The Peyton Family Crest

Sir Henry Peyton, fourth son of Sir Thomas Peyton, M. P. for Dunwich, in 1557, was mem- ber of the London Company, to whom King James granted, in 1609, a charter to colonize Virginia. His nephew, John Peyton, was the first of the name to come over to America (1622), and he settled there in 1644. Another branch of that same original stock of Peytons, of Isleham, county Cambridge (created baronets in 1611, title dormant since 1812), was Robert Peyton, a grandson of Sir Robert, the first Baronet. According to Burke, the Peytons of Virginia claim to be entitled to the baronetcy of Peyton of Isleham.

Family

Peyton

Motto

Patior, potior.I endure, I enjoy.

Blazon

A Griffin, Sejant, Or.

Source

America Hereldica