Giles Payson

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name
Giles Payson
aka
[Deacon Giles Payson, Giles Paison, Gyles Pason]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Deacon of Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he married Elizabeth Dowell in April 1637 and died in 1688/9, aged 78. Father of Elizabeth (Payson) Foster, wife of Hopestill Foster.
born
date
c. 1610/11
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[vital-records-roxbury, passenger-list-hopewell-1635]
note
From his age at death. He was 26 on the Hopewell list of April 1635, which gives about 1609.
died
date
28 Jan 1688/9
place
Roxbury, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]
note
"Giles, Dea., Jan. 28, 1688-9, a. 78 y." (2:609). Mollie and Roberts have him dying at Dorchester.
residences
date
bef. 1635
place
Nazeing, Essex, England
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[passenger-list-hopewell-1635]
note
He came from Nazeing, listed after the Nazeing families on the Hopewell.
events
what
Sailed on the Hopewell
date
3 Apr 1635
place
London, England
sources
[passenger-list-hopewell-1635]
note
Aged 26, among the Nazeing families, in the Hopewell, William Bundick master.
spouses
id
elizabeth-dowell-fl1637
married
date
Apr 1637
place
Roxbury, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]
note
Roxbury VR 2:311.
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-roxbury, church-records-roxbury-land-and-church]

Deacon, of Roxbury. He came from Nazeing, Essex, on the Hopewell, William Bundick master, in April 1635, listed as "Giles Payson 26" after the Nazeing families (Hotten p. 46; Roberts, History of the AHAC 1:162). John Eliot's list of Roxbury church members reads "Giles Paison, a single man. he maried or sister Elizabeth Dowell" (Boston RC 6:82). He was made a freeman on 18 Apr 1637 ("Gyles Pason," Records of Mass. Bay 1:373), and joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1647.

A Roxbury land survey lists "Giles Pason his house barnes, and lott fiue accers," six and a half acres in the great lots, seven acres on the Dorchester bounds and salt marsh (Roxbury Land Records, no. 37, Boston RC 6:31). Roberts says his farm "was one of the first cut up into house-lots in Roxbury. It contained Forest and Dudley streets, and Mount Pleasant Avenue" (1:162).

He was chosen deacon in January 1671/2: "or brother Giles Pason was elected & called to ye office of a Deacon & ye Sabbath following he was solemnly ordained by prayer and impositio[n] of ye hands of ye Elders," 14 and 21 Jan 1671/2 (Danforth's record, Boston RC 6:210). In an agreement settling a highway dispute with Thomas Cheney, "with a great dale of loue and condeseadaney ... the said Deacon Payson doth freely giue throw his land" a way to Cheney's lot; it was dated 10 Jan 1672/3 and acknowledged 21 Aug 1677 (Boston RC 6:7-8).

Open questions

  • The Great Migration sketch of Giles Payson has not been read.
  1. ---
  2. name: Giles Payson
  3. aka: [Deacon Giles Payson, Giles Paison, Gyles Pason]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Deacon of Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he married Elizabeth Dowell in April 1637 and died in
  8. 1688/9, aged 78. Father of Elizabeth (Payson) Foster, wife of Hopestill Foster.
  9. born:
  10. date: c. 1610/11
  11. basis: documented
  12. confidence: probable
  13. sources: [vital-records-roxbury, passenger-list-hopewell-1635]
  14. note: From his age at death. He was 26 on the Hopewell list of April 1635, which gives about 1609.
  15. died:
  16. date: 28 Jan 1688/9
  17. place: Roxbury, Massachusetts
  18. basis: documented
  19. confidence: proven
  20. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  21. note: "\"Giles, Dea., Jan. 28, 1688-9, a. 78 y.\" (2:609). Mollie and Roberts have him dying at Dorchester."
  22. residences:
  23. - date: "bef. 1635"
  24. place: Nazeing, Essex, England
  25. basis: documented
  26. confidence: probable
  27. sources: [passenger-list-hopewell-1635]
  28. note: "He came from Nazeing, listed after the Nazeing families on the Hopewell."
  29. events:
  30. - what: Sailed on the Hopewell
  31. date: "3 Apr 1635"
  32. place: London, England
  33. sources: [passenger-list-hopewell-1635]
  34. note: "Aged 26, among the Nazeing families, in the Hopewell, William Bundick master."
  35. spouses:
  36. - id: elizabeth-dowell-fl1637
  37. married:
  38. date: Apr 1637
  39. place: Roxbury, Massachusetts
  40. basis: documented
  41. confidence: proven
  42. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  43. note: Roxbury VR 2:311.
  44. basis: documented
  45. confidence: proven
  46. sources: [vital-records-roxbury, church-records-roxbury-land-and-church]
  47. ---
  49. Deacon, of Roxbury. He came from Nazeing, Essex, on the *Hopewell*, William Bundick
  50. master, in April 1635, listed as "Giles Payson 26" after the Nazeing families (Hotten p.
  51. 46; Roberts, *History of the AHAC* 1:162). John Eliot's list of Roxbury church members
  52. reads "Giles Paison, a single man. he maried or sister Elizabeth Dowell" (Boston RC 6:82).
  53. He was made a freeman on 18 Apr 1637 ("Gyles Pason," Records of Mass. Bay 1:373), and
  54. joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1647.
  56. A Roxbury land survey lists "Giles Pason his house barnes, and lott fiue accers," six and a
  57. half acres in the great lots, seven acres on the Dorchester bounds and salt marsh (Roxbury
  58. Land Records, no. 37, Boston RC 6:31). Roberts says his farm "was one of the first cut up
  59. into house-lots in Roxbury. It contained Forest and Dudley streets, and Mount Pleasant
  60. Avenue" (1:162).
  62. He was chosen deacon in January 1671/2: "or brother Giles Pason was elected & called to ye
  63. office of a Deacon & ye Sabbath following he was solemnly ordained by prayer and
  64. impositio[n] of ye hands of ye Elders," 14 and 21 Jan 1671/2 (Danforth's record, Boston RC
  65. 6:210). In an agreement settling a highway dispute with Thomas Cheney, "with a great dale of
  66. loue and condeseadaney ... the said Deacon Payson doth freely giue throw his land" a way to
  67. Cheney's lot; it was dated 10 Jan 1672/3 and acknowledged 21 Aug 1677 (Boston RC 6:7-8).
  69. ## Open questions
  71. - The Great Migration sketch of Giles Payson has not been read.
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