Ancestry of
John Lane Paxton

(1920–2011)

William Paxton

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of John Lane Paxton — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 32 
  • Father:
  • John Paxton 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Alexander   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1733 
  • Birth Location:
  • Ireland 
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  • Death Date:
  • 30 Sep 1795 
  • Death Location:
  • Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Paxton Family Cemetery, Mechanicsville, Rockbridge, Virginia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Eleanor Hays
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  • Child:

  Elisha Hays Paxton (Ahnentafel No:16 )

• Sources for William Paxton

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol. 48, January-June, 1916, New York: The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 438.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/26/2015).
  • ³ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #100882, Application for Richard Gentry Paxton.
  • ⁴ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #88821, Application for Frank Roberts Paxton.
  • ⁵ Paxton, William McClung, The Paxtons: Their Origin in Scotland and Their Migrations Through England and Ireland, to the Colony of . . ., Platte City, Missouri: Landmark Print (1903), 248-251.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Elisha F. Paxton", (accessed 05/26/2015).