Many of you have suffered the many queries that I have sent over the past 5 years seeking information about William Patterson and Nancy McCready of Brooke County, WV and Eldersville, PA. The generous responses many of you have sent led to final discovery that has nearly verified the origins of William. The house of William's birth (rcvd from my aunt Martena Kessel) was identified by Eldersville residents as the home of James and John Patterson of Bethel Ridge; later the homestead of Hugh Patterson. As I was fairly sure that John and Jane Patterson had sons Francis and William and since Francis and William are buried at St. John's Graveyard the pieces fell into place. My most recent estimate of this little known family line (compared to the well known Patterson line of Cross Creek and Lancaster) is below. I am now seeking to verify the place of origin of this Patterson line. And I am seeking information that would confirm or deny my guess that this line is from county Donegal; and hence of the line of Pattersons/Paterson who moved from Ayreshire, Scotland to Raphoe Barony when James I granted lands to John and James Cuningham about 1608. 1. JAMES PATTERSON b. abt 1725; prosperous landowner of County Donegal. Note 1: This paternal relationship is deduced from the Armstrong County background of Woodward Patterson Brown of Kittanning, Pennsylvania who is a descendant of David Patterson (some of the specifics in this write up indicate errors in either my assumptions or the write up itself). Note 2: The relationship of Robert and/or Elizabeth to James and John is an assumption based upon the closeness of my great-great grandfather (William, son of John & Jane of Bethel Ridge) to the children of Robert and Elizabeth Patterson. I believe that either Robert or Elizabeth was a sibling of James and John; the other being their cousin. Children of James Patterson: i. ROBERT PATTERSON b. 1749 d. 1829; wife & 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 2. ROBERT PATTERSON b. 1749; d. June 10, 1829; married his cousin Elizabeth PATTERSON b. May 5, 1754; d. February 05, 1852. First 3 children were born in Ulster. It appears that Robert (and others) emmigrated about 1795 to PA then to Jefferson Township, PA then by 1809 to Brooke County VA/WV and buried at St. John's Episcopal Church Graveyard on Eldersville Road, Brooke County, WV. Children of Robert Patterson and Elizabeth Patterson: i. WILLIAM PATTERSON b. about 1788 in Ulster; d. 1864-1866. ii. ROBERT PATTERSON b. March 18, 1789 in Ulster; d. November 17, 1866. iii. SARAH PATTERSON b. about 1790; d. about 1864 in Cadiz, Ohio. iv. ELIZABETH PATTERSON b. 1795, PA; d. November 11, 1864. v. JAMES PATTERSON b. 1797, PA; d. January 4, 1867, his 69th year@. vi. ALEXANDER PATTERSON b. September 26, 1800; d. November 10, 1861. 3. JAMES PATTERSON b.1757; d. 31 Aug 1849, his 92nd year; m. SARAH GIVEN b. 1764; d. Jan 8, 1849, her 84th year; both are buried at Bethel Ridge, Protestant Methodist Church Graveyard near Eldersville, PA. Children of James Patterson and Sarah Given are: i. WILLIAM PATTERSON, b. 1790; d. April 19, 1840, his 50th year@. ii. JOHN PATTERSON, b. 1793; d. February 14, 1841, his 47th year@. iii. MARY PATTERSON; b. 1794 - 1800; d. before 1893; m. William Moore iv. JAMES PATTERSON; b. 1805 d. 1876; m. 1852 Jane McWha b. 1824 d. aft 1890. John and James purchased a farm in Brooke County in 1832. James married Jane McWha and their children were John N. Patterson and Robert P. Patterson. v. SARAH PATTERSON; b. 1800 - 1810; d. before 1893; m. Robert Pogue vi. ELIZABETH PATTERSON; b. 1800 - 1810; d. before 1893; m. Erasmus Cooper. Their son was E. C. Cooper who inherited Hugh Patterson's land since Hugh had no wife. vii. HUGH PATTERSON, b. November 07, 1807 near Eldersville, PA; d. Sept. 26, 1896. 4. JOHN PATTERSON, brother of James, b. 1762; d. October 20 (29), 1849, his 87th (82) year; m. JANE SCOTT b. 1777, d. August 5, 1831, her 54th year; both are buried at Bethel Ridge, Protestant Methodist Church Graveyard near Eldersville, PA. 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 iii. ELEANOR PATTERSON, b. 1813; d. October 29, 1826, her 13th year. iv. FRANCIS PATTERSON b. July 5, 1808; d. Feb 12, 1874, m. Annis Porter Scott; buried at St. John's Graveyard. v. NANCY PATTERSON, b. 1800-1810; vi. SARAH PATTERSON, b. 1800-1810; vii. DAVID PATTERSON, b. after 1810; d. after 1834. viii. WILLIAM PATTERSON b. 1818 d. 1879 m. Nancy McCready; buried at St. John's graveyard. * * * * * WILLIAM PATTERSON b. June 03, 1818; d. September 10, 1879; married Nancy McCready about 1838 (location ??). NANCY MCCREADY, daughter of David McCready and Martha Jones (and granddaughter of Robert McCready and Anne Levins of Cross Creek, PA) was born June 22, 1818 and died May 16, 1906 in Steubenville, Ohio.