I am researching John Pattison and Esther McNeil and family who lived in New Castle from about 1820 through 1858 and then moved to Kent County. Their children were: John, Hugh, William, Elizabeth, and Mary [married Sam Cahall and had at least one child, James]. John had two brothers William and Nathaniel, are three were born in Ireland about 1800 and were in Delaware by 1820ish. John sponsored both of his brothers for citizenship. Nathaniel was a minister, I believe Methodist though the Methodist have not been able to find any records of him. John and Esther are burried in Barrat's Cemetery [a methodist cemetery]. John owned land in Kent county by 1858, North MurderKill Hundred. Hereneted or onwed land in New Castle county from about 1828-1858. I believe William worked the New Castle farm with John until 1845ish when he moved to Wilmington and worked as a blacksmith/mechanic. Hugh Morre Pattison marries Margaret Abbott in New Jersey in 1850. They have at least the following children: Hugh E. and Nathaniel [twins] Emma Anna Elizabeth Mary James Margaret Willium George Hugh E. marries Jane and they have the following children: Mary Hugh E. John B. Jane A. Unknown female marring a Wilson William Emma marrys Hubert Byrnes and they ahve the following children: Henritta Francis Elizabeth Mary May Hubert Loretta Thomas Henry James There is a Canadian connection Emma and two of her grandchildren are born in Canada. Also, the family story/tradition says that Margaret Abbott was Cherokee, though I have found nothing to back that claim yet. regards m ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jazz is freedom. - T. Monk http://www.panix.com/~cassidy

Michael, You might check with the VT list, Essex County. I just make a long sought connection there for my Pattersons. They also have a Canadian connection. I've heard all my life about an Indian line in our family but never exactly where it was or how. Still don't but I do have an old tin type of a male I suspect is in my Patterson line and he looks very Indian. Good luck! Shirl in OH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Cassidy" <cassidy@panix.com> To: <DEKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 9:55 AM Subject: [DEKENT] Pattison & Patterson I am researching John Pattison and Esther McNeil and family who lived in New Castle from about 1820 through 1858 and then moved to Kent County. Their children were: John, Hugh, William, Elizabeth, and Mary [married Sam Cahall and had at least one child, James]. John had two brothers William and Nathaniel, are three were born in Ireland about 1800 and were in Delaware by 1820ish. John sponsored both of his brothers for citizenship. Nathaniel was a minister, I believe Methodist though the Methodist have not been able to find any records of him. John and Esther are burried in Barrat's Cemetery [a methodist cemetery]. John owned land in Kent county by 1858, North MurderKill Hundred. Hereneted or onwed land in New Castle county from about 1828-1858. I believe William worked the New Castle farm with John until 1845ish when he moved to Wilmington and worked as a blacksmith/mechanic. Hugh Morre Pattison marries Margaret Abbott in New Jersey in 1850. They have at least the following children: Hugh E. and Nathaniel [twins] Emma Anna Elizabeth Mary James Margaret Willium George Hugh E. marries Jane and they have the following children: Mary Hugh E. John B. Jane A. Unknown female marring a Wilson William Emma marrys Hubert Byrnes and they ahve the following children: Henritta Francis Elizabeth Mary May Hubert Loretta Thomas Henry James There is a Canadian connection Emma and two of her grandchildren are born in Canada. Also, the family story/tradition says that Margaret Abbott was Cherokee, though I have found nothing to back that claim yet. regards m ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jazz is freedom. - T. Monk http://www.panix.com/~cassidy ==== DEKENT Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net If your Ancestors Migrated to or through Delaware - register them on the Delaware Migration Page http://demigration.homestead.com/Delaware.html Delaware-Cemeteries page http://Delaware_Cemeteries.homestead.com/index.html To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237