Hi Shirley,
I saw your posting on the IN-RANDOLPH mailing list. I don't have access to my
computer now, or for the next 3 weeks, but I believe that Henry Patterson was
the son of John Patterson and Nancy Kirkham. They were married in Preble Co.,
OH, just over the border from Randolph Co., IN. They had a number of
children. Henry (if this is the same one) was named after Nancy's father,
Henry Kirkham. Margaret was Nancy's sister, who married Samuel Bloomfield and
moved to Vermilion Co., IL. John and Nancy Patterson moved to Grant Co., IN,
where he died shortly after arriving (before the 1850 census) and both are
buried there. John's brother, Andrew, along with his wife, Mary Parks
Patterson, also moved to Grant Co., IN. I believe your Henry is the son of
John and Nancy, and his daughter, Margaret, is possibly named after his
sister, Margaret Patterson, who in turn was named after Nancy's sister,
Margaret (Kirkham) Bloomfield.
Let me know what you think. I will be checking my e-mail on Sundays, but
unfortunately I do not have access to my Family Tree Maker program until the
middle of January. So please e-mail me and I will look at my file when I can.
Thanks.
Ashley Emerson
Kalamazoo, MI