Hi All, I am forwarding this message from John Patterson. If you can help him please reply to his email at From: "John Patterson" <pattersj@att.net> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 2:11 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Pattersons of County Donegal > I am seeking the origins of the Patterson family of Jefferson Township, > Washington County, Pennsylvania. > > Most Pattersons in Pennsylvania are Presbyterian. This family built and > supported a Methodist Episcopal (later Protestant) Church. This may have > been a matter of circumstance in PA but may also be a key to their > origins in County Donegal. William Patterson (b. 1818) is my great-great > grandfather. The information that I have gathered is below. > > Thank you, John (Woodward) Patterson III > Great Bridge, VA (Brooke County, WVA) > > [1] Ref: Armstrong County (PA) Genealogy Project > > The Patterson family originated in County Donegal, Ireland, James > Patterson, the great-great-grandfather of Woodward Patterson Brown, > being a native of that county and a prosperous landowner. His son John > Patterson, the great-grandfather, was born in what is now West Virginia > [I don't think the family emigrated that early. They likely emigrated in > the early 1790's] and was a prosperous farmer; he married Jane Scott, of > Ohio [and settled on Bethel Ridge near Eldersville, PA]. Their son, > David Patterson, was born in (what is now) West Virginia. As a young man > he came to Rural Village (now Rural Valley), where he was a merchant and > postmaster for several years. Moving to Kittanning he built the > Patterson building on Jefferson street, and became one of the most > respected and highly esteemed business men of the town. He married Eliza > Reynolds, daughter of David Reynolds and his wife Mary (Woodward) > Reynolds. > > [2] My family line > > 1. JAMES PATTERSON b. abt 1725; prosperous landowner of County Donegal. > Children of James Patterson: > i. ROBERT PATTERSON b. 1749 d. 1829 m. cousin Elizabeth Patterson b. > 1754 d. 1852 > ii. JAMES PATTERSON b. 1757 d. 1849 > iii. JOHN PATTERSON b. 1762 d. 1849 > iv. Sisters in Philadelphia (Elizabeth may be the sibling rather than > Robert or both might be cousins) > > JOHN PATTERSON, brother of James, b. 1762; d. October 20, 1849, his 87th > year; m. JANE SCOTT b. 1777, d. August 5, 1831, her 54th year; Bethel > Ridge Methodist Cemetery, Eldersville,(Washington County)Pennsylvania. > Children of John Patterson and Jane Scott are: > i. JAMES PATTERSON, b. 1799; d. April 12, 1834, his 35th year; wife > Martha. > ii. JOHN PATTERSON, b. 1800-1810 > iii. CHARLES PATTERSON, b. 1800-1810 > iv. FRANCIS PATTERSON b. July 5, 1808; d. Feb 12, 1874, m. Annis > Porter Scott. > v. NANCY PATTERSON, b. 1800-1810; > vi. SARAH PATTERSON, b. 1800-1810; > vii. ELEANOR PATTERSON, b. 1813; d. October 29, 1826, her 13th year. > viii. DAVID PATTERSON, b. after 1810; d. after 1834. [m. Eliza Reynolds; > Kittanning?] > ix. WILLIAM PATTERSON b. 1818 d. 1879 m. Nancy McCready. >