I am trying to find the antecedents of William Patterson [I]. If anyone can help, I'd
appreciate it!
We get our only information about William Patterson [I] from “William Patterson [II], a
native of Pennsylvania and born near the city of Pittsburgh. His father, William
Patterson, Sr. [I], was a native of Ireland and upon coming to America located in
Pennsylvania where he spent his last days. William, Jr. [II], removed from Pennsylvania to
Warren County, Ohio, when a lad of ten years [about 1812]. There he grew to man's
estate and worked in Cincinnati in a rope factory until his marriage.
William Patterson [II] was born in 1802 in Pennsylvania. Nancy Hamilton was born in 1802
in Virginia. Nancy Hamilton and William Patterson married on 16 Oct 1823 in Warren
County, Ohio.
Children of William Patterson and Nancy Hamilton are:
· Sarah Patterson was born in 1824 Warren County, Ohio.
· Catherine Patterson was born in 1826 Warren County, Ohio.
· Hannah Patterson was born in 1828 Warren County, Ohio.
· William Hamilton Patterson [III] was born in 1829 Warren County, Ohio.
· Caroline Patterson was born in 1832 Warren County, Ohio.
· Russell Patterson was born in 1834 Montgomery County, Ohio.
· Henry Harrison Patterson was born and died in 1837 Illinois.
· Henry Harrison Patterson was born in 1838 Illinois.
· Leander Patterson was born in 1844 Illinois.
· Emma Patterson was born in 1845 Indiana.