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John
Paterson
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
Son of James Paterson
and Mary (Ellery) Patterson
Husband of
Ruth (Bird) Paterson
— married
28 Jan 1731 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Paterson) Peirce, Sarah (Paterson) Lusk, Anne (Paterson) Holmes, Ruth (Paterson) Strong and John Paterson
Died
at age 54
in Havana, Cuba
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2015
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Biography
He married Ruth Bird (daughter of Joseph Bird) on Jan. 28, 1731.
Died of Yellow Fever while on an expedition in Havana. He was "captain in the king's forces in command of a company of 100 picked men from Farmington and Wethersfield". More than half the men died.
Sources
- Egleston, Thomas. The Life of John Paterson, Major General in the Revolutionary Army (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894) Page 1-5, Page 236: Will
- Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School, from 1792 to 1833 (University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1903) Page 4.
- Andrews, Alfred. Memorial. Genealogy, and Ecclesiastical History, of First Church, New Britain, Conn. (A.H. Andrews, Chicago, Ill., 1867) Page 133-4.
- Camp, David Nelson. History of New Britain, With Sketches of Farmington and Berlin, Connecticut. 1640-1889 (W.B. Thomson, New Britain, 1889) Page 400.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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