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| John Patterson | see FAMILY TREE | |
Born: 24 Jun 1711 Stratford, Fairfield, CT |
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| Married: 4 Jun 1730 Stratford, Fairfield, CT |
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| Died: 20 Jan 1806 Piermont, Grafton NH |
FATHER
Andrew Patterson
MOTHER
Elizabeth Peet
WIFE
CHILDREN
1. Parthenia Patterson b. 29 Nov 1730
2. Josiah Patterson b. 25 Mar 1732
3. John Patterson b. 11 Dec 1734
4. Ashbel Patterson b. 3 Apr 1737
5. Ephraim Patterson b. 22 Mar 1739
6. Stephen Patterson b. 15 Nov 1741
7. Mary Patterson b. 10 Jan 1743
8. Matthew Patterson b. 6 Mar 1745
9. Isaac Patterson b. 14 Jan 1747
10. Parthenia Patterson b. 5 May 1749
11. Isaac Patterson b. 8 Oct 1750
12. Benjamin Patterson b. 15 Jan 1752
John Patterson
by Susan Brooke
Mau 2023
John Patterson was the last child born to Scottish immigrant Andrew Patterson
and his wife, Elizabeth Peet. John was born 24 Jun 1711 in Stratford,
Fairfield, Ct. He attended Yale College and graduated in 1728 and
two years later he married Mary Curtis on 4 Jun 1730 in Stratford, CT. (1) He
purchased 6 acres of land adjoining his father's land in Stratford in 1735 and
his father gave him an additional 1 1/2 acres. (2) He was a town
proprietor and entitled to more land in 1738. (3) In 1746 he was enrolled as
Lieutenant in the expedition against the French. (1) That same year his
father, Andrew Patterson, died on 02 Dec 1746 in Stratford. John Patterson
moved to Cornwall, Litchfield, CT in 1754 (1) His mother probably went with him
as she died in Cornwall, Litchfield, Ct about 1765. (4)
By 1760 John Patterson had moved "to Westminster, on the west bank of the
Connecticut River, in what is now Windham County, Vermont." (1) At that time,
however, it was Windham, Cumberland, New York. On 27 Jan 1771 John and two
of his sons, Isaac and Benjamin, signed a petition to be reannexed to New
Hampshire. (5) The petition said that the late governor of New York had granted
them this land, which they had "settled, cultivated, inhabited and improved"
only to be told the land was not theirs. The next year, on 7 Dec 1772, John
Patterson signed another petition referring to the grant made 19 Mar 1768
containing 40 townships forming Cumberland County. The petitioners were
asking for the right to choose two representatives to serve in the New York
General Assembly. (6)
After signing that petition John Patterson and
family moved to Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire. (7) His son
Benjamin Patterson was wheeling and dealing in land sales and started running up creditors. In
March of 1781 Benjamin signed an unusual deed in
which he gave his homestead of 400 acres to his father with provision his father
keep the land from being attached by his creditors. Then, on the same
day John Patterson sold this same land to Betsey, the wife of
Benjamin Patterson and then Benjamin Patterson,
Gentleman, sold the land to Jonathan Moulton.
(8) Benjamin Patterson was accused of selling
the land twice and landed in jail. (9) After Benjamin was released from jail he
went to Quebec. He wrote a letter to his father in May of 1782. (10)
Benjamin wrote that his father should let everyone take what they please and his
father should not interfere. His father could stay on the farm or move in
with Benjamin's brother, Isaac, "but don't mettle on my account. Quit the
law." John Patterson sold the land to Jonathan Moulton on condition that they
would then be free from all claims and demands. (8)
The 1790 census for
Isaac Patterson in Piermont, son of John
Patterson, listed four men over the age of 16. (11) None of Isaac's sons
were over 16 at that time. John Patterson was probably living with his
son, Isaac Patterson. John Patterson died 20 Jan 1806 in Piermont at the
age of 94, retaining his mental and physical faculties. (12)
Sources
(1) Yale Annals
"John Patterson was the seventh and youngest child of Andrew Patterson, one of a
shipload of Scotch emigrants who had refused to take the oath of allegiance and
were consequently banished from their homes, and arrived at Perth Amboy, New
Jersey, in December, 1685; thence, in the following summer, he removed to
Stratford, Connecticut, where he married Elizabeth Peet, in 1691, and where his
son was born, June 24, 1711. At the age of nineteen, or two years after
graduation, he married Mary, daughter of Captain Josiah and Mary Curtiss, of
Stratford, two years his junior. In 1746 he was enrolled as Lieutenant in the
expedition proposed against the French. He resided in Stratford until about 1753,
when he removed to Cornwall, Litchfield County, and thence, after 1760, to
Westminster, on the west bank of the Connecticut River, in what is now Windham
County, Vermont. He finally settled, shortly before the outbreak of the
Revolution, in Piermont, a new town, some sixty miles further north, on the New
Hampshire side of the river. Here his wife died, July 18, 1789, in her 78th
year, and here he himself died Jan 20, 1806, in his 95th year, having been for
six years the oldest graduate. He retained in a remarkable degree all his
faculties to the day of his death. He was active and regular in his habits, very
fond of gardening, and had charge of a large garden the year before his death.
He had ten children born in Stratford."
| (2) Stratford CT Deed BK 6 pages 196-7 Edmund Sharman to John Patterson land and dwelling house in Stratford in a place called Pembrook for £225. Land bounded on the east by Mr. Andrew Patterson 28 Feb 1734/5 Andrew Patterson to his loving son John Patterson 1 1/2 acre of land 3 Mar 1734/5 |
 Stratford CT Deed BK 6 pages 196-7 |
(3)
Andrew Patterson of Stratford Connecticut and the First Four Generations by
William Patterson, 1892
pg 15 "In the Town records he, as Sergt. Andrew
Patterson, is recorded as School Committeeman in 1717. He and his sons
William and John were Town 'proprietors,' and drew their proportion of undivided
land, November, 1738."
(4) John Peet of Stratford, Connecticut & His Descendants, by Terry Charles Peet, 1986
(5) Petition to the King
"they are Inhabitants of a Tract of your
Majesty's Land now by your Majesty's order within the jurisdiction of your
Majesty's Government of New York which at the time of the removal of the line of
jurisdiction was unanimously esteemed to be in your Majesty's Provine of New
Hampshire, except only by some Interested Persons in New York, who have made
large Fortunes out of those Lands & whose pretenses were Totally unknown"
-- That by virtue of Patents issued by Benning Wentworth, Esq. late
Governor of your Majesty's said Province of New Hampshire -- under the Seal
thereof - They have settled cultivated inhabited & improved their whole Fortunes
and all their labour to this day on the premises aforesaid, that it having
pleased your Majesty to remove the line of Jurisdiction between the two
provinces. --
(6) Petition for the Right to Elect a Representative
(7)
Piermont Town Records
film #15276 familysearch.com
pg 47-48 images 31-32
Jan 21, 1773
Whereas the Proprietors of Piermont at their Meeting held the 10th August 1770 voted that the first twenty men who should settle in said town might have Liberty to take their choice of those Lots of Land lying between the Interval Lots, and the one hundred Acre Lots. And as many Persons have in Consequence of said Vote pitched upon & settled certain of said Lots, for the Ascertaining of which
Voted that the clerk write John Patterson Esq of Piemont or in his absence his sons to desire him or them that they would consult the Inhabitants of said Town in Order to determine who they judge the twenty Men are that have pitched upon the Lots aforesaid and what Improvements they have made that they may be confirmed in them by the Proprietors, and transmit their Names Together with the number of the Lot they have respectively pitched, that the remainder of the said Lots may be drawn for the said Proprietors.
(8) Grafton County, NH Deeds
Deed BK 5 pg 50-51 3 Mar 1781
Benjamin Patterson
400 acres to his father with provision his father keep the land from being
attached by his creditors.
Deed
BK 5 pg 125-126 3 Mar 1781
John Patterson to Betsey, the wife of
Benjamin Patterson, but with a caveat that he retained title until the
delivery of £1000.
Deed BK 5 pg 104-105 10 Apr 1781
Benjamin Patterson, Gentleman, to Jonathan Moulton for 3352 silver dollars
Deed BK 5 pg
127-128 24 May 1781
This is to certify I deed to Col Jonathan Moulton my home place in Piermont, the
same farm land I had before then deeded to my father, John Patterson, with the
sole view of securing it from being attached by my creditors. And
I do hereby declare that I never received any consideration from my said father
for said deed, but was given altogether for the reason aforesaid without any
consideration whatever received by me from him. And
furthermore as my said Father Deeded the same to my wife Betsey Patterson with
the same view of securing it from the creditors which deed I & my wife have
signed over to the said Moulton. I do thereby declare that the true intent and
meaning of the conveyance from him to my father & from him to my wife was only
to secure the same from being attached as above said. May
24, 1781
Deed BK 5 pg 417 24 Jul 1782
John Patterson of Piermont selling
500 acres of land which had been sold to him
by his son Benjamin Patterson which he then sold to Bestey Patterson.
Selling to Jonathan Moulton for £10 with condition would be free of all claims
and demands
(9)
Haldimand
Collection at Canadian Archives H-1736 B
176 pg 154 (image 475)
Letter from Col
Johnson to Captain Sherwood.
St. John's 14 July 1781
Joseph White who left Coos about 12 days ago, he says that Benjamin Patterson (now in the province in Quebec) has exited that part of the country for willfully selling his farm to two different persons ---first to his father, & afterward to a Col Molton. When Molton discovered the deceit he apprehended and put into Prison the said Patterson; where he remained till his father became his security. On suspicion that he (Mr. Patterson) who was guilty of actions similar to the above, he became obnoxious to the people and on that fact (and not his loyalty) he took his flight to this province.
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(10) Letter from Benjamin Patterson to his father, John Patterson
written from Quebec May 1782 I beg of you to take all the papers you have of mine in your house of what matter so ever & seal them up & deliver them to Isaac Patterson & give him orders not to mettle as it can't any meaning for you to mettle with my affairs in no respect. If you think best move off the farm. Don't go to settle with no men. This is my positive orders. You will here to Isaac & move to his house & quit the law and have nothing to do with my affairs & leave out with Moulton what he shall give you and not have much to say in the offer yourself. The 15th of May the arbitration to be at W R. I depend on you in taking a my advice & let every man take what he please & you not interfere. You may stay on the farm or move to Isaac but don't mettle on my account. Quit the law.
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(11) 1790 Census Piermont, Grafton, NH
| (12) Died: 20 Jan 1806 Piermont, NJ | Connecticut Journal of Feb 6, 1806 "Died, at Piermont, N.H., on the 20th ult., John Patterson, Esq., aet. 94, who remarkably retained his mental and bodily faculties till the day of his death. If correct habits and a perseverance in all the Christian virtues are of any consequence to morals, he has left an example to posterity truly worthy of imitation. He graduated at Yale College in the year 1728." |
 Burial River Road Cemetery Bradford, Grafton Co., NH Created by Roberts Find A Grave Memorial #80873940 |