If you are a descendant of Col. Peter BEVERLEY of Gloucester Co., Virginia and his wife Elizabeth PEYTON, then you have the following noble ancestry, according to the book, The Magna Carta Barons and Their American Descendants, by Charles Browning, originally published in Philadelphia, 1898.

Please note that I have not independently verified this information.


William DE HUNTINGFIELD, a Magna Carta Surety had:
Roger DE HUNTINGFIELD, d. 1257, who had:
Sir William DE HUNTINGFIELD, d. 1282, who had:
Roger DE HUNTINGFIELD, d. 1301, who had:
William DE HUNTINGFIELD, d. 1314, who had:
Alice DE HUNTINGFIELD, m. Sir John DE NORWICH, d. 1361, and had:
Catherine DE NORWICH, m. William DE LA POLE, d. 1367, and had:
Michael DE LA POLE, K.G., Earl of Suffolk, d. 1388, who had:
Sir Michael DE LA POLE, second Earl of Suffolk, d. 1415, who had:
Sir Thomas DE LA POLE, third son, who had:
Catherine DE LA POLE, m. Sir Miles STAPYLTON, d. 1466, and had:
Elizabeth STAPYLTON, m. Sir William CALTHORPE, d. 1494, and had:
Elizabeth CALTHORPE, m. Francis HASSYLDEN, of Gilden Morden, and had:
Frances HASSYLDEN, m. Sir Robert PEYTON, of Iselham, d. 1550, and had:
Robert PEYTON, of Iselham, Cambridgeshire, 1523-1590, who had:
Sir John PEYTON, Knt., Bart., of Iselham, d. 1616, who had:
Sir Edward PEYTON, Knt., Bart., of Iselham, 1578-1656, who had:
Thomas PEYTON, of Wicken and Rougham, Norfolk, 1616-1687, who had:
Major Robert PEYTON, of Gloucester County, Virginia, d.s.p.m., who had:
Elizabeth PEYTON, who m. in 168_, Col. Peter BEVERLEY, of Gloucester County, Virginia, a member and speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses; surveyor-general and treasurer of the Virginia Colony, and member of the Governor's Council, d. 1728.

Elizabeth BEVERLEY, daughter of Col. Peter BEVERLEY and Elizabeth PEYTON, was buried on Turkey Island, and her gravestone inscription contains some useful family information. It states that she was born 1 January 1691, "the second daughter of Peter BEVERLEY of the county of Gloucester, Esq., by Elizabeth his wife, who was daughter of Robert PEYTON of an ancient family in Norfolk, Gent." --i.e. Norfolk, England.

This gravestone also states that Elizabeth was married to William RANDOLPH on 22 June 1709 and died 26 December 1723.

 
 

Anne BEVERLEY, eldest daughter of Col. Peter and Elizabeth PEYTON BEVERLEY, was married to Henry WHITING of Gloucester Co., VA. Susanna, younger sister of Anne and Elizabeth BEVERLEY, was married to John RALDOLPH (later Sir John RANDOLPH), who was the brother of her sister's husband, William RANDOLPH.



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