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Esther <I>Douglass</I> Payne

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Esther Douglass Payne

Birth
New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
12 Sep 1853 (aged 75)
Hamilton, Madison County, New York, USA
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Hamilton, Madison County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Second wife of Elisha Payne, Esq.

Esther Douglass, was a woman of great mental and physical endurance. Elisha Payne first met her when she came, a girl of eighteen, with her father, the Rev. Caleb Douglass, to Hamilton. Mr. Douglass preached in Hamilton occasionally. Mrs. Payne had remarkable executive ability and was deeply interested in the educational and religious activities of her husband. She was a very high-tempered woman. This trait is occasionally seen in her descendants. it few years after her marriage, it is said, she went to Whitestown to visit her father, and refusing escort, rode thirty odd miles alone through the forest from Hamilton to Whitestown, guided only by the blazed trees to show the way. Before 1830 she was stricken with the same blindness from which her father suffered in his later years.
Second wife of Elisha Payne, Esq.

Esther Douglass, was a woman of great mental and physical endurance. Elisha Payne first met her when she came, a girl of eighteen, with her father, the Rev. Caleb Douglass, to Hamilton. Mr. Douglass preached in Hamilton occasionally. Mrs. Payne had remarkable executive ability and was deeply interested in the educational and religious activities of her husband. She was a very high-tempered woman. This trait is occasionally seen in her descendants. it few years after her marriage, it is said, she went to Whitestown to visit her father, and refusing escort, rode thirty odd miles alone through the forest from Hamilton to Whitestown, guided only by the blazed trees to show the way. Before 1830 she was stricken with the same blindness from which her father suffered in his later years.

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  • Created by: Andrew L.
  • Added: Jun 20, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38556797/esther-payne: accessed ), memorial page for Esther Douglass Payne (25 Jul 1778–12 Sep 1853), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38556797, citing Madison Street Cemetery, Hamilton, Madison County, New York, USA; Maintained by Andrew L. (contributor 46818829).