Robert Peyton (abt. 1640 - aft. 1696)

Born about 1640 in Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 24 Nov 1696 after about age 56 in Gloucester County, Virginia

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Biography

Robert Peyton was born in England.

Robert Peyton migrated from England to Virginia.

Birth and Parents

Robert was the son of Thomas Peyton and ( Elizabeth Yelverton). Douglas Richardson gives an estimated birth date of about 1640. He was likely to have been born run Norfolk, where his parents lived.^[1][2][2]

Marriage and Children

Robert married Mary, whose family origins are not known. Crozier's Virginia Heraldica says they married in 1668 but gives no source.^[3][1][2] They had three known children:

• Elizabeth, who married Peter Beverley^[1][2][4][5] and who is said in Virginia Heraldica to have been born before 1670^[3]
• Thomas,^[1][2] said in Virginia Heraldica to have been born in about 1675 and whop married Frances Tabb^[3]
• Robert,^[1][2] said in Virginia Heraldica to have been born in 1680^[3] and who married someone called Mary (her first name is given in a 1714 deed of Robert's^[6][7])

Virginia

Robert settled in Virginia by 1679:^[8] Hayden's Virginia Genealogies states that his name appears in a Northumberland County record of 14 October 1679.^[9]

He was an attorney,^[1][2][10] and a major of the Gloucester County militia^[3] in 1680.^[1][2][8] He was a vestryman of Kingston Parish and the North River Church, Gloucester County, attending his first meeting in that capacity on 27 October that year, and probably his last on 9 October 1692.^[11]

Robert lived for part of his time in Virginia at "Iselham", Gloucester County.^[1][2][3] The place was named after Isleham, Cambridgeshire, which was associated with the Peytons.^[9] From 1683 to 1691 he lived in North River Parish, Matthew County.^[1][2][9]

Lands

In 1680 Robert bought 1000 acres in New Kent County, Virgina. The next year he was granted a further 1000 acres there. In 1683 he was granted 150 acres in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County.^[1][2][9]

Death

Robert will was dated 24 November 1696, so he died after that (the date of the will is given in a 1714 deed of his son Robert^[6][12]).

Research Notes

Previously attached Wife

Mary Keeble has previously been attached as wife of Robert. No reliable evidence has been found for the family name of his wife. See her profile for a little discussion. Mary Keeble and four children attached to her without good sourcing (Ambrose, William, Benjamin, and John) were detached from Robert in 2015.

Marriage Place and Birth Place of Children

Hayden's Virginia Genealogies states that a manuscript in the College of Arms refers to Robert living in Virginia in 1693, without children. Hayden suggests that the apparent ignorance of children may mean they were born in Virginia, and goes on further to suggest that this may also indicate that Robert married in Virginia.^[9] This is a weak basis for the location of Robert's marriage and his children's births, and should be treated as no more than insufficiently evidenced speculation.

Suggested Daughter Dorothy

In a 2001 article in The Virginia Genealogist, Henry Taliaferro suggests that the wife of Captain Charles Smith, son of Colonel Lawrence Smith was "more likely" Dorothy Peyton, discounting a suggestion that Charles Smith's wife was a Dorothy Buckner.^[13] No evidence is provided for this suggestion. Dorothy's profile lacks reliable sourcing.

Death Date

Douglas Richardson gives the death date as 15 March 1686.^[1][2] This is clearly a mistake: Richardson himself refers to Robert being alive in 1691. It may be a confusion with Major Robert Beverley, whose son Peter married Robert's daughter Elizabeth, and who is said in Virigina Heraldica to have died no 15 March 1686.^[4]

Crozier's Virginia Heraldica gives a death year of 1694.^[3]

DNA information

Payton/Peyton DNA Project yResults: reported to the "Payton/Peyton/Patton/Paxton DNA Project"

• I-M253: "Major Robert Peyton, b. ca. 1640, Rougham, Norfolk; d Virginia"
  • Haplogroup I1
  • seven test-takers in "Lineage II" (Haplogroup I1, FTDNA Shorthand I-M253)
  • two additional test-takers with I-M253 listed in a separate section, "No match yet in the Project"

• WikiTree's DNA Ancestors View for Robert Peyton
• WikiTree's DNA Descendants View for Robert Peyton, profiles showing "Y Tested":
  • WikiTree Robert Peyton-434 descendant William Clifford Peyton
    • haplotype I1 (from his profile)
  • WikiTree Robert Peyton-434 descendant Edward Smith Peyton
    • haplotype I1 (from his profile)
  • MRCA of William and Edward: Stephen Peyton (1756-1833)
    • MRCA Stephen is more recent than Robert, so matching William and Edward does not offer proof for Robert. Preston Peyton (I-M223) is not a direct descendant of Robert.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. III, p. 357, PEYTON 17, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. IV, p. 372, PEYTON 17
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} William Armstrong Crozier. Virginia Heraldica, Vol. V, The Genealogical Association, 1908, p. 92, Internet Archive
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} William Armstrong Crozier. Virginia Heraldica, Vol. V, p. 74, Internet Archive
5. ↑ W G Standard. Robert Beverley and his Descendants, in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. III, for the year ending June 1896, p. 170, Internet Archive
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Whitehead Family Deeds", The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Oct., 1902), p. 141, Hathi Trust
7. ↑ Nov. 24, 1696 date confirmed (image of the 1714 deed, in the possession of Ann Saylor, descendant of Maj. Robert Peyton's son Robert, reviewed Jan. 30, 2016)
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Lyon Gardiner Tyler. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. I, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915, p. 304, Internet Archive
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4} Horace Edwin Hayden. 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, Wilkes-Barr (Pennsylvania), 1891, p. 468, Hathi Trust
10. ↑ Bristol Archives, ref. AC/WO/9/12, Letter, Robert Peyton of Virginia, lawyer, to the owners of the George, concerning negotiations with Samuel Isaac for her recovery, National Archives Discovery Centre catalogue entry
11. ↑ The Vestry Book of Kingston Parish, Mathews County, Virginia (until May 1, 1791, Gloucester County), 1679-1796, Richmond, VA: Old Dominion Press, 1929, pp. 107 and 127-8, [Familysearch, accessed 15 September 2023
12. ↑ 24 November 1696 date confirmed by image of the 1714 deed, in the possession of Ann Saylor, descendant of Maj. Robert Peyton's son Robert, reviewed 30 January 2016
13. ↑ Henry Taliaferro. "Catlett-Buchner: A Rebuttal", in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 45, 2001, p. 150, American Ancestors website, accessed 15 September 2023

See also:

• Payton/Peyton DNA Project
• Peyton Society of Virginia: genealogy information only accessible by members. Not viewable by Michael Cayley when revising this profile in September 2023. Information should be checked against reliable sources.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 15 September 2023.

Robert Peyton is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (volume I, pages xxiii-xxix, "List of Colonial Immigrants") and, through his mother, is the Gateway in several badged trails (identified and reviewed by the Magna Carta Project in September 2015) to the following Magna Carta Surety Barons: Hugh le Bigod, Roger le Bigod, John FitzRobert, Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, John de Lacy, and Saher de Quincy. Through his father, he is the Gateway in badged trails to William d'Aubigné, Robert de Ros, Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, John de Lacy, and Saher de Quincy. All of these trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section, below.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

Magna Carta Trails

Badged trails through his mother to the Bigods and FitzRobert (2015) and to Lacy, Quincy and the Clares (badged as parts of other trails):

Gateway Ancestor Robert Peyton (badged/re-reviewed 15 September 2023)

1. Robert is the son of Elizabeth Yelverton (badged/re-reviewed 21 September 2023)

2. Elizabeth is the daughter of William Yelverton (badged/R&A 24 September 2023)

3. William is the son of William Yelverton (badged/R&A 26 September 2023)

4. William is the son of Bridget Drury (badged/R&A 29 September 2023)

5. Bridget is the daughter of Elizabeth Sothill (badged/R&A 1 October 2023)

6. Elizabeth is the daughter of Henry Sothill (badged/R&A 3 October 2023)

7. Henry is the son of Elizabeth Plumpton (badged/R&A 6 October 2023)

8. Elizabeth is the daughter of Elizabeth Clifford (badged/R&A 8 October 2023)

9. Elizabeth is the daughter of Joan Dacre (badged/100% 5-star)

10. Joan is the daughter of Philippe Neville (badged/100% 5-star)

11. Philippe is the daughter of Ralph Neville (badged/100% 5-star)

12. Ralph is the son of Maud de Percy (badged/100% 5-star)

13. Maud is the daughter of Idoine de Clifford (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Idoine is the daughter of Robert de Clifford (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Robert is the son of Isabel Vipont (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Isabel is the daughter of Isabel FitzJohn (badged/100% 5-star)

17. Isabel is the daughter of Isabel le Bigod (badged/100% 5-star)

18. Isabel is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety Hugh le Bigod

19. Hugh is the son of Magna Carta Surety Roger le Bigod

12. Ralph Neville is the son of John de Neville (badged/100% 5-star)

13. John is the son of Ralph de Neville (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Ralph is the son of Euphame Clavering (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Euphame is the daughter of Robert FitzRoger (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Robert is the son of Roger FitzJohn (badged/100% 5-star)

17. Roger is the son of Magna Carta Surety John FitzRobert

9. Elizabeth Clifford is the daughter of Thomas Clifford (badged/100% 5-star)

10. Thomas is the son of John Clifford (badged/100% 5-star)

11. John is the son of Thomas de Clifford (badged/100% 5-star)

12. Thomas is the son of Roger de Clifford (badged/100% 5-star)

13. Roger is the son of Robert de Clifford (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Robert is the son of Maud de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Maud is the daughter of Thomas de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Thomas is the son of Maud de Lacy (badged/100% 5-star)

17. Maud is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety John de Lacy

17. Maud de Lacy is the daughter of Margaret de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)

18. Margaret is the daughter of Robert de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)

19. Robert is the son of Magna Carta Surety Saher de Quincy

16. Thomas de Clare is the son of Richard de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)

17. Richard is the son of Magna Carta Surety Gilbert de Clare

18. Gilbert is the son of Magna Carta Surety Richard de Clare

Badged trails, through his father, to Albini and Ros (2015):

1. Robert is the son of Thomas Peyton (badged/100% 5-star)

2. Thomas is the son of Edward Peyton (badged/re-reviewed 14 October 2023)

3. Edward is the son of John Peyton (badged/re-reviewed 16 October 2023)

4. John is the son of Robert Peyton (badged/re-reviewed 18 October 2023)

5. Robert is the son of Robert Peyton (badged/re-reviewed 20 October 2023)

6. Robert is the son of Elizabeth Clere (badged/re-reviewed 22 October 2023)

7. Elizabeth is the daughter of Agnes Hopton (badged/re-reviewed 24 October 2023)

8. Agnes is the daughter of Margaret Wentworth (badged/100% 5-star)

9. Margaret is the daughter of Margery Despenser (badged/100% 5-star)

10. Margery is the daughter of Elizabeth de Tiptoft (badged/100% 5-star)

11. Elizabeth is the daughter of Robert de Tibetot (badged/100% 5-star)

12. Robert is the son of John de Tibetot (badged/100% 5-star)

13. John is the son of Agnes de Ros (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Agnes is the daughter of William de Ros (badged/100% 5-star)

15. William is the son of Isabel de Albini (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Isabel is the daughter of William d'Aubigny (badged/100% 5-star)

17. William is the son of Magna Carta Surety William d'Aubigny

15. William de Ros is the son of Robert de Roos (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Robert is the son of William de Roos (badged/100% 5-star)

17. William is the son of Magna Carta Surety Robert de Ros

Badged trails to the Clares, Lacy and Quincy (badged as part of Kempe/Reade trails 2015):

12. Robert de Tibetot is the son of Margaret Badlesmere (badged/100% 5-star)

13. Margaret is the daughter of Margaret de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Margaret is the daughter of Thomas de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Thomas is the son of Richard de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Richard is the son of Magna Carta Surety Gilbert de Clare

17. Gilbert is the son of Magna Carta Surety Richard de Clare

15. Thomas de Clare is the son of Maud de Lacy (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Maud is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety John de Lacy

16. Maud de Lacy is the daughter of Margaret de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)

17. Margaret is the daughter of Robert de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)

18. Robert is the son of Magna Carta Surety Saher de Quincy

Robert has previously been shown as also the Gateway in a Richardson-documented trail to Robert de Vere (Magna Carta Ancestry, vol. III, pages 350-357 PEYTON). There is a break at the start of this trail: it includes an alleged Eleanor de Vere, wife of Ralph Gernon, as a daughter of Robert de Vere but no reliable evidence has been found for the family origins of Ralph Gernon's wife, or her first name - see the research notes on her profile.