unsubscribe [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > PAXTON-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 93 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, ["Paxton" <[email protected]>] > #2 Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, [[email protected]] > #3 Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, [[email protected]] > #4 Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, [[email protected]] > #5 [PAXTON-L] Card Shower! [[email protected] (Laura Paxton)] > #6 Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, ["Paxton" <[email protected]>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from PAXTON-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV > Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 14:50:13 -0500 > From: "Paxton" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Don't know if he is mine or not. Does he descend from Samuel Jr. and his > son Benjamin? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 6:45 PM > Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV > > > I would love one - he is also my ancestor - TIA > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Marilyn Erion <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 6:13 PM > > Subject: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV > > > > > > > Hello Paxton list members. > > > > > > This summer I made a trip to West Virginia and photographed the > headstone > > > of Abner Jehu Paxton and his wife Hester. I just got the photo scanned > > so > > > if any of you would like a copy let me know and I will e-mail it to you > > > privately. > > > > > > Marilyn > > > Casper, Woming > > > > > > > > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > > > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV > Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 17:13:42 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > I have no idea. We are awaiting a Birth Certificate at this time. It has > been over 8 weeks so they may not be able to find one. All I know at this > time is James Paxton married Martha Bell at Spinneymoor, County Durham > England. > > If you think this is in the same area yours are from I appreciate any clues. > > Rebecca > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV > Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 18:38:09 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > In a message dated 9/24/1999 3:59:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << Don't know if he is mine or not. Does he descend from Samuel Jr. and his > son Benjamin? >> > Abner probably is a son of William Paxton and Hannah Abbott, but to date, I > know of no one that has been able to confirm that. Anybody out there care to > wade in on this? > > Mark Thomas > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV > Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 18:40:11 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > In a message dated 9/24/1999 5:15:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << We are awaiting a Birth Certificate at this time. >> > Rebecca, > > Are you waiting for Abner's birth certificate? We tried to get one a couple > of years ago, but with no luck. Let me know if you do any better, because he > is just a few generations away from me. > > Mark > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [PAXTON-L] Card Shower! > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 00:16:16 -0400 > From: [email protected] (Laura Paxton) > To: [email protected] > > My husband has been experiencing some very serious medical problems. He is > having to learn to walk again. He is very depressed over the chain of events > that he has been going through. Would you please take the time to drop him > a card with words of encouragement. Thank you so much. Laura > > Leo Paxton > 2684 South Marshall > Sedalia MO 65301 > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 06:41:27 -0500 > From: "Paxton" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Thanks so much, Mark. I guess ALL Paxtons are related one way or another? > > Fondly, > Mary Paxton Lee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 5:38 PM > Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV > > > In a message dated 9/24/1999 3:59:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > << Don't know if he is mine or not. Does he descend from Samuel Jr. and > his > > son Benjamin? >> > > Abner probably is a son of William Paxton and Hannah Abbott, but to date, > I > > know of no one that has been able to confirm that. Anybody out there care > to > > wade in on this? > > > > Mark Thomas > > > > > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

Thanks so much, Mark. I guess ALL Paxtons are related one way or another? Fondly, Mary Paxton Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV > In a message dated 9/24/1999 3:59:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << Don't know if he is mine or not. Does he descend from Samuel Jr. and his > son Benjamin? >> > Abner probably is a son of William Paxton and Hannah Abbott, but to date, I > know of no one that has been able to confirm that. Anybody out there care to > wade in on this? > > Mark Thomas > > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >

My husband has been experiencing some very serious medical problems. He is having to learn to walk again. He is very depressed over the chain of events that he has been going through. Would you please take the time to drop him a card with words of encouragement. Thank you so much. Laura Leo Paxton 2684 South Marshall Sedalia MO 65301

Don't know if he is mine or not. Does he descend from Samuel Jr. and his son Benjamin? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV > I would love one - he is also my ancestor - TIA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marilyn Erion <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 6:13 PM > Subject: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV > > > > Hello Paxton list members. > > > > This summer I made a trip to West Virginia and photographed the headstone > > of Abner Jehu Paxton and his wife Hester. I just got the photo scanned > so > > if any of you would like a copy let me know and I will e-mail it to you > > privately. > > > > Marilyn > > Casper, Woming > > > > > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >

In a message dated 9/24/1999 5:15:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << We are awaiting a Birth Certificate at this time. >> Rebecca, Are you waiting for Abner's birth certificate? We tried to get one a couple of years ago, but with no luck. Let me know if you do any better, because he is just a few generations away from me. Mark

In a message dated 9/24/1999 3:59:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Don't know if he is mine or not. Does he descend from Samuel Jr. and his son Benjamin? >> Abner probably is a son of William Paxton and Hannah Abbott, but to date, I know of no one that has been able to confirm that. Anybody out there care to wade in on this? Mark Thomas

I have no idea. We are awaiting a Birth Certificate at this time. It has been over 8 weeks so they may not be able to find one. All I know at this time is James Paxton married Martha Bell at Spinneymoor, County Durham England. If you think this is in the same area yours are from I appreciate any clues. Rebecca

My Paxton family comes from County Durham England (possibly the Walsingham area), but my line came to the Whitby Ontario Canada area about 1820, then settled north of there in the Port Perry Ontario area. At least 3 generations travelled together to Canada at the same time. The natives of County Durham were: George Paxton b: abt 1732, d: mar 11, 1809 in Walsingham his wife - Matlida b: abt june 1734, d: aug 18, 1820 in Quebec (likely on the journey) their daugther - Elizabeth Paxton b:feb 25, 1761, d: abt 1807 in Walsingham their son - George Paxton b: jul 9,1769, d: oct 3, 1848 in Whitby Township, Ontario Family of George his wife - Eleanor Thompson b: abt 1752, d: dec 29, 1846 in Whitby Twonship, Ontario their son - William Paxton b: apr 11, 1791 in County Durham England, d: feb 20,1877, Whitby Township, Ontario their daughter - Elizabeth Paxton b: aug 17, 1795 d: jul 25, 1873 I think all Paxtons in the old "Ontario County" area of Ontario are likely related. Please let me know if there are any matchs out there. Chris Bailey [email protected] > > As far as I know, my PAXTONS did not come to the U.S. Is anyone > researching PAXTON families in County Durham? > > Sandra > [email protected]

Hi List, As far as I know, my PAXTONS did not come to the U.S. Is anyone researching PAXTON families in County Durham? Thanks. Sandra [email protected] ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Please join me in welcoming some new members to our list: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] If you haven't done so already, we hope you will introduce yourselves and tell us about the family you are researching! Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), Penix (NC), Bradshaw (VA>NC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner, Harris (Rutherford Co.,NC), Laws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards,Kelly (Yancey Co.,NC), Causby, Patton(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton(Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), Purviance (NC), Farris & Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co., NC), Ledford, Black(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), Towery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, FARRIS-L, FARIS-L, FAIRES-L, FERRIS-L, LAWS-L, NIX-L, PAXTON-L, PAXSON-L, PURVIANCE-L, RABB-L, RAABE-L, RAAB-L Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/

My name is Fred W. Davis. Searching names Reynolds, Walker, Caldwell, Davis, Harvey from WVA to Va. I am a descentant of George Walker Sr, Christopher Reynolds, John R. Harvey, William Davis, by marriage to John Caldwell Gent, and for a friend the Paxton line. A saying here is that if you are from Craig County, in some way you are related. Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: Wanda Rabb <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 9:21 PM Subject: [PAXTON-L] Welcome new subscribers > Please join me in welcoming some new members to our list: > > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > > If you haven't done so already, we hope you will introduce yourselves and > tell us about the family you are researching! > > Wanda Rabb > (researching Rabb (NC/SC), Penix (NC), Bradshaw (VA>NC), (Gantt (NC), > Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner, Harris (Rutherford Co.,NC), Laws(Yancey, > Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards,Kelly (Yancey Co.,NC), Causby, > Patton(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton(Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), > Purviance (NC), Farris & Morris (York Co., SC) > Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co., NC), > Ledford, Black(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), > Towery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) > Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, FARRIS-L, FARIS-L, FAIRES-L, FERRIS-L, LAWS-L, > NIX-L, PAXTON-L, PAXSON-L, PURVIANCE-L, RABB-L, RAABE-L, RAAB-L > Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/ > > > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > Submit queries, wills, obits, deeds, etc. at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/paxtonmain.html >

I would love one - he is also my ancestor - TIA ----- Original Message ----- From: Marilyn Erion <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 6:13 PM Subject: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV > Hello Paxton list members. > > This summer I made a trip to West Virginia and photographed the headstone > of Abner Jehu Paxton and his wife Hester. I just got the photo scanned so > if any of you would like a copy let me know and I will e-mail it to you > privately. > > Marilyn > Casper, Woming > > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

Marilyn I would love to have it to place on my memorials pages at http://members.tripod.com/ChristysPage/Memorial,html and any other family photos you would like to share. I also have a Family Album page. Christy I Suffer Occasional Delusions of Adequacy http://members.tripod.com/~ChristysPage/ http://members.tripod.com/~autoimmune/ -----Original Message----- From: Marilyn Erion <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 6:11 PM Subject: [PAXTON-L] Abner Jehu Paxton, VA/WV >Hello Paxton list members. > >This summer I made a trip to West Virginia and photographed the headstone >of Abner Jehu Paxton and his wife Hester. I just got the photo scanned so >if any of you would like a copy let me know and I will e-mail it to you >privately. > >Marilyn >Casper, Woming > > >==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== >Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >

Hello Paxton list members. This summer I made a trip to West Virginia and photographed the headstone of Abner Jehu Paxton and his wife Hester. I just got the photo scanned so if any of you would like a copy let me know and I will e-mail it to you privately. Marilyn Casper, Woming

> Wanda I seem to have dropped off the list, can you please fix this?? Many thanks Rosemary Paxton > > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > Reminder: If you change e-mail addresses, unsubscribe from the old one and subscribe again with the new one.

Laura, You sure did come up with alot of information from John's pension papers. I will have to send in for my John's paper's. He was only in for 6 months. I'm finding also that he may have been married twice. First to Melissa Patterson and then Elenor Arnold. I was very forunate to get in touch with one of his great-grand daughter's on another branch of the family and she said that he was nearly blinded in the war. I sent her all I had and hope she has some information or maybe pictures to share. She is nearly 80 years old and lives in Maryville, Missouri. Maybe my John and your John were cousins. You never know. His mother Lavica Bower's had cousins right and left that settle in Missouri from Tennessee. I started to trace a Thomas Paxton, that also lived in the same Co of Tennessee that Joseph Paxton and Lavica lived in. I got as far as Paducah, Ky. he was born abt 1796 at Virginia and married a Mary Wilson. I have 2 web pages now. They are not the greatest but for a beginner they will do. I got one e-mail the first night I finnished it. I'm still trying to figure out how she found it since it was not even listed. i will enclose the address's. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Trail/2051/lindashtml.html?933045082700 http://www.angelfire.com/ne/lindapaxton/index.html Linda Paxton -----Original Message----- From: Laura Paxton <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, August 16, 1999 4:39 PM Subject: [PAXTON-L] John Paxton/Missouri > >>>John Paxton was a private of Company H 45 Regiment MO Volunteers. He >enlisted August 15 1864. He was discharged June 29 1865. He died August 23 >1877. He was married to Frances E Warden on March 13 1862 at Lebanon MO. >The had the following children. >>> >>>William November 17 1862 >>>John March 3 1865 >>>Nancy January 1 1867 Died 1869 >>>Luella June 22 1869 >>>Mary J. August 18 1871 >>>Rosetta M. December 17 1873 >>>Charles January 13 1875 >>>Florence August 6 1877 >>> >>>She remarried on April 4 1881 to Wm Lindsey Jr both of Cooper County. >Francis mother is Nancy J. Warden. >>> >>>John died of a fever and cold which caused him rheumatism and disease of >the throat and lungs on or about the 28th or December 1864 in Nashville >Tennessee. He alyed all night on the bank of the reiver opposite of >Nashville in the state of Tennesee without tent or film. It rained sleeted >and snowed on us all night from which John Paxton took cold of which caused >his death. Signed Juluis R. Warden, Clifton City MO. >>> >>>This affidavit was applied for on December 4 1899 in the state of Oregon >in Veronia,Columbia County, Oregon. Then it appears that she moved back to >Cooper county MO and was remarried to a Bernaugh. She had to change her >pension records on November 25 1899. >>> >>>As you see, I have a lot of things to straighten out. My main objective >is to find John's grave and locate the children. Laura >>> >> > > >==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== >Submit queries, wills, obits, deeds, etc. at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/paxtonmain.html > >

>>John Paxton was a private of Company H 45 Regiment MO Volunteers. He enlisted August 15 1864. He was discharged June 29 1865. He died August 23 1877. He was married to Frances E Warden on March 13 1862 at Lebanon MO. The had the following children. >> >>William November 17 1862 >>John March 3 1865 >>Nancy January 1 1867 Died 1869 >>Luella June 22 1869 >>Mary J. August 18 1871 >>Rosetta M. December 17 1873 >>Charles January 13 1875 >>Florence August 6 1877 >> >>She remarried on April 4 1881 to Wm Lindsey Jr both of Cooper County. Francis mother is Nancy J. Warden. >> >>John died of a fever and cold which caused him rheumatism and disease of the throat and lungs on or about the 28th or December 1864 in Nashville Tennessee. He alyed all night on the bank of the reiver opposite of Nashville in the state of Tennesee without tent or film. It rained sleeted and snowed on us all night from which John Paxton took cold of which caused his death. Signed Juluis R. Warden, Clifton City MO. >> >>This affidavit was applied for on December 4 1899 in the state of Oregon in Veronia,Columbia County, Oregon. Then it appears that she moved back to Cooper county MO and was remarried to a Bernaugh. She had to change her pension records on November 25 1899. >> >>As you see, I have a lot of things to straighten out. My main objective is to find John's grave and locate the children. Laura >> >

Here are my Paxton forebears for new subscribers to peruse. If anything looks familiar, please contact me. 1. Richard Paxton, b. 12 Jan. 1795. Place unknown. Date of death and parents are also unknown. + Charlotte A. Collie b. 19 Jan. 1801; d. 19 Nov 1859. Neither Parents nor places are known. 2. Rhoda, 10 Feb 1823; d. 4 July 1887. M. 22 Jan 1847 + Elias Vreeland, b. __?__; d. 16 April 1855. 2. Caroline C.; b. 26 Oct 1824. M. 30 April 1853 + Samuel Whitney 2. Lorana, b. 11 Dec 1827; d. 22 Dec 1827 2. Lucretia, b. 4 Nov 1828. 2. Jane, b. 13 Jan 1830. M. + Philip Shipp (from searching the IGI, this may be Philip Shipp) 2. Phoebe Durand, b. 25 March 1832; d. 28 Dec 1910, East Orange NJ. M. 1 May 1851 + James Beardsley, b. 1 Dec 1829; d. 1 Dec 1910, Paterson NJ. (These are my ggrandparents.) 2. Daniel Collie, 7 March 1834. 2. Richard Henry, b. 16 May 1836; d. 17 March 1863. 2. Isaac, b. 20 Nov 1838. 2. Eliza, b. 18 March 1841. M. 3 Oct 1858 + John Keler 2. David M., 18 June 1843. 2. Charlotte, b. 1 March 1846. M. 22 Sept 1869 + James Wilson. My ggrandparents, Phoebe Paxton and James Beardsley lived out their adult lives in Paterson, New Jersey. Family tradtion and the obituary for James Beardsley say that Phoebe Paxton was "...from South Orange, New Jersey," but I not yet had the time to pursue records in the Oranges. All the data above comes from our family bible recorded in the middle of the 19th century but not recorded as the births and marriages happened, except for Phoebe and James. Given their birth dates and the location, do any of the Paxtons listed above appear in anyone elses family information or look possibly related? Best regards, Kelvin Kean Elverson, Pennsylvania

In a message dated 08/14/1999 2:34:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << My ggrandparents, Phoebe Paxton and James Beardsley lived out their adult lives in Paterson, New Jersey. Family tradtion and the obituary for James Beardsley say that Phoebe Paxton was "...from South Orange, New Jersey," >> Hi Kelvin, My husband's grandfather, Charles Sidney Paxton, was born 8 Feb 1876 in Irving, Kansas. His great grandfather was Everett Obadiah Paxton, born in New Jersey, and his great grandmother was Mattie Ward, born in New Jersey. I haven't been able to locate the exact place of birth for Everett, but I did find an Obadiah Paxton on the 1850 census. He was a 57 year old shoemaker living in Orange, Essex Co., NJ. I assume there is a family connection because of the name "Obadiah." Also, Everett was a harness maker and shoe maker/repairer, as were many of the men I located in Essex Co., NJ. On the 1900 Fed. census, Everett and Mattie's parents are all shown as born in NJ. Assuming Obadiah was born about 1793, he could be your Richard's older brother, or perhaps a cousin. I've done quite a bit of research into the family in NJ, and will check my records to see if I have anything on your branch of the family. Janet Paxton Yorba Linda, CA

Hello Jill I may have some information for you as our branch of the family came from near there and the names sound familiar. I am in Germany and won't be home until late August. If you don't hear from me please e-mail me in early September. Regards Rosemary P Sparks Family wrote: > Wanda Rabb wrote: > > > > Please join me in welcoming some new members to our list: > > > > [email protected] > > > > We hope you will introduce yourselves and tell us about the family you are > > researching! > > Thanks for the welcome, Wanda. > > I am new to genealogy and have just started researching my Paxtons. I > am trying to fill in my gggparents: > > My ggfather, Francis PAXTON, was born Feb. 14 1857 in Dunse, Berwick, > Scotland. He was the son of James PAXTON, gardener, and Isabella > AITKEN, believed married in 1847 in Dunse. (Both James and Isabella > were also born in Dunse, according to the 1881 census) > > Francis married Agnes Whitehead HOWEY in 1879 in Dunse. Francis died > shortly after the birth of their 5th child (my gfather), in 1890. Agnes > and all 5 children eventually ended up in Canada. > > Other children of James and Isabella appear to be (from the IGI): > > James b. 1847, Dunse > Robert b. 1848, Dunse > Isabella b. 1860, Dunse > Andrew b. 1866, Dunse (still living with James & Isabella on the 1881 > census) > and _possibly_ Eliza, born 1851 in Lanark, perhaps explaining the 9 year > gap between Robert and Francis?? > > If anyone can help me fill in some of the details of James and Isabella, > I would really appreciate it. > > Jill > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > You may search the PAXTON-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > In the surname field, type in PAXTON