Brief Life History of John Tapley
When John Tapley Patterson was born from 1781 to 1789, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, his father, Capt Mark Patterson, was 45 and his mother, Amelia Barbee, was 48. He registered for military service in 1782.
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Family Time Line
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- John Tapley Patterson, "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782"
Spouse and Children
1781– Male
1782– Female
Parents and Siblings
1744–1809 Male
1741–1809 Female
Siblings (9)
1770–1838 Female
1775– Female
1775–1852 Male
1778–1862 Female
1776– Female
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World Events (8)
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 0
1789 · Becomes 12th State
Age 8
1812
Age 31
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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