Anne (Thornton) Peyton (1652 - 1691)

Born 1652 in Westmoreland County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Peyton III — married Apr 1685 in Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died 1691 at about age 39 in Cabell County, Virginia (now West Virginia)

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Biography

Ann Thornton was born about 1652 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. She married Henry Peyton^[1] in April 1685 in Virginia. Ann (Thornton) Peyton died in 1691 in Cabell County, Virginia (now West Virginia).^[2]

Henry Peyton and Ann Thornton (born about 1661) were married in 1684/85. They had the following children:^[3]

• Capt. Valentine PEYTON (born about 1687).
• John PEYTON (born in 1691).

Henry and Ann (Thornton) Peyton "of Prince William County" appear to also have had a son named Henry, who died without issue during the American Revolution.^[4]

The same source of Henry, son of Henry and Ann, includes a Henry Peyton, son of John and Eleanor Peyton of Stony Hill in Stafford County, Virginia:^[5]

Henry Peyton, 1744-1814, was a son of John Peyton of "Stony Hill", Stafford Co., and his second wife Eleanor ____. He lived on Broad Run on the north slope of the Pignut adjoining Gordonsdale. He married, 1764, Susanna Fowke, daughter of Capt. Chandler and Mary (Fossaker) Fowke.

Sources

1. ↑ the profile Peyton-16 included "III"
2. ↑ this paragraph of the biography based on information in profile as of January 14, 2015
3. ↑ this information from an rtf document: "Henry Peyton Descendancy," submitted by Harold L. Davey
4. ↑ Fauquier County in the Revolution (page 261)
5. ↑ Fauquier County in the Revolution (page 240)

• S-2127383364: Ancestry Family Trees.

Acknowledgements

• The WikiTree profile Thornton-255 was created through the import of Farmer Meanderings.ged on 31 January 2011. Source citation: S-2127383364.
• A WikiTree profile for this person was created by Donna Thompson, Monday, September 22, 2014.

Removed Valentine as her son. And Henry already has a profile attached for Ann Thorton attached (Thornton-255), so this profile needs to be merged or detached.

Date and place, "Other Last Names" added Dec. 7, 2015 by Laura:

Other Last Names: Thornton

Born: 1652 (changed from profile's previous guess of 1665)

Death (added): 1691

From a post by Harold Davey on the profile for Valentine Peyton (born 1686, m Frances Linton):

Vallentine's mother was Ann Unknown. Vallentine and Frances had seven children, including John. See page 318 "The Peytons of Virginia II" for children and life story of Valentine.

notes from Liz:

I had proposed a merge of Payton-165 and Peyton-15 with the comment: I don't know how valid the surnames are that are given in connection with Payton-165, but son Craven is shown as m West, and text for Peyton-15 says son Craven m West, so these profiles should be me merged. Please merge Payton into Peyton (or reset as an unmerged match and discuss). Please set duplicates with different surnames as unmerged matches. Thanks!

I rejected a match with Ann Barnes Barnes-3093 and removed Ann Barnes (profile has born "about 1760") as wife of Henry Peyton (who was born about 1657, based on information in depositions listed for Stafford pioneers, which includes Henry Peyton as 34 on 10 June 1691, the date he gave a deposition). These posts from me on the profile page for Ann Barnes pertain:

I removed Henry Peyton-16 as the spouse of Ann Barnes. Henry was born 1656 & this profile for Ann Barnes shows she was born 1760. Henry's wife was named Ann, but I've not been able to find any evidence of a last name for her. (June 15, 2015)

as far as I've been able to determine, Valentine's parents are Henry and Ann (last name unknown). Could you add something about "Barnes"? And check the birth year? Thanks! (January 4, 2015)

is born 1760 a typo for 1660? Son Valentine b 1686 (October 4, 2014)