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JAMES PATTERSON FAMILY.
James Patterson was born in the north of Ireland in
1708, and emigrated to America in 1828, and settled in
Lancaster county. He was a farmer by occupation.
He married Mary Montgomery, and had the following
children viz.: William, born March 14th, 1733,
died June 29th, 1818; John, Hannah, Mary, Samuel, Jane,
Isabella, James, born November 14th, 1745, died August
17th, 1825; Elizabeth and Thomas, born
February 1st, 1754, died March 28th, 1829. James
Patterson, the first settler, died in Little Britain
township in 1792.
WILLIAM PATTERSON, son of the first settler, married
Rosanna Scott, by whom he had the following children:
Mary, born January 7th, 1759; Moses, born
October 16th, 1760; Samuel, born October 7th, 1762;
Thomas, born October 1st, 1764, died November 17th,
1841; and James, born March 1st, 1767. He,
after the death of his first wife, married Elizabeth
Brown, born March 16th, 1747, died January 30th, 1826.
With his second wife he had the following children:
John, born February 10th, 1771; Rosanna, born
December 31, 1772; William, born April 8th, 1775,
died September 20th, 1844; Nathaniel, born 1777;
Rachel, born June 3d, 1778; died January 9th, 1817;
Elizabeth, born January 8th, 1781; Josiah, born
November 10th, 1783, died February, 1843; Hannah,
born May 22d, 1786; Nathan, born September 11th,
1788, died February, 1846; and Eleanor, born October
17th, 1792. William Patterson settled in
Washington county, Pa. Two of his sons, John
and Thomas, were members of Congress during the
contest between Jackson, Adams, and Crawford for the
presidency.
JOHN PATTERSON,
second son of the first settler, was a farmer in Little
Britain township, but late in life removed to Ohio. He
was married to Eleanor Milligan, and had the
following children: Mary, born April 24, 1765;
James, Martha, John, Hannah, Eleanor, William
and Elizabeth.
SAMUEL
PATTERSON, third son of the first settler, lived in
Little Britain township, where he also died. He
married Mary Wylie, and had two children,
Elizabeth and Mary. The first married
Dr. Smith, of Westmoreland county, Pa., and left a large
family.
JAMES PATTERSON,
fourth son of the first settler, lived in Little Britain
township, and was a member of the Legislature in the yeas
1802, 1803 and 1804. He married Letitia Gardner,
and had the following children: Isabella, born April
29, 1783; died December 24, 1818; Francina, born May
17, 1785; died December 1, 1823; Robert, born March
21st, 1787, died March 31, 1861; Mary, born April 17,
1789, died May 1, 1848; Elizabeth, born April 26,
1791, died July 26, 1830; Jane, born February 28,
1794; James, born March 7, 1796; Letitia, born
May 29, 1798, died November 12, 1823; Rachael, born
May 20, 1803.
THOMAS PATTERSON,
fifth son of the first settler, married Mary Tannehill,
by whom he had the following children: Rebecca,
born August 13th, 1778; Elizabeth, born March 18th,
1780; Samuel, born March 3d, 1782; Nathan,
born February 20th, 1784; died January 24th, 1792; Mary,
born March 3d, 1786; died June 5th, 1854; Margaret,
born June 10th, 1788; died March, 1821; Thomas, born
February 13th, 1790; died July 30, 1857; James, born
January 11th, 1792; and Jane, born May 10th, 1796.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 434 |
