Brief Life History of Lucy
When Lucy Patterson was born about 1786, in Warren, North Carolina, United States, her father, Isham Patterson, was 22 and her mother, Nancy Young, was 23. She married Hardy Penuel on 31 January 1806, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 24 February 1861, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 76.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Lucy Penuel, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Lucy Penuel, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Lucy Patterson, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
Spouse and Children
1781–1817 Male
1786–1861 Female
Children (8)
1806–1865 Male
1806–1892 Male
1808–1879 Male
1811–1898 Male
1813–1874 Male
+3 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1765–1818 Male
1764–1814 Female
Siblings (27)
1786–1861 Female
1787– Female
1787– Female
1787– Female
1789–1854 Female
+22 More Children
World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 0
1789 · Becomes 12th State
Age 3
1808
Age 22
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: variant of Patrickson ‘son of Patrick ’, which was either shortened to Patrison and metathesized to Patterson, or shortened from Paterickson to Patterson.
Irish: in Ulster, this name is of English or Scottish origin, but in County Galway, it was also taken by bearers of the Gaelic name Ó Caisín ‘descendant of the little curly-headed one’ (from Gaelic casín ‘curly’), which is usually Anglicized as Cussane. In addition to the confusion between Irish Gaelic casín ‘curly’ and cosán ‘path’, there has also been an erroneous assumption that the English name Patterson is somehow derived from the English word path.
English: 19th-century variant of Patteson, a shortened form of Pattinson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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