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Genealogical Records: Pennsylvania Colonial Records, 1600-1800s
Colonial & Revolutionary Families, Vol II, Powell Evans, P 776
Col Valentine Peyton, a justice of the peace and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, who was a great-grandson of Henry Peyton, gentleman, who with his brothers, Col Valentine and Lawrence Peyton, gentleman, were in the royal army in the civil war in England and fled to Virginia in 1656. Henry Peyton appears of record as of Aquia Creek, Prince William Co., VA. "gentlemen." The three brothers were the sons of Henry Peyton, of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex Coarmiger, a cadet of the baronial house of Peyton of Iselham and Peyton Hall, Cambridge, England, who was tried for treason in 1657, for maintaining his sons in the army against Parliament. That they were of the ancient family of Peytons of Iselham and Peyton Hall, founded by Reginald de Peyton, who died in 1136, appears from the confirmation in "Le Mor's Knights" (p239) where Sir Robert Peyton, a son of Henry, had the grant from Sir Jo. Burrough, 24 July 1641, with an alteration of the Peyton arms(Burough Grants, fol 76) (See accounts of Daniel, Peyton, Harrison and Powell families in Heyden's "Virginia Genealogies."
The arms borne by Henry Peyton under this grant are "Sable, a cross engrailed, or, in the first quarter a mullet arg., within a bordure erm" motto: Patior,Potior". The bordure consistuting the only alteration from the arms borne by the elder branch of the family.
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Captain Valentine Peyton's company, Virginia Militia

Ross, John Revolutionary War Pension Application - Prince William Co., VA

Revolutionary War Pension Application
S31335 VA, p. 90

ROSS, JOHN

On August 8, 1833, John Ross, aged 78 on the eighteenth of last
September, appeared in court and made declaration that he enlisted in
the Revolutionary War in September 1775, and under Captain Phillip
Ludwell and Lightfoot Lee, in what was called the "Minute Service" in a
regiment of Virginia commanded by Colonel William Grayson, of Prince
William County Virginia, Major Leven Powell of Loudon County Virginia,
Captain P. L. Lee of Prince William County Virginia, Lieutenant John
Payton of Prince William County Ensign M. Whiting of Fauquier County
Virginia. This deponent was born in Prince William County Virginia on
the 18th of September 1754 and resided there at the time of his
enlistment. Soon after his enlistment this deponent was marched on to
South Hampton and the Light House of Hampton Roads passing through
Virginia by the way of Fredricksburg, Williamsburg & Little York to
South Hampton where he remained till February following when he was
informed that the British fleet had arrived in Hampton Roads and
threatened the destruction of the Light House. That they were marched
immediately to prevent it were compelled by the superior force to
retreat to heavy fire from the Shipping. He then returned to Hampton
near the close of the March 1776 after they were discharged, after
having served on this tour for 7 months and the deponent remained at
home in Prince William County Virginia after his discharge, till
September 1777 when he was drafted and marched under command of Colonel
Jesse Ewel, Major James Ewel, Captain Valentine Peyton,, Lieutenant
Timonty Peyton, Ensign Price Posey, all of Prince William County
Virginia, to the state of Pennsylvania, passing through Fredrickstown
Maryland, Lancaster Pennsylvania, thence crossing the Susquehannah River
to Germantown and then fell in the rear of General Washington's Army
where they remained in service till the last of November when they were
discharged and returned to their homes, having served in the campaign
for three months. In June 1780 he was again called on and ordered to
march to Dumfried Commanded by officers under whom he marched to
Pennsylvania where he remained in active service for one month guarding
the town and it's vicinity. During the same year he was ordered by the
same officers to cut out and open a road through Fairfax County Virginia
for the passage of General Washington's army which he aided in executing
consuming fifteen days when he was discharged. He served in each of the
above services as a common soldier. He was discharged by his captain
after having been marched to Prince William County Virginia. He served
in company with Triplett Moss, John Brot and Robert Warren. Tripplet
Moss John Brit and Robert Warren [repeated].
A. G. Houston, clergyman, resident of Fleming County, Kentucky
and Burtis Ringo, resident of the same county made certification that
they were well acquainted with John Ross, the above named applicant and
to their belief in his statements.
John Ross of Fleming County Kentucky who was a private commanded
by Captain Lightfoot of the regiment commanded by Colonel Grayson in the
Virginia line for 11 months was inscribed on the pension roll of the
Kentucky agency to commence on March 4, 1831, Certificate of the pension
was issued on 24th of December 1833.

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From Prince William County Deeds, dated 8/9 April 1765
between JOHN PEYTON and SETH his Wife all that parcel of land being a tract
pur-chased by VALENTINE PEYTON, Father to JOHN in his life time and by his
Last Will and Testament bequeathed the same to JOHN PEYTON, along another
tract of land purchased by JOHN PEYTON of THOMAS LEACHMAN, who the same
bequeathed to him by his Father, THOMAS LEACHMAN
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PEYTONs along the Aquia ~ Genealogy
by Edna Barney

The PEYTON Book is a well documented genealogy that includes the history and heritage of the PEYTON/PAYTON family. It spans two generations of English PEYTON forebears, and nine generations of the Virginia descendants of Henry PEYTON of Lincoln's Inn. His sons were among the Cavaliers of the Northern Neck of Colonial Virginia. After the Restoration of King Charles II, some returned to England. Of the two who remained, Colonel Valentine PEYTON and Gentleman Henry PEYTON, only the latter left PEYTON descendants. The brothers were seated at Stony Hill, their plantation along Aquia Creek, in what is now Stafford County. Included is an ancient PEYTON pedigree beginning with Robert PEYTON (circa 1640-1694) of Gloucester, Virginia and continuing back twenty-nine generations to the Vikings. The book details the PEYTON line from Henry PEYTON, circa 1560, to Martha Ann Elizabeth PEYTON (1844-1927). No living people are included, however there are charts where one may include a personal family lineage. It is indexed.