Brief Life History of James
When James Payton was born about 1812, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Joseph Peyton Sr, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth McMichael, was 27. He married Hannah Jane Bascom on 18 February 1840, in Parke, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Parke, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Liberty Township, Schuyler, Missouri, United States in 1860.
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- James Payton, "United States Census, 1840" - Parke Co, Indiana
- James Peyton, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- James Payton, "United States Census, 1860" - Liberty Township, Schuyler Co, Missouri (Error made in digitizing record: Ia was the first and last letter of Indiana, abbreviation used by that enumerator at that time. It was not Iowa.)
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from Peyton in Ramsholt (Suffolk), derived from the Old English personal name Pǣga + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Irish (mainly County Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Peatáin ‘descendant of Peatán’, a pet form of the personal name Pádraig (see Patrick ). Outside County Donegal, the name is apparently mainly of English origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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