John PEYTON^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 1677 - Aft 1700  (~ 24 years)

• Name	John PEYTON
  Birth	Abt 1677	, Gloucester, Virginia   [4]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	LDJT-8YN
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDJT-8YN
  _UID	23144403DCBC4911B89D3AE37032D4B20A98
  Death	Aft 1700	Of, Gloucester, Virginia
  Person ID	I20878	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Major Robert PEYTON, Major,   b. 1640, Isleham, Cambridgeshire, Essex, England d. 15 Mar 1686, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Mary KEEBLE,   b. 3 Jun 1637, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 28 Jun 1678, Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1656	Cambridgeshire, England, Virginia
  Family ID	F9921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  see my # 777:323; 785 vol. 2:2 see book "THE PEYTONS OF VIRGINIA", 2004, volumes 1 and 2, by The Peyton Society of Virginia .In Essex County Deeds #11. 1701-1704, page 242 of 16 June 1700 Indenture in which Major Lawrence Smith of Gloucester County, makes a Deed of Gift to “My son, Charles Smith” of 3,150 acres of land and on the same day (ibid, p. 243) gives a power of attorney to “My son-in-law, Captain John Battaile” to acknowledge the above deed in Essex County Court . . . This transaction continues (ibid., p. 243) on 8 Apr. 1704 when JOHN SMITH, of Gloucester County quit-claims and conveys to “My Well Beloved Brother, Charles Smith, of Essex County” all his right, title, claim, and interest as the eldest son and heir at law of Lawrence Smith, deceased, “who died before his power of attorney to Captain John Battaile was recorded hereby the said land fell to the said John Smith by the law of Primogeniture . . . “ Lawrence Smith of the County of Gloucester do hereby assign and make over unto my son Charles Smith forever one moiety being 3150 acres of a patent to Robert Taliaferro and Lawrence Smith for 6300 acres granted 26th March 1666. 16th June 1700 Lawrence SmithWitnesses: Peter Beverly, Thomas Whiting You are welcome to use this information. Please give credit where credit is due.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1037] Angela Bowker. [S256] Clawson.FTW. [S400] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998). [S1036] Clark M Leonard, The Leonards and Related Families; 1993 (revised 2005), (unpublished, available).