"The Will of Ann Payne of Lavenham, co. Suffolk, widow, dated 8 December 1635. To be buried in Lavenham churchyard. To my son Richard Payne 10s. To my daughter Susan Payne my capital messuage in the market place in Lavenham, in the tenure of one Thomas Dister and myself. Executrix and residuary legatee: my daughter Susan Payne. Proved 25 April 1646. (Archdeaconry of Sudbury, book 55, fo. 291.) [The testatrix, Ann (or Agnes) (Neves) Payne, was the widow of William Payne of Lavenham and the mother of William Payne and his married sisters who emigrated to New England. She was buried at Lavenham 8 Oct. 1645.]"
