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Margaret _____, The Irish Patterson Matriarch
b.Abt 1686
Facts and Events
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Related
- Margaret Patterson Records in Chalkley's Chronicles
Issues
- From the DOB of their children, it would seem likely that Margaret and her first husband William Patterson married about 1704, and that Margaret was born likely prior to 1688 at the latest.
- The first name of Williams wife is given as "Margaret" in most records. Wes Patterson [2] that indicate her name may have been "Mary Margaret", viz:
- CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 DEED BOOK NO. 16. Page 315.--15th May, 1770. Samuel Adams, of North Carolina, to Joseph Dictum, power of attorney to convey 340 acres on Linvel's Creek, devised by Margaret Adams and from him descended to Samuel as eldest son and heir, having been patented in the name of Mary Adams. Title yet to be made to Samuel. Source:Chalkley's Chronicles3:498.
- This introduces some degree of confusion as to the full name of William's wife. Wes concludes that it was "Mary Margaret", but closer examination seems warranted as the use of trinomials in naming ways is rare among the Scots-Irish-English in this time period. For example, this might be a transcription error on the part of Chalkley, and "Marg." might have been rendered as "Mary". Also the phrasing of the passage is unusual. It is not clear, for example, who is meant by "devised by Margaret Adams and from him descended". Who specifically is being referred to as "him". Checking several versions of Chalkley available on the net (Ancestry, Google Books) its clear that this is not a problem in the electronic transcription; if a problem exists it is with Chalkley's original. Q 17:01, 12 May 2013 (EDT)
- Margaret's last name is commonly given as "Donnel"; Wes Patterson was the initial proponent of this view, but has more recently concluded that this is in error. [3]
Will of Margaret [Adams]
- Page 301.--3d September, 1744.
- Margaret Adams' Will, of Orange County [WP note: Augusta Co. was not yet recording documents]
- In the name of God Amen
- The last will and testament of Margaret Addams of ye Colony of Virginia & in the County of Orange being very sick & weak of body but in perfect mind & memory Do first of all Bequeath my soul to almighty God & give it & my body to ye Earth from wence it came to be buried in such Decent manner ass my Executors shall think proper and ass for my worldly goods I bequeath in ye following manner
- Item I bequeath my great mair called long legs to my Son Robert Patterson but her increase to his children to be Equally devided among them.
- Item I bequeath my Cotton Gound Quilted petty Coat with one apron and one handkerchief to Mary Patterson Daughter of my Son Robert Patterson.
- Item I bequeath to my Daughter Jane Love my bed I now ly on with the bolster & one pair of sheets.
- Item I bequeath to my Grand Daughter Margaret Dollinson my Side Saddle and fan.
- Item I bequeath to my Grand Daughter Esther Harrisson one Cow & Calf.
- Item I bequeath all ye Remaining part of my wearing apparel to be Equally Devided between My Daughter Elizabeth & my Daughter Jane.
- Item I bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth my box Iron & heaters with one puter Dish & one young horse.
- Item I bequeath one young heifer to my Son in Law Daniel Love.
- Item I bequeath my Riding mair a young horse & one Cow & Calf with my now Dwelling plantation with all ye tracts of Land thereto belonging with all my household goods Except the perticulers before bequeathed to my Son Samuel Addams to him & his heirs for Ever.
- Item I bequeath all my Debts Due to me to be Equally Devided between my Son Robert Patterson & my Son Samuel Addams.
- Appointing my Son Robert Patterson & my Son Samuel Addams my Whole & Sole Executors and Administrators Utter Revoking and Disannulling all other wills formerly by me made Acknowledging this to be my last will and testament unto which I have Sett my hand this third Day of September & In ye year of Our Lord God 1744.
- Signed) Margaret (her mark "X") Addams
- In the presence of
- Sam'l Hull
- Jacob Gum
- Thomas (his mark "T") Lunday
- 15 Sept 1744: Augusta Co Virginia
- September ye 15: 1744
- We, the children of Margaret Adams, have reserved of the exeter [WP note: executor] the full of all legsy [legacy] I say rend according to her desiare and will.
- Daniel Love
- Jan (her mark "x") Love
- Elessa(her mark "X")bath Harrasson
- [WP [Wes Patterson] note: The above extract is from the original document which still resides in the Augusta Co Va courthouse. The Will Book, however, contains a transcription error made by the clerk of court in 1770. Instead of Elizabeth Harrison, the Will Book says Esther Harrison... thus leading to the mistake so many people have made over the years regarding the identity of Jeremiah Harrison's first wife... Elizabeth, not Catherine.]
Notes
From: Rootsweb
- WILLIAM PATTERSON's widow, Margaret (Donnell Patterson) (Adams) obtained a grant on Linvel's Creek, Augusta Co., a little west of Harrisonburg, seat of present-day Rockingham Co., VA. William may have died in Pennsylvania or Orange Co., VA. Margaret Donnell Patterson had remarried to John Adams and was widowed again when she wrote her will in Orange Co. in Feb 1745 ~ shortly before Augusta Co. records began.
- As her oldest son Robert "R" (his mark) Patterson had moved to Tryon Co., NC before her death in 1770, her will was recorded both in Augusta Co., VA, and in Tryon Co., NC , where her son declined his legacy before a J.P. in 1770.
- Searching for Robert "R"'s descendants in huge Tryon Co. (which extended to several of today's South Carolina counties and as far west as the Cherokee Treaty border) led to many other Augusta Co.-Tryon Co. Pattersons. This was significant, for Tryon lasted only ten years, 1769-1779, before it was dissolved into two new counties: Lincoln and Rutherford ~ and my gr-gr-gr-grandmother PRISCILLA PATTERSON (1790/1800-17 Aug 1852) had a brother WILLIAM TRYON PATTERSON.
- From Chalkley's Augusta County, Virginia Court Records:
- Page 301 - - 3rd September, 1744. Margaret Adams' will, of Orange County, (VA) - - To son Robert Patterson and his children; to Mary Patterson, daughter of son Robert Patterson; to daughter Jane Love; to granddaughter Margaret Dollinson; to granddaughter Ester Harrison; to daughter Elizabeth; to son-in-law Daniel Love; to son Samuel Adams.
- Executors, Robert Patterson and Samuel Adams.
- Teste: Saml. Hull, Jacob Green (Gum?), Thomas Lunday. We, the children of Margaret Adams, have reseved of the exter the full of all legsy I say revd. accordin to her desiare and will. - - Daniel Love, Jane (mark) Love, Ester Harrison. 15th September, 1744.
- These are to certify to all persons whom, & c., that I, Robert Patterson of North Carolina, Tryon county, son of William Patterson, deceased, do disclaim any right or title that is or may be alledged belonging to me of a certain tract of land sying and being in Augusta County upon a small branch on the south side of Linsell's Creek, which said land was taken by by Margaret Adams, the widow of John Adams, deceased. - - Robert R. Patterson. 1st February, 1770.
- Teste: Francis Adams, J.P., North Carolina, Tryon county.
- Certifies that Francis Adams is a magistrate. Ezekial Polk, C.C. Proved, 15th March, 1770, by Samuel Hull and Jacob Gum. Samuel Adams qualifies executor, with Joseph Dictum, John Madison, Jr.
From: WesPatterson
Why Margaret's Maiden Name Was Not Donnell
Who was Margaret Adams?
Answer: She was the mother of Robert "R" Patterson who died in York Co SC in 1775.
She has been hailed as Margaret Donnell Patterson Adams in certain published works, and especially on the Internet. I have also perpetuated that name Donnell, but with a "?" in front of it. I have always said that I didn't know where the name Donnell came from, but I couldn't prove OR disprove it.
That has now changed, in my opinion. I believe I can disprove it. In other words, I believe I can prove that her maiden name was not Donnell, at least not for the reasons previously assumed.
You see, it begins with Dellmann O. Hood's book, The Tunis Hood Family. On page 465 Mr. Hood takes a stab at why he thinks her maiden name would have been "Donnell". Quote:
"...As a general rule in those times middle Christian names were not bestowed on children, but were given occasionally to honor the mother or grandmother. The only middle Christian name accounted for in the immediate family of Jeremiah Harrison and Catherine Adams was in the case of their daughter, Lydia Donnell Harrison.... Hence it seems likely that the maiden name of Margaret Patterson-Adams was Donnell..."
Jeremiah Harrison, and the Pattersons and Adams families, all came from Sussex Co DE to the Shenandoah Valley of Va in the late 1730's. What many researchers did not know until the last few years is that Jeremiah Harrison was first married to Elizabeth Patterson, daughter of Margaret Adams. Margaret was first married to William Patterson, and they were the parents of Elizabeth and Robert (d. 1775 SC). Thereafter, William died and his widow then remarried to John Adams, who likewise died in the 1720's.
Jeremiah and Elizabeth married in or around DE about 1730, give or take a year. The "daughter" Mr Hood names as Lydia Donnell Harrison, was born in the early to mid 1730's. We know that Jeremiah's wife Elizabeth was still alive in 1744 when her mother (Margaret Adams) wrote her will. Elizabeth later died, and Jeremiah remarried to a Catherine, last name unknown. People have always assumed Catherine was an Adams since her "daughter" Esther Harrison was named in Margaret Adams' 1744 will. However, that is another wrong assumption, as Esther was Catherine's step daughter, and the connection was a Patterson connection. In fact, none of Jeremiah Harrison's children (16) descend from the Adams lineage.
So what? you might say. Well, here's where it gets interesting. Rev Craig baptized this Lydia Donnell girl on 17 May 1743 near the Halfway House, which is where Jeremiah Harrison was baptized in 1740. Here's the entry in Craig's diary:
"Jeremiah Herison, stood sponsor for a child baptized named Lidea Donnel at Halfway House."
The key phrase to notice is where it says "stood sponsor". In all other baptism records for children in Rev Craig's diaries, it names the father then the child's name, but no such phrase like "stood sponsor". To me, this proves that Lydia Donnell was named just that - and not Harrison. She may have been raised by the Harrisons. Perhaps Jeremiah became her guardian, but she wasn't a Harrison by birth.
With that in mind, I'm afraid it renders Mr Hood's assumption utterly baseless. Remember, his declaration of Margaret Patterson-Adams' maiden name being Donnell was based on this girl being named Lydia Donnell Harrison and her being the daughter of Jeremiah Harrison and his wife, which we know now to have been Elizabeth Patterson.
So what WAS the full name of Margaret Adams? We know that she entered a land patent in old Orange Co Va under the name of Mary Adams. This we learn from the following record in Augusta Co Va following her death in 1769/1770:
"15th May, 1770. Samuel Adams, of North Carolina, to Joseph Dictum, power of attorney to convey 340 acres on Linvel's Creek, devised by Margaret Adams and from him descended to Samuel as eldest son and heir, having been patented in the name of Mary Adams. Title yet to be made to Samuel."
Therefore, we believe that her name was Mary Margaret ______ Patterson Adams. I can no longer record her maiden name as "?Donnell". I have that info in many places and this is my first attempt at explaining what I consider to be an error. Things like this happen. We all try to uncover hidden clues. But this is a great example of an assumption gone awry.
Hope this makes sense, and perhaps helps clarify some of the mystery surrounding this lady. Margaret Adams (as she was known most of her life) was my ggggggg-grandmother.
Wes Patterson
Footnotes
- This Margaret is all over the Internet as Margaret Donnell. The last name Donnell was a guess by D. O. Hood, author of The Tunis Hood family. Turns out he was wrong. Her maiden name was NOT Donnell. Don't know what it was, but it was not Donnell. See http://rootdiggin.blogspot.com/2010/03/robert-pattersons-mother-donnell-i-no.html for the evidence of why this is the case.
Wes Patterson - ↑ Personal communication, 2012, to WMWillis
- ↑ Need to insert Wes's rationale for this change. Its reasonably convincing.
For more information regarding why Margaret's maiden name was not Donnell, see details at Wes Patterson's site -- http://wespatterson.com/patt/marg.ongoing.research.asp
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