Archibald Payne (1748 - 1831)

Born 12 Sep 1748 in White Hall, Goochland County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Dandridge) Payne — married 22 Feb 1770 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 1831 at about age 82 in White Hall, Goochland, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Descendant of Colonel John Payne (1713–1784) a Revolutionary War Patriot.

Archibald "Archer" Payne (12 Sep 1748 - 2 Jun 1831)

Archibald aka Archer, Payne is ASSUMED To be the father of Catherine Payne^[1][2]

His parentage is UNKNOWN

Note: Not sure why the parentage is marked as unknown: In the will of Col John Payne, he left Newmarket to his son Archer. There is controversy over the wives of Col Payne. See reference to will below:

Colonel John Payne (1713-1784) perhaps the most illustrious of the name, was a Burgess from Goochland from 1752 to 1768 and was lieutenant-colonel of militia. In his will, which bequeathed a large estate, he left his residence White Hall to his son, John Payne, Jr and he left Newmarket to his son Archer, who married the daughter of Nathaniel West Dandridge of Hanover, and his wife, Dorothea Spotswood, daughter of the Governor. ^[3]
The Paynes were closely related, through marriages and by blood to the Spotswoods, to Martha Washington and to Dolly Payne Madison.

He died after Oct 1786.

Archer Payne married Martha Dandridge 22 February 1770 and they had eleven children. Martha Dandridge Payne died by 1797; that year Payne married Betsy Brooks.^[4]

Ancestors of Archer Payne:
1 Great Grandfather: Sir William Payne
...2.Grandfather: Josiah Payne
.......3 Father: John Payne of White Hall, Goochland county
..........4 Archer Payne m. Martha Dandridge
................5 Grand Son: Alexander S. Payne Married Charlotte Bryce (daughter of Archibald Bryce)
...................6 Great Grand Son: Dr. Robert Spotswood Payne of Lynchburg Married Frances A. R. Meem (daughter of John G. Meem of Lynchburg)
......................7 Great Great Grand:Son: Capt John Meem (Nov 11, 1840)

Marriage

Colonial Families of the United States, vol. I states that Martha Dandridge (b. 20 Sep 1748, d. 28 Sep 1791) of Hanover County, Va., married in 1769, ARCHER PAYNE (b. 1748). On 7 Dec 1797, Archer married 2nd, Betsy Brooks. Archer was the son of John Payne (1713-1784) of Goochland County, by his wife Jean Archer. ^[5]

Archer and Martha D Payne had 11 children. According to FindAGrave, three of their daughters married sons of Col. John Bolling [b. 1700, and a member of the House of Burgessess for 30 yrs]; but clearly it's unlikely that three of Archer's daughters married the sons of a man almost 50 years older. John Bolling (not clear which) owned 20,000 acres, adjoining Nicholas Davies, in the present Boonsboro & Peakland sections of Lynchburg. Buried in Payne Family Cemetery at The Cottege on Ivy Creek.

Per Ruth H Early, the third son of Archer Payne, John Robert Dandridge Payne, married Susan Bryce and "lived for many years in Lynchburg". Archer's oldest daughter also married a Bryce. Archer's second son, Alexander Spotswood Payne, married Charlotte Brice, another daughter of Archibald Bryce, of Scotland.

Husband: Archibald "Archer" PAYNE) (12 SEP 1748 - )

Wife1: Martha Dandridge (20 SEP 1748 -: 28 SEP 1791)

Marriage Date: 22 FEB 1770^[6]

Children: ^[7]

1. Ann Spotswood Payne (19 APR 1772- NOV 1818)^[8] baptized: March 26, 1772 (p.92). :Married: Thomas Mann FLEMING ABT 26 MAR 1791 at: Goochland Co VA
2. Martha Payne (8 NOV 1773- ) baptized Jan 1, 1774 (p.95)^[8] Married: Jeremiah STROTHER on 12 FEB 1796 at: Goochland Co VA
3. Archer Payne Jr (29 OCT 1775- ) baptized Jan 4, 1776^[8] Married: Lucy BROOKS 20 MAR 1810
4. Dorothea Dandridge "Dolly" PAYNE (10 JUL 1777- ) baptized Jul 31, 177 (p.9)^[8]  :Married: Edward BOLLING 14 FEB 1794 at: Goochland CO, VA
5. Jane Smith Payne (28 JAN 1779 -1806) Married: James FERGUSON Robert BOLLING
6. Alexander Spotswood Payne (20 OCT 1780 - ) Married: Charlotte BRYCE 6 SEP 1804 at: Goochland Co VA
7. Elizabeth (Eliza) PAYNE (29 OCT 1782- 17 APR 1791)baptized Apr 20, 1783 (p.109) ^[8]
8. Catherine Payne (19 NOV 1784- ) Married: Archibald Sr.BOLLING 2 NOV 1801 at: Goochland CO, VA
9. America Payne (5 NOV 1786- 29 DEC 1788) baptized May 21, 1789 (p.119)^[8]
10. John Robert Dandridge Payne (15 JUL 1789 - ) Married: Susanna BRYCE on 8 MAY 1810 Goochland Co VA

Note: Parents of Martha Dandridge

Father: Nathaniel West DANDRIDGE

Mother: Dorothea SPOTSWOOD

Husband: Archibald "Archer" PAYNE

Wife 2: Betsey BROOKS

Other Facts

Papers, 1751-1793, of the Dandridge-Payne family of Goochland County, Virginia, consisting of:^[4]

a) deed of gift, [29 August 1751], from Nathaniel Dandridge (1729-1786) to his daughter Martha Dandridge (1748-by 1797) for six female slaves;

b) a memorandum, 10 August 1792, from Moses Hunter concerning the taking of affidavits in the suit of previous suit of Archer Payne (1748-1831) (who married Martha Dandridge) against Moses Hunter;

c) affidavit, August 1793, of William Dandridge (b. 1750), taken in the District Court of Winchester, concerning the slaves given to Martha Dandridge (Payne) by Nathaniel W. Dandridge in the deed of gift; and

d) exception, 1793, of Archer Payne in his suit against Moses Hunter to the decision of the court that he could not produce the subscribing witnesses to the deed of gift of slaves from Nathaniel W. Dandridge to his daughter.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Descendants of Archer Payne, of "New Market" Pg. 315. Descendants of Archer Payne, of "New Market" (Concluded) on JSTOR.
2. ↑ The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jun., 1916), pp. 315-317.Published by: Virginia Historical Society.Stable URL: [1]
3. ↑ Gwathmey, John Hastings, Twelve Virginia Counties: Where the Western Migration Began. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1979. 469 pages. p. 230
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Dandridge-Payne Family Papers, 1751-1793. Accession 24722, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. No restrictions on use. Found at: Library of Virginia last accessed Dec 21, 2015
5. ↑ Rootsweb: Payne Family Archives Last accessed Sept 28, 2016.
6. ↑ www.theellisons.net/ghtout/gp2705.htm
7. ↑ Stray Leaves: James Family in America Since 1650: Archer Payne. Last accessed Dec 21, 2015
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} William Douglas, William Macfarlane Jones, The Douglas Register: Being a Detailed Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Together with Other Interesting Notes. Genealogical Publishing Com, 1966 - Reference - 408 pages.

See Also:

• Payne, John M. "Descendants of Archer Payne, of 'New Market'", in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography on archive.org. Vol. 24, no. 2 (Apr 1916), p. 221-222, part 1; no. 3 (Jul 1916), p. 315-317, part 2.
• Archer Payne No. 187. Shawnee Heritage IX. Don Greene. Privately printed. Lulu.com, Jan 16, 2015
• A Public Tree Stray Leaves, a James Family in America since 1650. Eric James 1997-2004.
• The Family Forest - Descendants of Lady Joan Beaufort. Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc on Google Books.
• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRZ6-C5F : 29 January 2020), Archibald Payne in entry for Archibald Bolling, 1801. (Marriage of his daughter Catherine; calls him Archibald not Archer, though this could be a mistake)
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LV1Y-5YY