Some info on surname Paxton/Paxson/Paxon, etc; most of those in what is NOW the USA, came in with William Penn; REF: The Welcome Claimants, Proved, Disproved and Doubtful; by George E. McCracken; in 1682/3 ; for some reason, those that are Quaker use Paxson vice Paxton, which is the same surname; REF: The Surnames of Scottland by George F. Black; it is a Saxon/Scottish name. and when the Quakers were dismissed or reverted to other religions; they changed the spelling back, so you must look under all spellings for recds for this name. Website for The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania< http://www.welcomesociety.org/> if you seach under that term using a search engine; you will find more sites with data on them; most recds are in Bucks Co., PA, Philadelphia Co., Pa; Delaware, state of as the area in which they land is Delaware River area in now Delaware; there may have been some who immigrated later; but most in the US are related to these familys. They have had time to have alot of children..... The land originaly belonged to the Indians; the first settlements were by the Swedes, Hollenders and Fins.... So they were there when Penn landed....If you seach the Mormon Website; you maybe able to back track your line directly, as someone has added much of the data from the above book; < http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlc/frameset_fhlc.asp>, the Saxons were brought in to the UK by the Romans to fight the Picts/Scots and Welsh...If someone wants a copy of their Crest dtd ca 1245AD, if I remember; I can e-mail you one scaned in jpeg;;;; regards Dianna Privette ----- Original Message ----- From: <BPAXTON001@aol.com> To: <PAXTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:19 AM Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Paxton > Jack - I am hoping you can do a lookup for me in your "Emigrants to > Pennsylvania 1641-1819:" book, or possibly you have run accross some of my Paxton's in > you research. > > I believe my Paxton line came thru of PA. I am behind many of you, your > research is in Europe. I am stuck in PA. > > This is a brief look at what I know: > > My John Paxton and his wife Nancy Shoemaker Paxton were born in PA. Both > their parents were also born in PA, but I don't know where. > John in 1812-15 and Nancy in 1817-18. > I do not know where they were Married, but there first child was born in Ohio > in 1840. > Children: > Whilehmina b 1840 Ohio > Caroline b. 1840 Ohio maybe the same person or a twin > Josephene Agnes - b 1842-4 Ohio > Franklin B. b. 1846 Ohio > Ezra Columbus b. 1849 Winchester, Union township, Van Buren Co., Iowa > Violet Skinner b. 1 Sept 1850, Winchester, Union township, Van Buren Co. > Iowa > Jerome Bonapart b. 9 July 1857 Winchester, Union township, Can Buren C. > Iowa > > Left Iowa by Ox Train June-July 1864 for California, but ended up in > Stockton, Utah. > > > If you have run accross anything that looks familier - please point me in the > right direction. > > > Boyd > > > Boyd Paxton > bpaxton001@aol.com > > > > > ==== 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 > >

I am researching my Paxton line and I thought I would post as much as I know at his time in hopes of finding more information. My great great grandfather's name was David A. Paxton (1860 - 1925) and he is buried in Lurgan Township, outside Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. He had one child, Clarence Paxton (1886 - 1956) who married Sarah Hosfeld and had 2 children, Margaret (1916 - current) and Wilbur A. Paxton (1921 - 1993). Margaret married Herman Willard and Wilbur married Betty Vaughn, Dates are unknown. I asked Margaret Paxton Willard, the oldest living Paxton relative, about David's father and she seems to think his name was Eber and his wife was Ann. If there is any mention of these in anyone's research and you would be so kind to share, it would be much appreciated. Christopher Hann -----Original Message----- From: Dianna Privette [mailto:aymara@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:06 PM To: PAXTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Paxton Some info on surname Paxton/Paxson/Paxon, etc; most of those in what is NOW the USA, came in with William Penn; REF: The Welcome Claimants, Proved, Disproved and Doubtful; by George E. McCracken; in 1682/3 ; for some reason, those that are Quaker use Paxson vice Paxton, which is the same surname; REF: The Surnames of Scottland by George F. Black; it is a Saxon/Scottish name. and when the Quakers were dismissed or reverted to other religions; they changed the spelling back, so you must look under all spellings for recds for this name. Website for The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania< http://www.welcomesociety.org/> if you seach under that term using a search engine; you will find more sites with data on them; most recds are in Bucks Co., PA, Philadelphia Co., Pa; Delaware, state of as the area in which they land is Delaware River area in now Delaware; there may have been some who immigrated later; but most in the US are related to these familys. They have had time to have alot of children..... The land originaly belonged to the Indians; the first settlements were by the Swedes, Hollenders and Fins.... So they were there when Penn landed....If you seach the Mormon Website; you maybe able to back track your line directly, as someone has added much of the data from the above book; < http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlc/frameset_fhlc.asp>, the Saxons were brought in to the UK by the Romans to fight the Picts/Scots and Welsh...If someone wants a copy of their Crest dtd ca 1245AD, if I remember; I can e-mail you one scaned in jpeg;;;; regards Dianna Privette ----- Original Message ----- From: <BPAXTON001@aol.com> To: <PAXTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:19 AM Subject: Re: [PAXTON-L] Paxton > Jack - I am hoping you can do a lookup for me in your "Emigrants to > Pennsylvania 1641-1819:" book, or possibly you have run accross some of my Paxton's in > you research. > > I believe my Paxton line came thru of PA. I am behind many of you, your > research is in Europe. I am stuck in PA. > > This is a brief look at what I know: > > My John Paxton and his wife Nancy Shoemaker Paxton were born in PA. Both > their parents were also born in PA, but I don't know where. > John in 1812-15 and Nancy in 1817-18. > I do not know where they were Married, but there first child was born in Ohio > in 1840. > Children: > Whilehmina b 1840 Ohio > Caroline b. 1840 Ohio maybe the same person or a twin > Josephene Agnes - b 1842-4 Ohio > Franklin B. b. 1846 Ohio > Ezra Columbus b. 1849 Winchester, Union township, Van Buren Co., Iowa > Violet Skinner b. 1 Sept 1850, Winchester, Union township, Van Buren Co. > Iowa > Jerome Bonapart b. 9 July 1857 Winchester, Union township, Can Buren C. > Iowa > > Left Iowa by Ox Train June-July 1864 for California, but ended up in > Stockton, Utah. > > > If you have run accross anything that looks familier - please point me in the > right direction. > > > Boyd > > > Boyd Paxton > bpaxton001@aol.com > > > > > ==== 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 > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== Submit queries, wills, obits, deeds, etc. at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wanda/paxtonmain.html