William Payne

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ⁶⁷⁹
Elizabeth Paine was born in Nowton Parish, Near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England in 1687, and was the daughter of William Paine and the granddaughter of Anthony Payne. Elizabeth's siblings, Phebe, Dorothy, William and Robert also emigrated to the British American colonies.

History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families, pp. 58-59.

• Family Background:
From the Parish Registers of Lavenham, co. Suffolk, 1558-1653:

Thomas son of William Payne baptized 25 Jan 1559
Thomas Payne and Agnes Wyat married 19 Jul 1562
John son of Thomas Payne baptized 6 Jul 1564
George Sergeanston and Agnes Paye married 5 Oct 1562
Agnes daughter of Thomas Payne buried 18 Sep 1569
John Gutteritche and Alice Payne married 17 Jun 1576
William Payne and Agnes Nves married 28 Dec 1584
Elizabeth daughter of William Payne baptized 11 Sep 1586
William Payne senior buried 17 Nov 1587
Anne daughter of William Payne baptized 17 Dec 1587
Judith daughter of William Payne baptized 22 Jun 1589
Susan daughter of William Payne, baptized 9 Apr 1592
Phebe daughter of William Payne baptized 1 Apr 1594
Joane Payne widow buried 8 Oct 1594
Richard and William sons of William Payne baptized 20 Feb 1596/7
William Hamond and Elizabeth Payne married 9 Jun 1605
William Payne the elder buried 9 Jun 1621

"Genealogical Research in England," NEHGR, 1915, Vol. 69. p. 251-252^630a

William Payne and Agnes Neves of Lavenham were the parents of William Payne, baptized at Lavenham 20 Feb 1597/8 and later of Ipswich and Boston, Massachusetts, as well as the parents of three daughters who migrated to New England: Elizabeth Payne, baptized at Lavenham 11 Sep 1586, married there 9 Jun 1605 to William Hammond; Phebe Payne, baptized at Lavenham 1 Apr 1594 and married there 5 Jun 1621 to John Page; and Dorothy Payne, born about 1598 and married about 1616, to Simon Eyre.

"[An examination of the payne entries in Lavenham registers published in the NEHGR, vol. 69, pp. 251-252, shows that Thomas Payne married Agnes Wyat 16 Nov 1561, and had Agnes, baptized 19 Jul 1562, and John baptized 6 Jul 1564. A William Payne had Thomas Baptized 24 Jan 1156, and William was buried in 17 Nov 1587. A Joane Payne, widow was buried 8 Oct 1594. An Agnes Payne was married to George Sergeantson 5 Oct 1565. Finally, William Payne, the father of the emigrants to New England, married Agnes Neves 28 Dec 1584, their children were baptized at Lavenham, and William was buried there 9 Jun 1621. The name Payne is very widely spread in Suffolk, expecially in the southwestern corner of the county; but it seems in the highest degree probable, when the continuity of Boxsted and Lavenham is considered, that William Payne, son of Thomas Payne of Boxsted and Lavenham is conisdered, that (the Testator of 2 Feb 1544/5), had issue William, Thomas, and Agnes (wife of George Sergeantson) who appear in the early Payne entries in the Lavenham registers, that these children are the ones mentioned in the will of Richard Payne of Boxsted (the testator of 13 Jan 1574/5) as "my brother William's Payne's children," and that the William Payne who married Agnes Neves was the great-grandson of Thomas Payne of Boxsted (the testator of 2 Feb 1544/5), being the son of William, who in turn was the son of William, (the brother of Richard) and the Grandson of Thomas of Boxsted.

"It may be noted that the records published in the NEHGR in Jul 1915 proved that this Payne family was not descended from the gentle family living at Hengrave Hall in Suffolk, as was asserted in the "Paine Genealogy," by Albert @. Pain, Bangor, Me. 1881.]"

"Genealogical Gleansing in England V," NEHGR, 1925, Vol. 79, p. 82-84^630b

William married Agnes Neves on 28 Dec 1584 of Lavenham, Suffolk, England.^630a (Agnes Neves died 16455 of Lavenham, Suffolk, England and was buried on 8 Oct 1645 of Lavenham, Suffolk, England ^630b.)