Willam Peyton (1700 - bef. 1771)

Born 1700 in Lower End Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Roberts) Peyton — married 1715 (to 1771) in Virginia

Descendants

Died before 21 Oct 1771 before age 71 in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia

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Biography

Birth

Willam was born before 1706.

Marriage

Willam Peyton (bef.1706-1771) married Mary (Roberts) Peyton (abt.1705-abt.1781) ^[1]

Children

^[1]

1. William Peyton Jr
2. John
3. Charles
4. Benjamin
5. Ann (Peyton) Stone
6. Mary (Peyton) Smith
7. Judith (Peyton) Allen
8. Susannah

Will

Dated 7 July 1771^[1]

Death

He passed away in late summer or early fall 1771.^[1]

William Peyton and his twin brother George (Randolph) were born in 1700 in Stafford, Virginia.

He married Mary Roberts in 1722, a daughter of John Roberts. They resided in Culpeper County.

William served as Clerk of St. Mark's Parish from it's creation in 1730 for 40 years per Slaughter's History. He died prior to October 21, 1771, the date his will was proved in Culpeper, Virginia, at the age of 71.^[2] He named the following children:

• William Payton
• Charles Payton
• Benja' Payton
• John Payton, (relationship not clarified as others)
• Ann Stone
• Mary Smith
• Judith Atten
• Susannah Perfect
• Hannah...her unnamed son

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "Roberts, a family in Virginia and Kentucky from 1705 : the descendants of John Roberts, the common ancestor of this family." Familysearch https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/416034-roberts-a-family-in-virginia-and-kentucky-from-1705-the-descendants-of-john-roberts-the-common-ancestor-of-this-family?offset=1. Accessed 1 Mar. 2022.
2. ↑ [1] Will of William Payton dated 27 July 1771, proved 21 Oct 1771. Culpeper Will Book B, p. 29.

• Virginia Genealogies: A Genealogy of the Glassel Family of Scotland and Virginia, p. 562.
• [2] 18 May 1772 Inventory of William Peyton, dec'd recorded. Culpeper Will Book B, p. 51.
• A history of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia, with notes of old churches and old families, and illustrations of the manners and customs of the olden time by Philip Slaughter. Baltimore, Innes & Company, printers, 1877. p. 38.

William Peyton Lt Militia & amp; Clerk of St Mark's Parish 40 years, (1700–1771).