Descendants of Payson

Generation No. 1

1.  EDWARD¹ PAYSON^1,2 was born 1613³, and died 1691³.  He married (1) ANN PARK³ 1640³.  She died 1641³.  He married (2) MARY ELIOT^4,5 1642⁶, daughter of PHILIP ELIOT and MARY SHORT.  She was born WFT Est. 1581-1622⁷, and died WFT Est. 1595-1704⁷.

Notes for EDWARD PAYSON:

[Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, pages 143-144.]

Edward Payson, b. 1613, d. 1691, emigrated from Eng¬land to Roxbury, Mass., ca. 1633; he was a freeman in 1640, removed to Dorchester. He m. in 1640, Ann Park, who died in 1641; he m. (2) in 1642, Mary Eliot, dau. of Philip Eliot and sister of John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians. (Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 1, by Virkus, p. 987) Mary Eliot's mother was Mary (Short) Eliot of Widford, Hertfordshire, England. Little is known of Mary Eliot's early life.

Child of EDWARD PAYSON and MARY ELIOT is:

2.                i.    JOHN² PAYSON, d. Unknown.

Generation No. 2

2.  JOHN² PAYSON (EDWARD¹)⁸ died Unknown.  He married BATHSHEBA TILESTONE⁸.  She died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN PAYSON:

[Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, page 144.]

JOHN PAYSON, of Roxbury, Mass., m. Bathsheba Tile¬stone. (It is stated that her father set out elms on the Meetinghouse Common in 1676, which were cut in 1776, and used for gun stocks.) Their daughter:  PRUDENCE PAYSON...

Residence: 1714, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts⁹

More About BATHSHEBA TILESTONE:

Residence: 1714, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts⁹

Child of JOHN PAYSON and BATHSHEBA TILESTONE is:

3.                i.    PRUDENCE³ PAYSON, b. 1681; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 3

3.  PRUDENCE³ PAYSON (JOHN², EDWARD¹)⁹ was born 1681⁹, and died Unknown.  She married (1) RICHARD WHEELER⁹ Bef. 1714⁹.  He died Bef. 1714⁹.  She married (2) CHRISTOPHER AVERY^10,11 17 Apr 1714¹², son of JAMES AVERY and DEBORAH STALLION.  He was born 1679¹³, and died 1753 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut¹⁴.

Notes for PRUDENCE PAYSON:

[Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, page 144.]

PRUDENCE PAYSON, m. (1) Richard Wheeler, (2) 4/17/1714, Christopher Avery, b. 1679, d. 1753, Groton, Conn. (See Avery Family Lineage Records) Their daughter:  PRISCILLA AVERY...

Notes for CHRISTOPHER AVERY:

[Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, page 141.]

Christopher Avery, b. 1679, d. 1753. He served with Dept. of General Port New London, Conn., 1724. Enlisted as Lieut. Of local militia, 1714; Commissioned Capt., in 1730. He served as Selectman Surveyor, and as a Justice of New London County, Conn. In 1714, he m. Mrs. Prudence (Payson) Wheeler, b. 1681, a dau. Of John and Bathsheba (Tilestone) Payson of Roxbury, Mass., and widow of Richard Wheeler. She was a granddau. Of Edward and Mary (Eliot) Payson, who was a sister of the Rev. John Eliot, the”Indian Apostle”. (See Payson Lineage) Christopher and Prudence (Payson) Avery appear to have moved from New London, Conn., to Groton, Conn., where their dau., Priscilla Avery was b. 4/29/1715. She m. 6/2/1737, Joseph Breed. (See Breed family lineage in this Volume)       (Ref: “The Groton Avery Clan”, by Elroy McKendree Avery, 1912; Colonial Records of Mass., & Conn.; Standard Histories of Early New England)

Ancestral File Number: 4M5J-C2

Child of PRUDENCE PAYSON and CHRISTOPHER AVERY is:

                   i.    PRISCILLA⁴ AVERY, b. 29 Apr 1715, Groton, New London County, Connecticut; d. May 1792, Union County, South Carolina.

Endnotes

1.  Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, pages 141 and 143.

2.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

3.  Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, page 143.

4.  Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, page 141.

5.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

6.  Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, page 143.

7.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

8.  Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, pages 141 and 144.

9.  Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, page 141.

10.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

11.  Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, page 141.

12.  Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, pages 141 and 144.

13.  Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, page 141.

14.  Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume X, Copyright 1966, Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1993, 1995, pages 141 and 144.

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