John Patton and Susanna Tussey

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Husband John Patton ¹

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           Born:  - northern Ireland
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           Died: Jun 1767 - Cumberland Co, PA 2
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         Father: [Father] Patton (      -      )
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Wife Susanna Tussey ²

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Children

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1 M William Patton ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1730 or 1731 - the north of Ireland 2 3
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           Died: 23 Mar 1777 - Peters Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 2 3
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Moore (1732-1819) 2
           Marr: 5 Aug 1754 2 3

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2 F Mary Patton ²

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3 M Benjamin Patton ²

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General Notes: Husband - John Patton

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He and his brother, Matthew, were natives of Northern Ireland, in which part of the British Isles the Pattons had probably been forced to seek refuge because of the Confiscation Act of the British Crown, which dispossessed the Covenanters of Scotland and of other parts of Great Britain; and in effect drove them from the land. At all events, records show that Matthew and John Patton (which is not an Irish patronymic) were prominent Covenanters, and that at an early date in the eighteenth century both left Ireland for America, eventually settling in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where they jointly purchased a tract of land in what is now Peters township, about the year 1735. They are assessed on the tax lists of that township and county in 1751.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 105.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 106.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 588.