In 1761, his son, Dimitrios Tzonis, was ordained a priest of Naziri and several neighboring villages. Dimitrios was later appointed proestos (community leader with local administrative powers) and came to be known as Papatzonis or Papatsonis (deriving from "papás", Greek for priest), creating the official family name. In 1765, he had a son, Anagnostis Papatsonis. One year after fighting in the Orlov Revolt of 1770, which was a precursor to the Greek Revolution of 1821, Dimitrios Papatsonis visited Constantinople where he managed to achieve a sublease agreement for imperial estates of the Sultan's sister. These estates initially included several villages across the provinces of Androusa, Arcadia, Leontari, and Kalamata. These villages were later merged into one single province, the province of Emplakia. After the death of Dimitrios, his son Anagnostis Papatsonis became proestos and was appointed governor of the province of Emplakia in March 1807.