Ephraim Peyton (aft. 1755 - 1833)

Born after 25 Aug 1755 in Amherst,Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Jennings) Peyton — married 1779 in ,Kentucky

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1833 before age 77 in Sumner,Tennessee

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Biography

Private Ephraim Peyton served with Virginia during the American Revolution.

Ephraim Peyton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A089981.

Ephraim was born in 1755 in Virginia to Robert Peyton and Ann Guffey. He married Elizabeth Jennings, and they had six children before her death in Tennessee about 1799. He then married Lockhart Eagan. They had four children (son Ephraim was born in Kentucky in 1802).

Note

Ephraim abandoned Elizabeth Jennings by 1796. He had children by Lockhart Eagan who was using her maiden name in 1813. She could be the Lockhart Peyton listed in the 1820 of Owen Co., Kentucky with a son b. 1804-1810 and a daughter born later. She may have legally married Ephraim between 1796 and 1820.

From Peyton's Of Virginia, Volume Two, 2004, P Line pg 621 ^[1]

Joan Allen merged the P Line headed by Robert Peyton with G-3 Robert Peyton on 7/13/13

Descendants of Robert Peyton (P Line)

Generation One

1. Robert1 Peyton (P Line); Robert Peyton was most likely the son of Valentine and Frances (Linton) Peyton; he was buried near Bledsoe's Lick 8 miles above, Gallatin, TN; he was born circa 1725; he married Ann Guffey; he died 5 Jun 1795, killed by Indians in a field of Mrs. Bledsoe's, near Bledsoe's Lick.

Ann Guffey; Ann was the sister of Henry Guffy of Va. and Ky. She was born circa 1725 Walker's Creek, Rockbridge Co., VA.

Children of Robert1 Peyton (P Line) and Ann Guffey were as follows:

• + 2. i. John2 Peyton (P-1), born 27 Aug 1755 a twin, prob. Albemarle Co. which became Amherst Co., VA; married Margaret Hamilton.
• + 3. ii. Ephraim Peyton (P-2), born 27 Aug 1755 a twin, prob. Albemarle Co. which became Amherst Co., VA; married Elizabeth Jennings; married Lockhart Eagan.
• + 4. iii. Thomas Peyton (P-3), born between 1760 and 1770 VA; married Alia Gilbert.

Generation Two

3. Ephraim2 Peyton (P-2) (Robert1); He was a private in the Revolutionary War; he was a surveyor and breeder of horses; he was born 27 Aug 1755 a twin, prob. Albemarle Co. which became Amherst Co., VA; he married Elizabeth Jennings , daughter of Jonathan Jennings, 1779; he married Lockhart Eagan , daughter of John Eagan and ___ Lockhart, after 1796 Washington Co., KY; he died 1825, Sumner Co, TN.

Elizabeth Jennings; She and Ephraim were divorced by Nov. 10, 1796, when Ephraim signed a bond agreeing to pay $2,000 to John Deloach who promised to take care of the family of Payton under his care, including Deloach, his wife, and 5 children, William, John, Egelverton, Ann, and Molley. She was living in 1804. She was born in 1759 Amherst Co, VA. She died, Sumner Co., TN.

Children of Ephraim2 Peyton (P-2) and Elizabeth Jennings were as follows:

• 16. i. ___3 Peyton was born 7 Mar 1780; he died 8 Mar 1780, nr. Chattanooga, TN.
• + 17. ii. John Peyton, born circa 1781 TN; married Sarah Rogers.
• + 18. iii. William Peyton (P-26), born 3 Mar 1784 Sumner Co., TN; married Barbara E. Rogers.
• + 19. iv. Yelverton (Egelverton) Payton (P-21), born 3 Mar 1784 Sumner Co., TN; married Anna McCan.
• + 20. v. Ann (Elizabeth Ann?) Peyton, born after 1785; married Lazarus Cotton.
• 21. vi. Molley Peyton (P-23) was born after 1785; shedied after 1796.

Children of Ephraim2 Peyton (P-2) and Lockhart Eagan were as follows:

• 22. i. Thomas3 Peyton died 1876, Peytona, KY.
• 23. ii. Nancy Peyton married Henry M. Basket 1850 Shelby Co., KY.
• + 24. iii. Jonathan C. Peyton (P-2M), born circa 1795; married Angelina Belle Peyton (P-15).
• + 25. iv. The Hon. Ephraim Geoffrey Peyton, born 29 Oct 1802 Elizabethtown, KY; married Artemisia G. Patton.

Death is per application for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution.

Sources

1. ↑ Peyton's Of Virginia, Volume Two, 2004, With updates through 25 Oct 2016

Some sources in text.

• http://www.ajlambert.com/history/hst_gsc.pdf
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Jan 17, 2018), "Record of Ephraim Peyton", Ancestor # A089981.

Acknowledgements

Peyton-208, created through the import of 2012.ged on Mar 22, 2012 by Cornelia Fenenga.

Peyton-309, created by William Ramage on May 31, 2012; no sources given.

• https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2204&h=809025&tid=15351968&pid=28899249629&hid=46386183601&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kSa5458&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true