Elizabeth Payne

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Payne was born on 15 October 1822, in Virginia, United States, her father, Levi Payne, was 27 and her mother, Polly Payne, was 19. She married Edward Hanks in 1844. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 11 April 1867, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Old Quaker Cemetery, Pipers Gap, Carroll, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Hanks
1822–1898
Elizabeth Payne
1822–1867
Marriage: 1844
Amanda Hanks
1847–1859
Julian Hanks
1858–1858
Mary Jane Hanks
1853–1932
Dickerson T. Hanks
1855–1931
Julia S Hanks
1857–1860
July Ann Hanks
1858–1858
Cannoy Thomas Hanks
1860–1922
Edward Jefferson Hanks
1862–1929
Robert Lee Hanks
1866–1937

Sources (28)

  • Eliza Hanks in household of Edward Hanks, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Eliza Hanks, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Eliza Hanks, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

1825 · The Crimes Act

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.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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.

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