Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTE:Shared by Gary Carson and Kay Patterson Sakowski:
11/12/1775 proved 6/16/1777 Samuel Patterson, Sadsbury Twp, exec wife
Rebecca and Samuel Patterson....
"First I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Rebecca my horse and
her saddle and bed and dourineter and a cow and eight pounds yearly of my
estate for her support while she lives and remains a widow and likewise my
son Matthew ten pounds lawful money of this provinance and my son Samuel
fifteen pounds and my son William five pounds and my son John (John's) widow
two pounds, and her daughter Sarah two pounds and her son Samuel two pounds,
and my son in law Archibald Tweed and his wife Janet ten pounds.";


!NOTE:Shared by Sara <bastien@scrtc.com>
Samuel Patterson, in my line of descent, was probably the first to
come to American. He was probably born in the early 1700s, in Antrim,
Ireland. The Patterson family was Scotch-Irish, coming to Ireland from
Scotland, most likely when Irish land was given by the English to
Scottish settlers.

The Patterson family was Presbyterian and it is notable that in almost
every instance in their early years in the United States, the
Patterson family helped establish a Presbyterian Church wherever they
lived. It is also notable that they attached great importance to land
ownership. It is most likely that the first Samuel did not come to the
United States alone. There were probably other family members that I
have not found. In old Samuel’s will, reference is made to his wife,
Rebecca. I had one reference that Rebecca was not the first wife of
old Samuel, but I have no proof of this.

The first reference to old Samuel that I found is his will which was
probated June 17, 1777,in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The will
states that Samuel was a resident of Sadsbury Township and in the will
he names his wife, Rebecca, sons, Mathew, Samuel, William. He also
names his son John’s widow (not named but maybe Margaret Hope
Patterson) and her daughter, Sarah, and her son, Samuel, and a
son-in-law, Archibald Tweed and his wife Janet.

Samuel made his wife, Rebecca, and his son, Samuel, the executors of
his estate but later Rebecca, citing that she was too old and infirm
to handle the details, make her son, Samuel, the executor of the
estate. I could not find much about Samuel’s mother, Rebecca, or what
happened to her. It is probable that she died after 1778.

It seems that old Samuel owned at least 100 acres and perhaps another
tract containing 192 acres of land. The son, Samuel sold the second
tract, for 620 pounds Sterling and perhaps it was this money Samuel
the son used to purchase land in North Carolina.

!NAMED-WILL:11/12/1775 proved 6/16/1777 Samuel Patterson, Sadsbury Twp, exec wife Rebecca and Samuel Patterson, children Matthew, Samuel, William, John, Janet wife of Archibald Tweed, Sarah wife of ?, grandchildren Samuel son of Sarah (last name not given);

!NAMED-WILL:11/12/1775 proved 6/16/1777 Samuel Patterson, Sadsbury Twp, exec wife Rebecca and Samuel Patterson, children Matthew, Samuel, William, John, Janet wife of Archibald Tweed, Sarah wife of ?, grandchildren Samuel son of Sarah (last name not given);

!NAMED-WILL:11/12/1775 proved 6/16/1777 Samuel Patterson, Sadsbury Twp, exec wife Rebecca and Samuel Patterson, children Matthew, Samuel, William, John, Janet wife of Archibald Tweed, Sarah wife of ?, grandchildren Samuel son of Sarah (last name not given);

!NAMED-WILL:11/12/1775 proved 6/16/1777 Samuel Patterson, Sadsbury Twp, exec wife Rebecca and Samuel Patterson, children Matthew, Samuel, William, John, Janet wife of Archibald Tweed, Sarah wife of ?, grandchildren Samuel son of Sarah (last name not given);