Here is an excerpt from a piece that I did for the Mississippi Jaynes. I cover from about the 11th century to 1979. If you would like more, I can cut a DVD and send it to you, if you will send me a stamped self-addressed mailer for the DVD.
Here is an excerpt:
"The U. S. Period, 1776 to 1817
William 3 married Mary Helme in about 1780. They had five sons and one daughter.
Birth: Jul. 19, 1755
Setauket
Suffolk County
New York, USA
Death: Mar. 1, 1825
Setauket
Suffolk County
New York, USA
Mary Helme was the daughter of Anselm Helme & Ruth Brewster. In about 1780 she married William Jayne, Esq. The Jayne Family was one of the prominent Long Island families who lived in and around the community of Setauket.
Their children included:
*William Jayne Jr. (1785–1832)
*Judge Brewster Helme Jayne (1789–1842)
*Mary Anne Jayne (1791– died young)
*Colonel Samuel Jayne (1795–1860)
*Anselm Helme Jayne (1800–1835)
*Capt. Charles Jayne (1812–1864)
Burial:
Caroline Churchyard
Setauket
Suffolk County
New York, USA
Added by: J McGIrr
Little is known by us of William Jayne Jr, however, a William Jones Jayne moved to Lincoln County. He must have been a son of this William, Jr. and moved there to be with his uncle Samuel. ”William Jones Jayne of Brookhaven, Mississippi, youngest son of the late William Jayne of Setauket, Long Island, N. Y. Departed this life September 8, 1835 after an illness of 7 days of congestive fever. Aged 21 years, 1 month, 14 days.” Taken from his tombstone in the Whitworth Cemetery, Brookhaven, Mississippi.
Charles was a sea captain and died while at sea. (Apparently in 1864, although some accounts say in 1848.)
The three remaining brothers, Brewster, Samuel, and Anselm came to Mississippi about 1817.
THE MISSISSIPPI R. K. JAYNE, (+) STORY
Samuel founded the town of Brookhaven, named for his home in Long Island, Brookhaven Township, in 1818. (Mississippi had become a state in 1817,) He had a home, grist mill, grocery store, and tannery on the Bogue Chitto River. It also was the post office. He was a lawyer, and along with his brother Anselm was a “subscriber” (agent?) for a Keel Boat which carried cotton on the Pearl River.
(1826)
Samuel also was involved in the establishment of a trading post called “Liberty Hill” in 1829. It was named in honor of America’s successes in the Revolution War and the War of 1812, which gave us liberty from the British crown.
It was located on St. Stephen’s Road SW of Prentiss, MS. The First Missionary Baptist Church is presently located on the site.
In about 1833, he and his brothers, Anselm and Brewster, owned and operated three saw mills on the Strong River near what is now D’Lo. Why there were three, and whether each brother had one, or whether the hydraulics of the Strong River called for three sites, I don’t know. There will be more about the mills later.
In 1838, Samuel was appointed as the Division Quartermaster of the 2nd Mississippi Militia Division with the rank of Major, as reported in the Pearl River Banner, May 26, 1838, page 2.
He was a State Senator during the late 1830’s, and along with Brewster was criticized in the “Natchez Free Trader” for his vote for U.S. Senator.
He, along with other citizens invested heavily in a needed local bank, the Mississippi Union Bank (this was prior to the War). The bank failed, and he along with many others lost their fortunes. It destroyed him. He died, and the bank took the land from his widow in 1862. The fact that he refused to allow the railroad to go through his land, so that they moved the route a mile or so to the west, was the final blow to his financial fortunes. The railroad went through the Whitworth lands, and caused the town to move west, and Whitworth to become its leading citizen and a millionaire. Samuel’s widow took in boarders after his death. (This was a common practice of widows during the 19th and 20th centuries.) (There is a copy of a letter written from a Confederate soldier to Mary in our records somewhere. We can add it here later. Also, I think we have a picture of “Old Brook” somewhere. Harry and Jajala Jayne, from Thomasville, GA visited Brookhaven in 1987 and were shown the site of “Old Brook” on the Bogue Chitto. They were told that the house was also there. I think that the house site that we were shown up on the hill was Brewster’s. We are told that he built a house on a knoll overlooking the river.)
According to old county records, Sam and Mary's children were:
William, Joseph, Juliett, Caroline, Amos, and Narcissa.
(I notice that the illustrations did not copy. Sorry.)