William Alexander Patton (bef. 1734 - 1795)

Born before 1734 in County Armagh, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Fullerton) Patton — married Aug 1753 in Londonderry, Londonderry, Ireland

Descendants

Died May 1795 after age 61 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States

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William Patton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A088967.

Private William Patton served with Cumberland County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Biography

PATTEN (PATTON), WILLIAM[1]

Ancestor #: A088967

Service: PENNSYLVANIA

Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, PRIVATE

Birth: ANTE 1734 CO ARMAGH IRELAND

Death: 5- -1795 BOURBON CO KENTUCKY

Service Source: PA ARCH, 3RD SER, VOL 20, PP 650, 653; 5TH SER, VOL 6, PP 652-653

Service Description: 1) CAPT GEORGE HAYES, CUMBERLAND CO MILITIA; 2) PAID SUPPLY TAX, 1782

RESIDENCE: 1) City: TEBOYNE TWP - County: CUMBERLAND CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA

SPOUSE: 1) SARAH X

Notice: PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WITH AT LEAST ONE PREVIOUSLY VERIFIED PAPER - SEE ANCESTOR’S FULL RECORD (WHY?)

Ancestor Comments: 1) EL-ROSANNAH PATTON WHO MARR ADAM KIRKPATRICK WAS DAU OF JOSEPH & ELIZAZBETH DUNLAP. 2) WILLIAM PATTON'S DAU ROSANNAH MARR DAVID MITCHELL. 3) EL-INCORRECT MOTHER LISTED AS MARTHA FULLERTON. CORRECT MOTHER 4) SARAH X. SEE DATACF. 06/2009

Child son: JOHN PATTON, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] SUSANNA MCCUNE

Previous research

He (William Patton) was born between 1725 to 1745 and reportedly was of Irish heritage.

He was an early settler in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he is said to have participated in the struggle for independence. (Confirmed by D.A.R. info see below) About 1786 he purchased land on Stoner's Fork of Licking River in Bourbon County, Virginia, USA. ^[1] After 1792 this area became Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA.

On 31 July 1794 he made his last Will and it was proved in May 1795 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA.

William was born in 1720. He is the son of Archibald Patton and Unknown Unknown.

William Patton (or Patten) was born in 1725 in Armagh, Ireland or Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland. William married Martha Fullerton between 1753 and 1765 in Londonderry, county Londonderry, Ireland. William came to America about 1765, settling first in Pennsylvania, maybe in Cumberland Co., where he participated in the struggle for independence. He was a Private and a clerk in the PA Militia, 2nd Bat., 3rd Company under Capt. James Douglas and Capt. Hugh McAlister. In 1785, William went to Kentucky and settled in Bourbon Co. He later purchased land on Stoner"s Fork of Licking River. William died in May 1795 in Bourbon Co., KY at age 68.

Research Notes

Sources are needed to confirm his info ...

b: 1720 ? OR

b: 1725 ? OR

b: between 1725 to 1745 ?

b: County Armagh, Ireland ? OR

b: County Londonderry, Ireland ? OR

b: Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania ?

d: 31 Jul 1794 ? OR

d: May 1795 ? OR

d: 07 May 1797 ?

His birth place is conflicted - either in Pennsylvania or Ireland with sources that cite a fifty year difference in immigration. ^{[2] [3]}

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A088967
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJ1Y-6DC

1. ↑ Bourbon County Deed book#A71
2. ↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s compiled by Gale Research of Farmington Hills, MI, USA in 2010 on ancestry.com citing by P. William Filby; arrival: 1739 Boston, Massachusetts
3. ↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s compiled by Gale Research of Farmington Hills, MI, USA in 2010 on ancestry.com citing by P. William Filby; arrival: 1782 Lancaster, Pennsylvania

• 1790 USA Census of Hopewell, Newton, Tyborn, and Westpensboro, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; on ancestry.com citing NARA#M637

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) compiled by Godfrey Memorial Library of Middletown, CT, USA on ancestry.com

• Family Data Collection - Births compiled by Edmund West on ancestry.com; b: 1730 Cumberland County, PA

• Family Data Collection - Individual Records compiled by Edmund West on ancestry.com; b: 1705 at sea; d: 1777 Cumberland County, PA; m: Cumberland County, PA

• http://my.stratos.net/~dvagricola/ky.56.html

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26422540&pid=436 Ancestry Family Tree submitted by ancestry.com member

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:36BL-2RB : accessed 7 August 2019), entry for William PATTON, cites sources; "The Michael Miller Family Tree 2017" file (2:2:2:MM6Q-3V1), submitted 17 August 2017 by VMiller1.

• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/patton/1512/

• https://www.geni.com/people/William-Patton/6000000070102575862

• Records passed on from the Patton Family.