This message forwarded from ns-cape-breton board. Can anyone assist the enquirer? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 10:09 PM Subject: [NS-CB] Pattersons- > > > > I am thoroughly confused! Everything that I read about the 1st settlers in > Boularderie, mention a Neil Patterson that was given a grant in 1934. But > in a letter from Dan Brown abt 25 years ago, he said that there were 2 > Patterson families that settled here, one from Coll and one from Mull. > Well, I have been seen the line of the one from Coll and now I'm wondering > if anyone has the names of the Patterson family from Mull in the early > 1800s. > > > > My gr grandfather was Neil Malcolm Patterson 1844 Boularderie Island/son > of George or Malcolm or maybe George Malcolm and Sarah ?. Neil marrried. > Mary Ann Campbell d/o Duncan and Catherine MacClean (both from Scotland. > > > > Can someone help me to sort out these two Patterson Families. I was told > that even now, their properties back up to each other, one farm in Cape > Breton and the other in Victoria. And yet they are not related!. Thank you > for any help, I just cannot seem to move ahead with this. Sadie E.( > Patterson) Pegnato > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have a note on my data base that James St Clair advised the list in 2008 that Neil Paterson, son of John Paterson, emigrated to Nova Scotia from Mull perhaps as early as 1803 and settled on Boularderie Island. Perhaps James can help you with your problem. Jill