Surnames/tags: Patterson Paterson




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Patterson resources
- Patterson & Pattison Family Association - various of their publications are available on-line at FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com; from a brief review, they appear to include extensive source listings
- A history of the Patterson family of Cross Creek Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, by Mary L. Patterson, 1924; according to Amazon.com this book is out of print; according to worldcat.org it was filmed in 1977. One researcher found the book in Citizens Library, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- Guide to the Patterson Family Papers, 1798-1928, undated (bulk 1820-1859) : https://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/mss/pfpg.shtml
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I notice he's just the second Patterson in the ONS from Ontario though there are quite a few Paterson's and a couple Pattison's. My aunt (a Paterson who married a Patterson) tells me that Paterson is the Scottish spelling though I see quite a few Scots using the Patterson spelling too.
edited by Jim Patterson
Anyhoo, I have been trying to trace the line where it begins to fade from my 5th great grandfather, James Patterson, to find out which of his Patterson ancestors was the first of his line to immigrate into the American Colonies.
James Patterson was born in 1738 in Accomack County, Virginia and died in that county in 1788.
The father of James was supposedly Anderson Patterson, born in Accomack County about 1708 and died there before 25 March 1760.
Now things get iffy: Anderson's father was supposedly one William Patterson who was born and died in Virginia Colony from 1670 to 1740. That is as far as I have been able to get...my "brick wall". Does anyone working on the Patterson family have any better information on the father of Anderson Patterson (William Patterson?) and any earlier generations as well as when they immigrated to the colonies? Also, from where did they immigrate...Scotland? Ireland? UK?
Also, is there a Patterson family website or group available on WikiTree or elsewhere which I may join to learn more about the Patterson ancestry? I am certainly going to contact Martha Soderberg about the Paterson lineage she has been tracing!!
EuGene Smith
My family lived in Philadelphia in the 1700 and 1800s and owned a seed and feed store on the southwest corner of 12th and Market St. My 4th GGF John Patterson, died in Philadelphia in 1808, at the age of 69, from pneumonia. His son, John Jr, who ran the business with him, also died in Philadelphia, in 1819, at age 40, from consumption.
Their son, my 2nd GGF Walter Augustin, and his older brother Hiram, ran the store, until about 1851, when he moved to Doylestown, PA and purchased the farm, that would later be purchased by W Atlas Burpee, who named it Fordhook Farm. He died there 13 years later at 46, in 1864.
His son, my GGF Walter Francis Sr, was born in Philadelphia in 1846, and worked as Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad in the early 1870's, before becoming a contractor, building bridges, mines, and tunnels. He was 72 when he died in the Pittsburgh area in 1919.
My GF Walter Francis Jr, was born in Philadelphia in 1874 and joined his father, as an engineer in the contracting business. They worked in Nova Scotia, Boston, PA, WV, KY, AL, OH, and IN. He passed away in Ohio in 1953, at 78.
edited by Mike Patterson
Very confusing when researching...