She was a Identical twin and the cousin of Andrew Johnson. Who was totake the place of President Lincoln after he was shot at Ford's Theatrein Washington,04-14-1865
He was Lincolns Vice President.He was President from1865-1869. He wasborn 12-29-1808 in Raliegh N. C. the son of Jacob Johnson and Mary
Mc Donough. He died 7-31-1875.
Jesse Russell Payne paternal ancestors came from England near London. TheBritish parliment passed an act about 1661-65 which deprivedPresbyterian's, Baptist's, Quaker's and other independent sects of theirreligious rights. Due to this opression a number of these independentsects desiring there religios freedom came to America.Setteling inPennsylvania among the payne group were two Quaker Minister's. Some ofthe Payne's migrated to different sections and some to Virginia.
Jesse Russell Payne was in the Revolutionary War and at the close of thewar with his family and others migrated to Hawkins co. Tennessee. It washere that Joseph C. Payne was born.Payne or Paine is a local name in Normandy.
Historical records consulted indicate that Colonel J. BertrandPayen-Payne desended from Stephen Payne vel Payne, a Colonel of horse, inthe service of Charles the First and Second who with his elder brotherAbraham, migred from Jersey to County Devon at the period of the GreatRebellion.
In American historical record is listed a William Paine or Payne who cameto Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1635 who was the son of William Payne ofNowton County, Suffolk, England. It is from this Payne that The AmericanFamily descended.
