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- Payne Genealogy, pg 83
Chapter 1.
The Paynes were a powerful tribe in Wales, and one part of the tribe was never willing to submit to the king of England. James I to conciliate them gave gave them a special grant of land twelve miles square, near Alexandria, VA known as Payne's Manor.
Their coat of arms, Gn (red) fesse; two lions passant. Ar (blue).
Crest. A lion's gamb erased and erect. Ar. (blue) grasping a roken tilting spear."
Motto - "Malo mori quam foedani" (Death before dishonor).
Sir John Payne settled in Fairfax county, on the manorial estate. at least in what was then known as Fairfax County Virginia.
Sir, William Payne settled in Maryland, near a town now called Leonardstown. He never married.
Sir John Payne had one son, William Payne, born August 10, 1671, died August 24, 1776."
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