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 | | ELISHA PAYNE (ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM, ELISHA, THOMAS, THOMAS) who was born December 13, 1762 in Amenia, New York, and died February 4, 1843 in Hamilton, New York. |
 | | When the Revolutionary War broke out he was living, of course, in his father's family in Amenia, New York. |
 | | Payne named the new township Hamilton, in honor of Alexander Hamilton, whom he greatly admired, but it was called Payne's Settlement for a number of years. |
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