When Margaret Patton was born about 1865, in Greenwood Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Isaac Dewitt Patton, was 37 and her mother, Sarah J Long, was 26. She lived in Greenwood, Greenwood Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880.
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English, northern Irish, and Scottish: from the Middle English and Older Scottish personal name Patun, Paton, an Old French diminutive of Pat(e), a pet form of Patrick. Compare Patrick and Pattinson .
History: The American general George Patton (1885–1945) was born in San Gabriel, CA, into a family with a long military tradition. His earliest American ancestor, Robert Patton, had emigrated from Scotland to VA c. 1770.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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