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Morson -- Scott -- Payne

   William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, Vol. 2, No. 2.
   (Oct., 1893), pp. 87-90.

                      MORSON -- SCOTT -- PAYNE.

   Dr. W. W. Payne, of Warrenton, Va., writes:

   "John Lord of the Isles, married 'Margaret', daughter of Robert II of Scotland; from
this marriage are descended all of the Alexanders.

   His third son, Alexander, married -------.

   His second son, Alexander Alexander, married ------, 1480.

   Son Thomas Alexander obtained 'Menstrie' 1505.

   Son Andrew Alexander married Catharine Graham 1500.

   Son Alexander Alexander married Elizabeth Douglas.

   Eldest son, Andrew, married and succeeded to 'Menstrie', 1544.

   Son Alexander of 'Mestrie', married Elizabeth Forbes.

   Oldest son, Wm. Alexander, of 'Mestrie' married --------.

   Oldest son, Alexander Alexander, of 'Menstrie' married Marian Contee, 1567.

   Only son, William (Lord Stirling), married Janet Ersine.

   Son John Alexander emigrated to Virginia, 1659.

   Son Robert died 1704, m --------.

   Son Robert married Anne Fowke 1710.

   Son John married Susanna Pearson 1734.

   Son William died 1802, married Sarah Bruce Casson.

   Daughter Anne Casson died 1833, married Alexander Morson, "Hollywood".

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   Daughter Anne Casson Morson, married Hon. R. E. Scott of Oakwood; issue, Elizabeth
married Henry Rives; Anne, married Capt. A. D. Payne; Susan m. Major William Herbert of
Alexandria.

   Rhuys Ap Hooe emigrated from Wales in 1636 - married in England Jane Seymour.

   Only son, Rice -- married Catharine Taliaferro, circa 1650.

   Only son, Col. Rice Hooe, - built 'Barnsfield', (where lie buried 7 generations of the
family), King George Co., Va. - married 1698 the widow of Dade nee Frances Townshend, of
the same family as that of Viscount Charles Townshend, one of the ministers of George I.

   His son, John Hooe, m. Anne Fowke Alexander.  Son Richard married, 1756, Anne Ireland
of Maryland.

   Daughter Catharine Taliaferro Hooe, married William Winter, of 'Efton Hills', Maryland.

   Daughter Elizabeth Winter married Daniel Payne of 'Granville', Fauquier Co., Va.


   Son Richard married Alice Fitzhugh Dixon, of "Kinloch", Fauquier Co., Va.

   Son Capt. A. D. Payne married Anne Morson Scott, daughter of Hon. Robert Eden Scott of

'Oakwood', by his 2nd wife Anne Casson Morson of 'Hollywood', Stafford Co., Va.

   Capt. A. D. Payne was 7th in descent from John Payne, the emigrant, who came over in the
2nd Supply, during Yeardley's administration, 1620 - under the immediate auspices of his
brother, Sir Robert, and settled upon a grant from the crown in what was then Rappahanock
Co.  From him has come down an unbroken line to the present day.  My great grandfather,
Capt. Wm. Payne of 'Clifton', was a Revolutionary officer - died in 1837, at 84.  He

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was the grandfather of Gen. W. H. Payne.  Sir Robert Payne purchased his title (Baronetcy
of Evering) from James I - 1615; it became extinct in 1804.

   Normandie in France was the cradle of the family.  In the 9th century, the 'Payne
Seygnieurs' were resident on and around the little town of 'St. Lo' in that province, 
holding large landed possessions.  Motto - 'Malo mori quam foedari'.

   A considerable part of my authority for the contents above is based upon the chronicles
of my paternal grandmother, (Elizabeth Hooe Payne); but, also upon various other sources.
For the marriage of Rhuys Hooe, the emigrant, I am indebted to Mrs. Lucy Barnes Hooe, of
King George, Va.  From her open letter, I quote as follows:  'Rhuys or Rice Hooe married
Jane Seymour (an English lady)', date not given.  For the marriages of Rice Hooe and
Catharine Taliaferro - Col Rice Hooe and Lady Frances Townshend - Hayden's "Virginia
Families'.  From that time down, the family chronicles and the Bible.  Our "old Bible"
records the marriage of Richard Hooe with Anne Ireland of Maryland, also that of Catharine
Taliaferro Hooe with Wm. Winter of 'Efton Hills', Md.

   In regard to the 'Paynes' - Hayden again - article 'Payne Family', also Smith is his
'History of Va.'

   We have in our possession a rare book, the 'House of Alexander', a Scotch work, and the
complete Scotch history of the family is taken from that book down to the advent of 'John
Alexander' in the Colony of Virginia.  This individual purchased all of the land lying
between 'Hunting Creek' on the south, and the little falls of the Potomac on the north --

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including the sites of 'Hunting Creek Warehouse' of that day and 'Arlington'.

   I had once in my possession a paper showing the entailment of this property through the
chapman family for at least five generations.

   For the history of this family 'Alexander' after their settlement in Virgnia, I refer
you to a paper, signed 'Brock', giving a full and detailed account".

   [There are some points in the above account by Dr. W. W. Payne, which are not well
substantiated.  It is only a family tradition, as I understand it, that makes John Alex-
ander, the immigrant, son of Lord Stirling.  The "House of Alexander', on the contrary,
states that John Alexander, son of Lord Stirling, died in Scotland, and before the arrival
of the John Alexander, of Virginia, into that Colony.

   Neither is there any proof that Frances Townsend was of the family of Viscount Charles
Townshend.  She was daughter of Col. Robert Townshend, of King George County, who was son
of Col. Richard Townshend, of York County, Virginia.  This is all we know, in fact, of the
family, though important information might be elicited in England by an investigation of
the wills of the Pott family.  Richard Townshend was the medical apprentice of Dr. John
Pott, once Governor of Virginia, and appears to have been a relation.

   It is technically wrong to speak of Frances Townshend as "Lady".  The term was applied
to the wife of a Knight.  Wives of Councillors and other people of quality in Virginia were
called "Madam".  It should be Madam Frances Townshend, not Lady Frances Townshend. -
Editor.]