Moses Payne

121. Dr. Moses Payne: (Married: Catherine (Katherine) Wroe (#122), on 27 October 1787 in Shenandoah, Virginia according to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The date is confirmed in Ancestry.com Virginia Marriages to 1800 and The Wroe and Chancellor Families Compiled by William C. Wroe, p. 268).

a) Jonathan Payne: Born: March 15, 1759 ; Died: ? [Note: He must have died before March 13, 1767 when the other Jonathan was born]; Miscellaneous: [Note: There are two Jonathans mentioned in his brother (James' Bible) as being siblings. It is likely that this one died and another son was named after him, and the 2nd is the one that owned the farm adjoining his father's. His father's will in 1781 mentions only one Jonathan and this one must have died earlier.]

b) Isaac Payne: (Married: Anna Skinner on January 2, 1779); Born: March 11, 1761 (March 11, 1761) ; Died: November 4, 1815; Miscellaneous: "lived on the farm, with his father until he was an old man. He fell from a loft in the barn and died immediately. Isaac had a family of four girls and one son."

c) Elias Payne: Born: August 27, 1763; Died: ? before 1781 [Note: There is an Elias mentioned in his brother (James' Bible) as being a sibling, but he is not mentioned in is father's will. He must have already died.]

d) Jonathan Payne: Born: March 13, 1767; Died: ? [Note: There are two Jonathans mentioned in his brother (James' Bible) as being siblings. It is likely that the another one died and this Jonathan was named after him, and is the one that owned the farm adjoining his father's. His father's will in 1781 mentions only one Jonathan and this must be the one.] He was a farmer. His farm adjoined his father's.

e) Daniel Payne: Born: ?; Died: ?; Miscellaneous: He went to Virginia [Note: He is not mentioned in his brother (James' Bible) as being a sibling, nor is he mentioned in his father's will,]

h) John Payne: Born: December 22, 1773; Died: ? [Note: He must have died before February 10, 1779 when another John Payne was born.]; Miscellaneous: [Note: There are two Johns mentioned in his brother (James' Bible) as being siblings. This one likely died and a second John was born . The second John was likely the carpenter who went to New York. Only one John is mentioned in John Pain Senior's 1781 will.]

i) George Washington Payne: Born:? Died:? [Note: He is mentioned in his brother (James' Bible) as being a sibling, but there is no birth date listed.]

j) John Payne: Born: February 10, 1779; Died: ? Miscellaneous: He was a carpenter and went to New York.

k) James Payne: Born: August 10, 1781; Died: ?; Miscellaneous: He was the youngest child and went to Genese county. ] (Source: Ancestry.com link to The Brown Family page 64. Source: Ancestry.com link to Captain John Pain p. 63.) Source: James Payne's Bible. )

As quoted from The Wroe and Chancellor Families Compiled by William C. Wroe, p. 268 & 269, "Dr. Moses Payne's granddaughter, Mrs. Catherine (Payne) Radcliffe, left a written record in which she states her grandfather, Dr. Moses Payne, was born in or near Newark, New Jersey. "He was the second son of Captain John Payne of Rahway, New Jersey (who was shot from his horse during the Revolutionary War,) and his wife Mary, daughter of Samuel Freeman."

"Dr. Moses Payne was descended from a long line of English ancestors who settled first in Massachusetts in 1638 and later moved to the vicinity of Woodbridge, New Jersey. Dr. Payne is mentioned in the will of his father, Capt. John Payne, which was probated October 25, 1781. At that time, the young son was evidently under age, having been born about 1763. How Dr. Payne came to be living in Virginia is not known." [Note: Moses was only about 18 when his father was killed.]

"Possibly because Catherine's brother, Original Wroe, was one of the initial incorporators of Front Royal, Virginia in 1788, Dr. Payne bought a parcel of land in Front Royal on 26 October 1796 and continued to live there until his demise in 1809". In 1788 their first child (John) was born in Front Royal, Frederick County, Virginia."

"In 1799, H. Holmes recommended to the Governor of Virginia that Dr. Payne be a lieutenant in the county militia. The letter has been preserved and reads as follows:

Winchester

May 23, 1799

May I be permitted, sir, to nominate as proper persons to officer a troop of cavalry in Frederick County, to be raised out of the __th regiment, Ferguson Bell, Captain; Moses Payne, First Lieutenant; Robert Vance, Second Lieutenant; and William F. Simsal, Cornet."

In the 1790 Tax List Census,for Frederick, Virginia, Moses Payne reported to the census taker on March 31, 1791. He was the only white male above 16 years of age in the home. He had one black slave over 16 years of age and 2 horses, mares, colts, or mules.

In the 1800 Tax List Census for Frederick, Virginia, Moses Pain was the only white male above 16 years old in the home. He had one black slave over 16 years old, one black slave between 12 an 16 years old, and one horse.

"Dr. Moses Payne's name appears regularly on the Frederick County tax lists until 1809 when 'Moses Payne's Estate' is taxed for a lot in Front Royal. He died intestate1. An inventory of his personal estate was taken May 30, 1809. In 1812, Caty Payne [his wife] paid tax on the lot formerly owned by Dr. Payne and the indication from the tax list is that she died about this time, for this identical lot appears on the tax lists of Frederick County 1813-1921 as Moses Payne's Representatives. Also the name of Catherine (Caty) Payne does not appear on any of those tax lists."

Moses and his wife, Catherine, had 7 children: John, Grace (Gracy), Mary (Polly) Freeman, Catherine Chancellor, William Wroe (#61), Moses Congo, and Jane Chancellor.

Event	Date	Moses' age
Birth	~ 1763	0
Revolutionary War	1775 - 1783	12 - 20
Death of Father	1781	18
Marriage	1787	24
Birth of his children	1788 - 1802	25 - 39
Birth of son William Wroe (#61)	1797	34
Death	1809	46