Thomas Payne Family
 Maryland

Thomas Payne
b. about 1694 (probably in St. Mary's Co., Maryland)
d. 19 Apr 1748 St. Mary's Co., Maryland [will]

m.  Elizabeth Taylor abt 1713
b.
d. after 1770
sister of James Taylor [will of 1743]

her 2m. William Harrison [will of 1768]


father - Isaac Payne (b. before 1656)
mother -Sarah Smith

children of Elizabeth Taylor
Isaac Payne b. abt 1724 St* Mary's Co., MD
 d. bef 5 May 1801
 m.  Sarah ?Daulton
Joseph Payne
 b. 1722 St Mary's Co., MD*
 d. after 1751
 m. Anne Brannock
Diana Payne b. 1735 St Mary's Co., MD* d. m.
Mary Payne
b. 1730 St Mary's Co., MD* d.
m.
Elizabeth Payne b. 1733 St Mary's Co., MD* d.
m. Joshua Beane bef 1761
John Payne
 b. 1720 St Mary's Co., MD* d. 8 Feb 1763 St. Michaels Hundred, St. Mary's, Maryland
 m.
Thomas Payne b. abt 1728 St Mary's Co.,* d.
m.

*birth year based on the childrens age at the probate of Thomas Payne in 1749.

I have little information on this family but the DNA project by Patrick A. Payne seems to have proved the lineage I list here.  See the link below to find other Payne family links. 

1743- Will of James Taylor, SMC, 1/27/1743-4--2/20/1743. Brothers and sister: John Taylor, Joseph Taylor, and Elizabeth Pain, 1 shilling each. Sisters: Mary Hudman and Hannah Taylor, residue of estate. Wit: Joseph Lawrence, May Lawrence, William Forrest.

1747-Will of Thomas Payne, SMC 1/8/1747-4/19/1748. Daughter: Mary, personalty. Son: Isaac, personalty. Rest of my children: Joseph, Thomas, John, Diana, and Elizabeth Payne, shares of my estate. Exec: Wife, Elizabeth. Wit: William Griggs, Joseph Fitzjeffery. [records of Linda Reno]

4/17/1749: Admin. accts. of Thomas Payne, SMC. Sureties: John Taylor, Joseph Fitzjeffery. Distribution to: widow, 1/3. Residue to (children): Joseph (aged 27); Isaac (aged 25); Thomas (aged 21); John (aged 8); Mary (aged 19); Elizabeth (aged 16); Diannah (aged 14). Exec: Elizabeth Payne. [records of Linda Reno]

1753, Sept 3 - Isaiah Payne receives a land grant of fifty acres for "Isaiah's Choice" in Dorchester County, Maryland.  
                       [Coldman. page 211.  Ref. YS*/678;BC11/242]

(1753, Aug 10 - Although there is a record of a Thomas Payne in Maryland who buys "That or Non" he is not related to this line according to DNA researchers.   He is rather in the line of Flayle Payne (d. 1765) Frederick County, Maryland.)
                     Thomas Payne files for That or None of fifty two acres in Frederick County, Maryland.
                        Ref. BC1/368;BC2/133[Coldman page 211]

1756, Sept 16 - Daniel Payne files a land grant of fifty acres for "Hog Pen Landing" in Dorchester County, Maryland.
                         Ref. BC10/266;BC11/242 [Coldman page 211]

1763- Will of John Payne, St. Michael's Hundred, SMC 1/20/1763-2/8/1763. Mother: Elizabeth Harrison, estate. Execs: William Harrison and mother. Wit: John Langley, George Smoot, Thomas Crawley. (Elizabeth Taylor/Payne Harrison). [records of Linda Reno]

1768- Will of William Harrison, SMC 1768-2/15/1770. Wife: Elizabeth, plantation where brother Robert Harrison now lives. Son: John, 1000 lbs. tobacco. Children: Ann, Kenelm, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Eleanor. Daughter: Susanna, a horse I bought of Zachariah Barnes. Desire Exec. to sell land: "Harrison's Hazard", 60 ac. (Charles Co.); pt. of tract lying in SMC "St. Margaret's", which I bought of Truman Juel, 66 ac.; 11 ac. adjoining the land which the houses of Aaron Johnston stand on. Daughters: Elizabeth, Susanna, Sarah, and Eleanor. Exec: Wife, Elizabeth. Wit: Thomas Bond, John and Benjamin Clarke.
                    [records of Linda Reno]

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