• General Notes

  Ali: Immigrant
  
  Elizabeth "Ms John #1" (PATTON) b: ABT 1680  Scotland
  Charity Wife #2  b: unk   Scotland
  Matilda Ann Wideman b: abt 1670  Wife #3  m abt 1703 Scotland
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  John and Matilda immegrated to AMERICA in 1705, their son Mathew Leander was born aboard ship.
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  Some researchers have his wife as Charity. Came to America in 1705 settling in Cumberland CO., PA.
  
  For those who do not know, there is a debate whether this John Patton is the father of Matthew Patton born about 1700 and died 1778 at Peters Township, Cumberland County Pennsylvania.
  
  JOHN1 PATTON died 1767 in Peter's Township, Cumberland Co. Pennsylvania.
  
  More About JOHN PATTON:
  
  Fact 1: No documentation
  
  Children of JOHN PATTON are:
  
  i. JAMES2 PATTON.
  
  ii. JOSEPH PATTON.
  
  iii. WILLIAM PATTON, d. Lancaster County, South Carolina; m. ELIZABETH WHITE.
  
  2. iv. MATTHEW PATTON, b. Abt. 1700; d. 1778, Peters Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
  
  v. JOHN PATTON, d. Stanton, Virginia.
  
  vi. ALEXANDER PATTON, d. Comberland County, Pennsylvania.
  
  vii. BENJAMIN PATTON.
  
  viii. TRISTRAM PATTON, d. Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
  
  ix. ABIGAIL PATTON, m. TASSEY.
  
  MARY PATTON, m. JOHNSON.
  
  This is not proven to be our direct ancestors.
  
  Info from Bob & Judy Martin
  
  John Patton was born abt 1689 in Scotland. He immigrated to Pennsylvania from Ireland. C.H. Maguire research shows John Patton was imprisoned in Glasgow, Scotland for: 1) attending "meetings of baptisings in the fields (they dared not hold services indoors for wall have ears)", and 2) even tho they attended church regularly, their wives went elsewhere. Jails were overflowing andcruelty was unspeakable. Lord Cardross was influential in obtaining the land granted by the King to Lord Cardross and his associates. On May 22, 1684, the Privy Counsel allowed 22 men to depart from Tarbooth Prison, among them John Patton. They wer to work 10 years to pay for their transportation and earn their freedom. Few of them returned to Scotland from the Cardross Colony of 1684, but John Patton was among the fortuante ones. He and his wife, whose name is not known, came to America, settling in Cumberland County, Pa. Six sons are shown of record:
  James, Joseph, Benjamin, William, John and Matthew "Old Matt". Alexander and Tristram, who are later found in Cumberland and Dauphin Counties may also have been his sons.
  
  Children of John Patton and Mitilda Wideman are:
  
  i. Matthew Patton, born 1705 in On board ship from Scotland; died Bef. January 07, 1778 in Cumberland Co., PA; married Elizabeth Alexander 1723 in Cumberland Co., PA.
  ii. James Patton, born in Scotland.
  iii. Joseph Patton, born in Scotland.
  iv. John Jr. Patton, died in Staunton, VA.
  v. Alexander Patton, died in Cumberland Co., PA.
  vi. Benjamin Patton.
  vii. Tristram Patton.
  viii. Abigail Patton, married Husband Tassey.
  ix. Mary Patton, married Husband Johnson.
  
  There are a great many Pattons in North Carolina. Especially around the
  Swannanoa area. Swannanoa is a little town on the Swannanoa River in the
  mountains not far from Ashville, N.C. There is the Patton Cemetery,
  established in 1794, and also the cemetery in the church yard of the FirstPresbyterian Church of Swannanoa. Many Pattons are buried at these places.
  
  Records of this family indicate they are of Scotch origin. Spelling in New England states is PATTEN while those found in Pennsylvania and the south are usually spelled Patton. The earliest records of Pattons in Pennsylvania are of Matthew and John, "brothers from Covenanter stock, who settled in the North of Ireland then came early in the eighteenth century and settled in Cumberland Co., PA" It is reported that these Pattons are decendents of "the Covenanter martyr, MATHEW PATOUN of Newmilns, Scotland who was executed in Glasgow public square in 1666".

Details of John 's family with Matilda Ann  WIDEMAN

Details of John 's family with Susanna TUSSEY