Person ID: I2733056914
James Patterson
Bet. 1697 and 1710 – OCT 1735
Male
Events
- Born
- Bet. 1697 and 1710
- Died
- OCT 1735
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherArthur Patterson1683 – 3 JUL 1765
- MotherAnn Scott1683 – 5 MAY 1792
- ChildJohn PattersonBet. 1666 and 1695 – Bet. 1745 and 1787
- ChildJames PattersonBet. 1697 and 1710 – OCT 1735
- ChildAlexander Patterson1722 – Bet. 1743 and 1812
- ChildArthur PattersonBet. 1702 and 1730 – Bet. 1708 and 1809
Family
Family group sheet →Married: Bet. 1705 and 1734
- FatherJames PattersonBet. 1697 and 1710 – OCT 1735
- MotherSusanna HowardBet. 1681 and 1710 – 1753
- ChildSarah Patterson1721 – DEC 1743
- ChildJames Patterson, JrBet. 1691 and 1726 – NOV 1771
- ChildThomas Patterson1732 – 1747
- ChildRebecca PattersonBet. 1708 and 1736 – Bet. 1727 and 1825
- ChildSusanna PattersonBet. 1712 and 1736 – 1760
Notes
- James lived on the Maryland Eastern Shore, near Salisbury, where kin still live, before moving to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in what was known as the Conestoga Manor. The Pattersons have been in the Maryland and Pennsylvania areas as earl y as 1660. He was instrumental in the Cresaps War when Marylanders tried to move the State line north. This trouble started in 1681 and in 1683 Lord Baltimore issued a proclamation by which he claimed jurisdiction over the tract of land on th e west of the Deleware Bay and River now held by William Penn by deed of the Duke of York. William Penn died in 1718 after requesting that the King settle this dispute. Penn personnally went to England to plead his case, but the King could no t reconcile Penn and Lord Baltimore. In 1731 Thomas Cresop obtained grants from Lord Baltimore for the land upon which James Patterson settled. In May of 1732 Lord Baltimore and the Pennsylvania propietaries agreed to a solution. The war ende d in 1738, after Jame's death, and the King of England's order in Council of the 25th of May 1738. James traveled to Lancaster County Pennsylvania from Salisbury, Maryland by canoe on the Susquehanna River with his family. He was warrented 500 acres in Conestoga Manor in 1718, the same year that his benefactor William Penn died. The warren t was confirmed by Thomas Penn. Conestoga Manor consisted of 16,000 acres and was officially formed March 1, 1718 by order of James Logan. James's name appears on the first assessment list of Conestoga Township. On November 21, 1734 Thomas Penn awarded James and Susanna 200 additional acres where they built their home in which he died and in which his two famous half-brothers Gene ral James Ewing and Colonel John Connolly were born. James and Susanna were Charter Members of the Donegal Presbyterian Church which was founded in Lancaster County, Pa near Elizabethtown and Maytown. The Church was founded by Scottish families who fled their previous homes in Northern Ireland. T he Church was founded sometime prior to 1721.