life at once in the catalog depart- 
 ment of the Public Library and Museum of Day- 
 ton, Ohio. In Feb., 1905, she was promoted to be 
 head Librarian, which position she still holds 
 (1912). 
 
 Miss Clatworthy is a member of the Ohio 
 Library Association and for several years has been 
 Chairman of its Special Committee on Catalog- 
 ing, which endeavored to secure more catalog aid 
 for small libraries of the country. 
 
 She was president of the Ohio Library Asso- 
 ciation in 191 1 ; a member of the American Li- 
 brary Association and one of its Advisory Com- 
 mittee for the new edition of the A. L. A. List of 
 
192 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 subject headings for use in dictionary catalogs, 
 1912. She was president of the Alumni Asso- 
 ciation of the University of Illinois Library School 
 Association, 1907-09. 
 
 Miss Clatworthy is a contributor to library 
 periodicals and Greater Dayton. She was special 
 lecturer at her Library School, 1908, and at In- 
 diana Summer Library School, 1909. In 1910 
 she spent six months in Europe with her mother. 
 There she attended the annual meeting of the 
 British Library Association at Exeter in Sept., 
 1910, and was invited, with other American libra- 
 rians, to speak from the platform. Miss Clat- 
 worthy is a member of the Baptist Church, of the 
 Dayton Association of College Women, and an 
 honorary member of the Woman's Literary Club. 
 
 iii. Philip Warren, b. Nov. 24, 1884, at Evanston, 111. ; 
 d. March 25, 1885, at Evanston, 111. 
 
 Emma (Payne) Clatworthy graduated from Cooper Fe- 
 male Seminary, at Dayton, Ohio, in 1871. She was a constituent 
 member of the Linden Avenue Baptist Church, later becoming 
 the wife of its pastor. Through all her husband's ministry, both 
 in the church and in the wider community service, she has been 
 an active pastor's wife, assisting and cheering him at every step 
 pf the way. 
 
 In 1880 she and her husband were appointed delegates from 
 Ohio to the World's Sunday School Convention, held in Lon- 
 don. They followed their stay at this conference by an extended 
 tour on the Continent. Again in 1886, with their children, they 
 enjoyed a trip to Scotland and England and a visit to English 
 relatives. Mrs. Clatworthy also accompanied her daughter on 
 a trip to Italy, Germany and England in 1910. 
 
 As an outgrowth of her active church service, she has for 
 years been officially connected with the foreign missionary work 
 of her denomination. She was President and later Secretary 
 of the Chicago Association of Baptist Women. While living in 
 Evanston, 111., she became a member of the Executive Board 
 of the Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of the West, 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 193 
 
 whose headquarters were in Chicago. In 1901 she was elected 
 Foreign Secretary of this Society, which position she held for 
 nearly five years, during the latter part of her husband's invalid- 
 ism. This work involved intimate knowledge of the foreign field 
 and correspondence with women missionaries in the name of the 
 supporting society. After the death of her husband, in 1905, 
 Mrs. Clatworthy gave up this work and removed to Dayton, to 
 make a home for her daughter. 
 
 Frederick Clatworthy came with his parents from England 
 in 1857 when eleven years of age. His grandfather was Wil- 
 liam Clatworthy of Somerset, for half a century a local preacher 
 in the Wesleyan Methodist Church. He and his wife are buried 
 in the parish churchyard of St. Mary at North Petherton. The 
 Clatworthy name is first mentioned in the Testa de Nevill in 
 1241, when one of that name held fief near Barnstable, Devon- 
 shire. 
 
 In 1859 Mr. Clatworthy entered the Preparatory Depart- 
 ment of Madison (Colgate) University as a student for the 
 ministry. The breaking out of the Civil War caused him to dis- 
 continue his studies. These were later resumed in Denison Uni- 
 versity at Granville, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1869. 
 In 1872 he was graduated from the Theological Seminary at 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 While at college he became one of the founders of the local 
 chapter of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He also was one of the 
 originators and first editors of the Collegian, for twenty-five 
 years the chief college periodical. He was a leader and fre- 
 quent winner of prizes in college debates and oratory. 
 
 He organized and became first pastor, 1872-78, of the Lin- 
 den Ave. Baptist Church at Dayton, Ohio. Here he was married. 
 His other pastorates were in Norwalk, Ohio, 1879-83 ; Evanston, 
 111., 1884-89, and Adrian, Mich., 1889-90. Here, in Dec, 1890, 
 his health failed, never to be fully regained. 
 
 While at Evanston he received the Doctor's degree from 
 his alma mater — Denison University. 
 
 During the years of his semi-invalidism, Dr. and Mrs. Clat- 
 worthy travelled several times in Europe, and spent periods of 
 time at the Clifton Springs (N. Y.) Sanitarium, in Florida and 
 
194 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 in Canton and Evanston, 111. He died at his home in P>anston 
 in 1905. 
 
 His college friend, Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio, 
 writes of him: "I always loved and admired him. He had such 
 noble standards and such high enthusiasm about everything he 
 believed in or undertook and he was so staunch and true at all 
 times in friendship and in everything else." 
 
 While in Evanston Dr. Clatworthy enjoyed the friendship 
 of Miss Frances E. Willard, with whose work in the cause of 
 temperance he and his wife deeply sympathized and helped. In 
 her book, A Classic Town, she speaks thus : "In the thirty years 
 of its history our Baptist Church has had several pastors; all 
 these have been good men and true, but it is perhaps not invidious 
 to say that the last named pastor, Dr. Clatworthy, held not only 
 his own people but the wide constituency of church-going Evan- 
 stonians with the grip of that inexorable power called Love." 
 
 65. William Henry 8 Payne (Edwin, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham," 
 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Juty 6, 
 1865, at Dayton, Ohio; married, first, May 7, 1891, Bessie 
 Lee Sample, daughter of Dr. Edwin Forest and Matilda 
 (Eldridge) Sample. She was born Aug. 9, 1869; died 
 March 21, 1893. He married, second, July 24, 1901, at 
 Dayton, Ohio, Alice May Gebhart, daughter of William 
 Frederick and Alice (Munger) Gebhart, born Oct. 16, 
 1865, at Dayton, Ohio. They are living (1912) at Day- 
 ton, Ohio. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. William Gebhart, 9 b. Sept. 2, 1903, at Dayton, 
 
 Ohio, 
 ii. Alice Munger, b. May 2, 1905, at Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 William Henry Payne left school early to assist his father 
 in the flax business. After the death of his father he became 
 associated with his brother in the continuation of this business. 
 Later the partnership was dissolved and William carried it on 
 alone, afterwards developing it into a jobbing business in gen- 
 eral upholstery supplies, under the old firm name of Payne and 
 Co. Since 1895 he has successfully conducted a wholesale and 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 195 
 
 importing business in the same line. He is also interested in 
 several prosperous realty and improvement companies. 
 
 He has been for a long time a member of the First Baptist 
 Church and a popular teacher in the Sunday School. He in- 
 herits his father's sense of humor, gift for story-telling and love 
 of country life. He is a hard worker and has built for himself 
 a secure place in the esteem and confidence of the business men 
 of his native city. 
 
 May (Gebhart) Payne is a graduate of Cooper Seminary 
 at Dayton. Her father was of German descent, the emigrant an- 
 cestor coming to Pennsylvania in 1764. Her mother's ancestors 
 were from England and Holland. William F. Gebhart, her 
 father, had an iron business in Dayton. He was a vestryman in 
 Christ Episcopal Church. 
 
 66. Bessie Luella 8 Payne (Edwin, 7 Elisha, 6 Abraham, Abra- 
 ham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born Aug. 21, 1868, 
 at Dayton, Ohio; married Nov. 1, 1892, at Evanston, 111., 
 William Decker Bassett, son of Asahel Orlando and 
 Nancy (Bayles) Bassett. He was born July 30, i860, 
 at Tarrytown, N. Y. They are living (1912) at Fort 
 Collins, Colo. 
 
 Bessie (Payne) Bassett completed her education at Shep- 
 ardson College, Granville, Ohio. At her mother's death in 
 1886 she became a member of the family of her sister, Mrs. 
 Clatworthy, until her marriage. Happy in her home and church 
 life, she finds many opportunities for useful work and influence. 
 
 William Decker Bassett was educated at Evanston, 111., to 
 which town his family moved when he was a child. Through 
 his father he is related to the Adams family. The Bassett name 
 originated in England with Sir William Bassett, Grand Fal- 
 coner of William the Conquerer, who came from Normandy 
 with that monarch. Mr. Bassett's grandfather was Cornelius 
 Bassett, originally of Martha's Vineyard. He was later a mem- 
 ber of the New York Legislature. 
 
 Mr. William Bassett's early business life was spent with his 
 father in the lumber business in Chicago. Later he was for some 
 years in the Chicago office of the Ward Hardwood Lumber Co. 
 
196 The Paynes of Hamilton 
 
 In 1903 continued ill health compelled him to seek a change of 
 climate and he and his wife removed to Colorado, where he has 
 conducted a fruit ranch near Loveland. For several years he 
 has been president of the Farmers' Institute at Loveland and a 
 judge of elections. At this time (1912) improvement in health 
 allows him to enter business life again at Fort Collins, Colo. 
 
The Paynes of Hamilton 197 
 
 NINTH GENERATION 
 
 1 a 1. Fred Payne 9 Clatworthy (Emma, 8 Edwin, 7 Elisha, 9 
 Abraham, 6 Abraham, 4 Elisha, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), born 
 Aug. 30, 1875, at Dayton, Ohio; married Oct. 12, 191 1, 
 at Denver, Colo., Sarah Mabel Leonard, born May 18, 
 1885, at Trumansburg, N. Y., She is the daughter of 
 Dr. Harsey King and Ada C. (Starkweather) Leonard. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Clatworthy are living (1912) at Estes 
 Park, Colo. 
 
 Fred Payne Clatworthy received his education at Colgate 
 University, Hamilton, N. Y. ; Denison University, Granville, 
 Ohio, and Stetson University, De Land, Fla. 
 
 In 1896-98 he took a course in business law in the Chicago 
 College of Law. At Denison he was a member of Beta Theta 
 Pi fraternity. At Stetson he organized and was first president 
 of Irving Literary Society and promoted the first annual field 
 day. He crossed the continent on a bicycle in two trips made 
 in 1896 and 1899, writing of his experiences for the Chicago 
 newspapers. Later, with a friend, he toured the Southwest from 
 Denver to California, crossing the desert with wagon and pack- 
 horses. He has become well known as an artist in landscape 
 photography, his pictures of Western scenery appearing in lead- 
 ing Eastern magazines and in railroad advertising throughout 
 the West. 
 
 Mr. Clatworthy has his studio at Estes Park, Colo. 
 
 Mabel (Leonard) Clatworthy was educated at Cook Acad- 
 emy, in New York. She is a sister of Lora Winters (wife of 
 George Payne 9 Winters) and was married at their home 
 in Denver. Her mother is of Scotch-Irish descent, her 
 maternal grandfather being a home missionary in Iowa, who 
 built with his own hands the Baptist Church near Clinton, Iowa. 
 An uncle on her mother's side was Dr. Burroughs, the first 
 president of the old Chicago University, and John Burroughs, 
 the naturalist, is a cousin. 
 
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APPENDIX 
 
 THE SNOW FAMILY 
 
 Mary Snow, wife of Thomas 2 Paine of Eastham, was a 
 daughter of Nicholas Snow of Plymouth and Eastham. Mr. 
 Snow came to New England in the Ann, in 1623. He had a 
 share in the division of land at Plymouth in 1624. He was a 
 man of much note. He was made a freeman in 1633. In 1648, 
 Nicholas Snow, together with Governor Thomas Prence, John 
 Doane, Josias Cook, Richard Higgins, John Smalley and Ed- 
 ward Bangs, with their families, began the settlement of East- 
 ham. This place was first called Nauset. Mr. Snow became 
 town clerk and remained in that position sixteen years. He 
 was deputy to the General Court from 1648 to 165 1, and select- 
 man for seven years, beginning in 1663. In business he was 
 associated with Governor Thomas Prence. 
 
 Nicholas Snow married at Plymouth, Constance, daugh- 
 ter of Mr. Stephen Hopkins. Both father and daughter 
 had come to this country on the Mayflower. Constance (Hop- 
 kins) Snow died in October, 1677, at Eastham. Mr. Nicholas 
 Snow died at Eastham on Nov. 15, 1676. 
 
 Stephen Hopkins was a prominent man in Plymouth Colony, 
 and one of the few passengers of the Mayflower who came to 
 this country with servants. Governor William Bradford, in his 
 enumeration of the passengers of the Mayflower thus describes 
 him in his History of Plymouth Plantations: 
 
 "Mr. Steven Hopkins and Elizabeth, his wife, and 
 two children, called Giles and Constanta, a daughter, 
 both by a former wife, and two more by this wife, called 
 Damaris and Oceanus, the last was born at sea, and 
 two servants called Edward Dotey and Edward Lister." 
 In 1650, Governor Bradford writes: 
 
 "Mr. Hopkins & his wife are now both dead, but 
 they lived about 20 years in this place & had one sone 
 & 4 daughters born here. Their son became a seaman 
 
200 Appendix 
 
 & dyed at Barbadoes, one daughter died here & two are 
 married, one of them hath 2 children & one is yet to 
 marry. So their increase which still survive are 5, but 
 his son Giles is married & has 4 children. His daugh- 
 ter Constanta is also married & hath 12 children all of 
 them living & one married." 
 
 One of these children was Mary Snow, who married Thomas 2 
 Paine. 
 
Appendix 201 
 
 THE DOANE FAMILY 
 
 Rebekah 3 Doane (John, 2 John 1 ), wife of Mr. Elisha Paine," 
 was a daughter of Mr. John Doane, Jr., of Eastham, in the Colony 
 of Massachusetts, and of his wife Hannah, daughter of Mr. 
 Edward Bangs of Eastham, who came to Plymouth in the Ann 
 in 1623. 
 
 John 2 Doane, Jr., was born, probably, at Plymouth about 
 1635, and died at Eastham, March 15, 1708. He married, April 
 30, 1662, Hannah, daughter of Edward Bangs. She was born 
 at Plymouth about 1644, and was living in Eastham in 1677, 
 being then mentioned in her father's will. Mr. Doane married 
 secondly on Jan. 14, 1694, Rebecca Pettee, whom he also out- 
 lived. 
 
 John Doane, Jr., went with his father's family to Eastham 
 in 1645. He was a man of prominence in Eastham, being Select- 
 man almost every year from 1678 to 1700. He often served 
 as juror and was Constable of Eastham in 1661 and 1663. In 
 1701 and 1702 he was one of the negative men. In 1664 he was 
 appointed one of the Receivers of Excise in Eastham. In 1668 
 he was a member of the Grand Inquest, and in 1669 he was a 
 Justice of the Select Court. He represented his town in the 
 Colony Court in 1664 and 1685, and in the General Court at 
 Boston in 1693, 1694 and 1702. He was a large land owner and 
 planter. Mr. Doane was of the same religious faith as his father, 
 and was a member of the First Church of Eastham. 
 
 The father of John Doane, Jr., Deacon John Doane of East- 
 ham, came from England to Plymouth. Nothing is yet known 
 of his history in England, but the same is true of the greater 
 number of the Pilgrims and Puritans who came to New Eng- 
 land before the middle of the seventeenth century. A record was 
 kept in England of those emigrants who upon leaving took the 
 oath of loyalty to the English Crown and promised conformity 
 to the Established Church. Most of the Puritan emigrants to 
 the new world desired to avoid this enforced oath of allegiance, 
 and to settle in the land of their adoption free to follow their 
 own inclinations. Accordingly, they avoided the legal formali- 
 ties of departure, and sailed away with more or less secrecy. 
 
202 Appendix 
 
 They were not, therefore, enrolled in the official records of the 
 government. 
 
 Deacon Doane 1 was one of the principal men in the affairs 
 of Plymouth Colony, being one of the few who bore the title of 
 "Mr." Englishmen of the seventeenth century were careful to 
 give no title where it was not due. In the Plymouth Colony, 
 the Governor, Deputy Governor, the magistrates and their as- 
 sistants, the clergy, schoolmasters, officers in the militia, men of 
 great wealth, or those connected with the gentry or nobility were 
 the only men called "Mr.," and their wives and daughters bore 
 the title of "Mistress." 
 
 According to Plymouth Records, Deacon Doane was a mem- 
 ber of the Governor's "Counsell," and in many other and va- 
 rious ways, served the people. "On Jany 2, 1633-4, at the Court, 
 Mr. John Doane being formally chosen to the office of a Deacon 
 in the Church, at the request of the Church and himselfe, was 
 freed from the office of an Assistant in the Common Weale." 
 He preferred to be a Deacon in the Church, rather than an As- 
 sistant to the Governor in the affairs of the Colony. The great 
 question of that day was "separation" and "independence," 
 hence we can appreciate his course of thought in deciding. 
 
 Nevertheless, Mr. Doane was thereafter frequently sum- 
 moned to act for the welfare of the community. In 1636, he 
 and others "were joined to the Governor and Council for the 
 preparation of a regular system of laws." (Goodwin's Pilgrim 
 Republic, p. 401.) This was the first revision of the laws of 
 the Colony. Frequent grants of land from the Court made to 
 Mr. Doane appear to be because of his many services in behalf 
 of the Colony. , 
 
 In 1645, with six others, he removed to Eastham, where "he 
 took possession of about 200 acres of land ,and his house stood 
 near the water." At various times during his residence at East- 
 ham, he had land granted him by the Court as well as by the 
 town. Here he is found a useful and influential man. He was 
 appointed to solemnize marriages and administer oaths. He was 
 Deacon of the First Church, Selectman, Deputy for Eastham to 
 the Colony Court. He died Feb. 21, 1685, aged about ninety- 
 five years. 
 
Appendix 203 
 
 Mr. Edward Bangs, father of Mrs. John Doane, Jr., was a 
 merchant of Plymouth and Eastham. He was one of the Pil- 
 grims who came in the Ann in 1623. His wife was Lydia, 
 daughter of Mr. Robert Hicks, who was also a passenger in 
 the Ann. Mr. Hicks was a fellmonger (dealer in hides and 
 leather) in Southwark, London, in 1618, and after his arrival 
 in Plymouth, became a merchant there. 
 
204 Appendix 
 
 THE ADAMS FAMILY 
 
 Ruth 4 Adams (John, 3 Peter, 2 Henry 1 ), paternal grand- 
 mother of Judge Elisha Payne, and wife of Mr. Abraham Payne 
 of Canterbury and Amenia, was born December 10, 1691, at 
 Medfield, Mass. Her father, John Adams, was born at Brain- 
 tree, Mass., was a planter, and resided at Medfield, Mass., and 
 Canterbury, Conn. Mr. John Adams died at Canterbury, Feb. 
 26, 1724. He married on April 2, 1685, Michal, daughter of 
 Richard and Michal (Jenison) Bloys of Watertown, Mass., who 
 was born April 3, 1664, and died April 14, 1752, at Canterbury. 
 Mrs. John Adams' grandfather, Mr. Robert Jenison, was a mem- 
 ber of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Bos- 
 ton. John Adams was the son of Peter 2 Adams, who was the 
 fifth son of Henry 1 Adams, was born in England in 1622, mar- 
 ried Rachael , and settled in Medfield, Mass., in 1652, com- 
 ing there from Braintree. His house was burned by the Indians 
 in 1676. He died about 1690. 
 
 Henry 1 Adams came to Boston from England with his wife 
 and eight children about 1632. He and his family became the 
 earliest settlers of Braintree. Henry Adams died in Braintree, 
 Mass., Oct. 6, 1646, and his will was proved June 8, 1647. He 
 was a plain, unassuming man of ability, who came to America 
 for a better opportunity for his large family. Henry Adams 
 was the ancestor of John Adams, a signer of the Declaration 
 of American Independence, a member of the first Continental 
 Congress and second President of the United States ; conse- 
 quently, he was the ancestor of John Quincy Adams, the sixth 
 President of the United States. No other family has ever fur- 
 nished a father and son to the office of President of this Re- 
 public. Henry Adams was likewise the ancestor of Samuel 
 Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence and member 
 of the first Continental Congress, who became the second Gov- 
 ernor of Massachusetts after the Revolution. It is said that 
 more descendants of Henry Adams have been graduates of Har- 
 vard and Yale and other colleges than of any other man who 
 ever settled in Amenia. 
 
Appendix 205 
 
 President John Adams erected a monument to Henry 
 Adams, his great-great-grandfather, at Quincy, and caused this 
 inscription to be carved thereon : 
 
 "In memory of Henry Adams, who took his flight 
 from the Dragon persecution in Devonshire, England, 
 and alighted with eight sons near Mt. Wollaston. One 
 of the sons returned to England; after taking time to 
 explore the country, four removed to Medfield, and two 
 to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at 
 his left hand, remained here, an original proprietor in 
 the township of Braintree." 
 
 The monument commemorates "the piety, humility, sim- 
 plicity, prudence, patience, temperance, frugality, industry and 
 perseverance" of the Adams ancestry. 
 
 Henry Adams was probably of Welsh origin and it is said 
 that he was the 16th generation from Adam, the father of John, 
 Lord ap Adam, who was called to Parliament by Edward I., as 
 "Baron of the Realm," from A. D. 1296 to 1307, and that he came 
 out of the Marches or Borders of Wales into Devonshire. 
 
 The famous Adams Pedigree is herewith inserted, as given 
 on pp. 66 to 68 in the attractive volume of Browning's, entitled 
 Americans of Royal Descent, as follows : 
 
 1. Pepin of Landen, born before 600. 
 
 2. Grimoald. 
 
 3. Pepin of Peristal. 
 
 4. Charles Martel, King of France. 
 
 5. Pepin, the Short. 
 
 6. Charlemagne, Emperor of the West. 
 
 7. Louis, the Pious. 
 
 8. Charles II., the Bald. 
 
 9. Judith, m. Count Baldwin (of the iron arm). 
 
 10. Baldwin II. of Flanders. 
 
 11. Arnolph, the Great, Count of Flanders. 
 
 12. Baldwin III., Count of Flanders. 
 
 13. Arnolph II., 5th Count of Flanders. 
 
 14. Baldwin IV., 6th Count of Flanders. 
 
 15. Baldwin V., 7th Count of Flanders ; m. Princess Adela, 
 daughter of Robert the Pious, son of Hugh Capet, King of 
 France. 
 
206 Appendix 
 
 16. Matilda, m. William, the Conqueror, King of England, 
 7th Duke of Normandy. Queen Matilda was also descended 
 from Alfred the Great, and the father of William was first 
 cousin of Edward the Confessor. 
 
 17. Princess Gundred, fifth daughter, d. 1085, who married 
 William de Warren, created Earl of Surry ; d. 1088-89, and had : 
 
 18. Lady Editha de Warren, who m., 1st, Gerard de Gour- 
 nai, son and heir of Hugh de Gournai (who accompanied the 
 Duke of Normandy to England, and with his father, Hugh de 
 Gournai, fought in the battles of Mortimer and Hastings), and 
 his wife, Basilia Flaital, daughter of Gerard and sister to Wil- 
 liam Bishop of Everreaux, and had by him: 
 
 19. Hugh de Gournai, d. 1180 (1184), who m., 1st, Lady 
 Beatrix, daughter of Hugh, Count de Vermandois, and m., 
 '2nd, Lady Millicent de Maria, daughter of Thomas, Lord of 
 Coney, and had by her : 
 
 20. Hugh de Gournai, Lord of Beverstau, Gloucestershire, 
 who lost his Norman estates through political troubles and took 
 refuge in England; d. 1214 (1221), and was buried in Langley 
 Abbey, Norfolk. He m. Lady Julia Dampmartin, sister to Regi- 
 nald, Count of Boulogne, and had: Hugh de Gournai (eldest 
 son d. s. p. m. 1235 (1237), having an only child, Julia, wife of 
 William Lord Bardolf of Wormegan) and, 
 
 21. Anselme, Baron de Gournai by tenure, who succeeded 
 his brother, d. 1240, father of 
 
 22. Robert de Gournai, younger son; d. 1268, father of 
 
 23. Anselme de Gournai, Lord of Beverstau; d. s. p. m. 
 1290, who had by wife Olivia: 
 
 25. Lady Elizabeth de Gournai, who m. 1291, Sir John ap 
 Adam, of Beverstau and Tidenham, Gloucester, Lord ap Adam, 
 by writ, 1296- 1307 ; d. 1309. His estates were large not only in 
 his own right, but he received valuable estates from his wife. 
 Their names are found in most works on extinct peerages. He 
 was engaged in the Scottish Wars. There remains to this day 
 a beautiful stained glass window in his memory in the church 
 at Tidenham, with his name, coat-of-arms and the date 13 10 
 in the upper part. His coat-of-arms is given as "argent, a cross 
 gules, 5 mullets or. Crest; out of a ducal coronet, a demi-lion." 
 This means that on a silver ground was a red cross which ex- 
 
Appendix 207 
 
 tended from the top to the bottom and to each side, and on this 
 cross were five golden stars. The crest as given in Fawbank's 
 Crests was the head and principal part of the body of a lion, 
 rampart gardant; that is erect and full-faced with the right paw 
 raised. 
 
 26. Sir John ap Adam, second son (brother to Sir Thomas 
 ap Adam, heir to his father, but never summoned to Parlia- 
 ment), was father of 
 
 27. William ap Adam, father of 
 
 28. Sir John ap Adam, Knt., father of 
 
 29. Thomas ap Adam, who m. Lady Jane, daughter of Sir 
 John Ing, Knt., and had: 
 
 30. Sir John ap Adam, Knt., who m. Lady Millicent, daugh- 
 ter of Sir Matthew Besylls ( ?) and had : 
 
 31. Sir John Adams, m. Clara, daughter of Roger Powell, 
 and had: 
 
 32. Roger Adam, who m. Jane Elliott and had : 
 
 33. Thomas Adam, who m. Maria Upton, and had : 
 
 34. John Adams, who m. Catharine Stebbing, and had: 
 
 35. John Adams, who m. Margery Squier, and had: 
 
 36. Richard Adams, who m. Margaret Amager, and had: 
 
 37. William Adams, who m. Borington, and had: 
 
 38. Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass. ; d. 1646, leaving a 
 will proved June 8, 1647 ; m. — — , and had : 
 
 39. Peter Adams, m. Rachel , and had: 
 
 40. John Adams, m. Michal Bloys, and had: 
 
 41. Ruth Adams, m. Abraham Paine. 
 
 See Adams Family, pub. 1898, p. 314. 
 
 See Adams Family, pub. 1901, by Rev. H. F. Fairbanks. 
 
 See Browning's Americans of Royal Descent, 
 
208 Appendix 
 
 THE FREEMAN FAMILY 
 
 Rebekah Freeman, wife of the Reverend Abraham 5 Payne, 
 was the daughter of Robert and Mary (Paine) Freeman. Mary 
 (Paine) Freeman was a daughter of Elisha 3 Paine, Esq., of 
 Canterbury, whose biography has been given in this volume. 
 Robert Freeman was born at Truro, in the Colony of Massa- 
 chusetts on Aug. 12, 1696, and married Mary Paine April 5, 1722. 
 He died Sept. 27, 1755, at Pomfret in the Colony of Connecticut. 
 Mr. Freeman was said to have been pre-eminently a man of 
 piety. He was the eldest son of Constant and Jane (Treat) 
 Freeman of Truro. 
 
 Mr. Constant Freeman was born March 31, 1669, at East- 
 ham, and died at Truro June 8, 1745. Jane (Treat) Freeman, 
 to whom he was married Oct. 11, 1694, at Eastham, was born 
 Dec. 6, 1675, at Eastham, and died Sept. 1, 1729, at the same 
 place. She was the daughter of the Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth 
 (Mayo) Treat of Eastham. Constant Freeman was first Treas- 
 urer of Truro, General Representative to the General Court 
 and a Selectman. He was a captain in the militia, often mod- 
 erator of town meetings, a founder of the church at Truro and 
 a deacon and ruling elder of the same. Mr. Freeman was a son 
 of Deacon Samuel and Mercy (Southworth) Freeman. 
 
 Deacon Samuel Freeman was born at Watertown in the 
 Colony of Massachusetts, May 11, 1638, and died at Eastham, 
 Nov. 25, 1712. Mercy (Southworth) Freeman, whom he mar- 
 ried May 12, 1658, at Eastham, was born about 1638, and died 
 Nov. 25, 1712 (?), at Eastham. She was a daughter of Con- 
 stant and Elizabeth (Collier) Southworth. Deacon Samuel Free- 
 man was deacon of the church in Eastham; representative to 
 the General Court and a man of wealth. He was a son of Sam- 
 uel and Apphia Freeman. 
 
 Mr. Samuel Freeman and his wife Apphia were the immi- 
 grant ancestors of the Freeman Family of Cape Cod. Mr. 
 Freeman was an original proprietor of Watertown, in the Colony 
 of Massachusetts. He died in England about 1639 while on a 
 business journey to his former home. 
 
Appendix 209 
 
 The Reverend Samuel Treat, father of Jane, wife of Con- 
 stant Freeman, was born in 1648, baptized Sept. 3, 1648, at 
 Milford, Conn., and died March 18, 1716-17, at Eastham, Mass. 
 Elizabeth Mayo, to whom he was first married on March 16, 1674, 
 at Eastham, was born there, baptized May 22, 1653, and died 
 there, Dec. 4, 1696. She was a daughter of Samuel and 
 Thomasine (Lumpkin) Mayo. Mr. Treat married, second, Aug. 
 29, 1700, Abigail (Willard) Estabrook, daughter of the Rev- 
 erend Samuel and Abigail (Sherman) Willard. Mr. Treat 
 graduated at Harvard in 1669. He first preached in Woodbury, 
 N. J., and in 1672 went to Eastham and became pastor of the 
 church there. He was a very noted clergyman and did much 
 work among the Indians. He remained pastor of the church 
 at Eastham forty-five years. Mr. Treat was the son of Gov- 
 ernor Robert and Jane (Tapp) Treat. 
 
 Governor Robert Treat was born about 1624, baptized Feb. 
 25, 1624-5, i n Pitminster, Somerset, England, and died July 12, 
 1710, at Milford, Conn. He married Jane Tapp, who was a 
 daughter of Edmund Tapp of Milford. Robert Treat was one 
 of the greatest of the colonial governors of Connecticut. For 
 forty years he was either governor or lieutenant governor of 
 the colony. He was governor at the time Sir Edmund Andros 
 came to take away the charter of Connecticut when it was hid 
 in the famous charter oak. He was a founder of Newark, N. J. 
 
 Constant Southworth, father of Mercy, wife of Deacon 
 Samuel Freeman, was born in Leyden, Holland, in 1615, and 
 died March 10, 1679. He married, Nov. 2, 1637, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of William Collier of Duxbury, Mass., formerly a mer- 
 chant of London, and a man of great prominence in the colony. 
 Constant Southworth was a large landholder. He held many 
 offices and was treasurer of Plymouth Colony from 1659 to 1678. 
 He was a member of the government of the Colony for many 
 years, either as deputy or as assistant to the governor. Con- 
 stant Southworth was a son of Edward and Alice (Carpenter) 
 Southworth. 
 
 Edward Southworth was born probably about 1590 and died 
 about 1621. He married at Leyden, Holland, on May 28, 1613, 
 Alice Carpenter, born about 1590, and died at Plymouth, Mass., 
 March 29, 1670. She was a daughter of Alexander Carpenter 
 
210 Appendix 
 
 i 
 
 of Wrington, Somerset, England. She married, second, at Ply- 
 mouth, Aug. 14, 1623, Governor William Bradford of Plymouth 
 Colony. 
 
 Edward Southworth was a scion of the Southworth family 
 of Salmsbury Hall, in Lancashire, England: Following is his 
 ancestry, beginning with the earliest recorded generations: 
 
 PEDIGREE I. 
 
 Descent from the Saxon Kings of England and Their 
 Ancestors, Cerdic and Wodin. 
 
 I. Wodin, or Odin (Roman, Othimus), whom some antiquarians 
 
 claim to have descended from the eldest son of the patriarch 
 Noah, made himself master of a considerable part of the 
 North of Europe in the third century, and died in what 
 is now Sweden. By his wife, Frea, or Frigga, he had six 
 sons, the fifth of whom was 
 
 II. Beldig, sometimes called Baldar, who married Nanna, a 
 
 daughter of Gewar, and had son 
 
 III. Brandius, or Brando, who had son 
 
 IV. Froodigarius, or Froethgar, who had son 
 
 V. Wigga, who had son 
 
 VI. Gewesius, or Gewisch, who had son 
 
 VII. Effa, or Esta, who had son 
 
 VIII. Effa (the second), who had son 
 
 IX. Eliseus, who had son 
 
 X. Cerdic, the first King of the West Saxons; died in 534, after 
 
 having reigned about thirty-three years. He had two sons, 
 Chelwolf, who died during the lifetime of his father, and 
 whose great grand-son, Kentwin, was the seventh king of 
 the West Saxons, and 
 
 XI. Kenric or Cynric, who succeeded to the crown in 534 upon 
 the death of his father. He died in 560, having reigned 
 twenty-six years. He had two sons, the second of whom 
 Cuthwulf (died 572) left son Cearlik, who wrested the 
 kingdom from Chaulin, his uncle, in 592, and was fourth 
 King of West Saxons. The eldest son of Kenric was 
 
 XII. Cheaulin, who succeeded to the Crown upon the death of 
 his father in 560, and reigned about thirty-two years, when 
 
Appendix 211 
 
 he was dethroned by Ceolric, his nephew, and banished from 
 the kingdom. He died in exile in 593, leaving Cuth and 
 
 XIII. Cuthwin, who was killed in battle with the Britons in 
 584, during the reign of his father. He left two sons, Ken- 
 wold and 
 
 XIV. Cuth, who had son 
 
 XV. Chelwold, who had son 
 
 XVI. Kenred, who had four sons and one daughter. His eldest 
 son, Ina, was the eleventh king of the West Saxons, An- 
 other son was 
 
 XVII. Ingild, who had son 
 
 XVIII. Eoppa, who had son 
 
 XIX. Easa, who had son 
 
 XX. Alkmund, or Aethelmund, who had son 
 
 XXI. Ecgberht, or Egbert, who succeeded to the West Saxon 
 Crown upon the death of King Bithrick, in the year 800, 
 and in the course of the first twenty years of his reign he 
 succeeded in uniting the whole heptarchy under his rule. 
 He was seventeenth king of the West Saxons and first Saxon 
 king of all England. He married the Lady Redburga, by 
 whom he had a daughter and two sons, the eldest of whom 
 was his successor. He died 839 and was succeeded by 
 
 XXII. Aethelwulf, who took for his wife, Osburga, a daughter 
 of Oslac, an English nobleman and direct descendant of 
 Cedric. By her, he had five sons and one daughter. After 
 the death of Queen Osburga, in his old age, he married a 
 young wife, Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, Emperor 
 and King of France, and great-granddaughter of the Em- 
 peror Charlemagne. By her he left no issue. She subse- 
 quently married Baldwin, first Count of Flanders, and be- 
 came ancestress of Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror. 
 Aethelwulf died January 18, 857, after a reign of eighteen 
 years. He was succeeded by his youngest son. 
 
 XXIII. Alfred, the Great, born in 849, who survived all his 
 brothers and became sixth King of England in 871. In 
 869 he married Ealswitha, a daughter of the Earl of Lin- 
 colnshire, and by her had three sons and three daughters. 
 He died October 28, 901, and his Queen died about 904. 
 He was succeeded by his second son. 
 
212 Appendix 
 
 XXIV. Edward, the Elder, seventh King of England, was mar- 
 ried three times. His first wife was Ecguina, a shepherd's 
 daughter, by whom he had two sons and one daughter; the 
 second wife was Elfleda, a daughter of Earl Aethelhelme, 
 by whom he had two sons and six daughters; the third 
 wife was Edgina, a daughter of Earl Sigeline, by whom he 
 had two sons and two daughters. He was crowned in 901, 
 and died 925. By his second wife, Queen Elfleda, he had 
 
 XXV. Princess Eadbild, or Eldhild, who married Hugh the 
 Great, Duke of France and Burgundy, and Count of Paris 
 and Orleans. (See III., Pedigree II., for continuation of 
 line through Capetian Dynasty.) 
 
 PEDIGREE II. 
 
 Descent from the Capetian Dynasty, and Henry I. of 
 
 France. 
 
 I. Robert, the Strong, is regarded as the stock of the Capetian 
 
 Dynasty. He died 866, A. D., leaving son 
 
 II. Robert, Count of Paris, married a sister of Otho, Emperor 
 
 of Germany. Received the Crown of France at Soissons 
 in 922, from the Lord's opposed to Charles the Simple. 
 Killed in 923. He had son 
 
 III. Hugh, the Great, Duke of France and Burgundy, and Count 
 of Paris and Orleans; was never crowned. Married Eld- 
 hild, daughter of Edward, the Elder, seventh Saxon King 
 of England, and Elfreda, his Queen. (See XXV., Pedi- 
 gree I.) He died, leaving son 
 
 IV. Hugh Capet, King of France (born 940, A. D., crowned 
 987, A. D.), married Princess Adelaide of Aquitaine, daugh- 
 ter of Otho I., Emperor of Germany, and Queen Adelheid. 
 (See IX., Pedigree III.) He died 996, A. D., leaving son 
 
 V. Robert, King of France (born 971, A. D., crowned 996, A. 
 
 D.), married Constance of Provence, daughter of the Count 
 of Toulouse. He was sometimes called Robert II., the 
 Pious. He shared the throne with his father, Hugh Capet, 
 from 988 to 996, when he became sole ruler. He died 103 1, 
 A. D., at Melin, and was buried at St. Denis. He had son 
 
Appendix 213 
 
 VI. Henry I., King of France (born 1005, A. D., crowned 103 1, 
 A. D., died 1060). After the death of his first and second 
 wives, the daughters of the German Emperor Conrad and 
 Henry III., he married Anne, daughter of Grand Duke Ja- 
 roslaus of Russia. (See VII., Pedigree IV.), and had son 
 
 VII. Hugh, surnamed Magnus; married Lady Adela de Ver- 
 mandois, daughter of Hubert (or Herbert) IV., the 8th 
 Count Vermandois (Count 1045-1080, A. D. ; died 1080, A. 
 D.), and in her right became 9th Count of Vermandois. 
 (See XIII., Pedigree V.), and her daughter 
 
 VIII. Lady Isabel de Vermandois, married Robert de Bello- 
 mont (Beaumont), created, in 1103, Earl of Leicester and 
 Earl Melent, by Henry I. of England. He commanded the 
 right of the Norman army at the Battle of Hastings, and 
 was characterized "as the wisest of all men, betwixt this 
 and Jerusalem in worldly affairs." In latter days became 
 a monk in the Abbey of Preaux, where he died 11 18. 
 
 Robert de Bellomont and Lady Isabel de Vermondois 
 had 
 
 IX. Robert-Bossu de Bellomont, second Earl of Leicester, Lord 
 Justice of England; died 1168, A. D., who in 1103, A. D., 
 married Lady Amicia de Waer, daughter of Ralph de Waer 
 (or Wayer), Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge, and 
 of wife Emma, daughter of Wm. Fitz-Osburne, Earl of 
 Hereford, Marshal of England; had daughter 
 
 X. Lady Isabel de Bellomont, who married, first, Simon St. 
 
 Lize, Earl of Northampton; married, second, Sir Gervaise 
 Paganel, Baron Dudley, who in 3d., King Stephen, Anno 
 1 138, held the Castle of Dudley in right of Empress Maud, 
 and in 1st., King Richard I., was present at the Solemn 
 Coronation of that monarch. (Proof of second Marriage 
 is given by Dugdale, Vol. I., page 432.) Gervaise Paganel was 
 son of Ralph Paganel, Lord Dudley, and Agnes, his wife: 
 grandson of Fulke Paganel, who acquired the castle and title 
 of Dudley in right of his wife Beatrice, daughter and heiress 
 of Wm. Fitz-Ausculph ; and great-grandson of Ralph Pag- 
 anel and Matilda, his wife. Sir Gervaise Paganel and Lady 
 Isabel de Bellomont had daughter and sole heir 
 
214 Appendix 
 
 XI. Lady Hawyse Paganel, Baroness Dudley, married John de 
 Someri, of Cambridge, Lord Dudley in right of his wife, 
 and had sons, first, William Perceval de Someri, Baron 
 Dudley, eldest son, died 1222, and second, 
 
 XII. Roger de Someri, who in default of heirs of his brother 
 William Perceval, in 1229, A. D., became Baron Dudley. 
 He died in 1280; married for his second wife, Lady Ama- 
 bel, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Chaucombe and widow 
 of Gilbert de Segrave. By this marriage they had daugh- 
 ter 
 
 XIII. Lady Margaret de Someri, who married, first, Uriean St. 
 Pierre, and second, Ralph, first Baron Basset, of Dray- 
 ton, County of Stafford (42nd Henry III., 1257-8, A. D.). 
 Was a famous warrior, and fell in the Battle of Eversham, 
 48 Henry III. Ralph, Baron Basset, was a great grandson 
 of Lord Chief Justice of England (wife Maud Ridel) temp. 
 Henry I. and a descendant of Thursten, the Norman. 
 Ralph, Baron Basset, and Lady Margaret had son 
 
 XIV. Ralph, Second Baron Basset, summoned to Parliament 
 June 23, 1295 ; was engaged in the French and Scottish 
 wars of Edward I. Died 1299. Married Joan, daughter of 
 John Gray, Justice of Chester, and had among other chil- 
 dren, daughter 
 
 XV. Lady Margaret Basset, who married Lord Edmund de 
 Stafford, created Baron for his services in the Scottish Wars 
 by King Edward I. By this marriage the Staffords became 
 heirs of Basset of Drayton. Lord Edmund died 1308. 
 This Lord Edmund was son of Nicholas de Stafford of the 
 feudal lords of Stafford, killed at Droselan Castle, Wales, 
 1293, and grandson of Robert de Stafford who served in 
 Gascony, 38 Henry III., dying 1282, and marrying Alice, 
 daughter and co-heir of Thomas Corbet of Cans, County 
 Salop. This Robert was son and heir of Hervey Bagot, 
 and Millicent de Starffod, who assumed his maternal 
 surname, and inherited the estates, marrying Petroville, 
 sister of Wm. de Ferrers, feudal earl of Derby. He 
 died 1237, A. D. This Millicent de Stafford, who married 
 (5 Richard I.) Hervey Bagot, of an ancient Staffordshire 
 family, became feudal baroness upon the decease of her 
 
Appendix 215 
 
 brother, Robert de Stafford about 1139 s. p., and she was 
 the daughter of Robert de Stafford, Sheriff of Staffordshire 
 (2nd to 6th Henry II.). The latter made a pilgrimage to 
 Jerusalem, and paid 60 Knights' fees toward the marriage 
 portion of the King's daughter. He was the son of Nicholas 
 de Stafford, Sheriff of Staffordshire, temp. Henry I. and 
 grandson of Robert de Toenei, son of Roger de Toeni, 
 standard bearer of Normandy, who assumed the name of 
 Stafford from being Governor of Stafford Castle temp. 
 William the Conqueror. He had wife Alice de Clare. 
 Lord Edmund de Stafford and Lady Margaret Basset had 
 son \ 
 
 XVI. Ralph, second Baron de Stafford, summoned to Parlia- 
 ment January 3, 1337; died Aug., 1372. Was 21 years old 
 17 Edward II. Was Seneschal of Aquitaine 20 Edward III. 
 Principal in Command at the Battle of Crecy. Took part 
 in Surrender of Calais to the English. Created March 5, 
 1 35 1, Earl of Stafford. Was Lieutenant and Captain-Gen- 
 eral of Duchy of Acquitaine. Baron Ralph de Stafford mar- 
 ried, first, Margaret, only daughter and heiress of Hugh 
 dAudley, Baron Audley, Earl of Gloucester, and second, 
 Lady Catherine, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Hastings, 
 Knight. 
 
 Ralph, Earl de Stafford, and second wife, Lady Cath- 
 erine de Hastings, had daughter 
 
 XVII. Lady Jane de Stafford, who married Sir Nicholas Beck, 
 Knight, and had daughter 
 
 XVIII. Lady Elizabeth Beck, who married Sir Robert de 
 Swynnerton, of Swynnerton. Sir Robert above was son of 
 Sir Thomas de Swynnerton, Knight, by Maud, his wife, 
 daughter of Sir Robert Holland, Knight.; grandson of Sir 
 Robert de Swynnerton, Knight, of Swynnerton, by Matilda, 
 his wife, who was summoned to Parliament II., Edward III. ; 
 the last named Sir Robert was son of Sir Roger de Swyn- 
 nerton, Knight of the Manor of Swynnerton (34 Edward I.) 
 Governor of the Town of Stafford, Constable of the Tower 
 of London and Baron of the Realm by his wife Joanna, 
 daughter of Sir Robert Hastang. He died 1338, A. D. The 
 Swynnerton family is said to be descended from Alan Fer- 
 
216 Appendix 
 
 gant, Earl of Britain, who came into England with the 
 Conqueror. 
 
 Sir Robert de Swynnerton and Lady Elizabeth Beck 
 had only daughter 
 
 XIX. Lady Maude de Swynnerton, who married Sir John Sav- 
 age, of Clifton, Knight, who died Aug. I, 1450, from whom 
 are descended Viscounts Savage, Viscounts Colchester and 
 Earls Rivers. Sir John Savage above was son of John 
 Savage, Esquire (who was descended from the Savages of 
 Steinesble, County Derby.) He married Margaret, daugh- 
 ter and heiress of Sir Thomas Daniers, Lord Bradley in 
 Appleton by wife Isabel (daughter and heiress of Sir Wm. 
 Baggiley and his wife Clemence), and by this marriage be- 
 came of Clifton called "Rock Savage," as well as of the 
 Castle of Frodsham in Cheshire. 
 
 Sir John Savage and Lady Maude had son 
 
 XX. Sir John Savage, Knight, of Clifton, who married Lady 
 Elena Brereton. Sir John died June 29, 1463, aged 53, at 
 the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. 
 
 Lady Elena de Brereton was daughter of Sir Wm. de 
 Brereton, Lord Brereton, born Feast of St. Valentine 23 
 Edward III., died 4 Henry VI. Sir William, Lord Brere- 
 ton (wife Anita, daughter of Sir Hugh Venoble, Baron of 
 Kinderton, whom he married at Audley, 1386), was son 
 of Sir Wm. de Brereton, Knight, Lord of Brereton, 
 who married Lady Ellen, daughter of Philip, and 
 sister and heiress of David de Egerton, Lord of Eger- 
 ton and representative of the Norman Barons of Malpas- 
 and. Sir William de Brereton, last named was son of Wil- 
 liam de Brereton (wife Margaret, daughter of Richard de 
 Bosely), who died in the lifetime of his father, Sir William 
 de Brereton of Brereton, knighted 1321, A. D. (wife Rose, 
 daughter of Ralph de Vernon of Shipbrook) , who was third 
 in descent from Sir Wm. de Brereton of Brereton, Lord of 
 Brereton, temp. John and Henry III. (wife Marjery, daugh- 
 ter of Randall de Thornton). 
 
 Sir John Savage and Lady Elena had daughter 
 
 XXI. Lady Mary Savage, who married, 1415, William de 
 Stanley, Esquire, Lord of Stanley, Stourton and Hoghton. 
 
Appendix 217 
 
 He was 23 years old, 6 Henry VI. Was Sheriff 
 of Cheshire, 2 Edward IV., and died 6 Edward IV. 
 
 William de Stanley, Esq., was son of Sir William de 
 Stanley, Knight, Lord of Stourton, and Hoghton, knighted 
 in 141 5, for service at Agincourt. Pardoned Nov. 3, 5 
 Henry IV., for Percy Rebellion (wife Blanche, daughter of 
 Sir John Arderne of Aldford, Knight). Sir William de 
 Stanley, last named, was son of Sir William de Stanley, 
 Lord Stanley, Stourton and Hoghton ("Lord Hoghton" in 
 right of his wife, Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir Wil- 
 liam de Hoghton, Knight, and Catherine, his wife, daugh- 
 ter and heir of Henry Torone of Molynton-Torone), 
 who was three years old, 21 Richard II. Pardoned for 
 Percy's Rebellion, Nov. 3, 5 Henry IV., at same time as his 
 son. Was son of William de Stanlegh, Lord of Stanley 
 and Stourton died 1398 (wife Alice Mascie, daughter of 
 Sir Hugh Mascie of Timperley and Agnes, daughter of 
 John Leigh) and he in turn was son of John de Stanlegh, 
 6th Lord of Stanley and 2nd of Stourton, by his wife 
 Mabel, daughter of Sir James Hausket, Knight, of Stough- 
 ton Parva. John in turn was son of William de Stanlegh; 
 was Forrester of Werral by special grant in 10th year Ed- 
 ward II., 1316, A. D., (wife Jane, daughter and co- 
 heiress of Philip de Pomville, by Agnes his wife, daughter 
 and co-heir of Alexander Sylvester, Lord of Stourton, 
 hence the Stanleys derive their title Lords of Stourton). 
 William the Forrester above was fourth in descent from 
 William de Aldithley, who married Joan, only daughter 
 of Thomas Stanley of Stafford. Hence the surname 
 Stanley. 
 
 Lord William de Stanley and Lady Mary Savage had 
 son 
 XXII. Sir William de Stanley of Hoghton. Pedigree: 
 (see XXI.) He married Lady Alice de Hoghton, 
 of Hoghton, daughter of Sir Richard de Hoghton, Lord 
 of Molynton-Banastre, who died before 1468 (wife Mar- 
 garet, from whom are descended the Hoghtons of Hoghton 
 Tower). This Richard de Hoghton, aged 24 in 1425, was 
 heir to his grandfather Sir Richard, Knight, who died 
 
218 Appendix 
 
 June 14, 1415 (wife Joanna, daughter of Sir Richard de 
 Radliff), and to his great uncle, Sir Henry de Hoghton, 
 Knight of the Shire, County Lancaster, who died Nov. 
 25, 1424. Sir Richard and Sir Henry were sons of Sir 
 Adam de Hoghton, Knight of the Shire for Lancaster, 
 died 1386, A. D. (wife Helen), and grandson of Sir Richard 
 de Hoghton, Knight of the Shire, died 1340. The wife of 
 Sir Richard de Hoghton was Sybil de Lea, Lady of 
 Molyn ton-Ban as tre, sister and heir of Sir Henry de Lea, 
 Lord of Molynton-Banastre, d. s. p., 1315, and daughter 
 of Sir William de Lea, Lord of the Manor of Molynton- 
 Banastre, County Chester, in right of his wife Clemence 
 (died 1290), daughter of Sir Robert Banastre, Lord 
 of Walton and Makerfield and Baron of Newton. 
 This Sir William de Lea, Lord of the Manor of 
 Molynton, was third in descent from Henry de Lea, 
 living 1208, styled Baron of Kendal and Governor of Lan- 
 caster Castle, and fourth in descent from William de Lan- 
 caster, who held a borate of land in Lea, temp. Henry II., 
 from which the family de Lea derive their surname. The 
 last named William de Lancaster was son of Fitz-Gilbert 
 de Lancaster, Governor of Lancaster Castle, who was de- 
 scended from the feudal Barons of Kendal, being fourth in 
 descent from Ivo de Talboys of Anjou, brother of Fulke, 
 the Earl. This Ivo de Talboys married Lucy, daughter of 
 Algar, or Alfar, Earl of Mercia (wife, Alversa, died 1059; 
 buried at Coventry), and granddaughter of Leafric the 
 Great, Earl of Mercia, who died at Bromley Aug. 31, 1057. 
 and was buried at Coventry, who "had to wife" the Lady 
 Godiva, sister of Thorold de Bohenhales. Sir Richard de 
 Hoghton, Knight (who married Lady Sybil de Lea, Lady 
 of Molynton-Banastre), was the son of Sir Adam de Hogh- 
 ton, Knight of the Shire, 1315 (wife, Amicia de Howicke), 
 summoned to Parliament 1315, and grandson of Sir Adam 
 de Hoghton, Knight, 1266, which latter Sir Adam was 
 great-grandson of Adam de Hocton, son of Hamo Pincerna, 
 a direct descendant of Hervelus Walter, companion-in-arms 
 to the Conqueror. This Hamo married a daughter of 
 Warin Bussel, Baron of Penwartham, who gave to his son- 
 
Appendix 219 
 
 in-law two comcates of land in Hocton and Echeliston. 
 (See X., Pedigree VI.) 
 
 Sir William de Stanley and Lady Alice de Hoghton 
 had eldest son 
 
 XXIII. Sir William de Stanley, Sheriff of Chester, Jan. 16, 
 1462, temp. 10 Edward VI. He married Lady Margaret, 
 daughter of Sir John Bromley, Knight, aged 25, 33 Henry 
 VI. Sir John Bromley Knight (wife Joane, daughter of 
 William Hextol), was son of William de Bromley, Lord of 
 Bodington, aged 13, 7 Henry V. (wife Lady Marjery.daughter 
 of Randle Mainwaryng of Baddily), and grandson of Sir 
 John Bromley, Knight, Lord of Bodington, aged 28, 5 
 Henry V., who died of his wounds in France in September, 7 
 Henry V. (wife, Marjery, daughter of Sir John Massie of 
 Talton, Knight, wife Alice). Last named Sir John Brom- 
 ley was son of Richard de Bromley of Bodington, died 10 
 Henry IV. (Agnes, his wife, daughter of and heiress of 
 William, son of Robert, son of Wm. de Praero of Body- 
 legh and Alstanton, married to Lettice, daughter and co- 
 heiress of William, son of Robert de Wetenhale by Ellen, 
 his wife, daughter and heiress of Robert de Bulkyleyh of 
 Alstaneston) . Richard de Bromlegh last named was son 
 of William de Bromlegh of Batynton, 27 Edward III., in 
 right of his wife Anabel, daughter of Mathew de Chetelton 
 and granddaughter of William de Chetelton, Lord of Boding- 
 ton, 19 Edward II. Last named Wm. de Bromlegh was 
 great-great-grandson of Geoffrey de Bromlegh, 1 Edward I., 
 son of Sir Walter de Bromlegh, Knight, who married the 
 heiress of Bromlegh, and was the son of Warynde de 
 Burwardslegh, Lord of the Manor of Burwardslegh, County 
 of Stafford, temp. King John. 
 
 Sir William de Stanley and Lady Margaret Bromley 
 had daughter 
 
 XXIV. Lady Margaret Stanley, who married Peter Gerard, Esq., 
 of Kingsley and Bryn (d. v. p. 1492; buried at Wynwicke). 
 Peter Gerard was son of Sir Thomas Gerard of Kingsley 
 and Bryn, died 10 Henry VII. (wife, Dowse, daughter of 
 Sir Thomas Assheton of Assheton-under-Byrne) . He was 
 fifth in descent from William Gerard, Lord of Kingsley, 
 
220 Appendix 
 
 with Bradley, Coten Hall and land in Hawarden, 9 Edward 
 II., and of Bryn in right of his wife Joan, daughter and 
 heiress of Peter de Bryn of Bryn Hill, County Lancaster, 
 and sixth in descent from William Gerard, who did homage 
 to Edward, Earl of Chester, and died at Eton Hall, 23 
 Edward III. (wife, Matilda, daughter Henry de Glasehouse 
 de Kingsley), seventh in descent from William Gerard (wife, 
 Emma, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Kingsley of 
 Kingsley, County Chester, Knight). Eighth also in de- 
 scent from William Gerard, Justice of Eyre, County of 
 Chester, who was son of William Fitz-gerald (died 1173), 
 second son of Gerald or Gerard, who possessed the Castle 
 of Kerrin in Carmarthenshire in right of his mother, Nesta, 
 daughter of Rhys, son of Grieffyoh, Prince of South Wales. 
 This Gerald or Gerard, surnamed Fitz-Walter (married 
 Princess Nesta) was Constable of Pembroke Castle, and 
 Steward, of County Pembroke, and was son of Walter Fitz- 
 Otho, Castellan of Windsor, appointed by William the Con- 
 queror, Warden of the Forests in Berkshire. He possessed 
 two lordships in that county, three in Surrey, three in Bucks, 
 three in Dorset, four in Middlesex, nine in Wilts, one in 
 Somerset, and ten in County Southamton, which were held 
 by his father Otho temp. Edward the Confessor, and derived 
 from Lord Otho temp. King Alfred. Lord Otho was de- 
 scended from the Dukes of Tuscany, of the Family Gherar- 
 dini. Walter Fitz-Otho, above, had for his wife Lady 
 Gladys, daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfin, Prince of North 
 Wales. 
 
 Peter Gerard, Esq., and Lady Margaret Stanley had 
 daughter 
 XXV. Lady Isabel Gerard, who married Sir Richard Langton, 
 Baron of Newtown and Lord of Walton; died Aug. 23, 
 1500; made Knight Bannerette on Hutton Field, Aug. 22, 
 1482. Sir Richard was son of Sir Ralph de Langton, Knight, 
 died Feb. 26, 1431 (wife, Alice, daughter of William Bal- 
 derston), and grandson of Henry de Langton, Baron of 
 Newton, died Sept. 14, 1419 (wife, Agnes, daughter of 
 John de Davenport). Son of Sir Ralph de Langton, Knight, 
 Baron of Newton, died 1406 (wife, Johanna, daughter of 
 
Appendix 221 
 
 William de Radcliffe of the Tower). Son of John de 
 Langton, died in lifetime of his father, Robert Langton, 
 Baron Newton and Lord of Walton-le-Dale (wife, Mar- 
 garet), son of John de Langton, first of the name in County 
 Lancaster, who was son of Robert de Langton, Lord of 
 West Langeton, County of Leicester, and brother of John de 
 Langton, Bishop of Chichester (1305-37) and the Chan- 
 cellor of England. This John de Langeton, son of Robert 
 and brother of the Chancellor, was Baron of Newton and 
 Lord of Walton-le-Dale in right of his wife Alesia, daugh- 
 ter of James Banastre by his wife Elena, daughter to 
 William le Boteler, Baron of Warwick, whose sister, Lady 
 Clemence Banastre, married William de Lea and had as 
 her marriage portion Molynton-Banastre, County Chester. 
 (See XXII. under Pedigree of Hoghton.) James Banastre 
 dying in time of his father, Sir Robert Banastre, Lord of 
 Makerfield of Newton, Walton and Molynton-Banastre, his 
 daughter, Lady Alesia, wife to John de Langeton, inherited 
 from her grandfather Newton and Walton. The family of 
 Banastre derive their descent from Robert Banastre, who 
 came to England at the time of the Conquest, and whose 
 name is on the roll of Battle Abbey, and who was given a 
 grant of land in North Wales. Sir Richard Langton and 
 Lady Isabel Gerard had daughter 
 XXVI. Lady Ellen Langton, who married Sir John Southworth, 
 Knight, of Salmesbury, born 1478, died 1519. (His sister 
 Joan married Ralph, brother of Lady Ellen Langton, aquo, 
 Langtons of Newton and Walton-le-Dale.) Arms: "Quar- 
 terly 1 and 4 sable, a chevron between 3 cross croslets argent" 
 (for Southworth) "2 and 3 argent, a chevron between 3 
 cross croslets sable (for Salmesbury). Crest: A bull's head 
 erased; sable horned argent tipped with the first." This 
 coat of arms appears upon the chimney of an old hall at 
 Salmesbury. Pedigree: Sir Christopher Southworth of 
 Salmesbury, born 1443, died 1487, knighted 22 Edward 
 IV., father of Sir John above (wife, Lady Ellen Langton), 
 married Isabel, second daughter and co-heiress of Sir 
 Thomas Dutton, of Dutton, County Chester, Knight, slain 
 at the Battle of Bloveheath (wife, Ann, daughter of James 
 
222 Appendix 
 
 Touchet, Lord Audley. Sir Christopher was son of 
 Richard de Southworth of Salmesbury, born 1410; died 
 1472 (wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneaux 
 of Sefton, County Lancaster), son of Sir Thomas de South- 
 worth of Salmesbury, born 1393; died 1432 (wife, Jane, 
 daughter of John de Boothe of Barton, County Lancaster, 
 by wife Jane, daughter of Sir Henry de Trafford, Knight), 
 son of Sir John de Southworth of Salmesbury, Knight, died 
 at the siege of Harfleur Oct. 5, 141 5 (wife, Margaret, 
 daughter of Sir Richard de Hochton, Knight, of Hochton 
 Towers), son of Sir Gilbert de Southworth, Knight, of 
 Southworth Hall, in County Lancaster, became Lord of 
 Salmesbury in right of his wife Alicia D'Ewyas, daughter 
 and sole heir of Nicholas D'Ewyas, living 19 Edward II., 
 and granddaughter of Sir John D'Ewyas, living 20 Edward 
 I., who married Cicely, daughter of Sir William de Salmes- 
 bury (wife, Margaret, daughter and heiress of Fitz-Oseber), 
 who was son and heir of Gospatric, Lord of Salmesbury 
 temp. Henry II. Sir Gilbert de Southworth above was son 
 of Sir Gilbert de Southworth, Knight. 
 
 Sir John Southworth and Lady Ellen Langton had son 
 
 XXVII. Christopher Southworth. Arms: (See XXVI. above.) 
 
 Pedigree: (See XXVI. above.) Married . He had 
 
 son 
 
 XXVIII. Edward Southworth, Esq., Merchant of City of Lon- 
 don. Arms: (See XXVI.) Pedigree: (See XXVI.) He 
 married Jane, daughter of Edward Lloyd, Esq., of Llwyn- 
 ymaen, Wales. Edward Lloyd was second son of Richard 
 Lloyd of Llwynymaen (wife, Margaret, daughter of John 
 Edwards of Shirke), son of Robert Lloyd of Llwynymaen 
 (wife, Margaret, daughter of Jenkin Kynaston de Stokes, 
 seventh in descent from Meredith ap Bleddyn, first Prince 
 of Powys, died 1122), son of Meredith Lloyd, son of 
 Griffith Vaughan, son of Myrick Lloyd, son of Blethen 
 Lloyd, son of Blethen Vaughan. Edward Lloyd, above, 
 father of Jane, who married Edward Southworth, married 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Stamey of Oswaldstrey, son 
 of Roger (wife, Johanna, daughter of Joannes Blodwell). 
 
 Edward Southworth by Jane Lloyd had son 
 
Appendix 223 
 
 XXIX. Thomas Southworth, Esq., Recorder at Wells, County 
 Somerset. He married Jane, daughter of Nicholas Mynne 
 of Norfolk. (Southworth arms and pedigree same as 
 XXVI., above.) They had son 
 
 XXX. Edward Southworth, above referred to, of Duke Place, 
 London, who married Alice, daughter of Alexander Car- 
 penter of Wrington, Somersetshire. 
 
 PEDIGREE III. 
 
 Descent from Louis I. of France and Henry I. of Germany. 
 
 I.' Louis I., "Le Debonnaire," of France, born 778; died 840; 
 married Judith, the "Fair Maid of Bavaria," daughter of 
 Guelph, Count of Bavaria, and had son 
 
 II. Charles II., the Bald, King of France, born 823; died 879; 
 
 married Lady Hermentrude, daughter of Odo, Count 
 d'Orleans, and had son 
 
 III. Louis II., "Le Begue," King of France, born 846 ; died 879 ; 
 married Ausgarde and had son 
 
 IV. Carolman, King of Aquitaine and Burgundy; died 884; 
 married Carentia and had son 
 
 V. Arnulf, Emperor and King of Germany; died 900; married 
 
 Jutta, daughter of Welpho L, Count of Altorf, and had 
 daughter 
 
 VI. Princess Luitgarda, who married Otho, Duke of Saxony 
 and had son 
 
 VII. Henry I., the Fowler, born 876; died 936; elected Empe- 
 ror of Germany 919; married Lady Matilda, daughter of 
 Count Ingelheim, and had son 
 
 VIII. Otho I., the Great, born 912; died 973; elected Emperor 
 of Germany 936. In 951 aided the Italians against the 
 usurper Berengarius, who had murdered King Lethorius 
 and imprisoned his Queen in 951, whom he married same 
 year. She was Lady Adelheid, daughter of Rudolph II, 
 Duke of Burgundy. 
 
 Otho I. had daughter 
 
 IX. Princess Adelaide, who married Hugh Capet, King of 
 France. 
 
 (See IV., Pedigree II., for completion of this Pedigree.) 
 
224 Appendix 
 
 PEDIGREE IV. 
 
 Descent from Basil, Macedonian Emperor of the East, and 
 'Romanus II. of Constantinople, Emperor of the East. 
 
 I. Basil, Macedonian Emperor of the East, 867-886, A. D. ; mar- 
 
 ried Ingerine and had son 
 
 II. Leo VI., the Philosopher, born Sept. 1, 866, A. D.; 
 died May 11, 911, A. D. ; reigned from 886 to 911, A. D. ; 
 married Zoo Carbonopsine and had son 
 
 III. Constantine VI., born 905, A. D.: died 960, A. D.; reigned 
 912 to 960, A. D.; married Helen Augusta, daughter Rom- 
 anus I (Lacophenus) his associate on the throne, and had son 
 
 IV. Romanus II., Emperor of the East, born 939; died 963, A. 
 D. ; reigned from 959 to 963, A. D. ; had daughter by Em- 
 press Theophaum, 
 
 V. Princess Anne of Constantinople, 989, A. D., who married 
 
 Walodimir I., Grand Duke of Russia, who in 989, A. D., 
 established the Greek Church in Russia. He died 1005, 
 A. D. He was son of Suietislaus (died 973), son of Igor 
 (died 950), whose wife Olga, baptized at Constantinople as 
 Helene (955), succeeded her husband as Empress. She died 
 969, and was canonized by the Greek Church. Igor was 
 son of Ruric. Walodimir and Princess Anne had son 
 
 VI. Jaroslaus, Grand Duke of Russia, who had daughter 
 
 VII. Anne of Russia, who was married to Henry I., King of 
 France. 
 
 (See VI., Pedigree II., for completion of line.) 
 
 PEDIGREE V. 
 
 Descent from the Emperor Charlemagne and the 
 Counts of Vermandois. 
 
 I. Charles Le Martel, first of the Carlovingian Kings of France, 
 
 born 694 ; died 741 ; by Lady Rotrude, his Queen, had son 
 
 II. Pepin le Bref, King of France, died 768, A. D. ; married 
 
 Lady Bertha, daughter of Count de Leon, and had son 
 
 III. Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (800-814, A. D.), born 
 742, A. D. ; died of pleurisy at Aix-la-Chapelle, Jan. 28, 
 814. Was married 771, A. D., to Lady Hildegarde of Savoy 
 and Subia, who died April 30, 782, A. D., leaving son 
 
Appendix 225 
 
 IV. Pepin, King of Lombardy, born 776 or jy/, A. D.; 
 died July 8, 810, A. D.; married Bertha, daughter 
 of William, Count of Toulouse, who was given the title by 
 Charlemagne. Made a Peer of France in 803, A. D., and 
 died 828, A. D. Pepin and Bertha had son 
 
 V. Bernard, King of Lombardy, born 799; died April 17, 818, 
 
 A. D. ; had his eyes put out in 8i8t. He married Lady 
 Cunegonde and had son > 
 
 VI. Pippin or Pepin, First Count Vermandois (834-840). He 
 died 840, A. D., leaving son 
 
 VII. Herbert, or Hubert I., Second Count Vermandois, 893- 
 902; died 902, A. D. He is supposed to have married a 
 daughter of Robert, Duke of France, and had son 
 
 VIII. Herbert II., Third Count Vermandois; died 945, A. D. 
 (Count 902-903) ; married Hilderbrante and had 
 
 IX. Albert I., the Pious, Fourth Count Vermandois (943-987) ; 
 died 989, A. D. ; married Gerberge, daughter of King Louis 
 d'outre Mer (Louis IV. of France, born 928; died 954), 
 who married Lady Gerberga de Saxa, daughter of Henry I., 
 Duke of Saxony and Emperor of Germany. Count Albert 
 I. and Gerberge had son 
 
 X. Herbert III., Fifth Count Vermandois I (987-1000) ; died 
 
 1000, A. D. ; married Hermengarde and had son 
 
 XI. Otto, Seventh Count Vermandois (1010-1015). Succeeded 
 his brother Albert II. (Sixth Count). Otto married Pavie, 
 and died 1045, leaving son 
 
 XII. Herbert IV., Eighth Count Vermandois (1045-1080) ; died 
 1080, A. D.; married Adele Hildebrante, of Wexin, 
 daughter of Raoul III. (died 1074), son of Raoul II., son 
 of Walter II. (died 1027), son of Walter I. (died 987), son 
 of Hildegarde (died 981), who married Waleran of Wexin 
 (died 965), daughter of Alix or Alice (married Amolph I., 
 Count of Flanders), daughter of Herbert II., Third Count 
 Vermandois. Herbert IV. and Lady Adele Hildebrante 
 of Wexin had daughter 
 
 XIII. Lady Adela de Vermandois, who married Hugh, the Great, 
 son of Henry I., King of France. 
 
 (See VII., Pedigree II., for completion of line.) 
 
226 Appendix 
 
 PEDIGREE VI. 
 Descent from William the Conqueror, King of England. 
 
 I. William the Conqueror, King of England (died 1080, A. D.), 
 
 Seventh Duke of Normandy and King of England, married 
 (1053) Lady Matilda (Maud), daughter of Baldwin V., 
 Seventh Count of Flanders (see Pedigree VII.), and his 
 wife, Princess Adela, daughter of King Robert, the Pious 
 (see Pedigree II.), son of Hugh Capet, King of France. 
 They had 
 
 II. Princess Gundred, fifth daughter, sister of King Henry I., 
 
 died 1085 at Castle Acre; buried in the Chapter House of 
 Lewes Priory ; married William de Warren, Earl of Surrey ; 
 died 1089. They had son 
 
 III. William de Warren, Second Earl of Warren and Surrey; 
 died 1 135, A. D. ; married Lady Isabel de Vermandois (died 
 1 131), widow of Robert, Earl of Mellent, and third daugh- 
 ter of Hugh, the Great, of France, ninth Count Vermandois, 
 son of Henry I., King of France. Their daughter was 
 
 IV. Lady Gundred de Warren, widow of Roger, second Earl 
 of Warwick ; married, secondly, William de Lancaster, Gov- 
 ernor of Lancaster Castle, who was descended from the old 
 feudal barons of Kendal, descendants of Ivo Tallboys, 
 brother of Fulke, Earl of Anjou. (See XXIL, Pedigree 
 II.) They had son 
 
 V. William de Lancaster (1166), Steward to King Henry II., 
 
 and married Lady Helewise de Stuteville. He held a borate 
 of land in Lea (temp. Henry II.), from which place his 
 descendants took their surname Lea. William de Lancaster 
 and Lady Helewise had son 
 
 VI. Henry de Lancaster de Lea (1208), called himself Henry 
 de Lea, settled at French Lea on the Ribble and held English 
 Lea also; living in 1208. Was styled Baron of Kendal and 
 Governor of Lancaster Castle. Had son 
 
 VII. John de Lea (1244), who had son 
 
 VIII. Henry de Lea (1283), Sheriff of Lancashire 11 Edward 
 I. He had son 
 
 IX. Sir William de Lea, Lord of the Manor of Molynton- 
 Banastre, County Chester, in right of his wife, Clemence 
 
Appendix 227 
 
 (died 1290), daughter of Sir Robert Banastre, Lord of 
 Walton and Makerfield, and Baron of Newton. Sir Wm. 
 and Lady Clemence had daughter 
 
 X. Sybil de Lea, Lady of Molynton-Banastre and heir of Sir 
 
 Henry de Lea, Lord of Molynton-Banastre, d. s. p. 1315; 
 married Sir Richard de Hoghton, Knight of the Shire for 
 Lancaster (died 1340). Had son 
 
 XI. Sir Adam de Hoghton, Knight of the Shire for Lancaster; 
 died 1386, A. D. Married Lady Helen . They had son 
 
 XII. Sir Richard de Hoghton, Knight; died June 14, 1415; 
 married Lady Joanne, daughter of Sir Richard de Radliff, 
 and had son 
 
 XIII. Sir William de Hoghton, Knight; died in his father's life- 
 time ; married Alice , and had son 
 
 XIV. Sir Richard de Hoghton, Lord of Molyton-Banastre ; died 
 before 1468; married Margaret, from whom are descended 
 the Hoghtons of Hoghton Tower. They had daughter 
 
 XV. Lady Alice de Hoghton, who married Sir William de 
 Stanley of Hoghton. 
 
 (See XXII., Pedigree II., for completion of line.) 
 
 PEDIGREE VII. 
 Descent from Kings of Sweden and the Dukes of Normandy 
 
 I. Adelis, the Great, of Sweden, had son 
 
 II. Eystein, King of Sweden, who had son 
 
 III. Yngvar, King of Sweden, who had son 
 
 IV. Onund, King of Sweden, who had son 
 
 V. Ilgiald, King of Sweden, who married Ganthild, and had son 
 
 VI. Olof, King of Vermeland, who had son 
 
 VII. Halfdan Huitbein, who had son 
 
 VIII. Iwar, Jarl of Upland, who had son 
 
 IX. Eystein Glumre, Jarl of Mare (860), who had son 
 
 X. Roynold the Mighty, Jarl of Mare in Upland, Norway, and 
 
 of the Isles of Shetland and Orkney, who had son 
 
 XI. Rollo, the Dane (born 860, died 930), who was the first 
 Duke of Normandy. He was originally a Norman Viking, 
 who in reign of Charles, the Bald, ascended the Seine and 
 took Rouen. In 912, in order to secure peace, Charles 
 
228 Appendix 
 
 ceded to him the Province of Normandy, in return for 
 which he agreed to accept the Christian religion. He mar- 
 ried the Lady Poppa (died 948), daughter of Barengarius, 
 Count of Bayeaux, and had 
 
 XII. William, the Longsword, 2d Duke of Normandy, who had 
 son 
 
 XIII. Richard, Duke of Normandy, surnamed Sans Peur, born 
 933, died 996, who had son 
 
 XIV. Richard II., Duke of Normandy (died 1026), was suc- 
 ceeded by his eldest son, Richard III., who dying next 
 year was succeeded by his younger brother, Robert le Diable, 
 father by Arietta, a tanner's daughter, of William the Con- 
 queror, King of England. Richard II. had daughter 
 
 XV. Lady Eleanor, sister of Richard III. and Robert le Diable, 
 who married Baldwin IV., Count of Flanders, and had son 
 
 XVI. Baldwin V., Count of Flanders, who married Princess 
 Adela, daughter of King Robert, the Pious, by his wife Con- 
 stance of Provence. Baldwin and Princess Adela had 
 daughter 
 
 XVII. Matilda of Flanders, who married William the Con- 
 queror, King of England. (For descent from William the 
 Conqueror, see I., Pedigree VI., and XXII., Pedigree II). 
 
 PEDIGREE VIII. 
 
 Descent from Hengist, King of Saxons. 
 
 I. Hengist, King of Saxons, 435, had 
 
 II. Hartwaker, Prince of Saxons, who had 
 
 III. Hottwigate, Prince of Saxons, who had 
 
 IV. Halderic, King of Saxons, who had 
 
 V. Bodicus, Prince of Saxons, who had 
 
 VI. Berthold, King of Saxons, who had 
 
 VII. Sighard, King of Saxons, who had 
 
 VIII. Dieteric, King of Saxons, who had 
 
 IX. Werniche, King of Saxons, who had 
 
 X. Witekind, last King of Saxons, who had 
 
 XI. Witekind II., Count of Wettin, who had 
 
 XII. Witekind III., Count of Wettin who had 
 
Appendix 229 
 
 XIII. Robert, Duke of France, the Stock of Capetian Dynasty, 
 great-grandfather of Hugh Capet. 
 
 (See I., Pedigree II., for completion of this Pedigree.) 
 
 REFERENCES FOR PEDIGREES I. TO VIII. 
 
 Pedigrees of Lancashire Families. Vol. I. of Pedigrees of 
 the County Families of England, by Joseph Foster. 
 
 Croston's History of the County Palatine and Duchy of 
 Lancaster. 
 
 Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerages. (1866.) 
 
 Burke's Dictionary of the Landed Gentry. 
 
 Collins' Peerage. (Brydge's Edition.) 
 
 Edmundson's Peerage. 
 
 Barnes's History of Lancashire, Vols. III. and IV. 
 
 Visitations of Lancashire, by Wm. Flower, 1567. 
 
 Vtsitations of Cheshire, 1 580. 
 
 Visitations of Lancashire, Cheshire, and Shropshire, by Sir 
 Wm. Dugdale. 
 
 Visitations of Yorkshire, by Sir William Dugdale. 
 
 Manuel D'Histoire, de Genealogie et de Chronologie de tons 
 les etats du Globe, depuis les temps les plus re cules jusqua nos 
 jours. Par A. M. H. I. Stokvis. 
 
 Burke's Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England. 
 
 George Ormerod's History of the County Palatine and City 
 of Chester. 
 
 History of the Ancient and Honorable House of Stanley, 
 by John Lacombe, Gent., 1735. 
 
 L'Art de Verifier les Dates. 
 
 Foster's Peerage and Baronage. 
 
 Burke's General Armory. 
 
 Harlean and Chetam Collections and Visitations. 
 
 Knowlton Genealogy. 
 
 South-worth Genealogy. 
 
230 Appendix 
 
 THE DOUGLAS FAMILY 
 
 Esther Douglass 6 (Caleb, 6 John, 4 Thomas, 8 Robert, 3 Wil- 
 liam 1 ), wife of Elisha Payne" (No. 7), was a daughter of the 
 Rev. Caleb Douglass of Whitestown, N. Y., and of his wife 
 Bethiah. He was born at New London, Conn., Feb. 11, 1756, 
 and died Sept. 27, 1833, at 'Whitestown. He married, first, 
 Bethiah, daughter of Jonathan and Esther (Comstock) Chapel 
 of New London, Nov. 20, 1777. She was born Sept. 10, 1758, 
 and died Aug. 19, 1788. Mr. Douglass married, second, Sarah, 
 daughter of Daniel Hall of Meriden, Conn., Feb. 10, 1789. 
 
 Rev. Caleb Douglass learned the trade of nail making in 
 his early life. In the revival of religion, about 1776, he was 
 powerfully affected, and in 1779 united with the Separatists. In 
 1785, finding himself in a region destitute of religion, he felt 
 irresistibly urged to establish a meeting where he labored zeal- 
 ously to instruct the people. In 1791, he moved to Whitestown, 
 N. Y. Experiencing a change of feeling on the subject of in- 
 fant baptism, he there united with the Baptist denomination, and 
 in receiving the ordinance of baptism was one of the first persons 
 ever baptized in Whitestown. About this time, a Baptist church 
 was formed at Whitesborough, and of that church he became a 
 member, and in 1799 was chosen deacon. On Jan. 7, 1802, he 
 was ordained as a minister. In 1803 he assumed pastoral charge 
 of this church, and served with fidelity and success until 1816, 
 when at his request he ceased to bear pastoral responsibilities. 
 He then spent eight happy years in evangelical labors in destitute 
 neighborhoods and among feeble churches abroad. In February 
 of 1824, he was attacked with inflammation of the eyes which 
 resulted in total blindness. 
 
 The father of this worthy man, Captain John Douglas, was 
 born April 8, 1724, at New London, Conn., and died Dec. 13, 
 1777, at the same place. He married Esther, daughter of Cle- 
 ment Leach of New London, May 11, 1746. She was born in 
 1727, and died Nov. 6, 1803. Captain Douglas derived his title 
 from being long in command of a company of militia. 
 
Appendix 231 
 
 His father, Thomas Douglas, married Hannah, daughter 
 of Richard Sperry of New Haven, one of those who harbored 
 the Regicides. Thomas Douglas died in 1725, aged 46. He was 
 the son of Mr. Robert Douglas of New London, who married 
 Mary, daughter of Mr. Robert Hempstead, who was one of four 
 who assisted Governor Winthrop in settling New London. Rob- 
 ert Douglas was born in Scotland in 1639, and came to New Eng- 
 land with his parents, Deacon William and Ann (Mattle) Doug- 
 las. Mrs. Douglas was the only daughter of Thomas Mattle of 
 Kingstead, Northamptonshire, England, and inherited the family 
 estate there in 1670. Deacon Wm. Douglas with his wife and 
 two children, Ann and Robert, landed at Cape Ann in 1640, and 
 lived successively at Gloucester, Boston, and Ipswich, but finally 
 became one of the first settlers at New London, Conn., where he 
 lived permanently, and owned much land. He was one of the 
 prominent men of this flourishing community, liberal in educa- 
 tion, consulted on all occasions of embarrassment and danger. 
 One of the townsmen, 1663, 1666, 1667 ; recorder and moderator, 
 1667-8; sealer and packer, 1673- 1674; on various committees 
 from year to year ; Deputy to General Court at Hartford, 1672 ; 
 in 1676 he was appointed Commisary to the Army during King 
 Philip's War, by the General Council convened at Hartford. 
 
 The name of Douglas is one of the most ancient and honored 
 in the annals of Scotland. The arms of the family, which Sir 
 Walter Scott has expressed to be "the cognizance of Douglas 
 blood," are: "Argent, a man's heart gules ensigned with an im- 
 perial crown proper; on a chief azure, three stars of the first." 
 These arms were assumed by the family as a memorial of Sir 
 James of Douglas, surnamed the Good, who perished in Spain 
 in 1330, returning from a journey to the Holy Land, where he 
 went bearing the heart of Robert Bruce. The dying King had 
 bequeathed his heart to the good Sir James, who had been his 
 greatest Captain, with the request that he would carry it to 
 Jerusalem and there bury it before the High Altar. It is some- 
 times stated that Sir James died on his way to the Holy Land, 
 and that he had the heart with him in a silver box. But Hume, 
 the historian of the family, distinctly states that the errand had 
 been accomplished, and that Sir James was on his way back to 
 Scotland. "He carried with him to Jerusalem the King's heart 
 
232 Appendix 
 
 embalmed and put in a box of gold, which he solemnly buried 
 before the High Altar there; and this is the Reason why the 
 Douglas bear the Crowned Heart in their arms ever since." 
 
 See Douglas Genealogy. 
 
 See Calkin's History of New London. 
 
INDLX 
 
 Ackley, Nathan, 41 
 Adam, Roger, 207 
 
 Thomas, 207 
 Adams, family, 28, 195, 204, 207 
 
 David, 24 
 
 Henry, 204, 205, 207 
 
 John, 28, 43, 204, 205, 207 
 
 John, President, 205 
 
 John, Sir, 207 
 
 John Quincy, 204 
 
 Joseph, 205 
 
 Michal (Bloyse),28 
 
 Peter, 204, 207 
 
 Rachael, 204 
 
 Rachel, 207 
 
 Richard, 207 
 
 Ruth, 28, 204, 207 
 
 Samuel, 27, 204 
 
 William, 207 
 Agassiz, Louis, Professor, 167 
 Ainsly, Lydia, 39 
 Albro, Esther, 40 
 Alden, John, 17 
 Alfred, King, 104 
 Allen, Calista Doble (Norton), 94 
 
 James Frederick, 94 
 
 John, Captain, 17 
 
 Mabel Winifred, 94 
 Allison, Lavina J., 40 
 Amager, Margaret, 207 
 Ames, Delos, 146 
 
 Harry Hibbard, 146 
 
 Hattie (Payne), 146 
 
 Melmore (Price), 146 
 
 Vera Estelle, 146 
 Andros, Edmund, Sir, 209 
 Andrus, Daphne, 36 
 Ash, Margery, 6 
 
 Thomas, 6 
 Astor, John Jacob, 166 
 Atwater, Emeline, 39 
 Avirett, James Battle, 119 
 
 Mary Louise Dunbar (Williams), 
 119 
 
 May (Goodwin), 1 19 
 
 Philip Williams, 119 
 
 William Goodwin, 119 
 
 Babin, Annie Abbess, 117 
 John J., 118 
 Joseph David, 117 
 Mary Celeste (Field), 117 
 
 Baker, William, 24 
 Baldwin II, 5 
 
 Clara L., 38 
 Bangs, Edward, 199, 201, 203 
 
 Lydia, 203 
 Barnum, Adah, 62, 1 13 
 
 Polly Betsy, 59, 113 
 
 Sarah Doane, 59, 62, 113 
 
 Stephen, 59, 62, 113 
 Bassett, Asahel Orlando, 195 
 
 Bessie (Payne), 195 
 
 Cornelius, 195 
 
 Nancy (Bayles), 195 
 
 William Decker, 195, 196 
 
 William, Sir, 195 
 Bates, Delinda(Grow), 101 
 
 Edward Jerome, 102, m 
 
 Fannie Elizabeth, 142 
 
 George, 142 
 
 Herbert Payne, 101, no, in 
 
 Jerome Paine, 101, 102 
 
 Josephine (Payne), 102 
 
 Mary (Apps), 142 
 
 William, lot 
 Bawdon, Elizabeth (Gullidge), 147 
 
 Obed, 147 
 Bean, Charles, 95 
 
 Charles Lathrop, 77 
 
 Eben, 77, 78 
 
 Fannie, 77 
 
 Frederick, 77 
 
 Henry Willard, 77 
 
 Maria (Lathrop), 77, 78 
 Benjamin, Hannah, 41 
 Bennett, Amy, 98 
 Best, Caroline (Law), 93 
 
 Charles Edwards, 93 
 
 lima Jennie, 93 
 Besylls, Matthew, Sir, 207 
 
 Millicent, Lady, 207 
 Bigelow, Eliza, 40 
 Bills, Charlotte, 38 
 Bingham, Charles William, 170, 171 
 
 Elizabeth Beardsley, 170, 176 
 
 Frances Payne, 170, 176 
 
 Henry Payne, 170 177 
 
 Mary (Payne), 170 
 
 Oliver Payne, 170 
 
 William, 170, 171 
 Birge, Miss, 64 
 
 Mrs., 65 
 
234 
 
 Index 
 
 Birge, Daniel O., 65 
 
 Daniel Olds, 63, 65 
 
 Edwin, 65 
 
 Elijah B., 63 
 
 Eliza, 65 
 
 Laura, 56, 59, 62, 63 
 
 Laura C., 63 
 
 Laura Eliza (Payne), 64 
 
 Mary (Olds), 63 
 
 M. H., 65 
 Bishop, Eliza Maria, 76 
 
 Eliza White, 79 
 
 Jesse P., 79 
 
 Jesse Phelps, Judge, 79 
 
 Mary Sophia, 76, 79 
 
 Peter, 76 
 
 Peter P., 76 
 
 Polly (Hovey), 76 
 
 Putnam Peter, 76 
 
 Richard, 76 
 
 Sophia (Lathrop), 76 
 Black, John C„ Gen., 139 
 Blair, Albert Lyndon, Mrs., 38 
 Bliss, Adeline, 37 
 
 Ruth L., 40 
 Blossom, Dudley Stuart, 176 
 
 Dudley Stuart, jr., 176 
 
 Elizabeth (Bingham), 176 
 
 Henry Sheldon, 176 
 
 Leila (Stocking), 176 
 Bloys, Michal, 204, 207 
 
 Michal (Jenison), 204 
 
 Richard, 204 
 Bolton, Charles Bingham, 177 
 
 Charles Chester, 177 
 
 Chester Castle, 176, 177 
 
 Julia (Castle), 177 
 
 Borington, , 207 
 
 Borroughs, Allen T., 39 
 Bostwick, John, Rev., 54 
 Boynton, Roswell B., 40 
 Bradford, William, 170 
 
 William, Gov., 199, 210 
 Brand, Louis, 118 
 Brewer, Daniel, in 
 
 Elizabeth (Thielman), m 
 
 Louise Magdalene, m 
 Brewster, William, Elder, 13 
 Bromfield, Edward, Sir, 9 
 Bromwyche, John, 9 
 Brooks, Mary (Polly), 51 
 
 Rhoda (Beckwith), 51 
 
 Samuel, 51 
 Brown, Ada (Payne), 117 
 
 Benjamin Mosley, 117 
 
 Corydon Chamberlin, 117 
 
 Henry, 38 
 
 Mary Millicent, 38 
 
 Sarah Payne (Goodwin), 117 
 
 Brown, Wealthy, 37 
 
 Weinah(Keel), 117 
 Browning, 207 
 Brownson, Edward Payne, 186 
 
 Esther (Payne), 186 
 
 Isaac Kellogg, Rev., 186, 187 
 Bruce, Robert, 231 
 Buchanan, James, 163 
 Buckingham, Judge, 108 
 Bumpus, Thomas, 36 
 Bunker, Mary, 41 
 Burke, 6 
 
 Edmund, 38 
 Burns, Robert, 62 
 Burnside, Gen., 100 
 Burr, Susan Voorhees, 150 
 Burrell, Sarah, 40 
 Burroughs, Dr., 197 
 
 John, 197 
 Butrick, Ethelinda (Warner) 140 
 
 Elvira Ethelinda, 140 
 
 William Parker, 140 
 
 Calkin, 232 
 
 Carpenter, Alexander, 209 
 
 Alice, 209 
 Carver, Mary, 23 
 Cass, Lewis, 163 
 Chabnor, Payne, 9 
 
 Robert, 9 
 Chamberlain, family, 64 
 
 Jenny, 64 
 Chapel, Bethiah, 230 
 
 Esther (Comstock), 230 
 
 Jonathan, 230 
 Chappell, Robert, 17 
 Chase, Salmon P., 163 
 Child, Richard, 6 
 
 William, 6 
 Chollar, Bessie Lavilla, 152 
 
 Charles Carroll, 152, 157 
 
 Ella (Hall), 153 
 
 Harvey, 150 
 
 Henry Douglas, 149, 152, 153 
 
 Louise (Conklin), 157 
 
 Lula (Lund), 158 
 
 Margaret Elizabeth, 157 
 
 Maria (Payne), 149 
 
 Mary Esther, 149, 153 
 
 Sally Bowen (Dresser) 149 
 
 Sarah Voorhees, 150 
 
 Sherwood Thomas, 157 
 
 Sophia Maria, 149, 151 
 
 Thomas, 149 
 
 Thomas Dresser, 149, 150 
 
 Thomas Payne, 149 
 
 Wilbur Thomas, 152, 157, 158 
 Church, Sarah, 25 
 Clark, Joel W., Rev.. 54 
 
Index 
 
 235 
 
 Clarke, Eliza, 99 
 
 George C, 89 
 
 Abigail E. (Jones), 99 
 Clatworthy, Mrs., 195 
 
 Charles, 191 
 
 Charlotte (Warren), 191 
 
 Emma (Payne), 192, 193 
 
 Fred Payne, 96, 191, 197 
 
 Frederick, 193 
 
 Frederick, Rev., 191 
 
 Linda, 107, 191, 192 
 
 Linda May, 191 
 
 Mabel (Leonard), 96, 197 
 
 Philip Warren, 192 
 
 William, 193 
 Claveshey, Richard, 9 
 Cleveland, President, 167, 168, 169 
 
 Aaron, Colonel, 22 
 
 Deliverance (Palmer), 25 
 
 Edward, 24, 25 
 
 Elisha, 29 
 
 Josiah, 22, 25 
 
 Mary (Bates), 22 
 
 Moses, 22 
 
 Thankful (Paine), 22 
 Clinton, DeWitt, 62 
 Cole, Daniel, 13 
 
 Israel, 13, 20 
 
 James Rogers, 20 
 
 Mary, 20 
 
 Colgate, family, 55 
 
 William, 55 
 Collier, Elizabeth, 209 
 
 William, 209 
 Comstock, Lucy, 36 
 Conklin, Alice Gertrude (Wood), 157 
 
 Louise, 157 
 
 Theodore F., 157 
 Cook, Josias, 199 
 Cooper, Mary Kitrell, 73 
 Corey, Arabella, 37 
 Cousins, Robert G., 183 
 Cox, S. S., 164, 169 
 
 Thomas, 54 
 Crawford, Betsy (Wait), 187 
 
 Charles, 190 
 
 Jane, 189 
 
 John, 189 
 
 Jonathan, 187, 189 
 
 Phoebe Melvina, 187 
 
 William, 190 
 Crocker, Eliza Huntington (Luce), 122 
 
 Elizabeth Gardener, 122 
 
 George, Captain, 122 
 Cross, family, 38 
 
 Abel, 39 
 
 Abram, 40 
 
 Albert T., 39 
 
 Alonzo M., 36 
 
 Cross, Amanda Malvina, 38 
 Ambrose Gilmore, 37 
 Anna, 38 
 
 Ashbel Hosmer, 37 
 Calvin, 37 
 Calvin, jr., 38 
 Calvin, sr., 38 
 Charles, 39 
 Charles, Rev., 36, 39 
 Charles Hartson, 35 
 Charles Uriah, 38 
 David W., 36 
 E. B., 38 
 Electa, 36, 38 
 Electa M., 39 
 Elizabeth Ann, 36 
 Frances Cordelia, 38 
 George, 36 
 Harriet C., 36 
 Helen Electa, 39 
 Henry B., 40 
 Henry Clay, 36 
 Horace Malcolm, 36 
 Irene Hartson, 35 
 Jessie, 36 
 Joel, 39 
 John Dart, 36 
 Louisa Irma, 36 
 Lucy, 36 
 
 Lydia Mathewson, 37 
 Martha Hartson, 36 
 Mary, 37 
 
 Mary Chamberlain, 35 
 Minerva, 36, 39 
 Myraba, 39 
 Moulton, 35, 36 
 Noah, 35, 38 
 Noah A., 39 
 Norman Bartlett, 39 
 Orilla, 39 
 Orin Belden, 37 
 Philetus S., 39 
 Rebecca, 39 
 Samuel, 36 
 Uriah, 35, 39 
 Wealthy, 36, 39, 40 
 Wealthy Dart, 36 
 William, 36, 40 
 William Hurlbut, 39 
 
 Dalzell, John, 183 
 Darby, Eleazer, 19 
 Dart, Wealthy, 36 
 Dean, Ada (Goodwin), 118 
 
 Dorothy, 118 
 
 Louis Wellesley, Dr., 118 
 
 Perez, 118 
 
 Sarah Ann (Anderson), 118 
 de Bouillon, Godfrey, 4 
 de Payen, Hugues, 4, 5 
 
236 
 
 Index 
 
 de Ramsay, Joane, g 
 
 de Saint-AdMmar, Geffroi, 4 
 
 Dickman, Franklin J., Judge, 165 
 
 Dixon, Barnett, 36 
 
 Doan, Anna, 40 
 
 Doane, family, 22, 261 
 
 Hannah, 201 
 
 Hannah (Bangs), 22 
 
 John, 22, 199, 201, 202 
 
 John jr., 201 
 
 Rebekah, 22, 201 
 
 Reuben, 62 
 
 Ruth, 62 
 Dodington, John, 9 
 Dotey, Edward, 199 
 Douglas, family, 230, 232 
 
 Ann, 231 
 
 Ann (Mattle), 231 
 
 Bethiah, 230 
 
 Bethiah (Chapel), 51] 
 
 Caleb, Rev., 51 
 
 John, Captain, 230 
 
 Robert, 231 
 
 Stephen A., 162, 163, 164 
 
 Thomas, 231 
 
 William, Deacon, 231 
 Douglass, family, 51 
 
 Mr., 58 
 
 Caleb, Rev., 58, 230 
 
 Esther, 51, 57, 230 
 Dunbar, Hiram B., 39 
 Dunning, Dr., 65 
 
 Mrs., 65 
 
 Eairs, Elizabeth, 14 
 
 Earle, Maria Breckenridge, 142 
 
 Mary Orella, 142 
 
 Moses L., 142 
 Eddy, Jane E., 199 
 Edgerly, Cornelia (Payne), 102 
 
 John, 102, 103 
 
 Lucy (Kingsley), 102 
 
 Stephen, 102 
 Edward VI, 174 
 Elder, Thomas, Hon., no 
 Elizabeth, Lady, 7 
 Ellery, Bertha (Payne), 135 
 
 Edward, 134 
 
 Edward, Dr., 135 
 Eliot, John, 98 
 Elliott, Arthur Searles, 131 
 
 Elizabeth (Cone), 131 
 
 Emma (Payne), 132 
 
 George Cone, 131, 132 
 
 Jane, 207 
 
 Milton, 131 
 Ellis, 2 
 Estabrook, Abigail (Willard), 209 
 
 Samuel, Rev:, 27 
 
 Fairbanks, H. F., Rev., 207 
 Field, Ebenezer, 152 
 
 William Nathaniel, 118 
 Fisk, Lydia, 41 
 Fitch, Major, 26 
 
 James, Major, 25, 26, 27 
 
 Priscilla, 24 
 Fleetwood, Eliza (Warren), 184 
 
 Horatio Nelson, 184 
 
 Lilla Augusta, 184 
 Freeman, family, 23, 35, 208 
 
 Major, 13 
 
 Apphia, 208 
 
 Bennet, 14 
 
 Constant, 23, 208, 209 
 
 Jane (Treat), 23, 208, 209 
 
 John, Major, 13, 14 
 
 Mary (Paine), 35, 208 
 
 Mercy (Prence), 13, 14 
 
 Mercy (Southworth), 208 
 
 Patience, 13 
 
 Rebekah, 23, 35, 208 
 
 Robert, 23, 35, 208 
 
 Samuel, 208 
 
 Samuel, Deacon, 209 
 
 Thomas, 16 
 Frink, Helen Maria, 68 
 
 Hiram W., Rev., 68 
 
 Jennie E., 69 
 
 John Emery, 68 
 
 Maria (Payne), 68 
 
 Mary Brown, 68 
 
 Mary Elizabeth, 68, 70 
 
 Nellie, 69 
 
 Theophilus, 68 
 
 Galor, Nathan, 43 
 Gardner, Harriet, 41 
 
 Mary Isabelle, 130 
 Gardiner, Mr., 104 
 
 Edwin Brown, 103 
 
 Emily (Stark), 103 
 
 George, 103 
 
 Grace Vivian, 103 
 
 Helen Eugenia, in 
 
 Helen Eugenie, 103 
 
 Helen (Payne), 103 
 
 Eugene Stark, 103 
 Garfield, James A., 165 
 Gates, Aaron, Rev., 38 
 Gebhart, Alice May, 194 
 
 Alice (Munger), 194 
 
 William F., 195 
 
 William Frederick, 194 
 Gibson, Edith (Pattengill); 15c? 
 
 Heber Howard, 159 
 Gill, Louisa Belle, 70 
 
 Mary Spencer, 70 
 
 Samuel, 70 
 
Index 
 
 237 
 
 Gillet, Joel, 29 
 
 Gillett, Gardner, 32 
 
 Gillette, Nancy, 41 
 
 Goodrich, Elizur, 37 
 
 Goodwin, Ada Catherine, 115, 118 
 
 Catherine (Bacon), 115 
 
 Daniel, 115 
 
 May Amelia, 115, 119 
 
 Sarah (Payne), 115 
 
 William Bacon, 115, 116 
 Gorham, John, Capt., 15 
 Gowen, Caleb Emery, 177 
 
 Harrietta, 177 
 Grant, Gen., 139 
 Greeley, Horace, 164 
 Greenough, Albertine Elizabeth, 122 
 
 David Pratt, [22 
 
 Keziah (Clark), 122 
 Griffin, Patty A., 37 
 Gullidge, Arthur Obed, 147, 148 
 
 Mildred Genevieve, 147 
 
 Myrtle (Payne), 148 
 Guthrie, William, 39 
 
 Hall, Ella Callista, 152 
 
 Clara, 153 
 
 Daniel, 230 
 
 Perry Smith, 152 
 
 Rhoda Lavilla (Marshall), 152 
 
 Sarah, 230 
 Hamilton, Alexander, 52 
 Hamlin, Arthur George, 90 
 
 Arthur George, jr., 90 
 
 Ella (Payne), 90 
 
 Ethel, 90 
 
 George, 90 
 
 Lillian, 90 
 
 Maria Smith (Eaton), 90 
 
 Royal Payne, 90 
 Hammond, L. M., Mrs., 49, 57 
 Harman, Hiram, 40 
 Harmon, Ambrose, 40 
 
 Anna, 39 
 
 Asa C, 40 
 
 Calvin, 40 
 
 Charles J., 40 
 
 Cyrus, 40 
 
 Eunice, 39 
 
 Jacob Ellis, 40 
 
 James, 39, 40 
 
 Judson, Gov., 194 
 
 Lydia A., 40 
 
 Nancy, 40 
 
 Phoebe G., 39 
 
 Proserpina E., 40 
 Harrison, President, 188 
 Harvey, Edith Maye, 73 
 
 Juliana (Gould), 73 
 
 William, 73 
 
 Hart, Abraham, 41 
 
 Adeline Morse, 41 
 
 Caroline, 41 
 
 Francis Granger, 41 
 
 George, 41 
 
 Harvey, 41 
 
 Henry Payne, 41 
 
 Hulda, 41 
 
 Huldah (Gould), 40 
 
 John, 40, 41 
 
 Lucinda, 41 
 
 Lysander, 41 
 
 Nancy Gillette, 41 
 
 Robert, Sir, 175 
 
 Ruth, 41 
 
 Pamelia, 41 
 
 Seth Payne, 41 
 
 Serissa, 41 
 
 Silas, 41 
 
 Thomas, 40, 41, 52 
 Hartson, Martha, 35 
 Hascall, Daniel, Rev., 54 
 Havens, Herbert Remington, 84 
 
 Louise Heimerdinger, 84 
 
 Margaret Remington, 84 
 Hay, Clara (Stone), 174 
 
 Helen, 174 
 
 John, Hon., 174, 175 
 Hayes, 165 
 Hempstead, Mary, 231 
 
 Robert, 231 
 Henry VIII, 174 
 Herbert, Louis, 114 
 Herron, Gen., 139 
 Hewes, Albert Irwin, 147 
 
 Edwin Albert, 147 
 
 Georgia (Manly), 147 
 
 Marion (Payne), 147 
 
 Ross Payne, 147 
 Hethersell, Sybilla, 7 
 
 Willm., 7 
 Hickok, Elizabeth (McCasliri),9l 
 
 Eugene P., 91 
 
 Florence Mabel, 91 
 
 Frank K., 91 
 
 Clara (Law), 91 
 
 Jessie Elizabeth, 9T 
 Hicks, Robert, 203 
 Higgins, Elizabeth, 15 
 
 Hannah, 15 
 
 Jonathan, 15 
 
 Richard, 199 
 Hinman, Judge, 85 
 Hobart, Thomas, 7 
 Hodges, Joseph, Major, 137 
 Holden, George, 130, 188 
 Hollingsworth, Mr., 69 
 Holman, Mary Lovering, I 
 
238 
 
 Index 
 
 Holmes, Jehoshophat, 41 
 
 Nathan, 41 
 
 Sarah (Brewster), 41 
 Holt, Isaac, Capt., 152 
 Hood, Gen., 101 
 Hopkins, Constance, 199 
 
 Constanta, 199, 200 
 
 Damaris, 199 
 
 Elizabeth, 199 
 
 Giles, 17, 199, 200 
 
 Oceanus, 199 
 
 Stephen, 199 
 
 Steven, 199 
 Hosmer, Ashbel, Rev., 37 
 
 Mary, 37 
 
 Mary Belden, 37 
 Howard, Cynthia (Millard), 69 
 
 Denison, Dr., 69 
 
 Elizabeth, 38 
 
 Ellena May, 73 
 
 Erwin Payne, 69, 70 
 
 Erwin Payne, Dr., 71 
 
 Guello Payne, 70, 73 
 
 Joseph, 69 
 
 Louisa (Gill), 71 
 
 May Belle, 70, 73 
 
 Ralph Fremont, 69 
 Howell, family, 184 
 Howland, Jabez, 14, 17 
 Hubbard, Abner Gerard, 145 
 
 Alice Payne, 145 
 
 Cecil Harold, 145 
 
 Helen Francis, 145 
 
 Paul Benton, 145 
 
 Rhoda Frances (Anderson), 145 
 Hull, Abigail (Wickham), 28 
 
 Charles W., Dr., 54 
 
 Daniel, 28 
 
 George Woodin, 92 
 
 Julia Ann, 92 
 
 Julia (Axtell), 92 
 Hume, 231 
 
 Hunter, Sarah (Walker), 115 
 Hurlburt, William, 40 
 
 Ing, Jane, Lady, 207 
 
 John, Sir, 207 
 Irish, David, Rev., 121 
 
 James, King, 104 
 Sir, 231 
 
 Jenison, Robert, 204 
 ermy, Agnes, 6 
 John, 6 
 Jewett, family, 104 
 Johnson, Andy, 88 
 Fannie, 39 
 
 Johnson, Mary, 23 
 
 Obadiah, 27 
 
 R. M., 107 
 
 Solomon, 41 
 Jones, Alma Sarah (Kellogg), 146 
 
 Blanche Alexive McLeod (Os- 
 well),i56 
 
 Blanche Eleanor, 72 
 
 Charlotte Jane (Rowley), 72 
 
 D. D., 157 
 
 David Darby, 156 
 
 Evan, 70 
 
 Ella Esther, 72 
 
 Edith Harvey, 73 
 
 Emma Hazel, 72 
 
 Edith Mary, 72 
 
 Edith Maye, 73 
 
 George, 72 
 
 George Edward, 146 
 
 Grace Lilian, 73 
 
 Harry Payne, 146 
 
 Helen Annie Maude, 156 
 
 Hiram Eddy, 70, 72 
 
 John, 36 
 
 John Emery, 70, 72 
 
 Leslie Harvey, 73 
 
 Lottie, 72 
 
 Mary Frink, 70 
 
 Roy George, 146 
 
 Ruth Elizabeth, 72 
 
 Susan Payne, 146 
 
 Theodore Arthur, 70, 73 
 
 Theodore Frink, 73 
 
 Verne Payne, 146 
 
 Kaulback, 63, 64 
 Kelloway, Jane, Lady, 9 
 Kendrick, Nathaniel, Rev., 54 
 Kent, James, 61 
 King, Gen., 54 
 
 Nathaniel, Gen., 53, 61 
 
 Ziba, Judge, 157 
 Kingsley, Amos, Rev., 54 
 Knapp, Arietta (Terry), 180 
 
 Gertrude, 180 
 
 Oscar Fitzland, 180 
 
 La Crosse, Noah, 35 
 Lacy, Esther, 41 
 Langborn, 71 
 Lane, Melissa, 35 
 Lamed, Miss, 24, 26, 27 
 Lathrop, Daniel, 74, 75 
 
 Esther (Branch), 74 
 
 John, Rev., 75 
 
 Maria E., 74, 77 
 
 Mary Payne, 64, 74 
 
 Simeon, 74 
 
 Sophia Mary, 74, 76 
 
Index 
 
 239 
 
 Law, Dr., 92 
 
 Charles Blakeslee, 87, 93 
 
 Clara Louisa, 86, 91 
 
 Donald Edward, 92 
 
 Dorothy Payne, 92 
 
 Edward Payne, 87 
 
 Eli Blakeslee, 86, 87 
 
 George Elisha, 86, 92 
 
 George Washington, 86 
 
 Georgia Louisa, 92 
 
 Harriet (Blakeslee), 86 
 
 Helen Hull, 92 
 
 Julia Ann Hull, 92 
 
 Julia Axtell, 92 
 
 Margaret Louise, 93 
 
 Mary Payne, 87 
 
 Norman Hickok, 93 
 
 Willy 87 
 Lawrence, Abraham R., Judge, 167 
 Leach, Clement, 230 
 
 Esther, 230 
 Le Sauvage, 2 
 
 Leavenworth, Eli, Capt., 152 
 Leavitt, Elizabeth H., 67 
 
 Lydia (Chesebrough), 67 
 
 Roger, 67 
 Leete, Alexander Payne, 134 
 
 Jean (Hopkins), 134 
 
 John Hopkin, 134 
 
 John Hopkin, Prof., 134 
 
 Thomas S., 134 
 Leonard, Ada C. (Starkweather), 95, 
 
 197 
 
 Harsey King, Dr., 95, 197 
 
 Lora Edith, 75 
 
 Sarah Mabel, 197 
 Lister, Edward, 199 
 Little, Ephraim, 19 
 
 Thomas, 17 
 Long, P. S., 72 
 Low, Abram, 81 
 
 Wallace, 81 
 Luce, Edward, Capt., 123 
 
 Hannah B., 123 
 
 Lydia (Payne), 123 
 
 Thomas, Capt., 123 
 Luminaris, Evariste, 64 
 Lumner, Edward, 7 
 Lund, Emily Jane (Bowler), 158 
 
 Lula, 158 
 
 Samuel Chase, 158 
 
 Manchester, Duchess of, 64 
 Marsh, John, 43 
 Mary, Queen, 7 
 Matthewson, Andrew Angell, 38 
 
 Arthur Fenner, 38 
 
 Charles, 38 
 
 Jeremiah Angell, 38 
 
 Matthewson, Jeremiah Angell, Jr., 38 
 
 Lydia, 38 
 Mattle, Thomas, 231 
 May, Edith Sibyl, 170 
 Mayo, Alice, 14 
 
 Elizabeth, 209 
 
 John, Sr., 18 
 
 Nathaniel, 14 
 
 Samuel, 209 
 
 Samuel, Rev., 14 
 
 Thomasine (Lumpkin), 209 
 McBride, Fanny, 37 
 McCabe, Iva Bell, 72 
 
 Jefferson, 72 
 
 Mary J., 72 
 McCarty, Jane, 36 
 McComber, Milo, 80 
 McKinley, Pres., 182 
 McKisson, Mayor, 165 
 Menten, Ella Davis, 109 
 
 Peter William, 109 
 
 Susia Mae, 109 
 Middlebrook, Bert Reed, 96 
 
 Bessie, 89 
 
 Egbert Betts, 89 
 
 Emily (Payne), 89 
 
 Egbert Ralph, 89 
 
 Harriet (Betts), 89 
 
 Harriet Elizabeth, 89 
 
 Helen Caroline, 89 
 
 Mary Emily, 96 
 
 Ralph, 89 
 
 Ralph Payne, 89, 96 
 
 Russell Phillip, 96 
 Miller, George William, 155 
 
 Maud Daisy, 155 
 
 Sarah Charlotte (Watts), 155 
 Mills, Alfred William, 112 
 
 Josephine (Payne), 112 
 Mitchell, Experience, 17 
 Montgomery, Sarah Clementine, 114 
 
 Sarah Walker, 114 
 
 Thomas Jefferson, 1 14 
 Moore, Ann Elizabeth, 38 
 
 John, Sir, 174 
 
 Johnson, 39 
 Morris, Bishop, 68 
 Morrow, Alcesta, 109 
 
 Ella (Goodadyle), 109 
 
 George, 109 
 
 James B., 183 
 Morse, Laura, 41 
 
 Zenas, Prof., 54 
 Mosher, Charlotte, 82 
 
 Jonathan, 82 
 
 Mary (Snell), 82 
 Moses, Elihu, 43 
 Moulton, Charles Wells, 71 
 Muirhead, 104 
 
240 
 
 Index 
 
 Nichols, Albert Elihu, 81 
 
 Amelia (Bradley), 81 
 
 Austin, 81 
 
 Charlotte (Mosher), 82 
 
 Cordelia (Payne), 81 
 
 Edward B., 82 
 
 Edward Bradley, 81, 82 
 
 Elihu, 81 
 
 Florence M., 82 
 
 James, 17 
 
 Lura Cordelia, 81, 82 
 
 Marcellus B., 81 
 
 Mary C, 82 
 Nickerson, Joshua, 25 
 Norton, Davis, 37 
 
 Emma Frances (Payne), 144 
 
 James Payne, 144 
 
 Mary Delora, 144 
 Nye, Frances McCutcheon, 185 
 
 George H., 185 
 
 Mollie (Wilson), 185 
 
 Olmstead, Jonathan, 48, 54 
 
 Freedom, 49 
 Osgood, Samuel, 54 
 Oswald, King, 157 
 
 Pace, Bertha (Pattengill), 158 
 
 George Richard, 158 
 
 Lillian Edith, 158 
 
 Mary Frances, 158 
 
 Mary Frances (Smith), 158 
 
 Roy Bennett, 158 
 
 Roy Bennett, Prof., 159 
 Pagenel, Alan, 3 
 
 Elias, 3 
 
 Jordan, 3 
 
 Ralph, 2, 3 
 
 William, 3 
 Paget, family, 174 
 
 Baron, 174 
 
 Alfred Henry, Gen. Lord, 173 
 
 Almeric Hugh, 172-174 
 
 Cecelia (Wyndham), Lady, 173 
 
 Dorothy Wyndham, 173 
 
 Henry William, 174 
 
 Olive Cecilia, 173 
 
 Pauline Payne, 173 
 
 William, 174 
 Paine (Payne), Col., 161 
 
 Corporal, 137 
 
 Deacon, 15 
 
 Dr., 142 
 
 Gen., 139, 140 
 
 Mr., 17 
 
 Mrs., 58, 140 
 
 Judge, 14, 5°. Si. 53. 56. 57. 97 
 
 Abigail, 22, 25, 28 
 
 Abraham, 22, 28-35, 43> 46, 51, 59- 
 62, 67, 74, 1 13, 204, 207 
 
 Paine (Payne), Abraham, jr., 34, 43-45 
 Abraham, Mrs., 62 
 Abraham, Rev., 23, 38, 41, 42, 45. 
 
 208 
 Abraham, jr., Rev., 30 
 Abraham, sr., 34, 44 
 Abraham Howard, 60 
 Ada, 114, 117 
 Adah Cornelia, 61 
 Agnes Susan, 137 
 Albert Elijah, 80 
 Alfred, 141 
 Alice Aileen, 141, 145 
 Alice Hall, 122 
 Alice Munger, 194 
 Alcesta (Morrow), 109 
 Amelia, 113 
 Amelia Acton, 113 
 Amos C, 67 
 Anne, g, 35 
 Annie (Babin), 118 
 Arthur Abbott, 141, 1 42 
 Arthur Raymond, 142 
 Arvid Sanford, 1 10 
 Augusta Francelia, 97, 105 
 Augustus Barnum, 113-115 
 Augustus F., 122, 188 
 Augustus Freeman, 128, 130 
 Augustus Hamilton, 118 
 Avis Medora, 143 
 Barnabas, 35 
 Benjamin, 28 
 Bertha Louisa, 131, 134 
 Bessie Luella, 187, 195 
 Bethiah, 28 
 Betsey, 46, 48, 49 
 Beulah Cecil, 109 
 Burnell Claude, 109 
 Catharine, 8, 9 
 Charles, 121 
 
 Charles Clark, 51, 128, 129 
 Charles Raymond, 128, 130, 131 
 Charles Thomas, 138, 139 
 Christopher, 6 
 Clara Albertine, 178 
 Claude Clark, 109, 1 10 
 Claude Clarke, 99 
 Constance, 24, 29 
 Cordelia, 80, 81 
 Cornelia Ella, 97, 102 
 Daniel, 6, 138 
 Dio Claire, 99, 109 
 Dio Clarke, 99 
 Dorcas, 16, 24 
 Dorothy, 9 
 Douglas, 52, 100 
 Edith, 130, 134 
 Edmund, 3, 6 
 Edmunde, 9 
 Edward, 5^9 
 
Index 
 
 241 
 
 Paine (Payne), Edward Albert, 178 
 Edward Douglas, 187 
 Edward G., 178 
 Edward Gustavus, 137, 140, 141 
 Edward Payson, 85, 86 
 Edwin, 62, i2i, 122 
 Edwin D., 64, 130 
 Edwin Douglas, 52, 56, 187-189 
 Eliezar, 21 
 Elijah, 35, 51, 80 
 Elinor Grace, 144 
 Elisha, 14, 20-22, 25-27, 35, 41, 42, 
 47-57. 85, 120, 121, 201, 208, 230 
 Elisha, jr., 22, 85 
 Elisha, Judge, 47, 55, 61, 64, 80, 
 
 187, 204 
 Elisha, Major-Gen., 23 
 Elisha, Rev., 22, 24, 30 
 Elisha, Mrs., 97 
 Elisha Howard, 162 
 Elizabeth, 6, 7, 9 
 Elizabeth C, 67 
 Elizabeth (Crocker), 123 
 Ella, 86, 90 
 Emily Stoyles, 85, 89 
 Emma Crawford, 187, 191 
 Emma Estelle, 137, 141, 142, 147 
 Emma Mary, 128, 131 
 Esther, 51,65 
 
 Esther Douglas, 52, 186, 187 
 Esther (Douglass), 80, 85 
 Esther Maria, 85, 86, 137 
 Esther Maria (Hettie),87 
 Ethel Genevieve, 141 
 Eugene Anthony, 118 
 Eugene Beauharnais, 136, 138, 
 
 139 
 Eugene Hunter, 114, 117, 118 
 Eugene Sears, 178 
 Eunice (Treat), 16 
 Fannie Allaine, 122 
 Fannie Wayland, 123 
 Fanny, 59, 60, 63 
 Fanny Frances, 59 
 Flora, 86, 90, 161, 167 
 Frances, 7 
 Frances (Nye), 185 
 Francis, 6 
 
 Francis Wayland, 120,122, 123 
 Frank Howard, 137, 142 
 Frank Howard, Dr., 142 
 Frederic, 137, 139 
 Frederic Alexander, 136 
 Frederic Bishop, 123, 126 
 Frederick William, 141 
 Georgia, 99, no 
 Gertrude (Knapp), 183 
 Gladys Estelle, 143 
 Griffith, 8 
 Hannah, 6,*25 
 
 Paine (Payne), Hannah (Shaw), 24 
 Harriet C, 80, 81 
 Harriet (Ward), 66 
 Harry Clay, 137, 142, 143 
 Harry Greenough, 122, 125 
 Hattie Lee, 141, 146 
 H. B„ 59 
 
 Helen Amelia, 97, 103 
 Helen M., 80 
 Henrietta, 120 
 Henry, 6, 121 
 
 Henry B., 51, 59, 160, 162-166 
 Henry B., Hon., 56 
 Henry B., Mrs., 63 
 Henry C, 67 
 Henry W., 162 
 Henry Willson, 161, 162 
 Henry Wilson, 113 
 Howard, 59, 60 
 Howard Ward, 66 
 Ichabod, 29 
 Ida Amelia, 178 
 Irving Ellsworth, 141, 144 
 Isaac Smith, 136 
 James, 6, 7, 15, 20, 21, 28 
 Joan, 6, 9, 10 
 
 John 6-9, 14, 20, 25, 51, 62, 67 
 John, Deacon, 15, 19 
 John Howard, 15 
 Joseph, 16, 20, 121 
 
 ioseph C, 62 
 oseph Colwell, 51, 113 
 osephine Emma, 105, 112 
 osephine Gertrude, 184 
 
 osephine Victoria, 97, 101 
 
 oshua, 16, 24, 29 
 Laura Eliza, 59, 63 
 Lillian Grace, 105 
 Lillian Mabel, 141 
 Lily Elizabeth, 122 
 Lydia E., 67, 69 
 Lydia Elizabeth, 120, 123 
 Madeline Annie, 118 
 Mansfield, 51, 97 
 Margaret, 6, 8, 9 
 Maria, 69, 149, 150 
 Maria Leavitt,67, 68 
 Mariah, 51 
 
 Marion Estelle, 141, 146 
 Marion Holmes, 178 
 Marsaille Maria, 178 
 Martha Stedman (Barry), 141 
 Mary, 6, 7, 9, 13, 19-21, 23, 41, 45, 
 
 80, 138, 162, 170, 208 
 Mary Agnes, 122, 126 
 Mary Eliza, 136, 147 
 Mary Elizabeth, 67, 69 
 Mary Katherine, 130, 133 
 Mary Louisa, 85, 86 
 Mary Melenia, 60 
 
242 
 
 Index 
 
 Paine (Payne), Mary (Perry), 166 
 Mary Polly, Si, 74 
 Mary (Swan), 129 
 May (Gebhart), 195 
 Melenia, 60, 65 
 Mildred Augusta, 109 
 Minnie Irene (Smith), 125 
 Mollie Nye, 185 
 Moses, 11 
 Myron Sears, 120 
 Myrtle Genevieve, 143, 147 
 Nathan Perry, 160, 161 
 Nelson, 51, 120, 121 
 Nicholas, 8, 15, 20, 21 
 Norma, no 
 Oliver, Col., 61 
 Oliver H., 61, 64 
 Oliver Hazard, 161 
 Pennina, 121 
 Pennina (Sears), 121 
 Philip, 8, 130 
 Phoebe (Crawford), 189 
 
 Polly, 51, 57. 75 
 
 Polly (Brooks), 61 
 
 Rebekah, 24, 41 
 
 Reuben Doane, 60 
 
 Richard, 6-8 
 
 Robert, 6, 7, 9 
 
 Robert, Sir, 9 
 
 Robert Treat, 16, 120, 122 
 
 Roger, 7 
 
 Ruth, 28, 40 
 
 Sadie Stevens, 145 
 
 Salina Augusta, 120 
 
 Samuel, 13, 14, 20, 28, 41, 47, 48, 
 
 5°. 51. 54, 55. 67 
 Samuel, Judge, 46, 48, 50 
 Samuel, Mrs., 50 
 Samuel B., 61 
 Samuel Brooks, 61 
 Samuel Doane, 61 
 Sanford Clyde, 99 
 Sanf ord Douglas, 97, 99 
 Sarah Ann, 113, 115 
 Sarah Martha, 61 
 Sarah (Montgomery), 115 
 Sereno E., 180, 181-184 
 Sereno Elisha, 178, 180 
 Solomon, 23, 43 
 Solomon, Rev., 24, 29, 30, 42 
 Sophronia (Sanford), 98 
 Stephen B., 66 
 Stephen Barnum, 60, 66 
 Susan Paulina, 146 
 Susan Pauline, 141 
 Sybill, 7 
 Thankful, 22 
 Thomas, 6-1 1, 13, 14, 16-21, 24, 28, 
 
 45, 121, 199, 200 
 Thomas, Judge, 14 
 
 Paine (Payne), Thomas, Rev., 16, 28, 45 
 
 Thomas, Sir, 5 
 
 Thomas Hubbard, 51, 136, 137, 139 
 
 Thomas Myron, 105 
 
 Thomas Nelson, 137 
 
 T. O., Dr., 3 
 
 Virginia Ella, 109 
 
 Walter, 8 
 
 William, 5, 6, 8, 10 
 
 William Anthony, 136 
 
 William -Gebhart, 194 
 
 William Henry, 141, 144, 178, 184, 
 187, 194 
 
 William Henry, Dr., 144 
 
 William Knapp, 180, 185 
 
 William Wallace, 51, 52, 178, 179 
 
 Winfield Scott, 97, 104, 105 
 
 Winfield Scott, jr., 105 
 Palmer, Almon Gardner, 82 
 
 Helen Nichols, 83 
 
 Mary Gifford, 82 
 
 Merritt, 83 
 
 Merritt Gifford, 82 
 Park, Elisha, 130 
 
 Minnie Slade, 130 
 
 Roxhana Gear (Slade), 130, 131 
 Partridge, Donald, 133 
 
 Hannah L. (Graham), 133 
 
 Jeremiah J., 133 
 
 Margaret, 133 
 
 Mary (Payne), 133 
 
 Philip Payne, 133 
 
 Warren, 133 
 
 Warren Graham, 133 
 
 Warren Graham, Dr., 133, 134 
 Pattengill, Adelia (Bennett), 153 
 
 Alanson, 153 
 
 Bertha Adelia, 153, 158 
 
 Edith Grace, 154, 159 
 
 Florence Mary, 153 
 
 Mary (Chollar), 154 
 
 Robert Wayland, 154 
 
 Willis Wayland, 153, 154 
 Payne, see Paine 
 Pearl, (Catherine, 39 
 Peck, Samuel, 25 
 Perkins, Rachel, 36 
 Perry, Mary, 160 
 
 Nathan, 160, 166 
 
 Nathan, Judge, 166 
 
 Paulina (Skinner), 160 
 
 Pauline, 166 
 Pettee, Rebecca, 201 
 Pettibone, Giles, Capt., 152 
 Peverel, William, 3 
 Phipps, William, Sir, 15 
 Pidell, James, 17 
 Pierce, William, 37 
 Pike, Gen., 139 
 Pitkin, John, 40 
 
Index 
 
 243 
 
 Piatt, Judge, 57 
 Powell, Clara, 207 
 
 Roger, 207 
 
 Robert, Rev., 54 
 Prence, Gov., 14 
 
 Hannah, 16 
 
 Thofnas, 13 
 
 Thomas, Gov., 14-17, 199 
 Pultney, Margaret, 5 
 
 Thomas, Sir, 5 
 Putnam, Gen., 103 
 
 Israel, Gen., 80 
 
 Julia, 38 
 
 Ralston, Nellie Gray, 147 
 Ramsay, Thomas, Sir, 9 
 Randolph, Arthur, Col., 170 
 Rathburn, Charles Theodore, in 
 Elizabeth (Page), m 
 Helen (Gardiner), in 
 John, in 
 Read, Anna, 8 
 Reed, Luella B., 96 
 Mary, 96 
 Olmstead, 96 
 Thomas B., 183 
 Reese, Frederic Harold, 126 
 Helen Payne, 126, 127 
 Henry Powell, 126 
 Remington, Arthur, 83 
 Arthur Elijah, 83 
 Edward Warren, 83 
 Harold, 83, 84 
 Helen (Smith), 83 
 Hiram, 83 
 Margaret, 83 
 Margaret (Tanner), 83 
 Peter Havens, 84 
 Robert Hiram, 83 
 Ruth, 83 
 Reymes, Anne, 7 
 
 William, 7 
 Reynolds, Ella Jane (Van Etten), 94 
 Hamlin Wesley, 94 
 Lulu Elizabeth, 94 
 Richmond, Roswell W., 41 
 Riddle, Burdette Sylvester, 145 
 Florence, 145 
 Harold, 145 
 Roberson, Gladys Alice, 126 
 Helena (Daniels), 126 
 Winfield Scott, 126 
 Roberts, William, 44 
 Robin, Emily Eliza, 38 
 Rogers, Eleazer, 21 
 James, 13 
 John, 9, 21 
 John, Dr., 9 
 John, Jr., 21 
 
 Rogers, Joseph, Lieut., 13 
 
 Prisonborne, 9 
 Rollo of Normandy, 1 
 Roots, P. P., Rev., 54 
 Rumsey, David, Judge, 180 
 
 Sadler, Thomas, 117 
 Sample, Bessie Lee, 194 
 
 Edwin Forest, Dr., 194 
 
 Matilda (Eldridge), 194 
 Sampson, Henry, 17 
 Sanford, family, 98 
 
 Abbey, 98 
 
 Amy (Bennett), 97, 98 
 
 Eleanor, 98 
 
 John, 97, 98 
 
 Sally, 98 
 
 Samuel, 98 
 
 Sophronia, 97 
 Savage, Eleanor, 8 
 
 Edward, 8 
 Schurz, Carl, 60 
 Scott, Agnes, 9 
 
 Walter, 231 
 
 William, 9 
 Scudamore, John, 9 
 
 Richard, 9 
 Sears, Mr., 121 
 
 Betsey, 178 
 
 David Sherman, 120, 178 
 
 Pennina, 120 
 
 Thankful (Irish), 120, 178 
 Shannon, James, 39 
 Shaw, Hannah, 14 
 
 Jacob, Capt., 137 
 onathan, 14 
 
 Susannah (Newcomb), 137 
 
 Susannah Polly, 137 
 Shepard, Levy, 41 
 Sherman, Gen., 100 
 Simpson, Elizabeth Ann (Shipley), 141 
 
 Mary Ann, 141 
 
 William, 141 
 Skinner, Abram, Capt., 166 
 Slaught, Abram, 86 
 
 Mary Helen, 86 
 
 Helen Hanby, 86 
 Smalley, John, 199 
 Smith, Capt., 126 
 
 Elijah, Rev., 81 
 
 Emily, 41 
 
 Helen May, 81, 83 
 
 John Osborn, Capt., 125 
 
 Isaac, Hon., 136, 137 
 
 Lydia Sophia (Reynolds), 125 
 
 Minnie Irene, 125 
 
 Patience, 85 
 
 Polly Ann, 85 
 
 Richard, 85, 137 
 
244 
 
 Index 
 
 Smith, Samuel, 20 
 
 Susannah Polly (Shaw), 136 
 
 Susannah Newcomb, 136 
 Snow, family, 13, 199 
 
 Constance (Hopkins), 13, 199 
 
 Jabez, 18 
 
 Mary, 13, 19, 199, 200 
 
 Nicholas, 17, 199 
 
 Nicholas, Col., 13 
 Soule, Clara, 63 
 Southworth, family, 210 
 
 Alice (Carpenter), 209 
 
 Constant, 18, 19, 208, 209 
 
 Edward, 209, 210 
 
 Elizabeth (Collier), 208 
 
 Mercy, 209 
 Sparrow, Jonathan, 16-18 
 
 Patience, 16 
 Spaulding, Charles Fremot, 90 
 
 Fanny (Chamberlin), 91 
 
 Phineas, 91 
 Spencer, 71 
 Sperry, Hannah, 231 
 
 Richard, 231 
 Spilman, Margaret, 6 
 
 Thomas, o 
 
 Sprague, , 39 
 
 Squier, Margery, 207 
 Stableford, Thomas, 18, 19 
 Stark, family, 104 
 
 . 104 
 
 Stebbing, Catharine, 207 
 Stephens, Thomas, 43 
 Stevens, Arvilla Rosamond (Hilton), 
 144 
 
 Bruce Elton, 127 
 
 James Buck, 144 
 
 Sadie Elizabeth, 144 
 Stiles, Malvin, 37 
 Stoneman, Gen., 100 
 Stower, Betsey, 47 
 Straight, Dorothy Payne, 175 
 
 Emma (Dickerman), 175 
 
 Willard Dickerman, 175, 176 
 
 Willard, Prof., 175 
 Sumner, Sophia, 150 
 
 William Graham, Prof., 167, 169 
 Swan, Esther (Smith), 128 
 
 Jabez, Rev., 129 
 
 Jacob, 128 
 
 Mary Esther, 128 
 
 Taft, President, 185 
 Tapp, Edmund, 209 
 
 Jane, 209 
 Tennant, William, 30 
 Terry, Samuel, 183 
 Thacher, Coll., 16 
 
 Bethiah, 15 
 
 John, Col., 15 
 
 Thomas, 88 
 
 Gen., 10 1 
 Tilden, 164, 165 
 
 Samuel J., 168 
 Tod, Gov., 61 
 Torrey, Ruth, 38 
 Treat, Elizabeth (Mayo), 208 
 
 Eunice, 16 
 
 Jane (Tapp), 209 
 
 Robert, Gov., 16, 209 
 
 Samuel, Rev., 16, 18, 208, 209 
 True, Adelaide, 135 
 Turrell, Emma, 104 
 
 Mary Sheka, 104 
 
 Myron, 104 
 Tuscaquin, 17 
 Tweed, 168 
 Tyler, Anna J., 40 
 
 Upton, Maria, 207 
 Utter, Jabez, 27 
 
 Van Brunt, Herbert, 69 
 Vance, Joseph, ex-Gov., 64 
 Vanderbilt, Alice Gwynne, 172 
 
 Cornelius, 172 
 
 Gertrude, 172 
 Vickery, Benj., 20 
 
 Benjamin, 16 
 
 Dorcas, 20 
 Victoria, Queen, 174 
 Vollard, Harriet, 40 
 von Rupert, Otto, 63 
 
 Wade, Ben, 163 
 Wadham, John, Sir, 10 
 Wait, Betsy, 189 
 Walker, Elizabeth, 8 
 
 Anthony, 8 
 Wallace, Margaret, 80 
 
 Putnam, 80 
 
 William, 80 
 Walter, Benjamin Franklin, 151, 152 
 
 Blanche Helena, 156 
 
 Charlotte Sophia, 155 
 
 David Oswell, 156 
 
 Edward Thomas, 151 
 
 Elijah, 152 
 
 Hannah (Schoonover), 151 
 
 Harry Joseph, 151, 155 
 
 Harry Joseph, Jr., 155 
 
 Helena (Jones), 157 
 
 John Franklin, 151 
 
 Joseph, 151 
 
 Mary Elizabeth, 151 
 
 Maud (Miller), 156 
 
 Paul Miller, 155 
 
 Richard Franklin, 156 
 
 Richard Oliver, 151, 156 
 
 Sophia (Chollar), 152 
 
Index 
 
 245 
 
 Walton, Elizabeth, 5 
 
 Robert, 5 
 Ward, Elizabeth (Hughes), 66 
 
 Harriet, 66 
 
 William, Col., 66 
 Warren, Joseph, 43 
 Watts, 25 
 Way, Asa, 37 
 
 Betsey, 36 
 
 Charlotte Theresa Sye, 37 
 
 Hannah Anna, 37 
 
 Harvey Moulton, 36, 37 
 
 Jessie, 36 
 
 Julius, 36 
 
 Polly, 36 
 
 Samuel Payne, 37 
 
 Selah, 36, 37 
 
 Uriah, 37 
 
 William, 37 
 Webb, Charles, Col., 152 
 Weeks, Addison, 80 
 
 Nellie May, 80 
 Wellington, Duke of, 174 
 West, Mary Serepta, 38 
 Westgate, Adelina, 37 
 Wetherbee, Mercy W., 186 
 White, Augusta (Payne), 106, 107 
 
 George Boyd, 106 
 
 Jacob LeRoy, 106-108 
 
 Rachael I. (Lane), 106 
 
 Walter Payne, 106 
 Whitfield, 30 
 Wheatley, Margaret, 8 
 
 Robert, 8 
 Wheaton, Linda (Crawford), 190 
 Whitney, Barbara, 172 
 
 Cornelius Vanderbilt, 173 
 
 Dorothy Payne, 167, 175 
 
 Flora (Payne), 167, 172 
 
 Gertrude (Vanderbilt), 172 
 
 Harry Payne, 167, 172 
 
 Helen (Hay), 175 
 
 James Scollay, Gen., 167 
 
 Joan, 174 
 
 John Hay, 174 
 
 Josiah, Gen., 170 
 
 Laurinda (Collins), 167 
 
 Olive, 167 
 
 Payne, 167, 174. 175 
 
 Pauline Payne, 167, 172 
 
 Robert, Sir, 170 
 
 William Collins, 167-170 
 
 William Collins, Hon., 172 
 
 Wickham, Mayor, 168 
 
 Abigail (Parker), 28 
 
 Joseph, 28 
 Wildman, 2 
 Willard, Abigail, 16 
 
 Abigail (Sherman), 209 
 
 Frances E., 194 
 
 Samuel, Rev., 16, 200 
 William II, 3 
 
 the Conqueror, 2, 71, 195 
 Williams, Mary, 40 
 Willson, Henry V., 162 
 Wilson, Andrew, no 
 
 Georgia (Payne), no 
 
 Georgia (Watts), no 
 
 Lydia Payne, 71 
 
 Mary Jane, no 
 
 Thaddeus, 60 
 
 Thomas Payne, no 
 
 Thomas Russell, no 
 Winchcombe, Anne, 8 
 Winger, Anna, 39 
 Winters, Allen Charles, 95 
 
 Augustus C, 87, 88 
 
 Daniel, 87 
 
 Elizabeth, 96 
 
 George Payne, 87, 95, 96, 197 
 
 Harry Sunderland, 87, 94, 95 
 
 Hettie (Payne), 87 
 
 John Burroughs, 96 
 
 Leonard Payne, 96 
 
 Lora, 197 
 
 Lora (Leonard), 96 
 
 Lulu (Reynolds), 94 
 
 Mabel (Allen), 95 
 
 Mary (Rapelje), 87 
 
 Walter Payne, 87, 94 
 Winthrop, Gov., 231 
 
 John, Jr., 98 
 Wise, Daniel, 40 
 Wollen, Judge, 107 
 Wright, Adelia Teressa, 138 
 
 Betsey (Griswold), 138 
 
 Jonathan, Capt., 138 
 
 Yates, Abigail, 20 
 
 Zerull, Christina (Brown), ill 
 
 John, 1 1 1 
 
 Wilhelmina Louise, in 
 Zimmerman, Eugene, 64 
 
 Eugene, Mrs., 64 
 
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