Richard M. Payton of Denver, Colorado has information about a PAYTON/PEYTON Surname Y-chromosome DNA Project at Family Tree DNA. Currently there are six participants, with two having received their test results.

The PAYTON/PEYTON Y-DNA Project is open to any male surnamed PEYTON or PAYTON descending from a PEYTON or PAYTON male. Women may find results by having a closely related male kinsman submit DNA for testing. Other spelling variants can be added; there is already one PAXTON participating. The variants Paton and Patton have their own project, however: see PATON Surname Project and PATTON DNA Project.

Aside from allowing Payton and Peyton families to compare their Y-DNA patterns and confirm documented relationships, there are other specific goals of the current participants, including:

  • Confirming that a relationship exists between individuals descended from the Philip Payton who was indentured in England for four years and transported to Virginia from Bristol on 30 August 1665. (Editor’s Note: I have explained in my book, “Peytons Along the Aquia”, my doubts that this Philip PEYTON of Bisley Parish, Gloucester, England is the same Philip PEYTON who was found in Virginia Colony.)
  • Investigate whether descendents of this Philip Payton share a Payton/Peyton ancestor with descendents of Henry Peyton of Lincoln’s Inn (1590-1656) by comparing the y-DNA of descendants from each line.
  • Compare the y-DNA of the two lines above with that of descendants of Sir Edward Peyton (1578-1657), the 2nd Baronet of Isleham, to determine if the three lines of Virginia Peyton and Payton 17th century immigrants are connected.

Descendants of any other PAYTON or PEYTON immigrant to America, Canada or Australia, as well as lines that never left Great Britain are welcome. The 37 marker test is the current recommendation for many ongoing large surname projects.

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