PAINTSVILLE UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH AND
OUR WHEELER - JAYNE - REMEY/RAMEY FAMILIES
This report is about this our ancestor de Jayne (primarily), Wheeler and Remey / Ramey (secondarily) families and Johnson County Kentucky’s oldest active religious congregation and how the Community of Churches in Johnson County began with the history of the ‘Early Planters’ in the Colony of New Haven Connecticut in 1637 to 1638.
[Reference for the following HISTORY of THE COLONY OF NEW HAVEN To its absorption into CONNECTICUT by Edward E. Atwater with Supplementary History and Personnel of the Towns of Branford, Guilford, Milford, Stratford, Norwalk, Southold, etc. compiled by Robert Atwater Smith assisted by Bessie E. Beach and Lucy M. Hewitt Meriden, Conn. The Journal Publishing Company 1902] [Reference for the following EARLY PLANTERS [Transcribed by Coralynn Brown].
Division of Land: The schedule, though prepared before April 1841, is found in the record-book amid the records of 1643.] The Division of Land schedule furnishes important aid in determining who were proprietors of the town in the first years of its history.
This reporter’s ancestors William Jeanes (de Jeanes / Jayne) and Moses Wheeler this reporter’s 10th Great-Uncles were listed among all of the other planters. All of the other planters are not included in this report. [‘Early Planters’ in the Colony of New Haven Connecticut in 1637 to 1638. transcriber's note: listed were the name of the 'Planters' but not how much land they owned, as that is hard to read on this pdf file].
While the division of lands was in progress, the name of the Native American Indian Quinnipiac Plantation was changed by order of a general court held on 1 September 1640, from Quinnipiac Algonquian family Plantation to New Haven Plantation.
“Quinnipiac is the English name for the Eansketambawg, the Native American Nation from whom the English purchased the plantation and name of the Quinnipiac Algonquian family who inhabited the Wampanoki region, including present-day Connecticut.” [Mims, Dan (November 26, 2014). "Give and Take". Daily Nutmeg. April 22, 2018] [Wikipedia]
Other RESIDENTS OF NEW HAVEN From 1640 to 1650, among the other planters who were not recorded in the above list on pages 109-111 (above) and the year of the first mention of their name in the Records of New Haven Colony, along with the year of their death when know, their occupation, etc. was Thomas Wheeler, Sr., 1640, who died in 1656. Living and planting was difficult in the New Haven Plantation because the land was extremely ‘rocky’, ‘rockbound’ and rough.
[Ancestors All U.S./Canada, Passenger/Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com]
Name Birth Year Arrival Date Arrival Place
- Moses Wheeler (this reporter’s 10th Great-Uncle) 1638 New Haven, Connecticut
- Joseph Wheeler 1638 New Haven, Connecticut
- Thomas Wheeler 1669 Connecticut
[All U.S./Canada, Passenger/Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com]
Name Birth Year Arrival Date Arrival Place
- William Janes (this reporter’s 10th Great-Uncle) 1637 New Haven, Connecticut
- William Jeanes (Jayne) I (this reporter’s 9th Great-Grandfather) 1643 New Haven, Connecticut (1st immigration voyage)
Henry De Jeanne (father of William Jayne I) was born in 1592 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England and died at age 78. [^Source: A Brief Account of the Life at Charlottesville of Thomas William Lamont and of His Family: Together with a Record of His Ancestors, of Their Origin in Scotland, and of Their First Coming to America about 1750 by Thomas Lamont, Duffield & Co, (1915) 133 pages]
The father of “William Jayne I (this reporter’s 9th Great-Grandfather) was Henry de Jeanne, a graduate of Oxford and lecturer of theology and divinity, University of Oxford. Henry de Jeanne moved to Bristol and his son William Jayne I was born Jan 25, 1618 and was christened 15 days later, according to records.”
This reference states that “William Jayne I attended University of Oxford and, while a student there, because of his dissension and conflict with the established church, was expelled from University of Oxford in 1642.
William de Jeanne/Jayne I became a Puritan preacher and took his 1st voyage and immigration in 1643 to the New Haven Plantation, Connecticut to join his uncle William de Jeanne.
A few years later, during the English Civil War, William Jayne I returned to England to join the religious cause to overthrow King Charles I and became one of General Oliver Cromwell’s chaplains.
“The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries, who sought to purify the Church of England from Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and needed to become more Protestant.[1] Puritanism played a significant role in English history, especially during the Protectorate.”
“By the late 1630s, Puritans were in alliance with the growing commercial world, with the parliamentary opposition to the royal prerogative, and with the Scottish Presbyterians with whom they had much in common. Consequently, they became a major political force in England and came to power under Cromwell and as a result of the First English Civil War (1642–1646).
Almost all Puritan clergy left the Church of England, after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 and the 1662 Uniformity Act. Many continued to practice their faith in nonconformist denominations, especially in Congregationalist and Presbyterian churches.[2]
The nature of the Puritan movement in England changed radically, although Puritanism retained its character for a much longer period in New England (America), where many Puritans had migrated.” [1. Julie Spraggon (2003). "Puritan Iconoclasm During the English Civil War". p. 98. Boydell Press 2. Cliffe, Trevor (11 September 2002). Puritan Gentry Besieged 1650–1700. Routledge. p. 195. ISBN 9781134918157., Wikipedia]
“English General and Statesman Oliver Cromwell led the Parliament of England's armies against King Charles I during the English Civil War and ruled the British Isles as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658.” [Morrill, John (2004). "Cromwell, Oliver (1599–1658)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6765.]
English Civil War timeline: The First English Civil War began in 1642 and lasted until 1647. William de Jeanne/Jayne I, (2 x times this reporter’s 9th Great-Grandfather), after being expelled from University of Oxford in 1642 because of his Puritan religious fervor and passion, migrated his 1st voyage in 1643 directly to New Haven, Connecticut, to join his father’s brother, William de Jeanne (this reporter’s 10th Great-Uncle)
’The Second English Civil War began in 1648 and lasted until 1649. Third English Civil War began in 1650 and lasted until 1651. King Charles I was dethroned and executed and Cromwell ruled the UK with a Protestant military junta and there was no King of England for a short period of time.
Cromwell’s rule was brief and afterwards the restoration and coronation of Charles II proceeded.
William de Jeanne I suffered religious persecution and threatening, moved around to avoid conflict, changed his name to Jayne and after living a few years in Llewellyn in Monmonthshire, where the name Jayne is still common, he emigrated his second voyage to America in 1678 to rejoin his uncle.
At the time William de Jeanne I, son of Henry, was a middle-aged widower and he left grown sons behind. The Protectorate was ruled by Oliver Cromwell 1653-1658. On 3 Sept 1658 Oliver Cromwell died and his on Richard Cromwell ruled the Protectorate 1658-1659. Richard was unable to continue the Cromwell Protectorate. 1660 saw the English Restoration and the return of King Charles II of England.
William de Jeanne/Jayne I, (who was twice (2 x times) this reporter’s 9th Great-Grandfather), after being expelled from University of Oxford in 1642 because of his Puritan religious fervor and passion, migrated his 1st voyage in 1643 directly to New Haven, Connecticut, where his father’s brother, William de Jeanne (this reporter’s 10th Great-Uncle), who had migrated years before in 1637, who had become established as one of the ‘New Haven Early Planters’ and 1st New Haven town clerk and who clerked many years.
After William Jayne I second voyage to America in 1678, he met Ann Briggs in New Haven. After he had traveled across the bay to Brookhaven Township, Suffolk County, Long Island and purchased a tract of land he returned to New Haven and married Ann. He was 64 and Ann was 22. They had 7 sons. “Stephen the youngest son was born in 1700 when the “virile old man William was 82.”… Practically all Jaynes in America descended from one of these 7 sons
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The Puritan religious fervor and passion of William Jayne I, when at Oxford and as Chaplain with General Oliver Cromwell, inspired him to become the ‘dominle’ (administrator) of the small Presbyterian Church at Setauket, Long Island, as he remained until his death at 94, March 24, 1714, where was also buried and his tombstone remains today.
William Jayne II, this reporter’s 8th Great-Grandfather was born March 28, 1684 and married Elisabeth Sterling in 1709 and died at Blooming Grove, Orange County , New York, October 8, 1756. They had 4 sons.
- Descendants of William Jayne I and II:
- Grandmother, Elizabeth Jayne Wheeler, pictured above descended from ← Henry Harrison Jayne b. 1853 who descended from ← William W. Jayne b. 1834. (insert Civil War and history so forth on and on)
- ← Daniel Boone Jayne b. 1802 ← WILLIAM WOODHULL JAYNE was born July 10, 1775 in Orange Co. NY, and died June 14, 1862 in Johnson Co. KY.
- This is where the family history becomes complicated, but please follow along:
- There are 2 Jayne FAMILY lines both descending from WILLIAM JAYNE II and ELIZABETH WOODHULL JAYNE, merging toward this reporter’s Grandmother Elizabeth Jayne Wheeler.
- (The 2 Jayne family lines are **Brothers)
- {HENRY JAYNE this reporter’s 6th Great Grandfather ← descends from **ISAAC JAYNE B. 1715, this reporter’s 7th Great Grandfather}
- {WILLIAM JAYNE IV this reporter’s 5th Great Grandfather ← descends from **WILLIAM JAYNE III b. 1712, this reporter’s 6th Great Grandfather}
- ← descended from WILLIAM JAYNE II /ELIZABETH WOODHULL
- ←descended from WILLIAM JAYNE I (DEJEANNE)
- ← descended from HENRY DEJEANNE / JAYNE)
Woodhull is an historic name that descends from Brookhaven Township, Suffolk County, Long Island and anciently from William the Conqueror. Who was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087 and Queen Matilda, Duchess of Flanders 1031 – 1083) was Queen of England.
- WILLIAM WOODHULL III JAYNE married DORCAS RAMEY/REMEY November 22, 1796 in Washington, Co Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM RAMEY/REMEY and ELEANOR McCARTEY.
- Children of WILLIAM WOODHULL III JAYNE and DORCAS RAMEY are:
- · ELEANOR JAYNE, b. Abt. 1798, Washington, VA; d. Abt. 1849, Johnson Co. KY; m. FRANCIS LEMASTER, April 04, 1813, Floyd Co. KY.
- · DANIEL BOONE JAYNE, b. Abt. 1802, Washington Co. VA; d. Abt. 1860, Johnson Co. KY. (father of WILLIAM WOODHULL IV JAYNE)
- · HENRY JAYNE, b. October 05, 1803, Washington Co. VA; d. May 18, 1870, Flat Gap, Johnson Co. KY.
- · CATHERINE JAYNE, b. January 15, 1807, Kentucky; d. May 06, 1883, Lewis, County, KY.
- · JEMIMA SUSAN JAYNE, b. Abt. 1812; d. March 25, 1872, Johnson Co. KY; m. THOMAS CONLEY.
- · SARAH JAYNE, b. Abt. 1813; d. June 27, 1854.
- · MARGARET JAYNE, b. Abt. 1815, Johnson Co. KY; m. JOHN SALYER, November 25, 1828.
The history continues in 1763 at Goshen Township, Orange County, NY. A small Baptist Church was organized under the leadership of Pastor James Benedict. It was joined to the Philadelphia Association.
"Members of Benedict's Goshen Baptist Church, James and Abigail Wheeler, this reporter’s 6th Great-Grandparents, and son Jesse Wheeler 5th Great-Grandparent, son-in-law and daughter, Henry and Abigail Wheeler Jayne, this reporter’s 5th Great-Grandparents, moved to Southwestern Virginia and joined in the establishment of the St. Clair (sic Sinclair) Bottom Baptist Church in Smyth County, one of the oldest Baptist fellowships in Southwestern Virginia before migrating to Kentucky.
"The Wheeler and Jayne families prospered in Southwestern Virginia and family members married with the Remey / Ramey family of that region. "Ancestors, William Jayne, Jesse and Stephen Wheeler and John Ramey, this reporter’s 5th Great-Grandparent, son of William Ramey,
(← French Huguenot Jacob Ramey) and families settled on et Big Sandy River near present Paintsville in 1805 and organized their little Baptist Church on the Wheeler property on The Big Sandy River across from the Buffalo Shoal.
The congregation grew and "the Old Union Church was born."...."Under Samuel Hanna’s watch the church raised up several ministers i.e. Stephen Wheeler, James Wheeler, Basil Lewis, Ezekiel Stone and Henry Dixon. They rode horseback throughout East KY preaching the gospel and established church "arms". Then these “arms” organized more churches in Martin County, Morgan County, Hager Hill, Bethel in Flat Gap, Jenny’s Creek, Fishtrap and more in Johnson and other counties.
Additional “arms and splinters congregations” developed. Later, this reporter’s uncle Sherman Wheeler became an ordained minister. Thus, the Old Union Church rightfully was the “Mother Church” of nearly all Baptists and Disciples or Church of Christ Congregations in Johnson County.
"Minister Stephen Wheeler was buried in 1835, Concord, Johnson County. Kentucky,
- Revolutionary War Veterans
- Jacob Ramey, Sr. (DAR Revolutionary War Ancestor #: A093730),
- Daniel Ramey, (RW Ancestor #: A133503),
- Henry Jayne, (RW Ancestor #: A061809),
- Jesse Wheeler (RW Ancestor #A123923)
- James Wheeler, (RW Ancestor # A123915) served in the Revolutionary War.
This reporter’s mother and grandfather and grandmother, Charles Wesley Wheeler and Elizabeth Jayne Wheeler (pictured above), were members of the Paintsville (KY) United Baptist Church, 505 Second Street, many years when town residents.
Grandfather Charles Wesley Wheeler founded the Sandy Valley Grocery, Inc. in about 1918. They are buried in the Mayo Cemetery on the hill, up Church Street, behind Mayo Vocational School, not far from the church. This reporter’s Minix family were members of the First Methodist Church, Paintsville, Ky, The ‘Church of the North’, where Union Soldier and Lincoln Republican families attended after the Civil War. The property of that church was donated by Capt Reuben Patrick, Union soldier, this reporter’s 3rd Great Grandfather.
The Mayo Methodist Church was the “Church of the South’ and Democrats.[The Old Union Church and the United Baptists of Johnson County by John Sparks, Johnson County, Kentucky; History and Families, Turner Publishing, 2001]
The name has been spelled da or de or Jane, deJanes, deJans, J'Anes, deJeanne, deJeynes, deJayne, Jane, Jans, Janes, Jeanne, Jeynes, Jayne and many more.Most research posits that the family descends from Guido De Jeanne, who was born about 1500 in Normandel, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France and died in 1583 in England about age 83.
Pictured are this reporter’s grandparents, Elizabeth Jayne Wheeler and Charles Wesley Wheeler, who both descend from some of the Puritan founders, ‘Early Planter’ ancestors, of the ‘New Haven Plantation’ Connecticut and whose ancestors migrated to Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap.
Mentioned in context of the pioneer spirit, devout and entrepreneurial nature of the Puritan ‘Early Planter’ New Haven Plantation ancestors, this reporter’s grandparents later established the Sandy Valley Grocery, Company, in small, rural Paintsville, Kentucky, which was at one time, 1920 to 1960, ‘the largest wholesale grocery company in the Southeast United States”.
“The company has developed until it now operates seventeen modern wholesale houses serving an area of 65,000 square miles which embraces sections of six states. [The Mountain Eagle, local weekly newspaper published in Whitesburg, Kentucky. It is the main newspaper of Letcher County, Kentucky and one of the primary newspapers of Eastern Kentucky. It was published by Thomas E. Gish until his death in November 2008 and edited by his son, Benjamin T. Gish., Founded by Nehemiah Webb in 1907.]
The surname Jayne has been spelled da or de or Jane, deJanes, deJans, J'Anes, deJeanne, deJeynes, deJayne, Jane, Jans, Janes, Jeanne, Jeynes, Jayne and many more.
