James Patterson and Susan Howard

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Husband James Patterson ^{1 2}

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           Died: Oct 1735 - Lancaster Co, PA 3
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Wife Susan Howard ⁴

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            AKA: Susanna [Unk] 5
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           Died: 1755 6
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   Other Spouse: Thomas Ewing (      -1743) 2 5 - 1736 5

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   Other Spouse: John Connolly (      -Abt 1747) 2 6 - Abt 1744

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Children

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1 M Capt. James Patterson ^{2 7 8 9 10}

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           Born: 1715 - Washington, Lancaster Co, PA 10
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           Died: 1772 - Mexico, Juniata Co, PA 10
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         Spouse: Mary Stuart (      -1785) 4

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2 M Thomas Patterson ⁷

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3 F Susanna Patterson ^{2 11}

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         Spouse: James Lowrey (      -      ) 11

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4 F Sarah Patterson ^{2 7}

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         Spouse: Benjamin Chambers (      -      ) 2 7

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5 F Rebecca Patterson ^{2 7}

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         Spouse: John Keagy (      -      ) 2 7

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General Notes: Husband - James Patterson

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He came from Salisbury, England, and settled, in 1717, on the northern line of the Conestoga Manor, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

In 1717 he located about a mile back of Martin Chartière, along the northern boundary of Conestoga Manor in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Here he had his trading post. He also took up several hundred acres of land oppo-site to this point in Conejohera Valley, on the west side of the Susquehanna River, where he kept the pack-horses which he used to bring the peltries which he purchased from the Indians along the Potomac River. A portion of this land was cleared for grazing purposes, a part only being inclosed with a fence.
When Col. Thomas Cresap came up from Maryland in 1730, he established a ferry and built his cabin near Patterson's land. The object of the Marylanders in sending Cresap and those who accompanied him to this point was to drive out all settlers under Penn and take possession of the land. They commenced operations by shooting several of Mr. Patterson's horses. As soon as Patterson heard of this he went to Justices John Wright and Samuel Blunston, at "Wright's Ferry," and procured a warrant for the arrest of a man named Lowe, who belonged to Cresap's party. Constable Jones, of Hempfield, Mr. Patterson and his son James, and several others went over the river and arrested Lowe in his house at night, forced him over the river on the ice, and took him to prison in Lancaster, where he was afterwards rescued from jail by a party of Marylanders. This was the commencement of the border troubles, some-times called "Cresap's war." These troubles between the Marylanders and the Pennsylvanians increased, and entirely broke up Patterson's Indian trade on the west side of the river, and entailed great loss to him. His son James was taken prisoner and confined in "Cresap's Fort" for a short time. In 1735, before the termination of these troubles, Mr. Patterson died at his home in the Manor. To his son James he gave three hundred acres of land along the Conecocheague in Cumberland Valley, and he removed there immediately after his father's death.

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General Notes: Wife - Susan Howard

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If she was the first wife of Mr. Patterson, they must have been married in Ireland as early as 1708.

After the death of Mr. Connolly, she removed to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She had a great deal of wealth, and it is presumed that she sent her son to the best schools the town afforded.

1 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 15, 953.

2 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 851.

3 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 16, 953.

4 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 95.

5 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 953.

6 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 954.

7 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 16.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 110, 182.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 858.

10 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 315.

11 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 17.