Nelson PEYTON of Kentucky and Indiana

Nelson PEYTON of Kentucky and Indiana was the son of Lewis PEYTON a Revolutionary War soldier of Amherst County, Virginia. I found two other sons of Lewis PEYTON, although according to his Revolutionary War Pension (S.17003) it appears there were definitely others. Lewis PEYTON has been proven as a DAR Patriot, but the only child of Lewis PEYTON that I found in the DAR records is the aforementioned Nelson PEYTON who is proven by his father's war pension:

"it appears that Lewis PAYTON was born March 8, 1763. While a resident of Amherst County, Virginia he enlisted a short time after the surrender of Cornwallis and served seven months as a private in Captain Kirkpatrick's Company, Colonel Hawes' Virginia Regiment. ... In 1854, Nelson PAYTON one of the children of soldier, was a resident of Harrison County, Indiana. The names of other children and that of the soldier's wife not given."

Lewis PEYTON and his descent from Philip, Valentine, Philip, and Henry PEYTON of early Virginia is documented on pages 132, 133 of PEYTONs Along the Aquia Genealogy.

Lydia Price Snyder

The PEYTON children of Lydia Price SNYDER are descended from a soldier of the American Revolution, Michael SNYDER (1755-1815). During the war, Michael and his wife were living in Culpeper County, Virginia where he was recorded on the Culpeper Class List, List of Classes in Culpeper County for January 1781. Michael SNYDER is DAR Ancestor #A106947.

Lydia Price SNYDER, her PEYTON husband and their children, along with Lydia's parents, Michael SNYDER and Martha STIGLER, appear on pages 110, 111 of the Second Edition of "PEYTONs Along the Aquia Genealogy."

Ensign George PEYTON Military Warrant #3437

Ensign George PEYTON was a descendant of the PEYTON family of East Virginia. Both he and his brother Robert gave their lives whilst serving as soldiers during the American Revolution. They both appear with their parents and siblings on pages 93, 94 of the Second Edition of PEYTONs Along the Aquia Genealogy, where the family's lineage is documented back to the PEYTON Family of Bury Saint Edmonds, England.

Land Office Military Warrant, No. 3437 for Ensign George PEYTON, Dec'd

William J. and George G. PEYTON of Spotsylvania

The births of William J. PEYTON (1868) and George G. PEYTON (1871) are found in the Birth Register of Spotsylvania County, Virginia.  Their father, George H. PEYTON, along with his wife, appears on page 147, of the Second Edition of PEYTONs Along the Aquia Genealogy. The lineage of their grandfather, Minor PEYTON, is documented back to the PEYTONs who immigrated to Virginia in the early 1600s and to their PEYTON forebears of Suffolk, England.

The Peyton Church at Aquia

"Aquia Church by Edna Barney" is available as a print or as note cards at Imagekind.

John G. PEYTON & His GOODLOE Wives

John G. PEYTON is from the PEYTON family of Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He, his two GOODLOE wives, their parents and their children appear on pages 169, 170, of the Second Edition of PEYTONs Along the Aquia Genealogy, where the lineage of John G. PEYTON is documented back to the PEYTONs who immigrated to Virginia in the early 1600s and their PEYTON forebears of Suffolk, England.

Joseph PEYTON of Anderson County, Kentucky

Joseph PEYTON of Anderson County, Kentucky is a descendant of the PEYTON family of East Virginia. Joseph, his parents, and his wife Elizabeth MCMICHAEL appear on page 100 of the Second Edition of PEYTONs Along the Aquia Genealogy, where the lineage of Joseph PEYTON is traced back to the PEYTON Family of Bury Saint Edmonds, England.

PHILIP PEYTON of Northumberland, Virginia

PHILIP PEYTON is mentioned on pages 25, 26 of "PEYTONs Along the Aquia Genealogy (Second Edition).” He was dispatched from Bristol, England on 30 August 1665, to serve four years in Virginia to THOMAS WHITE. Two years later, on 20 October 1667, a person of that name is documented as an "indentured servant" to RICHARD NELMES in Northumberland County, Virginia, when neighbors complained to the court that he and fellow servant NATH. GARNER were infected with leg sores and "very much neglected by their sd Master who taketh nor care to see ye sd sores Cured." By 1670, PHILIP PEYTON was a free man when he was accused by other servants and a slave women, at Northumberland County Court, of being the mastermind of multiple hog stealings from his former master. By 1672, "PHILL PAYTON" appears in Northumberland County, Virginia court records as a witness.

I see no evidence that this PHILIP PEYTON of Northumberland County, born before 1655, in England, was connected to the PHILIP PEYTON of Aquia Creek. That Philip PEYTON, of Westmoreland and later Stafford County, Virginia, appears on pages 22, 23 of "PEYTONs Along the Aquia Genealogy (Second Edition).” Nor do I see any connection to the PEYTON family of Gloucester County, Virginia.

By 18 June 1701, we find another PAYTON in Northumberland County records: "SUSANNAH PAYTON, servant to JANE YARRATT, haveing had a Bastard Child by WILLIAM DUGARD, another servant of the said JANE ..."