October 18, 2024

Patrick Payne shared the following information about Sir Robert Payne, a shareholder in the Virginia Company. All of Sir Robert's children have been accounted for to have died in England. No member of his family came directly to the United States in the immediate generations after his death in 1631. All graves are marked and can be visited today. The Bedfordshire/Huntingdonshire Record Offices I have visited have been very helpful with finding these records.

April 7, 2024

We seek descendants of one of the first Payne/Paine settlers in the British Colony of Massachusetts, William Paine (ca.1596-1660 - WikiTree Paine-340). Unfortunately, none of his known descendants are in the project, and we are very interested in knowing whether he is related to any of the other early they are related to other British American colony settlers. If you are one of his descendants, please email Beth Payne at bethpindc@gmail.com. She would be happy to fund a Big Y-700 DNA test.