John Patton (abt. 1665)

Born about 1665 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

John Patton was born about 1665 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Parents Marriage

Marriage: 19 Jun 1639 Old Kirk Parish, Midlothian, Scotland ^[1]

Husband: Matthew Patton

Wife: Christian Porteous

Child: Nancy Patton

Child: John Patton

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John Patton, son of Matthew Patton, the Martyr, was imprisoned in Glasgow, Scotland for ...

(1) Attending "Meetings of baptisings in the fields (they dared not hold services indoors, for walls have ears),

(2) even tho they attended church regularly, their wives went elsewhere. Jails were overflowing and cruelty unspeakable.

Lord Cardross was influential in obtaining permission to transport some of the inmates to South Carolina to work improving the land granted by the King to Lord Cardross and his associates.

On 22 May 1684 the Privy Council allowed 22 men to depart from Tarbooth Prison, among them John Patton. They were to work ten years to pay for their transportation and earn their freedom. Few of them returned to Scotland from the Cardross Colony of 1684, but John Patton was among the fortunate ones. He and his wife whose name is not known, came to America, settling in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Six sons are shown of record: James, Joseph, Benjamin, William, John, and Matthew "Old Matt". Alexander and Tristram who are later found in Cumberland and Dauphin Counties may also have been his sons.

This information was copied from film MF 430 in Odessa Library, Odessa, Texas and a copy sent to me by Rachel Elizabeth Patton of Matador, Texas. ^[2]

Research Notes

• It was claimed he died in Peters Township in 1767, but that was a different John Patton

Sources

1. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=epr_midlothian&h=80672&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt m: 19 Jun 1639 Midlothia, Scotland
2. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=coaly&id=I10532

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26422540&pid=558 Ancestry Family Treesubmitted by Ancestry member

• Colonial records of Pennsylvania on ancestry.com originally printed in 1838-1840 by Theo. Fenn of Harrisburg, PA & reprinted in 1852 by J. Severn of Philadelphia, PA & Index volume issued in 1860; Collection of documents, supplemented by the companion series "Pennsylvania archives" (See preliminary reports of the committees, and of the editors, S. Hazard, and the Act providing for the publication, 1837, in Pennsylvania archives, v1 p1-23, especially p7 and p17-23, where the present collection is officially designated as the "Colonial records", a title not used in printing, the vols. having special titles only.

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26422540&pid=560 Ancestry Family Tree submitted by ancestry.com member

• http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genealogy-glh08069895&h=1727&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt