This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Paxton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YZ5.2ACIB/930.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Lesta......nice to hear from you. Glad to meet another distant relative that is related to Nathaniel Paxton. He was my 6th g-grandfather and your 10th, I believe. I would like to hear more about your ancestor Thomas. I also would like to know if you have come across history fo Andrew which was my 5th g-grandfather and I know nothing about him. Hope to find out his birth date, death date, etc. I have found Andrew Paxton in the 1790 Census in Chanceford, York Co., Penn which may be my 5th g-grandfather. Also 1810 census Smiths, Washington Co., Penn. This is a possibility. Without other family names you know how difficult it is to prove this type of census. I welcome more about Nathaniel also and Hannah. Hope the two of us can come up with more history of Nathaniel. I have found a little for Nathaniel: Nathaniel took up lands in what later became Adams County, PA "adjoining his other lands" July 28, 1743. The description shows that he had located his land at an earlier date. He probably came with other members as early as 1725. Little is known about him. !NOTE: THE PAXTONS: Their origin in Scotland, and their migrations through England and Ireland, to the Colony of Pennsylvania, whence they moved South and West, and found homes in many states and territories by W.M. Paxton and published by Higginson Book Company, 14 Derby Square, Salem, Mass. 01970 and originally published: Platte City, Missouri in 1903. (Page 360) No. 246, Nathaniel Paxton son of James Paxton No. 1, and younger brother of Samuel No. 2, was born in Ireland, near the close of the 17th century, and died in York Co. Pa., in March 1761. He took up lands in what is now Adams Co. Pa., "adjoining his other lands," July 28, 1743. This description shows that he had located his land at an earlier date. He probably came with other members, as early as 1725 (see No. 288). Little is known of him. The frequent recurrence of the name "Nathaniel" suggests that the father of James Paxton No. was Nathaniel. Then I would like to know more about James, the father of Nathaniel. This is about all that I have: James Paxton was said to have been born in Central England. He was a Presbyterian "Roundhead" family that supported Oliver Cromwell against the crown in the English Civil War. It has been said that one of his relatives may have been the Paxton who was one who brought about the execution of King Charles I of the House of Stuart. When the Cromwellian government was overthrown with restoration of King Charles II to the English throne, James fled to strongly Scottish Presbyterian Northern Ireland-Ulster Plantation. There he settled and lived the remainder of his life at Balleymoney in County Antrim. From "The Paxtons: We are One: by William McClung 1903: Source, Ancestry.com. James Paxton is believed to have been born in Central England about 1630. There are several Paxtons in the area of Barton Harshorn at that time. He attached himself to the army of Cromwell and is supposed by some to have been the Paxton that officiated at the execution of King Charles I. Upon the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660, James fled to Balleymoney, County Atrim, Ireland. Hugh Paxton is believed to be his brother, and in 1674 he emigrated to Maryland in America. Hugh is believed to be the father of John of Lancaster County, PA. James died in Ireland, but his three sons, William, Samuel and Thomas emigrated to America about 1730-1735. Some history states that James Paxton (1) was born in Berwich, Scotland, Excerpts of: The Paxtons - We Are One" James Paxton was said to have been born in central England. He was of a Presbyterian "Roundhead" family that supported Oliver Cromwell against the crown in the English civil war. It has been said the one of his relatives may have been the Paxton who was one who brought about the execution of King Charles I of the house of Stuart. When the Cromwellian government was overthrown with restoration of King Charles II to the English throne, James fled to strongly Scottish Presbyterian Northern Ireland - Ulster Plantation. There he settled and lived the remainder of his life at Balleymoney in County Antrim. The surname Paxton is listed as a Sept in the Clan of Home/Hume. Hope some of the Paxton descendants can join our research of the Paxtons.........Joanne Crawford Ikeda