Electa Payne

17 February 1804–16 October 1884 (Age 80)
Hamilton, Hamilton, Madison, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Electa

When Electa Payne was born on 17 February 1804, in Hamilton, Hamilton, Madison, New York, United States, her father, John Calvin Payne, was 25 and her mother, Philena Pierce, was 15. She married Jacob Knapp Jr. on 1 September 1824, in Hamilton, Hamilton, Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Burritt Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Illinois, United States in 1870. She died on 16 October 1884, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Knapp Jr.
1799–1874
Electa Payne
1804–1884
Marriage: 1 September 1824
Emily Knapp
1826–1898
Frances M Knapp
1829–1890
Cecelia Electa Knapp
1834–1912
George Knapp
about 1845–about 1868
Jacob Eugene Knapp
1831–1908
Sarah Genevieve Knapp
1836–1900
Ellen G Knapp
1839–1920
Frederick Philip Melancthon Knapp
1847–1905
Henry Martin Luther Knapp
1849–1925

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 September 1824Hamilton, Hamilton, Madison, New York, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (8)

    1808
    Age 4
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.
    1818
    Age 14
    Illinois is the 21st state.
    1825 · The Crimes Act
    Age 21
    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Pai(e)n, Pagen (from Latin Paganus), a fairly common personal name among Normans. It derived from a word that originally meant ‘villager, rustic’, later ‘heathen’, but it had doubtless lost these connotations in its use as a late medieval personal name. This name has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.History: Thomas Payne, who was a freeman of Plymouth Colony in 1639, was the founder of a large American family, which included Robert Treat Paine (1731–1814), one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. See also Paine .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Payn
    Payen
    Pagan
    Paynes
    Paine
    Pank
    Phippen
    Pane
    Panes
    Pannell
    Penson

    Sources (13)

    • Electa Knapp in household of Jacob Knapp, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Electa Payne in entry for B F Spaulding and Emily K Knapp Bingham, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
    • Electa Knapp in household of Jacob Knapp, "United States Census, 1860"

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