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Seth (Harrison) Peyton (1729 - 1774)

Seth (Sythia) Peyton formerly Harrison aka Short
Born in Chappawamsic, Prince William County, Virginiamap
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Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 44 in Prince William County, Virginiamap
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Biography

Seth Harrison, daughter of Burr and Anne (Barnes) Harrison, was born November 30, 1729[1] in Chappawamsic, Prince William County, Virginia.[citation needed] She married John Peyton[1] about 1750 in Prince William County, Virginia. She and John had

  • Valentine Peyton
  • Robert Peyton, d. 1777[2]

Seth (Harrison) Peyton died about 1774 in Prince William County, Virginia.

Biography based on datafields for Harrison-209 as of June 14, 2016. Inline citations needed.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Harrison of Northern Virginia (Continued)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul., 1915), pp. 331-333 (Published by: Virginia Historical Society). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243458
  2. from Fauquier County in the Revolution (page 160):
    The 3rd Regiment officers then at Morristown [Feb. 25, 1777], Captain Chilton, Lieutenants Alvin Mountjoy[61] and Joseph Blackwell, and Ensign Robert Peyton[62] were given treatment considered helpful at the time in warding off the disease.... They escaped except Joseph Blackwell...
    61: Lieutenant Alvin Mountjoy came from a family originally from Bristol, England. They settled in Westmoreland County but removed to Stafford County at an early date. Mountjoy was related to Chilton through the Peirce family.
    62: Robert Peyton, d. 1777, was a son of John and Seth (Harrison) Peyton. He had three brothers in the Revolution.
  • This book (page 106) shows November 30, 1729 birthday.
  • Ancestry Family Trees, source cited for the profile created through the import of Farmer Meanderings.ged on 31 January 2011.




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update: merge completed

Harrison-539 and Harrison-209 appear to represent the same person because: same parents & birth/death dates, just different spellings of her given name. Please merge. Thanks!

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