Anna was born on September 22, 1854 to Thomas and Melinda Pike (Blake) Payson, in Dorchester, Massachusetts where Albert’s mother relatives lived. The Clapp family appear prominently in Dorchester history. Albert Wilson Bee II boarded with the Payson family at 216 Wheelock Court in Boston. On May 30, 1881 he married the Paysons’ daughter, Anna Holden Payson in Boston, Massachusetts.