BAKER FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

 

  
 
 
 

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CHAPTER II

WILIAM PATTERSON

(son of Thomas Patterson Sr.)

 

            We have more information about William’s life than about the lives of the other three known sons of Thomas Patterson, Sr. The primary sources of information about William’s life are:

(1)   Letter written 1911 by William Patterson (great-grandson of the William who is subject of this chapter) to Sarah Luella Patterson. (See “Transcriptions.”)

(2)   “A Sketch of the Pattersons 1752-1907,” written by Rev. Thomas Patterson Proudfit of Washington, PA, in 1908.  This brief paper is now on-line in the “Family History Archives” of Brigham Young University’s digital library (www.lib.byu.edu/fhc). This paper was microfilmed 10 Mar 1987 by the Church of the Latter-Day Saints, and this microfilm Roll #XLIB7102-2399 is part of the Salt Lake library collection. Aside from incorrect statements about Thomas Sr.’s father, and about Thomas’ brothers, the data in Rev. Proudfit’s paper is reliable. Please note that all of Rev. Proudfits statements about being related to the Bonapartes should be disregarded. Rev. Proudfit’s father, William Proudfit, was first cousin to the William Patterson who wrote the letter referenced in (1) above. Every researcher of this line after 1908 has referred to this source, or has obviously read it, which accounts for the perpetuated errors about the name of Thomas Sr.’s father, about the names of Thomas Sr.’s brothers. *

(3)   “Memoirs of David Hunter Patterson” was written in 1929. David Hunter Patterson was another great-grandson of the William who is the subject of this chapter. David Hunter Patterson’s father, William, was first cousin to the William who wrote the letter referenced in (1) above. David Hunter was obviously in contact with with Rev. Proudfit of (2) above, because many (incorrect) statements in “Memoirs” about the earliest generation are worded very nearly the same as in Rev. Proudfit’s paper. “Memoirs” can be found on-line at sites.rootsweb.com/~pafulton/pathist/toc.htm.

(4) Richard Duane Nelson of Mesa, AZ spent many years of research on this       Patterson line. In 2004 I was corresponding with Richard’s wife, Judy, who       generously sent me several hundred pages of her husband’s research. Richard       Nelson allegedly descends from William Patterson “born about 1706 in of       Rossgarrow, Fanand [should be “Fanad”], Donegal, Ulster Ireland” who “married       Elizabeth Peoples.” William and Elizabeth (Peoples) Patterson allegedly had son       Robert, from whom Mr. Nelson allegedly descends; and they also most definitely       had son William (1752-1835) whose famous daughter, Elizabeth (“Betsy”)       married Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon’s brother. Unfortunately for Mr. Nelson,       one of his sources of information was “A Sketch of the Pattersons”—see (2)       above—in which it is stated without proof that William of Baltimore (born 1752)       and Thomas Patterson Sr. (born 1724) were brothers. Because Richard Nelson       was then led to believe that Thomas Patterson Sr. of Washington Twp., Fayette

 

*I have learned how these errors came about, but it’s too complicated to go into here.  See the chapter of this paper, entitled “Sorting out the Pattersons.”)

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Co. was the brother of his direct ancestor, he intensively researched the line of Thomas Patterson Sr.  His research was prodigious.    For example, Mr. Nelson’s typed chapter on the life and descendants of William Patterson, Thomas Sr.’s son, is 58 pages long!!  Mr. Nelson appears to have done a very thorough job researching the men he thought were the sons of William and Elizabeth (Peoples) Patterson—among whom, he believed, was Thomas Patterson Sr. of Washington, Fayette Co., PA. The irony of it all is that neither I nor Mr. Nelson appear, after all, to be directly related to Thomas Patterson Sr.--though we appear to be the two researchers who have done the most serious research on Thomas Sr.’s line!

(5)   “The Patterson & Pattison Family Association,” Book 2, 1964 (a compilation of submissions from many people concerning their Patterson ancestors); pp. 94-95 concern William, son of Thomas Sr.  This material was submitted by Mrs. Chalon T. Land of Enfiled, Illinois, in 1963. (See full transcription of these pages in “Transcriptions” section.)

(6)   Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson 1751-1791, ed. by S. Helen Fields; originally published 1934 in Washington, D.C., and reprinted 2001 by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD.

(7)   “Odenkirk Family History” on-line at www.odenkirk.com contains some info about William’s descendants not found elsewhere.  However, some of this info is incorrect—especially regarding the earliest generations (Thomas Sr., for example).

 

The Life & Descendants of William Patterson, son of Thomas Sr.

 

Sources 1-5 above agree that William Patterson was born in 1749. Source (5) above supplies states William’s exact birth date: 12 June 1749, and this agrees with the birth date on William’s tombstone at Big Spring Cemetery, Fulton Co., PA, according to the transcription of Fulton Co. burials available on-line at www.fultonhistory.org. The location of William’s birth as stated in Mr. Nelson’s paper is York Co., PA—another fact not found in any other source.  It appears that Mr. Nelson got the information that William was born in York Co. from “From Thomas Patterson Sr., a Patriot of the American Revolution to Newell M. Adams, a Veteran of World War II” by Ann Newby Adams, privately published 1981, Daytona Beach, FLA, a copy of which Mr. Nelson found at the Salt Lake Library).* Though I have not seen the source cited by Mr. Nelson, I do not think it possible to state with certainty exactly where William was born. For one thing, the emigration date of William’s father is not known, but the most reliable source I’ve found states that Thomas Sr. emigrated about 1750. If the emigration year was, indeed, 1750, then William would probably have been born in Ireland (or, possibly, Scotland).** Or, if  by chance William’s father emigrated prior to 1749, then William was probably born in Lancaster (not York) Co., PA, for that is where he was baptized. It

does not appear that any previous researchers had access to Rev. Cuthbertson’s journal—

 

*See my comments about this source in Thomas Sr.’s chapter.

** Though several sources state that Thomas Sr. was a native of Ireland (see Thomas Sr.’s chapter), I find it interesting that, in at least once source, his son, William, was described as a “native of Scotland”!  This info was contained in an Aug 2005 post in the “Bedford Biographies” section of PA-Roots’ Bedford Co. site. (Fulton Co. was formed from Bedford in 1850.)

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source (6) above—and this must have seriously hampered their research. (In one instance a researcher does refer to Rev. Cuthbertson marrying William and Jane Morrow, but in this reference the date given is wrong, which leads me to believe that the researcher was using verbal information, and did not actually have Cuthbertson’s journal in-hand.)

William was baptized 17 Dec 1751 at the Muddy Run meetinghouse in Martic Twp., Lancaster Co., PA by the Covenanter minister Rev. John Cuthbertson.  William and his brother, John, were baptized on the same day (though I sincerely doubt that they

were twins).  Rev. Cuthbertson was the first Covenanter minister in America; he did not arrive until August of 1751, and Rev. Cuthbertson’s first visit to the area of Martic Twp. wasn’t until December of that year. As I wrote in the preceding chapter, I believe that Thomas Sr. preferred to wait for the minister of his own denomination to baptize his children, though there were several Presbyterian ministers living conveniently nearby, and though that meant that Thomas had to wait several years for his sons to be baptized. William was not baptized until he was about two and a half years old.        

William’s boyhood was undoubtedly filled with uncertainty and fear, considering that the area where his family lived in Lancaster County suffered many Indian attacks. The very meetinghouse where William was baptized in 1751 is said to have been “burned by marauding Indians” (see Thomas’ chapter), sometime in the mid-to-late 1750’s.

When William was about 13-14 years old, his father crossed the Susquehanna River and settled for a time in the area that today is in the eastern part of Adams Co., PA—but which was then part of York County.  (Perhaps this is the origin of the belief that William was born in York Co., PA.)  It is very possible that William met his future wife, Jane Morrow (a/k/a Murray) as a young teenager, because the area where his father was living (based on baptism records of Thomas’ children) was the same area where Jeremiah Morrow, Jane’s father, had settled. Rev. Cuthbertson ordained Jeremiah Morrow as one of the first elders in the Marsh Creek Covenanter church (in present-day Adams Co.); thus William and Jane Morrow undoubtedly would have had contact with each other at the Marsh Creek meetinghouse.

William married Jane Morrow --“Jean Murray” in Cuthbertson’s records--on 24 August 1773. Jane was born 7 Sept 1750 “near Gettysburg, PA,” and she died 5 Nov 1832 near McConnellsburg. Rev. Cuthbertson performed the marriage ceremony at the Marsh Creek meetinghouse. The “Patterson & Pattison” publication, Book 2, p. 94, tells us that “the residence of William Patterson is given as Waynesboro [Franklin Co.] at the time of his marriage.”  No source for this information is given; future researchers may wish to contact the Waynesboro Historical Society (www.waynesborohistory.com) and ask if there are any records linking Thomas Sr. or his son, William, to this location.

What we do know is that William owned land, by 1773, in what was then Ayr Twp., Bedford Co. [now Fulton], PA. Whether he actually lived there is not known.  It may be that William purchased his own land in preparation of his upcoming marriage.  William is listed as “single” on this 1773 tax list, so this tax list must have been prepared just prior to his marriage.  (PA Archives, Series 3, Vol. XXII, p. 3)  Curiously, William is not listed on the 1774, 1775 or 1776 Ayr Twp. tax list, but re-appears on the 1779 list. * (Ibid, p. 179)  On subsequent lists, in 1783 and 1784, William is listed. (Ibid, p. 241, 308)

 

*See Chapter III, p. 38, of this paper, in which I theorize that William and his brother, John, were living by 1778, and until about 1779-1780, in Cumberland Co., PA..

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When the Revolutionary War broke out, William was twenty-seven years old, and was married with one small child--Sarah, or “Sally,” born 22 Sept 1774. Another 

baby was on the way—Jeremiah, who was born 23 July 1776. Specific information regarding William Patterson’s revolutionary service is given in “From Thomas Patterson Sr….to Newell M. Adams a Veteran of World War II,” by Ann Newby Adams (privately published in Daytona Beach, Florida, 1981): “…he served as an Ensign in Captain William Findley’s Company, Colonel Abraham Smythe’s battalion.” [Abraham Smith commanded the 8th Battalion of Cumberland Co., PA Militia; he was from Antrim, Cumberland Co. and should not be confused with the Captain Abraham Smith said to be from Lurgan Twp., “just north of the Franklin County line.” (History of Franklin Co., PA, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887, Part II, Chapter II) ]    David Hunter Patterson wrote (Chapter III of his “Memoirs”) that his great-grandfather, William, was “a sergeant…at Valley Forge with General George Washington.”  David Hunter Patterson also writes in Chapter III that his son, William Morrow Patterson, was named after William, the subject of our chapter here; also that his son William Morrow was (in 1929) in possession of William’s “Revolutionary sword.”  

            In his later years, William was known as “Col. Patterson,” because he was appointed Colonel of the local militia at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War. Rev. Proudfit writes that William “was fully six feet high, was a soldier in the Rev. War, was a member of Congress [representative to the State legislature in 1794, per “Memoirs”], & by invitation dined once with the Pres. Washington*… He was an elder in the church & justice of the peace…He was a blacksmith & later he was a prosperous farmer & gave a farm to each of his children….”

            William and Jane (Morrow) Patterson had eight children. Most sources, including “Memoirs,” mention only seven children, but source (2) above shows Susan—and supplies her birth date—and says she “died young,” which explains why she was not mentioned in the other sources. William and his wife Jane remained in the area of McConnellsburg until their deaths. Their children were:  

I.                    SARAH “SALLY” PATTERSON b. 22 Sept 1774 (named 1st in father’s will)**

II.                JEREMIAH PATTERSON b. 23 July 1776 (not named in father’s will, but named as a son in 1911 letter and in Rev. Proudfit’s info)

III.               MARY “POLLY” PATTERSON b. 25 Oct 1778 (not named in father’s will, but “son-in-law John Morrow” was named 4th, as was grandson William Morrow; named in 1911 letter & in “Memoirs”)

IV.              JANE PATTERSON b. 24 Nov 1780 (not named in father’s will, but “son-in-law James Patterson” was named 5th; grandchildren William and Mary Jean [Patterson?] were named also)

V.                 THOMAS PATTERSON b. 24 Aug 1782 (named 2nd in father’s will)

VI.              SUSAN PATTERSON b. 14 Aug 1784 (not named in father’s will; also not named in 1911 letter; or in “Memoirs”; she is only named as a daughter in Rev. Proudfit’s information, and she “died young”)

 

*David Hunter Patterson writes in “Memoirs” (Chapter III) that “My sister has an engraved invitation which Colonel William Patterson received from President Washington.”

**See William’s will transcribed in “Transcriptions” section of this paper.

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VII.            WILLIAM PATTERSON b. 11 May 1786 (named 3rd in father’s will)

VIII.         JOHN PATTERSON b. ___ 1788 (named last—6th—in father’s will)

(A “tree” of known descendants of the above children is given at the end of this chapter.)

 

            William died 18 May 1846; his wife, Jane, died 5 Nov 1832. They are buried in Big Spring Cemetery in Fulton Co., PA.

 

NOTE: To my knowledge, the “expert” on this line of Col. William Patterson, son of Thomas Sr. of Washington Twp., Fayette Co., PA, is direct descendant William (“Bill”) Remington Patterson.  ([email protected]) He is the host for the Fulton Co. PA member of the USGenWeb and PAGenWeb sites. He likely has much more information on William than I’ve presented in this chapter.

 

Descendants of the children of “Col.” William & Jane (Morrow) Patterson:

(Please consult all sources listed, to see what info came from where!)

 

I.                   SARAH “SALLY” PATTERSON b. 22 Sept 1774; d. 8 Feb 1842 in New Concord, Muskingum Co., OH.  (My note: Sarah’s father, William, refers to his daughter, Sarah, in his will, which was recorded & proved in 1846.  William obviously wrote his will sometime prior to 1842, or his daughter Sarah would surely have been listed as “deceased.”)   Sarah married in June 1798, near McConnellsburg, Rev. David Proudfit (a/k/a “Proudfoot”), son of Andrew and Sarah (Wallace) Proudfit.  Sarah’s father, William gave her, as a wedding present, a “little slave girl” who lived with the family for four generations. About the time of their marriage, Rev. Proudfit was “called” to the (Covenanter) congregation at Laurel Hill in Franklin Co., PA. (See Franklin Ellis’ History of Fayette Co., PA; Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1882, p. 560.) Franklin Ellis writes of Rev. ‘Proudfoot’: “He came with his parents from Scotland in 1754, and in 1788 entered college at Gettysburg, studied theology under Rev. John Jamison, and in 1796 was licensed to preach. He labored at Laurel Hill, East Liberty, and Dunlap’s Creek from 1798 to the spring of 1824, and after twenty-six years of continuous service was released. He moved then to Ohio, where he died in 1830.”  Rev. David & Sally (Patterson) Proudfit removed to Guernsey Co., OH about 1824. (Their arrival date in Guernsey Co. was  found on-line at genealogy.com in “Local & Family Histories database, in History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin & Williamson Counties, Illinois; Goodspeed Publ. Co, Chicago, 1887, p. 736-737—see “Transcriptions.”)  Children of Rev. David and Sally (Patterson) Proudfit (much info found on-line at www.odenkirk.com/html/fam01948.htm; see also http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~highfill/f_2.html) :

 

 

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Children of Rev. David & Sarah (Patterson) Proudfit/Proudfoot:

A.    Andrew Proudfit b. ___ in Fayette Co., PA; d. Feb 1852; m. 7 Dec 1828 Deborah Speer.  Children:

1.      David Wallace Proudfit

2.      Unknown son Proudfit

3.      Unknown son Proudfit

B.    Sally Wallace Proudfit b. ___ Fayette Co., PA; d. 1830; m. Henry Bonner

C.    William Proudfit b. 11 July 1799 Fayette Co., PA; d. 5 Aug 1862; m. 9 Sept 1828 Susan(na) Patterson (she b. 19 OR 23 Sept 1798, dau of Thomas Jr. of Fayette Co.; she was twin of Thomas Jr.’s dau, Mary, who m. William Patterson of McConnellsburg; she d. 7 Mar 1876).  Children:

1.      Elizabeth Brown Proudfit b. 19 June 1829; d. 3 July 1902; unmarried

2.      Sarah Patterson Proudfit b. 22 Jan 1831; d. 21 Apr 1891

3.      David L. Proudfit b. 24 Mar 1833; d. 23 Feb 1904; m. Elizabeth Thompson (she b. 30 Jan 1836)

4.      Rev. Thomas Patterson Proudfit (author of source #2 above); b. 3 Mar 1835; d. ____; lived 1880 in Sparta, Randolph Co., IL; m. 30 Sept 1862 Margaret Carpenter.  Children:

a.      Susan Catherine Proudfit b. 5 Dec 1863; d. 28 May 1864

b.      Alice Mary Proudfit b. 29 June 1865; d. ___; m. George Fraser

c.       Edward Hervey Proudfit b. 17 Apr 1867; d. 8 Nov 1872

d.      Lillie Blanche Proudfit b. 7 Jan 1872; no further info

e.      William Albert Proudfit b. 4 Aug 1872; no further info

f.        Charles Patterson Proudfit b. 30 June 1874; d. ____; m. 14 May 1907 Laura Grace Clark

5.      Mary Jane Proudfit b. 24 Sept 1837; d. 26 Oct 1906; m. John Wilson 26 Nov 1868

6.      John B. Proudfit b. 14 Mar 1840; d. 8 Oct 18--?; m. Fannie Barnet. Children:

a.      William Barnet Proudfit

b.      Unknown daughter Proudfit

c.       Unknown daughter Proudfit

d.      Unknown daughter Proudfit

D.    Patterson Proudfit b. 9 Dec 1805 Fayette Co., PA; d. 26 Feb 1878; m. 30 Dec 1830 Sarah Speer, in Fayette Co., PA.  Children: six sons & five daughters; 7 died in infancy or youth”  Information about these descendants can be found at www.odenkirk.com/html/fam01948.htm

E.     Jane Morrow Proudfit b. 9 Nov 1808 Fayette Co., PA; d. 12 Mar 1832

F.     Mary Jane Proudfit b.  18 Jan 1811 Fayette Co., PA (TWIN); d. 26 Dec 1848 OR 1849 Guernsey Co., OH; m. 4 Dec 1839 David Long, s/o Samuel Alexander & Mary (Wiley) Long.  Had (among other children?) daughter:

1.      Sarah Patterson Long b. 13 Oct 1840 OH; d. 20 Apr 1877

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     in Hamilton Co., IL; m. 13 Apr 1866 Albert Caslor Mitchell, s/o         John B. & Jane Maria (Sights) Mitchell.  Had (among other        children?) daughter:

a.       Grace Pearl Mitchell b. 21 June 1875 Hamilton Co., IL; d. 9 Mar 1961 Staunton, IL; m. 12 Sept 18956 Elias Francis                                                                                                                                             Davis Jr., s/o Elias Francis & Sarah Isabel (McKinley) Davis.  Had (among other children?) daughter:

-          Margaret Rachel Davis b. 4 Sept 1895; d. ____; m. 1 Oct 1922 Chalon Thomas Land, s/o John Miller & Elizabeth (Jordan) Land.  Children:

NOTE: This is “Mrs. Chalon T. Land of Enfield, IL,” who submitted material in source (5) above.

• Carol Jordan Land m. ___ Ragsdale of Columbus, GA; children:

                                                                        Chal Land Ragsdale

                                                                        • Ann Jordan Ragsdale

                                                                        • David Lasater Ragsdale

•Mary Grace Land m. ___ Wirtala of Gainesville, FLA; children:

            Catherine Wirtala

            Joseph Arnold Wirtala

                  (Continuing with the children of Rev. David & Sarah Patterson-Proudfit):

G.    Robert Proudfit b. 18 Jan 1811 Fayette Co., PA (TWIN); d. 23 Mar 1880 (odenkirk info) OR d. 20/21 June 1890 (Rev. Proudfit info) OR d. 30 Aug 1841 (Harry Parkhill info);  m. 1st Elizabeth Wilson, dau David & Jane (Patterson) Wilson, w/whom he had first 3 children listed below; m. 2nd Mary Jane (Wilson) Campbell (dau of David & Sarah Patterson) Wilson—see Chapter 4), w/whom he had last 5 children listed below:

1.      David Wallace Proudfit b. ___; d. ___ at Battle of Shiloh

2.      Samuel Mitchell Proudfit no info

3.      Mary Isabel Proudfit b. ___; d. 4 Oct 1834; m. Thomas White

4.      Hugh Wilson Proudfit b. ___; d. July 1918

5.      Andrew Patterson Proudfit no info

6.      William Wallace Proudfit b. ___; d. 1948? Sioloam [?] Springs, Arkansas

7.      Robert Bruce Proudfit no info

8.      David Morrow Proudfit b. ___; d. ___ “taught some  years in Illinois and Arkansas”

H.    David Proudfit b. 1813 Fayette Co., PA; d. 23 Mar 1880; m. 30 May1839 Mary J. Walker (she b. 1820 near Belfast, Ireland & she was still living in IL in 1887); had seven children; 2nd son was David & David had a sister named “Tudie.” Note: an earlier son named David was b. 1803, d. 1813.

1.      David Proudfit b. 17 Aug 1842 Guernsey Co., OH; moved from Guernsey Co., OH to a farm near Piopolis, Hamilton Co., IL, in

 

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    the fall of 1864; moved 1885 to Belle City [“Belle Prairie City,”     Hamilton Co., IL]; member of Methodist Protestant Church

2.      Tudie [sic] Proudfit  no further info

                   Continuing with the children of William & Jane (Morrow) Patterson:

II.                JEREMIAH PATTERSON b. 23 July 1776 (near McConnellsburg?); he was born “in the Cove” per Early Settlers of Fulton Co., PA); he was named after his mother’s father, Jeremiah Morrow; he d. 3 Aug 1840 (on-line information of Odenkirk found at www.odenkirk.com/html/fam01948.htm); m. 1809 in Mercersburg, Franklin Co., PA, Mary McFarland in Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church (she b. 20 Aug 1775 in Peters, Cumberland Co., PA, dau of James & Mary (Campbell) McFarland per ancestry.com info of Gary Morris); according to the 22 Mar 1911 letter of William Patterson to Sarah Luella Patterson (see “Transcriptions” section), Jeremiah “went west.” Jeremiah was not mentioned in the will of his father because he died before his father wrote his will.   Info gathered by Sarah Luella Patterson shows that Jeremiah settled “near New Concord [Muskingum Co.], Ohio.”  Undocumented internet info shows he had children Jesse, John & Mary.

III.             MARY “POLLY” PATTERSON b. 25 Oct 1778 (near McConnellsburg?); d. ____(probably before 1842, since only Mary’s husband and son are mentioned in her father’s will); m. John Morrow (per will of her father, and per Early Settlers of Fulton Co., PA); per 1911 letter of William Patterson (see “Transcriptions” section), she “went west.” Her father’s will mentions son:

A.    William Morrow

IV.              JANE PATTERSON b. 4 Nov 1780; d. 1860-1870 in Armstrong Twp., Indiana Co., PA; m. James Patterson [whose son was this James Patterson?; he is NOT referred to as “cousin”]; James d. aft. 1880 in Armstrong Twp., Indiana Co., PA; James & Jane lived as early as 1820 in Armstrong Twp., Indiana Co., PA.  Children (per census info):

A.    William Patterson b. abt. 1822 (1850 census); d. ___; m. between 1860-1870 Catharine Williams & had son:

1.      James Patterson b. 1870 Armstrong, Indiana Co., PA

B.    Mary Patterson b. abt. 1827 (1850 census)

V.                 THOMAS PATTERSON b. 24 Aug 1782 (near McConnellsburg?); d. 2 June 1860 “age 75y 9m 10d”; m. Elizabeth Burns/Bournes [his “first cousin”; whose dau was she?]; Elizabeth was b. 23 Mar 1784 and she d. 20 Mar 1871 “age 86y 11m 28d”; Thomas & Elizabeth are buried in Big Spring Cemetery, Fulton Co., PA. NOTE: Odenkirk genealogy shows that Thomas also married “Elizabeth Brown,” but I believe this Thomas has been confused with Thomas Sr.’s son, Thomas Jr., who married Elizabeth Brown.  Children:

A.    Hadassa Patterson b. 14 Aug 1815; d. 1885 McConnellsburg; m. William Patterson Morrow [her cousin? – note that her father’s sister, Mary, married John Morrow & had a son named William Morrow].                                              

 

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Continuing with the children of Thomas & Elizabeth (Burns) Patterson:

B.    William M. Patterson b. 17 Nov 1816 (Sarah Luella’s info) OR b. 13 Nov 1816 (computed from gravestone); d. 20 Jan 1894; buried Union Cemetery, Fulton Co., PA; m. 1st  Elizabeth Hunter; m.2nd  Mrs. Scott.  William & Elizabeth (Hunter) Patterson had children:

1.      Henrietta Elizabeth Patterson b.27 Oct 1842 (computed from gravestone at Union Cemetery, Fulton Co., PA); d. 4 June 1932;

m.  D. Erskine Carson of Baltimore; Henrietta is buried in Union Cemetery, Fulton Co., PA with her husband.

2.      David Hunter Patterson b. 1 Dec 1844; d. 1 May 1938 “age 93y 5m 2d”; buried in Union Cemetery, Fulton Co., PA; m. Kate Campbell.  Kate was b. 25 Nov 1848 (computed from gravestone) & she d. 2 May 1920; she is buried in Union Cemetery with her husband. Children:

a.      Elizabeth Cromwell Patterson b. ___; d. ___; m. ___ Neeson; still living 1929 when her father, David Hunter, dictated his “Memoirs” to her. 

b.      Blanche Cromwell Patterson b. 29 Apr 1875 (computed from gravestone); d. 31 Jan 1962; buried Union Cemetery, Fulton Co., PA; never married

c.       Joseph Campbell Patterson b. 10 Feb 1883 (if he is the “J. Campbell Patterson” who d. 10 Feb 1931, age 48, buried in Union Cemetery) OR b. 11 Aug 1879 (if he is the OTHER “J. Campbell Patterson buried in Union Cemetery, who d. 27 Jan 1966, age 82y 1m 24d)

d.      William Morrow Patterson

e.      Henrietta Patterson

3.      Thomas Webster Patterson b. abt. 1849 (census)

4.      John Cromwell Paterson d. very young

5.      Mary Louisa Patterson d. very young

6.      George Cromwell Patterson d. very young

C.    John Burns Patterson b. 5 May 1818; d. ___ (1882?) “age 64y 5m 1d”; “reinterred” 1891 in Union Cemetery, Fulton Co., PA; m. 1st Miss Ann G. Hunter (1850 census); she  d. ___ at age “24y 10m 7d” and was “reinterred” 1891 in Union Cemetery (Union Cemetery transcriptions); m. 2nd ____; w/Miss hunter had children:

1.      “Hon.” Elliott Patterson 

2.      Colin Patterson

3.      Linn Patterson

4.      Bessie  Patterson

D.    Mary Patterson b. June 1821; d. 1898; m. David Carson. Children:

1.      Anna Riddle Carson

2.      Patterson Carson

3.      John Carson

 

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Continuing with the children of David & Mary (Patterson) Carson:

4.      Jeremie Carson NOTE: One source lists this child as “Jenny” Carson

Continuing with the children of Thomas & Elizabeth (Burns) Patterson:

E.     Thomas Patterson b. 1 Nov 1824; d. 5 Jan 1901 McConnellslburg; m. Ella/Eleanor Sharpe, dau Rev. Alexander Sharp.  Children:

1.      Sharpe Patterson

2.      Alexander Patterson

3.      Unknown son Patterson

F.     Jane Patterson (not mentioned in “Memoirs”); Sarah Luella’s info shows she was b. 9 July 1814; she  d. ____; m. Samuel Stewart and “went West”; no issue?

Continuing with the children of William & Jane (Morrow) Patterson:

VI.              SUSAN PATTERSON   b. 14 Au 1784 (McConnellsburg area?); d. ____; d. young

VII.           WILLIAM PATTERSON   b. 11 (12?) May 1786; d. 2 Sept 1849; buried Big Spring Cemetery, Fulton Co., PA; m. Mary Patterson, first cousin, dau of Thomas Patterson Jr. of Fayette Co.; Mary was born 23 Sept 1798 and she d. 

              April 10 1865; Mary is buried in Big Spring Cemetery, Fulton Co., PA.                          (1911 letter of William Patterson of McConnellsburg & see  also                         transcriptions of burials at Big Spring Cemetery). NOTE: “Odenkirk               Family History” incorrectly states that William married Ann Hunter (and               Mary’s birth and death dates are incorrectly given to Ann Hunter).                  William & Mary (Patterson) Patterson had children:

A.    William “Will” Patterson b. 16 June 1823; d. 1912; buried Big Spring Cemetery, Fulton Co., PA.  This is the William who corresponded with Sarah Luella Patterson (descendant of Thomas Sr.’s son, Thomas Jr.  William does not allude to a wife or children in his 1911 letter, but info gathered by Sarah Luella Patterson shows that he married Elizabeth Johnson 1 Feb 1866. Elizabeth was b. 8 May 1826 (computed from age & death date on gravestone) and she d. 30 May 1891 (transcription of burials at Union Cemetery, Fulton Co., PA). Note that William and his wife are buried in different cemeteries, which is unusual.

B.    Elizabeth Brown Patterson b. _ Oct 1821; d. Apr 1859 in Iowa; m. 26 May 1857 Isaac Newton Rhee.  According to the 1911 letter of William Patterson, Elizabeth had just one child, daughter (not named).  NOTE: This daughter was named after Mary (Patterson) Patterson’s mother, Elizabeth Brown, who married Thomas Patterson Jr. of Fayette Co.

1.      Unknown daughter “died there [Iowa] at the age of 19”

VIII.        JOHN PATTERSON b. 1 Dec 1788 (calculated from death date & age on his stone at Big Spring Cemetery); d. 12 Apr 1876; buried Big Spring Cemetery; m.  Elizabeth White (she b. 1 Jan 1798 as calculated from her stone at Big Spring Cemetery & she d. 20 Mar 1871 ). They had no children (as stated in 1911 letter written by William Patterson of McConnellsburg—see “Transcriptions” chapter).

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William Patterson

On Bedford/Fulton County tax lists

 

1773 Ayr, Bedford Co., PA (PA archives, Series 3, Vol. XXII, p. 3)

William Patterson, single

 

1774 Ayr, Bedford Co., PA (Ibid, p. 57)

William is not found on this list

 

1775 Ayr, Bedford Co., PA (Ibid, p. 96)

William is not found on this list

 

1776 Ayr, Bedford Co., PA (Ibid p. 151)

William is not found on this list

 

1779 Ayr, Bedford Co., PA (Ibid, p. 179)

William Patterson

 

1783 Ayr, Bedford Co., PA (Ibid, p. 241)

William Patterson

 

1784 Ayr, Bedford Co., PA (Ibid, p. 308)

William Patterson

 

William Patterson & descendants

On Bedford County censuses through 1850

 

1790 Unstated Twp., Bedford Co., PA (p. 2 of 17)

William Patterson

2 males                   > 16                William b. 1749, s/o Thomas Sr. & 1 unidentified male

4 males                   < 16                Sons Jeremiah b. 1776, Thomas b. 1782, Wm. b. 1786, & 1 unidentified male

4 females                                Wife Jane Morrow, dau Sarah b. 1773, dau Mary b. 1778, dau Jane b. 1780

 

1800 Dublin & Air [Ayr], Bedford Co., PA (p. 3 of 6)

William Patterson

1 male                     > 45                William b. 1749

2 males                   10-16                Sons William b. 1786 & John b. abt. 1788?

2 males                   16-26                 Sons Jeremiah b. 1776 & Thomas b. 1782

2 females                16-26                Daus Mary b. 1778 & Jane b. 1780 (Sarah married in 1798)

1 female                  > 45                Wife Jane Morrow

 

1810 Air [Ayr], Bedford Co., PA (p. 3 of 4)

Wm. Patterson

1 male                     > 45                William b. 1749, s/o Thomas Sr.

3 males                   16-26                Sons Thomas b. 1782, Wm. b. 1786, John b. abt. 1798? (Jeremiah gone”west”)

1 female                  10-16                [b. 1794-1800]  Unidentified female—perhaps household help?

2 females                16-26                Daus Mary b. 1778 & Jane b. 1780 (Sarah has married & left household)

1 female                  > 45                Wife Jane Morrow

 

 

 

 

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1820 Air [Ayr], Bedford Co., PA (p. 3 of 11)

William Patterson

1 male                     > 45                William b. 1749, s/o Thomas Sr.

1 male                     18-26                Son John b. abt. 1798?

1 female                  0-10                Unidentified female (Could this be dau of John who died young?)

1 female 16-26                Unidentified female (Could this be John’s wife, Elizabeth White?)

1 female                  > 45                Wife Jane Morrow

Same page, listed just above William:

Thomas Patterson               

1 male                     26-45                 [b. 1775-1794]                Thomas b. 1782, s/o William b. 1749

2 males                   0-10                   [b. 1810-1820]                Sons Willim M. b. 1816 & John Burns b. 1818

1 male                     10-16                 [b. 1804-1810]                 Unidentified male

2 females                0-10                   [b. 1810-1820]                Daus Jane Morrow b. 1814 & Hadassh b. 1815

1 female                  10-16                 [b. 1804-1810]                Unidentified female

1 female                  26-45                                                Wife Elizabeth Burns

Same page, listed just below William:

William Patterson Jr.

1 male                     26-45                 [b. 1775-1794]                William Jr. b. 1786, s/o William b. 1749

1 female                  16-26                 [b. 1794-1804]                William Jr.’s wife, Mary Patterson (1st cousin)

 

1830 Ayr, Bedford Co., PA (p. 5 of 18)

William Patterson

1 male                     80-90                [b. 1740-1750]                William b. 1749, s/o Thomas Sr.

1 male                     30-40                [b. 1790-1800]                Unidentified male (could this be son John b. abt.  1798?)

1 male                     15-20                [b. 1810-1815]                Unidentified male

1 female                  15-20                [b. 1810-1815]                Unidentified female (same as unident. Female in 1820?)

1 female                  20-30                [b. 1800-1810]                Unidentified female (perhaps wife of John?)

1 female                  70-80                [b. 1750-1760]                Wife Jane Morrow (she died 1832)

 

1830 Ayr, Bedford Co., PA (p. 17 of 18)

Thomas Patterson

1 male                     40-50                [b. 1780-1790]                Thomas b. 1782, s/o William b. 1749

1 male                     0-5                [b. 1825-1830]                Unidentified male (son who died young?)

1 male                     5-10                [b. 1820-1825]                Son Thomas b. 1824

1 male                     10-15                [b. 1815-1820]                Son John Burns b. 1818

1 male                     15-20                [b. 1810-1815]                Son William M. b. 1816

1 female                  5-10                [b. 1820-1825]                ?

1 female                  10-15                [b. 1815-1820]                Dau Hadassa b. 1815

1 female                  15-20                [b. 1818-1820]                ?

1 female                  40-50                [b. 1780-1790]                Wife Elizabeth Burns [CHECK THIS]

 

1830 McConnellsburg, Air [Ayr] Twp., Bedford Co., PA (p. 1 of 30)

William Patterson Jr.

1 male                     30-40                [b. 1790-1800]                William Jr. b. 1786, s/o William b. 1749 (age understated)

1 male                     0-5                [b. 1825-1830]                William Jr.’s son, William, b. 1823 (wrote 1911 letter)

1 female                  5-10                [b. 1820-1825]                William Jr.’s dau, Elizabeth Brown b. 1821

1 female                  10-15                [b. 1815-1820]                Daughter who died young?

1 female                  30-40                [b. 1790-1800]                Wife Mary Patterson b. 1798, dau  Thomas Jr., s/o Thomas Sr.

 

1840 Ayr, Bedfprd Co. PA

William Patterson b. 1749 is not found on this census, though he did not died until 1846.  There are no males age 91 in any of his sons’ households, either.  Where was he living in his last years?  With a daughter, perhaps?

 

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1840 Air [Ayr], Bedford Co., PA (p. 7 of 18)

Thomas Patterson

1 male                     50-60                [b. 1780-1790                Thomas b. 1782, s/o William b. 1749

1 male                     10-15                [b. 1825-1830]                Son Thomas b. 1824

2 males                   20-30                [b. 1810-1820]                Sons William M. b. 1816 & John Burns b. 1818

1 female                  15-20                [b. 1820-1825]                Dau Mary b. 1821

1 female                  50-60                [b. 1780-1790]                Wife Elizabeth Burns

 

1840 Air [Ayr], Bedford Co., PA (p. 5 of 18)

William Patterson

1 male                     40-50                [b. 1790-1800]                William b. 1786 (age understated), s/o Wm. b. 1749

1 male                     15-20                [b. 1820-1825]                Son William b. 1823 (wrote 1911 letter)    

1 female                  10-15                [b. 1825-1830]                Dau Elizabeth Brown b. 1821 (age understated)

1 female                  30-40                [b. 1800-1810]                Wife Mary Patterson b. 1798, dau Thomas Jr., s/o Thomas Sr.

 

1840 Air [Ayr] Bedford Co., PA (p. 17 of 18)

William Patterson

1 male                     20-30                [b. 1810-1820]                This is possibly Wm.b. 1816, , s/o Thomas b. 1782, s/o Wm. b. 1749

1 male                     10-15                [b. 1825-1830]

no females listed

 

1850 Ayr, Fulton Co., PA 8 Aug 1850  (p. 22 of 26)  (NOTE: Fulton Co. created 1850 from Bedford Co.)

Thomas Patterson                                66                b. PA                farmer                Thomas b. 1782, s/o William b. 1749

Elizabeth “                             64            b. PA                                Wife Elizabeth Burns b. abt. 1786

Thomas “                               28            b. PA                labourer

Christina Kearns                  14            b. PA

Same page, one line above Thomas:

John Patterson                     52            b. PA                farmer     John b. abt. 1798, s/o William b. 1749

Elizabeth “                             40            b. PA                                Wife Elizabeth White

Sarah Walker?                      14            b. PA

 

1850 Ayr, Fulton Co., PA 8 Aug 1850 (p. 21 o 26)

Mary Patterson                    50?          b. PA                                Widow of William b. 1786, s/o Wm. b. 1749

Elizabeth “                             26            b. PA                                Dau Elizabeth b. 1821 (age understated)

William “                                25            b. PA                farmer     Son William b. 1823 (age understated)

 

1850 Ayr, Fulton Co., PA 7 Aug 1850 (p. 19 of 26)

William M. Patterson                33            b. PA                merchant  Wm. M. b. 1816, s/o Thomas b. 1782, s/o Wm. b. 1749

Elizabeth “                             32            b. PA                                 Wife Elizabeth Hunter

Henrietta E. “                          8            b. PA                *              Dau Henrietta b. abt. 1842

David H. “                               5            b. PA                *              Son David Hunter b.1844

Thomas W. “                          1            b. PA                *              Son Thomas Webster b. abt. 1849

* The word “black” is written sideways opposite the names of these 3 children.

James Fitzgerald                   19            b. PA                clerk?

Martha Wolf?                       19            b. PA                “B” [black]

 

1850 Ayr, Fulton Co., PA 9 Aug 1850 (p. 24 of 26)

John Patterson                     32            b. PA                farmer     John Burns b. 1818, s/o Thomas b. 1782, s/o Wm. b. 1749

Ann G. “                                21?          b. PA                                Wife Ann Hunter (dau David Hunter)

 

 

 

 

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Census Info for Indiana County, PA

(Jane Patterson, dau William b. 1749, m. James Patterson & lived in Indiana Co. by 1820)

 

      1880 Armstrong, Indiana Co., PA 4 June 1880 (p. 4 of 28)

      William Patterson                64 [b. 1816] PA                parents b. PA                farmer

      Catharine “, wife         48 [b. 1832] PA                parents b. PA                keeping house

      James W.? M.? “, son     10 [b. 1870] PA                parents b. PA  at home

      May M. Mehan?, servant  25

      Mary Williams moth-in-law 73 [b. 1803] PA parents b. Ireland

      James Patterson, father   89                 [b. 1791] PA                parents b. PA 

      NOTE: This James can be found in Armstrong, Indiana Co., PA as of 1820 census                   

1870 P.O. Saltsburg,Armstrong, Indiana Co., PA 22 July 1870 (p. 2 of 34)

William Patterson        53 [b. abt. 1817] PA        farmer

Catharine “         38 [b. abt. 1832] PA        keeping house

James “         6/12 [b. 1870]    PA

James “         80 [b. 1790]        PA        retired farmer    

James Patterson

       

1860 Armstrong, Indiana Co., PA 27 June 1860 (p. 16 of 32)

James Patterson        69 [b. abt. 1791] PA        farmer

Jane “              69            PA

William “              43            PA        farmer

Franklin Byers        11            PA

 

1850 Armstrong, Indiana Co., PA 18 Oct 1850 (p. 8 of 29)

James Patterson        60 [b. abt. 1790]        PA        farmer

Jane “              60 [b. abt. 1790] PA       

William ”              28 [b. abt. 1822] PA

Mary “           23 [b. abt. 1827]        PA

 

1840 Armstrong, Indiana Co., PA (p. 1 of 14)

James Patterson

1 male                50-60 [b. 1780-1790]

1 male                 20-30 [b. 1810-1820]

1 male                40-50 [b. 1790-1800]

1 female           15-20 [b. 1820-1825]

1 female           50-60 [b. 1780-1790]

 

1830 Armstrong, Indiana Co., PA (p. 3 of 10)

James Patterson     

1 male                30-40 [b. 1790-1800]

1 male                 10-15 [b. 1815-1820]

1 female           5-10 [b. 1820-1825]

1 female           40-50 [b. 1780-1790]

 

1820 Armstrong, Indiana Co., PA (p. 2 of 3)

James Patterson

1 male                26-45 [b. 1775-1794]

1 male                0-10 [b. 1810-1820]

1 female           0-10 [b. 1810-1820]

1 female           26-45 [b. 1775-1794]

 

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No Patterson in Indiana Co. in 1810.  Indiana Co. created 1803 from Lycoming & Westmoreland counties.

 

 

FINAL NOTE: Info on the descendants of William & Jane (Morrow) Patterson no doubt can be greatly increased by examining the transcriptions of Fulton Co. burials at the Fulton County Historical Society website www.fultonhistory.org

 
 

 

                                  
 
 
 
 
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