Tour Scotland photograph of the James Patterson gravestone, Arbirlot Churchyard, Angus, Scotland. To the memory of James Patterson, son to David Patterson, Shoemaker in Bonning of Arbirlot, and his spouse Helen Thomson. He died on the 17th of March, 1837, aged 2.
The clan from whom the patterson family descends began among the ancient Dalriadan tribe of the west coast of Scotland. Their name comes from the personal name Patrick. Spelling variations of this family name include: Patterson, Paterson, Pattersen, Patteson, Pattison and many more. First found in Rossshire where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects. Some of the first settlers in America of this family name or some of its variants were: Andrew and David Paterson who were banished to Georgia in 1685; James Paterson who settled in New Hampshire in 1718 and David Patterson who settled in Boston in 1651.
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