William Payne (1804)

Born 18 Jun 1804 in Canterbury, New London, Connecticut

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Died [date unknown] in Lenox Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

William Payne was born in Canterbury, Connecticut on June 28, 1804. He was the son of Amos and Susannah (Morse) Payne (aka Paine).

William married Lucy, whose last name is thought to be "Knapp" in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Lucy mother's name is reported as Peggy Rynearson in some family trees in other platforms and her birth year presented as 1810. William and Lucy settled on a farm in Lenox, Susquehanna.

William and Lucy had at least these the following seven (7) children including Francis William, Margaret, George, James W., Joseph, Martin L., and Amanda L.. The first 6 children are enumerated in the 1850 Fed. Census for Lenox, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; and Amanda in the 1860 & 1870 Federal Censuses for Lenox.

In 1860

In 1870, per the Fed. Census that year for Lenox, William and Lucy's household included themselves (age 66 and 59, respectively) as well as daughter Amanda L. and two farmhands, one of whom is who their daughter Amanda will marry.

William passed away in Lenox after 1870.

Sources

• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection); Canterbury Vital Records 1703-1850; "Canterbury Vital Records," p. 251. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (database on-line, frame #155 of 213). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.] (birth record and includes parents' names)

• 1850 United States Federal Census; Pennsylvania, Susquehanna, Lenox. [Repository: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census (database on-line, frame #20 of 35). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.] (household/family data)

• 1870 United States Federal Census; Pennsylvania, Susquehanna, Lenox. [Repository: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census (database on-line, frame #31 of 45). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.] (household/family data)