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Note: From "James Patton and the Appalachian Colonists" by Anne Rhea Bruce: The Pattons were originally landed gentry seated at Ferrochie, Fifeshire, Scotland. The
progenitor of the Irish branch of the family, William Patton, M.A. was born in Scotland; had
immigrated to Northern Ireland during the King James Plantation. He was in County Donegal by
1626 as Rector of the parishes of Ramoigh and Clonmary, Barony of Raphoe and later at
Aughnish, Barony of Kilmacrenan. Rev. William Patton and his wife, Margaret, made their home
at an estate called "Groghan" and reared to sons, Henry (Sr.) and John.
From "Chronicles of American Lineage":
The Pattons (Paten or Patis) are supposed to have reached England from Normandy, then to
Scotland and later, with many other families, induced to leave Northern Scotland to colonize
Northern Ireland with Scotch Presbyterians for political reasons by James 1st.
William was Rector of the parishes of Ramoigh, Aughanish and Clonmany, Diocese of Raphal
County, in County Donegal, Ireland. The homeplace in Ireland was the Manor of Springfield,
Barony of Kilmacrenan, County of Donegal, Province of Ulster.
From " Coming to America; A Chronicle of the American Lineage of the Pattons" by C. L.
Patton,Springfield, Illinois, 1954:
The earliest known progenitors of the Patton Pioneers in America were of scotch origin,
living in the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland, in the vicinity of Loch Linnhe. They were
ardent Presbyterians and took their religion seriously. For many years they had opposed the
tyranny of the English monarchs, who had denied them the right of freedom of worship or
participation in civic affairs.
For centuries, the Irish, who were Roman Catholics, independent and aggressive in Character,
had been a source of great concern to England. In the latter part of the sixteenth century,
Queen Elizabeth conceived the plan of planting colonies of Protestants in Ireland, to promote
loyalty in that rebellious country. Six counties comprising a half-million acres were set
aside to form the Ulster Plantation. The settlement of this area was at first indifferent
and inconsequential but after the advent of James the Sixth of Scotland, who became James the
First of England, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, colonization became more
active. The great majority of the colonists sent to Northern Ireland by James, were Scotch
Lowlanders and English from the northern counties of England. These people, through
intermarriage with the Irish, inaugurated the "Ulster Scots" or "Scotch-Irish."
The reign of Charles the First (1625-1649) brought the Ulstermen, as well as the
Presbyterians of the Lowlands of Scotland a period of vicious persecution, practically
suppressing the Presbyterian religion in Ireland and demanding subservience to the Church of
England, which bore heavily upon these staunch Protestants. This persecution continued
throughout the reign of Charles the Second (1660-1685) and the passage of the Corporation
acts and the Test Acts demanded conformity with the practices of the Church of England.
Little relief was experienced by these unhappy people during the Cromwell Protectorate
(1635-1658) which preceded the reign of Charles and despite the fact tha tall of this period
was under Protestant domination, the Presbyterians and Nonconformists suffered quite as badly
as they did under the persecutions of Catholic James, who ascended the throne in 1685.
It was during the reign of James the Second that the discontented and oppressed English
invited William of Orange to accept the throne; jointly with his cousin Mary, daughter of
James the Second. This precipitated war and induced many of the Scotch Lowlanders to join
the army of William and proceed to Ulster to oppose the army of James. A successful
resistance to the Siege of Londonderry in 1689 and a victory over the forces of James at the
Battle of the Boyne in 1690 terminated hostilities and established William and Mary upon the
throne of England.
Despite these victories, life became almost unbeaable in Ulster because of the many years of
guerilola warfare with the Irish Celts. This, together withthe desire for more religious
freedom and political independence and because of the glowing accounts of life in the New
World, ws a detemining factor in causing the Ulsterites to seek their fortune in America. It
is estimated that twenty thousand of the Scotch-Irish left Ireland in the first three decades
of the eighteenth century. More than six thousand entered the Port of Philadelphia in the
year 1729. These adventurers, however, did not tarry long in "The City of Brotherly Love"
but moved into adjoining counties in the Province of Pennsylvania and acquired parcels of
land, particularly in the County of Lancaster.
After a comparatively short residence in the Pennsylvania country, these hardy Scotch-Irish
pioneers developed an urge for further exploration. Large numbers of them proceeded up the
valley of the Shenandoah to the mountains and fertile valleys of Virginia. Coincident with
this immigration was the movement of the Germans into the valley. They, for the most part,
settled in the lower part of the valley in the region of the present town of Winchester,
while the Scotch-Irish continued their trek up the valley into the county of Augusta and
across the Blue Ridge into the present county of Pendleton, West Virginia. Their first
settlement was near the present town of Staunton, which had been founded by John Lewis in
1732. From thence they spread to other parts of the Virginia Frontier, into North and South
Carolina and Tennessee. By mid-century they were exploring the Ohio and Kentucky country and
had established themselves on the headwaters of the James River and the region of the
Cumberland. In all of these adventures the Pattons took an active part and left ehri imipress
upon the communities in which they lived.
It seems certain that the various Pattons settling in Augusta County, Virginia, in the early
part of the eighteenth century, were of the same origin, the father of whom was John Patton,
brother of Colonel James Patton and Elizabeth Patton Preston. Colonel James had come from
Ireland in 1730. Probably one of the compelling reasons for the mass migration at this time
was the forced exile of John lewis in 1729. He was a brother-in-law of Henry Patton, having
married Margaret Lynn, sister of Henry's wife, Sarah Lynn. They were daughters of the Laird
of Loch Lynn (Linnhe). John Lewis first took up his residence in Philadelphia but he soon
went into Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, purchasing severla tracts of land in that county
but later moving on to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.
The early attempts at colonization in America by the English were made at the incidence of
the Crown and were not particlarly successful. At a later period independent immigration
took place but was sporadic and disorganized. It was not long however before certain small
groups found their way to the New World seeking a greater religious and political freedom
than they had experienced in the mother country. Later, independent ship-owners brought
increasing numbers of colonists to the small communities established by the ealier pioneers,
hoping to find a haven where they might better their fortunes and social standing. Companies
were organized and controlled by groups of men in England, under the protection of the King,
for the purpose of increasing immigration and developing the resources of the colonies.
The immigrants were largely of the "middle class" of society and were composed of farmers,
tradesmen, artisans, laborers and apprentices. The limited number of the "nobility" to
venture to this new land were, as a rule, reprsentaives of the Crown and therefore not
permanent residents. At a later time, considerable numbers of "redemptioners" and "political
offenders" were transported to the colonies. There were two main sources of ingress in the
early 1700's; one being direct to Virginia and Massachusetts and the other up the Delaware to
the Port of Philadelphia. A small number of the Scotch-Irish landed in Charleston, South
Carolina, but by far the greater number came direct to Philadelphia because of the liberality
of the Pennsylvania government, but the inhabitants of this part of the colony preferred to
see the newcomers pass on, so they moved inland in search of unoccupied land.
The Scotch-Irish being on the whole the more venturesome, went further and penetrated the
mountain valleys and spread northward and southward and thus formed a solid rim of settlement
all along the Virginia frontier. Their first abode was in that part of Augusta County that
later became Pendleton County, West Virginia. From this stopping point they soon advanced up
the valley to southwestern Virginia, North Caolina and Tennessee and on to Ohio, Kentucky,
Illinois and Missouri.
When the Scotch-Irish began to arrive in Philadelphia, the Secretary of the Province of
Pennsylvania wrote, "It looks to me as if all of Ireland is to send its inhabitants hither,
for last week not less than six ships arrived. It is strange that they thus crowd in where
they are not wanted." The Scotch-Irish were accustomed to not being wanted. This did not
deter them from a continued and steady advance into more remote parts of the country. By
1738 when the first valley counties were established, they were in such numbers that a
petition was sent by them to the Governor of Virginia, asking "that we might be allowed the
liberty of our consciences in worshipping God in a way agreeable to the principles of our
education." The Governor graciously replied that "they would not be interfered with so long
as they behaved peaceably, registered their meeting places, abjured the Stuart Pretender, the
doctrine of transubstantiation and the Pope at Rome." Nothing in this request disturbed a
Presbyterian conscience so they, in turn, agreed to pay their tithes to the Established
Church so long as they did not have to attend its services. His Honor welcomed an increase
in quitrents and the Governor took pleasure in establishing a group of hardy people between
the rich plantation owners and the inhabitants of the frontier. Thee was no one to object to
the Scotch-Irignh in the Valley and this time they found rest and peace and thse descendants
of the "persecuted" found contentment and dwelt amicably, one with another.
There, early settlers in Western Virginia were descended from nonconformist Presbyterians and
the Covenanters. It has been said "They had such a fear of God that it left no room in their
hearts for any fear of Man." Certainly man they did not fear and persecution had taught them
only to adhere more firmly to their principles, their customs and their faith.
The Pattons, on the whole, were a God-fearing, earnest and industrious lot and, despite
trials and tribulations, became influential and aggressive members of their communities.
They occupied positions of trust in both military and civic affairs and in general were
successful in the pursuit of fortune.
Descendants of the early settlers, either from the Pilgrim fathers or from the colonists of
Virginia, should take a justifiable pride in their early American ancestry. This feeling of
pride, however, should rise from the sturdy character of the pioneers and from the things
they accomplished and not from any false idea of an aristocratic heredity imported from the
Mother Country. Those individuals who became prominent and influential in the development of
the colonies did so through their own initiative, energy and ability and not through the
influence and favor of the "Hierarchy."
[Br�derbund WFT Vol. 27, Ed. 1, Tree #2183, Date of Import: Aug 12, 2000]
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Note: Covers the Keister-Foster, Roseberry-Sutton and Howell-Burnop and many other related families. These families have been in Southwest Virginia for over 250 years primarily in Pulaski, Montgomery, Floyd and Carroll counties.
Angstatt, Bane, Beck, Beer, Bryant, Burk, Burnop, Carper, Daux, Duncan, Fillenger, Fischbach, Foster, Glasgow, Godbey/Godby, Gucker, Gunn, Hanks, Heimbach, Hinds, Holtzclaw, Howell, Keister, King, Long, Mills, Morricle, Muenker, Muess, Otterbach, Patt, Patterson, Patton, Pratt, Rankin, Roseberry, Russell, Schneider, Schreyer, Shell, Shufflebarger, Skaggs, Solbach, Songer, Stuell, Sutton, Vaughn, Weaver, White, Whitt, Wysor
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