Tradition derives the VA Paxtons coming from Lancaster Co. Quaker supremacy and poor land titles caused thousands of Scotch Irish settlers to desert PA for VA and NC

Will written 3 Jan 1787 and probated 3 Ap 1787: names wife Mary, negro woman Bina, daughters Hannah and Mary. Son James, son John son Joseph. Mentions dau Mary again, Granddau Esther Lyle. Son William, son-in-law Samuel Houston, dau Hannah and mentions she is unmarried. He has several slaves and he gives each at least one. Grandsons James Houston, John Houston, Robert Lyle, John Paxton son of John. Remainder of estate among his 7 children.

Children
Captain John Paxton 1743-1787 md Phoebe Alexander 1749-1821
Capt William 1751-1817 md Elizabeth Stuart
Joseph md M Barclay
James md McClung
Isabel 1746 md John Lyle
Elizabeth md Major Sam Houston
Hannah M md J. Caruthers
Mary md Conn