Hi Judy. I don't know about the Pattons; haven't really done much research on them. The earliest that I know about is Robert Patton who died 1843 Gallatin Co., Il. I think that he came from Tn. and the family was probably in Va. prior to that. Robert did have a son named Thomas and one named Robert Wiatt that I know of. So it is possible that Robert's father was named Thomas. As to the Maxwells, I only know that my James Maxwell was b. 1820 Caldwell Co., Ky.; went to Ala.; then to Pope Co., Il. in the 1840's. He married Rebecca Jones 1835-40; place unknown. Do you think we can connect? Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Berck" <jbhere@hotmail.com> To: <MAXWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [MAXWELL-L] Tn. Land Grants > Jan, > > My ancestors are Samuel Maxwell (b. 1781 VA) and Martha Patton (b. 1780 VA, > daughter of Thomas Patton, Sr. of Montgomery Co., VA). Do you think there > could be a Patton connection? > > Judy > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com >