James Patterson

M, #14177
ChartsBentley (maternal side) - Phoebe Meredith Frey
Note*  Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730 yeoman; will of. Wife Margrit. Children--Sarah (who has children--Andrew,Mary and Elizabeth), Sommewell dec'd, (who has left children), IsobellHampton dec'd; grandchildren--John Redford, Margrit Redford, son and dau.of son Andrew; legacies to Monthly Meeting of 'Quekers' at Shrewsbury,and to the Overseers of the Poor at Freehold. Real and personal estate.Executors--the wife, Gidion Craford and James Lowrey, sons-in-law.Witnesses--John Hepburn, Anna Hebron, Edward Hardman. Proved April 1,1726. James Patterson comes into Donegal records, though he lived in Manortownship, near Martin Chartier's trading post. He married SusannahHoward, daughter of one of the pioneers of Donegal, and their childrenmarried into other Donegal families. Their daughter Susannah marriedJames Lowrey, a celebrated Indian fur trader; their son, James Patterson,married Mary Stewart, of one of the most prominent families in Donegal.James Patterson and also his son William were company commanders ofdistinction in the French and Indian War. William Paterson was probably one of the first settlers in Raphotownship, taking up about 300 acres in the southern part; his descendantsare still in the township. He probably was of the same family as JamesPaterson, who was in Manor township as early as 1716.1 
Marriage* James Patterson married Susannah Howard, daughter of Gordon Howard.1 

Family

Susannah Howard
Child
Last Edited14 Jan 2004

Citations

  1. [S170] Gedcom file by Debora J Krauss Franklin (see her record for more).