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- William Payne, son of Josias Payne,
"the elder," and his wife, Ann Flem-
ing, was born February 10, 1732, Old
Style, so was just one day older than
General Washington As another dis-
tinction, he was the uncle of "Dolly"
Madison, and was first cousin to Rob-
ert Burton Payne, with whom my pre-
vious Payne sketch began. He died
March 2, 1S12. His father, who had
removed from Goochland to Pittsyl-
vania County, devised to him, with
other property, a tract of 400 acres in
Fluvanna, on which he took up his
residence and became prominent in
the community and rather wealthy.
He married twice (so family records).
First, on March 6, 1755, Mary Barrett,
born January 15, 1737, and second,
(about 1766, Susanna Thompson, daugh-
ter of George Thompson and grand-
daughter of Joseph Thompson, the
first sheriff of Albemarle County, of
whom a sketch has already been
given. From three different sources
have come to information about his
ichildren, and the list as worked out
runs as follows: By his first wife:
1. Ann Payne, born September 18,
1759, married 12th February, 1795,
James Richardson. Issue list below:
2. Sarah Payne, born iSeptember 18,
1760, married 9th June, 1796, Meri-
wether Smith, son of William Smith,
of Louisa County (who was son of
Thomas Ballard Smith, of Louisa, and
wife Ann Meriwether). They re-
moved before 1803 to Tennessee. Is-
sue named below:
' 3. James Payne, born April 2, 1762,
died March 20, 1835. He was an of-
ficer in the War of 1812, and later
Colonel of the Fluvanna Militia. He
represented his county in the Legis-
lature for several years. He married
October 3, 17S4, Frances Dix, daugh-
ter of John and Kerenhappuch Dix, of
Pittsylvania County. Issue named be-
low:
By his second wife, Susanna Thomp-
son, he is said to have had:
4. Susanna Payne, born January 24,
1768, married before May, 1796,
Thomas Norris Clark, an immigrant
from Scotland. They removed to
Kingston, Tennessee, where he en-
gaged in mercantile business. He
became one of the prominent men of
the State, an intimate friend of An-
drew Jackson; had a large farm and
many slaves. Issue named below:
5. A daughter, name illegible, born
December 19, 1772.
6. Elizabeth Payne, born November
9, 1775, married in Fluvanna Febru-
ary 21, 1799, George Richardson. Is-
sue named below:
7. Barrett Goodloe Payne, born De-
cember 23, 1778, died in 1853; repre-
sented Fluvanna in the State Legis-
lature and was called "Colonel." He
married March 24, 1808, Lucy Rich-
ardson, who died 18 November, 1821,
aged 43, leaving four children (so her
obituary notice). One of his children
was William B. Payne, who once rep-
resented Fluvanna in the Legislature,
but I have not been able to learn the
names of the others.
8. William Payne, born March IS,
1782. (One William Payne married in
iFlnvanna November 2, 1819, Maria C.
Allegree, who may have been this
William).
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