Hello, So far, I have had no luck finding any information regarding Lewis LEWIS who would have been born sometime in the mid/late 1600's to abt. 1700 in Virginia probably in Northumberland County, Virginia or could have been born elsewhere, perhaps in Wales or England. He married Elizabeth JOHNSTONE whom I believe is related to the Jane JOHNSTONE, (daughter of James JOHNSTONE,) who married James LAMKIN and they are related to a John PAYNE, Jr.. Is this the son of John PAYNE, born: abt. 1615 in Yorkshire, England, who immigrated to Rappahannock, VA and married Margrett/Margaret ?/ROBINSON?, (dau of Richard ROBINSON prob. who was early immigrant to Tidewater area,) whose daughter, Margaret PAYNE married 1st husband, John JENNINGS, and whose 2nd husband was Christopher EDRINGTON, Sr.? Trying to find out whether or not this Lewis LEWIS mentioned below is the brother of David LEWIS whom my husband appears to descend from and John "Councillor" LEWIS from whom it is believed that I descend in my paternal lineage. In the information below it shows these lines connecting to my COX lineage with Hannah COX and also an AUBREY/AWBREY line and one possible MURPHY line that I don't know if I directly descend from or not. And there is a Jane MARTIN in connection with this information below that I am also trying to sort out where she and the Elizabeth PAYNE aka Elizabeth JOHNSTONE fits in to this immediate LEWIS - JOHNSTONE - LAMKIN family group that also connects to some of my other family lines as well. Looking forward to someone who has more clarification on some of this information especially regarding who the parents of this Lewis LEWIS were. Thank you. (See the following family tree information.) Sincerely, Bellinda Myrick - Barnett Mary LEWIS ....Born: prob. abt./bet. 1720 - 1725? ....Death : 30 JAN 1758 ........Virginia Colonial Abstracts - ........Northumberland County (1661-1810) ........VOL 3: Record of Deaths ....Father: Lewis LEWIS/Lewis ap Lewis Lewis ....Mother: Elizabeth JOHNSTONE md: Lewis LAMKIN .....Birth : 19 MAR 1718/19 .....Death : DEC 1769 Northumberland County, VA .....Father: James LAMKIN .....Mother: Jane JOHNSTONE Children: (1) Lewis Abb LAMKIN (2) Mary "Molly" LAMKIN (3) Peter LAMKIN (4) James LAMKIN ************************** I think this Elizabeth JOHNSTONE is related to Jane JOHNSTONE below: Jane JOHNSTONE .....Father: James JOHNSTONE md: James LAMKIN ............Birth : 1675 ............Death : 1736 ............Father: George LAMKIN ............Mother: Hannah COX ...................(related somehow to Vincent COX, some think ....................that she was a daughter by an earlier marriage ....................as she is not mentioned in his will but did ....................receive land to her and husband, George LAMKIN ....................from Vincent COX.) Children: George LAMKIN Elinor LAMKIN Mary LAMKIN Lewis LAMKIN James LAMKIN Jane LAMKIN .....Birth : 1724 John LAMKIN .....Birth : 1728 Peter LAMKIN .....Birth : 1730 Jerimiah LAMKIN .....Birth : 9 SEP 1732 Hannah LAMKIN .....Birth : 21 DEC 1734 **************** Searching for the parents of: Jane JOHNSTONE ......m bef 1717 Northumberland Co VA md: James LAMKIN .............b 1675 .............d 1736 Nothumberland Co VA Elizabeth JOHNSTONE .......m Lewis ap Lewis Lewis .............b 30 Sep 1695 .............d 1736 Richmond Co VA ********************* Name: Elizabeth JOHNSTONE � Sex: F � Alias/other Md. name?: Possibly MURPHY � Birth: ABT. 1665 in Westmoreland. Co. VA � Death: ABT. 1698 in Westmoreland. Co. VA � Note: 4 Issue of John PAYNE and Elizabeth AWBREY/AUBREY Source: Indenture between William PAYNE, Jr. and Francis AUBREY dated July 25, 1722 ) Jane MARTIN's will Jane MARTIN, widow, dated 2 Feb. 1676, Copeley Parish, Westmoreland Co., VA. She says, "Unto my daughter Jane JOHNSTONE my plantation...If it should please God to take from this life my daughter Jane before she is marryed or comes of age or dieing without issue, the estate to fall into the possession of John AWBREY and James Gaynor. Unto my daughter Elizabeth PAIN to the value of fourty shillings...John AWBREY being a liver att my house shall there remain without opposition during the finishing of this crope (sic) or longer as he may find to his conveniencey and not to admitte of any person to dwell upon the plantation without consent from what estate I have willed unto my daughter Jane. (signed) Jane (hF) MARTIN." Proved 16 May 1677. "John Payne Jr. was married before 1676, because at that date his mother-in-law, Jane Martin, left a will naming her daughter as "Elizabeth Pain." This woman Elizabeth is often called Elizabeth Awbrey, but that is incorrect. The confusion comes in because Elizabeth had a sister named Jane who married John Awbrey, a man old enough to be the girls' father. With a mother called Jane & daughter called Jane, a man much older than his wife, and the fact that John Awbrey was mentioned in mother Jane's will--all that taken together resulted in an incorrect assignment of John & Jane Awbrey as Elizabeth's parents. However, mother Jane Martin's will makes it clear that her daughter Elizabeth is married to a "Pain" and that daughter Jane Johnstone is underage. (John Awbrey appears to be an overseer or something to that effect, and is mentioned in the will. His exact relationship to the family is unclear, but he is obviously not Elizabeth's father.) Assuming that married daughter Elizabeth is older than underage daughter Jane Johnstone, I have also *assumed* that Elizabeth was a Johnstone (rather than a Martin). (See more of Jane Martin's will at the bottom of the page. I can find only an excerpted will at the moment. I'll try to find the full document later.) Mother Jane Martin was evidently married at least twice, earlier to a Johnstone & last to a Martin, who left her a widow. But neither of her husbands is known, nor is her maiden name known. I have both John Payne Jr. and Elizabeth Johnstone Payne dieing c 1698, though I have no reason given as to why I recorded that. The only two children I have for them are "our" William & brother John. The records Shawn sent (below) indicate these realtionships. ---record--- 1. "Payne Records from Westmoreland County, Communicated by Mrs. J. C. Pollard Wesmoreland County. Book 7, page 354 Indenture between William Payne Jr. and Francis Aubrey July 25, 1722. For 100 acres, part of a patent granted to John Payne, grandfather to the aforesaid William J. for 400 acres, and by the said John's will bequeathed to John Payne, father to the said William Payne Jr., and by his last will and testament given to his two sons John Payne and William Payne Jr." ---end--- (I know I have at least abstracts of these wills somewhere. I have looked for them for a while now, but still can't come up with them. I'll keep looking & send them out asap.) The Francis Awbrey mentioned above is the son of John & Jane (Johnstone) Awbrey," John Wilmont Father: * JOHNSTONE Mother: * JANE Marriage 1 John PAYNE , (2), * b: AFT. 1651 in Westmoreland. Co. VA �Married: BEF. 1676 in Westmoreland Co. VA Children 1.<Picture: Has children>William PAYNE , II, * b: ABT. 1685 in Westmoreland Co. VA2.<Picture: Has no children>John PAYNE , (3)