Particularly interested in information which identifies the descendants of John Patterson and Jean Scott (below). I am seeking the siblings and parents of William Patterson (1818-1879). The second attachment is an Armstrong County history of Woodward Patterson Brown which has a number of similarities to this Washington County Line.

My name is John Woodward Patterson III. Seeking the Woodward connection and the Patterson connections through William Patterson (b. 1818).

Note: Bethel MP Church & Graveyard are on Bethel Ridge Road south of Eldersville, Jefferson Township, PA.

1. JAMES PATTERSON b.1757; d. 31 Aug 1849 {92 years}; m. SARAH GIVEN b. 1764; d. 8 Jan 1849 {84 years}. Both are buried in Bethel Church Graveyard.

Children of James Patterson and Sarah Patterson are:

i. WILLIAM PATTERSON, b. 1790; d. April 19, 1840 {50 years}; buried here.
ii. JOHN PATTERSON, b. 1793; d. February 14, 1841{47 years}; buried here.
iii. MARY PATTERSON; d. before 1893; m. William Moore
iv. JAMES PATTERSON; m. 1852 Jane McWha; d. 1876
iv. SARAH PATTERSON; d. before 1893; m. Robert Pogue
v. ELIZABETH PATTERSON; d. before 1893; m. Erasmus Cooper. Their son was E.C. Cooper who inherited Hugh PattersonÂ’s land since Hugh had no wife.
vi. HUGH PATTERSON, b. November 07, 1807 near Eldersville, PA; d. September 26, 1896; (see Beers, page 326) buried here.

2. JOHN PATTERSON b. 1762; d. October 09, 1849 {87 years}; m. JEAN/JANE PATTERSON {daughter (?) of Francis Scott) b. 1777, d. August 5, 1831 {54 years}; both are buried in Bethel Church Graveyard.

Children of John Patterson and Jean/Jane Patterson are:

(Most of the children are speculated and derived from a will of James Patterson of Eldersville who died 1834)

i. JAMES PATTERSON, b. 1799; d. April 12, 1834 {35 years}, buried here; wife Martha.
ii. FRANCIS PATTERSON b. July 5, 1808; d. Feb 12, 1874, buried St. JohnÂ’s Graveyard, m. Annis Porter Scott
iii. ELEANOR PATTERSON, b. 1813; d. October 29, 1826 {13 years}, buried here.
iv. JOHN PATTERSON
v. DAVID PATTERSON d. after 1834.
vi. CHARLES PATTERSON
vii. NANCY PATTERSON
viii. SARAH PATTERSON
ix. WILLIAM PATTERSON {husband of Nancy McCready?}

WOODWARD PATTERSON BROWN, of Kittanning, though one of the younger business men of that borough associated with important interest, has had responsible connection with the Brown Drug, Book and Music Store for many years, the untimely death of his father having forced its management upon him when he was little more than a boy. He has measured up to the requirements of the business and its steady expansion forms part of the commercial history of Armstrong county. For several generations Mr. Brown's ancestors, both paternal and maternal, have figured in public and business life in Kittanning. The Browns are descendants of such superior families as the Pattersons, Reynolds, Rohrers and Woodwards, and others of like distinction.

The Patterson family originated in County Donegal, Ireland, James Patterson, the great-great-grandfather of Woodward Patterson Brown, being a native of that county and a prosperous landowner. His son John Patterson, the great-grandfather, was born in what is now West Virginia and was a prosperous farmer; he married Jane Scott, of Ohio. Their son, David Patterson, was born in West Virginia.

As a young man he came to Rural Village (now Rural Valley), where he was a merchant and postmaster for several years. Moving to Kittanning he built the Patterson building on Jefferson street, and became one of the most respected and highly esteemed business men of the town. He married Eliza Reynolds, daughter of David Reynolds and his wife Mary (Woodward) Reynolds.