Robert Peyton (1745 - 1785)

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1785 at age 40 in Franklin County, North Carolina

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Note: Two Valentine Peytons, each with a son named Robert, were conflated in Hayden's Virginia Genealogies,^[1] which retained the "other" Robert Peyton (Peyton-206).^[2][3] For details, see this WikiTree space page.

Biography

This profile is part of the Peyton Name Study.

Robert Peyton was born 1 September 1745.^[4] His father was Valentine Peyton^[5] of Virginia.^[6][7][8]

In September 1761, Robert's guardian was John Peyton.^[9][10][11] In November 1762, guardianship was appointed to Benjamin Rush:^[12]

"Robert Peyton, Orphan of Valentine Peyton, Gent., deceased, came into Court and made choice of Benjamin Rush for his Guardian who is to enter into and execute a Bond at the next Court with good and sufficient securitys for his faithfull performance of his Guardianship" (November 2, 1762).^[13]

A deed in December 1762, signed by Benjamin and Alice Rush, was witnessed by Charles Tyler, Robert Peyton, and Anne Rush.^[14][15] Robert Peyton and Anne Rush (Benjamin and Alice's daughter) were married by March 1765, when a land record involving "Robert Peyton of Loudoun County and Anne his wife" was recorded.^[16][17]

Children of Robert and Anne (Rush) Peyton included:

• Alice (Alce) Peyton, married George Noland^[18]
• Ann Peyton (b 20 February 1770), married John Cochran^[4]
• William Peyton (b 1774-1784), married Sarah ____^[19]

Will

Robert made his nuncupative will on 30 November 1785, "in the presence of George Nowland and Wife", and it was signed by "George Noland and Alce [her mark] Noland":^[20]

"...it is my wish & desire that what part of my Estate is left after paying all my just debts my wife Anne Payton should have, so as to enable Her to raise my small children".

The will was recorded in Franklin County Will Book A, page 2^[21] with the following notice signed on the same date by his widow Anne Payton (as their surname was spelled in the record):^[20]

"George Noland and Wife and the rest of my children give you this public notice that on the second day of [? Dec] Court to be held for this County at Louisburg I intend to Offer the above Nuncupative Will of Robert Payton Decd for probate & that you and each of you take notice [? Sine] of 30th Nov^r 1785."

Test:

J Devany^[22]

George Noland

& Wife

Research Notes

NC Land: Three references (so far) identify Peyton's land as being on Flat Rock Creek:

• "Franklin Co., N. C. Deeds Vol 4 p 32: Deed of gift, 19 July 1783, Benjamin Rush to son William Rush, 60 acres on Flat Rock Crek, adjoining Terrells , Peyton, Flat Rock Creek low grounds."^[23]
• Franklin Co., N. C., DB 4:37 - "January 3, 1784. Benjamin Rush of Franklin County to his daughter, Ann Peyton, of same, for love and regard a tract of 186 acres on the north bank of Lyons Creek and on Flat rock Creek adjoining Green Hill, Terrell, and the Glebe line, with the exception of one acre of ground for a graveyard wherein several graves are located, with the present graves to be the center of said acre. Wits: Joel Terrell, Wm. Rush"^[24]
• "Franklin Co. Deeds v. 6, p 90"^[25] - "Robert Peyton of Franklin Co., to Joel Terrell of same, Jan. 5, 1784, for 50 pds. current money a tract of 186 acres lying on the north bank

of Lyons Creek and on Flat Rock Creek adjoining TERBILL [Terrell] and the Glebe line, excepting one acre in the cancer [center?] of which an: the graves.^[26] Wits: Benj. Rush, John Thomas"^[25]

Daughter: Alice - Alce or Alec in the will. See her profiles's Research Notes section for discussion.

Father: Valentine Peyton of Virginia

Valentine (died 1751)

Dettingen Parish, Prince William County vestryman

• Not his father, per the Peyton Society of Virginia.
• Not his father, per Hayden.
• His father, per Mary Gregg's research. Note: Mary's argument for Valentine (d. 1750/51) was presented in 2001, before the missing Stafford County Order Book (1749-1755) was returned to the Virginia, which provides evidence of a second Valentine living in Stafford County past the date of death for the Prince William County Valentine.^[6]

Valentine (died after 1755/before 1761)

Valentine of Stafford County, found in the Stafford County Order Book as Clerk of the Court after 1751 (1752-1755)

• His father, per Liz (Noland) Shifflett research. This Valentine is more likely to have been the father of Robert born 1745/married Anne Rush than the Valentine who died in 1751. Part of rationale that the Valentine in Stafford County past 1751 is the father of Robert (b1745) m Rush is the dates for guardianship records:
• 10 September 1761 (which could have been just after Robert turned 16 and could have needed a guardian to represent him in a land transaction so that the transaction would be legally binding
• 2 November 1762, when he would have been 17; perhaps he chose to change guardians so as to move with his future father-in-law to North Carolina?^[27]

Timelines

Location timeline:

• 1653: Westmoreland County formed from Northumberland County^[28]
• 1664: Stafford County formed from Westmoreland County^[28]
• 1702 (about): Overwharton Parish formed. It served Stafford County from c1702 to after 1785. When the boundary between King George County and Stafford County was altered in 1776, Overwharton Parish began serving both counties.^[29]
• 1730-1731: Prince William County formed from King George County and Stafford County^[28]
• 1730: Hamilton Parish formed by dividing Stafford County's Overwharton Parish. Hamilton Parish served Stafford County to about 1731, Prince William County to 1769, and Fauquier County to after 1785. "When Prince William County was formed from Stafford Co in 1731, all of Hamilton Parish went. After Fauquier Co was formed from Prince William Co in 1759, Hamilton Parish served both counties. In 1769 Hamilton Parish was divided. All of the parish in Prince William and part of the parish in Fauquier Co was used to form Leeds Parish."^[29]
• 1742: Fairfax County formed from Prince William County^[28]
• 1744: Dettingen Parish was formed from Hamilton Parish in Prince William County and served Prince William County to after 1785.^[29]
• 1748: Cameron Parish was formed from Truro Parish, in Fairfax County. It served Fairfax County to 1763. When Loudoun County was formed from Fairfax County in 1757, Cameron served both counties. In 1763, that part still in Fairfax Co was returned to Truro Parish. Cameron Parish served Loudoun County to after 1785.
• 1757: Loudon County formed from Fairfax County^[28]
• 1764: Bute County, North Carolina formed from Granville County^[30]
• 1770: Chatham County formed from Orange County, North Carolina^[30]
• 1779: Bute County divided into Warren County & Franklin County; "Bute County ceases to exist"^[30]

Timeline for Robert (b 1745) & his family, including both Valentines:

• 1745, 1 September: Robert Peyton is born in Virginia^[4]
• 1746. 3 April: Ann Rush is born^[4]
• 1749, 22 May: Valentine Peyton is a vestryman in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County^[3]
• 1749, 26 June: Valentine Peyton is a vestryman in Dettingen Parish, Prince William County^[3]
• 1751, 1 October: Valentine of Dettingin Parish, Prince William County, is reported as deceased in the parish records of that date
• 1752: Valentine, clerk of the court for Stafford County, found in Stafford County OB (1749-1755) - see this WikiTree space page for example entries
• 1761, 10 September: Robert Peyton, an infant [under 21] was represented by John Peyton, his guardian - citations given by Peyton researchers for both PWC Order Book and Loudoun County Order Book^[31][10]
• 1762, 2 November: "Robert Peyton, Orphan of Valentine Peyton, Gent. deceased, came into court and made choice of Benjamin Rush for his Guardian, etc." (Prince William Co. VA, Orders, 1762-1763, Bk OB, p. 385)
• 1762, 5/6 December: Robert Peyton and Anne Rush, daughter of Benjamin and Alice/Alce Rush, witness a land transaction, recorded in Prince William Co., Va., DB P:266-271: "December 5/6, 1762. Benjamin Rush of Parish of Dettingen in the County of Prince William Planter & Alice his Wife of one part and John Tyler of the Parish and County aforesaid of other part . . .." Charles Tyler is also a witness.
• 1762 - 1784...^[27]
  • 1765, March: Robert and Anne (either Rush or Guffey) were married by March 1765, on a deed of that date with "Robert Peyton of Loudoun County [Virginia] and Anne his wife." The transfer is for property sold to Valentine Peyton in August 1750.^[32][33]
  • 1765, 8 August: land record for sale of land in Prince William County to Semple,^[34] assigned to Robert who married Anne Guffey by Hayden^[2] (and unless Robert m Rush's birth date of 1 September 1745 is wrong in the Cochran Bible,^[4] it would likely be, since Robert b 1745 would not be old enough to be bound by his signature^[11]).
  • 1766: Benjamin Rush sold land in Prince William County.^[35]
  • 1767: Benjamin Rush "was executor of his father's will in Bute Co., N. C."^[35]
  • 1773, 26 May: Robert Peyton was surety in Bute County, North Carolina for the marriage of Sarah White and Benjamin Rush.^[36]
  • 1774, 11 August: "County Court Franklin Co,, Wills and Deeds, p. 298... deed from Benjamin Rush to Enoch Stringfellow, proved by Robert Peyton"^[37][38]
• 1784, 3 January: Benjamin Rush gives 186 acres to his daughter Ann Peyton in Franklin County, North Carolina.^[39]
• 1784, 5 January: Robert Peyton sells 186 acres to Joel Terrell (apparently the same 186 acres).^[40]
• 1785, 30 November: Robert Peyton dies in Franklin County, North Carolina.^[20]

Timeline points for Robert (d. 1795 in Tennessee) and his locations:

• 1725: born (from his profile)
• 1754: married (from his profile)
• 1765, 8 August: same record as cited for Robert m Anne Rush^[34]
• 1795: died in Tennessee (from his profile)

• Albemarle - Robert who married Anne Guffey & died in Tennessee is Albemarle/Amherst and/or Rockbridge County (which didn’t exist until 1778, when it was formed from Augusta & Botetourt counties).
• Amherst - from Gregg (#814), quoting Hayden:
  • "Hon. Ephraim G. Peyton of Miss. wrote me that his grandfather Ephraim was one of twin brothers, the other brother being the father of Hon Bailie Peyton, and that he was descended from Valentine Peyton of Virginia. Miss Emily Turner Peyton of Gallatin, Tenn., writes me that these twin brothers were born in or came from Amherst Co., Va. A careful search in the region of Amherst Co., Va., fails to locate Robert, the father of John and Ephraim; he (499) owned no lands in South W. Va. He was an old man when killed by the Indians, 1795, born surely before 1740. His age would not suit any Robert Peyton known so far except 39, Robert of Valentine. The Pr. W. Records show that Robert Peyton (of Valentine) and Ann, his wife, made a deed in P. W. Co. Aug. 8, 1765, to one Semple of their share of the land devised by his father, Valentine Peyton, to his sons Craven, Francis and said Robert. (Q 322.) After this date Robert and Ann do not appear in P. W. records.It is more than probable that they went to Amherst Co., where they had relatives. Under No. 203 will be seen a record of more than 12 Peyton conveyances of land in Amherst of a date later than the deed of Robert and Ann, 1765; but the name of Robert does not appear among them. . .Miss Peyton writes me: 'My grandfather induced his father Robert to follow him to Tenn. It was after the country was settled, because, in relating the circumstances of his death, my father told me that his grandfather Robert was...'" [emphasis added]
  • Hayden assigned the 1765 land record to the Robert who died in Tennessee. Note that the Stafford County Order Book showing another Valentine Peyton in the area, living in 1755, was not available to Hayden at the time of his research^[6] & he was apparently not aware of the Robert Peyton who was recorded as Valentine Peyton's orphan in 1761 and 1762 (stating that Robert who married Anne Guffey was "born surely before 1740", which would put him of age in 1761 and 1762).
• Tennessee

Existence of Robert (d. 1795, Tennessee), questioned by Mary Gregg, who quotes from Guffy Peyton, son of Yelverton "residing in Madison Co., Ky., born Aug. 9, 1796":

"Yelverton Peyton, son of Henry Peyton, was a native of Albemarle County, Va. on James River. The father was killed by Indians in going from his house to his barn on Virginia frontiers and Yelverton, John, Ephraim, and Thomas Peyton, brothers, all grown...."^[41]

Yelverton Peyton m Ann Guffey/Guffee: Both PSV, in Peytons of Virginia II (POV II citation, below) and DAR records (see DAR links, below) show two Peyton-Guffey/Guffee marriages: Robert who married Ann Guffey (P Line, page 621) and Yelverton who married Anna Guffee (N Line, page 577).

DNA Information

WikiTree descendants of this Robert's daughter Alice (not in POV II):

• Peyton Noland
• Liz Shifflett
• Janice Glore
• Rhonda (Glore) Brown

WikiTree descendant of this Robert's daughter Ann Cochran (FE Line, Generation 3, page 798, POV II):

• None, as of 23 November 2023. From Hiram P Cochran (1790-abt.1839): "No known carriers of Hiram's ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA have taken yDNA or mtDNA tests. No close relatives have taken a 23andMe, AncestryDNA, or Family Tree DNA "Family Finder" test."

See also WikiTree's

• DNA Ancestors View for Robert Peyton
• DNA Descendants View for Robert Peyton

External links:

• Peyton Society of Virginia DNA Testing/Research
• https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/payton/about
• "Payton/Peyton/Patton/Paxton DNA Project" (Wayback Machine capture of 23 May 2018)

Source Notes

The profile as originally entered did not have footnoted source citations. By the time the profile was re-done with footnotes (in November 2023), the sources listed for the profile had evolved to include the following, which are a bit of a hybrid of Research Notes and Sources. Eventually, that's where the information in this section will go (or has gone - see Sources).

• My [Mary Gregg's] correspondent and co-researcher, Carlene St. John, found and copied a transcription of the Bible of one Hiram Peyton Cochran. She wrote, "This bible is listed in a booklet entitled "Collection of Bible Records" which was Published by the Houston Genealogical Forum, Houston, Texas, September 1963. [Salt Lake City Family History Center 976.4 A1 #108, pages 3 & 4.] It is a typed manuscript of Bible records. . ." The Holy Bible published 1824 in Philadelphia by H. C. Carey and I. Lea H. P. Cochran and Nancy Stoker was married 11 Apr 1816 <snip> Robert Peyton was born 1st September 1745 Ann Rush his wife was born 3rd April 1746 The above are H. P. Cochrans's matronal Grand Parents (from Genforum #352)
  • FamilySearch Book (Collection of bible records, page 3 [image 4 of 56], accessed 15 November 2023). Page 4 (image 5 of 56) has Ann's death date: 9 September 1826, age 80 years 7 months 6 days. Note: You have to be logged in to FamilySearch for the links to work. If you're not, you land you on the search page - search for "Collection of Bible Records" +Houston +September +1963 (or click here).
• Following is from Mary Gregg's Genforum post #352, in which she provides a summary of information that she and her co-researcher Carlene St. John had found:

From "Historian's Guide to Loudoun, 1757-1766" by Phillips: Sent by Pat Duncan (Loudoun Co., Va., Order Bk A:509) September 10, 1761. Robert Peyton, an infant, is represented by John Peyton, his Guardian. Note from Mary: "Infant" did not mean "baby." It was a legal term referring to anyone who was still a minor.

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, ORDERS, 1762-1763. Ruth and Sam Sparacio (Prince William Co., Va., OB 1761-1763:385) November 2, 1762. Rush appointed Guardian to Peyton. Robert Peyton, Orphan of Valentine Peyton, Gent., deceased, came into Court and made choice of Benjamin Rush for his Guardian who is to enter into and execute a Bond at the next Court with good and sufficient securitys for his faithfull performance of his Guardianship

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DEED ABSTRACTS, 1749-1752 and 1761-1764. Ruth and Sam Sparacio (Prince William Co., Va., DB P:266-271) December 5/6, 1762. Benjamin Rush of Parish of Dettingen in the County of Prince William Planter & Alice his Wife of one part and John Tyler of the Parish and County aforesaid of other part . . .

Wits: Charles Tyler, Robert Peyton

/s/ Benja. Rush, Jr. /s/ Alice Rush

Anne Rush

Note from Mary: Contrary to what some may think, it was not necessary that a person be at least 21 years of age in order to witness a deed, thus Ann Rush at age 16, and Robert Peyton at age 17 could witness a deed.

Benjamin Rushes

In researching several Benjamin Rushes in Franklin County, NC, the following information was found, supporting Robert Peyton's connection to the family. ~ Noland-165, 8 December 2023

• 1790 US census for Franklin County: image 9 of 14: Geo. Nowland (other pages have other children of Benjamin Rush - see the comment on Rush-505).
  • Geo- Nowland, 1 white male 16+ | 3 white males under 16 | 2 white females | 3 slaves^[42]
  • Also in the census are entries for Daniel Nowland and Budd Nowland (see George's profile for details.
• In May 1773, Benjamin Rush married Sarah White in Bute County, North Carolina:
  • "Bute Co. Records in Raleigh. Robert Peyton surety on marriage bond 26 May 1773, Benjamin Rush to Sarah White."^[36]
  • Sarah (Bledsoe) Rush (abt.1726-aft.1790), previously married to Jonathon White. Her 1790 will names husband Benjamin Rush and sister-in-law Jane Bledsoe (sister of Benjamin Rush, d. 1801).^[43] In an online tree, Jane Rush married Sarah's brother George Bledsoe, who died in Bute, but also has Sarah's husband as the son of Benjamin who died in 1801.^[44][45]

Sources

1. ↑ H.E. Hayden, Virginia genealogies, pages 494-5 (Hathi Trust copy, accessed 28 November 2023). See full citation below.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} H.E. Hayden, Virginia genealogies, pages 498-499 (Hathi Trust copy, accessed 2 December 2023). See full citation below.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} The conflation is apparent in the entry for Valentine (continued on page 495) which shows him as a vestryman of both Overwharton Parish in Stafford County on 22 May 1749 and Dettingen Parish in Prince William County on 26 June 1749. The list of his children on that page includes

   "39.ii. Robert, b. ___; d. ___; m. ___ Ann ___."

   Page 498 shows

   "39", son of Valentine, as Robert Peyton, married Anne Guffey in Prince William County and died in Tennessee on 5 January 1795, noting that Anne was the "sister of Henry Guffey of Va. and Ky. This connexion is tentative."

   See full citation for Hayden's Virginia genealogies below. See also the WikiTree space page Two Valentine Peytons with Sons Named Robert.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} See the research by Carlene St. John below about the Cochran Bible (shared by her co-researcher Mary Gregg).
5. ↑ Peytons of Virginia II (citation below), FE Line, page 798. Robert Peyton is FE-1, son of Valentine Peyton (FE).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} The Stafford County Order Book (1749-1755) includes entries signed by Clerk of the Court Valentine Peyton after 1751. See examples in the Stafford County Order Book section of the WikiTree space page "Two Valentine Peytons with Sons Named Robert". See full citation for the Order Book below.
7. ↑ The Valentine Peyton who was a Dettingen Parish vestryman died before 1 October 1751. From Mary Gregg's research (GenForum April 2000 post): "Valentine Peyton died in Prince William County, Virginia, between April 8, 1750, and October 1, 1751, as proved by the following Dettingen Parish records, from Records of Dettingen Parish, Prince William County, Virginia, 1745-1802 (Virginia Book Company, Berryville, Virginia).
   • "At a Vestrey (sic mg) held at Quantico Vestrey house the 8th Day of April 1750.Prsent:...Captn. Valentine Peyton...
   • "At a Vestrey held at Quantico Vestrey house the first Day of October 1751... Ordered that James Nisbet Gen. be appointed Vestreyman in the Roome of Valentine Peyton Gent. Decd."
8. ↑ The Peytons of Virginia II (POV II, 2004) has the Capt. Valentine Peyton who died on 1 October 1751 as the head of the G Line (page 318) and father of the Robert Peyton who was born in 1725, son of Francis Linton and husband of Ann Guffey. Robert (born c1725) heads the P Line, page 621.
   
   This profile represents the Robert Peyton who was born in 1745 and listed as FE-1 on page 798 in POV II, son of "Valentine¹ Peyton (FE); of Prince William Co., Va."
   
   Most all land records in the area in this timeframe that reference Valentine Peyton have been attached to the Valentine who died in 1751 and his son Robert who married Ann Guffey. The 1754 Rent Roll for Prince William County has two entries for Valentine Peyton - one for 1850 acres (with 3 yrs due) and one for 575 acres ("A Rental for the County of Prince William for the Year 1754 (pdf), accessed 26 November 2023.
9. ↑ Possibly the John Peyton represented by the WikiTree profile connected as the son of Valentine (died 1751) and husband of Seth Harrison, niece of Frances Harrison (believed to be the mother of the Robert Peyton born in 1745 who married Anne Rush): John Peyton (1728-abt.1774). Dates and connections as of 2 December 2023.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} From "Historian's Guide to Loudoun, 1757-1766" by Phillips: Sent by Pat Duncan (Loudoun Co., Va., Order Bk A:509) September 10, 1761. Robert Peyton, an infant, is represented by John Peyton, his Guardian. Note from Mary: "Infant" did not mean "baby." It was a legal term referring to anyone who was still a minor. (Mary Gregg's Genforum post.)
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet: Legal Age, by Robert W. Baird:
    
    "Under British common law, full majority was reached at the age of 21. Anyone under 21 was legally an infant." Among the actions only adults could perform:
    • Marry without parental consent
    • Buy or sell land without restriction
    "Generally speaking, children aged 14 and over could legitimately perform a variety of legal actions". Among the actions minors could perform:
    • Choose their guardian, or replace an existing guardian
    • Witness deeds and contracts
      
      
12. ↑ See Mary Gregg's summary below.
13. ↑ Prince William Co., Va., OB 1761-1763, page 385 (from Mary Gregg's Genforum post, citing Prince William County, Virginia Order Book, 1762-1763, Ruth and Sam Sparacio (copyright 1999; see this library entry for information about the 2017 publication).
14. ↑ Abstract from PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DEED ABSTRACTS, 1749-1752 and 1761-1764. Ruth and Sam Sparacio (Prince William Co., Va., DB P:266-271): "December 5/6, 1762. Benjamin Rush of Parish of Dettingen in the County of Prince William Planter & Alice his Wife of one part and John Tyler of the Parish and County aforesaid of other part. . . ." See transcription of full record at https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I116189&tree=Tree1 (accessed 3 December 2023).
15. ↑ The deed was for a transfer of land from the Rushes to John Tyler. WikiTree has profiles for brothers John and Charles Tyler of Loudoun County who could be them:
    • John Tyler (1724-1793)
    • Charles Tyler (1716-1768)
    The FamilySearch PID for Charles Tyler (1715-1767) has him born and died in Cameron Parish, Loudoun County:
    • FamilySearch Person: LH51-VD8
16. ↑ Marriage by March 1765 assumes that the land record of that date is for this Robert Peyton & wife Anne. Considering Robert was born in 1745, it is likely. If consent was needed, Benjamin Rush could give it for them both, as he was Robert's guardian and Anne's father (both brides and grooms not yet 21 needed the consent of their parent or guardian). The land record was for transfer of property sold to Valentine Peyton in August 1750. Circumstantial evidence that this record is for the Robert Peyton ("of Loudoun County") who married Ann Rush: their son George served in the Loudoun County Militia during the American Revolution (see George's profile, specifically the "War Service" section).
17. ↑ The previously cited Baird article, "Legal Age," includes a section on "Minors and Land", which notes that minors could be landowners, "since they could acquire land by gift or inheritance."
18. ↑ Based on witnesses to Robert Peyton's 1785 will. Probate notice supports Alce Noland, wife of George Noland, as Robert's daughter. See the WikiTree image (attached to this profile).
19. ↑ Son William's information was included in Peyton Society of Virginia (PSV) updates to Peytons of Virginia II (POV II, 2004; updates through 7 November 2016).
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1 20.2} See the WikiTree image (attached) of the record, taken off the microfiched record at the North Carolina State Library.
21. ↑ "Franklin Co., N.C. WB A-2" (Will Book A, page 2) in the April 2007 GenForum post by Mary Gregg, which shared an abstract of the record, citing Will Book A, Franklin County, North Carolina, 1785-1797; Wills, Estate Records, Guardian Accounts, Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr.
22. ↑ A Devany married a sister of Anne Rush (both Ann Peyton and Alice Devany were named in the 1801 will of Benjamin Rush. See his profile for an abstract of his will, made from the transcription posted on the Milams in Virginia website by William F. Milam, M.D. of Richmond, Virginia:
    • Rush Chronology (accessed 27 November 2023).
    See also information from family Bibles relayed to the compiler of Genealogy of the Rush Family, beginning on page 19 (accessed 21 January 2020).
    
    
23. ↑ Genealogy of the Rush family of Virginia and the Terrell genealogy, Nellie F. Ayres, compiler (1946), [https://archive.org/details/genealogyofrushf00ayre/page/n184/mode/1up?q=peyton page 90 (archive.org image 185 of 492), accessed 9 December 2023.
24. ↑ From Mary Gregg's research, citing Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Franklin County, North Carolina, 1779-1797", Joseph W. Watson.
25. ↑ ^{25.0 25.1} Genealogy of the Rush family, image 17 of 91.
26. ↑ "ABSTRACTS OF THE EARLY DEEDS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY NC 1779-1797 BY WATSON", pdf (see page 4 of 5), accessed 9 December 2023.
27. ↑ ^{27.0 27.1} 1762 to 1784 unaccounted for... Benjamin Rush gifts NC land to his daughter Anne Peyton in 1784 - see Mary Gregg's GenForum post of 7 April 2000, "Robert and Ann (Rush) Peyton".
28. ↑ ^{28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4} John Blankenbaker, Germanna Colonies, "History of County Formations in Virginia 1617-1995" (accessed 3 December 2023).
29. ↑ ^{29.0 29.1 29.2} Freddie Spradlin, Parishes of Virginia (accessed 2 December 2023).
30. ↑ ^{30.0 30.1 30.2} John Blankenbaker, Germanna Colonies, "History of County Formations in North Carolina 1664-1965" (accessed 4 December 2023).
31. ↑ Prince William Co. VA, Orders, 1762-1763, Bk A, p. 590 (from POVII, FE Line, page 798) and "Robert Peyton, an infant, is represented by John Peyton, his Guardian." ~ Loudoun Co., Va., Order Bk A:509 (previously cited, from "Historian's Guide to Loudoun, 1757-1766" by Phillips, sent by Pat Duncan to Mary Gregg & shared in her Genforum post.
32. ↑ From Mary Gregg's research (GenForum post, 7 April 2000): LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED ABSTRACTS, 1762-1765.Ruth and Sam Sparacio
    

    (Loudoun Co., Va., DB D:Part II:379-383) Indenture made 4th/5th March 1765 between Robert Peyton of Loudoun County and Anne his wife of one part and James Sinkler of same, for £40. .. by deeds of lease & release .. sold parcel of land in Loudoun County on the North side Little River of Goose Creek being part of a tract of land taken up and Patented by Capt. John Middleton .. beginning at a branch in the line of the land surveyed for Thomas Owsley at Middleton's stake corner .. containing 150 acres ..

    Wits: Francis Peyton, Christopher Metcalfe /s/ Robt. Peyton
    Frances Peyton, Absolom (X) Remey /s/ Anne Peyton
    At a court held 11th March 1765 .. Indenture acknowledged .. Anne having been first privily examined .. and receipt endorsed acknowledged .. ordered to be recorded.
33. ↑ Sale of land by Middleton to Valentine Peyton (from Gregg's research: DEED ABSTRACTS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1750-1761.Ruth and Sam Sparacio. "(Fairfax Co., Va., DB C:73-76) August 17/18, 1750. John Middleton of Cameron Parish, Fairfax County, Planter, and Mary his wife, to Valentine Peyton of Dettingen Parish, Prince William County,..."
34. ↑ ^{34.0 34.1} Hayden: "The Pr. W. Records show that Robert Peyton (of Valentine) and Ann, his wife, made a deed in P. W. Co. Aug. 8, 1765, to one Semple of their share of the land devised by his father, Valentine Peyton, to his sons Craven, Francis and said Robert. (Q 322)."
35. ↑ ^{35.0 35.1} Genealogy of the Rush family, page 68 (archive.org image 141 of 492), accessed 8 December 2023: "We do not know when Benjamin Rush went from Virginia to North Carolina. He sold land in Prince William County as late as 1766, and was executor of his father's will in Bute Co., N. C., in 1767. We assume that he went there about that time. His father's will was made in Prince William County, Va."
36. ↑ ^{36.0 36.1} Genealogy of the Rush family of Virginia and the Terrell genealogy, Nellie F. Ayres, compiler (1946), page 12 (archive.org image 31 of 492), accessed 7 December 2023.
37. ↑ Genealogy of the Rush family of Virginia and the Terrell genealogy, Nellie F. Ayres, compiler (1946), page 78 (image161 of 492), accessed 9 December 2023.
38. ↑ From Warren Co., NC Deeds, Deed Book 4:
    • "DB-4. page 281. 1 December 1773. BENJAMIN RUSH, of Bute Co., to his Son In Law ENOCH STRINGFELLOW. For natural love, etc., Gift of 154 A. in Bute Co. on SS Lyons Creek, down the Glebe Spring Branch. Wit. ROBT PEYTON, JINKS. DEVANY. Proved by ROBERT PEYTON, Bute August Court 1774, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg. 29 May 1775, by JAMES JOHNSON, P.R."
39. ↑ From Mary: The following deed of gift shows that Ann (Rush) Peyton migrated to Franklin County, North Carolina:
    ABSTRACTS OF THE EARLY DEEDS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 1779-1797. Joseph W. Watson.

    (Franklin Co., N. C., DB 4:37) January 3, 1784. Benjamin Rush of Franklin County to his daughter, Ann Peyton, of same, for love and regard a tract of 186 acres on the north bank of Lyons Creek and on Flat rock Creek adjoining Green Hill, Terrell, and the Glebe line, with the exception of one acre of ground for a graveyard wherein several graves are located, with the present graves to be the center of said acre.
    Wits: Joel Terrell, Wm. Rush

40. ↑ Genealogy of the Rush family, image 17 of 91: "Franklin Co. Deeds v. 6, p 90 Robert Peyton to Joel Terrell. deed 5 Jan. 1784 [50 pounds], 186 acres on North side of Lyons Creek, and on Flat Rock Creek; to Terrell's line and Glebe line. Wits: Benj. Rush, John Thomas
41. ↑ From Mary Gregg's GenForum post, "Robert Peyton and Ann Guffey", 14 July 2001, citing
    • The Draper Manuscript State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin: Boone Papers 24C120 (Vol. 24 of Boone Papers, Page 238-240)
42. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch. North Carolina > Franklin > Not Stated > image 9 of 14; citing NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). image 9 of 14), accessed 6 December 2023.
43. ↑ Genealogy of the Rush Family, page 20 (accessed 30 December 2021).
44. ↑ https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bledsoe/717/
45. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211023232753/http://jimserver.net/jonathan-white-of-granville-county/ - has details of Sarah's will.

• Davey, Harold. E-mail to Liz Shifflett, May 2013, in response to an inquiry to the Peyton Society of Virginia about the father of this Robert (born 1745, m Ann Rush).
• Gregg, Mary. GenForum post, "Robert and Ann (Rush) Peyton", 7 April 2000 (accessed 23 November 2023).
• Hayden, Horace Edwin. PEYTON, of England and America (Lulu.com, Aug 15, 2008, reprint of the 1885 publication). Note: This is a "unique compilation" that includes a reprint of the Peyton section of Hayden's Virginia Genealogies, which appears to be unchanged. This ©2008 reprint refers to the (expired) original copyright of 1885 while including Hayden's introduction to Virginia Genealogies, which Haydon dates "December, 1890". The reprint adds a review of Virginia Genealogies that calls it Hayden's "1891 tome".
  • Google Books copy
• Hayden's Virginia Genealogies (WikiTree Source page); Hathi Trust copy.
  Hayden, Horace Edwin. Virginia genealogies: a genealogy of the Glassell family of Scotland and Virginia, also of the families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and others, of Virginia and Maryland (E.B. Yordy, Wilkes-Barre, PA : 1891).
• Shifflett, Noland. Family knowledge and information provided in the Peyton and Payton Family Genealogy Forums by Mary Gregg (e.g., Order Book and Deed Book excerpts).
• Peytons of Virginia II, Volumes One and Two (Peyton Society of Virginia : 2004, plus additional data #70 [March 24, 2013]). Google Books (snippit view):
  • POV I (1976)
  • POV II (2004)
• Returned Stafford County, Virginia Order Book: Stafford County Court Records, Order Book (1749-1755). Available online through Library of Virginia's digital collections: search for "000039218" using the Library's DigiTool search. This Order Book was taken by a Union soldier and returned to the Library of Virginia in this century (2011, if I recall) after a descendant donated it to the New Jersey State Library. In the interim, it was not available to genealogists and other researchers.

See also:

• DAR Records for Peytons who married (different) Ann Guffeys:
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 4, 2015), "Record of Yelverton Peyton", Ancestor # A090000.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 4, 2015), "Record of Robert Peyton (b before 1740)", Ancestor # A089994.
    Note that the DAR record for this "other Robert" is now flagged (as of 11 December 2018):
    "1) PREVIOUSLY CREDITED SERVICE BELONGS TO ANOTHER MAN OF THE SAME NAME. 2) RESIDENCE MUST ALSO BE PROVEN. 3/2018."