Notes:

He came to America in 1633, settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts and was admitted to First Church in 1634. Giles Payson who came to Roxbury in the Hopewell was perhaps a brother of Edward.

Edward Payson was sworn a freeman May 13, 1640. He married first, August 20, 1640, Ann Parke, daughter of William Parke of Roxbury, she died September 10 of the following year, eight days after the birth of a daughter Mary who died young.

Edward married second January 1, 1642, Mary Eliot, sister of the noted Rev. John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians." Mary and Edward Payson moved to Dorchester about 1658.

Edward died about 1690 and his widow Mary died March 24, 1697.

Children by second marriage:

1. Deacon John, who married first Bathsheba Tileston. He married second, Hannah________.

2. Jonathan

3. Ann, who died young

4. Joanna

5. Susanna, who died young

6. Ann, who married Lieut. Benjamin Tucker

7. Susanna, who married Samuel Capen of Braintree

8. Rev Edward, who married first Elizabeth Phillips (20 children), and married 2nd Elizabeth Whittingham, widow of Col. Samuel Appleton.

9. Ephraim, who married Katherine/Catherine, daughter of Henry Leadbetter.

10. Samuel, who married Mary, daughter of Rev. Samuel Phillips.

Family/Spouse: May Eliot. May was born in 1620 in Nazeing, Essex, England; was christened on 11 Mar 1620 in Nazeing, Essex, England; died on 24 Mar 1679 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; was buried in Dorchester North Burying Groud, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susanna married Samuel Capen in 1673. Samuel (son of Capt. John Capen and Mary Bass) was born on 29 Jul 1648 in Braintrree, Norfolk, MA; died on 19 May 1733; was buried in Dorchester North Burying Groud, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]