William Patterson and Sarah Douglass

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Husband William Patterson

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Wife Sarah Douglass

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1 M Thomas Patterson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1759 - northern Ireland 3
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         Spouse: Nancy Bleakley (      -      ) 2

         Spouse: Mary Martha McVannen (1784-1864) 2
           Marr: 1809 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2

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2 M William Patterson ³

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3 M James Patterson ³

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4 M John Patterson ³

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5 M Alexander Patterson ³

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6 M Samuel Patterson ³

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7 M Robert Patterson ³

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8 F Martha Patterson ³

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         Spouse: [Unk] Stewart (      -      )

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General Notes: Husband - William Patterson

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John Patterson, who is regarded as the ancestor of all Pennsylvania Pattersons, was born in 1640. Conditions in Scotland becoming intolerable, he sought a home in Ireland, locating at Londonderry with wife and two sons. Londonderry was shortly afterward besieged by James II. with the English troops. They endured all the horrors of that siege, and it is said that in his old age John Patterson used to repeat the story to his grandchildren, telling them never to forget to be thank­ful when they sat down to a table with plenty to eat. Robert, son of John Patterson, had ten children, six of whom emigrated to America, four remaining in Ireland. From Robert came the early Patterson family of Pennsylvania, living in Bucks, Lancaster, and York counties and from whom sprang Colonel Robert Patterson, the founder of Lexington, Kentucky, and ancestor of the Pattersons of Dayton, Ohio. From the four Pattersons that remained in Ireland, came a later immigration and among these was Thomas Patterson, son of William and Sarah Douglass Patterson.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Douglass

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She was of Scottish ancestry.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 939.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 956.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 955.