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2. WILLIAM H., + b. July 26, 1843; d. Feb. 2, 1845.
3. WILLIAM H., 4 b. Dec. 11, 1847.
4. JAMES HI.,4 b. Feb. 14, 1850.
5. SARAH E.,4 b. Dec. 8. 1852.
6. JULIA G.,4 b. Jan. 25, 1855.
7. JONATHAN G., 4 b. Mar. 11, 1857.
Nathaniel Norton,1 from York or Sanford, came early to Limington, and settled on land from which he cleared a fine farm not far from Saco river. He d. Nov. 22. 1831. By wife Hannah had children as follows :
1. CHARLES,2 b. Oct. 27, 1798; married.
2. REBECCA,2 b. Mar. 2, 1801.
3. NATHANIEL,2 b. April 22, 1803; m. Ann Cousins, of Limington, and lived many years on a farm between Cornish village and the Bill Bean place; carpenter by trade; a quiet, honest man; had Sarah J.,8 m. Daniel Townsend, of Buxton, John,3 and others.
4 ABIGAIL,2 b. Sept. 25, 1805 ; married.
5. DANIEL,2 b. Feb. 8, 1808 ; married.
6. IVORY,2 b. April 4, 1810; married.
7. REUBEN,2 b. May 22, 1812.
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8. EBENEZER,2 b. Oct. 7, 1814; m. Martha Sargent, of Brownfield, May 9, 1844, and settled on a high elevation in Porter, Oxford county, Me., and there cleared a large farm. He was a mechanic and built a small mill. Mrs. Norton, a woman of superior intelligence and literary tastes, appre- ciated education and encouraged her children to acquire scholarly pos- sessions. Mr. N. d. July 28, 1886, and was buried in the South Hiram cemetery, where a chaste monument has been erected. Mrs. N. sur- vives, happy with her good children who "rise up and call her blessed." Children :
I. LUCY E.,8 b. Sept. 11, 1846.
II. MARIA H.,3 b. Jan. 12, 1850 ; m. Freeman Chadbourne, Nov. 19, 1874.
III. ABBIE H.,3 b. Mar. 31, 1851 ; m. Charles B. Davis, June 14, 1875.
IV. NATHANIEL W.,3 b. March 3, 1853; m. Mary E. Miner, of Buffalo, N. Y., June 30, 1880; a lawyer in Buffalo.
v. ROSWELL M.,8 b. Oet. 15, 1854; m. Nellie G. Shaw, and resides in Buffalo, N. Y. ; a lawyer.
V1. RICHARD F.,3 b. Jan. 5, 1856.
VII. ALICE M.,3 b. Jan. 5, 1858; m. Frederick W. Sargent, Aug. 4, 1877.
VIII. ELMER E.,3 b. Sept. 22, 1860; m. Edith Stacy, dau. of Freeman Stacy, of Porter; she has deceased.
IX. LIZZIE S.,3 b. June 27, 1862.
x. HERBERT F. J.,3 b. June 19, 1864.
XI. RALPH L.,3 b. Jan. 7, 1870.
XII. FLORENCE E.,3 b. Mar. 14, 1872.
Gilman J. Norton, son of Edward and his wife, maiden-named Johnson, of Limington, learned the cabinet-maker's trade of Nathaniel Pease, in Cor- nish ; married Abra Fox, of Porter, Aug. 11, 1836, and settled on a farm in that town. Eight children :
1. MOSES,3 b. Dec. 17, 1836 ; m. Ruth A. Towle, of Porter, Nov. 8, 1864, and had son Allie.4
GILMAN A., b. Sept. 18, 1838; m. Ursula Taylor, of Porter, and had a son ; deceased.
3. SALOME, m. Arthur Kimball, of Hiram.
4. FERDINAND P., m. Abby Thorn, of Standish.
5. MARY M., m. Eugene Stanley, of Hiram.
6. LESLIE E., m. Hattie Libby, of Porter.
7. NOYES R., m. Mabel Cole.
8. EDWINA, m. Frank Pendexter, of Porter.
Of the other children of Edward Norton, of Limington, EDWARD lives in Limington; WARREN ; SARAH m. Nat. Stone ; ABIGAIL. m. Nat. Pease; NANCY m. John Cole; CAROLINE m. Dr. Norton, of Baldwin; FRANCES m. Albert Johnson.
O' Brien Family.
Morris O'Brien,1 descended from an ancient and respectable Irish family, came to this country when sixteen years of age. He was born in Cork, Ire- land; married Mary Cain, of Kittery, and settled in that town; afterwards removed to Scarborough, where he resided many years, but finally went down to Machias with some of his sons. His children were named JEREMIAH, MARTHA, GIDEON, JOANNA, MARY, JOHN, WILLIAM, DENNIS, and JOSEPH. Several of these sons assisted in taking the British schooner " Margaretta " in 1775. Some of the families now write the name, O'brien.
John O'Brien,2 son of Morris, was born in Kittery, Me., Sept. 1, 1761; married Abigail Wilson there, Nov. 29, 1797 (she b. July 18, 1771, d. April 16, 1859, in Cornish); came to Cornish on horseback previous to 1800 and remained there during the rest of his days. He was a man of superior intel- ligence and industrious habits; was a soldier of the Revolution. He d. Sept. II, 1841. Descendants as follows :
I. THOMAS W.,3 b. in Kittery, Sept. 7, 1799; m. Sarah W. Hunt, in Gray, Me., Mar., 1838. He was a merchant and lumber dealer; d. in Deer- ing, Me., Apr. 10, 1874. His children were : Leeland,4 Edwin,4 Charles,4 Eleanor T.,4 and Beston.4
2. MARY,3 b. in Cornish, Apr. 18, 1800; d. June 11, 1816, unmarried.
3. JOHN,3 b. in Cornish, Oct. 7, 1801; m. Mary Sutton, Sept. 25, 1832, and was a merchant in Cornish ; d. Mar. 14, 1871. Children: Emily,4 Albert,4 m. Lizzie Edwards, of Saco; Olive H.,4 m. Frank C. Remic, and Ella,4 m. Park Warren.
4. WILLIAM L.,3 b. in Cornish, July 21, 1803; m. Eliza Bean, sister of General Bean, of Brownfield, Sept. 20, 1829 ; she d. Dec. 5, 1832, aged 25, and he m. Mary Brackett, of Limington (b. Sept. 12, 1810), Jan. 23, 1834. He was a merchant at Cornish village many years; d. in Port- land, Sept. 14, 1885, at the home of his son; wife Mary d. Oct. 10, 1886. Children :
I. LEWIS,4 b. July 23, 1830; m. Martha Phinney, of Standish, in Oct., 1852, and spent his early years in Cornish; was a stage-driver on route from Effingham, N. H., to Cornish, and from that town to Saco ; was quartermaster in the 27th Maine Regiment in Civil war; engaged in trade in Saco. For several years he has been a traveling sales- man, connected with a Boston house. Mr. O'Brien is widely known as a genial, social gentleman and has many warm friends. Children : Emily,5 m. Dr. George Swasey, of Portland ; Mary,5 Elizabeth,5 m. Conrad ; Mattie,5 and Lewis.5
II. EDWIN A., 4 b. Mar. 12, 1832; m. Jane H. Jewett; d. in Cornish, Feb. II, 1886. His children were: Nellie,5 Fulton,5 m. Miss Marr; Fannie,5 and Emily.5
1II. ELIZA,4 b. Mar. 6, 1837 ; m. John F. Jameson, merchant, of Cornish, Oct. 11, 1859, and has five children. Mrs. Jameson is a very useful member of society.
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IV. MARSHALL,4 b. Nov. 7, 1838; d. Apr: 17, 1844 (?).
V. MARTHA H.,4 b. August 29, 1846; m. George F. Clifford, Esq., of Cornish, and has several children.
5. ABIGAIL,8 b. in Cornish, March 24, 1805; m. John Ellis, Jr., March 11, 1825. He d. Nov. 19, 1839.
6. OLIVE W.,8 b. in Cornish, Feb. 20, 1807 ; m. John Higgins, in Cornish, June 3, 1834, and d. in Porter, July 22, 1838. He d. in Limington, Jan., 1844.
7. MARGERY,3 b. in Cornish, Mar. 3, 1809; m. Joshua D. Small, May 12, 1833 ; d. Dec. 13, 1865.
8. DANIEL W.,3 b. in Cornish, August 14, 1810; m. Sarah J. Lincoln, of Cornish, Nov. 10, 1839, and is still living there. He learned the printer's trade with Putnam & Blake, of Saco, serving ten months, and at Dover, N. H., where he worked on the Dover Inquirer. He then worked in a printing office at Portland four months; thence went to Newburyport, where he worked for Joseph Buckingham, Jr., on a paper called The Times, one year; was subsequently employed for ten months on the Boston Courier ; then worked on book composition for S. N. Dickinson, and set type for the first volume of " Bancroft's History." He laid down the printer's "stick" in 1837, and engaged in mercantile business, at Fryeburg-had clerked two years previously for his brother in Cornish -where he remained eight years. He then engaged, at Portland, in grocery and lumber trade with his brother Thomas, and remained six years ; then returned to Cornish in 1851, and was associated with his brother John in trade until 1886. Mr. O'Brien has had a very active and successful business career, and is spending the evening of his days in a beautiful home surrounded by all material comforts. Children : Helen,4 Clara,4 m. Dr. Southard, of Portland, and Charles,4 m. Hattie Bailey, of Cornish, now in Grovetown, N. H.
9 NANCY L.,3 b. May 12, 1812 ; d. in Boston, Oct. 29, 1838, aged 26.
IO. MARTHA M.,8 b. Oct. 10, 1814; m. David Harmon, Sept. 29, 1839.
Osgood Family.
The Osgood family was of English origin and since their settlement in New England many distinguished men of letters and eminent professional cadets have arisen from their firesides. Seven children of Lieut. James and Hannah (Hazen) Osgood, from Concord, N. H., settled in the "Pequawket country," now Conway and Fryeburg, and their descendants have been among the most respectable families in the state. Prominent traits are resolution, industry, and a thirst for knowledge. MAJ. SAMUEL OSGOOD,* came as leader of the
* A colored man, named "Limbo." was early brought to Fryeburg, and was sold by Moses Ames to Samuel Osgood for a yoke of oxen. He was sold by the latter to James Osgood, Oct. 4. 1790, for " five shillings lawful money." He d. Dec. 12, 1828. Here was a notable instance of New England slavery.
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pioneer families to Fryeburg in 1763. The party rode horseback, and camped for a night in the woods; in the morning found six inches of November snow on the ground. He, Samuel, settled where the Oxford House was subse- quently (1800) built by his son, LIEUT. JAMES OSGOOD. This was one of the best known and popular of the old-time taverns. REV. SAMUEL OSGOOD, D. D., was of this family; also COL. JOSHUA B. OSGOOD, of Haverhill, Mass .; JAMES R. OsGOOD, the publisher, of Boston, and his sister KATE PUTNAM OSGOOD, the poetess.
CHILDREN OF LIEUT. JAMES AND JANE:
I. JAMES,2 b. in Pembroke, N. H., Nov. 23, 1757; m. Abigail Evans, Feb. 17, 1780, and settled in Fryeburg, where, as an active townsman, he spent a useful life. He d. Jan. 16, 1815; his widow, one of the "ven- erable mothers of Fryeburg," d. Feb. 13, 1846, aged 88 years. Children :
I. MEHITABLE,8 b. Aug. 30, 1780.
II. POLLY,3 b. July 16, 1782; d. Mar. 3, 1783.
III. SAMUEL,8 b. Feb. 3, 1784.
IV. POLLY,3 b. Mar. 25, 1786.
V. JAMES,3 b. May 9, 1788; m. Elizabeth Lovejoy, and had issue, six children, b. in Fryeburg :
(1). Henry B.,4 b. Oct. 5, 1811 ; d. June, 1844.
(2). Eliza A.,4 b. Oct. 11, 1813.
(3). Samuel,4 b. Dec. 11, 1815.
(4). Timothy,4 b. Dec. 27, 1817.
(5). Mary S.,4 b. Apr. 26, 1820; d. May 23, 1834.
(6). James E.,4 b. July 14, 1822; d. Jan. 25, 1823.
VI. SUSANNA,3 b. Apr. 25, 1790.
VII. JENNY,3 b. July 25, 1792.
VIII. ANNA,3 b. Aug. 17, 1794; m. Capt. Joshua B. Osgood, who settled in Denmark.
IX. ABIGAIL,8 b. July 27, 1796.
x. HANNAH,3 b. Aug. 12, 1799.
XI. LEWIS,8 b. Jan. 17, 1801 ; d. June 3, 1802.
XII. ELIZA,3 b. June 6, 1804.
XIII. LEWIS,3 b. June 16, 1806.
2. MARY,2 b. in Pembroke, N. H., Aug. 29, 1759.
3. SAMUEL,2 b. in Concord, N. H., Mar. 2, 1762 ; d. May 8, 1762.
4. HANNAH,2 b. in Concord, N. H., May 18, 1763.
5. SUSANNA,2 b. in Fryeburg, Sept. 18, 1765; d. Jan. 14, 1768.
6. SUSANNA,2 b. in Fryeburg, Dec. 17, 1767 ; d. Jan. 28, 1785.
7. SARAH,2 b. in Fryeburg, Dec. 31, 1765.
8. ANNAH,2 b. in Fryeburg, Feb. 9, 1772.
9. ELIZABETH,2 b. in Fryeburg, July 25, 1774.
IO. JANE,2 b. in Fryeburg, Sept. 29, 1778.
Capt. Joshua B. Osgood,2 born in Fryeburg, in 1782, married Anna Osgood there in 1815. He and wife inherited a large estate, consisting of
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valuable timber lands in Denmark, and removed to that town. He cleared the farm since owned by William Bean. He purchased mills of Cyrus Ingalls, at Denmark Corner, and engaged in extensive lumber business; sold his real estate to Ellis B. Usher, Esq., of Hollis, in 1835, for $50,000, and removed to Portland, where he was afterwards a successful business man, and was president of Canal Bank more than a quarter of a century. He had been a seaman and sea-captain in early life. His first wife d. June 10, 1821, and he m. Sally Stickney, of Brownfield, who survived until rising 90. Three sons :
I. JOSHUA B.,3 b. Aug. 31, 1816; d. in infancy.
2. EDWARD S.,3 b. Feb. 11, 1818; followed the sea and d. in the East Indies when about 25 years of age.
3. CHARLES H.,3 b. June 21, 1820; studied dentistry and after graduating practised in Portland.
CHILDREN OF RICHARD AND SUSANNA:
1. JOSHUA B.,3 b. Nov. 17, 1810.
2. WILLIAM H., 3 b. Oct. 8, 1812.
3. JAMES,3 b. Mar. 27, 1815.
4. HORATIO,3 b. Oct. 18, 1819.
5. HELEN M.,3 b. Apr. 3, 1824.
MARRIAGES IN FRYEBURG.
1780, May 10, Joshua B. Osgood to Elizabeth Brown.
1780, Feb. 17, James Osgood to Abigail Evans.
1780, Dec. 17, Thomas Spring to Mrs. Mary Osgood.
1786, Jan. 31, Asa Buck to Hannah Osgood.
1789, Jan. 15, Moses Osgood to Bethia Evans.
1789, Jan. 22, William Evans to Sarah Osgood.
1789, Jan. 25, William Thomes to Anna Osgood.
1790, Nov. 25, Thomas Bean to Elizabeth Osgood.
1797, Dec. 21, Philip Eastman to Susanna Osgood.
Parker Family.
There were several families of this name settled in the Saco valley towns between which no consanguinity was known to exist.
Kendall Parker, the old blacksmith, gunsmith, and trapsmith, came from Massachusetts and settled at Bog Mill hamlet, where, you know, he continued to hammer away until an aged man. He was a queer, quaint old fellow, who always swore with the harmless words, "by faith." He had a great stack of patched up guns and rifles behind his back entry door, and when bartering with some poor farmer's boy who must have some kind of an "old fusee," Kendall would say: "By faith, that piece is jist as true's a hair; and, by faith,
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I can shoot squirrels where there haint any with it." He had a thin, eagle- beak nose, and when advanced in life the end of it sustained neighborly rela- tions with his chin, and the crystal drop always bejeweling the organ might fall betimes thereon. Kendall "cushioned" old flint guns, and from the shanks of worn-out scythes forged the most ungainly gun hammers ever dreamed of. But he could make the best trap-spring of any man living, "by faith." The wife of Kendall was Abigail Mace, sister of Squire Fayette Mace, and from her some of the sons inherited their corporeal dimensions. Their family consisted of children named as follows:
I. MARY A., b. Aug., 1805.
2. SUSAN, b. Nov., 1808; in. Horace Harvey ; d. Feb., 1830.
3. NATHANIEL, b. Nov., 1810; succeeded his father as blacksmith at Bog Mill. He had a bright family and Horace, now in Chicago, is a wealthy merchant. Mr. Parker is living at the age of 84.
4. JANE, b. Aug., 1812.
5. KENDALL, b. Dec., 1814.
6. MARQUESS D. L., b. Apr. 30, 1817 ; learned the machinist's trade of "old Pollard" in the shop connected with the cotton factory at West Buxton village, but in early life left the community. He was named for his big uncle, Squire Mace, and resembled him in face and form.
7. BENJAMIN, b. Sept., 1819; d. young.
8. ABIGAIL, b. Aug., 1822.
9. BENJAMIN, b. Aug., 1824; went West.
IO. IVORY, b. Feb., 1827; d. Jan., 1831.
II. MARSHALL, b. Aug. 6, 1832.
Nathaniel Parker, brother of Kendall, settled in Hiram, south part, and had a family, of whom two sons, THOMAS and JOSEPH, are now living.
Watten Family.
This family has been traced through Ireland and Scotland to an English ancestry. A RICHARD PATTEN is mentioned as a resident of Pattine, near Chelmsford, County Essex, England, as early as 1119. One of his descend- ants, RICHARDPATTEN, of Waynefleet, was a man of great distinction between I422 and 1462 ; he was Bishop of Winchester and Lord High Chancellor, and founded Magdalen College, Oxford. About 1490 families of the name re- moved to Scotland, and after a century, descendants settled in the north of Ireland. From Coleraine came HECTOR, ROBERT, and WILLIAM to Boston, about 1727. William settled in Boston, but did not leave male issue. Robert settled in Arundel and had three sons; Hector-erroneously spelled Actor- lived in Kennebunk, and Robert, settled in Litchfield.
ACTOR PATTEN was born in the Dimbo, now Belfast, Ireland; married there Miss Sutor, and had children when he came to New England in 1727, as will appear. His second wife was a Widow Armstrong, of Falmouth, and by this
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alliance they were connected with the Means family, also Scotch-Irish. He settled at Old Orchard, in Saco, and after living there about forty years re- moved to Frenchman's Bay, now Sullivan, Me. He had been an elder in the Presbyterian church in Ireland, and was esteemed a very good man. He had three sons by first wife. Of MATTHEW and WILLIAM we have but meagre information.
JOHN PATTEN, born in Ireland, in 1717, came to America with his father, in 1727 , married Mary Means, a pious and worthy lady, of Saco, and settled in Topsham, in 1750. Ile cleared a farm there in full view of Merrymeeting bay; was farmer, blacksmith, and ship-builder. He was religious from his youth and his home was a scene of good order and domestic peace, where the worship of God was regularly maintained. He was a strict observer of the Sabbath, regularly attended divine service, and catechised his children in the evening according to Puritan custom. The following is a copy of the inscription on his gravestone.
"SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MR. JOHN PATTEN, A deacon of the Congregational church in Topsham, a valuable member of civil and religious society, and an affectionate husband and parent. DIED APRIL YE 7TH, 1795. ' Blessed are ye dead who die in the Lord.'"'
This John Patten had a family of fourteen children, eight sons and six daughters. Matthew died young; John and William were taken prisoners by the British and carried to England ; William died in prison; John returned home and died in 1780. The other five sons and their sisters married and had families. The daughters exchanged their names for those of Fulton, Randall, Jameson, Harward, Maxwell, and Hunter, and their descendants are now very numerous.
ROBERT PATTEN, eldest son of lohn, was born in Saco, in 1743, and re- moved to Topsham when a boy with his parents. He married Miss Margaret Hunter, a pious woman, who was ever a faithful wife and mother. He cleared a fine farm in Topsham, one mile from his father's homestead. He was a farmer and ship-builder; was also engaged in navigation. Several vessels in which he was part owner were lost. Twice his house was burned down. When about 90 years of age had his first illness, but recovered and survived until 98, his mind being vigorous and clear to the last. On the day of his death he exclaimed : "The long-expected and happy day has come." This was on Mar. 14, 1841. He was converted when rising 90 and was ever after a happy, contented Christian man. His experience was very remarkable as written about by his son in a small memoir, from which we have condensed the foregoing sketch.
ROBERT PATTEN, who came from Ireland in 1727 with his brothers, Actor and William, settled in Arundel in 1737. He married Florence Johnston and had issue. His son JAMES married Sally Stone and had a son JOHNSTON, who married Lucy Towne, and their son, JAMES D. PATTEN, born Aug. 26, 1817, became a prominent business man in Saco, where he died Oct. 7, 1865. He married Mary J. Ware, of Gardiner, Me., and had issue: Charles F., drowned in Saco river ; Melville C., who married, in 1873, Lizzie, dau. of
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Baron Frederick Von Kaas, and resides in Chicago; Florence, wife of Maj. Paul Chadbourne; Nellie A., and Fannie WV.
A ROBERT PATTEN was married to Susanna Goodwin, in Saco, March 13, 1784, and she died in Biddeford, March 9, 1813, aged 88 years.
Patterson Family.
The Patersons, Patisons, and Pattersons are all descended from an ancient Scandinavian family named Peterson early planted in Scotland. The use of the double letters in the name is peculiar to the family in Ireland. Many cadets of the race have been eminent on both sides of the Atlantic, both in church and state.
John Paterson was consecrated Bishop of Ross in 1662. He had at one time signed the covenant. His son, JOHN PATERSON, was made Bishop of Galloway, in 1674, while his father was living. In 1679 he became the Bishop of Edinburgh, and in 1687 was appointed Archbishop of Glasgow. He was under sentence of banishment in 1692, and from that time till 1701 he was confined in Edinburgh Castle. He was released before his death, which oc- curred in his own house in 1703. His grandson became an eminent solicitor in London.
One of the principal families of this name long owned the estate of Bannock- burn, in Stirlingshire, and one of the proprietors was created a baronet of Nova Scotia, in 1686. SIR HUGH PATERSON, one of this family, joined the Rebellion. His mother was Lady Jane Erskine, sister of the Earl of Mar. Prince Charles Edward made Bannockburn house his headquarters in the winter of 1746.
William Paterson, born on a farm in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, in 1655, was descended from a respectable branch of the same family. He was driven from his native land in consequence of his sympathy for the persecuted cove- nanters, and, going into England, became an eminent merchant in London and in the West Indies. Among the great commercial and financial schemes with which he became identified was the Bank of England, of which he was the founder. He was a man of extensive enterprise, and a voluminous writer on mercantile subjects. In his obituary notice (1719) he was styled "the great calculator.'
Among the earliest of the name known to have settled in Ireland were JOHN, JAMES, and ROBERT PATERSON. The former removed from Argyleshire and took up his abode in the parish of Priestland, town of Glenlace, County
NOTE .- JEROME BONAPARTE, younger brother of Napoleon, came to America in 1803, and married Elizabeth Patterson, the daughter of a merchant in Baltimore. These had a son, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, born in 1805, who died in Baltimore in 1870, leaving two sons, Jerome Napo- leon and Charles Joseph. The latter was graduated at Harvard College. and is a lawyer in Baltimore. The elder brother, born in Baltimore in 1832, died at Beverly, Md., Sept. 3, 1893. He was a graduate of West Point, and served in the United States army. Passing over to France in 1854, he served in the Crimean war, but came back to America in 1879, a few days before the death of his grandmother, Elizabeth Patterson. In 1871, Colonel Bonaparte married Caroline, daugh- ter of Samuel Appleton, of Boston. Of this union there are two children, Jerome Charles and Louisa Eugene. The Bonapartes inherited wealth. Colonel Bonaparte is a loyal Catholic and delivers addresses at Catholic conventions.
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Antrim, about one hundred years (1618) before the coming of his great- grandsons to America.
James Paterson and Robert Paterson, probably brothers, were induced by the Scottish planters in Ulster to leave their native place, Glengarnock, in Argyleshire, and in 1614 they took lease of land and houses on the manors of Fort Cunningham and Castle Cunningham, two adjoining estates. James had one hundred acres and "great store of tillage" on the first-mentioned manor, while Robert settled as "cottager " on Castle Cunningham and had "a house, garden-plot, six acres of land, and commonage for cows." In 1620, when an inventory of these properties was taken, there were settled there thirty families of Scotch people, but "not one Irish family."
The New England families, now so numerous, are principally descended from several of the name who came from Londonderry, Ireland, in 1718. Two of these, PETER and WILLIAM PATTERSON, came from the town of Glen- lace and settled at Londonderry, N. H. The early generations of the Patter- son family in Ireland were connected with the Gilmores and intermarried with them after their settlement here.
Robert Patterson 1 came to New England in 1718 and settled in Saco in 1729. He was born in 1671, in Ireland; married there and had children before leaving. He had charge of the first ferry before bridges were built across the Saco. He purchased land from the heirs of James Gibbins and built a house on Rendezvous Point. After he had made considerable im- provement on his farm his wife and children came over, landing at Portsmouth, where Mr. Patterson met them and brought them to his domicile in the wil- derness of the District of Maine. He was one of the thirteen charter mem- bers of the first church in Saco, and was one of the first selectmen of that town; was evidently a man of considerable enterprise and took an active part in public affairs, as the early records indicate. He was appointed appraiser of estates, a trust involving good judgment, and was frequently a witness of wills. He died Aug. 27, 1769, aged 98 years and 6 months. His wife's name is not found, nor record of children's births. At least four generations of this family have owned and occupied the farm cleared by this ancestor on the Saco Ferry road.
John Patterson,2 son of Robert,1 was born in the north of Ireland, in 1709, and was nine years of age when his father came to New England and no less than twenty when he came with his mother and younger brother. His wife Elizabeth, born in 1715, died Nov. 27, 1772, aged 57 years. He died July 2, 1779, aged 70 years. No record of children.
Robert Patterson,2 son of the preceding, was born in the north of Ire- land, in 1713, when his father was 44 years of age. He married Jean Gil- more, of Londonderry, N. H., probably a relative of his family, and succeeded to his father's property. He was a member of the Congregational church. He died June 27, 1797, aged 84; his widow died Aug. 19, 1809, aged 88. Children's names will follow.
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