Meliah Hinckley was born at Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, married Thomas Paine (Payne), b Truro, married 1733, Truro. Moved with family to Western Virginia (later Kentucky) after 1774.

Son, Thomas Payne, Jr., b. 1767,Truro, m. 1783, Virginia (later KY) to Sarah Lewis Reading (Redding) b. NJ 1767. Other sons were William and Edward Payne.

Thomas Payne, Jr. and Sarah Redding had son, Thomas Payne, b. KY, 1784. Also Son Jonas Payne, Daughter, Catherine Payne, was born 1802, New York City, m. Chas. A. Fowler. Thomas Payne, Jr. died Jan. 7, 1818, New York City and was a Cabinet Maker.