Payton Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Payton Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Payton

The Payton family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'the son of Patrick', Payton is a baptismal name. Variants include Paton, Patton, Padon, Pate, Patt, Patey, Patten and Peyton. This name is of Scottish descent spreading to Ireland , England and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries. Examples of such are a David Paton and Jane Blair, who were married in Saint Georges, Hanover Square, in the year 1774. An Edward Patten and Dorothy Wainforde were granted a marriage licence in London, in the year 1583. The American General George Patton, 1885-1945, traces his heritage back to Robert Patton, who had emigrated from Scotland , to Virginia, in 1770. In Ireland these names are often of immigrant origin, especially in Ulster Province, where they were introduced from Scotland during the seventeenth century. Payton can also be of Irish origin, being an anglicized form of the native Gaelic O'Peatain sept of County Donegal, on record in Ballybofey since the year 1178.