Thomas Peyton Esq (bef. 1617 - 1683)

Born before 29 Mar 1617 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Yelverton) Peyton — married about 1635 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 12 Oct 1683 after age 66 in England

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Biography

Thomas Peyton, Esq., younger son of Edward Peyton, Knt., 2nd Baronet, by his second wife, Jane Calthorpe,^[1] was baptized 29 March 1617^[2] or perhaps 11 April 1617 at Isleham, Cambridge.^[3]

Thomas was admitted at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, in 1634.^[4]

Thomas's father was a Parliamentarian during the English Civil War. Thomas fought for the Royalists, and as a result was fined £338 by the Parliamentarians in 1646: this fine was halved in 1649.^[5]

Baronetcy

In the civil wars, Thomas' father had "so impoverished himself that he ruined his whole estate and (probably) had to sell Isham". Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet of Isleham, Cambridgeshire, was succeeded by Thomas's brother John in 1652. before 3 December 1652, when his son Thomas referred to him as "late deceased".^[5][6] In other records of 1652 Thomas is referred to as baronet, confirming that his father had died.^{[7] [8]} John died about 1665 and was succeeded by his second son John, who died in 1720. After 1720, the baronetcy was assumed by Thomas' grandson, Yelverton Peyton (son of Thomas' son Charles), as cousin and heir male.^[8]

Marriage and Children

Thomas married Elizabeth Yelverton, daughter of Sir William Yelverton,^[1] 2nd Baronet, and Ursula Richardson.^[2] The date of their marriage is unknown and is estimated based on the birth dates/order of their children. They had seven sons and two daughters:

• William, Esq.,^[2] of Dublin, died 1686, married Frances Lunsford and had no male issue^[9]
• Benjamin^[2]
• [Major] Robert,^[9] Gent., born about 1640, died 15 March 1686, married Mary _____ and had issue; he immigrated to Virginia, was a lawyer and in 1680 was a major of the Gloucester County militia.^[2] His grandson, John Peyton, succeeded to the title of knight baronet by failure of title in England.^[10]
• Charles,^[2] married Elizabeth Bladwell and had 6 sons.^[9] His son Yelverton Peyton assumed the baronetcy in 1720, as 5th Bart., following the death of his cousin, Sir John, 4th Bart.^[8]
• Yelverton, Esq.^[2] baptized 7 May 1652 at Rougham, Norfolk^[11]
• Thomas,^[2] married ____ Roberts^[9]
• Benjamin (again)^[2]
• Hannah^[2]
• Anne, wife of Thomas Woods, Esq.^[2]

His wife was co-heiress in 1649 to her brother, William Yelverton, Knt., 3rd Baronet.^[2]

According to his tombstone, Thomas remarried to the widow ____ Hacon.^[12]

Death

Thomas died 12 October 1683^[2] and was buried at Braconash, Norfolk.^[4][1] His wife, Elizabeth, predeceased him 3 June 1668 and was buried at Rougham, Norfolk, leaving a will proved 9 February 1670.^[2]

At Braconash, is the following inscription:

Peyton impales Yelverton. Here lieth the Body of Thomas Peyton, younger Son of Sir Edward Peyton Bart of Isleham in Cambridgeshire, by his second wife Jane, the Daughter of Sir James Calthorp of Basham in the County of Norfolk, widow of Edmund Thimblethorp; he had two wives, his first wife was the Daughter of Sir Will. Yelverton of Rougham in the county of Norfolk, who by the Death of Sir Will. Yelverton her Brother, without Issue, had Rougham for her Inheritance; she left 4 Sons and one Daughter. His second wife was the widow Hacon, by whom he had no Children. He was born 1616, and died Oct. 12, 1683. Requiescat in Pace.^[12]

Research Notes

Disambiguation

Thomas should not be confused with Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet of Knowlton.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} William Harvey. The Visitation of Suffolke. Lowestoft: S. Tymms, 1866. Online at Archive.org, page 122.
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 2.12 2.13} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), volume III, page 357, PEYTON 16, Thomas Peyton.
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NR3Q-C8X : 18 September 2020), Thomas Peyton, 1617.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} J. Venn. Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part I, Vol. III Kaile-Ryves. Cambridge, University Press, 1924. Online at Archive.org, page 354.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} History of Parliament Online, entry for 'PEYTON, Sir Edward, 2nd Bt. (c.1584-1652), of Isleham, Cambs.'
6. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry by Richard L Greaves for 'Peyton, Sir Edward, second baronet', print and online 2004, revised online 2008
7. ↑ The National Archives, ref. C 6/41/177, Discovery Centre catalogue entry and ref. C 6/4/219, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Cokayne. The Complete Baronetage, Volume 1, pages 15-17.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Burke's Extinct Baronets, 2nd edn. (1841),page 410.
10. ↑ Peyton, Robert, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1, by Lyon Gardiner Tyler
11. ↑ Ancestry.com. Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812. Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 455/1. link.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of Humble-Yard: Braconash', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 5 (London, 1806), pp. 83-89. British History Online.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet, Thomas' father.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 February 2021), memorial page for Sir Thomas Peyton (1616–12 Oct 1683), Find A Grave: Memorial #64952452, citing St Nicholas Churchyard, Bracon Ash, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England ; Maintained by julia&keld (contributor 46812479): headstone photo.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed and approved 18 February 2021 by Thiessen-117.

Thomas Peyton Esq appears in trails badged by the Magna Carta project (reviewed in August 2015) from his son, Gateway Ancestor Robert Peyton, to Magna Carta Surety Barons William d'Aubigné and Robert de Ros and was later identified in badged trails to surety barons 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 of the Gateway's profile.

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".

NOTE: Thomas is also a descendant of Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod, through Philip Despenser, but that WikiTree trail has not been developed yet. Just four profiles - four generations of Philip Despensers - need to be developed/reviewed/approved to connect Margery (Despenser) Wentworth with Isabel Beauchamp, who is in an approved trail to the Bigods.