Generation Four

 

11.  Col. James⁴ PATTON (Henry³, Henry², William¹);^[1],[2] born July 8, 1692 in Newton-Limavady, Derry (now Londonderry), North Ireland; married Mary Borden circa 1720; died July 30, 1755 in Augusta Co., VA, at age 63.  He was killed by Indians at Draper's Meadow.  This was the massacre in which Mary Draper Ingles and two children were taken captive.^[3],[4]

     He immigrated circa 1730 from Ireland to America with brother John Patton and sister Elizabeth.^[5] He began military service on May 27, 1742 in Augusta Co., VA, Lt. Col. then Col. of militia (in May); appt. co. lt. in 1754.^[6] He left a will on September 1, 1750 in Augusta Co., VA.^[7]

     James Patton's will. 1st September, 1750. --Daughter, Mary, wife to William Thompson, 1 negro woman; tract called Spring Hill; 3,000 acres on which Saml. Stalnaker and others is living, known by name of Indian Fields, on waters of Houlston's river, a branch of the Missisipio. Grandson, James Thompson, infant, remainder in above in fee tail. Daughter, Margaret, now wife of Col. John Buchanan. To son-in-law, William Thompson, the tract called Springfield, joining where widow Gouldman now lives and on which Henry Patton lives. William is to keep the estate intact for his son, James, until 1772. To Margaret. tract called Cherry tree bottom, near Robert Looney's tract at mouth of Purgatory, tract on which there is a small stone house. Margaret's daughter, Mary; sister, Preston, and her son, William Preston, £10 to be paid to Rev. John Craig, pastor at Tinkling Spring, to pay his stipends from 1740 to 1750, to be paid by the congregation out of the money advanced by him to help build the meeting house. £10 of same to be laid out for a pulpit and pulpit cloth. John Preston's bond to be given up to his son, Wm. Preston. All debts due by George Wilson, who is married to testator's wife's niece, Rebecca Vicers (Viers?), to be given up. Granddaughter, Mary Buchanan. Executors, John Buchanan, Wm. Thompson, nephew, Wm. Preston, Silas Harte. All disputes between executors to be left to arbitration of the minister and elders of Tinkling Spring church. Testator was agent for John Smith, Zachery Lewis, Wm. Waller, Wm. Green, Wm. Parks for the Roanoke and James River grants. As to the Great Grant on the waters of Misicipia, James Gordon, James Johnston, John Grimes, John ----, Richard Barns, Robert Gilchrist, James Bowre, Robert Jackson. have assigned their parts to testator. Richard Winston's part is assigned to little John Buchanan. To Mary Preston, horses. Teste: Thomas Stewart, Edward Hall, John Williams. Proved, 26th November, 1755, by Stewart and Hall. Wm. Preston refuses to execute, also Silas Harte. Buchanan and Thompson qualify, with sureties David Stewart, Joseph Culton, Wm. Preston, Edward Hall, Thomas Stewart. 16th August, 1769, Wm. Preston qualifies executor. [p.41].

     He was a Burgess between 1752 and 1755 in VA.^[8]

 

     Mary BORDEN;^[9] born in 1696 in Whitehaven, Cumberland Co., England.^[10] She died in 1749 in Augusta  Co., VA. ^{[11], [12]}

     Children of Col. James⁴ Patton and Mary Borden were as follows:

+         42.          i.     Margaret⁵, born circa 1725 in Lumwaddy, Ireland; married Col. John Buchanan.

+         43.         ii.     Mary, born 1728 in Augusta  County, VA; married Capt. William J. Thompson.

 

 

20.  Elizabeth⁴ PATTON (Henry³, Henry², William¹);^[13] born December 25, 1700 in Newton-Limavady, Derry (now Londonderry), Ireland;^[14] married John Preston 1716;^[15] died December 25, 1776 in Greenfield, Botetourt Co., VA, at age 76.^[16]

     Elizabeth Patton was a sister of Col. James Patton of Donnegal and emigrated with him to  VA in 1740. Col. Patton obtained an order of council from the Governor of Virgina, under which he appropriated to himself and associates, 120,000 acres of the best lands lying above the Blue Ridge, in that state, several valuable tracts of which fell to his descendants, He was killed by the Indians at Smithfield in 1753.  She immigrated circa 1730 from Ireland to America with brothers John and James Patton.^[17],[18]

     John PRESTON; born in 1687 in Newton, Timivady, Donegal, Ireland. John was a carpenter.  He died in 1747 in Tinkling Springs, Augusta  County, VA.^[19]

     John Preston's father and three uncles were Englishmen who served under King William and aided in the defense of Londonderry when besieged by the Roman Catholics, commanded by King James in 1689. John Preston was a Protestant of the Presbyterian denomination, a man of strong mind and correct principles.

     John Preston's first residence in VA, was at Spring Hill, in Augusta County, but about 1743, he purchased, and with his family settled upon a tract of land adjoining Staunton where he died shortly after, and was buried at the Tinkling Spring Meetinghouse.^[20]

     Children of Elizabeth⁴ Patton and John Preston were as follows:

           44.          i.     Letitia⁵; born 1728 in Ireland; married Robert Breckinridge July 10, 1758; died 1798 in KY. ^[21]

           45.         ii.     William; born December 25, 1729 in Newton, Limavaddy, Ireland;^[22],[23] married Susanna Smith July 17, 1761;^[24] died June 28, 1783 in Smithfield, Montgomery Co., Va, at age 53. ^[25]

           46.       iii.     Margaret; born circa 1730 in Ireland; married John Brown circa 1755;^[26], died 1802 in KY. ^[27]

           47.        iv.     Ann; born 1739 in Ireland; married John (Francis) Smith c. 1765;^[28], died 1813. ^[29]

           48.         v.     Mary; born 1740 in America; married Benjamin (John) Howard c. 1765; died 1814. ^[30]

 

 

 

 

 

 

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