Patterson
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John Paterson arrived in Sunny Bank about 1764. He was an officer
in the British Armed Forces. It is
believed that he married around 1760, but no one knows his wife’s name. John
had 2 sons and 3 daughters. The names of
his daughters are also unknown. His sons John and Peter married two sisters
Margaret and Martha Ascah.
John
Jr.’s children were Christianna,
Richard, Charles, and Margaret Harriet from his first wife Margaret Ascah. She
died in 1793. John Jr. remarried in 1795 to Margaret McPherson. They had John,
Daniel, Laughlin Thomas, Julia Anne, and Mary.
Peter’s
children were Hannah, John, Anne Nancy, Margaret, Sarah, Richard, Christianna, James, and Thomas. His wife’s name was Martha Ascah.
The
records I have on John Paterson are the following, “The census of "gaspez" (1765) indicates that John Paterson had a
wife, and 4 dependents, all under the age of 16. He was listed as having 1 boy and 3 girls
living in his household.” “The census of
Andrew Patterson has a great
site on the Patterson
family. Please check this site out.