James was born in 1763. He was an officer in the War of 1812. He later became Colonel on the Fluvanna Militia. James continued to represent his country in the legislature for several years.He passed away in 1825.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
Hi Philip. I agree with you. However, according to an SAR application, James Payne was born 2 Apr. 1763. Also his wife was Frances Dix, not Francis (Francis is a man's name). I just came back from the William & Mary Library so I may be updating this family.
Jayne Walker, wife of Larry Walker
Thank you.