In 2002, I published my extensive PEYTON family writings on the Internet, as "Virginia Descendants of Henry PEYTON," a genealogy of the family of my grandmother's great grandmother, Lucy A. PEYTON. Lucy died young as did her father and her PEYTON grandfather, therefore my PEYTONs did not leave many records and her family had never been researched before. I found that Lucy PEYTON was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia to parents who were from Culpeper County. When her father, George PEYTON, died in 1830, Lucy may have gone with her mother, Ann, to live with older brother, Henry PEYTON. Henry had a fine home, Park Hill, in Albemarle County, near Stony Point. In 1837, Lucy married John DAMRON and they reared their family of ten in Buckingham County. In her early forties, both Lucy succumbed to illness along with her namesake teenaged daughter. Lucy's youngest child was only two years old. Her husband John DAMRON never remarried, raising the children himself. Henry PEYTON, the brother she had lived with at Park Hill, later shared some PEYTON family history and a bible record with a genealogist. He wrote that his grandfather was George PEYTON of Stafford and Prince William Counties. I found George PEYTON mentioned as a son in the will of John PEYTON of Prince William County. John was the son of Valentine PEYTON, born 1688. Valentine lived and died at the Falls of Occoquan. He was the son of Henry PEYTON of Aquia and the grandson of Henry PEYTON, the immigrant.
While researching, I discovered that Lucy PEYTON was descended from two lines of PEYTONS. Her grandmother, wife of the first George PEYTON of Culpeper, was the daughter of John and Urith PAYTON, as recorded in the Overwharton Parish Register: "Payton, Nancy Daughter of John and Werth, born November 13, 1751."
In early 2004, I compiled the details of Lucy's PEYTON ancestors who had settled along Aquia Creek in northern Virginia, and their descendants, and published the genealogy book, "PEYTONS Along the Aquia."
Discover the Cavaliers who settled Virginia in the colonial days by reading this well documented genealogy and family history of the Peyton family of Northern Virginia. From Isleham, England to Aquia Creek, Virginia, to the American West, you can follow their illustrious descendants as they set about the founding and creating of a great nation. Edna Barney's PEYTONs Along the Aquia will help you to discover the history of your Peyton forebears by providing much of the information necessary to make the connections from generation to generation. You will discover pride in your heritage as you read of the Peytons from 1500s England to 1800s America. In addition, there is a pedigree tracing the Peyton family back to the Vikings. The ten generations of PEYTONS includes no living persons, however, there are four printed worksheets for personalizing the book to your own family.
Printed: 276 pages, 8.5" x 11", perfect binding, white interior paper (60# weight), black and white interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink -- ** $26.95. The publication by Lulu.com is a deluxe printing with heavier paper and is printed in the USA.
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MUSIC ~
~ The old tune is All Quiet Along the Potomac
in recognition of my early PEYTON forebears
who settled the northern neck of Virginia,
along the tributaries of the Potomac River.
Story of All Quiet Along the Potomac
PEYTONs Along the Aquia is available as a book at all the on-line booksellers (ISBN 1-4116-0963-8). It includes all of my writings, notes and complete sources. It would be a great gift for any descendant of the Peytons of Northern Virginia. Although it covers no living people, there are two blank pedigree charts and note pages where you may enter your own family's connection. That can make it a personalized book, such as for grandparents to show their heritage from such an illustrious American family. You may order it at your local book store too, or go directly to my storefront and purchase it there. Thank you for your interest. Buy the Peyton Book at lulu.com/ednabarney.
..... and if you were from the same county or bordering counties, there would be no telling when the conversation would end -- not until you had ascertained the degree of your relationship to him, if it took three hours; for all great-grandparents of Virginians were second cousins at the very least.” ~~William M. Baker, 1878, Virginians in Texas
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